Dial-A-Carol tradition continues at Urbana campus
University of Illinois students at Snyder Hall run the Dial-A-Carol service delivering live Christmas carols to callers at midnight each December. Betty Gordon, 55, started the effort 20 years ago and still welcomes the calls from alumni and distant fans. Corbin Reed notes about 3,000 calls are expected before lines close on December 22. Dorm residents fund and staff the project, spending hundreds of dollars and answering calls from Alaska to Australia. Gov. James R. Thompson is a regular caller.
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Stockman faces protests at Peoria fund raiser
About 200 demonstrators loud outside a Peoria hotel where Budget Director David Stockman spoke to 450 Republicans at a $60-a-plate event. Protesters linked Stockman to Reaganomics and a Trojan Horse critique, while Stockman defended budget cuts and praised a flood tide policy claiming $135 billion would return to taxpayers.
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Crane collapse at Loop construction kills five workers
A Loop construction site for the State of Illinois Center was closed after a crane hoisted open elevator cages failed, plunging five steelworkers about 100 feet. Phillip Rios survived with serious injuries. Investigators consider metal fatigue in steel rods as a possible cause.
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Goldblatt to leave loop after 45 years
Chicago AP report notes Goldblatt Bros. Inc will close its flagship State Street store after Christmas liquidation, ending 45 years in the Loop. A creditors committee approves closing eight of 14 outlets while six inner city stores stay open. Unsecured creditors to receive 52.5 percent over years starting 1982.
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Sentencing set in child burn case in Illinois
Waukegan AP Lake County Circuit Court Judge William Block will sentence Dennis Miller on January 21 after a jury found him guilty of cruelty to a child and reckless conduct. Miller bathed his 3 year old stepson in scalding water July, causing third degree burns over 45 percent of the body. The 11 member jury deliberated about nine hours Saturday before convicting Miller of the two counts and acquitting him on aggravated battery and endangering the life of a child.
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Chicagoan in roulette game shoots self in head
A 19 year old man, Michael McClintock, shot himself in the head while playing Russian roulette with several bullets in a .22 caliber revolver during a ride with three friends early Saturday. He remains in critical condition at a hospital.
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