Israeli diamond cutters charged in broker's murder in New York
Two Israeli diamond cutters Shlomo Tal and Tim Balabin were indicted in Manhattan for murdering diamond broker Pinchas Jaroslawicz, the fifth dealer killed in a three year wave of gem crimes. Investigators traced $500,000 to $1 million in gems stolen as the men faced 25 years to life if convicted.
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New York
UPI
Pinchas Jaroslawicz
Manhattan
Robert Morgenthau
Shlomo Tal
Plainview
N.Y
Tim Balabin
New York City
Puerto Rico
Europe
Israel
Tal
United States
Balabin
Jaroslawicz
Tal and
Normal firemen gain support in Illinois strike
In Normal Illinois more than half the city's garbage collectors called in sick in sympathy with a firefighters strike now in its 11th day. A McLean County judge planned to decide whether probation should be revoked for striking firefighters who disobeyed a temporary restraining order. Union leaders and city negotiators remain deadlocked on key contract items with no new talks scheduled.
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Normal
Ill
UPI
McLean County
Ces
William Caisley
J Dale Berry
Berry
Public Works Department
Dave Anderson
Joliet Market Report Cattle Hog Prices and Receipts
Live stock sales at Joliet Illinois showed cattle under light trade and few good steers trading 49.00 to 49.50 per cwt with heifers at 47.50. Hogs around 1,000 head traded fairly with barrows and gilts about 50 cents lower. No 1-2 210-240 lb hogs 46.50 to 47.00. No 1-3 200-250 lb at 46.00 to 46.50. No 2-3 250-270 lb at 45.00 to 46.00. Estimated receipts Monday cattle 3,500 hogs 1,200.
Grain Prices at Noon on Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago grain prices rose at noon with wheat futures up across contract months. May wheat around 3.08, July 3.10, corn May 2.55 and July 2.57, soybeans May 6.83 and July 6.89, reflecting stronger demand and market optimism.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Board of Trade
Theft at Gardner insurance office prompts break-in report
Philip Allison reported the theft of a stereo and calculator worth 300 dollars from his Gardner insurance agency around 8 50 a m on February 11. Deputies said the rear storm door and office door were broken to enter. Lonnie Brown 41 last known at Rockford Illinois died in a Frankfort hospital after being found unconscious in a downtown alley near a tavern where he had been drinking the night before detectives call possible robbery a motive.
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Gardner
Philip Allison
Frankfort
Ind
UPI
Lonnie Brown
Rockford
Ill
Morris Lions to host District 1 K convention in Morris
Morris Lions Club will host the District 1 K annual convention at Morris Community High School with events starting Saturday evening at Drake's Farm. Sunday features breakfast with the district governor, a noon registration, an 1 pm opening, remarks by Morris Mayor Donald Davidson and guest Gemma Malone, and elections, reports, and officer workshops. A 4 pm social at Morris Country Club precedes a 6:15 pm banquet, followed by the concluding session and a keynote by Lions International Director Joseph L. Wroblewski of Ashley, Pennsylvania. The host club, chartered in 1938 with 68 members, has produced seven district governors and helped organize Coal City, Seneca, Gardner, and Marseilles clubs.
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Morris Community High School
Robert Hunter Jr
Drake's Farm
Morris
MCHS
Donald Davidson
Gemma Malone
Tumut
N.S.W
Australia
Morris Rotary
Lions Clubs
Lions of Illinois Foundation
Lions International
Joseph L. Wroblewski
Ashley
Lions International Extension
Penn Travel, Inc
Pennsylvania
Northeast Pennsylvania Heart Association
Morris Lions
Irvin Kay
Everett Mitchell
Edward J. Douvin
Charles
Pete) Muffler
James M. Davis
Francis E. Finch
Coal City
Seneca, Gardner
Marseilles
Three youths charged with vandalism at superintendent's home
Three youths, Nick Densmore, 16, of South Wilmington, Donald Wilt Jr., 17, of Braceville, and a 14-year-old, face juvenile petitions for breaking a window at the Gardner-South Wilmington High School superintendent Robert Howard’s home about 9 p.m. on March 10. Investigators say rocks were used. petitions filed after detectives and juvenile probation officers identified the suspects and held a meeting with their parents.
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Gardner- South Wilmington
Nick Densmore
South Wilmington
Donald Wilt Jr
Rte. 1
Braceville
Grundy County
William Button
Robert Howard
Ron Fox
James Olson
Sharon Odom
Lu-Ann Daggett
Gard
Ner
Minooka Planning Panel Sets Special Meeting Time
The Minooka Planning Commission will meet at 7 30 p m Monday in the village hall to discuss Village West Industrial Park plans.
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Minooka
Speeding Charge Filed Against Walter J. Ford in Grundy County
Walter J. Ford, 23, of Chicago, was ticketed by Grundy County Deputy Jeffrey Wix for speeding 75 mph in a 55 mph zone on Interstate 55 at Reed Rd. He posted bond and is set to appear in Grundy County Circuit Court on April 13.
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Walter J. Ford
Chicago
Grundy County
Jeffrey Wix
Interstate 55
Reed Rd
Wix
Ford
Hospital steps in to force treatment for sick child
Plymouth Mass. A Superior Court judge ordered chemotherapy resumed for 2 year old Chad Green, placing the boy in temporary public welfare custody while remaining at home. Visiting nurses will monitor outpatient treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital as the case awaits a final ruling on parents right to withhold therapy. The Greens argue organic diet and distilled water can heal him despite doctors warnings he would die without treatment.
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Plymouth, Mass
UPI
Superior Court
Chad Green
Plymouth County Superior Court
Guy Volterra
Childrens’ Division
State Department of Public Welfare
Scituate
Mass
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Gerald
Diane Green
Chad
Volterra
The
Greens
State Supreme Court
Mystic Raleigh Oliver Found Dead After Lake Wisconsin Ritual
The body of Raleigh Oliver, 35, a Chicago mystic, was found on a Milwaukee beach after he disappeared January 2 while entering Lake Michigan to perform a ritual birth ceremony. He walked into the water, told friends to drive off, and his body was recovered by four teens.
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Milwaukee
UPI
Raleigh Oliver
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Oliver
Inland raises base prices of steel mill products
Inland Steel Co. announced a $5.50 per ton increase in base prices for all steel mill products effective April 1. Inland, the nation’s sixth largest producer and largest at a single facility, operates the East Chicago plant making sheets bars plates and structurals. No further comments were given.
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Chicago
UPI
Inland Steel Co
Inland
East Chicago
Ind
Judge confronts gun theft and witness testimony in robbery case
Testimony details Brown's account of hiding a .357 Magnum under a cement ramp at Gebhard Woods and arranging payment for borrowing the gun. Jean Walker, a Pizza Hut waitress, describes seeing two masked men during the Oct. 16 robbery and identifying a similar weapon. Kenneth Brown of Hatcher Woods testifies the Smith and Wesson gun is his, with serial numbers matching sale records. Police investigator Suddarth testifies Willis admitted involvement but declined legal rights form.
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Gebhard Woods
Brown
Davis
Atty. Zalar
Jean Walker
Pizza Hut
Seneca
Jane
Jodi Foster
Kenneth Brown
Lynes
Chicago
Timothy
Morris
Thomas Suddarth
Robert Lynes
Willis
Suddarth
Hatcher Woods
Tim) Brown
Rondell) Davis
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Butch Crudle
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