Rain-starved Southern Illinois farmers eye rain amid steady crops
Southern Illinois farmers search skies for rain as central Illinois replants corn and soybeans after storms. Statewide corn remains 89 percent good to excellent, soybeans 62 percent, with herbicide damage noted. Officials estimate about 500000 acres damaged. forecasts call for cooler but wet later in the period.
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Associated Press
Southern Illinois
Illinois
Gallatin County
Earl Lutz
Craig Hayes
Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Hayes
Ford County
Charles Orcutt
Bureau County
Jon Ellis
Robbery suspected in double slaying
Authorities say robbery may have been the motive in the execution type killings of retired Highland Park orthodontist Dr Harold Schwartz and his wife Ruth. The couple were found shot in the back of the head in their garage after returning from a dinner. Coroner said wallets held no cash. A second Lake County double murder in ten days was deemed unrelated.
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Highland Park
Harold Schwartz
Ruth
Chicago
Donald Verbeke
Schwartzes
Robert H. Babcox
Schwartz
Lake County
Bruce Rouse
Darlene
Libertyville
Judge orders gag on suspected terrorist during hearing
A judge gagged Carlos Torres and jailed a woman spectator for 30 days after she shouted slogans at a hearing on gun and theft charges. Two other suspects were sentenced for calling the judge a fascist pig as demonstrations by about 40 FALN supporters continued outside the court. Eight defendants face weapon charges including possession of a sawed off shotgun with other counts. some also face armed robbery and stolen vehicle charges.
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Chicago
FALN
Frank Machala
Carlos Torres
FBI
Machala
James M. Bailey
Mary Rodriguez
Luis Rosa
Armed Forces of National Liberation
Inde
Torres
Freddie Mendez
Adolfo Matos
Elizam Escobar
Dickie Jiminez
Carmen Valentine
Dylcia Pagan
Ida Rodriguez
State school chief finalists include out of staters
The State Board of Education narrowed to six finalists for state school superintendent, with at least three outsiders among them. The process trimmed 11 initial applicants to six, and Nelson Ashline remains the sole current Illinois education office employee in the running. The board aims to name Cronin's successor by July 1, while residency remains a debated criterion.
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Don Levener
Springfield
State Board of Education
Illinois
James R. Thompson
Joseph Cronin
Chicago
Cronin
Nelson Ashline
Ashline
Perintendent
State Board
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corp
Donald Muirheid
Muirheid
Thompson
Robert Leininger
Gene Hoffman
Inmate bus accident suit startles Franzen
Rep. Timothy V. Johnson represents inmate Junior Ray Duckworth in a federal suit over a Vandalia bus fire that killed one inmate and injured 18, alleging civil rights deprivation and negligence by Franzen and three security officers. The action seeks 250000 dollars per count for Duckworth’s respiratory injuries.
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Mike Lawrence
Springfield
Timothy V. Johnson
R-Urbana
Gayle M. Franzen
Johnson
Franzen
Ray Duckworth
Danville
Duckworth
Stateville
Joliet
Menard Correctional Center
Chester
Illinois
Vandalia
Michael Lane
Corrections Department
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