Illinois Board Limits South Africa Investments Amid Protests
The University of Illinois trustees approved a motion to back shareholder information and divestment thresholds for firms with South Africa sales over 10 percent. Protesters from The Divest Now Coalition were arrested after interrupting a board meeting with chants of Divest now. The panel had previously defeated two harsher divestment motions and the university holds 8.3 million dollars in South Africa related holdings.
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Chicago
University of Illinois Board of Trustees
South Africa
Divest Now Coalition
George Howard
Mount Vernon
Howard
University
Albert Logan
Paul Pittman
Divest
U of Board of Trustees
S.africa Investments
Ex-novice nun testifies in morality firing case
Jeanne Eckmann, a former novice nun, testified in Rockford, Illinois, detailing an 1980 rape by a hitchhiker and her subsequent firing for immorality from a Hawthorn School District teaching job. She described retreating to a motel shower and talking to her dead mother amid the assault, as trustees questioned whether the rape occurred.
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Rockford
Jeanne Eckmann
Miss Eckmann
Sisters of
Notre Dame
St. Louis
Hawthorn
U.S
Stanley Roszkowski
Illinois
Nebraska
Rural counties seek joint jails with state aid approved
Springfield yeses key jail bill to let rural counties form regional facilities with state help. The House sent the measure to the governor as Sen. Glenn Poshard and Rep. David Phelps cite needs in Johnson, Pulaski, Massac, Polk and Hardin counties plus a farm land purchase reporting bill and a beef checkoff litigation authorization for the Illinois Beef Council.
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Springfield
House
Glenn Poshard
Massac
Polk
Hardin
First Black Deputy Governor Named in Illinois
Gov James Thompson introduces 30 year old Jerry D Blakemore as Illinois deputy governor in Chicago. He will run the governor’s Chicago office and prior served as director of the citizen assistance office for the governor.
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Jerry D. Blakemore
James Thompson
Illinois
Chicago
Blakemore
McDonalds to Pay Off Defunct Central Ice Cream Firm
McDonalds agreed to pay 15.5 million to the yet unresolved owner of Central Ice Cream Co after a 12 year dispute over a handshake deal with Ray Kroc. Central developed Tripple Ripple used in some stores for about two years. a 1984 jury verdict was 52 million to the owners. The settlement came as McDonalds appealed. Jewel Ordered to Pay Salmonella Legal Fees
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Chicago
Central Ice Cream Co
McDonald’s Corp
McDonald’s
Ray Kroc
Central Ice Cream
Central’s
Cook County
Jewel
Paulsen hints at 1988 bid during Illinois House visit
Comic Pat Paulsen told the Illinois House he may run for president again in 1988. He spoke amid jokes while performing in Springfield, after addressing ongoing political chatter and other public figures.
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Pat Paulsen
Illinois House
Paulsen
Springfield
Assembly
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