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PLAINDEALER- HERALD cHENRY, ILLINOIS^ Wednesday, June 19, 1985 JoeAgnew Plaindealer Herald News Service One of the St. Margaret Mary parishioners taken hostage in the hijacking of a TWA jet said the captives' tear was so great that "they were preparing to die," ac­ cording to two church represen­ tatives who met six freed parishioners arriving at O'Hare Airport Monday. St. Margaret Associate Pastor Robert Garrity and Pastoral Associate Sr. Christa Cunningham said Algonquin residents Marie and Edward Liebst, Janet and Ed­ ward Novak, Sophie Kolwalczyk of Chicago and Delores Kowalczyk of Arlington Heights were met by 40 to 50 cheering relatives at the airport. Both noted that the freed hostages were in good condition, but exhausted by the events of the last four days. The six returnees chose to go home with their families, leaving Garrity and Cun­ ningham to issue their, public statements.' Garrity also said the parish still is waiting for the release of the 40 remaining hostages, including four remaining parish members HOSTAGES-Pages 4 men missing PWadMlar Herald staff writer As of late Tuesday, four area men continued to be held hostage by Moslem Shiite terrorists at an unknown location in Beirut. Simon Grossmayer, 57, of Algonquin is a parish lay minister of St. Margaret Mary Church of Algonquin. According to latest reports, Grossmayer, who had a lung removed laftt year, is in poor condition, suffering from an ail­ ment in his remaining lung. ;He reportedly was removed from the plane with other passengers with Jewish-sounding names on, Fri­ day. Grossmayer is a warehouse manager of the Jewel Tea General Store in Barrington, and a 30-year member of the parish. His mother, Kathrina Grossmayer, is a resident of Lake in the Hills. He and his wife, Elaine, have five children: Simon Jr., Jim, Debbie; Maria and Nora. His wife also was held captive aboard the plane until hijackers released her in Algeria. * Mrs. Grossmayer has served as parish bookkeeper for many years. She is reported to be stay­ ing in Paris with the . Rev. P. William McDonnell and other church members released over the weekend. ' Hostage George Lazansky, also of Algonquin, is vice president ot the Algonquin State Bank and a 47- year member of the St. Margaret Mary parish. He celebrated his 53rd birthday on June 5f His mother, Lydia Lazansky, is a resident of Algonquin. He and his wife, Jo Ann, have three sons: Thomas, Peter and Michael. Lazansky's wife, a nurse for Dr. Ollayos of Elgin, also was taken hostage but was released in Algeria. She remains in Paris. Hostage Grant Elliott, a 27- year-old Algonquin resident, at­ tended the parish's trip after con­ verting to Catholicism earlier this year. A factory worker at Preci­ sion Twist, Crystal Lake, he is MISSING-Page 3 Friends and neighbors of those residents still being held by the Shiite in Lebanon placed yellow ribbons around trees Algonquin stoplights a e Moslems along Route Mind trees, until all the! Plaindealer Herald photo by Amy K. Brown and lamp posts. These ribbons, 31 in Algonquin, will remain there all the hostages are freed. identified ByCarySplvak ITnltrwl rrrii TntnrTPtV*^ SOMONAUK, 111. - Hie body of a young found in a wooded area has been tentatively iden­ tified as 8-year-old Melissa Acker- man, who was kidnapped over two weeks ago, the FBI said Tuesday. The body was found Monday evening, covered with stones, in rural LaSaUe County near Men- dota, about 20 miles west of where Melissa was abducted while riding her bicycle on June 2. Additional forensic tests were expected to take place Tuesday to positively identify the dead girl's body, said Edward Hegarty, FBI special agent in charge of the Chicago office. The clothes worn by the dead girl matched the ones worn by Melissa the day she was abducted near her home. A necklace that read "Missy" alsd was found on the body, Hegarty said. BODY--Page 3 ' ¥ . - - JRPpi JPPHPHPIMPQPPHHPHHPHQI policeman and the man dropped the su magnum in the city 1 was charged with disti gun. Henry J. W&Uman, 28, of 235 S. York, Bensenville, 111., was arrested for shooting a .44- e city limits. He turbing the peace. In other arrests: --Ronald L. Miller, 33, of Delavan, Wis., was arrested for driving with a suspended license and equipment violation* after his truck was stopped in toe 600 block of Green Street. Large caliber fireworks are never really appreciated by neighbors or policemen alike, as one man found out early Monday morning. McHenry Police were notified at 3:20 a.m. June 17 of "fireworks" being set off in the 1700 block of High view in Lakeland Park. Upon arrival, Officer Anthony Milttano heard what sounded like a gunshot and saw a man carrying a blue steel revolver. Militano identified himself as a Citizen advisors get OK The McHenry Township board discussed and passed a resolution to form a Township Citizen's Advisory Committee. According to the trustees and Supervisor Albert Adams, the special committee Will allow members of the community to give suggestions and share ideas with the township government. Adams said that community members will probably be selected from different locations of the township . to assure balanced representation. The committee wiU have no legislative power, but will permit citizens to directly aid the elected trustees ana get involved in important projects, Adams said. The citizen's committee originally began as an idea specifically designed for the current park project. However, <j after discussion, the trustees decided the resident panel, which Adams projected will have five to seven members, would be beneficial to other township endeavors. .)