Illinois Bell Tax Ruling Could Bring Chicago Refunds
A Circuit Court judge ruled Illinois Bell Telephone Co raised a 5 percent occupation tax on Chicago bills and added a 5 percent surcharge plus high collection fees, improperly inflating charges. Escrow ordered on excess funds pending appeal. potential refunds dating back 10 years for Chicago subscribers.
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Chicago
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Nathan Cohen
Cohen
Illinois Bell
Bell
Illinois Commerce Commission
Carasik
Handmacher
Motorcade protest over Illinois pay hikes in Peoria
Retired teacher Bernice Jackson organizes a Peoria to Springfield motorcade to protest an $8000 pay raise for lawmakers. Cars depart Wednesday morning to meet the Illinois Senate, with a bus for seniors and calls to involve Macomb Glassford and Chicago. A separate Peoria group plans recall of lawmakers and possible constitutional changes to shrink the General Assembly to cut salaries and expenses.
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Peoria
Ill
Springfield
Bernice Jackson
Sunnyland
Macomb
Glassford
Chicago
Peoria Area
Jim Grube
General Assembly
Grube
Eastern Airlines seeks to buy National Airlines
Eastern Air lines offers 425 million to acquire National Airlines as Pan American and Texas International also circle the deal. National chairmen Maytag and directors weigh the bid while Eastern borrows much of the funds in a high stakes airline consolidation scene.
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Eastern Airlines
National Airlines
Miami
Eastern
Frank Borman
National
Pan American World Airways
Northeast
Florida
Borman
Texas International Airlines
L.B. Maytag
New Orleans
Alton Ochsner
Brownsville trucker found stabbed on West Side street
Chicago police report Richard Stephan a 42 year old Brownsville Texas native and Denver Midwestern Freight Co employee was stabbed seven times in an apparent robbery on a West Side street. He died at St Marys Hospital.
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Chicago
Brownsville
Tex
West Side
Richard Stephan
St. Mary’s Hospital
Stephan
Denver Midwestern Freight Co
Two arrested after highway shootings
Two men were wounded in a gunfire incident on Interstate 90 that ended in an Elgin restaurant parking lot. Phillip M. Jones, 27, of Fox Lake, was arrested and charged with two counts each of attempted murder, armed violence and aggravated battery. Verlyn Saylors and Charles Foland were shot in the stomach. Saylors’ wife Veronica was present and dodged a shot, per Elgin police.
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Elgin
Chicago
Phillip M. Jones
Fox Lake
Jones
Skokie
Elgin Police
J. W. Smith
Inter
State
Verlyn Saylors
Carpentersville
Charles Foland
East Dundee
Saylors
Smith
Foland
Illinois 25
Veronica
Seven Die In Southwest Side Apartment Fire
Chicago AP reports seven people perished in a four story apartment blaze on the Southwest Side. A 32 year old woman remained in critical condition at Cook County Hospital with 32 percent burns. Deputy Fire Chief Walter H Braun ordered an arson probe as investigators search for cause and how the fire spread from the third to the fourth floor. Victims include two young children Jimmy Cruz aged 2 and Amelia 4 identified, and adults Edmundo Velos 32 Antonio Rodriguez 56 Raymond Solis 51. Two men aged around 51 and 35 remained unidentified. Damage placed at about 25000 dollars.
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Chicago
Cook County Hospital
Walter H. Braun
Jimmy Cruz
Amelia
Red Cross
Edmundo Revelos
Antonio Rodriguez
Raymond Solis
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Leonard Handmacher
Marshall Field
Milwaukee
Marshall Field & Co
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Osborne
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Paul W. Cable
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Santa's
Main & Liberty
Jeannette Keller
Switzerland
Variety Club
Great Britain
Trucker
Associated Press
Litton
Santa Claus
Redfern
Liberty
Morris
A.I.D.S
P.O
Morris, IL
ALL Action
First National Bank OF Morris
F.d.1.c
W. Main
Sweet
Sco Ma
Waverly
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