Settlement offers refunds in insurance fraud case
Attorney General Neil Hartigan announced a consent decree in federal court that will refund 274 Illinoisans who bought Endowment at 88 annuities from Columbia National Life. Premiums ranged 1000 to 10000 dollars, with 75,000 dollars to cover state expenses and 75,000 for investigation costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Ludwick
Springfield Bureau
Neil Hartigan
Columbia National Life Insurance Co
Hartigan
Columbia
Illinois Department of Insurance
Illinois
Reagan advisers praise Geneva talks progress on arms control
Speakes said the talks did not need new guidance and that negotiators could walk away if goals were unmet. Reagan urged thorough prep for resumed talks planned for March, with no date set for Moscow-Washington negotiations. House member Aspin pressed that MX missile support must be shown as essential in arms talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gan
Speakes
Shultz
White House
Robert McFarlane
Grindstone
House
Armed Services Committee
Reagan
Les Aspin
Congress
Clemency Sought in Jeffers/Will County Murder Case
Mrs. Cox, legally blind, received a minimum 20 year sentence for the murder of Willie Hatten in his Joliet home. Judge Robert Buchar lamented that the case underscores flaws in the justice system while noting Cox’s age and life hardship. Cox, a former waitress with no prior record, faced pressure to plead guilty to manslaughter but declined. She lives on $520 monthly from Social Security and public aid and hopes for kindness if she could meet the man involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tury
Cox
Will County
Robert Buchar
Willie Hatten
Hatten
Joliet
East St. Louis
Experts to visit Marion for prison layout critique
A panel of corrections experts including architects and officials from the Bureau of Prisons will visit the U S Penitentiary at Marion to review facility layout for efficiency. Warden Jerry Williford said the weeklong visit aims to identify space that could be better used and consider security and recreation improvements to reduce guard needs while improving inmate conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Tim Landis
Southern Illinoisan
U.S
Jerry Williford
Williford
Bureau of Prisons Central
Washington D.C
Kan
Sas
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