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V AREA HARASSED V BY BURGLARS (Continued from 1) building had their windshields broken by rocj^s. Nearly $210 worth of stereo tapes were stolen from a car belonging to Mrs. Chris C. Wijas, 615 W. Rand road, Mc­ Henry, on Aug. 7. Approximate­ ly thirty tapes, valued at sev­ en dollars apiece, were kept in the truck in two briefcase s.^Jhe- theft occurred sometime be­ tween midnight and 8 a.m. The thieves entered the car by breaking out the rear win­ dow. The briefcases, one black and the other maroon, were the only items stolen. Last week a tape recorder was stolen from a truck owned by Robert White, 1601 N. Rich­ mond, McHenry. After breaking a vent window the thieves reached inside the truck and un­ locked the door. Although White's wife had a tape player in her car, that ve­ hicle was untouched. , Another car had equipment stolen from it also. At 4 a.m. Aug. 6, Mrs. Harold Bearman, 5817 Wonder Woods drive, Won­ der Lake, was awakened hy her dog's barking. She heard some­ one tampering with her son's car, which was parked in the driveway. After she went ouside at day­ light, Mrs. Bearman found two wheels missing from the car. The tire rims were valued at less than $150. A propeller, worth approx­ imately $35, was stolen from a owned by James Mon- 2117 West Salem, McHen­ ry. Taken from a 20 ft. out­ board, the propeller was re­ ported missing on Aug. 6. Two bicycles were stolen from the home of Jay Diotte, 4814 Wilmot road, McHenry, on Aug. 7. Owned by the Diotte children, the bikes were agree] "spider" with a white banana seat, and a girl's blue model. A p imatel; t>6at i crief, H $1! 1 wa NOTICE Special Primary Election NON-PARTISAN Nona s wvm THAT ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1969 At 1W In The Various Precincts or DOM, CREENNOOO. REBftOH, RICHMOND, BURTON, MB AUOOBQCIM. gOBHB or Hcronrr and Stat* of of • <p«cM Hon Portiton Primary EWctVon will b« for Hn on »ipwion of til* Mntimont and will of votors with for nomination for flt OF IMi CONSTITUTIONAL CONVBfllON PROM THE TVi« poll* of (aid SpccM Primary continw* opon until 6 o'clock fM. Dated at_ Boction will bo oponod at 6 o'clock AM., and shall Illinois on__ iiigiiif *jth. , 1969. VERNON W. KAYS Name COUNTY CLERK Title (Pub. Aug. 13, 1969) A neighbor of the Diottes saw two boys travelling test on two bicycles. Unfortunately, she could not identify either the bqys or the bikes. Another bicycle was ruined by a vandal. The bike, belong­ ing to the son of Mrs. Dorothy Wilkerson, 8604 Shady lane, Wonder Lake, had the wheel spokes kicked out. fenders bent, and tires deflated. A seven- yoai-old Uffis suspected of the vandalism. Mrs. Clara Pike, 7510 Maple drive, Wonder Lake, reported that someone had attenpted to steal the battery from her car. Although not missing, the bat­ tery posts were badly damaged by rough handling. Over the weekend, thieves stole from four McHenry area residents.' In two of the cases, the burglars made off with over $150 worth of goods. Tape recording equipment s stolen from a c§r belong­ ing to Mike Daurio, 5200 W. Shore drive, McHenry, on Aug. 9. Daurio had parked his con­ vertible in front of McHenry*s American Legion post. When he returned, he found the plex­ iglass rear window cut out. Besides a tape player, worth $100, thieves removed four speakers, valued at $25, and thirty-four stereo tapes, worth $178.50. Between midnight and 5:30 a.m. on Aug. 8, approximately $220 worth of goods was taken from a car belonging to Harold Keppen, 5910 Fox Lake road, Pistakee Highlands. The thieves used new concrete blocks to raise the car above the home's driveway and then removed four tires and magnesium wheels. A social security check was stolen out of the mailbox of Mrs. Marquette Heal less, 5110 Hilltop drive, Wonder Lake. The mail­ man remembered delivering the check, made out for $96.10, to Mrs. Healless.yet, when the wo­ man brought in her mail, the check was missing. Both the post office and the social se­ curity department were noti­ fied of the theft. Mrs. Healless reported the incident to the Mc­ Henry county sheriffs depart­ ment on Aug. 8. Burglars struck the home of Richard Shinsky, 4800 Shore drive, McHenry, on Aug. 8. While Shinsky and his family were out, the thieves ransack­ ed the home and took $50 in half dollar coins and five dol­ lars worth of pennies from the bedroom. In the living room, the burglars found a pint of pep- FINAL WEEK permint liquor, a pint of wine, and two quarts of scotch. Hie liquor bottles were taken from a coffee table. VIEW LOCAL EFFECT WITH START OF PP TAX DEMISE (Continued from page 1) Coulson's (R-^r'aukegan) bill - Senate Bill 816- that fi­ nally passed. In thp House, Rep. George Lindberg CR-Crystal Lake) toe* the bill over the legislative hurdles. With passage, County treas­ urers throughout Illinois start­ ed a letter writing and petition campaign urging