State worker club work probe hits Springfield
The Illinois Energy Resources Commission executive director Don Handy has used state time for clerical tasks and errands for booster clubs. CETA and state workers were assigned to the private groups but federal officials ordered the practice stopped and tighter monitoring.
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Springfield, Ill
UPI
Legislative Energy Commission
Don Handy
Illinois Energy Resources Commission
Handy’s Clubs
Parkus
CETA
Handy
Free light bulb stampede as program phased out
Detroit Edison ends free bulb replacement after a lawsuit. In the final weeks, 11 offices report 350000 bulbs replaced last week, triple normal activity, as residents rush to stockpile bulbs. Lawrence Cantor challenged the program, arguing it stifled retailer competition, and now questions linger over his suit.
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Detroit
UPI
Detroit Edison
Light Brigade
Winston Coles
Edison
Lawrence Cantor
Cantor
U.S. Supreme Court
State Public Service Commission
Ray Marcantonio
Robert Chambers
Chambers
Mortuary offers free Mother’s Day color photos in Los Angeles
About 1,300 people visited Angeles Funeral Home in South Los Angeles to claim free 8 by 10 color pictures of their mothers. John L. Hill says he offers the yearly promotion to honor memories of his late mother.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Angeles Funeral Home
John L. Hill
Nelson goes on trial for six child deaths in Rockford
Simon Peter Nelson, 46, an employment counselor, faces murder charges for the stabbing deaths of his six children aged 3 to 12 in his Rockford home. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty. Nelson pleads innocent by reason of temporary insanity.
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Rockford, Ill
UPI
Simon Peter Nelson
Nelson
David
Rosie
Matt
Andrew
Simon
Jennifer
Dan Doyle
Winnebago County
Cook County
Ann
Town in McLeansboro loses Elder shirt plant
Elder Manufacturing closes its McLeansboro Illinois shirt factory at end of April costing 100 local jobs. Ed Behle of Elder cites import competition as the core issue while seeking potential new manufacturers to use the plant and preserve the town’s economy.
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Hamilton County
Illinois
McLeansboro
America
Ed Behle
St. Louis
Elder
Behle
Missouri
Ste. Genevieve
Carl Junction
Webb City
Dexter
Bloomfield
Washington
Aubrey Yoder
Yoder
Ted Kluszewski
Cincinnati Reds
Japan
MacArthur
Driver crosses closed bridge linked to drowning in Freeport
In Freeport Illinois a 25 year old man Charles Hettula drowned after a car driven by Norman Smithers ignored a road sign and crossed a rain swollen bridge on Winnesheik Road. The bridge lacked planks and was deemed unsafe. Smithers and another passenger sought help. Hettula and his brother left the car to push it across. Hettula fell into the Pecatonica River and could not be found. Search to resume today.
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Freeport
Ill
UPI
Charles Hettula
Pecatonica
Stephenson County
Norman Smithers
Winnesheik
Smithers
Hettula
Hetty
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