State Two Beaten at Funeral for Slain Guard Pontiac
Three guards slain in a prison riot were laid to rest as about 200 uniformed correctional officers from states including Rhode Island attended funeral services for Robert Conkle William Thomas and Stanley Cole. During the day a brief violent incident erupted outside St Marys Church as the Conkle family left the service. A Pantograph photographer was beaten and treated at a local hospital after the disruption.
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Joseph J. O’dea
Conkle
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Bloomington
Pontiac Prison Riot Leaves Three Guards Dead
Springfield reports officials say it may take at least three weeks to identify those responsible for the riot at the Pontiac maximum security prison where three guards were killed. Twenty LD agents are interviewing guards and inmates as investigators proceed.
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Springfield
Pontiac
Tyrone Fahner
State Department of Law Enforcement
Fahner
Judge to rule on halt to Centralia prison construction
U S District Judge J Waldo Ackerman will decide next Tuesday whether to pause the Centralia state prison project while landowners challenge the plan. The hearing involved landowner representatives and state and federal lawyers as officials consider funding for two medium security prisons in Centralia and Hillsboro amid crowding and a recent Pontiac riot with three guards killed.
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Springfield
Centralia
U.S. District Court
J. Waldo Ackerman
Hillsboro
Daniel Walker
Centrali Prison
Inc
Klepak Sentenced To 30 Month Prison Term
Former Democratic congressional candidate Robert M. Klepak receives a 30 month prison term for conspiring to sell 200000 dollars in stolen U S Savings Bonds. co-defendant Jeffrey D. Gross gets six months in jail and 42 years probation. other defendants plea innocent. trial set for Sept. 5.
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Klepak
Chicago
Robert M. Klepak
U.S
Marshall
Gross
Northbrook
Lavelle Nominated to Chicago Board of Election Commissioners
Michael E. Lavelle, chairman of the Illinois Board of Election Commissioners, was nominated to fill a vacancy on the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Judge Donald J. O'Brien announced the nomination Tuesday as head of the five judge nominating panel.
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Chicago
Michael E. Lavelle
Illinois Board of Election Commissioners
Chicago Board of Election Commissioners
Donald J. O’brien
Cook County Circuit Court
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Arlington Heights
Philip M. Crane
O’hare International
Illinois
Lavelle
Chicago Post
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Oleg Cassini
Jcpenney
Kathy Hardwick
Star War
Cassini
Jcpenney Co., Inc
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