Changes in Chile Signal Steps Toward Democracy
Chile's military regime under President Augusto Pinochet began a series of moves toward constitutional democracy. The changes include lifting the state of siege, civilian cabinet reshuffle, exile pardons, a new constitution draft for 1979, and a broad amnesty that could allow up to 2,000 exiles to return. Despite these steps, full democracy is years away. The U.N. condemned human rights abuses, and Chile-U.S. relations tempered over the Letelier case. Internal rifts emerged as Gen. Leigh urged faster democratization, while Pinochet resisted elections for years. State of emergency zones replace siege, with restricted nocturnal movement and temporary vehicle curfews amid economic concerns. Amnesty raises concerns about former secret police impunity.
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Santiago
Chile
UPI
Augusto Pinochet
Salvador Allende
Pinochet
Allende
United Nations
U.S
Orlando Letelier
White House
Letelier
Michael Vernon Townley
FBI
Washington
Townley
Junta
Air Force
Gustavo Leigh
Leigh
Powell whiskey dispute winds through final estate steps
The Powell estate in Vienna Illinois closed after seven years with beneficiaries set to receive assets from the late Democrat Powell, while 47 cases of whiskey remain in the basement. Bank official Clark Brogan notes the liquid assets cannot be sold by law, leaving the fate of the liquor undecided as the estate settles with executor John Rendleman and the First National Bank of Mattoon handling administration.
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Vienna
Ill
UPI
Paul Powell
Powell
Clark W. Brogan
First National Bank of
Mattoon
John Rendleman
Discontinuing mobile chest x-ray unit across seven counties
The Lung Association of North Central Illinois ends its free mobile chest x-ray service after 1978. Since 1940s two units served Kane Will DeKalb Kendall LaSalle Grundy and Boone. rising costs and low TB yield drove the decision. Residents may contact Elgin or Joliet offices for TB treatment, x rays, or tuberculin skin tests.
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Lung Association
North Central
Illinois
Earl E. Meister
Meister
North Central Association
Kane
Will
Springfield
Boone, Grundy, LaSalle
Kane, DeKalb and Kendall
North Central Illinois
Kane County
Boone, DeKalb
Grundy
Kane, Kendall, LaSalle
Will Counties
Office of the Lung Association
Weld Rd
Elgin
Comstock St
Joliet
Plan cancer detection program expands to five Chicago suburbs
Five affluent Chicago suburbs Clarendon Hills Hinsdale Northbrook Western Springs and Winnetka were chosen for a cancer detection program aimed at making early detection as routine as a dental checkup. Dr. Edgar Hurst of the Midwest Cancer Center says the effort could save at least one life per town yearly, testing for lung breast colon and uterine cancers with tools from cough samples to pap smears and mammograms.
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Chicago
Oak Brook
Ill
Edgar Hurst
Midwest Cancer Center
Hurst
Lansing
Clarendon Hills
Hinsdale
Northbrook
Western Springs
Winnetka
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Cape Canaveral
Pacific Ocean
Equator
Midwest
Hawaii
Commerce Department
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporation
Powell's
Eagles
Morris Aerie
Jimmy Durante Children's Fund
Juniper Band
Durante Children's Fund
American Lung Association
U.S. Public Health Service
E. Jackson St
Morris
Stephanie Girgins
Michael Severson
Redken, Zotos
Jhirmack
Breck
Johnson
Liberty
Waverly
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