Mirage tavern payoff scandal prompts Chicago reforms
Chicago Sun-Times and the Better Government Association bought the Mirage tavern to expose government corruption. Inspectors and officials took $10 to $100 bribes while ignoring code violations, with broader tax and kickback schemes revealed. Mayor Bilandic ordered inspection procedure reforms as the Sun-Times continues its three week series.
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Chicago
UPI
North Side
Chicago Sun-Times
Sun-Times
Better Government Association
BGA
Michael A. Bilandic
CBS News
60 Minutes
Resume service on repaired CTA track
The Chicago Transit Authority resumed service on a cracked elevated section after 46 test runs. Speed is reduced to 15 mph on the 40 foot high structure, with full service uncertain. Fifty thousand commuters were affected on the South Side and Rock Island lines.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Transit Authority
CTA
Tom Buck
Buck
South Side
Florida State sorority slaying shocks Tallahassee crowd
Two Chi Omega sisters Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy were murdered in their dorm rooms as a killer struck sleeping coeds amid a brutal pre-dawn assault at Florida State University. Surviving victims identified the intruder but police see no suspects. Authorities describe the attack as vicious with rape suspected as a motive.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
Florida State University
Margaret Bowman
Lisa Levy
St. Petersburg
Chi Omega
Ken Katsaris
Katsaris
Miss Thomas
Miss Bowman
Miss Levy
Sam Levy
Florida
Sucker fish could boost Great Lakes fishing industry
MSU fisheries expert Niles Kevern leads a $200000 study on commercial sucker fishing in the Great Lakes. Researchers find 3 to 4 million pounds recoverable annually on the American side, with potential for minced meat, patties, and sausages. Packaging and taste influence consumer acceptance, despite sucker’s bad rap.
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East Lansing
Mich
UPI
Great Lakes
Niles Kevern
Michigan State University
Kevern
MSU
American
New York
Michigan
Upper Great Lakes
Chowchilla bus kidnappers face long sentences after probation report
Three Chowchilla kidnappers Frederick Woods James Schoenfeld and Richard Schoenfeld await sentencing in Alameda County Superior Court Judge Leo Deegan. The probation report urges long imprisonment though notes potential for rehabilitation, citing the July 15 1976 abduction of 26 children and their driver Ed Ray and a later judge trial finding bodily injury.
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Oakland
Calif
Chowchilla
Alameda County Superior Court
Leo Deegan
Frederick Woods
James Schoenfeld
Richard
Deegan
Woods
Schoenfelds
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