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A2 CARDUWAL FREE PRESSMORNING HERALD Wednesday, Spttmbtr 5. 19t4 Insurance Liquidators opens in Meadowdale State line known as 'blood border' Insurance Liquidators of Rockford, Inc. is one of the most recent businesses to open in the Meadowdale Shopping Center. There are nine stores In the chain in Illinois and Wisconsin. Leo Wagenknecht, of Rockford, is the president and founder of the firm.

He opened his first store in Rockford 15 years ago. Today he owns stores in Milwaukee and Madison, Rockford, LaSalle and Peru. Kim Fallback, of Rockford, and Linda Blevins, of Carpentersvllle, are the managers of the store at the Meadowdale Shopping Center. Coming Part three in this series eatures the views of an By United Press International Algonquin tavern owner on the drunk driving problem. Today is Wednesday, September 5th, the 249th day of 1984 with 117 to follow.

The moon is moving toward its full phase. The morning star is Mercury. The evening stars are Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. They include French King Louis XIV in 1638, outlaw Jesse James in 1847, Hungarian-born author Arthur Koestler in 1905, comedian Bob Newhart in 1929 and actress Raquel Welch in 1942.

On this date in history In 1774, the first Continental Congress convened in secret in Philadelphia. In 1882, 10,000 workers marched in the first Labor Day parade in New York City. In 1972, 11 Israeli athletes and six other people were murdered by Palestinian terrorists who invaded the Olympic Village outside Munich, Germany. In 1978, Egyptian President Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Begin and President Carter began a Mideast peace conference at Camp David in the Maryland mountains. In 1983, amid worldwide protests of the Soviet downing of a Korean jetliner, President Reagan demanded that Moscow apologize and pay reparations for the incident.

A thought for the day: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) said, "Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest." Continued from page At propriateiy punish the guilty. "We're not really sure what our role is," said Circuit Court Judge Haskell Pltluck. "Are the courts here to keep the drunks off the road? Is our philosophy to educate and reform them or is It to punish them? Our role may be different depending on individual circumstances. It's a complex issue," he said.

The influx of cases stems in large part from efforts to control McHenry County's blood border with Wisconsin. To document the problem, Wisconsin Department of Transportation in 1983 studied alcohol-Involved accidents in Wisconsin counties contiguous to Illinois, including McHenry County. The findings helped convince Wisconsin legislators to raise their state's drinking age to 19, effective last July. The study found Illinois drivers under age 21 had been drinking in 42 percent of the accidents in Walworth County from 1980 to 1982. By comparison, alcohol played a part in only 23 percent of the accidents involving young Wisconsin drivers in that county.

In McHenry County during the last three years, drivers under 21 Involved in fatal accidents had been drinking 21 percent of the time, according to figures from the Fatal Accident Reporting System of the state transportation department. With the situation documented, the federal government has made funds available for roadside checks by local police departments. In July, for example, McHenry County Sheriff's police and state police from four states carried out an $11,000 crackdown aimed at nabbing 18-year-old drinkers returning from Wisconsin. Arrests by sheriffs police for driving under the influence so far this year already total 531, a 40 percent increase over all arrests in 1983, according to Sgt. George Corson, director of the county alcohol project.

The result was that McHenry County judges disposed of a reported 289 more DUI cases in 1983 than the year before. They imposed 3' sentences of court supervision for every conviction of drunk driving last year, up from 3 supervisions for every conviction in 1982. Under supervision, the loss of driving privileges does not normally occur if the driver successfully completes requirements set by the judge. Requirements usually involve undergoing an alcohol assessment and completing a rehabilitation program or 10 hours of remedial alcohol and drug education. Associate Judge Susan Fayette Hutchinson said "there is definitely a need for stricter penalties.

And in cases involving serious injuries there should be careful scrutiny whether that person should be allowed to drive again." Hutchinson added, however, that she prefers to put first offenders under supervision to get them into an alcohol program where they can be helped. In addition, prosecutors are viewing supervision for first-timers as better than bargaining with that offender to plead guilty to a reduced charge such as reckless driving. "It's a good handle over them and puts them under the gun tc perform go to school, do community service and not commil any more driving offenses or face losing their license," Hut chinsonsaid. She said supervision was also being viewed more favorably in light of a growing trend of not guilty findings by juries it cases of drunk drivers. Juries, often comprised of people who may have drunk and driven and not gotten caught, tend to identify with defendants and give them the benefit of the doubt if the case does not involve serious injuries, according to McHenry County State's Attorney Ted Floro.

"It can be difficult to get convictions in drunk driving trials," Floro said. "Juries sympathize with most people arrested for drunk driving. Community attitudes toward the problem have to change." In response to these verdicts, Hutchinson said she believed "supervision dispositions could be used to keep offenders under the court's control to help them," by sending them to an alcohol education program. Judge Conrad Floeter said laws that went into effect this year requiring mandatory jail sentences for second or subsequent convictions and for driving on a suspended or revoked license is eliminating a lot of p'ea bargaining. "Whether putting someone in jail for seven days will cure his drinking problem or not, I don't know.

