Centralia gas blast kills woman in rural home
An explosion leveled a frame house two miles outside Centralia injuring Harry Jones and killing Clara Marie Jones in her 70s. Coroner Louis Loepker said the woman died under rubble while her husband was treated for cuts and bruises. Police suspect a gas leak from the furnace as the cause.
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Centralia
Clinton County
Louis Loepker
Clara Marie Jones
Loepker
Harry Jones
St. Mary’s Hospital
Illinois Supreme Court to hear bank holding company suit
The Illinois Supreme Court will hear oral arguments January 27 on a suit challenging a state law that allows banks to form holding companies to buy or merge with others. Opponents say it could force smaller banks out and raise customer costs. The law, effective January 1, creates five banking regions, allows holding company acquisitions within and near regions, and expands satellite facilities from two to three, without loan or trust services.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Association For Modern Banking In
Illinois
High Court
Sangamon County
Simon Friedman
Credit regulation directors change at Department of Financial Institutions
Gov James R Thompson appoints Michael E Fryzel to head the Department of Financial Institutions replacing Edgar Callahan who left for the National Credit Union Administration. Fryzel, 36, would earn 43000 annually with a term ending January 1983 pending Senate confirmation. John D Seymour exits acting director post for private industry.
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Springfield
Department of Financial Institutions
James R. Thompson
Michael E. Fryzel
Senate
Fryzel
South Holland
Edgar F. Callahan
National Credit Union Administration
John D. Seymour
Commer Credit
Ism
Hunger strike protests Salvadoran aid at church
About 30 protesters, Salvadoran and local religious leaders, began a hunger strike at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Chicago to protest Salvadoran aid. The fast started at 2 p.m. Monday and was to continue for at least three days, a spokesman said.
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Chicago
St. Peter's
Former inmate sues over alleged prison abuse after sex change
An Illinois resident, Michelle T. Spiker, suing for 90 million dollars, alleges guards at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in November 1980 allowed about 40 male inmates to mistreat her after she disrobed during an eight day confinement. Her attorney notes she had undergone a mid 1970s sex change and was legally female in Illinois.
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New York
Illinois
Michelle T. Spiker
Michael Spiker
U.S
Atlanta
Harry Lipsig
Lipsig
Caseyville
Ill
Cardinal Cody Remains in Serious Condition at Northwestern
Cardinal John P. Cody, 74, head of the nation’s largest Roman Catholic archdiocese, stayed in serious condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after a transfer from another ward. He was admitted Dec 22 in fair condition and readmitted after Christmas amid a federal probe into alleged misappropriation of church funds, which he denies.
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Chicago
John P. Cody
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Cody
Battle lines split GOP in Illinois primary clashes
Illinois Republicans face a March 16 GOP primary that will oust at least two incumbents. Rep Porter says the campaign is restarting after a Supreme Court ruling on reapportionment but the court dismissed the appeal. Derwinski faces O'Brien in a remapped district while Porter shifts to challenge McClory as population shifts reduce Illinois seats in the House.
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Washington
Illinois
John Edward Porter
Evanston
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Edward Derwinski
Flossmoor
George M. O'Brien
Joliet
Porter
Chicago
ERA advocate to appeal bribery conviction in ERA vote bid
Wanda Brandstetter, an ERA advocate and former NOW volunteer, plans to appeal a unanimous Illinois Appellate Court ruling upholding a $500 fine and 150 hours of public service for offering a $1,000 campaign contribution to Rep. Nord Swanstrom in 1980. The court rejected claims the offer was a protected First Amendment lobbying activity and ruled the conduct was close to ordinary lobbying but not permitted as a vote contingent gift. Brandstetter and lawyer Sheila Murphy vow to continue pursuing ERA passage and may seek Illinois Supreme Court review.
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Springfield
Wanda Brandstetter
Frederick S. Green
Brandstetter
Jeanne Scott
Green
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