Thompson signs AIDS test bill while vetoing dentist ban
Governor James R. Thompson signed a law allowing doctors to order AIDS tests without patient consent in certain cases, citing public health needs. He vetoed a measure permitting dentists to refuse treatment to patients with infectious diseases. The bill expands testing by medical workers and emergency staff, and includes school notification provisions. Public Health Director Bernard Turnock opposed the testing bill, while supporters included the Illinois State Medical Society.
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Tom Schafer
Barbara Flynn Currie
Chicago
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Ellis Levin
United States
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Bush Presses Dukakis On Sludge Dump Charge In Belmar NJ
Vice President George Bush assails Democrat Michael Dukakis over environmental records during a Belmar beach rally, claiming Dukakis sought to dump Boston sludge off the New Jersey coast while noting 1985 permit filing at a federal dump site 106 miles away.
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N.J
UPI
George Bush
Michael Dukakis
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New Jersey
Belmar’s
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Dukakis
Massachusetts
EPA
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Soviet couple marks 103rd wedding anniversary
Tass reports Khatyn and Ilyas Djafarov of Yanshak village in Transcaucasus celebrate 103 years since their Sept. 1, 1885 marriage. They claim no divorces in southern Soviet Azerbaijan and say the couple has over 200 descendants.
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Khatyn
Ilyas Djafarov
Yanshak
Transcaucasus
Soviet Azerbaijan
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Aig Tass
Simon vows to push rail labor settlement by Sept nine
Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois threatened to press legislation to impose a settlement if no deal is reached between Chicago and North Western Railroad and its union by September 9. He warned a second commuter strike could affect 41,000 riders on the C N W lines and noted divisions between union leaders and the railroad. The dispute centers on eliminating 1150 brakemen positions amid debated technology gains.
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Norden convicted in Lee County marijuana delivery trial
A Lee County jury of seven men and five women found 30 year old Michael Norden guilty of promoting the sale of marijuana purchased last April Fool's Day. Norden testified he merely introduced two men to an undercover officer and denied aiding a drug sale. The jury deliberated over four hours and five minutes, and Norden faces two to five years in prison.
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Michael Norden
Norden
First St
Dixon
Ron Vandergrift
Scott
Vandergrift
Callow
Henry Dixon
Eugene Stockton
Magdich
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