Newman damages trial over neck injury from trip on wire
Edward Newman sues Illinois Bell for 125000 claiming injuries from a fall caused by a temporary wire near his Goose Lake Township home on October 8, 1971. The trial featured a dramatic display of neck immobility and a laminectomy in 1972 with expert testimony on permanent condition and lingering pain.
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Kevin Kelly
Mayland Swenhaugen
Edward Newman
Grundy County
Newman
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Pleasant Trail
McIntosh
Goose Lake
LaSalle
Illinois Bell
Arthur Lennon
Leonard Hoffman
Lennon
Hoffman
Bonnie
Schick Motor Express Inc
Joliet
Leonard Klafta Jr
Klafta
Kelly
Silver Cross Hospital
Zoning Variances Requested for Morris Realty Office
The Morris Zoning Board of Appeals approved a 4-0 motion to rezone a 56 by 120 foot parcel at Division and Jackson for a realty office with stipulations. Construction must finish in 15 months, a one story brick facing building sits on grass north area, and a second house must be removed before occupancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Zoning Board of Appeals
Division and
Jackson Sts
William Stangland
Art Narvick
Carson Robinson
Division St
Wilson
Illinois 47
Giglietti
Robinson
Wilbur
Theft at Interstate 80 rest area garage
Dan Meagher of the Illinois State Highway Department reported to Grundy County authorities that 300 dollars worth of equipment was stolen from a basement garage at the eastbound Interstate 80 rest area at 3 30 p m Thursday. Richard W Beck 23 of Dwight a highway maintenance man said a Norelco tape player valued at 100 dollars a set of socket wrenches worth 40 dollars a small clock worth 10 dollars and an air compressor worth 150 dollars were missing at 3 30 a m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Meagher
Illinois State Highway Department
Grundy County
Ron Fox
James Olson
Joliet duo sentenced on murder and robbery charges
Richard Vaughn age 20 and Thiris Smith age 27 of Joliet pleaded guilty in Grundy County Circuit Court to attempted murder armed robbery and aggravated assault. Circuit Judge Robert Malmquist sentenced them to prison terms after their arrest on July 12 in connection with the throat slash attack and related assault.
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Richard Vaughn
S. Richards St
Joliet
Thiris Smith
Richards St
Grundy County
Robert Malmquist
Vaughn
Smith
David W. Grant
Norman
Oklo
George Black
Richard Wilder
Malmquist
John Zerboglio
Atty
Wilder
Will County
Weather Update and Local Court Sentences
Cloudy cooler weather with showers today and tonight. Saturday remains mostly cloudy with high in the lower 70s. Also reported are multiple prison terms for Smith and Vaughn after negotiated pleas involving armed robbery and attempted murder in Grundy and Will counties.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Garage Fire Destroys Farm Structure North of Morris Airport
Early morning flames gutted a four car garage on Mrs Phillip Collins farm near Morris Airport. Firemen fought the blaze from 1 20 a m for three hours and stopped it from reaching nearby buildings. A 1973 auto a 1959 pickup and a motor boat were all destroyed with no damage estimate given.
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Phillip Collins
Morris Airport
Morris
FBI arrests two Coal City men in stolen property case
Two Coal City businessmen George T McCabe Jr owner of Bozo's Liquors and James F Togliatti owner of Toulie's Lanes were arrested by FBI agents on charges of receiving stolen property from an interstate shipment. They posted $1000 bonds in Chicago. Indictments were returned by a Northern Illinois Federal Grand Jury and more arrests are expected.
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Coal City
George T. McCabe Jr
Bozo’s
James Francis Togliatti
Toulie
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Richard Held
Chicago
FBI
McCabe
Mazon St
Togliatti
Berra Road
Diamond
USS. Marshal’s Office
Held
Northern Illinois
Cwik seeks Fourth Ward council appointment
Tom S. Cwik of 108 George St. has formally applied to Acting Mayor Robert Gilbertson for the vacant Fourth Ward alderman post created by Jerry Borens resignation Aug. 27. Cwik, credit manager at AMAX Aluminum, cites need for representation and will be examined at the next City Council meeting. He is a Roosevelt University graduate with a BS in business administration and was pursuing a master's degree before moving to Morris.
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Tom S. Cwik
George St
Robert Gilbertson
Fourth Ward
Jerry Borens
Cwik
Gilbertson
Amax Aluminum Mill Products, Inc
Roosevelt University
Chicago
Morris
Grand Ridge Grundy Corn Festival Parade Heads Toward 25th Anniversary
The Grundy County Chamber of Commerce expects over 35 000 spectators for Sundays 25th Annual Corn Festival Parade in Morris. It will begin at 2 p m at Davis Funeral Home and proceed to Chapin Park with 182 units including 30 floats and 14 high school bands.
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Charles
Pete) Muffler
Morris
Jackson
Liberty Sts
Center School
VFW
Grundy County
Tom Czuryak
Davis Funeral Home
Washington St
Liberty St
Beatty Lumber
Chapin Park
Joseph Haughtigan
Streator
Plainfield
Forrest Strawn
Kelvin Grove
Jackson St
Liberty
Tony Craig
M.C
Grundy County National Bank
Goodyear
Dickey & Dickey
Dickey
Fatal crash near Bourbonnais claims life of Nancy Tofte
Nancy Tofte, 29, of Bourbonnais, died Thursday when her car collided with a semi at the Illinois 50 intersection with an I 57 exit north of Kankakee. The semi driver Walter Niselik of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, was charged with failure to yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourbonnais, Ill
Nancy Tofte
Bourbonnais
Kankakee
Walter Niselik
Sheboygan
Wis
Navy
Morris Planning Commission resumes rezoning hearing for 7.8 acres
A public hearing will resume at 7 30 p m Tuesday before the Morris Planning Commission. The petition seeks rezone from R I single family to R II multiple family for 7 8 acres west of Ottawa Street and south of Fremont Avenue. The hearing began September 4 and was continued for additional information including a soil and site assessment.
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Morris Planning Commission
Ottawa St
Fremont Ave
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