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Kenosha News from Kenosha, Wisconsin • 6

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Kenosha Newsi
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Kenosha, Wisconsin
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4 Lake County Court takes Dalton children Kenosha New Friday Augut 8 1980 '-0 ''i 5-'-- i i -v '4a more of the children threatened to drop a child from a third floor window and placing the boy under an auto and threatening to run over him if the two women were to leave the Dalton home The attorney Alex Rafferty argued that Mrs Dalton and Filipski had never physically harmed the children and that any abuse was by Larry of whom they were in mortal fear The women are employed and living in Lake County Judge Drew rejected the argument and said the clear evidence of unfitness indicated the best interests of the children would be served by termination of parental rights scurrilous behavior coupled with neglect of the children makes them unfit" Drew ruled The two women sobbed openly when the decision was announced The ruling may be appealed to higher Illinois court If it Is and If upheld by the appellate level the three children can be placed for adoption They presently are wards of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services aid for the Immediate present remain In foster homes kidnapping and strangulation murder Aug 31 1977 of Blanchie Penna 23 Racine The children a boy 7 and girls two years younger were fathered by Dalton while living with the two women Kareh Dalton Is the mother of the boy and one of the girls Filipskl the mother of the other girl The children have been living in foster homes fn Illinois since their mothers were arrested In April 1979 The sex-related charges against the two women were dismissed In Waukegan last April because of their cooperation In' testifying against Dalton in his Kenosha trial At the custody hearing this week the prosecution cited evidence from the Dalton trial to show the women were unfit mothers That testimony included Information about the women's lesbian and prostitution acts in the home white the children were present The prosecution also cited the presence of the children In the Pleasant Prairie home when Penna was murdered and when the New York girl was held captive In the Illinois residences Also cited were incidents in which Dalton played "a of Russian roulette involving a pistol and one or By DON JENSEN Staff Writer Ruling they are "unfit a Lake County 111 Judge this week told the wife and girlfriend Of convicted murderer Lawrence Dalton that they cannot regain custody of his three children Juvenile Court Judge Bernard Drew Tuesday terminated the parental rights of Karen Dalton 34 and Barbara Fillpskt 28 to the children "The past acts are Indicative of the present peril" Judge Drew said "The court views the mothers' conduct as depravity conducted with indifference to the lives of the minors" The two women had been charged with deviate sexual assault and taking indecent liberties with a 14-year-old Brooklyn NY girl who was held against her will In the Dalton home variously in Zion and Waukegan during the winter of 1978-79 It was the escape to authorities in April 1979 that began the unraveling of a sordid story that led to the conviction late last October In Kenosha Circuit Court of Lawrence Dalton He was sentenced to life Imprisonment plus 15 years for the CPB takes no action Kenosha lies within the 10-mile radius of the Zion Nuclear Plant Shelter areas chosen Keegan said the DSS is for a strong spirit of cooperation" in discussing the proposed budget The CPB committee Is to discuss prepared budgets for the DSS and the Kenosha County Comprehensive Board Both budgets are to be approved by the end of August with County Board and state approval In the fall CPB member Peter Marshall questioned the completeness of data used in preparing the budget DSS member Clark Earl said was needed to collect the data for the budget and the DSS "did the best we could in 28 days" are trying to put together what our services and needs are on a priority Plunkett said of the proposed budget needs (In the proposal) are representative of the needs of the Questioning of the budget was interrupted by CPB member Andrea The Emergency Government office estimates that it would take about 20 hours to evacuate the city on a good day But Hughes said if there is a large snowfall efforts to evacuate could be slowed Hughes said he doesn't think the evacuation plan will ever have to put into effect but with increasing amounts of nuclear material being used the chances for disaster also can rise Hughes said it would be possible to hold people jthere until the danger has you're going to live in a shelter with a lot of Hughes said bring your dogs cats and If animals are brought to the receiving centers the animals would be put outside Hughes said The pets could be left in car though (Continued from page The Emergency JJovernment office (fas surveyed schools in the two counties and space Is available for 100000 people Hughes said the University of Wlsconsln-Whitewater which can hold more than 40000 people would probably be filled first Schools were selected on the basis of facilities The county looked for large gyms auditoriums and cooking space Stock price rises AMC starts regular production eHaxoU ZBfaxA CAadina zAAdjAi and Lit cH cMutitxhj au ftbautl to announe tftat DferuUtd CLak 5 (£0 it now auoaiattct witfi ttcm in O-'xaatlcc of cJadioCocjij By EMILY THAYER Staff Writer