Money misused at Stateville corrections
Illinois legislator Rep. Peggy Smith Martin accuses Stateville Correctional Center of misusing up to 1 million dollars for plumbing electrical and construction work. She says inmates performed more than half the required work and some inmates claim paid for tasks they did not complete. Corrections director Charles Rowe defends purchasing through other branches, calling the charges absurd.
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Stateville Correctional Center
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Stateville
Martin
Illinois
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Charles V. Rowe
State Department of Corrections
Ernest Morris
Rep. Martin
Nathaniel Patterson
Patterson
Park testimony sealed in Korea U S agreement
The United States and South Korea will sign an accord Friday allowing Park to be investigated in Seoul and testify at trials related to an influence buying scheme in Washington. Park, indicted in absentia on 36 counts, would receive immunity and could return to Korea after testifying.
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Miller Named Next Federal Reserve Chairman as Burns Departs
G William Miller, 52, chairman of Textron and Boston Fed director, is named to head the Federal Reserve Board replacing Arthur Burns effective Jan 31. Carter seeks coordinated policy changes. Burns may stay on board. Dow dips as markets react to the nomination.
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Textron Inc
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Freight train hits log truck sparks evacuations in Gordonna La
Nearly 1,000 residents flee after a Kansas City Southern freight train collides with a log truck near Gordonna Louisiana. Two train workers die, a brakeman is critically burned, and authorities fear chlorine release from derailed cars while 18 cars and two locomotives derail. Evacuees shelter in Winnfield and surrounding areas as the scene is secured.
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Kisatchie National Forest
Shreveport
Norm Fletcher
Civil Defense
Natchi
Kansas City Southern
Bob Russell
Albert Harris
Alexandria
C. J. Alexander
Charles E. Jones
Carter Sees Tradeoff Between Budget, Tax Cut by 1981
President Carter acknowledged in a year end interview that balancing the federal budget by 1981 while enacting a $25 billion tax cut is not guaranteed. He said achieving both would require tradeoffs and that rapid energy action and health insurance legislation would shape the coming session. He forecast a SALT agreement and Senate approval in the next year.
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Gerald R. Ford
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Soviet Union
Senate
IRS vows The form's a cinch
The IRS says tax forms are simpler to read with larger print and more spacing. About 82.5 million booklets are in the mail this week, and the standard deduction has been pre calculated for most filers. Tax help is available at IRS offices and local outlets.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
One in six Americans 65 or older by 2030
New York AP reports that by 2030 about one in six Americans will be 65 or older. The American Council of Life Insurance notes elderly growth outpaces overall population growth since 1900, with 41 percent age 65 or older at the turn of the century and 18.5 percent by 1975.
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New York
American Council of Life Insurance
Council
Wealthy Columbus widow killed in fifth strangling case
A prominent Columbus widow, Mrs Woodruff, was found strangled in her Wynnton Road home. Police say an intruder likely entered via an unlocked rear window. Neighbors had armed themselves after four prior similar killings in the same district.
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Woodruff
University of Georgia
George ‘‘Kid
Woodruff Sr
Columbus
Wynnton Road
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