West Chicago Bans Transport of Radioactive Waste
West Chicago approves an ordinance to bar Kerr McGee from hauling radioactive waste through the village. The company earlier moved six truckloads of thorium from DuPage County to its former factory, paused at the mayor’s request, and officials anticipate possible court action over enforcement and contamination soil handling.
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West Chicago, Ill
UPI
Kerr-McGee Corp
DuPage County
West Chicago
Chicago Sun- Times
Kerr-McGee
Paul Netzel
Tentative settlement reached in Lake Park teachers strike
Negotiators for Lake Park High School District 108 and its teachers reached a tentative contract after an all night session. The district will vote Monday, teachers vote today, and classes may resume Friday. The strike began September 12 affecting 2,400 students and 135 teachers. Details of the agreement were not released.
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Lake Park
Plainfield
Lake Park High
Roselle
Tony Perri
Chicago
Perri
Bob Trevarthen
Plainfield School Board
Federation of Teachers
Turley
Nitz murder trial rests as defense and prosecution close case
In Metropolis Illinois the Rita Nitz murder trial nears closing after both sides rest. Prosecutors accuse Nitz of helping her ex husband Richard in the 1988 decapitation slaying of Michael Miley, 23, in Murphysboro. Testimony cited searches at the Nitz trailer and witness views through a window union.
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Nitz
Metropolis, Ill
UPI
Rita Nitz
Murphysboro
Richard
Michael Miley
Williamson
Massac County
Williamson County
Charles Garnall
Frank Cooper
Illinois Department of Criminal Investigation
Cooper
Robert Drew
Miley
Philip Sylvester
DCI
Sylvester
Garnati
Richard Nitz
Conman gets maximum in bank scam
Armand Moore, 34, was sentenced to 125 months in federal prison for a $69 million computer transfer scam against First National Bank of Chicago. He recruited bank workers and routed funds from Merrill Lynch, United Airlines, and Brown-Forman to accounts under phony names in Austria. Accomplices included cousins and two bank employees pleaded guilty.
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Chicago
UPI
First National Bank of Chicago
U.S
Harry Leinenweber
Armand Moore
Moore
Bank
Austria
Merrill Lynch
United Airlines
Brown- Forman Distilleries Corp
U.S. Attorny
Jeffrey Stone
Otis Wilson
Gabriel Taylor
Lindberg Nominated for Illinois Federal Judgeship
President Bush plans to nominate George Lindberg a former Illinois deputy attorney general and appellate judge for the northern district of Illinois to succeed Prentice Marshall. Lindberg 57 of Crystal Lake has served on Illinois appellate court since 1978 and held posts as deputy attorney general from 1977 to 1978 and comptroller from 1973 to 1977. Senate confirmation is required. Southern Illinois University Carbondale reports fall freshman enrollment down but total enrollment at 24 596 an all time high, up 369 from last year.
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Washington
UPI
Bush
George Lindberg
Illinois
Prentice Marshall
Lindberg
Crystal Lake
Ill
Senate
SIUC
Carbondale, Ill
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
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UPI Photo
Bill Ellingson
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne
Robert Greenwalt
Grand Detour Garden Center
Dixon, IL
Tom and Tricia Lillyman
Conover Furniture
Conover Square
Oregon
Trevarthen
East St. Louis
Terry Turley
Conman
Detroit
Herschel Bailey
John Strom
KSB
Dr. Strom
Vascular Society
ESB
KSB Hospital
E. First Street
Dixon
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