Verona widow Finch dies at 69 in Morris area
Margaret Lucille Simpson Finch 69 of Verona died at Morris Hospital. Born September 14 1908 in South Boston Indiana she married Howard Russell Finch on September 8 1929 and was a longtime member of the Verona United Methodist Church and Royal Neighbors of America. Survivors include husband daughter Carol Ann Havel son James William Finch two grandchildren two sisters and two brothers with services Friday at Davis Funeral Home and burial in Ward Cemetery. Memorials to the Verona United Methodist Church Morris Hospital or Grundy County Home are requested.
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Verona
Howard
Margaret Lucille Simpson) Finch
Morris Hospital
Boston
Ind
Grover Cleveland
Lillie Charity McClellan Simpson
Mazon
Howard Russell Finch
Morris United Methodist Church
United Methodist Church of
Royal Neighbors of America
Davis Funeral Home
Ernie Henson
Ward Cemetery
United Methodist Church
Grundy County
Seneca
Victor H. Viland
E. Union St
Ottawa Community Hospital
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Emil Blobaum
Stavanger
Osborne- Pfeffer
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Building Fund
Pleasant View Luther Home
Ottawa
Kendall County
Osmond
Bessie (Falkenberg) Viland
Eleanor Lane
E.I. DuPont
Seneca Works
Joseph C. Nacey
Irene
Paul
Braidwood
Don
Jo-Ann) Friddell
Wilmington
Richard
Virginia) Parrish
Colleen Perino
James
Beverly) Greenan
David
Sondra
Donna
Material Services Corporation of
Morris
Reeves Funeral Home
Coal City
Braceville- Gardner
Amin purges key police official consolidates power
In Kampala Uganda President Idi Amin seized control of the foreign ministry and ministry of information and tourism while already directing health and internal affairs. He dismissed Ali Toweli director of training for the police as part of a wider move to clean up the regime image.
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Kampala
Uganda
UPI
Idi Amin
Amin
Police and
Foreign Ministry
Ministry of Information and Tourism
Ali Toweli
Joliet Market report and Chicago Board grains notes
Joliet Illinois cattle prices held steady with steers and heifers at 51.50 to 56.00 arenas while hogs rose 1.00 to 1.50 over prior. Grain prices at noon listed corn 2.27, soybeans 6.77, with Chicago wheat irregular and corn and soybeans mixed on the Board of Trade.
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Joliet, Ill
UPI
Chicago
Board of Trade
Injured South Wilmington man improves after crash
A South Wilmington man hospitalized since a two vehicle collision near Dwight was listed in good condition at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet. Donald L. Harvey 33 was transferred from St James Pontiac for injuries after his pickup hit the rear of another truck on Illinois 47 about 25 miles north of Interstate 55. Harvey underwent surgery Friday at 4 25 a.m. Hugo A Obram 60 of Millington was treated and released from St James. Obram’s truck appeared parked partially on the roadway near the Coffeehouse Restaurant when Harvey’s struck from behind while southbound on Illinois 47.
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South Wilmington
Dwight
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Donald L. Harvey
Second Ave
St. James Hospital
Pontiac
Illinois 47
Interstate 55
Harvey
Hugo A. Obram
Millington
Grundy County
Set-aside signers reach half of wheat and feed grain acreage
By end of April 666,490 farms signed up for the 1978 acreage set-aside program representing about 30 percent of wheat and feed grain farms but 44.9 percent of the normal crop acreage. The signups total 9,703,873 set-aside acres of which 5,876,522 are wheat and 3,827,351 are feed grains, with 29,382,609 acres of wheat and 38,273,513 acres of feed grains slated for planting.
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Cheryl Arvidson Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
United States
Ray Fitzgerald
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Snowstorms Bring Snow and Gusts Across Four States
Snow snarled travel in sections of New Mexico Colorado Oklahoma and northern Texas with up to 13 inches in parts of northern New Mexico. Two people were hurt when winds shattered a window at a landmark Austin restaurant as 50 mph gusts knocked out Power in San Antonio and disrupted services statewide.
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United Press International
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Florida
Austin
Red River
Los Alamos
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Las
Vegas
Berthoud Pass
Colo
Rocky Mountain National Park
Dalhart
San Antonio
Tower of America
Terry Rosales
Sudanese President in Cairo for Sadat talks on Arab rift
Sudanese President Jaafar Numeiry arrived in Cairo to discuss mending ties with Egypt and Arab rejection states over Sadat's peace moves. Sadat signaled willingness to restore severed relations and join an Arab summit, aiding the reconciliation push backed by the Arab League.
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Cairo
Egypt
UPI
Jaafar Numeiry
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
Numeiry
Sadat
Nuneiry
Arab League
Paraquat Found In Illinois Marijuana Tests
Illinois Dangerous Drugs Commission reports 64 of 205 marijuana samples, or 31.2 percent, contained Paraquat. Levels were below 5 percent of federal hazard thresholds, but officials caution about unknown long term health effects. Thomas B. Kirkpatrick Jr. notes uncertainty remains.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois
The
Illinois Dangerous Drugs Commission
Thomas B. Kirkpatrick Jr
Drug Commission
National Institute On Drug Abuse
Kirkpatrick
Time Out for Baby Sparks Conway Diet Triumph
Kathy Zimmerman, a registered nurse, lost 75 pounds on the Conway 1000 Calorie Diet while attending Insight Seminars. She paused after 42 pounds to have a daughter, then resumed six weeks post delivery to shed the final 33 pounds. She credits the plan and seminars with ease, nutrition, and supportive peer interaction.
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Kathy Zimmerman
Kathy
Conway
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