High court in power struggle over Illinois Senate presidency
In Springfield AP reports the Illinois Supreme Court will rule on a Democratic suit seeking to overturn James R. Thompson’s seizure of the Senate presidency. Thompson presided as GOP lawmakers elected David C. Shapiro president amid a walkout by Democrats. The court scheduled arguments for Jan 27.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Senate
GOP
James R. Thompson
Thompson
David C. Shapiro
Senate Democrats
Philip J. Rock
Shapiro
Chamber
Cer
Rock
Supreme Court
Tyrone C. Fahner
Fahner
Frank Savickas
Chicago
Terry L. Bruce
D-Olney
Savickas
Chrysler Loan Guarantees Forecast and Delayed Notes Sale
The Chrysler Loan Guarantee Board forecast a loss in 1981 followed by profits in 1982 and rising profits thereafter. It granted provisional approval for an extra 400 million in guarantees on top of 800 million issued last summer, to help Chrysler borrow to keep operating amid weak autumn sales. The vote required a further affirmative vote by all three board members.
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New York Times
Washington
Chrysler Loan Guarantee Board
Chrysler Corp
Iran
Chrysler
Treasury
G. William Miller
Congress
Coal export forecast signals US rise in world demand
The United States could supply 38 percent of global coal demand by 2000, up from 6 percent in 1979, as the Interagency Coal Export Task Force forecasts a boom in US coal sales and new port capacity. Delays at key harbors are expected to ease by 1985 with private and state action guiding port deepening.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Baltimore
Hampton Roads
Australia
Poland
Amon
Congress
Rts
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Sleuth tracks employees who steal billions from workplaces
In a San Francisco report, private eye Steve Long, head of Triad Consultants, exposes widespread internal theft in retail and service sectors. He and 21 operatives using lie detectors recovered nearly $500,000 of $8 million in thefts, arguing most crime is spontaneous and internal. He cautions employers to trust polygraphs and avoid mass firings, noting bars, theaters, and Macy’s face significant losses from staff.
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San Francisco
Steve Long
Triad Consultants Ltd
Pll
Long
Chemical firm to spend 15 million on cleanup in Niagara Falls
Hooker Chemical and Plastics Co a unit of Occidental Petroleum will spend about 15 million to clean and monitor a Hyde Park dumpsite in Niagara Falls New York under a federal court settlement. It also will deposit 1.5 million into an environmental fund for government studies. The agreement, filed in Buffalo federal court, does not resolve Love Canal suits but could influence nationwide cleanup actions. The EPA says 30 000 such sites exist, many hazardous to health and environment. Hooker dumped about 80 000 tons of chemical waste at Hyde Park from 1953 to 1974, with roughly 80 percent toxic.
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New York Times
Washington
Hooker Chemical and Plastics Co
Hyde Park
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Justice Department
Occidental Petroleum Corp
U.S. District Court
Buffalo
Love Canal
Environmental Protection Agency
Hooker
New York
Cook official calls injury panel idiots over award
A Cook County Board member denounced the Illinois Industrial Commission as a bunch of idiots after it awarded former Oak Forest Hospital employee Sharon Jagodzinski 4177 for injuries March 22, 1979, when a wheelchair ran over her foot while a patient transporter.
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Cook
Chicago
Cook County Board
Illinois Industrial Commission
Thomas L. Tyrrell
Matthew W. Bieszczat
Industrial Commission
Commission
Daniel Smith
Oak Forest Hospital
Sharon Jagodzinski
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High Court
Interagency Coal Export Task Force
Carter
Bernhardt Wruble
Jim Hill
Macy’s
Union Square
Hill
California Academy of Polygraph Sciences
Diamonds & Watches
VicNeill
Illinois Ave
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Ce Unded
Eel
Ruffman Funeral Home
West Oak Street
Carbondale, Ilinois
John A. Logan
Carterville, Illinois
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