One-time millionaire arson plot case linked to Wisconsin stable
Silas Jayne a 72 year old former horseman was arrested at his Elgin area farm on charges of plotting to torch a Wisconsin stable owned by Homer Adcock. Indictment cites conspiracy from 1975 while jailed in Vienna and arson by a professional arsonist for 30000 payoff.
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Wisconsin
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Federal Metropolitan Correctional Center
U.S. District Court
Dan Webb
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
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Webb
Vienna Correctional Center
Illinois
Nicholas Guido
Vienna
Charles H. Johnson
George Jayne
Inverness
Jayne Friend
Homer Adcok
Wisconsin Department of Justice
Chicago to Get Extra Gas Amid Teamsters Strike
Illinois Institute of Natural Resources plans to supply several million extra gallons of gasoline to Chicago area service stations exhausted by a Teamsters strike against seven major oil companies. The Chicago Motor Club found 30 percent of Cook County stations closed, 10 percent limiting sales, 10 percent reducing hours, and 50 percent reporting no serious shortages. About 2,000 tank-truck drivers struck major oil producers and distributors last Thursday in a contract dispute. by Friday all but seven oil companies had signed tentative agreements. Holdouts remaining under strike pressure are Shell Texaco Gulf Phillips Continental Ashland and Union Oil.
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Illinois Institute of Natural Resources
Chicago Motor Club
Cook County
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Continental
Ashland
Union Oil
Crane urges asylum for Iran's deposed shah in U S
Rep. Philip Crane claims the deposed Shah of Iran should be granted asylum in the United States, arguing the shah is a faithful ally and that denying asylum would telegraph weakness to other heads of state. He spoke at a news conference as 50 American hostages remain at the Tehran embassy. The shah is recovering from surgery in a Texas military hospital.
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United States
Philip M. Crane
Crane
Illinois
U.S
Tehran
Shah
Texas
Shah Reza Mohammed Pahlevi
White House
Harvard University
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