Marion lockdown hearing opens on prison beatings
Assistant U S Attorney Ralph Friederich described a 1983 Marion lockdown as needed to regain control from gangs. Inmate lawyers argued the threat is ongoing, citing a policy of terror and systematic beatings since the 1983 shutdown as four days of hearings began before U S Magistrate Kenneth Meyers at the federal prison.
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Tim Landis
Southern Illinoisan
U.S
Ralph Friederich
Marion
Kenneth Meyers
Nancy Horgan
Horgan
Friederich
Aryan Brotherhood
Friedrich
Shultz Gromyko Open Two Day Geneva Talks On Arms
Secretary of State Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko opened a two day Geneva session aimed at reviving nuclear arms talks. They spoke of reducing arms and possibly eliminating nuclear weapons while avoiding space weapons as a bargaining chip. The talks, held in the Soviet and U S missions, schedule a post session plan and potential roadblocks were noted.
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Geneva
Switzerland
George P. Shultz
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Reagan
Gromyko
Shultz
Washington
Outer
Space
Gromko
United States
NATO
Westernurope
Soviet Union
State Shultz
Zaccaro pleads guilty in Queens fraud scheme case
John Zaccaro husband of Geraldine Ferraro pleads guilty in Manhattan to scheming to defraud related to financing five Queens apartment buildings. Co defendant Harold Farrell also pleads innocent on charges. Zaccaro admitted he acted as a broker and that the deal never closed while prosecutors allege inflated contracts and false financial statements overstating his net worth.
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NEW York
John Zaccaro
Geraldine Ferraro
George Roberts
Zaccaro
Roberts
State Supreme Court
Manhattan
Ferraro
Harold Farrell
Breezy Point
Queens
Robert M. Morgenthau
John DeLorenzo
New Jersey
Morgenthau
Sharon exonerated In revenge massacre
Secret papers show no evidence Ariel Sharon discussed vengeance with Christian Phalangists over the 1982 Sabra and Chatilla massacre in Beirut. Yitzhak Kahan, former Supreme Court president, and Sharon's lawyer released limited findings amid a $50 million libel suit against Time.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Ariel Sharon
Beirut
Justice Ministry
Yitzhak Kahan
Supreme Court
Sharon
Dov Weisglass
Chaim Zadok
Time Magazine
Time
Amin Gemayel
Carbondale man charged with aiding prison escape
A second man, Oscar Bennett, 44 of Du Quoin, and William Edwards Jr., 26 of Carbondale, were charged with aiding the escape of two inmates from Menard Correctional Center. Edwards surrendered to police after posting bond. Bennett, a prison employee, was suspended with pay then discharged. The inmates John Edwards Jr. and Benjamin Gibson were recaptured in California.
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Ann Schottman Enol
Southern Illinoisan
Menard
Chester
William
Popeye
Edwards Jr
Washington
Carbondale
Edwards
Tom Mansfield
Murphysboro
Oscar Bennett
du Quoin
Bennett
Illinois Department of Corrections
Nic Howell
Springfield
Howell
John Edwards Jr
Benjamin Gibson
Santa Rosa
Calif
William Edwards
Coles County
Gibson
Mason County
Burglar with a code shocks Indiana case
Indianapolis man Frank D. Rives, 30, admitted breaking into 18 homes. He reportedly followed a personal code preferring apartments over houses and targeted what he believed younger residents valued, telling sheriff’s officers that older homeowners had more to steal.
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Indianapolis
Frank D. Rives
David A. Crisler
Sheriff’s Department
Pay board trims governor's hike
The Illinois Compensation Review Board reduced the governor's proposed salary increase from 90 000 to 85 000 while leaving a 4500 raise for legislators to 32500. The board's recommendations take effect automatically unless the General Assembly rejects them before lawmakers adjourn.
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Chicago
Illinois
General Assembly
House
Lee Daniels
Daniels
R-Elmhurst
Postmaster Holds Mail Hostage Over Bad Addresses
A Rockford postmaster warns that improper addressing could halt mail delivery, and Pecatonica officials impound state and federal tax forms missing a post office box number as part of an anti improper addressing campaign. Postmaster Amos Kent defends the move as a measure to keep postage rates low and fix a serious problem.
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Pecatonica
Rockford
Robert Hayes
Amos Kent
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Victor P. Karpov
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Georgi Kornienko
Paul H. Nitze
Arthur A. Hartman
Moscow
Jack Matlock
National Security Council
Bashir Gemayel
Amin
Kahan
Yitzhak Zamir
Review Board
AEP
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