Refund delays for ComEd $248 million refunds in Illinois
CHICAGO AP ComEd refunds totaling 248 million are delayed as the Illinois Appellate Court delays a Cook County Circuit Court ruling. The stay affects the March 1990 bills and would give residential customers about 40 to 50 dollars each. The court hearing on the appeal could affect the refunds.
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Commonwealth Edison Company
Ilinois
Cook County
Edison
John Hogan
Byron I
Hogan
Citizens Utility Oeseined
Attorney General’s Office
Bud Miller
Attorney’s General Office
Two Joliet escapees caught in Chicago raid
Chicago police and corrections agents arrested James Allen and Daniel Johnson in a South Side two flat after a tip led to a raid that ended their escape. The pair, both convicts, were among six who fled Joliet Correctional Center on February 11. They are unarmed and back in custody.
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Joliet Correctional Center
South Side
James Allen
Daniel Johnson
Burns, Tenn
Nic Howell
Illinois Department of Corrections
Dave Rodriguez
Ronald Roach
Wyoming
Ill
Howell
Corrections Department
Allen
Johnson
Illinois
FBI
1989 Traffic Death Rate Drops As Safety Rules Grow
U S highways safer as 1989 fatalities totaled about 45 500 down from 47 093 in 1988 and far below 1980. Officials credit drunk driving crackdown seat belt use air bag rules and stronger child restraints. States tightened drunken driving laws and public tolerance grew for designated drivers.
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Samuel K. Skinner
NHTSA
Jerry R. Curry
Curry
Tim Hurd
District of Columbia
North Dakota
Jeffrey Miller
United States
Ms. Claybrook
America
Miller
Real Reagan on the Stand Tests memory and wit in court
Reagan, 79, affable on the stand, took oaths and winked at the defendant while insisting he cannot recall key dates, meetings, and names. He admitted a long career from movies to politics and noted millions of White House photos and hundreds of papers, saying he cannot remember specifics about Contra aid and General Vessey.
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Ronald R
Reagan
Poindexter
Ronald Reagan
Richard Beckler
John Vessey
Central America
Vessey
Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Vessey
Lee Hamilton
House Intelligence Committee
White House
Adolfo Calero
Hollywood
Reagan testimony offers little help to Poindexter defense
Washington AP Former President Reagan’s videotaped testimony weakens the defense of John M. Poindexter in the Iran-Contra trial. Reagan said he fully agreed with Poindexter’s July 1986 Congress letter denying covert NSC aid to the Contras, a line prosecutors say was false.
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Reagan
John M. Poindexter
Poindexter
White House
U.S
Congress
Security Council
Michael Bromwich
Very cold Arctic air mass to grip Dixon region
Telegraph staff notes February extremes in Dixon with record highs early month followed by heavy snows. NWS reports 0.9 inch at Rockford Airport. Thursday brought 1.8 inches locally. Forecasts warn of bitter wind chills below zero, teens to 20s warming by Tuesday. Heavy Gulf moisture spurred storms and floods from Georgia to Alabama. Mississippi residents sandbagged as floods declared federal disaster areas.
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National Weather Service
Rockford
Dave Petrovich
Petrovich
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Michigan
Gulf
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
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