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Gacy trial combined Pantagraph A-5 Bloomington-Normal, III. Aug. 29, 1979 Central Illinois Deaths 4444444444444 44444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 In another ruling, Garippo denied a motion for dismissal of 16 of the 33 indictments those involving bodies linked to Gacy, but still unidentified. Amirante contended Gacy could be reindicted later if those victims ever are identified. Garippo said he did not believe there is a meaningful threat of double-jeopardy.

"I believe that the bodies are sufficiently identified so if there is a subsequent indictment the indictment itself could be used as evidence that the defendant had been previously tried," the judge said. Gacy was arrested in late December during a search for the Piest boy. During the next few weeks, investigators tore Gacy's home and grounds apart, finding 27 bodies under the dwelling, one under a garage and another under a patio. All of Gacy's posssesions have since been sold to help pay for legal expenses. open beige shirt and tan pants.

His salt-and-pepper colored hair was in a crew cut. About 25 feet away sat the parents and sister of Robert Piest, a 15-year-old whose disappearance in December began an investigation leading to Gacy's arrest. The boy's body later was found in a river. There was no communication between Gacy and the Piests. Gacy had been in a prison hospital for several weeks after complaining of chest pains.

He was later transferred to the county hospital. His attorney, Sam L. Amirante, refused to comment on Gacy's health. Garippo set Jan. 7 for the opening day of Gacy's trial.

He has been indicted on charges of murdering 33 young men and boys with whom he allegedly had sexual relations. The bodies of 29 persons were unearthed on Gacy's property just northwest of Chicago. Four bodies were recovered from area rivers. CHICAGO (AP)-A Circuit Court judge ruled Tuesday that 33 murder charges against John W. Gacy Jr.

will be tried together rather than one-by-one, as prosecutors had asked. Judge Louis B. Garippo said at a pretrial hearing that piecemeal prosecution would be time-consuming, repetitive and costly and would not serve the ends of justice. Terry Sullivan, assistant state's attorney, said after the hearing that defense attorneys have said they will try to prove that Gacy was insane at the time of the killings. However.

Sullivan did not say whether the defense would try to convince the court that Gacy was not fit for trial. Gacy. 37. who was released earlier Tuesday from Cook County Hospital, attended the hearing. He quietly observed the 15-minute session in Garippo's heavily guarded sixth-floor courtroom.

He sported a mustache and a new goatee and wore an Aim? J. Keller Beams MASON CITY (PNS)-J. Keller Beams. 81, died at 4 p.m. Tuesday at his home.

His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Cain Funeral Home, the Rev. Robert Paddack officiating. Burial will be in Mason City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight.

He was born Sept. 22. 1897, at Brandenburg. a son of Willaim and Elizabeth Edsell Beams. He married Ruth Brownfield April 30, 1928, at Petersburg.

She survives. Also surviving are two sisters, Ella Davenport, Jacksonville, and Dorothy Daniel, Petersburg. Three brothers and four sisters preceded him in death. He was bulk plant manager for Mobil Oil Co. and was a member of First Christian Church of Mason City.

He was a charter member of the Over 55 Club. Anna Swenson PAXTON (PNS)-Anna Marguerite Swenson. 83. of 453 N. American St.

died at 4 45 p.m. Tuesday at her home. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Brown-Miller Funeral Home, the Rev. Donald Rackley officiating.

Burial will be in Glen Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday She was born March 29. 1896. at Rankin, a daughter of David and Gretta Gunderson Swenson.

Surviving are three brothers. Arthur and Donald, both of Paxton. and Everett. Lighthouse Point. Fla and a sister, Dora.

Paxton. Four brothers preceded her in death She was a member of Westminster Bible Church of Paxton and the church's Woman's Missionary Society. sDmdw Vaughn infant FISHER (PNS)-Elmer Captain Dewey Vaughn. U-month-old son of Emil Arvel and Marilyn Maxine Headley Vaughn, died Monday at Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago. His funeral and burial will be in Kentucky.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at Stensel's Funeral Home, Farmer City. He was born Sept. 6, 1978, at Champaign. Surviving are his parents. Fisher; a brother, Amos Emil, and a sister, Diane Carol, both at home; and his maternal grandparents.

