H o n p : f. S o n n n o o k I n c . Sprlngport, M i c h i g a n 13, 1961 NUMBER 46 i£>1961, Cornbelt Press, 'M ini-Park m akes With three dead and $7 million in costs sp rayer m u c h p r o g r e s s by Jane Dehm of 26 different trees planted. Some will be purchase The Chatsworth Mini-Park is nr,;. i >vay planted this fall and others will be planted in The defense counsel, moreover, were not and progressing nicely. The Junior Woman's the spring. They hope to plant several of the The Chatsworth Village Board Tuesday by Rick Jones involved for the full three-year trial period, club initiated the project and called upon the laJfeer trees this fall to provide for immediate night agreed to purchase a Model 910 T When the Pontiac Correctional Center did not have to house defendants, did not have various other organizations of the community shade. The reason for the variety is of course (Last of a Series) sprayer to kill weeds with. Jerry Birkenbeil, erupted on a hot July morning in 1970, the to relocate witnesses, and were able to for help. A mini-park committee was formed for beauty, wildlife reasons and hopefully for plant supervisor stated that a hand sprayer la ensuing riot was the worst in the history of the maintain at least a limited private practice in from these organizations last year and eventual nature study. addition to billing the state for trial expenses. not big enough to do the job. The sprayer Illinois penal system. through their efforts the mini-park area was The benches they hope to secure in One investigator for the defense team spent would be used around the sewer fences and Extensive nationwide media coverage commander of the Illinois toll road detail, to cleaned up and leveled. Then, they ran into a concrete this fall are made of cedar and are three weekends last February in Wisconsin, ditches. The board agreed to purchase the S 4 / focused on the uprising, which left three prison lead a group of troopers inside the riot-tom problem of getting the much needed fill and priced at $250. each. One of the four benches two of those stays Jit the luxurious Interlaken gallon chemical sprayer for $666.06. guards dead, including Fairtoury native Lt. prison. McCarthy, who trained troopers in black dirt. After a lot of searching and talking has already been donated by a local citizen. William Thomas; three other correctional crowd control during the student resort. to people, fill dirt was found and a local citizen There will be a total of 13 lights installed. They demonstrations of the '60s, was brought down A number of defense lawyers turned in In other action, the board: officers savagely beaten; and the prison donated the black dirt. A temporary plan was are approximately 354” tall and are a cedar smoldering in near-ruin. Inmate-set blazes from Chicago to restore order. billings for those same periods, citing drawn up and the park committee went to cite lighting of wood form. They are priced at —Approved an appropriation ordinance caused $4 million damage. Now, the former Fairbury resident ’’retreats,” “lawyers’ conferences,” and work on securing donations from local clubs $325. each. Anyone wishing to donate a tree, No. 134 to pass levy taxes in the town of In a series of eight articles over the past commands the State Police post in Pontiac. "conferences with co-council.” and individual citizens of the community. bench, or light may contact Dan Kerber for Chatsworth From May 1, lift - April K , HO, seven weeks, The Blade has taken a hard look And he told The Blade he has taken steps to If their investigator went to Wisconsin, did They managed to collect approximately $1500. further details. equalling $177,047.00. This is a $1X,M0 in creme d ) at the riot in retrospect as well as the eventual ready his men for a swift and massive the lawyers meet in downtown Chicago? Plans were then made to seed the area this According to the estimates, almost all of over last year. courtroom proceedings against 17 inmates response to any future prison riots. Each The Blade commented on the brief trial spring. Unfortunately rainy weather the $1500. donations to date will go for the -Decided to contact TP4W railroad to see indicted for the murders of the three guards. trooper has a 34-page prison riot manual. appearance of Judge James M. Bailey, more prohibited this job. cement work. All of the labor is and will be if the crossings couldn't be repaired fan the Much of the information developed for this Two weeks ago, McCarthy staged a mock widely known recently as the jurist hearing During the early summer months, the donated; therefore, any monies given to the immediate future. series has been presented to the public for the run. The response time is indeed much faster. the trial surrounding the infamous FALN project seemed to be at a stand still. Then, the mini-park fund go strictly for materials. As first time. Some of the highlights included: "We’re ready," the captain reported. terriorist group. park committee and the Junior Women’s club you might gather from this report, our park Next in our series, we noted how State’s Bailey is a no-nonsense judge, called upon The state was ill-prepared to respond to a was approached by the local Knights of fund is dwindling fast. We would greatly fullscale insurrection by inmates. Attorney C. David Vogel, some state to hear a defense motion to remove regular Columbus. They wanted to help organize the appreciate any monetary contribution your A great deal of evidence was mishandled in investigators and at least one witness were trial Judge Benjamin Miller. labor and get the project off the ground. Jim club or you as an individual citizen might wish the hours immediately following the riot, physically intimidated inside the walls of When one defense lawyer complained Birkenbeil, a Piper City architect, worked to give. All contributions may be made leaving it useless in prosecution efforts. One Stateville prison. about ”an air of hostility in Bailey's with our landscape designer; Dan Cavanaugh, directly to the mini-park account through the Tom T. Hall, the country music "story­ day after the riot, investigators were shown a With no guards in the area, they were courtroom,” the Judge remarked "too bad the in drawing up a complete detailed plan for the Citizens Bank of Chatsworth, or through the teller" from Nashville and the Grand 01’ huge mound of knives, shanks and other forced "to run a gauntlet” of inmates back to a windows don’t open." area and a work plan. It is hoped that through park’s treasurer, Dan Kerber. Opera, who this year has become a tv program homemade weapons, picked up from the main gate. The presence in the area of one Just last week, The Blade reported on the efforts of this organization plus other host, will be the Country k Western star of this J prison yard and collected in the gymnasium. inmate later charged with murder caused Danny Dill, the prison guard beaten and left year’s Fairbury Fair. He will do two shows, at “They had enough iron and stael back there Vogel's potential witness to refuse to for dead by rioting inmates. From his hospital community clubs and individual citizens that Markets the Chatsworth Mini-park will finally be a 7 and 9 p m , on Thursday, Aug. 90 in front of to start competing with Inland Steel," one cooperate with authorities. bed, he claimed he could identify some of the (Livingston Grain Quotes) reality. the grand stand. official said. But since little of the metal had The Blade also reported how Tyrone rioters. Wednesday, Aug. 12,1981 Hall is a former disc jockey on an been properly tagged, very few pieces Fahner, currently Illinois State's Attorney, But before he appeared in court three years During the last few weeks volunteer workers have been busy clearing the area and Evansville, Ind., radio station who tried hie appeared In court and seeking another term in office, spent only later, Dill made a number of written demands hand at composing songs. Obviously, then, the key to handling all a brief time talking with prosecutors about the of the state. He demanded-and received-a doing cement work. A new curb and gutter future prison uprisings is to develop a plan to trial. $50,000 lump sum workman’s compensation was put in two weeks ago, and last week a new 4 enable authorities to quell the riot while, at Fahner was director of the Illinois settlement from state officials. sidewalk was poured. This Saturday, weather ^ the same time, collect and save all available Department of Law Enforcement at the time However, his demands rendered his permitting, the interior sidewalk around the evidence. of the riot. His men were involved heavily in testimony virtually useless to prosecutors. purposed gazebo will be poured. In the second installment of this series, The the investigation and the three-year trial The Pontiac prison riot was the most By fall, workers, plan to have the concrete Joseph N Brand, 18, Blade suggested the stats look at establishing procedure. devastating tragedy of recent years in our work done, excluding the wall behind the a network of agents who would concentrate on Yet, Fahner gave Vogel only a short area.