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Bloomington-Normal, III. Nov. 7, 1977 Pantagraph A-3 Woman charged in shotgun slaying ington. He was preceded in death by his father and a daughter. Mr.

Wright served in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper, attaining the rank of corporal. He was a member of Laborers Interna- tional Local 362. By D. Wesley Smith Janice Lynn Wilson, 26, Heyworth, was charged Monday with two counts of murdering her ex-husband, Joseph Wright 42, Heyworth, in downtown Bloomington Sunday morning with a shotgun.

Wright died about 8:25 a.m. Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Center while undergoing treatment for three shotgun wounds in his back, police He was found about 7 a.m. in the 200 block of East Front Street by an off-duty Bloomington policeman. He was lying in the seat of his car, halfway out the door.

Patrolman Ed Moser reported that he was on his way home from police headquarters when he heard shots fired. He said he responded to the sound and found Mrs. Wilson standing near Wright's car, holding a automatic shotgun. Wright was in his car, Moser said, and a second man, Stanley McMillion, 40, R.R. 2, was in the rear of the station wagon.

Moser said Mrs. Wright was reloading the shotgun when he arrived. McMillion was not injured. He was released by police' after questioning. Moser said Mrs.

Wilson did not resist when he asked for the shotgun. The shooting was the third reported in Bloomington during the weekend and the second to occur on Front Street. (See story below). McLean County Deputy Coroner Jody Orsini said an autopsy revealed Wright had been shot twice in the back at close range and a third time from a greater distance. Coroner William Anderson said an inquest will be scheduled.

Bloomington police said Mrs. Wilson refused to discuss the shooting or supply a motive. McLean County Circuit Court files contain two battery complaints signed by Mrs. Wilson against Wright. The more recent complaint was signed Wednesday.

The first complaint involved an incident in Heyworth on May 24. Court officials said Mrs. Wright, after signing the complaint, returned and asked that the complaint be dropped, but it was not. The second complaint involved an incident which occurred Wednesday at Slain Joseph Wright Heyworth, is shown here in a 1951 picture as an Army paratrooper. Wright died Sunday morning as a result of multiple shotgun wounds.

Bloomington police early Monday were holding a 26-year-old woman in connection with the shooting. Two other shootings probed; man sought The Wonder Lounge, 107 W. Front. Both battery complaints charged Wright with beating Mrs. Wilson on the head with a chair.

Mrs. Wilson and Wright were also questioned by Bloomington police Wednesday, police said, after Wright drove up and down West Front Street, in front of The Wonder Lounge, throwing Mrs. Wilson's clothing from his car. Police said they questioned Mrs. Wilson inside the tavern and she told them that she and Wright had been arguing.

No charges were filed in that incident. Wright, a Bloomington native, recently moved to Heyworth and was employed as a construction worker. The funeral for Mr. Wright will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Beck Memorial Home.

Burial will be in Park Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. He was born Dec. 23, 1934, in Bloomington, a son of Beckham and Clara Thompson Wright.

He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Clara Wahls, 706 W. Wood St. two sons, Joseph 278 Willow Creek Village, and Gregory 309 S. Western three daughters, Miss Diane K.

Wright, 309 S. Western Miss Lisa Lynne, Men-dota, and Miss Tracy Lynne, Heyworth; a brother, Richard, 706 W. Wood St. two half sisters, Mrs. Helen Gasteneau and Mrs.

Frances Bennett, both of Bloom- $600 taken in burglary Nearly $600 in cash, plus stereo equipment and tools valued at $350, were taken from a room at Smith House, Watterson Towers, Friday or Saturday, according to Illinois State University police. Joel Mansberg, John Bavester and David Markolrad, residents of 116 Smith House, were the victims. Police said the door had been forced open. Woman injured in 2 car accident A Heyworth woman was treated Sunday afternoon at St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Center after a two-car collision at the intersection of Oakland Avenue and Belt Line Road.

Wanda L. Dicken, 23, R.R.I, Heyworth, and her passenger, Billy C. Dicken, 2, of 1711 Taft Drive, Normal, were both treated at the hospital and released. Miss Dicken was northbound on Belt Line when her car collided with another northbound vehicle, driven by Eugene Wotli, 74, St. Louis.

