Bill aims to move Illinois Prosecutors' Advisory Council office
Illinois House approves an amendment to place the council's main office on Angel Towhead Island, a flood-prone Mississippi River site. The measure also cuts the executive director’s salary to five thousand dollars and seeks to save two hundred eighty eight thousand dollars next year. Robert Hutchison heads the council which runs seminars, scholarships, and law student clerks for prosecutors.
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Springfield
Illinois House
Mississippi
Ronald Stearney
Chicago
Stearney
Illinois Prosecutors’ Advisory Council
Angelo Towhead Island
Searney
House
Council
Robert N. Hutchison
Miami man fills accident form after freeway crash
Rolando Semino of Miami receives emergency treatment and fills out an accident form while waiting for an ambulance. His car struck a disabled vehicle in the freeway center, causing the second car to explode. The disabled car's driver survived despite his vehicle being destroyed by flames.
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Rolando Semino
Miami
Semino
Senate panel backs Brown Thompson education nominee
The Illinois Senate Executive Appointments Committee endorsed Hugh R. Brown for the Illinois Board of Education 8 to 6 despite Republican doubts over his stance on teacher strikes. Brown from Evanston, long a New Trier High School teacher and IEA retiree, affirmed teachers have a right to strike but urged return to work after court injunctions.
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Springfield
Senate
James Thompson
Illinois Board of Education
Hugh R. Brown
Brown
Evanston
New Trier High School
Illinois Education Association
IEA
Thompson
James E. Soper
Cicero
Soper
Senate Executive Appointments Committee
David C. Shapiro
Bid rigging suspects lead in Chicago sludge haul contract
Two guilty plea defendants head two firms that submitted the lowest bid for a Chicago Metropolitan Sanitary District sludge hauling contract. The bid totals 10.1865 million dollars for two years and will be reviewed by purchasing agent Thomas Moore before recommendation.
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Chicago
Chicago Metropolitan
Thomas Moore
Grighton Building Maintenance Co
Krug Excavating Co
Illinois Barge Line, Inc
Thomas J. Bowler
Brighton
George B. Krug Sr
O’hare International Airport
Illinois Commerce Commission
Ingram Barge, Inc
New Orleans
Ingram
Fulton County
Sanitary District
Abingdon Man Convicted in Federal Income Tax Fraud
Douglas Woods, 27, of Abingdon, found guilty by a U.S. District Court jury of federal income tax fraud. Prosecutors said he lied on an IRS form about tax liabilities for 1975 while challenging tax regulations and money system. Sentencing date not yet set.
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Peoria
Abingdon
Douglas Woods
United States
Asst
U.S. Atty
Terry Harn
Woods
Internal Revenue Service
Harn
Morgan
Gale Products
Galesburg
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