• Citizen committee members will be selected by the township board through submitted ap­ plications. During Thursday's meeting, Adams also gave a progress report on the township park * He said that the 19 Iacc/im are working quickly and JT Qfflllllg 1CSSOU _ He aimoimced ma^one^ Six-year-old Paul Huff, of Ringwood, learns the pavilions will be finished by technique of cutting hay from his father, July 4. James, at a field adjacent to McCullom Lake. -Robert F. Dixon, 42, 4208 Crystal Lake Road, McHenry, was charged with DUI and failure to signal when required after, his car was pulled over for the moving violation. -Dirk R. Aissen, 18, of 3613 Bull Valley Road, McHenry, was arrested for driving with open liquor in a motor vehicle and an equipment violation. A passenger, David L. Ricker, 18, 3511 Shepherd Hill, McHenry, was also cited for possession of open liquor in a motor vehicle. -Mark Liedtke, 19, 1918 Lakewood, McHenry, was arrested for driving with a suspended license, failure to dim headlights and unlawful use of a drivers license after being stopped by police in the 4800 block of Sherman Drive. -Michael T. Saunders, 34, of 3106 Crescent, McHenry, was charged with improper lane usage and driving with a suspended license after police pulled his car over for the moving violation. Herald photo by Amy K. Brown The cleared field will be used as a parking lot during 4th of July festivities. City cleanup days successful, costly The city's clean-up days proved to be successful and expensive. Supt. Of Public Works' Paul J. Halvensleben reported that 86 manhours were spent ctwectlng 685 cubic yards of junk. Mayor William Busse said this was an increase of 42.7 percent in material collected and 81.2 percent in cost. The bill for the annual event came to about $7,000. "I'm not suggesting that we eliminate it, but we might have -to -be more selective...," Busse said. He noted that piles of brick a^d concrete, drums of flam­ mable liquid and bags of dirt too heavy for two men to lift. 'Expert' advice proves in error By Anthony Oliver Plaindealer Herald staff writer It appears that some faulty advice from an "expert" con­ sultant is going to cost the city more money to move some police radio equipment. The city council voted Monday night to approve the work which has a price tag of $1,900. Police Chief Patrick Joyce requested approval for the project two weeks ago, but the council delayed until more in­ formation was obtained. Joyce said when inclement weather conditions knocked out one of the receiver sites, the dispat­ cher would have to leave the radio room, go in the basement and climb on a chair to "reset" the line. His proposal was to bring the switches up to the radio room. Aid. William Bolger (1st) asked why there was no alarm in the radio room to let the dispatcher know one of the receivers was down. Robert Rosenberg, of Motorola Company, replied that the system specifications did qot call for it. In 1975, he explained, the city hired a consultant to design the system. From the specifications proffered by the consultant, Motorola and others bid the project. To put the alarm in would have been an extra cost. Rosenberg said, and if we had done it that way, we might not have been awarded the bid. Bolger countered saying, "It's a poor installation. You should have advised us." Rosenberg said they stopped doing that because the various consultants, for the most part, ignored the producers' and suppliers' recommendations. A motion to authorize the work passed unanimously. The council voted unanimously to award bids for a new iron removal system on Well No. 7 and the drilling of Well No. 8. Driessen Construction Co. was the low bidder for the iron removal project. The cost is $162,417 The bid for the well drilling project went to Henry Boysen Company, which said it would do the job for $28,312. The council also responded favorably to a request for future industrial revenue bonds- GOOD MORNING McHenry High grad Pat Gor- niak will represent the school at a football all-star game this Saturday. For the story on this young McHenry grid star, turn to Sports, section two, page 16. INDEX SHAW VRf I PRESS Mf DIA IN< Section 1 Opinion. Society.. So I Hear Vol. 109, Issue 86 Section 2 Neighbors 3 School 2 Sports 1216 2 Sections, 34 Pages