Miss Dicken was charged by Bloomington police with following too closely. Car burglarized Items valued at nearly $450 were stolen from a locked car belonging to Keith Leindl, Minier, overnight Sunday while the car was parked at the Bloomington parking garage, 200 W. Market St. Items stolen included an $80 tape systeft, a $180 coat, 20 eight-track tapes valued at $160, a $20 sweater and a $5 glass jar. Police said there was no sign of forcible entry.

Vandalism to automobile reported in Normal Ralph deWerff, 401 Marian Normal, told Normal police Friday a vandal had put cigarettes in his gasoline tank. Police said deWerff had to have the tank cleaned out. Reed also fired a shot in the air at the time of the incident. She was charged with unlawful use of a weapon. She was taken to McLean County Jail to await a Monday afternoon court hearing.

Barker had not been apprehended Monday noon. In the latest shooting, Henry Robbins, 28, of 1221 Major Normal, told police he was walking in the 200 block of West ft aAdn- rm, mi iiim itWri 1 1 (IDipdIeipeci City to put at Lincoln-Belt up Bloomington police were searching Monday for a man wanted on a warrant charging attempted murder and investigating two other shootings, all of which occurred within 25 hours Saturday and Sunday in Bloomington. Warrants charging attempted murder, battery and armed robbery were issued Monday for James Barker, 23, of 1315 W. Elm in connection with a shooting incident at 9:45 p.m. Saturday in the 100 block of West Front Street.

That shooting incident preceded the 7 a.m. shotgun slaying of Joseph Wright 42, Heyworth, which occured only two blocks away in the 200 block of East Front Street. (See accompanying story.) Ruby Mae Reed, 25, of 1823 Illinois St. told Bloomington police she was at The Wonder Lounge, 107 W. Front, with Barker, and they began to argue.

She gave the following version to police: They went back to their car and Barker began beating her, so she fled. She said he fired "four or five shots" at her as she ran. She was not hit, but the windshield of a car owned by Frank Pre witt, 1828 Illinois was broken. Police said witnesses told them Miss Service station reported burglarized A burglar entered the Clark Super 100 Service Station, 806 S. Main early Sunday and took a coin changer and currency totaling $50.

Bloomington police said the burglar used keys to enter the front door and the cash drawer in the office. Antenna, radio stolen A citizens band radio and antenna, total value $170, belonging to Patrick D. McCowan of 316 W. Emerson St. were stolen Saturday from his unlocked car, parked at the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and Emerson Street.

i- 7 i These woodsmen weren't heeding the plea to save a tree last week as they worked on this specimen with saw and hammer. Paul Hope, 6, of 402 N. Morris left, and Keith Sims, 6, of 908 N. Morris Ave. wielded tools of their trade near their homes.

(Pantagraph photo) jobless tangle meet a deadline for repaying a $750 million federal debt. Crime One of the major deadlocks of the fall session, whether the title "Class should be given to a series of especially serious felonies, was broken when Democrats agreed to use the title. A Senate committee was expected this week to try and compromise on remaining differences between Thompson, a Republican, and Democratic leaders on an anti-crime package. The package would drastically revise the way criminals are sentenced. Welfare Thompson said he is unhappy with Democratic-backed legislation that would give the state Department 1 of Public Aid the power to suspend Medicaid payments to health care vendors accused of fraud.

The bill, approved by a Senate committee, would not allow the department to take into account fraud or other violations of its regulations that occurred before the bill goes into effect. Public Aid Director Arthur Quern said that would be giving amnesty to fraudulent Medicaid providers for past infractions. Abortion The House voted to override Thompson's veto of a bill that would bar the Department of Public Aid from using Medicaid funds for abortions not necessary to save the life of the mother. The veto, overridden amid emotional debate, still must be considered by the Senate, where an override also is considered likely. Laetrile The House also voted to override Thompson's veto of a bill that would legalize the use on terminal cancer patients of the controversial substance Laetrile.

The federal government has barred interstate shipment of Laetrile, saying it is worthless as a cancer cure. Legislative supporters of the bill said cancer victims should be allowed the choice of using the substance anyhow. That override must be considered by the Senate, Talk U.S. Rep. Edward Madigan will be available to talk with constituents between noon and 5 p.m.

