Wealthy Centralia man found bound and dead in basement
John W. Shakespeare, 69, founder of Shakespeare Oil Co and Shakespeare Rod and Reel Co, was found handcuffed with legs bound and gagged in his Centralia home basement. Police noted massive head wounds with unclear cause and no sign of entry or motive as autopsy awaited. Shakespeare was a long time Centralia resident with past ties to luxury car dealings and racing Ferraris in the 1950s.
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Centralia, Ill
Centralia
John W. Shakespeare
Ralph Porter
Shakespeare
Simon Franklin
Franklin
Porter
Shakespeare Rod and Reel Co
Kalamazoo
Mich
Shakespeare Oil Co
Illinois
Ferrari
Orlando, Fla
Illinois Lottery Winners Claim Big Prizes
Arlington Heights resident Marion L Roper wins 300000 in the Illinois State Lottery. Matthew Preshien of Hammond Indiana collects 50000. Gov Daniel Walker aids in the Thursday night live drawing broadcast, marking the first video airing of the regular drawing as the Grand Slam game has been shown previously.
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Chicago
Marion L
Roper
Arlington Heights
Matthew Preshien
Hammond
Ind
Daniel Walker
Lottery Winners in Illinois Weekly Lotto and Bonanza Draws
AP reports Illinois Weekly Lotto numbers 10 05 19 16 01 and Bonanza qualifiers 888 344. The three $10,000 winners were Alexander Grudzinski Chicago Jane Bjornas Chicago and Andrew Cipri Peoria. Marion L. Roper plans to split her $300 prize with George Pulver and wife of Woodstock who helped buy the ticket. The General Revenue Fund has collected about 50 million from lottery and paid the same amount to roughly one million winners to date.
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Alexander Grudzinski
Chicago
Jane Bjornas
Andrew Cipri
Peoria
Marion L. Roper
George Pulver
Woodstock
Alker
Humphrey Campaign Manager Convicted in Campaign Finance Case
Jack Chestnut, manager for Senator Hubert Humphrey's 1970 bid, was found guilty in Manhattan federal court of accepting an illegal corporate campaign contribution. Sentencing set for June 26. he faces up to two years' imprisonment and a $10,000 fine and plans to appeal. Separately in Vientiane, Laos, five Laotian cabinet ministers aligned with U.S. policy resigned amid student and labor pressure, prompting a likely cabinet reshuffle and strengthening the Pathet Lao position. protests included rocks near the U.S. Embassy as officials linked to Defense Minister Sisouk Na Champassak and Finance Minister Ngon Sananikone reportedly left or moved toward exile.
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NEW York
Jack Chéstnut
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minneapolis
Edward Weinfeld
U.S. District Court
Manhattan
Chestnut
Minnesota
Weinfeld
Watergate
Associated Milk ‘Producers Inc
AMPI
Lennon & Newell
Vientiane, Laos
U.S
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet
Sisouk Na Champassak
Ngon Sananikone
Ngon
Thailand
Paris
Sisouk
Mekong
Pakse
Khamphay Abphay
Tianethone Chantharasy
S and Houmphanh Sayasith
Tax rebate checks go to taxpayers nationwide
Government refunds totaling more than 8 billion dollars will be mailed as up to 200 per person. Checks begin arriving this week with 13.7 million sent in the first week and all 78 million by June 15. Rebate equals ten percent of 1974 income taxes up to 200, with those paying at least 100 receiving at least 100. Names and plans vary by official, including spending ideas for wives and investments in savings or banks. The IRS notes distribution follows 1974 filing order.
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Ashington
Ford
Federal Reserve, Board
Arthur F. Burns
John G. Tower
Rtex
Noy E. Simon
D M. Bentsen
D-Tex
Henry
M. Jackson
D-Wash
Russell
Long
Robert Dole
IRS
Washington
Commerce Department
Plane Crash at Mount Hawley Airport Kills Two
Two men died when a private single engine plane crashed after takeoff at Mount Hawley Airport in Peoria. Pilot Dennis E. Love 33 East Peoria and passenger Richard W. Crouch 34 Peoria were both experienced pilots and airport managers. FAA investigators probe the cause as witnesses describe a wing strike and ground roll. Crouch was son of W. Walton Crouch, publisher of the Aurora Beacon News.
