Durbin's theft complaints dropped after tool return St
Morris police report two theft complaints were withdrawn after Raymond L. Durbin paid a $47 car repair bill to Andy's Standard and returned CATV tools. Durbin had earlier claimed ownership of the tools and faced allegations of theft of services and tools from Morris CATV. Local officers noted Durbin paid the bill and returned items, leading to dismissal of the cases. Also, two runaways from Utica and Channahon were located and released to guardians, and Richard Winkler was arrested on a deceptive practice warrant from Orland Park.
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Morris
Morris Catv Association
Raymond L. Durbin
Madel Ct
Andy
CATV
Morris Police
Wayne Gibbons
Durbin
CAT
Chandler
Utica
Channahon
Liberty
Jefferson Sts
Robert Stansberry
Kurt Salems
E. Jefferson St
LaSalle Youth Service Bureau
Kathleen Thomas
Channahan
Alan Love
Roger Miller
Liberty and
Coal City
Orland Park
Richard Winkler
Grundy County
Frank Schmitt
S. Broadway
Winkler
Youth cited for revoked license in Morris area
A Morris youth, Jeffrey K. Gill, 19, was ticketed Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. for driving on a revoked license and posted a $100 bond. He faces a mandatory court appearance May 18 in Grundy County Circuit Court. Police report a 1970 Ford pickup was involved on Pheasant and Lisbon Streets.
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Morris
Jeffrey K. Gill
Grant St
Grundy County
Alan Love
Gill
Pheasant and
Lisbon Sts
Minooka
John van Cleave
Norman Smith
Rte. 2
Minooka Rd
S.J. Maloney
Mondamon St
Ridge Rd
Smith
Michael Hrechko
Lloyd Unland
van Cleave
Maloney
Barge tax awaits final action in Senate
Washington UPI report notes the first tax on commercial barges faces final Senate action after minor amendments. The Senate approved the tax with a 1982 effective date, avoiding a 4 cent a gallon start next year. Opponents warned Carter veto possible as the measure funds a $430 million Mississippi River facility at Alton Illinois.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Carter
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Adlai Stevenson
D-Ill
Alton
Ill
Mississippi River
Car Fire Damages Pinto on Ashton Gore Roads
Morris Fire Department responded Wednesday at 11 51 a m to extinguish a fire inside Ronald Brown s 1972 Ford Pinto at Ashton and Gore Roads The interior burned completely and damage was estimated at 700 with unknown cause.
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Morris Fire Department
Ashton and Gore Rds
Ronald Brown
Park Lake Dr
Traffic court fines for safety test and speeding
Traffic court heard two cases. Jimmy Tilley, 23, of Chan nahon, fined 25 dollars and 10 dollars costs for lacking a valid safety test after a Feb. 4 citation by Trooper Charles Frame on Pine Bluff Rd near Illinois 47. Robert Miller, 33, of Ottawa Bend, fined 25 dollars and 10 dollars costs for traveling 72 mph in a 55 mph zone after an April 11 ticket by Trooper Frame on Interstate 80 about seven miles east of Morris.
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Jimmy Tilley
Channahon
Charles Frame
Pine Bluff Rd
Illinois
Robert Miller
Ottawa Bend
Interstate 80
Morris
Teacher fired over dues in Illinois dispute
Susan LaVine, a German teacher at Lyons Township High School, became the first Illinois educator discharged for nonpayment of union dues. She refused $122 annual dues after objecting to an agency shop clause. Fired March 1977, she won reinstatement in March 1978 after arbitration, but the school and union challenged the ruling in court.
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Illinois Board of Education
Cook County
Daily Herald drops evening edition for regional morning run
Arlington Heights area edition changes from 8 week old evening edition to regional morning edition. Editor Daniel Baumann cites distribution problems and late deadlines as reasons for the shift. Morning edition will be sold at the same stands and carry a later final deadline.
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Arlington Heights
UPI
Daily Herald
Daniel Baumann
Baumann
Driver disappears after crash on I 55 and IL 129
Grundy County deputies report a car left the median at 1 10 a.m. after going off the roadway. Deputy Davy saw the driver reach the trunk and then vanish when hailed by deputies. State police aided but found no one. license details not on file.
