Chrysler's woes test patience of help and suppliers
Washington reports the Chrysler bailout talks resume as government seeks 400 million in new loan guarantees and a 600 million wage freeze. UAW president Fraser warns there are limits to worker patience while suppliers slow shipments over unpaid bills and a Warren plant faces parts shortages.
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Washington
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Michigan
Treasury
G. William Miller
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Douglas Fraser
Miller
Fraser
Warren
Mich
Detroit
Chrysler Loan Guarantee Board
United States
Canada
Illinois lawmakers weigh 20 million Chrysler loan
Illinois legislators reopen debate on a 20 million state loan to Chrysler Corp amid concerns about repayment and asset value. Senate leaders plan to vote as the lame duck session meets, with sponsors arguing lottery revenue funds make the loan feasible while opponents caution against state aid to private firms.
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Springfield
Ill
Chrysler Corp
Illlinois General Assembly
Senate
Philip J. Rock
Oak Park
Chrysler
Rock
Lame Duck
General Assembly
John L. Knuppel
Havana
America
Illinois
Automaker
Belvidere
Rockford
E. J. Giorgi
D-Rockford
Terry L. Bruce
D-Olney
Thompson returns funds from campaign barbeque
Gov. James R. Thompson has refunded 17000 of 41600 raised at a barbecue hosted by Eugene P. Heyton, an appointee to the Capital Development Board, after concerns over fund-raising tactics. The Sun-Times cited that the event violated the governor’s executive order barring state employees and appointees from soliciting political contributions.
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Chicago
James R. Thompson
Chicago Sun-Times
Thompson
Eugene P. Heyton
Capital Development Board
The
Sun-Times
Surgeon wins $900000 in patent case over corkscrew pacemaker part
Dr. Edward M. Goldberg of Michael Reese Hospital won a federal court ruling against Medtronic, Inc. The judge awarded $875,600 plus interest for patent infringement and misappropriation of Goldberg’s corkscrew shaped one quarter inch long electrode design used to attach a pacemaker to the heart. The decision was issued by U S District Judge Frank J. McGarr on January 5.
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Chicago
Glencoe
U.S
Frank J. McGarr
Edward M
Goldberg
Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center
Medtronic, Inc
Minneapolis, Minn
Puerto Rican leftists claim destruction of Guard jets at Muniz Base
The Machete Wielders, a leftist group, said they set off pipe bombs that destroyed nine Air National Guard jets and damaged a tenth at Muniz Air Base near San Juan, causing about 45 million dollars in damage. No injuries were reported, though a bomb was found and defused on another plane.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Associated Press
Air National Guard
Muniz Air Base
U.S. Commonwealth Island
Agustin Corea
156Th Tactical Fighter Group
Corea
Ronald Santiago
Ex-publisher at Centralia dies at 79
Vera Joy Perrine former publisher of the Centralia Evening Sentinel dies at 79 in a local nursing home. Native of Centralia she ran the paper during her father Verne Joys absence and after his 1964 death. Survived by husband Alden and two sons Alden Joy Perrine and William Verne Joy plus five grandchildren. No funeral plans announced yet. Memorial service being planned.
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Centralia, Ill
Vera Joy Perrine
Centralia Evening Sentinel
William Verne Joy
The
Sentinel
El Salvador Forces Seize San Salvador After Weekend Fights
Government troops say they control the capital and most of the country after days of fierce fighting that left at least 100 dead, many guerrillas. The junta imposed martial law and a curfew as the Revolutionary Democratic Front declared a provisional government and a new army.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Radio Liberation
Revolutionay Democratic Front
Ronald Reagan
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