Tom and Eleanor Yeadon. Fisher. His paternal grandparents preceded him in death. Verne C. Johnson ODELL (PNSl-Verne C.

Johnson, 86, of 311 E. Scott a retired farmer, died at 12:35 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Hospital. Streator.

He had been ill two years. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Watson Funeral Home, the Rev Herbert Maxwell officiating Burial will be in Sunbury Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 tonight. He was born April 6.

1893. at Danway. a son of Mark and Anna Lee Johnson. Surviving are four brothers. Jay and LeRoy.

both of Streator; Clifford. Odell. and Archie. Neshanic. N.J.; and three sisters.

Mayme Johnson. Odell; Vida Trainor, Streator, and Nellie LeGare. Ottawa. Mr. Johnson was a member of St Paul's Lutheran Church.

Rowe. Memorials may be made to the church. 44444444444444444 More deaths on D-13 4444444444444444444444444i Woman leaving bank has her purse snatched A Bloomington woman told police a man grabbed her purse, containing $220. as she drove from the alley behind Corn Belt Bank. 207 East St.

11 a.m. Tuesdav. Mrs. 'Charles Koch. 805 W.

Mill reported she was leaving the alley when the man approached on the driver's side of her car She said the man reached into the car and grabbed her purse. Police said the purse was found Tuesday afternoon near the bank. Police would not say if any money was found in the purse. Delicate maneuvers, stalls, snap rolls to highlight event A corps of aerial stuntmen will take to the skies Saturday and Sunday when the Jaycees present their annual Air Show at Bloomington-Normal Airport. Highlighting the list of this year's pilots are Ben Morphew, Bill Leff.

Giles Henderson and Jonathon Livingston Luscombe. Morphew. in his Pitts Special, and Leff, in an AT-6. both are return performers to the air show. Morphew is known for his stalls and snap rolls and Leff for his delicate maneuvers with a powerful aircraft.

Henderson, a native of Illinois, has 444444444444444444444444444444444 Bloomington-Nornial Deaths t4444444t444444444444444 Ralph Aeal HEYWORTH Ralph E. Aeal. 51. a math teacher at Glasford High School and Glasford resident and formerly of Hey worth, died at 7:30 am. Tuesday at St.

Francis Hospital Medical Center, Peoria. He had been in failing health for 3'i years. His funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Heyworth Christian Church, the Rev. Vernon Oakley officiating.

Burial will be in Park Lawn Cemetery, Danvers. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 tonight at Beck Memorial Home and after 1 p.m. Thursday at the church. He was born March 17, 1928. at Normal, a son of Holmes and Marion Potterfield Aeal.

Surviving are two sisters, Marion Harris. Heyworth; and a niece and a nephew. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Peoria. He was graduated from Heyworth High School and Illinois State Normal University with a masters degree.

He was a veteran of the Korean War. Memorials may be made to the library fund at Glasford High School. Marley Camden FISHER (PNS)-Marley H. Camden. 75.

died Tuesday morning at his home. He had been ill a year. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Fisher Church of Christ, the Rev. David Beavers officiating.

Burial will be in Shiloh Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at Lux Memorial Chapel, Rantoul. He was born April 6. 1904. near Fisher, a son of Huston and Catherine Crawford Camden.

He married Cornelia Decker May 3. 1946. She died in 1975. Surviving are a son, Randall. Dewey; three grandsons: two brothers.

Kenneth. Glen Ellyn. and Wilbur. Dewey: and a sister. Frances Pasley.

Mahomet. He was preceded in death by two sisters. He was a member of the Fisher Church of Christ and farmed in the Fisher area, retiring in 1969. 444444444444 Goldilocks It might not have been Goldilocks, but the burglar who broke into Bill Turner's home at 115 Magoun St. made himself at home overnight Saturday.

Turner told police Tuesday that his home was entered through the back door. A bed was slept in, the bathroom used and a meal prepared, reports said. Nothing was reported stolen and there as no damage estimated to the back door frame. 44444 ISU to offer motorcycle course A free motorcycle riding course will be offered during September at Illinois State University. No motorcycle experience is necessary, but participants must be at least 15 years old.

