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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1981
Page
8
Former Springfield police officer Charles Lockhart was found guilty on 8 of 16 counts in a kickback scheme involving the Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program. He faces up to 45 years in prison and $90,000 in fines as sentencing awaits.
Caterpillar Tractor Co reports 1980 profit of 564.8 million, up 73.2 million from 1979, with sales at 8.6 billion. Company announces 400 layoffs in Peoria, 150 in York PA, 50 in Milwaukee, and 725 weekly in Davenport IA, while recalling about 150 in Joliet and 100 in Peoria as markets improve.
The Illinois attorney general's office has recovered nearly 30,000 of the 250,000 lost in the now-defunct Continental Buyers Club of LaSalle-Peru. The club solicited memberships and deposits for merchandise in 1975 to 1977 and defaulted on orders. The Consumer Protection Division sued the club in January 1977 and has since located funds to repay about 30,000 to roughly 800 creditors.
Illinois gasoline prices edged up last month despite ample supplies and reduced demand. The state Institute of Natural Resources reports the average full service price rose 1.6 cents to about $1.33 per gallon, 18 percent higher than a year ago.
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