Child abuse charges dropped at Eastbrook hearing
Judge Ruth Frenel dropped child abuse charges against Joseph Kent after witnesses said a hammer fell from a ladder during a home repair accident. The defense argued the incident caused the injuries and no prior abuse complaints existed. Prosecution deemed evidence insufficient for grand jury consideration.
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Laurel School Board views films on year-round schooling
At the Laurel School Board meeting, Roscoe Clement of the Laurel Area Citizens Group presented an IDOE produced film on year-round schooling for crowding relief. The group favors four geographical zones and a four-quarter schedule, offering wage reimbursement for travel. A prior feasibility study and a round of student films were also shown.
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Illinois Department of Education
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Citicens Group
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Valley View
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Nerica the Beautiful
Township weighs moratorium amid restaurant permit clash
Township officials consider a commercial development moratorium on Wilmington Road as residents voice traffic and health concerns over a Wendy's restaurant project. The meeting saw applause and criticism of zoning officials, with planners urged to assess traffic impact and sewer approval before any move.
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Libya Associates, Ltd
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Dik Lumcieak
Anne
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Caxsere
Helen Ackerman
Maitland Lane
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Uney
Residents seek to join Utah firing squad for executions
Utah readers volunteer for death penalty duties as five inmates sit on death row. Warden Sam Smith notes many letters arrive but few volunteers meet safety and ideological standards. Supreme Court reviews legality as state outlines historical methods and the last executions by firing squad.
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Panel rebuke of IRS data abuse in intelligence role
A Senate intelligence staff report accuses the Internal Revenue Service of serious and illegal privacy breaches in its tax enforcement and information gathering. It says the IRS operates as an intelligence agency, amassing vast financial and personal data and conducting targeted audits often for political reasons, with abuses tracing back to prior administrations and escalating during the late 1960s and 1970s.
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America’s Junior Miss winner named Lennie Hallgren
Lennie Jo Hallgren of Clarkston Washington was crowned America's Junior Miss 1978 in Mobile Alabama on a nationally televised program. The 18 year old will graduate May 27 and receives a $10 000 college scholarship. Hallgren aims to attend Washington State University and work with retarded children. First runner up was Mary Hall Surface of Bowling Green Kentucky and second runner up Marianne Weed of Bountiful Oklahoma.
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Truck Driver Drowned After Oranges Truck Crash into Cheat Lake
Scuba divers searched Cheat Lake at Morgantown for the body of an unidentified truck driver after his cargo truck crashed through an abutment on West Virginia Route 73 and plunged into the lake Sunday night. State Police said the vehicle failed to negotiate a right turn, the cab was empty, and rescue crews found no sign of the driver.
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Cheat Lake
Death by own action of Hed Skelton's former wife
HANCHO MIRAGE California deputy coroner reports former wife of comedian Hed Skelton, Georgia Skelton, 4, apparently shot herself in heat of moment Monday evening. She died in the backyard of her secluded home from a .38 revolver. Nurse Lilly Young heard the gunshot and notified authorities. Skelton had been ill recently and was divorced from Hed Skelton in November 1973. Authorities say there is every indication she had been despondent for some time.
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Calif
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Thorpe Resigns as Liberal Leader Amid Homosexual Claims
Britain Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe resigns amid a sustained press witch hunt over alleged homosexual relations with model Norman Scott. He denies the charges and reiterates his denials in a resignation letter to acting chief whip David Steel. Scott, dating from January, testified to the affair without producing corroborating evidence.
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UPI
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Britain
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Thorpe
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David Steel
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Richardson to run for Congress after baseball career
Former Yankees second baseman Bobby Richardson announced he will run as a Republican for the Sun District seat held by freshman Democrat Ken Holland. He says he could work with either Ford or Reagan and has no primary opposition. Also reported a Mount Lebanon man killed his wife and daughter before taking his own life, with police noting possible domestic issues.
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Columbis
Pennsylvania Senate Advances Branch Banking Bill
The Pennsylvania Senate approved a measure to allow Savings and Loan Associations to branch across the state sending it to the House. The 26 to 18 vote followed concerns it could clear the way for a broader nationwide branch banking bill. The action comes after federal rules let Century Federal Savings open a Breezewood branch, noncontiguous with its home county.
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