Probing elephant keeper's death at Hawthorne Circus
Joyce the 8000 pound Indian elephant killed keeper David Farr 35 of Petersborough Ontario at the Chicago Avenue Armory. The Anti-Cruelty Society investigates claims of cruelty and lack of exercise and prior beating with a shovel. Witness Donna Smith says Farr abused elephants and yelled while drinking before the incident.
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Chicago
UPI
Joyce
Hawthorne Circus
David Farr
Petersborough
Ontario
Anti-Cruelty Society
Robert Brown
Herta Cuneo
Donna Smith
River Forest
Ill
Chicago Avenue Armory
Farr
John Cuneo
State Senator Kosinski Dies at Chicago Rally
State Sen. Norbert Kosinski 59 a Near North Side Democrat died of a heart attack Friday while listening to a rally speech before more than 500 people at the 35th Ward event in Chicago. Paramedics battled an hour with no success. Kosinski served six years in the Illinois Senate and was an aide to Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Daniel P. Ward.
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Chicago
UPI
Norbert Kosinksi
Near North Side
Kosinski
Natorial
Michael J. Bakalis
Senate
Illinois Supreme Court
Daniel P. Ward
Ward
Cook County
Primary will test Chicago machine in March 21 Illinois vote
The March 21 primary tests whether Chicago Democratic machine can stay powerful without Mayor Daley. Governor Thompson runs unopposed as he consolidates power while downstate leaders face a slate disrupted by Daley's absence. Downstate figures plot shifts if Chicago power wanes, and GOP fends off challenges in key races.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
James R. Thompson
Daley
Democratic
University of Illinois
Nina T. Shepherd
Metropolitan Sanitary
Jerome A. Cosentino
Richard Luft
Pekin
Roland Burris
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Chicago Machine
Alan Dixon
Belleville
Dixon
Thompson
GOP
Cook County
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
GOP Comptroller
John Castle
House
W. Robert Blair
Blair
Chicago police seek order to fill sergeant posts
About 200 white Chicago police officers urge U S District Court Judge Prentice Marshall to order action to fill 110 sergeant vacancies stemming from a 1973 promotion test. They claim a severe sergeant shortage harms operations amid a federal discrimination case affecting promotions.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S. District Court
Prentice Marshall
Michael
Pilot’s Air Race Claim Sparks Brief Laughing Duel
A playful boast compares a pilot’s confidence to arriving 18 feet before a rival, framing a light friendly wager about who reaches a destination first. The quip highlights the pilot’s take on air travel compared to ground pace.
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Sylvester
Rocky” Stallone
F.I.S.T
Federation of Interstate Truckers
Lennox
Seamens
Grundy County
R. L. Lyon
Liberty
Don Lyon
ED Kulig
Morris
Spiotto
Marshall
Federal Appeals Court
Waverly
Ea Family Centers
Simon
Nestles
Nestle's
Pennzoil
Eveready
ALK Lingize
Eveready Flashlite
Sis
E. Jackson
Spurgeon
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