Christina R. Hill 69 Marseilles resident dies
Mrs Christina R Hill 69 of Marseilles died at Ottawa Community Hospital. She was born May 15 1909 in Ottawa to John and Christina Besse. Survived by two sons Archie Jr and Ronald and three daughters Darlene Kern Marsha Heath and Sandra Kern. Visitation after 4 today at Sears Campbell Chapel Marseilles with funeral Saturday 10 am at St Josephs Church Marseilles. Burial Oakwood Memorial Ottawa. Pallbearers Hintze Hill and Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina R. Hill
Marseilles
Ottawa Community Hospital
Ottawa
John
Christina
Brett) Besse
Archie J. Hill
Archie Jr
Ronald
Grand Ridge
William
Darlene) Hintze
Mazon
Joseph
Sandra) Kern
Donald
Marsha) Heath
St. Joseph’s Church
Anthony Divan
Oakwood Memorial Park
Sears-Campbell
Robert
Charles Hintze
Steven
Dan Hill
Lloyd
Scott Davis
Phelan suit from 1972 dismissed
James Phelan of Kinsman was dismissed Thursday as a defendant in a suit filed in 1972. Ronald Hansen sued Richard Barr and Phelan over money paid to a partnership A and A Asphalt formed May 1971 and dissolved by November 1971.
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James Phelan
Kinsman
Ronald Hansen
Richard Barr
Mazon
Phelan
Hansen
Barr
A & A Asphalt
Verona Exchange Bank
Joliet Market Report Livestock Prices Slide
Joliet Illinois live stock figures show cattle not well established with few choice steers at 53.50. Hogs 1,400 head down 25 to 50 cents with No 1-2 200-240 lb at 53.50 to 53.75 and 250-270 lb at 51.50 to 52.50. Monday receipts expected: cattle about 4,000 and hogs about 1,400.
Grain Prices at Noon on Board of Trade Dip
Chicago markets show wheat and soybeans sharply lower while corn slips at noon. Wheat futures fall across December March and May contracts, with Dec at 3.423 and May 3.35. Corn contracts Dec 2.25 Mar 2.35 and May 2.41 ease. Soybeans trading weaker with Nov 6.72 and Jan 6.80 and Mar 6.90 faded.
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Chicago
UPI
Board of Trade
Autopsy Pending in Coal City Woman Death
Autopsy results for Jacqueline Vachon, 48, are incomplete with further tests planned. She died at Silver Cross Hospital Joliet after a Sunday fall at her Coal City residence. The case, attended by Grundy County detectives,volved Dr Edward Shalgos at Tezak funeral home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Lenz Funeral Home Lacon.
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Jacqueline Vachon
Will
Robert Tezak
Vachon
Silver Cross Hospital
Joliet
Coal City
Grundy County
Ron Fox
James Olson
Edward Shalgos
Frankfort
Tezak
Burt Estates
Morris Hospital
Silver Cross
David Vachon
Francis
Helen (Dalrymle) Huck
Lacon
Chillicothe
Lenz Funeral Home
Morris Herald
Pichon
Prisoner Louis Gilbert Improves After Hospital Transfer
Louis Gilbert, 38, of 406% Liberty St., was reported in fair condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago as blood clots on his head dissolved. He previously fled Grundy County Jail, was moved from Morris Hospital, and was arrested for aggravated battery and reckless conduct after firing a shot over a woman's head. He faced traffic charges and a tree-cutting case in Chicago.
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Louis Gilbert
Liberty St
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Grundy County
Gary Phillips
Gilbert
Morris Hospital
Northwestern Memorial
Morris
Coal City man fined for theft and probation
Rollin Mueller, 26, of Coal City, pleaded guilty to felony theft from Pioneer Lumber Co. He received 2.5 years probation, a $750 fine, $40 court costs, and restitution totaling $315 with immediate half payment required. He must enter alcoholic rehabilitation counseling. Co-defendant Paul Nathanson faces related case outcomes.
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Rollin Mueller
Coal City
Grundy County
Pioneer Lumber Co
Mueller
Paul Nathanson
Terry Bitner
Pioneer Lumber
Nathanson
Voter turnout and flood insurance issues in Grundy County
Voters may cast in person at the county clerk’s office through November 6 with absentee ballots requested by November 2. Past turnout ranged from 62 percent in 1974 to 72.8 percent in 1976, and officials await Nov 7 results. Also, flood insurance access troubles persist as Grundy County planning director Eugene Sorensen questions why insurers won’t write policies despite federal subsidies.
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Morris VII
Morris VIII
Nettle Creek
Norman
Saratoga I
Saratoga II
Vienna
Wauponsee I
Wauponsee II
Grundy County
Florence Smith
Eugene Sorensen
Sorensen
Washington, D.C
Washington
Tom Redmond
Traffic Court Roundup in Grundy County
Multiple youths and adults cited or fined in Grundy County Traffic Court actions. Cases include disorderly conduct for teens at Ken's Texaco, unlawful weapon use with confiscated knife, liquor transport, loud stereo violations, and driving offenses. Several individuals received fines and costs, with some cases dismissed or not prosecuted after witnesses failed to appear.
