Convict Testifies on Prison Escape Plan in Marion Case
In Benton Illinois AP report Michael Marchetto testified about two inmates discussing an escape that included a helicopter hijacking and a killing. He described plans to flee to an airport then New Orleans to rob a bank and a jewelry store as part of the conspiracy against Garrett Trapnell and Martin McNally.
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Allen Barklage
St. Louis
Barbara Oswald
Barklage
McNally
Trapnell
James Kenneth Johnson
Marchetto
New Orleans
Johnson
Timony
U.S
Harold Baker
FBI
Marion
Bus overturn injures 22 students on trip to game
A school bus carrying about 25 junior high players overturned several miles south of Bowling Green Missouri on Missouri 161. Twenty two students were injured, seven in serious condition with broken bones and head injuries. No other vehicles were involved and investigators probe the cause.
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Bowling Green
Missouri
Montgomery County
Pike County
Judges' expenses paid to lobby for higher pay in Illinois
Two Cook County circuit judges say the Illinois Judges Association covered their travel to Springfield to press lawmakers for hefty judicial pay hikes approved in November. The raises, taking effect December 1, will lift Supreme Court salaries to 58 000 and push many lower court judges to about 50 500, with pension benefits rising accordingly.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Judges Association
General Assembly
Associated Press
Albert Green
Chicago
Charles Fleck
Circuit Court
Cook County
James R. Thompson
Illinois
Harold Sullivan
Supreme Court
Association
Fleck’s
Green
Sullivan
Thompson
Fleck
Appellate Court
Norman E. Lentz
Lentz
Scott weighs Senate bid amid Stirring Illinois race
Chicago AP Scott, Illinois attorney general, mulls a U.S. Senate bid against Democrat Adlai Stevenson III. He notes strong Republican backing and a high statewide vote share, while Stevenson hints at a spring announcement. A Dixon-Democrat possibility looms if Stevenson stays out. A federal probe into Scott’s finances could affect his campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William J. Scott
U.S. Senate
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Scott
Chicago Sun-Times
Stevenson
Alan J. Dixon
Senate
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Brzezinski again at White House as Carter leans on adviser
Zbigniew Brzezinski gains prominence in the Carter administration as a key policy influence. Reports say he accompanies the president to regional summits in Guadeloupe alongside leaders from France, West Germany, and England. A separate move names George Ball to head a Persian Gulf long-term options task force.
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Washington
Brzezinski
Potomac
Cyrus R. Vance
White House
Carter
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
France
West Germany
England
Persian Gulf
State Department
George Ball
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Renaissance Center
Pike County Memorial Hospital
Dixon
Paul W. Cable
Ctual Housing Lender
Winston Churchill
Andrew Carnegie
Morris Savings & Loan
Wauponsee St
Morris
Mondamon St
Minooka
N. Chestnut St
Onarga
Marseilles
Main & Bluff Sts
Slic
Coca-Cola and Coke
Coca-Cola Company
Weeta’s Boutique
Starved Rock Marina
Ottawa, Ill
Dee Bennett
Buffalo Rd
Robert J. Engle, D.D.S
Hornsby's
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