World News Briefs summary of global crises and trials
BEIRUT Lebanon Italy to cut its peacekeeping contingent by more than half amid clashes between rival militias in Tripoli ten days after Palestinian forces left the city. In Hebron two mosques were attacked with booby trapped grenades and a bus bombing was found in Jerusalem. Falkland War figures Galtieri and others face murder kidnapping and torture charges in Argentina. An orbiting telescope identifies about 200 distant galaxies challenging Milky Way models. Reagan designates nine more Caribbean Basin Initiative beneficiaries including Grenada and El Salvador. Justice dept sues Dynes Corp over illegal tax shelters evading $7 million in taxes.
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Tripoli
Yasser Arafat
Jerusalem
West Bank
Hebron
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Leopoldo Galtieri
Pasadena
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Palm Springs
Reagan
Palm Desert
Grenada
el Salvador
Washington
Justice Department
Dynes Corporation
Endorsements and budget issues shape Illinois politics
In Chicago the MIPO group backs U S Representative Paul Simon in the Senate race while other candidates include Philip Rock Alex Leith and Roland Burris. The Chicago World's Fair authority approves a skeletal 5 million budget over community protests. Illinois voters face a March 20 presidential primary with nine Democrats and one Republican. In Hillsboro a judge denies bond for a teen suspect and raises bonds for two others in a highway murder case. Dr Frank Stuart calls for limited organ transplant program regulation in state licensing.
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MIPO
U.S
Paul Simon
Carbondale
U.S. Senate
Simon
Charles Percy
Illinois Senate
Philip Rock
Oak Park
Hinsdale
Alex Leith
Illinois
Roland Burris
Donald A. Perkus
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Springfield
Reagan
George McGovern
South Dakota
John Glenn
Ohio
Gary Hart
Colorado
Ernest Hollings
South Carolina
Florida
Reubin Askew
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Alan Cranston
California
Jesse Jackson
Betty Williams
Hillsboro
Montgomery County
Mark Joy
Roosevelt Pollarc Jr
Derrick Jones
Claude Kilbert
Matteson’s Story Busy new top cop intrigues town
Donald Story, 42, named police chief of Matteson after city politics pushed him from Bloomington. He declined a higher post in Eric, Pennsylvania, and returns as top lawman in a smaller town. Story plans education focused leadership, crisis intervention training, and broader role for officers as social workers.
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Maribeth Vanderweele
Donald Story
Matteson
Story
Bloomington
Pennsylvania
Eric
Bloomington and
Canton, Ill
Lincoln Mall
Peoria
Union movement shows no impact on Park Forest police
The Park Forest police officers voted to join the FOP nine days ago. Police Chief Fred Romano says he has no knowledge of members and has received nothing from the union, but he welcomes dialogue and sees no immediate problems. The piece notes similar FOP activity in nearby Flossmoor Matteson and Olympia Fields and notes Homewood may soon decide whether to recognize its FOP lodge as the police union.
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James Andrews
Park Forest
Fraternal Order of Police
FOP
Fred Romano
Flossmoor
Matteson
Olympia Fields
Homewood
Homewood Fop Lodge
Homewood Fop
Larry Lowery
Will
Vehicle crash at Park Forest yard spurs DUI charge
Robert F. Morris of Chicago Heights wrecked a four wheel drive on Blackhawk drive and Osage avenue, flipping into Robert Schlesinger’s front yard. He was hospitalized and charged with DUI, speeding, and property damage. Schlesinger urges a guardrail after recurring wrecks, noting the 30 mph limit and repeated grass and structure damage.
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Pete Reynolds
Blackhawk Drive
Osage Avenue
Park Forest
Robert Schlesinger
Robert F. Morris
Euclid Avenue
Chicago Heights
St. James Hospital
Fred Romano
Morris
John Faris
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