Hypnosis Rules Out Key Testimony in Beating Trial
In Adams County Illinois judge Edward Dittmeyer barred hypnotically induced statements from Pamela Berg in the James Crain fatal beating case. Berg testified Crain twice lifted and slammed Alan Madden on January 11, and Crain appeared quiet as defense and court debated the ruling. The case, moved to the state capital over publicity, follows a death that prompted child torture laws and staff firings in state services.
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Springfield
James Crain
Alan Madden
Adams County
Edward B. Dittmeyer
Pamela Sue Berg
Anthony Cameron
Ms. Berg
Quincy
Crain
Madden
Alan
Jim
Lewis
Cameron
Chip Johnson
Byrne Drops Food Medicine Exemption From Transit Tax
Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne said food and medicine would be exempt from a proposed one cent city sales tax hike to fund the Chicago Transit Authority. A judge refused an emergency injunction against the 10 cent fare surcharge for CTA monthly pass holders, which will rise to 40 dollars in August, ending July passes.
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Chicago
Jane B
CTA
John Burns
River traffic jam ends as bridge wreckage cleared
Keithsburg Illinois AP reports a Mississippi River logjam caused by a collapsed railroad bridge has shifted to nearby locks after the bridge was blasted free Monday night. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Ray Gall says about 31 towboats are funneling through locks upstream and downstream as salvage of the span proceeds toward Lock and Dam 17 near New Boston.
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Keithsburg
Ill
Ray Gall
Army Corps of Engineers
Centralia woman receives new heart at Stanford
Judy Altes of Centralia Illinois, mother of three, is up and walking eight days after a heart transplant at Stanford University Hospital. Dr Dee C Boswell says she may spend another month in California as her recovery continues. The 37 year old was a heart attack survivor six years ago and suffered congestive heart failure in 1979. She and her husband Robert have three children Kristin Robin and Britton. Private funeral services are set for Kenneth S Ogilvie retired insurance executive and father of former Gov Richard B Ogilvie. Ogilvie of Evanston died at his Bradenton Florida home at age 82.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Centralia
Ill
Stanford University Hospital
Dee C. Boswell
Judy Altes
Boswell
California
Chicago
Kenneth S. Ogilvie
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Evanston
Bradenton, Fla
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