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Mount Hawley
Dennis E. Love
East Peoria
Richard Crouch
Peoria
Peoria, III
Fie
Richard W. Crouch
Love
Crouch
Forfeiture Sought In Mt Vernon Car Linked to Killing
State's Attorney Donald Irvin filed in circuit court on Wednesday to seize the 1971 Dodge Charger owned by Walter Tony Flippen of Centralia. Flippen, 19, drove the car when Steven Mercer, 20, was shot to death inside it on April 30. Flippen is indicted for unlawful use of a weapon by a parolee and has been jailed since the shooting. Irvin seeks a court order to forfeit the vehicle under state law linking cars used in certain crimes to forfeiture.
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Donald Irvin
Circuit Court
Dodge
Walter Tony Flippen
Cen
Flippen
Steven B. Mercer
Mt.Vernon
Irvin
Illinois Board May Penalize Segregated Districts
Illinois Board of Education may impose penalties on districts not meeting 1971 desegregation guidelines. Cronin named 26 districts as more segregated than allowed, with 15 previously warned but not penalized. Rockford and Springfield face federal desegregation orders. 25 districts desegregated to comply, 10 did so before guidelines.
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Springfield
Illinois Board of Education
Joseph M. Cronin
Cronin
Robert Lyons
Ilinois
Mississippi
Office of Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Board of Education
Chicago
Illinois Central to lay off 111 at Centralia shops
IC-G officials announced indefinite layoffs of 111 workers at Centralia car repair shops due to declining railroad business. This follows a February cut of 154, with 265 employees remaining by May 16. In March, U.S. inventories fell a record $1.9 billion, while sales declined faster, signaling ongoing recessionary adjustments.
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Illinois Central
Centralia
Illinois Central—Gulf Railroad
Ic—G
Zeigler No 11 Coal Mine Planned in Randolph County
Houston Natural Gas Corp announces Zeigler No 11 coal mine near Coulterville Randolph County with 1.5 million tons annual output and a 2.5 million ton washing facility to serve Spartan mine near Sparta Construction to start after studies finished production hoped by summer 1977 and full production by spring 1978 about 400 workers expected at full output.
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Zeigler
Ill
Randolph County
Houston Natural Gas Corp
Zeigler Coal Co
Zeigler No
Spartan
Sparta
21 Pounded Up Drug Raids In Three Southern Illinois Counties
In Murphysboro Illinois UP I report says early today authorities staged simultaneous drug raids in Williamson Jackson and Perry counties. MEG says 80 officers participated with warrants naming 28 persons. 21 were rounded up. Of 42 offenses involved 48 percent heroin or cocaine 7 percent marijuana and 45 percent LSD amphetamines and related drugs.
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Ilinois
Murphysboro
UPI
Williamson
Jackson
Perry
MEG
Illinois Supreme Court to rule on state workers back pay
The Illinois Supreme Court will hear an appeal May 26 over 60 000 state employees receiving 200 in back pay. The dispute centers on a 100 monthly raise reduced to 50 by Governor Walker and implemented January 1 after the legislature overrode the veto. AFSCME seeks direct review to avoid delays until after the June 30 fiscal year end.
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Illinois Supreme Court
Springfield
Sangamon County
Daniel Walker
J. Waldo Ackerman
Walker
The
American Federation
Afscme
Walker Administration
High Court
Court of Claims
Bill to Move Jobs in Congress Public Works Plan Readied
The House Public Works Committee backed a 5 billion emergency public works bill to cut unemployment. It would guarantee at least 25 million per state for local projects and allow 100 percent financing where eligible. An Abzug amendment directs 70 percent of funds to areas above the national unemployment average.
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Washington
Congress
House Public Works Committee
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
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