Illinois workers' comp a costly system with abuse
A three month AP task force report finds Illinois workers' compensation mired in high costs and weak administration. It highlights alleged unethical conduct by attorneys and doctors, lacking data on injuries, costs, and outcomes, and notes most disputes go unresolved for months while settlements and hearings drive premiums and consumer prices.
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Arthur H. Rotstein
John Shurr
Chicago
Illinois Workers’ Compensation System
Associated Press
Better Government Association
Illinois
Alaska
District of Columbia
Arthur Rotstein
IEPA targets Marion landfill case over permits
IEPA moves toward enforcement against Marion for operating a new landfill without developmental and operating permits and for failing to provide the required two foot final cover at the closed Spillertown site. Each violation carries fines up to 10,000 dollars plus 1,000 dollars per day. Municipal officials defend actions awaiting permit approval as trash piles grow.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Marion
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
IEPA
Bob Casteel
Spillertown
Casteel
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Pollution Control Board
Robert Buttler
Butler
Carter condemns Soviet Afghan invasion at Allied summit
President Carter closed the Venice gathering with a strong pledge to oppose the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, calling it a moral and strategic imperative. He noted a partial troop withdrawal, emphasized combined Western strength, and joined six industrialized nations in issuing a sharp communique on energy and economic issues.
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Venice
Italy
Carter
Afghanistan
Pierre Trudeau
Canada
Margaret Thatcher
England
West Germany
Great Britain
France
Japan
Eight Marion inmates sue for 1.2 million over prison beating
The Marion prisoners rights suit names BOP Director Norman Carlson Regional Director J D Henderson and Warden Harold Miller plus 14 staff seeking 50 000 in compensatory and 100 000 in punitive damages for eight inmates Donal Richardson William Newman William Boyer Jack Abbott Everett Burkett Thomas Flood Norman Matthews and Joseph Contreras The action seeks a preliminary injunction to provide immediate medical care and prevent retaliation The inmates allege they were restrained tortured beaten with clubs and denied medical attention The case cites additional beatings on April 14 and notes an investigation found force justified
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinoisan
Federal Bureau of Prisons
U.S. Penitentiary At
Marion
U.S
Carbondale
Jacqueline Abel
Donal Richardson
William Newman
William Boyer
Jack Abbott
Everett Burkett
Thomas Flood
Norman Matthews
Joseph Contreras
Norman Carlson
Bureau of Prisons
J.D. Henderson
Bureau
Harold Miller
Graves
Christie
Finch
Burlson
Powers
Little
Hatfield
Hardin
Williams
Harvey Bradman
John Doe I
John Doe II
John Doe III
John Doe IV
Carter Leads Seven Nations to Double Coal Output by 1990
President Carter and six other industrialized leaders agreed to double coal production by 1990 and to intensify efforts to cut oil imports. They projected energy growth from coal, nuclear power and synthetic fuels could replace 15 to 20 million barrels of oil daily over the next decade, with a 4 million barrel per day oil import cutback targeted by 1985. Individual country targets were not set.
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Venice
Italy
Carter
White House
Jody Powell
United States
Tokyo
Rain brings smiles as farmers hail slow rain
Farmers welcomed a good rain from Sunday night with many reporting up to an inch in places like Murphysboro and Campbell Hill. Weather officials said a 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms today with little precipitation tonight or tomorrow. A patchy forecast calls for rain Tuesday night and Wednesday, delaying wheat harvests by a day or two but easing drought concerns for now. Local extension advisers in Jackson, Franklin, and Union counties described the rain as a big help and noted farmers would have faced hardship without it.
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Ann Schottman Anol
Southern Illinoisan
Karol Ditzler
Southern Illinois Airport Weather Service
Jackson County Extension
Robert Frank
Murphysboro
Campbell Hill
Frank
Richard Swope
Franklin County
Bill Wagner
Union County
State school chief named from Florida chosen for Illinois post
Donald G. Gill, current Volusia County Florida superintendent, confirmed plans to meet Illinois State Board of Education representatives to discuss a contract to replace Joseph Cronin. Gill, born in O'Fallon Illinois, taught education at Eastern Illinois University for 14 years and was among six finalists last weekend.
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Don Levener
Springfield
Florida
Illinois
Donald G. Gill
Volusia County
Illinois State Board of Education
Joseph Cronin
Gill
O‘fallon
Ill
Eastern Illinois University
Inmate Stabs Marion Guard in Third Prison Incident
Inmate stabbed Jose Vazquez, a Marion corrections officer, Sunday night at the U S Penitentiary in Marion. Vazquez was listed in satisfactory condition at Marion Memorial Hospital. An FBI agent will investigate. The prison had two prior stabbings this month and a Friday death of inmate Harold Ray Perry, 23. Suspects in the Perry and Hogan cases identified. weapons recovered. Names withheld unless indicted.
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Theresa Churchill
Southern Illinois
Marion
Jose Vazquez
Marion Memorial Hospital
FBI
Harold Ray Perry
Perry
Robert Hogan Jr
Hogan
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