Suitcase mistaken for bomb prompts mass evacuation
In Springfield a blue suitcase left in a hallway triggered a 1500 worker evacuation after police blasted it with a shotgun to test for detonation. No bomb was found. the item contained clothes and personal items. Representative Timothy Johnson blamed administrative aide Marjorie Self for the incident.
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Springfield
Secretary of State
Illinois House
Timothy Johnson
R-Urbana
Marjorie Self
Champaign
Johnson
Supreme Court orders review of anti Nazi parade ordinance
Illinois Supreme Court orders Cook County appellate court to lift or review an injunction against a planned Nazi march in Skokie. The decision follows a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the village may not permanently prohibit the march, citing First Amendment rights and potential violence.
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Supreme Court
Skokie, Il
Illinois Supreme Court
Springfield
U.S. Supreme Court
Chicago
Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Meir Kahane
Jewish Defense
Illinois High Court
Cook County
Hoboken Forms Permanent Frank Sinatra Collection
Hoboken will open a permanent Sinatra collection at the Hoboken Public Library. A portrait and several relatives attended the announcement. Sinatra sent a telegram of regret from New York where he is filming a movie.
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Sinatra
Hoboken Public Library
New York
State workers reach tentative wage pact across Illinois
The deal covers about 27,000 state employees with a 50 dollar monthly raise starting July 1 1978 and a 10 dollar monthly raise for every ten million in state revenue above projections up to a 50 dollar monthly cap. A one hundred dollar bonus will be paid July 1. Ratification by the employees is still needed.
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Springfield
James Thompson
Eric Schmertz
American Federation of State County and Municipal
Schmertz
Illinois
House
Thompson
Amaurphysboro
Carbondale
N.ilinois
Herrin
N. 16Th
Southern Ilinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
12Th Street
Murphysboro
Carbondale Illinois
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Dally Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Southern Illinois and Military
Southern I Inois
Marion
Massive welfare fraud indictment hits Chicago workers
Federal grand jury in Chicago indicted 92 government employees for filing and cheating to obtain illegal welfare payments. About 10 million allegedly siphoned off over years. many used charge accounts at upscale stores and drove late-model cars. Gov James Thompson vows a task force. Illinois Senate approves tougher welfare fraud penalties as 4,500 more cases to be reviewed.
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Chicago
U.S
Samuel Skinner
Skinner
Detroit
Michigan
Illinois
James Thompson
Thompson
Peple
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Stanky quits Rangers after one game as manager
Eddie Stanky resigns as Texas Rangers manager after only one game in charge. He led the club to a 108 victory over the Minnesota Twins before announcing he would return to Mobile and leave professional baseball. Mel Lucas of the University of South Alabama confirmed the Mobile Press report.
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Minneapolis
Eddie Stanky
Texas Rangers
Stanky
Frank Lucchesi
Rangers
Minnesota Twins
Mel Lucas
University of South Alabama
Mobile
Breeder reactor site called among the worst ever
Burns and Roe internal memo describes Clinch River site as topographically poor and a project with likely poor results. The document mentions outside officials urging abandon and notes political battle in Congress over funding between Carter critics and supporters led by Jackson and Church.
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New York Times
Washington
Clinch River
Urns and Roe, Inc
New Jersey
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Frank Church
D-Idaho
United States
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
House
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Burns and Roe
Turkey
Bumpers
W. H. Young
Project Management Corp
Atomic Energy Commission
Burns and Roe and Westinghouse
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Collin
National Socialist Congress
California
Missouri
Nebraska
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Oklahoma
Texas
Hoboken
Frank Sinatra
Hoboken, N.J
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Joliet
Kempiners
Republican House
General Assembly
Robert Alpert
Afscme
Internal Revenue Service
U.S. Postal Service
U.S. General Services Administration
Chicago Police Department
Board of Education, Library System, Sanitation Department
Chicago Transit Authority
U.S. Attorney's Office
Illinois Senate
S.!. Equipment CO
Fisher
Westmore Plaza
Marion, Ill
Cash & Carry
Carterville
Bermudas
Zwick’s
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