FBI chief concedes ticks in mail amid extortion letters
FBI Director Clarence Kelley joins others who received ticks in letters tied to extortion. He says the ticks are harmless, though several recipients also got letter bombs this week. The letters threaten disease and reference earlier extortion demands, with one tick letter addressed to Kelley at FBI headquarters postmarked Texarkana Texas.
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Washington
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Kelley
Texarkana
Tex
Justice Department seeks financial records of nine lawmakers
The Justice Department asked the House Administration Committee to turn over financial records of nine members possibly including Olney Democrat George Shipley. The records would probe potential false claims under a federal recovery law with civil penalties, and no response had been received as of Thursday night.
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Justice Department
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George Shipley
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Liz Ray turns over diaries to prosecutors in probe
Elizabeth Ray has met with federal prosecutors and turned over diaries, snapshots, and a tape recording from her safe deposit box. The materials relate to her claimed $14,000 yearly pay from Rep. Wayne Hays and interactions with other politicians. A court injunction blocks sale of nude photos of Ray by a photographer claiming release ownership.
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Ray
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Ohio
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Alaska
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Glen Campbell
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Hhere
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Albert J. Ahern Jr
Barry M. Blackman
Blackman
Edward H. Greensfelder
Port Authority Funds Cut Shocks Illinois Senate
The Illinois Senate cut a $100,000 appropriation from a bill to establish a Jackson Union counties port authority. State Rep Clyde Choate D Anna sponsor says the measure will go back to the Senate conference committee for further consideration and he hopes funding for planning port facilities will still be authorized.
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Jackson-Union Counties
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Carter weighs publicizing VP running mate list at Sea Island
President hopeful Jimmy Carter says he will form a committee of 12 to 15 distinguished Americans to screen potential running mates and will consider FBI background checks only with consent and legal clearance. He favors keeping any list private while deciding final procedures in a few days.
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Jimmy Carter
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Didate
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California to allow doctors to remove life support with consent
California Assembly approves a bill inspired by the Karen Quinlan case to permit doctors to remove life-support from dying patients who authorized it. If Senate and governor sign, it would be the nations first right to death law.
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California
Karen Anne Quinlan
New Jersey
Senate
Edmund Brown Jr
Food stamp cut plan delayed by federal judge
A federal judge postponed Ford's plan to cut food stamp recipients by more than 20 percent. Judge John Lewis Smith Jr. said the challenge from 26 states 73 food stamp families and 108 private groups may succeed when the merits are considered, signaling a likely ruling in favor of the plaintiffs.
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Ford
U.S
John Lewis Smith Jr
Hearing set on motion to dismiss England charges
Hospital administrator Nolan England faces a 1 p.m. hearing before Judge Dorothy Spomer on a motion to dismiss six counts of official misconduct related to an adverse drug reaction at Marion Memorial Hospital in May 1975. England pled innocent June 3. The motion argues grand jury bias and improper supervision by State's Attorney Robert Howerton, and requests access to witnesses, evidence, and medical and investigative reports.
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Marion Memorial Hospital
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Dorothy Spomer
Carterville
Aschieris
Robert Howerton
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Administration of Justice
Howerton
Alma Hill
Hill
Charles Winters
Motive in VA hospital poisoning case kept for trial
Federal prosecutors say motive will be proven at trial but will not be disclosed yet. Two nurses from the Philippines, Narciso and Perez, are charged with murder of five patients and poisoning of 10 others at the Ann Arbor VA Hospital during a six week period last July and August. Bail set for Perez at 500000 cash. Narciso pleaded mute and not guilty.
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U.S
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Chicago
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Evanston
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Detroit
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