Remap panel heads toward tie breaker selection
Illinois Supreme Court nominated former governors Samuel H. Shapiro and Richard B. Ogilvie for the ninth tie breaking slot on the Legislative Redistricting Commission after an eight member panel failed to vote on a remap plan by the deadline. Secretary of State James Edgar will oversee a lottery by Sept. 5 to choose the ninth member. The court’s decision faced a dissent from Seymour Simon who urged nonpartisan candidates.
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Samuel H. Shapiro
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois Supreme Court
Legislative
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Ogilvie
Chicago
Milwaukee Road Railroad
Shapiro
Kankakee
Edgar
Illinois
Supreme Court
Seymour Simon
Simon
Independent Voters of
Leland Rayson
IIPO
James H. Donnewald
D-Breese
Commission
Nor House
Arthur A. Teleser
James ‘‘Pate” Philip
R-Elmhurst
Michael F. McClain
Quincy
Illinois State Fair auction sets prices as grand champion sale tops
An Oklahoma steer ineligible for Illinois bidders sold for 11 500 at the Illinois State Fair grand champions auction while a 131 pound Suffolk wether shown by the Stan Heitz family of Mansfield, Illinois fetched 4200 from a four buyer consortium. The fair drew about 450 000 attendees by Tuesday with the event running through Sunday. Attorney General Fahner ordered an inquiry into a new electronic carnival game after a Decatur woman complained to The Associated Press. A 245 pound Duroc barrow sold for 10000 to Raymond E. Friedman & Co. of Peoria and three Cornish Rock hens sold for 1800 to Kentucky Fried Chicken of Peoria.
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Oklahoma
Stan Heitz
Mansfield
Ill
Tyrone C. Fahner
Decatur
Associated Press
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John Jeffries
Baylis
Raymond E. Friedman
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Peoria
Brad Day
Rochester
ICC denies appeal of rate hike for Commonwealth Edison
Attorney General Tyrone Fahner says he will appeal the Illinois Commerce Commission decision denying rehearing of a 14.5 percent rate hike granted to Commonwealth Edison. Fahner calls the hike excessive and plans to take the case to the Cook County Circuit Court. ICC Chairman Michael Hasten defends the commission’s order as fair after thorough study.
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Springfield
Tyrone C. Fahner
Illinois Commerce Commission
Commonwealth Edison
Fahner
ICC
Commission
ComEd
Cook County
Michael V. Hasten
Parents leave son Walter Polovchak in US dispute
Walter Polovchak’s parents Michael and Anna with 6-year-old Michael Jr. returned to the Soviet Union after saying they would not risk hurting their child by staying in the United States. The family’s departure follows Walter’s July 1980 asylum grant and ongoing controversy as the 13-year-old fights to remain in the U.S. with ACLU representation.
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Chicago
Walter Polovchak
United States
Soviet Union
Michael Polovchak
Anna
Michael Jr
American Civil Liberties Union
Walter
Ukraine
ACLU
Polovchak Family Seeks Return to Ukraine Over Child Custody
Walter Polovchak and his wife request continued ACLU representation to regain custody of their son and return to Ukraine amid poverty fears and alleged religious and social interference by relatives in the United States. They say a child should be with his parents and that the wife is distressed by the situation.
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Walter
Ukraine
Polovchak
United States
ACLU
Polovchaks
Civil Liberties Organization
Mother found guilty in baby's death in Dixon case
A Lee County jury found 21 year old Christine Weeks guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her newborn baby girl whose body was found in a Dixon trash bin two days after birth. Sentencing is set for Sept. 4. Weeks sobbed as she was led to jail after conviction.
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Dixon
Lee County
Rock Falls
James E. Bales
Christine Weeks
Ms. Weeks
Bill will aid city's schools in Illinois
Gov. James R. Thompson signed a law to help Chicago public schools with $13 million transferred from interest earnings to the operating account, plus up to $7 million annually. Downstate districts already have similar transfer power. The measure aims to balance the city’s $62 million deficit and ensure a balanced budget before school openings. Thompson asked the state education chief to review rules seen as burdensome.
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Springfield
Chicago
James R. Thompson
Chicago School Board
Chicago School Finance Authority
J.W. van Gorkom
Thompson
Donald Gill
Three Illinois men die in plane crash near Altamont
A single engine Cherokee Piper crashed in a cornfield southeast of Altamont in Effingham County killing three occupants instantly. Victims were William Jacobson 44 and Ronald Browning 36 of Hillsboro and Charles Wyant 36 of Vandalia, identified by state police.
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Effingham
William Jacobson
Ronald Browning
Hillsboro
Charles Wyant
Vandalia
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