the Governor to sign the bill. Many McHenry county people assisted in campaign. A month after Legislature adjourned, the bill was signed. INEQUITIES EXIST Even after the bill goes into effect and exempts most people from the personal property tax in 1971, inequities will still exist in the system, according to Skinner. Those effected will be primarily two-car families. "Automobiles in McHenry county will probably still be as­ sessed at 60 per cent of their auction value, while those in Cook county are assessed at 55 per cent and those in Lake county about 45 per cent. "That means there is still good reason to continue to work for the complete abolition of the personal property tax on in­ dividuals," the Treasurer said. "I am hopeful the people erf Ill­ inois will do this in November, 1970, by voting in favor of the constitutional amendment that will do away with the tax on individuals entirely." If all personal property tax­ es paid by individuals were e- liminated, the loss in McHenry county would be $1.5 million out of a total of $24 million in prop­ erty taxes. That means the most that would be lo6t in real es­ tate and personal property tax revenue would be about 6 per cent of the total amount now collected. "Due to other legislation passed, virtually every govern­ mental body will receive more money next year than it will lose," according to Skinner. "Take schools, for in­ stance," he continued. "While increasing the foundation level from $400 per student to $520 doesn't give our school dis­ tricts $120 extra for each child, it will produce about $2 mil­ lion in new State aid. County- wide, this will more than make up for the loss the exemptions would cause." Looking at the cities, Skin­ ner stated, "Their sales tax revenue will increase by one- third starting in December and, on top of that, they will get about $5.75 per person each year, starting in October. "The same situation exists for McHenry county govern­ ment," he revealed. "Extra revenue from the income tax will yield $234,000 and at least $93,000 more in sales tax. " Park districts can now raise ional their recreational fund levy by 50 pei* cent without a public vote, as a result of recent leg­ islation* so they should be taken care of," the Treasurer sur­ mised. "The only districts left out seem to be townships, fire protection districts, sanitary districts and cemetery dis­ tricts,"* Skinner said. " Townships have flexible rates and should be able to com­ pensate for any loss in assess­ ment," he pointed out. "The rest could experience difficulty by the possible 6 per cent de­ crease in tax revenues after 1971," he admitted. FIVE CHARGED AFTER FRACAS IN PARKING LOT (Continued from page 1) wrest the pipe from their as­ sailant. Both men were clubbed during the fight. Lomax and Goolsby at first denied provoking the other men and claimed they were attacked by the Ackermans. However, they later admitted that Acker- man's car had been following their own too closely. Annoy­ ed by the tailgating, Lomax de­ cided to give Ackerman a '•brake check" and stepped on the brake pedal. 2.1 MILTON EARMARKED FOR TWO COUNTIES Senator Berning of Deerfield has announced preliminary es­ timates of the amount of new revenue municipalities and counties within the 32nd Sena­ torial district will begin re­ ceiving in October from the new Illinois income tax. "Prelim­ inary estimates are that these local governments within Lake and McHenry counties will re­ ceive 2.1 million dollars," he said. Senator Berning said Gov. Ogilvie signed into law the 'Lo­ cal Government Distributive Fund* bill which provides that one-twelfth of the income tax collected will be distributed to municipalities and counties throughout the state. The total amount to be distributed within the state will be $65.5 million during the current budget period. " This money can be used for whatever worthwhile projects the local officials determine are necessary - free of control from Springfield". Senator Berning continued, "and certainly should be of help to some of our 'hardpressecf schools be­ cause the law specifically pro­ vides that the money may be used for unrestricted block grants to school districts. "This program of 'Revenue Sharing 'between the state, municipal and county govern­ ments is a forward-looking con­ cept initiated by our new Gov­ ernor and the General As­ sembly", Senator Berning stated, "and can provide some welcome relief to the over­ burdened property taxpayers of my District." PG. 4 - PLAINDEALER- WED. AREA"C RASHES CAUSE INJURIES TO MOTORISTS Mutin* & Meanderin (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 1) blue car was tail-gating his auto . on the Fox River bridge on Rout^^^riother could wish to hang in Alia^JST 13, --; X-- 1969 EMPLOYMENT SURVEYTO BE HELD IN AREA OF DONAHUE'S AUGUST FURNITURE SALE Sale Ends August 16 donahue's "Furniture Showplace of the Midwest" 1818 S. Route 47 838-1086 