Thompson signs bill to let local taxes cover unemployment insurance
Gov James R Thompson signed a measure allowing cities counties and school districts to include unemployment insurance costs for employees in local tax bills without voter approval. The bill aims to offset lost value from abolishing the business tax and to raise debt limits, with borrowing power preserved by reclassifying the tax from local to state collection.
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Springfield
James R. Thompson
Illinois
E. Thompson
Gene Hoffman
R-Elmhurst
Arthur Berman
Chicago
Illinois Municipal League
Illinois Association of School Boards
Thompson
Illinois Supreme Court
General Assembly
Five Dead In Two-Car Crash And Subsequent Explosion
Two separate accidents on U S 57 near Rochelle left five dead and three seriously injured. A head on collision between Tremble and Hayes killed both drivers, and a following crash involving a stopped car and a motorcycle led to an explosion killing two Sterling men and an unidentified woman. Police noted heavier traffic due to a Rockford concert.
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Rochelle
Ogie County
Jerry Osadnick
U.S. 51
Lawrence Tremble
de Witt
Iowa
LeAnne Hayes
Kings, Ill
Tremble
Hayes
Dale G. Simonson
Steven Priddaux Jr
Deborah Stein
Rockford
Sterling
Gary H. Schaefer
Eric T. Nielsen
Robin S. Riggle
Bloomington
Angel dust linked to marijuana cigarette patient case
A 29 year old man bit his forearms almost to the bone after smoking a marijuana cigarette laced with phencyclidine known as angel dust. Dr Vernon Grove Jr notes terrifying auditory hallucinations and suggests this supports opposing marijuana legalization. The JAMA report describes dissociative effects, delayed pain, wound infection, and possible severe medical risks including seizures hypertension cerebral hemorrhage.
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Chicago
Texas
Vernon Eugene Grove Jr
Journal of the American Medical Association
Grove
JAMA
Groves
Balloon Burst Fatality Sparks Murder Charge at ChicagoFest
Police report a balloon vendor, Clinton Williams Jr., 30, shot and killed Robert Johnson, 22, after an argument at a lakefront ChicagoFest. Johnson allegedly popped a balloon with a cigarette and refused to pay. Williams drew a .38 revolver and fired multiple times, striking Johnson twice.
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Chicago
Robert Johnson
Valparaiso
Ind
Clinton Williams Jr
Williams
Johnson
Rescuers Free Stranded Riders From Tramway At Park
A breakdown left riders trapped for over two hours in cars of an aerial tramway near Glen Falls New York. Story Town operators shut down the system and firefighters arrived. Fireman Sey Wood rescued three people including Jamie Mattison while their mother and brother waited. All have been rescued.
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Glen Falls
N.Y
Storytown
Sey Wood
Jamie Mattison
Toy
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Ivory
Lloyd L. Parker
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Lim
Grandpa’s Pantry
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Brooks
Nesten
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