Illinois approves capital punishment bill in 1970s era revival
Gov James R Thompson signs H10 restoring the death penalty for specific murder categories. The measure ties death sentences to aggravating factors and requires automatic review by the Illinois Supreme Court. It follows earlier attempts and 1972 1973 1975 court rulings.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Illinois
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Roman Kosinski
Chicago
Law and Order
Kosinski
U.S. Supreme Court
Illinois Supreme Court
General Assembly
US Supreme Court
High Court
Navy C130 crashes off Wake Island with 16 aboard
A four engine Navy reconnaissance plane with 16 crew members crashed at sea near Wake Island in the central Pacific. Rescue efforts were slowed by darkness and poor visibility, with Coast Guard planes and search vessels dispatched from Honolulu.
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Navy
Pacific
Wake Island
UPI
Mid- Pacific Atoll
Reconnaissance Squadron Three
Agana
Guam
Hickam Air Force Base
Hawaii
Wake
Coast Guard
Honolulu
Tri-County Bank names new officers in Minooka
Tri-County Bank of Minooka announces changes with Donald E Williamson named executive vice president replacing Gerald Knudson who moved to First National Bank of Morris. John Horvat elected vice president and loan officer and William Davidson chairs the board. Williamson is married to the former John Hanson.
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Minooka
Donald E Williamson
Tri-County Bank of Minooka
Gerald Knudson
First National Bank of Morris
John Horvat
Minooka Bank
William Davidson
Williamson
Jodn Hanson
Joliet Junior College
Kendall Grundy Farm Service
Tri-County Bank
Illinois Banking School
Carbondale
Plattville Luthern Church
Minooka Fire Department
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Weather and local profiles in Minooka area noted
Forecast shows variable cloudiness with scattered showers and storms west and south tonight and Wednesday with highs around 80. Monday’s high 79 at Dresden Island. ESDA says Morris reached 84 yesterday. Local residents include Horvat and Williamson with banking careers, church and civic service in Minooka and Joliet areas.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
Policeman Killed in Lemont Area Car Crash
An off duty Chicago policeman Salvatore C. Ceja age 34 was killed in a two car collision at the intersection of Illinois 83 and Illinois 171 near Lemont IL. Julie Brand age 39 and John W. Coleman age 45 both of Hillside were in serious condition at Paris Community Hospital.
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Lemont, Ill
UPI
Chicago
Illinois
Salvatore C. Ceja
Paris Community Hospital
Julie Brand
Hillside
John W. Coleman
Summer Solstice Marks Official Start of Warm Northern Illinois Season
Summer begins at 7:14 AM as the solstice defines the longest day with 15 hours 19 minutes of daylight. Farmers Almanac projects hot dry July and cooler August in northern Illinois with July temps around 77.5 F and August near 73 F. rainfall near normal. NIU climatologist Jack Willmon notes March May average 53.9 F, the warmest period on record, and calls for an unprecedented sequence of extended warm spells.
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Illinois
Farmers Almanac
Northern
Finois
Jack Willmon
Northern Illinois University
Willmon
Uganda hunts for Amin after assassination attempt
Ugandan officials say President Idi Amin remains missing four days after a reported assassination attempt near Entebbe. Reports from Uganda Radio and regional papers indicate he may be wounded and in hiding as authorities widen roadblocks and guard key government sites.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Idi Amin
U.S
Amin
Entebbe
Uganda Radio
Bob Astles
Assas
Libya
Uganda
Nation
Radio
Kampala
Escapee fit for trial in Aurora hostage case
David Kimes 29 of Aurora has been found fit to stand trial on escape charges after fleeing a Kane County courthouse last month grabbing a deputy’s gun and holding a man and woman hostage for hours. A venue change was granted and his case will be heard by Judge Marvin Dunn. a pretrial conference was set. He remains under armed robbery charges from when he escaped.
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Robert Mann
Chicago
Thompson
Cook County
Mann
House
Senate
Geneva
Ill
UPI
David Kimes
Aurora
Tral
Kimes
Marvin Dunn
John Krause
Kane County
Wells Cafe
Robert
Sandra Brenner
Wells
Liberty St
Brenner
the Brenners
Herald
Tornadoes Hit Midwest and South From Plains Storms
Torrential storms swept the Plains with flash flood watches in Kansas and Missouri. Tornadoes touched down in Kansas Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Florida causing damage but no injuries. In Jacksonville Fla a motel roof was ripped off and trees were uprooted as storms moved east. Golfball hail fell in parts of Kansas Nebraska and along the Carolina coast. Summer began officially as the sun reached its northernmost point at 8:14 a.m. EDT.
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Plains
Kansas
Missouri
Texas Panhandle
Nebraska
South Dakota
Colorado
Wyoming
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Dubois
Wyo
Jack Conley
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Whiteville
N.C
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Mid- Atlantic
Carolina
Appalachians
New England
Rocky Mountain
Utah
Nevada
Robbery Turns Fatal At Loves Park Gas Station
George Boatman aged 28 of Loves Park was bludgeoned to death during a gas station robbery in suburban Loves Park. About $200 was taken from a safe. A second man, found beaten near the station, was hospitalized in serious condition. his name was not released.
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Rockford, Ill
UPI
George Boatman
Loves Park
Boatman
May CPI rises 0.6 percent signaling ongoing inflation
The Labor Department reports consumer prices increased 0.6 percent in May, yielding an annual rate of 7.2 percent. Food and fuel costs eased moderately, vegetable prices fell sharply, and nonfood commodities and services also rose, leaving inflation above late 1970s averages.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Trial over faulty casket at Canandaigua funeral
In Canandaigua New York a negligence breach of contract suit seeks testimony from up to 40 witnesses over the death of George O Bryan 27 whose body weighing 375 pounds broke through a casket during services in December 1973. His mother claims a mental breakdown and psychiatric treatment.
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Canandaigua
N.Y
UPI
O’bryan
George
O'Bryan
Area departments join Braidwood Fire Department in celebration
Twenty three fire departments joined with Braidwood to mark its 100th birthday over two days. Water fights on Saturday at Reed-Custer High School preceded a Sunday parade from Mitchell and Main to Walker Street. Trophies went to Manhattan for first, Braceville second, Gardner third in a Saturday contest with sixteen departments represented.
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Braidwood Fire Department
Braidwood
Twentythree Fire Departments
Reed- Custer High School
Braidwood Centennial
Manhattan
Braceville
Gardner
Beecher
Bolingbrook
Banfield
Bradley
Cornell
Essex
Mobil Oil
Northwest Homer
Rockdale
South Wilmington
Troy
Wilmington
Peotone
Mitchell
Main Sts
Reed-Custer High School
Walker St
Vearl Keeton
Koca
American Legion
Elwood
Reddick
Coal City
Morris
New Lenox
Custer Park
Channahon
Northwest
Homer
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Morris Daily Herald
Don Williamson
Commonwealth Edison
Lemont
Midwest
United Press International
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