Cry of 'Mother' ends 31-year grief
Judith Rosen Leibowitz, who gave up her infant Rochelle in 1946, reunites with daughter Barbara Frey after 31 years. With help from Adoptees Liberty Movement Association Florida and searches across New York and Connecticut, they locate each other via a Miami branch lead and a Brooklyn divorce witness.
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Miami
Judith Rosen
New York
Judith Rosen Leibowitz
Barbara Frey
LaGuardia
Frey
Fort Lauderdale
Rochelle
Bronx
Alma
Florida
Rachel Rivers
Donald Frey
Brooklyn
Rivers
Off-Duty Officer in Chicago Fatally Shoots Youth
An off-duty Chicago police officer, Charles Gardner, who shot 15-year-old Ralph Briggs after a stated robbery attempt was allegedly intoxicated at the time. A breathalyzer showed Gardner had six drinks, though fellow officers said he was not under the influence. Briggs died days later at Cook County Hospital. another suspect, Horace Griffin, 17, was charged with robbery.
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Chicago
Charles Gardner
Chicago Sun-Times
Gardner
Ralph Briggs
Briggs
Cook County Hospital
Horace Griffin
Israeli Peace Delegates Fly to Cairo for Talks
Israeli delegates arrived in Cairo aboard an El Al Boeing 707 with peace inscriptions in Arabic and Hebrew. The group, with 27 staff and 35 journalists, joined by American and U.N. representatives, met in Cairo as Vance sought Arab backing for Egypt’s peace overtures.
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Cairo
Israel
U.N
el al
Salaam
Eliahu Ben-Elissar
Tel Aviv
Cyrus R. Vance
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Egypt
Vance
Beirut
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Hussein
Meir Rosenne
Foreign Ministry
Cyrus Vance
Sadat
Lebanon
Elias Sarkis
Assad
Golan Heights
Syria
Carbondale weighs ethics code with limited bite
City Attorney John Womick criticizes a proposed Carbondale ethics code as toothless while noting it could lift conflicts of interest to court if based on appearances. The draft would cover council members boards and city employees and proposes a five member ethics board. Public circulation of the proposal is planned before final adoption. In other business Normal Hall seeks mixed density zoning for a two acre site on U S 51 near Highlander subdivision for a duplex.
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Robert Grupp
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
John Womick
International City Management Association
Womick
Ethics Board
Normal Hall
U.S. 51
Highlander
Hall
Thompson opposes Illinois as nuclear waste dump
Governor James R. Thompson declares Illinois should not bear perpetual care for nuclear waste. He criticizes federal inaction on waste policy, blasts NRC for delaying environmental study, and urges federal takeover to relieve state burden. Thompson cited Sheffield site delays and interstate waste shipments from Pennsylvania and Arkansas. Local notice adds Benwood Drive water line replacement approved for $8 615 after residents requested upgrades due to low water pressure.
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Chicago
James R. Thompson
Illinois
Thompson
London
Leo J. Ryan
D-Cailif
House
Government Operations
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Sheffield
NRC
Ryan
General Electric
Morris
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Benwood Drive
Freeman Street
Oakland Street
Irked farmers seek meeting with Carter over parity demands
One day before a threatened nationwide farmers strike, 26 states’ growers met in Denver to finalize plans. About 160 signed a petition urging Congress to convene in joint session to pass legislation guaranteeing 100 percent parity prices for farmers and stockmen. Spokesman Bud Bitner said Carter aides were asked for a pre strike interview, though he doubted any meeting would occur.
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Denver
American Agriculture Group
Carter
Congress
United States
Bud Bitner
Bitner
Illinois lawmakers call special session on elections board
Illinois legislators plan a special session Friday to create a new eight member State board of elections. The current board was ruled unconstitutional last year by the Illinois Supreme Court and must be replaced by Jan. 13 to safeguard the March primary. Senate President Hynes and Speaker Redmond led the call, amid uncertain votes to override a veto on the board’s structure.
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Springfield
Illinois
State Board of Elections
Capitol
Illinois Supreme Court
James R. Thompson
Senate
Thomas C. Hynes
Chicago
William A. Redmond
J-Bensenville
Hynes
Butler Building Systems Tailor Made for Your Business
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Herrin
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Carbondele Free Press
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Southern Illinois and Military
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Marion
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