Jury Selected for Pontiac Inmate Murder Trial
Jury selection is complete for the trial of 10 Pontiac prison inmates charged with murdering three guards in a July 22, 1979 riot. The panel of 12 includes seven black and five white members. Pre trial motions begin today as prosecutors and defense attorneys prepare for a Cook County case to open around March 4 or 9 before Judge Benjamin K. Miller.
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Chicago
Pontiac
Cook County
Sangamon County
Benjamin K. Miller
Self-inflicted shooting ends on SiU Edwardsville campus
An East St. Louis man identified as Raymond Thomas, 21, shot himself in the temple with a .22-caliber pistol on the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus. After a confrontation with his girlfriend in a faculty office, he brandished the weapon as two male students aided the woman. Thomas fired, ran up stairs, and collapsed, dying at the scene.
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Edwardsville
East St. Louis
Southern Illinois University
Raymond Thomas
Thomas
Court reinstates fired workers by Chicago mayor
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered 17 city workers reinstated with back pay, upholding a lower court finding that their firing last year by Mayor Jane Byrne was for political reasons. The Shakman decree prohibits dismissal or harassment of city employees for political reasons.
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Chicago
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jane Byrne
U.S
Nicholas J. Bua
Shakman
Illinois House committee rejects right to die bill
Springfield AP reports an Illinois House Executive Committee rejection of a measure allowing terminally ill patients to declare a wish to stop artificial life support. The 18 to 4 vote ends this version, as Rep. Bernard Epton plans to withdraw it this spring while another tougher bill sails through the House. Opponents include the Illinois State Medical Society and the Illinois Pro-Life Coalition citing malpractice concerns.
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Springfield
Illinois
House
Bernard E. Epton
Chicago
Epron
Harold A. Katz
Glencoe
Illinois State Medical Society
Illinois Pro-Life Coalition
Geoff Obrzut
Medical Society
Illinois group opposes deregulation of gas prices
Illinois Public Action Council critics warn Reagan era deregulation would raise natural gas costs for customers by up to 367 percent and hit low and middle income residents hardest. Rep Harold Washington says decontrol would force more budget spent on essentials. an IPAC report projects average Illinois household gas bills rising about 1365 dollars annually.
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Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Public Action Council
Harold Washington
IPAC
Energy Action Educational Foundation
Goin south Wes Brown Prefers Shorts on Warm Day
Wes Brown a pre medical student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale takes advantage of mild weather and wears shorts while looking for a job near Crab Brookard on Route 17.
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Wes Brown
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Aee
Crab Brochard
Rt. 17
Changes in free lunch guidelines spark school concerns
The USDA moves on National School Lunch and Special Milk Programs raises income limits for small families while lowering large-family thresholds. The changes, announced after Feb 1, tighten eligibility and end hardship deductions, likely shrinking total meals funded. Local superintendents in Williamson, Jackson, and Perry counties warn mid year revisions burden administrators and families.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
United States Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Donald Gill
Williamson County
Jackson County
John Fisher
Fisher
Donald Strickland
Jackson
Perry
Strickland
Leslie McCollum
McCollum
Fiery crash kills nine in dense Illinois morning fog
In Morton Illinois nine people died in a fiery chain reaction on Illinois Route 121 near Allentown Road as a van carrying Caterpillar workers was hit by a tractor trailer and other vehicles in thick fog. Victims include eight van occupants from Emden Hartsburg and Lincoln and Caterpillar employee James Koch. Police report no charges yet, and a log book search seeks truck driver hours.
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Morton
Ill
Vietnam
Robert K. James
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Illinois
Phil Olt
Emden
Marion L. Rushing
Donald W. Harris
Leland E. Mammen
Hartsburg
Lawrence J. Leesman
Howard D. Payne
Rudolph H. Lolling
Edward Seaman
Chris Rawlings
Lincoln
Lolling
Olt
Albert Strunk
Strunk
Lou Wilson
Allentown
Koch
Jerald Vale
Wilson
Vale
Jerry Potts
Colombian national pleads guilty as top marijuana supplier
Ligia Viana Salzedo, 43, pleaded guilty to racketeering and drug charges before U.S. District Judge William Beatty, part of The Company ring that authorities say smuggled Colombian marijuana. Sentencing set for April 3. her husband Manuel Viana Medina is sought. The DEA estimated The Company controlled over $540 million in marijuana and involved about 200 people in transporting 150 tons from Colombia to the United States. Salzedo returned home to Miami on a $150,000 bond and is receiving medical treatment for low mood.
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East St. Louis, Mo
Ligia Viana Salzedo
U.S
William Beatty
Manuel Viana Medina
Harvester to Skip Dividends Amid 397.3 Million Loss
International Harvester Co plans no dividends on common stock for the first time in 70 years after posting a 96.4 million loss for the quarter ending Jan 31 as record first quarter sales reach 1.6 billion. Chief executive Archie R. McCardell announced the move at the annual meeting amid controversy over a 1.8 million loan forgiveness to McCardell written into his 1977 contract.
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Chicago
International Harvester Co
Archie R. McCardell
Harvester
McCardell
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