Wisconsin Liquor Laws Fuel Illinois Teen Drinking Wave
Antioch officials warn Route 83 traffic to Wisconsin for underage drinking is deadly. A Lake County News Sun study cites 65 of 306 fatal Lake County traffic deaths from 1979 to 1981 involving ages 16 to 20, with most linked to alcohol and multi victim crashes.
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More workers willing to accept job transfers study finds
Chicago AP report notes a rise in employee willingness to transfer to new cities amid economic slump. A relocation firm ETC surveyed 1,250 workers moved last year and found 84.9 percent would transfer again, up from 78.9 percent in 1977 and 76.3 in 1980. Family attitude tops decision factors.
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William E. Jones Dies. Pioneering Labor Official
William E. Jones 67 a longtime United Auto Workers official and the first black to hold a top Illinois state labor post died Thursday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital He had been administrative assistant for the Illinois Bureau of Employment Security and directed the UAW job-placement program in Chicago before his 1975 appointment to the Labor Department by Governor Dan Walker Survivors include his wife August a son and two daughters.
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Illinois Blue Cross seeks relief from state regulation
Illinois Insurance Director proposes freeing Blue Cross Blue Shield from state rate approval to bolster its finances. Surplus has fallen from 45 million to 17.9 million, sparking calls for a mutual structure and new lines of business. Legislature would need to approve ending 47-year tax exemption as part of reform.
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Protests at Thompson Speech Demand Welfare Reforms
In Chicago AP report Gov James Thompson urged government private cooperation on social program funding as about 40 activists from Northwest Community Organization picketed outside Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children. They condemned Thompson plan to cut general assistance to 144 a month from 162 while he defended the measure saying taxpayers cannot do everything.
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Cosentino Improves at Chicago Hospital
Illinois Treasurer Jerome Cosentino showing improvement at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital after checking in May 26 for possible pneumonia. The Democrat, challenging incumbent Republican Jim Edgar for secretary of state, is reported to be in good condition by aide Chuck Weber.
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