Paperweight Exhibit Showcases Rare Art at Chicago Art Institute
The Art Institute of Chicago presents a vast gift of over 1,200 paperweights from Arthur Rubloff, creating one of the world’s most extensive collections. The display includes a 1973 Saint-Louis pedestal weight with millefiori beads and pieces from Baccarat, Clichy, Saint-Louis, plus English and American makers. Floral motifs dominate, with portraits of figures like Napoleon and Roosevelt, pinwheel designs, and miniature scenes. the show underscores the collection’s unrivaled scope and historical span from 1845 to 1955.
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Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
Arthur Rubloff
Museum
Rubloff
Compagnie Des Cristalleries de Saint
Baccarat
Clichy
Saint-Louis
Mark Twain
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prospect of more market basket cost increases in 1979
Louise Cook reports that grocery prices rose in December by more than 1 percent in an Associated Press market basket survey. The year ends with a nearly 9 percent rise in the overall market basket, signaling further increases may lie ahead for shoppers.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Public employees charged in welfare fraud plot in Chicago
Twenty nine present or former public employees were among 37 indicted on welfare fraud charges by a Cook County grand jury. More than 388000 involved, with 15 county workers, one Postal Service employee, and 13 city and state agency staff named. Charges include theft conspiracy and perjury.
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Chicago
Cook County
U.S. Postal Service
Chi
Cago
Vivian Pitts
Chicago Board of Education
Wisconsin weighing Gacy case as probes expand nationwide
Wisconsin authorities reopen unsolved youth deaths amid Illinois focus on John Wayne Gacy Jr. Dentists and medical records are being sought from parents of youths missing in the last five years. Gacy, linked to 21 skeletons found at his Norwood Park home, is in custody. Local inquiries target Carl Galbraith, 13, Franklin Zera, 14, and Jefferson Wesley, 17, while Gacy’s 1977 Kenosha presence and 1976 Milwaukee-area case connections are reviewed.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Illinois
John Wayne Gacy Jr
Howard Anderson
Sheriff's Office
Cook County
Niles
Ill
Gacy
Norwood Park Township
Des Plaines
Kenosha County
Carl Galbraith
Twin Lakes
Galbraith
Waukesha County
Donald Eggum
John C. Zera
Franklin
Milwaukee County
Publishing waste hauling regulations in Illinois
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency announces proposed special waste hauling rules approved for publication by the Pollution Control Board. A 60 day window for written questions or comments runs through early February. The plan defines special waste as pollution control, industrial or hazardous waste and requires permitting, a cradle to grave manifest and record keeping for about 20 000 manufacturers. Copies available from the Pollution Control Board in Chicago. Illinois generated an estimated 14 million tons of special waste while 2.2 million tons were disposed in approved landfills in 1976.
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Springfield
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Illinois
Washington St
Chicago
Local Century 21 Brokers Attend Vegas Convention
Four Century 21 broker associates and their husbands attended the 7th annual Century 21 Convention December 12 to 15 at the Hilton Las Vegas previewing plans and ad campaigns for 1979. Arthur R. Leach, Morris Savings and Loan president, named to the U S League of Savings Associations Legislative Committee to meet in Washington in February to set priority home finance issues for 1979.
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Century 21
Hilton Hotel
Las Vegas
Nev
Sue Watkins
Joan Bixby
Lola Watchinski
Angie
Saylor
Arthur R. Leach
Morris Savings and Loan
U.S. League of Savings Associations
Leach
Washington, D.C
Lawmakers pay hikes top 1978 Illinois news story
The AP notes 1978 top state story is forty percent pay raises for legislators and local officials, with Thompson veto then overridden. Other top stories include the Pontiac prison riot, Percy Leith Senate race, weather, taxes, and broader political fights shaping Illinois news.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Pontiac
Charles H. Percy
Alex Leith
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