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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1981
Page
5
Illinois pharmacist Robert Mazurek of Gurnee, a 43 year old father of two, bought a ticket at his family's North Chicago area store and won the Instant Money Match top prize of 1 million dollars. He will receive 50 000 annually for 20 years and plans some travel while keeping his job.
Everett Vaughn, 62, former Rockton Police Chief, was convicted of official misconduct after $1,295 in traffic fines vanished and is serving 30 months probation. Yet locals recall his past charity, the Wimpy Vaughn Christmas Fund, and funds were raised to help needy families despite the scandal. Community members say Vaughn remains a hero to children for his longtime giving.
Commonwealth Edison filed a countersuit in federal court accusing Big Horn Coal Decker Coal and Black Butte Coal of breaching coal supply contracts. Decker seeks 14.7 million in Billings Montana while Big Horn and Black Butte claim Edison owes 47.4 million in Cheyenne Wyoming. Edison denies the allegations.
Fiat-Allis Construction Machinery Inc. tentatively reaches a $25 million contract with the Soviet Union to supply 107 crawler tractors for general road building. Deliveries start in March, with recall of about 150 workers at the Springfield plant, after a prior Soviet order and layoffs. The contract signing is expected early next month.
State Treasurer Jerry Cosentino will deposit 300 000 into Bradford National Bank of Greenville to assist financing of the sale of Greenville Spring Co to Peterson American Co of Detroit. The sale aims to ease Bond County town distress after the factory closure and layoffs from Pet Milk Coates Steel Ball plant and Greenville Spring Co, which had planned to shut by December 31.
Seven inches of wet snow and arctic cold left Illinois highways treacherous from Pontiac to East St. Louis. Two deaths blamed on ice and snow as motorists urged to avoid travel. Jerry Mackey 24 of Danville killed on Interstate 74 near Oakwood when his jeep slid on ice and was run over by a snow plow blade. Rolland Brown 45 of Odin dies when his car strikes an ice patch on a bridge near Beckemeyer.
Seven people including Samuel Yanez face charges of theft vendor fraud and conspiracy after a year long probe into fraudulent Medicaid claims totaling about 984000. Undercover agents posed as welfare patients to uncover a scheme tied to Yanez pharmacies in Northbrook and Skokie with relatives and a physician named in the indictment. Perez Reyes is accused of writing false prescriptions and billing for examinations not performed.
Cardinal John P. Cody archbishop of the nation’s largest Roman Catholic diocese remains in fair condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The 73 year old was admitted Tuesday morning for undisclosed reasons amid a history of heart ailments and diabetes. He is expected to be released before Christmas Eve to celebrate Mass. He marked his 50th anniversary as a priest earlier this month and is under federal investigation over alleged misdirection of church funds, which he denies.
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