The Coordinated Plan and Budget Committee took no action on the proposed 1981 budget for the Kenosha County Department of Social Services (DSS) at its meeting Thursday Questioning of the proposal by CPB members was limited The three DSS representatives left halfway though the 90-minute meeting to attend a closed meeting of the County Board Personnel Committee A CPB subcommittee will meet at 7 pm Monday to discuss the budget Mary Plunkett deputy director of the DSS said meeting was "just an of the proposal and that DSS members will be present at CPB subcommittee meetings DSS board chairman James front-wheel-drive K-cars gained 1 to 9 US automakers have no overtime scheduled for this week after production last week of 85452 cars Twenty-three car plants and nine truck plants including the AMC Jeep plant at Toledo are closed this week for model changeover or inventory adjustments The AMC Jeep plant is scheduled to reopen Monday after a two-month long shutdown to help dealers reduce inventories and for changeover to 1981 models The US industry will build its four millionth car of calendar 1980 next week Wards said By this time a year ago the domestic automakers had exceeded the 56 million mark In calendar year production for 1979 write language to jfrohiblt certain practices Last year one supervisor traveled to Madison the night before meetings to get the $18 a day meal reimbursement spell everything out in an said Koessl He said the Accounts and Budgets staff questions unreasonable reimbursement requests By MAC GORDON News Detroit Bureau SOUTHFIELD Returning to regular production for the 1 first time since the end of June the 'American Motors Kenosha plant built an estimated 4500 cars this DR5 BJORK ARMSTRONG WADINA ft HUBERT ftC KENOSHA WISCONSIN 53140 Davis who asked the DSS why a department representative was not present at the Silver Lake Comprehensive Board Office there is a problem make every effort to try to solve it" Earl said: Keegan added that person could not handle all the issues" in the western Kenosha County area and suggested that a toll-free number for western county residents to the Kenosha office be something for the CPB to look at The proposed 1981 DSS budget which calls for a second deputy director position and expansion of services to children In the foster care system may be changed by the CPB committee during Its review have three weeks before we make some decision on CPB Chairman Earl Hawley told the committee "So we'd better start doing our homework" PHONE (414) S5S-I34S Mac's offering a fuH line of party planning end catering itemt Whether Its a tnack tray er a complete buffet with the tervket and trained pertonnel Moc'i hat it For Weddings Anmversertes and Special Events Coll Moc'i Firstl Kemen Meats Wis Cheese Snack Trays Jello Molds Hers D'Oeuvres We Got It All! We also have Beef Sausage Pastrami Bombers Or by the pound The juice is on us (001 Off With wr (MINI HUT UK Masked robber takes cash An armed and masked robber made off with an undetermined amount of cash Thursday night after a holdup at Delfleld's Delicatessen 2300 75th St According to police the man came into the store at 9:30 pointed a long-barrel handgun at the clerk cunlparable week a year ago On the New York Stock Exchange AMC closed at $6 per share Thursday after a rise of a quarter for the day The stock joining in a general uptrend for automotive and Industrial issues reached a high of 64 for the day as 391100 shares were traded It was the first time in many months that AMC stock had reached the $6 price Thursday trading brought AMC to a high of 6 after the stock opened at 5 Domestic automotive issues continued to reflect optimism that a sales recovery was at hand with the arrival of 1981 models General Motors climbed 214 to 544 Ford to 28 and Chrysler which launched production this week of Its new he asked for a receipt He said busy checkout clerks are unwilling to take the time to fill out a receipt The food allowance of a maximum of $18 a day remains unchanged "I feel $18 a day Is justifiable on an overnight trip without requiring said Supervisor Wayne Koessl The committees did not try to week as schedules Increased on 1981 models Wards Automotive Reports said that AMC accounted for 74 percent of the industry's production of 60806 cars this week which was 265 below production for the and demanded that she hand over the money The man grabbed the cash and fled on foot Police said the suspect Is a male in his early 20s He was wearing a green knit cap pulled over his face a red black and white CPO Jacket and black gloves board supervisors and non-repre-sented county employees The committees saidd policies for represented employees should be handled in a separate report Board Chairman Ronald Frederick said receipts are meaningless a dime a said Frederick sliding across the table a batch of blank receipts he was given in Las VeRas Nev when Finance recommends travel policy change suririEH $)19 SAUSAGE lb Homemade ITALIAN $0 59 SAUSAGE lb II Homemade Ravioli Gnocchi DELICIOUS Spaghetti Sauce HOLY ROSARY presents BEERjSPECIALI Old Style Old wa i By BARBARA HENKEL Stan Writer Top county officials traveling on I county business will get 20 cents a mile up from 17 cents and receipts will no longer be required for out-of-j town meals on overnight trips In-I voiving a full work-day The moves wre recommended Thursday night by the Finance and Personnel committees and go to the County Board The changes would apply only to Adopt A Great Pet! 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