Pontiff's assailant gets life
Mehmet Ali Agca convicted of attempted murder of Pope John Paul II and two American women and sentenced to life imprisonment. He also received a 10 year term for arms possession and false documents, to run concurrently. He was absent from the courtroom as protest against trial location. Jury deliberated 62 hours. lawyer considers appeal.
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Rome
Mehmet Ali Agca
John Paul II
Agca
St. Peter’s Square
Vatican
Severino Santiapichi
Agea
Pietro D'Ovidio
D’ovidio
Tommy the Bear Lives as Bite Case Dismissed
The family of 11 year old Scott Burrelsman filed a motion to drop suit seeking destruction of the mascot bear at a southern Illinois summer camp. Judge Thomas Daley granted the motion citing no reason given by the family. Rabies testing and quarantine options were discussed as an alternative to killing the bear.
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J.L. Schmidt
Belleville
Tommy the Bear
Southern Illinois
St. Clair County
Circuit
Thomas Daley
Thomas Keefe Jr
Daley
Johnson County
J. Louis Wingate
Wingate
Scott Burrelsman
Court of Appeals
St. District Appellate Court
Scott
Keefe
Tommy
Harold James
Administration taxes compromise on largest tax cut bill in history
House Ways and Means completed work on a sweeping tax cut plan linking a possible third year to inflation, deficits, and interest rate targets. The plan, with wider relief for under $50,000 earners, faces Senate debates amid disputes over oil tax relief and Social Security benefits.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Reagan
Senate
Joint Committee On Taxation
Finance Committee
Bob Dole
R-Kan
White House
Weather forecast with clouds and storms this evening
The National Weather Service expects cloudy skies tonight with a chance of thunderstorms and a low in the upper 60s. Thursday brings variable cloudiness with a chance of showers and thunderstorms and a high in the upper 80s to low 90s.
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National Weather Service
Fahner blends business ties with Southern Illinois campaign
Illinois Attorney General Ty Fahner campaigns in Southern Illinois for his first full term. He says he plans to run in 1982, notes $300,000 raised, and discusses investigations into hazardous waste dumping, utility rate hikes, and his fading friendship with Governor Thompson while paying for the trip from campaign funds.
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Evan M. Davis
Southern Illinois.n
Illinois
Tyrone Fahner
Southern Illinois
Fahner
James Thompson
C. L. McCormick
Robert Winchester
Martin Oberman
Midwest
Thompson
Senate
Makanda group forms Crime Watchers Inc with rewards plan
A Makanda based initiative aims to fund cash rewards for crime information. Wayman Presley proposed a $20,000 reward for the murder of Lucille Fliger while detailing a nonprofit, 100 member township committee to finance rewards up to $4 monthly per person. The plan emphasizes reporting to authorities and may expand to identify belongings by Social Security numbers.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Makanda
Crime Watchers Inc
Wayman Presley
Lucille Fliger
Lipe
Presley
Midwest
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Nicolo Amato
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