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STME FMM IKSUMNCE COMPANIES Hmm Officii UtMatM. 111mm THE HEAD LIMES NOW OPEN in Tyler Creek Plaza! Composer Arthur Schwartz dead at 83 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Monday 12-9 Saturday 9-5 Tuesday-Friday 9-9 Sunday 12-5 697-0500 His last show was "Jennie" 1963, starting Mary Martin. "That's Entertainment," an anthology of Schwartz-Dietz songs, had a short run in 1972. Schwartz was honored six months ago with the ASCAP-Richafd Rodgers Award for outstanding contributions to the musical theater. He had served on board of directors since 1959.

He is survived by his wife, Mary, and two sons, Jonathan and Paul. songs while working toward a bachelor's degree at New York University. He went on to obtain a master's degree in literature from Columbia University and passed the bar in 1924. His love for crafting songs did not fade, however, and his compositions began appearing in small downtown revues. He wrote for the Grand Street Follies In 1926 and the following year penned half the score for "The New Yorkers." irk am By United Press International KINTNERSVILLE, Pa.

Composer Arthur Schwartz, who wrote the scores of Broadway's most memorable melodies including "Dancing in the Dark" and "That's Entertainment," died Tuesday at his home. He was 83. No cause of death was announced. Schwartz collaborated with Broadway's finest lyricists, including Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Loesser, Dorothy Sields and Leo Robin, but he was most famous for his longtime partnership with Howard Dietz, who died last year. In addition to "Dancing in the Dark" and "That's Entertainment," Schwartz and Dietz wrote "By Myself," "I Guess 111 Have Change My Plan," "You and the Night and the Music," "Alone Together" and "Something to Remember You By." Schwartz's career spanned six decades and his work was marked by romantic, graceful melodies Obituaries M4UI often compared to the music of Jerome Kern.

"Arthur Schwartz was not only one of America's great songwriters, but also a beloved colleague and friend," lyricist Hal David said. "He was one of the sharpest minds in our business a true giant whose contributions will be missed, but whose music happily will stay with us," David said. Schwartz, responsible for stage and screen smashes such as "The Band Wagon" and "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," began collaborating with Dietz In 1929's "The Little Show," which featured the song "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan." It eventually became a standard. Other shows included "Three's A Crowd," "At Home Abroad," "Inside USA," "By the Beautiful Sea" and "The Gay Life," whose score was considered to be one of Schwartz's masterpieces. In addition to his songwritlng career, Schwartz produced several Hollywood films Including "Night and Day," a biography of Cole Porter, and "Cover Girl," starring Rita Hayworth.

Schwartz, born In Brooklyn on Nov. 25, 1900, composed songs at an early age but planned a career In law. He wrote several football km THE Contemporary Hair Design: Sculptured Nails Suntanning Make-up until the time of service. Memorials may be made to the church. HEADLINES Now in Tyler Creek Plaza w.

Corner o( Big Timber Sleepy HojlojMnEI AT LAKEWOOD! LeRoy Todd LeRoy C. Todd, 83, of Elgin, died Monday, Sept. 3, 1984, at Sherman Hospital, Elgin. He was born Feb. 19, 1901, in Dundee Township, the son of James and Ida (Crighton) Todd.

He had lived In Elgin most of his life and had been employed by the Elgin Sweeper Co. for many years before retiring in 1964. He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church of Christ of Elgin and the Quarter Century Club of the Elgin Sweeper Co. Surviving are his wife, Viola (Peters) Todd; two daughters, Mrs.

Robert (Yvonne) Eaton of Elgin and Mrs. Clarence (Sandra) Hahn of South Elgin; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Grace Webb and Sarah Amis; and a brother, Idincs Services will be today, Sept. 5, beginning at 1 p.m. at Laird Funeral Home, Elgin.

The Rev. Robert Ruse will officiate. Burial will be in Lakewood Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be today, Sept. 5, aril -i Charlie Brandt Charlie Harper Brandt, 86, of Elgin, died Saturday, Aug.

31, 1984, at her home. She was born Feb. 25, 1898, hi Hazelhurst, the daughter of Samuel and Charlie (Gibbs) Harper. She had lived in Elgin most of her life and was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer of Elgin. There are no immediate survivors.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, David in 1974; and three sisters, Mildred H. O'Breirne, Anna H. Daniels and Ellen H.Ademek. Services will be today, Sept. 5, beginning at 3 p.m.

at Laird Funeral Home, Elgin. The Rev. C. Lee Gilbertson will officiate. Burial wQl be In Bluff City Cemetery.

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