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Robert Shook
Parkside Dr
Channahon
Rocky Barnett
Bridge St
Paul Schiller
Cambridge
Ken
Texaco
Illinois
Schiller
Grundy County
Jeff Black
North and Brown Rds
David Crocie
Eileen
Deither Humbert
Crocie
Bookwalter Woods
Brett McElroy
South Wilmington
Coal City
Terry Bitner
Lung Cancer Rising Among American Women
A National Cancer Institute survey shows lung cancer rising rapidly among U.S. women with an 8 percent annual increase for white women and 10 percent for black women from 1973 to 1976 in 11 areas. In 1976, 23.2 per 100,000 women developed lung cancer versus 77.5 per 100,000 men. only 11 percent of men and 16 percent of women survived three years. Experts attribute increases mainly to smoking and possibly to shifts in industrial work exposing women to chemicals.
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Washington
API
National Cancer Institute
NCI
Marvin Schneiderman
Statistics
United States
Sail Artie and Plover hull design sparks attention
Navy of news notes that multi hull boats draw interest as a newer concept though inspired by ancient Polynesian craft. Arthur claims the Plover is safer and faster than mono hulls and smoother on choppy water. Final touches may happen in Florida due to cold weather.
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Artie
Arthur
Florida
JJC offers art class at Morris library
A water color and acrylic painting class begins Wednesday at 10 15 a.m. in the Morris Public Library and runs through December 3. Joliet Junior College extension course is taught by Mrs Marge Sheedy of Morris. Registration is by calling 942 4580. Australia was the last continent to be discovered by Europeans.
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Morris Public Library
Joliet Junior College
Marge Sheedy
Morris
Edison protests $9,000 in Grundy County tax levies in 1977
Commonwealth Edison filed suit in Grundy County Circuit Court protesting more than $9,000 in 1977 personal property taxes across four taxing bodies, including Grundy County and three school districts. The suit contends overassessed levies and improper fund transfers, with specific challenges to county bridge and offices funds and several district funds.
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Commonwealth Edison
Grundy County
Coal City Unit
Morris
Morris Community High
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
Edison
IMRF
Coal City Community High School Unit
Morris Elementary
Police chief wins 1500 in lottery drawing
Seneca Police Chief Marvin Fowler was one of three 1500 winners in the Illinois State Lottery Bonanza drawing held Thursday at Evergreen Park. Tom Hogan won the 50000 prize, Farris L. Peterson claimed 5000, with other 1500 winners Vincent A. Maciejewski and Ralph F. Reimer. Fowler said he would like to go back again.
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Seneca
Marvin Fowler
Evergreen Park
Bid opening set for Illinois bridge projects
The Illinois Department of Transportation announces bids due Tuesday for two projects in LaSalle and Will counties. One covers a LaSalle County Highway bridge over Otter Creek three miles southeast of Ransom. the other concerns rehabilitation of dual bridges on Interstate 55 over the Des Plaines River one mile east of Channahon.
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Springfield
Illinois Department of Transportation
LaSalle County
Otter Creek
Ransom
DesPlaines River
Channahon
Will County
Diamond engagement ring common in first marriages
About eighty percent of American women marrying for the first time receive a diamond engagement ring.
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Christina Hill
Joliet Market
C.C. Man
Review
Fourth Sts
Edwin Witt
N. Main St
Kurt Salems
Bedford Rd
Edward Pawula
Ottawa Bend
James Matteson
Interstate 80
Larry Swanson
E. North St
Patricia Cain
Swanson
Bud’s Tap
Wauponsee St
Stratton Park
Illinois Conservation
Vickie Crumb
William Crumb
Second Ave
Donald Pitkins
Ron Rockowski
Robinson Dr
Terry Thomas
E. Peart Rd
Ritchie Denen
Black
U.S
Randall Reynolds
Wahoo Dr
Minooka
Craig Williamson
Ridge Rd
Pamela Forillo
E. St. Mary’s St
Michael Hrechko
Wabena St. Joseph Snell
Blackberry
Thomas Thompson
Thomas Jenkins
Depot St
Gardner
Evert Poyner
Grand Ridge Rd
Seventh St
JJC
Morris Library
Australia
Liberty - Morris
Tom Hogan
S. Oakley
Claire Taylor
VISA
Reciprocal Enterprises
Morris Holiday Inn
Rt. 47
Hunters & Trappers
Victor & Montgomery
Blake & Lamb
Edmond
LaCrosse
Dye & Wax
Illinois Fur Harvesters
Pine St
Millington
Carol's Tidy Home Service
Carol
Carol Hartley
Superintendent Educational Service Region
Grundy-Kendall
Punch
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