Briefly Batavia and Fayetville Fire and Nagasaki Bomber Dies
Police search Batavia for a 49 year old Wisconsin woman who may have witnessed a fight in which a man faces charges including larceny and aggravated sexual assault. In Fayetville Illinois a 51 year old man and his son were killed in a 2 a.m. house fire. In Chicago Fred Olivi, WWII bomber co pilot of Bockscar, has died at 82 after a stroke.
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Batavia
Wisconsin
Indiana
Lisa Payne
Joseph Foreman Jr
Randall Owens
Payne
Oreman
Linda Duchaine
Fayetteville
Illinois
Dennis Pfeiffer
Brandon McDonald
Freeburg
Pfeiffer
Jack Kaffer
St. Clair
Chicago
Fred Olivi
Nagasaki
Olivi
Army Air Forces
Pearl Harbor
Lemont
Hiroshima
Japan
Debate over judge's friendship with accused priest rages
Chicago AP report notes Anne Burke, head of the church abuse review board, acknowledged friendship with Thomas O Gorman a former priest accused of misconduct raising questions of disclosure. Burke says the relationship does not affect her work. supporters defend her impartiality while critics urge transparency and credibility concerns.
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Chicago
Bishops’ Review Board
Anne Burke
Illinois
Thomas O'Gorman
Edward Burke
Chicago Tribune
Burke
O’gorman
National Review Board
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Leon Panetta
Richard McBrien
University of Notre Dame
Parental rights showdown in Illinois case could reach Supreme Court
Sheryl Hardy, a mother convicted of murdering a second child, fights the state over custody. Advocates say the case tests parental rights as potential nationwide implications emerge. At issue is whether loss of a child due to state action can be justified despite a murder conviction. The 1989 death of 2 year old Bradley McGee under harsh punishment by Hardy's ex husband frames the dispute.
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Roodhouse
Sheryl Hardy
Hardy
Illinois
U.S. Supreme Court
Jennifer Cooper
Justice For Children
Bruce Boyer
Loyola University
Child Law Clinic
Bradley McGee
Florida
Thomas Coe
Wright house moved to Pennsylvania from Illinois
LISLE AP A prefabricated Frank Lloyd Wright designed home threatened with demolition has been dismantled and shipped 570 miles to Johnstown Pennsylvania for reassembly. The 47 year old structure was donated by a developer to the Building Conservancy and given to Tim Baacke a high school teacher who estimates over 100000 dollars for removal and as much as three times that for restoration with corporate sponsors helping to defray costs.
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Lisle
Frank Lloyd Wright
Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
Wright
Ron Scherubel
Wright Conservancy
Tim Baacke
Johnstown
Baacke
Charges eyed as mother faces case over emaciated teen
A mentally disabled 40 pound teen with cerebral palsy improved at Cardinal Glennon Hospital after IV fluids while Michigan prosecutors weigh charges against his mother Lora Benko. The boy was flown from Mount Vernon Illinois to St Louis and doctors plan a cautious reintroduction of food. Authorities from Missouri and Michigan review the case as the family travels through Illinois.
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ST. Louis
Paul
Danny
Benko
Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
Ann Ricci
Mount Vernon
Bob Davidson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Niles
Mich
Michigan
Lora Benko
Children’s Division
Missouri
Department of Social Services
United Cerebral Palsy
Post-Dispatch
Illinois
Texas
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center
Ill
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Walls Bypass
Mt. Vernon
Tatras
SS the Greondale Clinic
Hark Chang
Massey Ferguson
Heartland Equipment Sales
Haulmark Trailers
Lowboy Trailers
North Murphysboro
Joe Burkey
Sam Burkey
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