Rowe hires 37 guards for Stateville Penitentiary
Corrections Director Charles Rowe announced the hire of 37 guards at Stateville Penitentiary Joliet as part of a plan to add 153 more staff. The pay increase from 766 to 875 a month after Gov. Thompson raised state salaries, plus 50 new guard positions, aim to reduce vacancies at the 2200 inmate facility. A separate Chicago News item reports a Chicago school teacher, Lawrence Segneri, 30, was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor amid alleged pornographic material found in his apartment and an incident involving a 17 year old. Police also found a 16 year old with nude photos and another with marijuana. A bank news brief notes five executives applying for Chicago's first women's bank with 3 million initial capital. A nudist activist James Wills plans a sunbathing demonstration at Illinois Beach State Park, Zion, marking ongoing public nudity legal debates.
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Rowe
Stateville
James Thompson
Thompson
Dly
Lawrence Segneri
Dunbar High School
Segneri
Chicago
James Wills
Illinois Beach State Park
Zion
Hanover Park
Beachfront
Wills
Ilinois Beach
Illinois doctors board warned over open meetings law breach
Director Joan G. Anderson of the Illinois Department of Registration and Education criticized the medical board for holding a secret July 19 session with the Illinois State Medical Society. She ordered a full public record and said the panel clearly erred by breaching the Open Meetings Act. The action followed a Sun-Times request for an investigation by the Cook County State's Attorney into the evicted reporters.
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Joan G. Anderson
Illinois Department of Registration and Education
Illinois
Cord
Anderson
Chicago Sun-Times
Cook County
Bernard Carey
Scott Sues Vending Firm in Illinois Consumer Fraud Case
Illinois Attorney General William J. Scott filed a Circuit Court suit in Sangamon County against a Pennsylvania vending machine operator, alleging consumer fraud. The action targets two men running four firms from King of Prussia, seeking rescission of Illinois contracts and refunds to all Illinois customers for misrepresented locations values sales potential and training commitments.
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Illinois
Pennsylvania
William J. Scott
Sangamon County
Ated
King of Prussia
Xenia man 103rd Greene County Fair honor
Joe Sutton, a 102 year old native of Xenia Ohio, enjoyed a candy apple at the Greene County Fair in Xenia Wednesday night. He was honored as the only known person to attend 103 consecutive Greene County Fairs since first going in 1875 with his parents when two months old.
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Joe Sutton
Xenia
Ohio
Thereene County
Sutton
Greene County
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