Woodstock Open Til 9 p.m. Monday and Friday SAT. AUGUST 16th Once Again We Offer You UNRIVALED VALUES PRICE SUITS SPORTCOATS SLACKS SWEATERS SHIRTS CLOTHING & TAILORING 85 N. Williams St, Crystal Lake 120. The car followed him when he turned onto River road. Sud­ denly, an opposum ran in front of his car and Hamil stepped on his brakes to avoid hitting the animal. The blue car struck the rear end of his vehicle. Instead of stopping, the blue car passed Hamil's vehicle and continued down River road. Eventually, the sheriffs de­ partment identified the car as belonging to Norman Strossner, 707 Center street, McHenry. When Strossner appeared at the sheriffs office on Aug. 11, he told of Hamil's car cutting him off on the Rt. 120 bridge. After passing him, the car slow­ ed to twenty pules an hour and stopped twice cm the bridge. Strossner followed behind the other car on his way to work. Without apparent reason or warning, he claims, Hamil's car stopped on River road. Strossner said he could not avoid striking the other car. Neither the two drivers nor» Hamil's two passengers were injured. Strossner*s car was undamaged. After she crossed intfTtfee path of a car on Route 12 at* the intersection of Bonner road, Sharon Rutkofski, 402 State road, Islind Lake, is in Mc­ Henry hospital. Driver of the other car, Viola T. Beda, ad­ dress unkown, was travelling along Route 12 when Miss Rut­ kofski's car according to a witness, crossed the intersec­ tion on Thursday night. Unable to stop in time, Mrs. Beda's auto slammed into the other car. The force of the im­ pact drove the Beda vehicle in­ to another car which was stopped at the intersection, driven by Dorothy M. Wester- gaar<|, Rt. 1, Grays lake. Neither Mrs. Beda nor Miss Rutkofski was able to make a statement to Lake county sheriffs deputies. Information on the accident was given by Mrs. Westergaard and a pas­ senger with Mrs. Beda. On the basis of their statements, the deputies charged Miss Rutkof­ ski with failure to yield at a stop intersection. Kathleen Krause, 3405 Wash­ ington street, McHenry, es­ caped injury when her car ran off the McHenry-Crystal Lake road Thursday. Although she was unhurt, the entire front end of her vehicle was damaged when she struck a tree, a post and a ditch five miles east of Crystal Lake. According to Mrs. Krause, she was driving east along the road at 40 miles per hour. Suddenly, her car began to skid. After she stepped on the brakes, the auto went out of control and slid into a ditch on the north side of the road. The car struck a wooden post at the corner of the ditch. Skidding another 124 feet in the ditch, the vehicle hit a large oak tree and came to rest. the nursery, all in honor of her first grandson. Not every little boy has a grandmom with such talent to decorate his room -- and not every office force has the opportunity for cupcakes rather than cigars. We heartily approve! KAF FIREMEN BUSY WITH NUMEROUS • CALLS IN AREA Four alarms, one house fire, two vehicle fires, and an in- halator call were answered by McHenry fire department com­ panies on Aug. 10 and 11., Company II, Johnsburg, ex­ tinguished a fire in a car be­ longing to Clarence Schuble, 5507 Fox Lake road. The wiring in the car's electrical system had shorted out and began smok­ ing. Another vehicle .caught fire on Aug. 10. A truck owned by Charles Fritzsche, Fri'z- sche's Estates, burned until Company III, Lake moor, ar­ rived and put out the blaze. Although an alarm for a house fire was turned in to Company I, McHenry, the fire on Aug. 11 was little more than a burn­ ing pile of rubbish. Passing by a house at 4621 Lake Shore drive, McCullom Lake, a young boy saw smoke billowing around the home. Believingthe house to be in danger, the passerby turned in the alarm. There was no damage. On Aug. 10, Company I an­ swered an inhalator call to Cooney Heights. A sample of residents in this area will be included in a na­ tion-wide survey of employment and unemployment to be con­ ducted during the week of Aug. 17 by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of the Cen­ sus, according to Theodore F. Olson, director of the Bureau's Regional Office in Chicago. The survey is made each month for the U.S. Department of Labor to determine the num­ ber of persons .with jobs, the number looking for jobs, and the monthly unemployment rate. The survey furnishes a basic measure of the nation's eco­ nomic health. '/"' " . ? ; . : ' ' "J ' • Information obtained in the survey can be used only to de­ termine statistical totals, and facts about each person and family are kept completely con­ fidential. ROSE MAGNINE A funeral Mass was offered in Our Lady of Help Catholic church, Chicago, Tuesday, for Rose Magnine of 1316 W. Bay road, McHenry, who died in Memorial hospital, Woodstock, at the age of 53. Burial was in Mount Carmel cemetery. mi v.. -.v .mi. 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