Wayne City grain elevator blast leaves truck driver dead
Investigators sift ruins of Beheimer and Kissner elevator to determine cause of explosion. Officials say it was a dust explosion but exact trigger unclear. Victim Leonard Hatcher, 38, of Rinard died under debris while RMB Trucking Co. rig operated by Flora driver.
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Charles Roberts
Wayne City
Ill
Ronald Loker
Beheimer and Kissner, Inc
Leonard Leon Hatcher
Rinard
RMB
Flora
Tommy Thomason
Iuka
Thomason
Explosion hits grain elevator at Continental Grain Co
An explosion at the Continental Grain Co facility in Westwego rips through a grain elevator. Debris reaches 500 feet as witnesses compare the blast to a hydrogen bomb. At least one person is flown by Coast Guard helicopter to a hospital and four others are treated at nearby facilities.
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New Orleans
Continental Grain Co
Westwego
Coast Guard
Protesting Santa Claus Arrested Over Mall Demonstration
Tom Pouliat a 20 year old library employee at Illinois State University was arrested by Bloomington police for protesting the commercialism of Christmas at Eastland Shopping Center. He wore a Santa suit handed out pamphlets urging shoppers to give love not commodities and was charged with criminal trespassing while free on a $1000 bond.
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Bloomington
Santa Claus
Eastland
Tom Pouliat
Illinois State University
Pouliat
Ing
Class reunion funded by federal aid sparks probe
Chicago officials face questions over a 1976 reunion funded by federal Title I money. Lonnie James Phillips, a former Title I coordinator, allegedly used board funds for a nightclub party in Alsip and was later linked to other improper payments. Meanwhile in Wheaton, PEP Management Co. was fined $10,000 for stealing electricity from six McDonald’s franchises, as Commonwealth Edison reports $1.2 million saved this year from meter tampering checks.
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Chicago
Lonnie James Phillips
Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
Condesa del Mar
Alsip
Phillips
Steve Gianakis
Chicago Board of Education
Commonwealth Edison
Court Rules Private Clubs May Bar Nonmembers
Illinois Appellate Court upholds a 1975 ruling allowing private liquor serving clubs in Chicago to exclude women and minority group members as members or guests. The decision cites the Illinois Liquor Control Act authorizing exclusionary policies.
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Chicago
Illinois
Appeals
Professional Organization of Women For Equal Rights
Illinois to test gasohol fuel mix in state vehicles
State officials plan to test gasohol a blend of gasoline and 200 proof grain alcohol in about a portion of the fleet to gauge mileage and pollution effects. Nebraska tests showed a five percent mileage gain and lower emissions with no major engine issues.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Illinois State Fairgrounds
Stae
Nebraska
Todd Sneller
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Hatcher
Jerry Beheimer
Beheimer
LaGene
Pinckneyville
Hinds
Board of Education
Court
State
William Lindsay
Illinois Information Service
Gasphol
Theodore D. Puckerius
State Department of Administrative Services
Luindo
Carol Dickson
Marion
Holiday
Dwr
Jackson Co
Williamson Co
Southern
A. Barger
Iga
Timoteo Castro JR
Josefina Castro, M.D
Pediatrics
Walnut St
Herrin
Hp Aeleta
Fossett Baking
Washington Carbondale
Blue Lake
Tan
Wapkins
Merry Christmas
J.A. Barger Jewelers
S. Illinoise
Secarbondale
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