The course will be from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Sept. 11. One Saturday meeting will be announced later. Persons who want to attend must go to one of two.

two-hour informational meetings They will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 5 in Room 143 Turner Hall, and Sept. 6 in Room 200 Turner Hall. The course will include 12 hours of riding experience.

More information is available from Vernon Hanks, one of two teachers of the course. 4444444444444444444444444444444 Births 14444444444444 GILMAN Bruce and Janet Schunke. a boy born Tuesdav at Fairburv Hospital. FORREST-John and Catherine Bessen. a boy born Tuesday at Fairburv Hospital.

GIBSON CITY-Marshall and Carolyn White. St. Joseph, a girl born Tuesday at Gibson Community Hospital. GIBSON CITY-Delmar and Sally Reynolds, a girl born Tuesday at Gibson Community Hospital. George J.

Rodgers, 23, of 915V2 N. Roosevelt Ave. was sentenced by Circuit Judge Luther H. Dearborn to 30 months' probation and 14 days in jail, with credit for four days served, for felony theft. He also was ordered to make restitution.

Rodgers was convicted of embezzling $4,667 from Lum's Restaurant. 1506 N. Main between May 1978 and January. Dearborn found that Phillip Brown, 18, Chicago, was guilty of contempt of court for violating his probation. He was sentenced to 14 days in jail with credit for four days served.

According to a probation office report, Brown failed to report to jail to begin his term of periodic imprisonment. He is serving two years' probation for burglarizing a room occupied by Dale Hicks and Tim Johnson at 402 Walker Hall. Normal. The first 1.000 people through the gate Saturday will receive a free set of professional art prints of military aircraft. The gates will open early to give spectators a chance to view ground displays The U.S.

Air Force will have aircraft and an exhibit, and the U.S. Navy will show its four-engine reconnaissance aircraft and a supersonic P-3 submarine chaser. World War II vintage aircraft and modern experimental planes will be among the displays. Subdivision plan snubbed again For the second time in four months a McLean County Board committee has recommended denial of a subdivision plan on Woodrig Road south of Bloomington. Citing water runoff problems, the Environment Committee recommended the County Board deny the petition from Charles Simmons, R.

2. Simmons had proposed an 11-lot subdivision, which would extend north from Woodrig Road along the west side of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad tracks. The development was planned for 9 acres. The proposal, in April and again last month when the plans were resubmitted, brought in several area residents who complained that they were experiencing flooding problems and the additional of the subdivsion would add to the possible damage. Simmons changed his April plan from 12 to 11 lots and included a retention basin in the second plan.

The residents complained the retention basin would not alleviate the potential flooding problems. The committee also said power line crossing over buildings, instead of along lot line, could be a danger. The subdivision plan will be considered by the County Board Sept. 11. Woman reports intruder, phone colls Cindy Boaz, 806 E.

Market awoke about 12:30 a.m. Monday to discover an unidentified boy in her home, police said. Mrs. Boa? and her husband had fallen asleep while watching television in their living room, according to reports. Mrs.

Boaz said the boy fled through a rear door of the home when she awoke. Mrs. Boaz also told police that she received telephone calls about 60 minutes later and at 10 a.m. the same day from a boy. She notified police at 7:50 p.m.

appeared throughout the United States in his light aircraft. Jack Lane. Indianapolis, and Luscombe will perform multi-colored smoke aerobatics twice each day in a 1946 Luscombe 8A. There also will be demonstrations of helicopter and hot-air balloon flight, and rides will be available in both Clark Aviation aircraft and in helicopters provided by Orval Yarger and Bob Davis. The gates will open at 10 a.m..

and performances will be each day from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission for adults is $2. and children under 8 will be admitted free. Bessie Thomason Bessie Thomason. 82, of 301 E.

Lincoln formerly of Wayne City, died at 10 22 a.m. Tuesday" at St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Center. She had been ill five years. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m.

Friday at Richardson Funeral Service. Wayne City. Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery. Wayne City. Kibler-Smith Memorial Home is in charge of local arrangements.

She was born July 16, 1897. in Wayne City, a daughter of Leroy W. and Ruth Ellen McRill Miller. She married William H. Thomason July 25.

