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Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale, Illinois

05 Jun 1980

Page 9

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Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1980

Page

9

Gacy victim kin push to share book profits

Kenneth Prest, brother of 15 year old Robert Prest, fights to stop profits from Gacy’s story from going to Gacy, his lawyers, or others while Harold Piest seeks court escrow of exclusive rights revenue. Illinois law bars Gacy from profiting. suit asks profits fund victims, prosecutors, and costs. Burleson and Goldfarb plan interviews to explore the killer’s psyche, aiming for a work akin to In Cold Blood or The Executioner's Song.

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Associated Press John Wayne Gacy Jr Gacy Kenneth Prest Robert Chicago Prest Des Plaines Menard Correctional Center Chester America Harold Piest Houston California Cook County Illinois James Corrigan Sam Amirante Robert Motta Burleson Goldfarb CIA Pacific Ocean John Gacy Iowa Kenneth Piest Norman Mailer Gary Gilmore Utah George A. Higgins Circuit Court Amirante Motta Higgins David Goldberger American Civil Liberties Union Sam David Berkowitz New York City
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Telegraph sued for 1969 memo damages by builder Green

Granite City AP The Alton Evening Telegraph ordered to pay 9.2 million to builder James Green for losses allegedly caused by a 1969 memo sent to the Justice Department by Telegraph reporters Joe Melosi and William C. Shotka. Jury awarded 6.7 million compensatory and 2.5 million punitive. Green claimed the memo prompted credit loss from Piasa Savings & Loan. Telegraph to appeal considered by board. memo never published.

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Granite City Alton Evening Telegraph U.S. Justice Department Madison County James Green Stephen A. Cousley Telegraph Green Rex Carr Piasa Savings & Loan Co Joe Melosi William C. Shotka William Cox Madison County Sheriff's Department Carr Savings and Loan Justice Department
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Nurse fights suspension over two patient deaths at Good Samaritan

Linda Kurle, a 24 year old nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, was suspended May 29 after two patients under her supervision died from alleged insulin overdoses. Her attorney says she is innocent and being made a scapegoat, noting others cared for the patients and that she previously worked at the hospital in 1977 and in Egypt. The hospital will meet with her June 11 to discuss her nursing involvement while police and the state's attorney's office investigate the deaths. One patient died in October and the other on February 8.

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Downers Grove Good Samaritan Hospital Linda Kurle Aldo E. Botti Miss Kurle Botti Egypt the Assem Bly of God Church
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