Wednesday in an office at the ACI Building, 210 S. East St. i3 r'V Wnnrlcmon? VrUUUdfllCff. Laws on causing SPRINGFIELD (AP) Moving toward compromise on anti-crime legislation but still snarled in disputes over unemployment insurance and welfare fraud, the Illinois General Assembly returns to work Monday amid intense political maneuvering. Democrats, who repeatedly have attacked as a public relations gimmick Gov.

James R. Thompson's "Class crime proposal, last week finally agreed to accept the title. But the Senate was unable to decide whether local governments or the state should pick up the tab for extending unemployment insurance to about 475,000 public employes in Illinois. And a battle is developing between Democrats and Republicans over how much authority the state Department of Public Aid should have to halt Medicaid payments to health care providers accused of fraud. At a glance, here are the highlights of last week's activity in the Illinois General Assembly: Unemployment Senate Democrats were able to muscle through an amendment requiring the state to pay the estimated $7 million cost for the first year of extending unemployment insurance coverage to all public employes in Illinois.

The amendment was tacked onto a bill backed by Republicans, who have said they favor local governments picking up the cost of the coverage. The extended coverage is one part of an unemployment insurance bill which the federal government says must become law by next Thursday, in order to Rep. Madigan to announce in Stanford U.S. Rep. Edward Madigan, Lincoln, will return to Stanford between Dec.

2 and 8 to announce officially his candidacy for a fourth term in Congress. The Republican said Saturday that Stanford holds a special place in his heart. He announced his candidacy for the Illinois House there and successfully launched his first campaign for Congress in Stanford. Madigan told a GOP gathering at Illinois Wesleyan University that Truman Allman, long-time GOP precinct committeeman in Stanford "has always taken care of me." The 21st Congressional District representative told a press conference before the Saturday brunch that he has no intention of looking beyond the House of Representatives. wmiiii liin-ffimt-ntfirr-titf- 'f'-fffrtifurTnlt By KathyMcKinney Street lights have been ordered for the Lincoln Street-Belt Line Road intersection, the site of two fatal accidents in five months.

The installation of the lighting does not preclude flashing beacon-type lights, said City Engineer Stuart Bullen. The flashing lights were called for Friday by Police Chief Harold Bosshardt following a demand by a coroner's jury for improvement of the intersection. "Street lights are something we could do fairly quickly and do on the city's own initiative, without going to the Illinois Department of Transportation," Bullen said. "We have sent a letter to I DOT to ask about installing beacon lights." A McLean County coroner's jury ruled Wednesday in the death of Raymond Salzman that "immediate action be taken to correct the dangerous traffic situation" at Lincoln and Belt Line. Salzman, 78, of 708 E.

Bell was fatally injured Oct. 22 in a two-car collision at the intersection. He was the second person to die as a result of an accident there since May. Division Street at 10:30 p.m. Sunday when he felt something hit him in the left arm, above the elbow.

Robbins said he turned and saw a man wearing dark clothing and a billed cap run away. Robbins walked to Brokaw Hospital, where doctors told him he'd been shot by a small caliber handgun or a pellet gun. He was treated and released from the hospital. street lights Line corner Installing traffic lights at the intersection would require IDOT approval if the city were to use motor fuel taxes to help pay for the signals. In addition, the city generally is reluctant to act without.

IDOT approval on traffic controls because of potential liability problems. Bullen said Monday he did not think flashing lights would be very effective, although he said any action would have some effect. "Both accidents involved local people who knew the intersection was there. It was not a matter of a stranger to the city," Bullen The engineer said there might be a problem with an optical illusion at the intersection. It is possible, he said, that when vehicles are coming around the curve at night, the angle of their headlights makes them appear farther away.

Street lights could eliminate that problem, he said, by making vehicles more visible. Illinois Power Company will be erecting the lights, Bullen said, on existing poles. The lights could be operating within two weeks. The city will lease the lights from the power company for about $150 per year. SiinHav hp a an a a fine autumn dav for rakin8 and other ac' tivUiei.

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