Circle of Gold scam eyed by law officials in Illinois
Authorities warn of the Circle of Gold chain letter scheme spreading to Southern Illinois. Donors pay 100 dollars for a list of 12 names, then forward 30 dollars to the first name and replace it. State officials label it a zero sum scheme violating lottery and fraud laws.
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Donna Kunkel
Southern Illinoisan
Circle of Gold
Brad Pavelonis
Saline County
Illinois
White County
Carmi
Pavelonis
Randolph County
Darrell Williamson
Harry Johnson
Union County
Terry Hopkins
Franklin County
Lloyd Middleton
Perry County
Jackson
Williamson Counties
Richard Cosby
Cosby
Springfield
Attorney General’s
Circle of Platinum
Innebago County
Ann Leechman
Postal Service Fraud Inspection Division
St. Louis
Leechman
George Hage
ACLU seeks halt on Illinois Death Row move to Menard
The ACLU asks a federal court to stop relocating Illinois Death Row inmates from Stateville to Menard in Chester arguing it would burden them and be unconstitutional. Judge Parsonsetcheduled to hear the request. officials counter that Menard offers better facilities and access to legal resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Briggs
Springfield
American Civil Liberties Union
Illinois
Stateville Penitentiary
Menard Correctional Center
Chester
ACLU
Electric Chair
Corrections Department
U.S. District Court
James Parsons
Sheila Liss Meyer
Chicago
Stateville
Ferris Gang
Walker
Gayle M. Franzen
Illinois Department of Corrections
Menard
Franzen
Weather outlook with cold temperatures and warming trend
National Weather Service predicts clear very cold tonight with lows from five below to five above. Friday remains sunny and cold with highs in the low 20s. Illinois forecast shows partly cloudy skies and a warmup Saturday through Monday with lows in the 20s and highs in the 30s to the 50s by Monday.
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National Weather Service
Illinois
Hostage release enters new phase amid Tehran crisis
American officials outline initiatives to free about 50 hostages at the U S Embassy in Tehran now in day 89. State Department spokesman Hodling Carter says a third party option like the Red Cross could oversee releases if a U N tribunal on the shah is agreed.
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Associated Press
U.S
Tehran
State Department
Hodding Carter
Red Cross
U.N
Sen
Frank Church
Cyrus Vance
Hos
Illinois to review 200 state jobs under new reform
Springfield AP The jobs of nearly 200 key state employees will be placed on the line next month under a new state law ending civil service protection for about 750 workers. The law, effective Jan 1, allows agency directors to fire employees whose positions were previously guaranteed.
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Springfield
State Department of Personnel
Commission
Peasants Seize Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City
A group of peasants occupied the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City taking the ambassador and others hostage, according to police. The incident occurred today in the capital of Guatemala.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Judge to rule soon on flat-rate Jackson levee tax
Judge Bill Green will decide by week end whether Jackson County bottomlands farmers face a flat 4 per acre levy or continuation of tiered taxes. Petitioners urge keeping benefit based rates while consolidated districts push equal per acre assessment to fund $165000 yearly, with diversions over pumps and levee maintenance.
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Jackson
Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County
Bill Green
Illinois 3
Misssissippi
Green
Mississippi
Big Muddy
Consolidated District
Gary Dillinger
Consolidated Drainage District Commissioners
Dillinger
New Consolidated District
Ed Heller
Melvin Strueve
Heller
Shirley Moeckel
Moeckel
Big Lake
Joiner Pond
Gerald Reed
Ernie Rodewald
William Downen
Ann Morgan
William Guetersloh
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Illinois Appellate Defender’s Office
Robert Davison
Appellate Defender Project
Death Row
Jerry Lower
Carbondale
Pete Emmett
Poplar Street
Ann Landers
Wit’s End
Tage
Iran
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Canada
West Germany
Dover Air Force Base
Delaware
Washington
Kurdistan Region
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Shahr-e Kord
Tehran Radio
Bottomland Farmers
Reed
Daniel Heine
Alvin Behnken
Dave Smith
George Anghouse
Henry Bunselmeyer
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