East St. Louis teachers vote to strike after contract rejection
East St. Louis teachers, about 1,000 in number, voted 347 to 227 to reject the District 189 offer and walk out, delaying classes for 16,000 students. They filed two-week strike notices previously and set Oct 2 as a deadline, seeking 8.5 percent yearly raises and lower class sizes. The district claims no funds for higher salaries and proposed insurer costs shifts.
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East St. Louis
Terry Turley
The
Illinois Federation of Teachers
Turley
Harrisburg
Robinson under federal grand jury probe over CHA elevators
Chicago sources report former Chicago Housing Authority chair Renault Robinson is under a federal grand jury investigation tied to an alleged shakedown involving a CHA elevators service contract. The probe centers on whether Robinson solicited thousands from Thacker Engineering, which held a $113 million five year bid in 1985 but later lost the deal and sued CHA for $36 million in 1987.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Housing Authority
Renault Robinson
Chicago Sun-Times
Robinson
CHA
Thacker Elevator
Murder suspect seeks public defender in double slaying
Dale R. Anderson, 37, was charged with two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of 34-year-old Lanman and her 3-year-old son Kenneth. He told a St Louis County judge he cannot afford counsel though authorities say he owns a home and two vehicles with about 14000 dollars in bank accounts. Anderson's arraignment raised possible death-penalty exposure. He remains jailed without bond as investigators pursue motive and evidence.
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Belleville, Ill
UPI
Dale R. Anderson
Ore Lanman
Kenneth
Anderson
Belleville
St. Clair County
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Mear Justis
John Barbezic
Jan Fiss
Fiss
Pat Curran
Lanman
Belleville Tactical Team
Dan Pittman
Kidnapping Suspect Eludes Police Across Three States
Police hunt Fort Wayne man Jody Lamont James 25 and hostage Dorothy Quillen 19 after he abducted her from Sullivan Indiana, fled in a stolen pickup, sparked a high speed chase near Robinson Illinois, and evaded a sealed-off area at the Lawrence Crawford county line as authorities warn of a nationwide manhunt.
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Effingham
Ill
UPD
Fort Wayne
Ind
Sullivan
Quillen
James
Robinson
Crawford County
Lawrence
Illinois
Bianchi
Dan Ryan Expressway project ends early in Chicago
Gov. James R. Thompson and IDOT officials praised the rebuilt northbound Dan Ryan Expressway as an engineering miracle after finishing 36 miles of reconstruction 30 days early. A 30-foot sign over the lanes announced Cubs and Ryan early clinch as bonuses totaled 2.25 million dollars for completing ahead of schedule.
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Chicago
UPI
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Illinois Department of Transportation
Greg Baise
Cubs
Ryan
IDOT
Car bus crash in Dubuque injures 47. minor students spared
In Iowa, six remain hospitalized after a car struck a bus carrying 41 Cuba City junior high band members en route to Maquoketa Octoberfest. The collision forced the bus to roll over. no students were seriously hurt. Driver Robert Johnson, 71, of Moline, Ill., is in serious condition at Mercy Health Center.
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Dubuque, Iowa
UPI
Dubuque
Cuba City
Wis
Robert Johnson
Moline
Ill
Mercy Health Center
Maquoketa
Johnson
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Denise Considine
Vicki Carlson
Scott Dixon
Larry Woessner
Katie Heisinger
Ken Arbar
Steve Kroeger
Jill Resnick
Pema
Dixon, Sterling, Polo
FDIC
Sray
Court Rules
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Johnson Controls Inc
United Auto Workers Union
Bertha Dairy
Taig
Dairy Queen
Ida Johnson
Lowell Park Rd
Dixon
AM D.Q. Corp
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