1916, in Wayne City. He died July 4. 1977. Surviving are two sons. Warren.

England: and Sylvester, San Bernardino. two brothers. Ernest Miller. Highland, Calif. and Ewell Miller.

Florida; a granddaughter, with whom she lived, Mrs. Russell Baugh; eight other grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Normal.

She was a seamstress for many years in a clothing factory in Wayne City. Dorothy Lemme Dorothy Lemme, 72, of Sierra Vista, Ariz and formerly of Bloomington. died about 1:30 a.m. Monday at Sierra Vista. Her funeral will be at 3 p.m.

today at Hatfield Funeral Home in Sierra Vista, with burial in Memorial Gardens. Sierra Vista. She was born March 17, 1907, in Farmer City, a daughter of Harlan and Myrtie Ensminger Rhoads. She married Carl Lemme in March 7. 1931, in Bloomington.

Also surviving is a daughter, Phyllis Bowman, Sierra Vista; a sister, Frances Keeran, Jacksonville; three grandchildren; and one great-grandson. She was a member of the Royal Order of the Eagles and Park Methodist Church. She worked for many years at W.B. Read's bookstore in Normal. Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.

Registration set at Eureka EUREKA Registration for first-semester classes at Eureka College will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday in Melick Library. Classes are to begin Tuesday. Further information concerning course listings and class openings may be obtained by calling the office of the dean of the college.

444444 Court Notes 44444444444444444i McLEAN COUNTY CIRCUIT COUHT ASSOCIATI DIVISION Donald Moon, 24. of 101 Willow CrMk Vlllagt posted US to appear Aug 31 on charge of disorderly conduct. Larry Ellit. 36. 2204 Todd Drive.

Apt 81. posted tlOO tor Friday court appearance on public inoecency charges. Richard Dailey. 2a. of Ot Mulberry St iaiied in lieu of 12.000 tor a Sept 24 appearance on charges ot battery and trespassing.

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I ahinels and carninc caes era on all moueis Oscar L. Cotton Oscar Cotton Oscar L. Cotton, 66, of 612 W. Graham owner and operator of Cotton's Heating and Cooling for many years, died at 11:35 m. Monday at Mennonite Hospital.

He had been ill for several months. His funeral will be at 1 Thursday at Beck Memorial Home. Dr Roger Zimmerman officiating Burial will be in Eastlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

He was born Dec. 22. 1912. in McLean, a son of Thomas J. and Katherine Farrell Cotton.

He married Beulah Page Aug 19. 1933. in McLean. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, Kenneth, Louisiana; Kenny, at home; three daughters.

Doris Gresham. Lake Bloom-ington; Marilyn Prather. Hoffman Estates; Jan Weaver, 1305 S. Oak a brother, Lawrence, Southgate Estates; and 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, a sister and a grandson.

He was member of First Christian Church and the Moose Lodge. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or the First Christian Church. Bernadine Steger Bernadine Mae Steger, 73, of Norfolk, formerly of Bloomington, died at 6:15 a.m. Aug. 21 at Lafayette Villa Nursing Home in Norfolk.

Her funeral and burial were Friday in Norfolk. She was born Jan 28, 1906, in Bloomington, a daughter of George and Emma Lucas Shaffer. She married John A. Steger July 10. 1937, in Bloomington.

He survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Suzzanne Hanrahan, Arlington, Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Carlson, Nova-to, Irene Schmidt, Ivesdale; and Dorothy Shaffer, 403 N. McNulta a brother, Raymond Shaffer, 403 N. McNulta and two grandchildren.

She was a member of Christ the King Church in Norfolk. Investigator calls Paxton fires arson PAXTON (PNS)-An investigator from the Illinois Department of Criminal Investigation Tuesday said fires at two Paxton businesses Sunday were arson. The blazes at Parson's Cleaners, 238 N. Market and The Paxton Record, 218 N. Market were discovered shortly after 1:30 p.m.

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According to police, both men brandished handguns. John P. Hoffman, 21, Chicago, was sentenced by Townley to four years' probation and a $400 fine for burglary. He also received 21 days in jail, with credit for 21 days served. Hoffman was accused of burglarizing a suite occupied by Joel D.

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