Nation's longest trial ends with preschool operators acquitted
In Los Angeles, the former McMartin Preschool operators were acquitted on 52 child molestation charges after a trial costing about 15 million dollars and lasting nearly three years. Jurors deadlocked on 12 counts and a conspiracy charge. Buckey and his mother faced national outrage as the case sparked fears of child abuse in schools.
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Los Angeles
Raymond Buckey
Peggy McMartin Buckey
Manhattan Beach
Superior Court
William Pounders
Buckey
McMartin
Judy Johnson
Calif
Ray
Nancy Peterson
National
McMartin Pre-School case reshaped views on child abuse
The six year McMartin trial ended with acquittals on most charges and a hung jury on others. Experts credit the case with sparking major reforms in child care regulation, background checks, and abuse recognition training, though its overall influence remains debated among advocates and researchers.
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Committee For
Soaneee
McMartin
The
American Association For Protecting Children
Edenton
N.C
Katie Bond
David Finklehor
Family Research Laboratory
University of New Hampshire
Dixon Pass Not in Northern Illinois Rail Plan Yet
A Rochelle meeting discussed Chicago Northwestern line passenger service with stops expected in Chicago Geneva DeKalb Rochelle Sterling Rock Falls Clinton and Quad Cities Iowa. Dixon may gain a stop later as local officials push to fund and coordinate the project.
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Chicago Northwestern
Illinois
Dixon
Illinois Association of Railroad Passengers
IARP
Ken Bird
Chicago
Geneva
DeKalb
Rochelle
Sterling
Rock Falls
Clinton
Quad Cities
Iowa
Greater Rochelle
Rochelle Country Club
James Dixon
Dixon Chamber of Commerce
Ed Wright
Quad Cities Association of Railroad Passengers
Dixon District finances gain state board approval
The Illinois State Board of Education approved a financial plan for Dixon School District aimed at removing it from the list of districts in financial difficulty. The plan outlines steps to cut the June 30 deficit from 1.9 million to 900,000 by June 30, 1991, with funds from a 1985 referendum, working cash bonds, and higher state aid.
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Telegraph
Illinois State Board of Education
Dixon
ISBE
Robert Aubry
Howard Thompson
Prophetstown
Johansen Offered Desoto School Superintendent Post
The DeSoto Missouri School Board offered its superintendent position to Dr Kent Johansen of Grand Detour after a board meeting. Johansen and his family visited DeSoto to discuss the offer and must decide by Sunday. He has been Dixon High principal since 1984-85 and Dixon’s board hired the Illinois Association of School Boards to assist the search for a new superintendent.
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Telegraph
DeSoto, Missouri
Kent Johansen
Johansen
DeSoto
Dixon
Alton
Felix Milfeld
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Galena and
Second Street
Mrs. Buckey
James H. Davis
Mary Mac Cioffi
Daryl Hutchins
Peggy McMartin
Associated Press
Clark
Missouri
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