Illinois panel denial blocks three judge redistricting plan
A federal judge refused to appoint a three judge panel to redraw Illinois districts after the 1990 census. The ruling leaves a state commission to draft new cantonal and legislative maps as the General Assembly adjourned without a plan. Illinois will drop from 24 to 22 congressional districts due to population decline. The Speaker’s GOP backed map faced Senate rejection and House committee opposition.
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Chicago
U.S
Frank J. McGarr
George H. Ryan Jr
R-Kankakee
U.S. District Court
Illinois
Ryan
House
Senate
General Assembly
Mother gets 20 years for killing only child
Sheila Thompkins, 24, received the minimum 20 year sentence in Cook County for the murder of her 5 year old daughter Monyette Linear. The judge cited the mother’s claimed great loss and intent to discipline rather than injure. The medical examiner attributed death to heart failure from fright after alleged beating with a knotted electrical cord on New Year’s Day.
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Chicago
Illinois
Cook County
Joseph J. Urso
Sheila Thompkins
Miss Thompkins
Robert J. Stein
Stein
Fred Minelli
Dike holds back flow from derailed car near town
Sixteen cars of a Milwaukee Road freight derailed near an Ogle County town around 1 a.m. A punctured car carried a flammable liquid and 13,000 of 20,700 gallons spilled. State police and Illinois EPA set up a dyke to contain leakage with minimal damage and no injuries.
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Harper
Milwaukee Road
John Keleher
Sterling
Ogle County
Illinoi Environmental Protection Agency
Keleher
Communists Open Crucial Polish Congress In Warsaw
Communist Party leader Stanislaw Kania opened a crucial congress urging seriousness and unity as 1,964 delegates meet under Soviet bloc oversight. A 203 member leadership group and 64 member secretariat were chosen, with Kazimierz Barcikowski presiding. The session may discuss electing a new first secretary and a presidium watchdog, aiming to maintain reforms without provoking the Soviets.
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Warsaw
Poland
Communist
Stanislaw Kania
Kanin
Kazimierz Barcikowski
Kania
PAP
Independent Union Solidarity
Rioting Spreads in Six English Cities Across Britain
Rioting erupted in six English cities including Aldershot amid a third of Liverpool, Leicester, and Derby unrest. Police reported about 25 youths involved in Aldershot with 19 arrests, while Derby and Nottingham saw mobs and police calls increasing. Authorities noted most severe disturbances in Leicester with bricks and bottles hurled at officers.
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London
Aldershot
Britain
Jim Jardine
Police Federation
Jardine
Derbyshire
Union
Dundee
Scotland
Leicester
English Midlands
Derby
Fficers
Liverpool
Nottingham
Bastille Day Celebrations Move Into Seven Cities
Paris reports hundreds of thousands join Bastille Day festivities as accordions play and locals toast la gueule de bois. The 1981 events highlight Francois Mitterrand’s drive to decentralize power with major military parades in seven cities to bring the armed forces closer to the people.
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Paris
Bastille
Rouge Ordinaire
Francois Mitterrand
Mitterrand
France
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