Thompson calls special session Friday on rolling back raises
Springfield AP reports Governor Thompson called a noon Friday special session to consider rolling back lawmakers pay raises amid citizen outrage sparked by tea bag protests. plan would reduce lawmakers from 20 000 to 24 000 and raise to 28 000 by 1981. judge raises stay.
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Frigid Illinois Rural Air Plunges World to Subzero Deep Freeze
Frigid air lingers across Illinois as temperatures hit minus 27 in Moline minus 17 in Rockford and minus 13 in Chicago with wind chills reaching 41 below. Commuters flood Chicago transit as heavy snow and subzero conditions disrupt travel and power crews restore outages across Granite City Belleville Sparta Niantic Illiopolis Mount Auburn and other communities.
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Illiopolis
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Investigators finish digging for bodies at Gacy home
Investigators finished digging at John Wayne Gacy's northwest suburban home and expect no more skeletal remains. They will recheck with heat sensors, as 27 male remains have been found, while police may not search the North Side ice cream parlor floor despite a carpenter's claim of odor.
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Inmate seeks transfer over alleged gang control at Stateville
Peoria judge set a transfer hearing for a 20 year old inmate at Stateville Prison who claims gangs rule the facility and that he was beaten and sexually abused. The man, jailed for two knifepoint gas station robberies in October 1976, asks to move to Brimfield Work Release Center. Covey will order questioning and a possible lie detector test to verify claims. The inmate pleads for safety and privacy, fearing retaliation if his claims become public.
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Stephen Covey
Covey
Brimfield
No trace of 30 seamen from burning tanker in Caribbean
Coast Guard reports that 30 crewmen abandoned the burning 350 foot Master Michael after an explosion. Four survivors, aboard the Ilici en route to Venezuela, say others were forced into rough seas as 1.8 million gallons of diesel burned. One man did not survive the swim to a passing ship as search efforts by U.S. Dutch Jamaican aircraft and a Cuban patrol continued near 180 miles south of Haiti in 35 mph winds and 10 foot swells.
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Ilici
Venezuela
Ray Baker
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First Baby of Grundy County Born at Morris Hospital
Kimberly Jean Pfaff is Grundy County's first baby of 1979 born at 2 32 a m Tuesday at Morris Hospital weighing 6 pounds 19 inches long. Parents are Debbie Farmer and Bill Pfaff Jr with grandparents Arlin Velma Farmer Liberty Sr Bill Marjorie Pfaff Sr. Kimberly part of Pfaff fifth generation and gifts from local merchants in the First Baby Contest.
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Grundy County
Morris Hospital
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Bill
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Worst weather in century for Europeans
British forecasters warned of more snow and strong northeasterly winds across Europe as the continent remained in a fifth day of severe winter. Forty seven deaths were reported, with 19 in Britain, 12 in West Germany, 10 in France, five in Hungary, and one in Sweden, blamed on shovelling snow, accidents, and the cold.
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Germany
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Sweden
Old-timer recalls village history from Main Street memory
An elderly resident reflects on the town’s evolution from a simple street to a modern hub, noting milestones such as paving, Ford’s influence, union organizing, chain stores, and federal subsidies, framing a personal view of change over generations.
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Main Street
Henry Ford
Iran moves toward civilian government return with regency plan
Iran edges toward civilian rule as Parliament recommends Shahpour Bakhtiar to form a government while the shah reportedly agrees to leave the country for rest and to name a regency council. U S officials back a temporary departure to help end the crisis as demonstrations and oil talks unfold amid mounting opposition.
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White House
Jody Powell
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NATO's Haig to resign as supreme commander
Gen. Alexander Haig announced at a Brussels news conference that he will resign as supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe on June 30. He said he offered his resignation to President Carter and NATO Secretary General Joseph Luns and has no political plans for the time being.
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Alexander Haig
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Europe
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Joseph Luns
California lawmakers split on accepting pay raise
Nearly half of California legislators refuse the $2 323 annual pay raise, with 53 percent of those surveyed keeping the 1977 approved increase to 25 555 a year. Among senators the kept amount tops 23 of 34, while among assembly members only 33 of 72 chose the raise.
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