Illinois House Absentee Rates Hit 1981 Roll Calls
The Coalition for Political Honesty reports an average of 23 lawmakers missed each roll call in the 1981 Illinois House, totaling 41 495 absences on 1 814 votes. Four percent missed quorum. absentees forfeit a 36 dollar per diem. Notable absentees include Rep. Edward Bluthardt and Chicago pair Huff and Stearney. Rep. John Hallock praised for best attendance.
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Chicago
Illinois
Coalition For Political Honesty
House Daily Journal
Patrick Quinn
Franklin Park
House
Edward Bluthardt
Douglas Huff
Ronald Stearney
Bluthardt
William Laurine
Harry (Bus) Yourell
Oak Lawn
Quinn
Cook County
Board of (Tax
John Hallock
Rockford
Gacy's fellow inmates protest his prison privileges
Twenty death row inmates at Menard Prison allege John Gacy has excessive privileges. They claim he is unhandcuffed, allowed to carry tools, use phones, watch TV, and access the visiting room freely, while awaiting execution for 33 murders. Officials say his duties as Death Row maintenance man justify privileges.
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Chicago
John W. Gacy
Gacy
Menard
Chester
Chicago Tribune
Illinois Department of Corrections
Norwood Park Township
Illinois Supreme Court
the Tribune
Financier and professor sued over clinic involvement
Illinois authorities sue Chicago financier Jeffrey E. Grossman and Northwestern University Medical School professor Louis Keith for allegedly using the Charles A. Fields Medical Foundation to run Midwest Medical Center as a money making operation. The suit cites multiple financial dealings, including loans and a $180,000 goodwill payment, that left the foundation deeply in debt to Grossman.
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Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
Illinois Attorney General
Jeffrey E. Grossman
Louis Keith
Northwestern University Medical School
Tyrone Fahner
Charles A. Fields Medical Foundation Ltd
Midwest Medical Center
Madison
Wis
Grossman
Fahner
Cook County
Foundation
Noted Illinois cardiologist Kenneth Rosen dies at 44
Dr. Kenneth M. Rosen chief of cardiology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine died suddenly at age 44 while teaching a course in Vail Colorado. Rosen was a leading expert in cardiac electrocardiology professor of medicine and a former Illinois governor of the American College of Cardiology.
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Chicago
Kenneth M. Rosen
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Rosen
Vail
Colo
National Institute of Health
Illinois
American College of Cardiology
Institute For Scientific Information
Jackson pleased after meeting with Pope
In Rome Pope John Paul II asked about Black history and the status of Black Americans during a meeting with Rev. Jesse Jackson president of Operation PUSH. Jackson said he was pleased by the pope’s awareness of Black people beyond stereotypes and declined to share other details of the discussion.
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Chicago
John Paul II
Jesse Jackson
Rome
Operation Push
America
Jackson
John Paul
Officials suspended in sex investigation
In Chicago three Cook County sheriff's department officials were relieved of duties after a prisoner allegedly had sex with his girlfriend in empty court chambers. Frank Mirabella, John Aguilera, and Lt. Frank Butler were suspended following an internal check by Sheriff Richard Elrod.
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Chicago
Sheriff’s Department
Cook County
Richard Elrod
Elrod
Frank Mirabella
Sheriff's Department
Criminal Courts
John Aguilera
Frank Butler
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