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Liberty
Jefferson Sts
Thomas N. Hauge
E. North St
Morris
Jacqueline S. Mauk
Channahon
Liberty St
Hauge
Miss Mauk
Susan Wright
Channahan
Illinois 129
Grundy County
Robert Davy
Maloney
Illinois
Secretary of State
Grundy County Diabetes and Hypertension Clinic May 18
Grundy County Health Department hosts a diabetes and hypertension screening clinic at Gardner Legion Hall on Thursday May 18 from 1 to 4 pm. Eligible Grundy residents must call 942-0333 for an appointment and to receive the pretest meal menu. The program aims to identify undiagnosed cases for early treatment, with glucose testing two hours after a specified meal and blood pressure checks.
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Grundy County
Gardner Legion Hall
Health Department
Police seek third suspect in kidnap case
Police search for a man identified as Jojo in the Paris and McKenzie area connected to the kidnapping of Jodie Gaines, daughter of a wealthy furniture maker. Two suspects, Andrew Dixon and David Michael Wilson, faced bond hearings on kidnapping charges in Huntingdon. The case involved a blue light car, a rural cabin, an iron bedpost, and a planned ransom that was never paid.
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Paris
Jodie Gaines
McKenzie Oil Co
Highway 79
McKenzie
Jodie
UPI
Ben Gaines Jr
Psychic joins Belleville missing girl hunt
In Belleville Illinois a 14 year old girl Elizabeth Kay West remains missing since leaving Belleville Township High School after an April 22 play. Police call in a psychic and share West’s photo clothing item and area maps as eight officers, helicopters and tracking dogs search the vicinity amid beliefs she was abducted.
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Belleville, Ill
UPI
Elizabeth Kay West
St. Louis Area
Miss West
Belleville
Garry Biehl
Belleville Township High School
New Illinois $1 instant lottery game unveils Three of a Kind
Illinois State Lottery superintendent Richard Carlson announced a new $1 instant game called Three of a Kind. It goes on sale Tuesday with up to seven million prizes including a $1 million grand prize. odds better than 1 in 3.5, replacing the Zodiac game to stabilize annual sales around $105 million.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Richard Carlson
Illinois
Carlson
Suspect expert robber nets $119 at Bloomington branch
Bloomington police report a suspected veteran bank robber struck Associate Finance Co. in Bloomington on Wednesday, taking $119. The thief, tied to 16 finance company robberies across Illinois and Wisconsin, uses a customer ruse and a gun to seize cash, with Springfield also noting a similar heist. The pattern includes Racine Beloit Danville Elgin Freeport Galesburg Peoria Rockford and Bloomington.
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Bloomington
Ill
Illinois
Wisconsin
Associate Finance Co
Steve Bear
Springfield
Racine
Beloit
Danville
Elgin
Freeport
Galesburg
Peoria
Rockford
Elected National Officials List and Contact Details
A roster of national and state officials with offices in Washington and state capitals. Includes Sen Charles Percy and Sen Adlai Stevenson both in Washington addresses, Rep Edward McBroom and Rep George Ryan in state capitals, Sen Jerry Joyce, Rep Tom Corcoran, Rep Ray Christensen, plus district notes and toll free hours. Phone numbers and street addresses for offices are listed.
Worry Clinic tale of Carlas compliment strategy
Dr Crane relates a psychology lesson about using targeted praise to boost a person’s secret ambitions. Hobart coaches Carla B to love children, suggesting she become a kindergarten teacher, a move that shapes their romance and culminates in marriage two years later.
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Carla B
Alexander Pope
Hobart
Carla
Laughing and diamonds and a family tale
Dear Ann Landers offers practical, compassionate guidance on laughter as a personal trait and how to value a diamond ring. A reader asks about a spouse's speech and a teen's sexuality eliciting advice on patience, Education, and seeking reputable stores for appraisal.
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Ann
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Charles Percy
Washington, D.C
S. Dearborn Am
Chicago
Edward McBroom
State Capitol
Main St. Kankakee
Sen
D.C
George Ryan
Meadowview Kankakee
Jerry Joyce
Volkmann
Kankakee
Tom Corcoran
House of Representatives
Lake Aurora
Ray Christensen
Liberty St. Morris
The
Worry Clinic
George W. Crane
Sol
Crane Hopkins
Mellett
Indiana
Ann Landers
Yonkers
Yank
Bill
P.S
Yale
P.O
Tee
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