Rule change lets GOP pick Shapiro as Senate leader
Springfield AP Republicans seized the Illinois Senate presidency after Gov. Thompson altered rules. Sen. David Shapiro was elected despite GOP holding only 29 of 59 seats as Democrats fled to block the move. Thompson ruled a majority present sufficed, leaving Democrats shocked and triggering Republican control of both chambers.
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Springfield
Illinois Senate
James R. Thompson
David Shapiro
R-Amboy
Senate
GOP
Chamber
Thompson
Philip Rock
Shapiro
House
George Ryan
Kankakee
Federal Express Lady suspect arrested in Hardin
Cynthia Ann Taylor, 29, of Cave-In-Rock, suspected in numerous crimes by a bogus Federal Express representative, was nabbed in Elizabethtown Hardin County at 6 p.m. Wednesday. She faces warrants across Southern Illinois for forgery deceptive practices and bad checks, plus car theft charges in Evansville and Paducah. Taylor held without bond, to be moved to Williamson County jail. various counties pursuit list forgery, deceptive practices, and failure to appear.
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Cynthia Ann Taylor
Federal Express
Hardin County
Miss Taylor
Cave-In-Rock
Elizabethtown
Wendell Brownfield
Illinois
Federal Express Delivery Company
Murphysboro
Marion
Brownfield
Taylor
Adam Parker
Brenda Allen
Williamson County
Jackson
Perry
Franklin
Union
Saline
Evansville
Ind
Paducah
Jackson County weighs jail food policy on meals for staff and visitors
Jackson County board tabled a proposed jail food policy after debate over allowing Sheriff Don White to invite official visitors to eat in the jail kitchen and letting on duty cooks and deputies dine there. The measure, tied to fringe-benefit rules, would require meal charges or restricted access while defining who can use jail ice and kitchen facilities.
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Ann Schottman Knol
The
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County Board
Don White
Finance Committee
White
Robert Crim
Douglas Eriksen
Joan Holcomb
Mary Nell Chew
Mae Nelson
Natalie Trimble
Tress Pierson
Eriksen
Sheriff's Department
Internal Revenue Service
Gene Chambers
Chambers
Seriff
Sheriff’s Department
Fire at Te xaco refinery evacuates Lawrenceville residents
Hundreds flee as a 6000 barrel butane gas tank leaks after a refinery fire at Te xaco Inc. Lawrenceville area. No injuries reported. An earlier 1950 explosion at the same refinery killed 43. Evacuations affected 600 to 1000 people, with schools closed to conserve water and police urging caution near windows. The refinery employs about 500 people.
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Lawrenceville
Texaco Inc
U.S
F.L. Groves
Steve Foster
Ple
Paul Akers
Lawrence County
Andrew L. Devonshire
Weather Outlook Tonight Through Friday Cloudy with Light Winds
National Weather Service predicts cloudy conditions tonight with highs in the upper 20s to low 30s and lows in the 20s. Friday remains partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow or flurries and highs in the upper 20s. Winds shift to northwesterly around 10 mph tonight, remaining light and variable before strengthening slightly Friday.
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