Motorhome funerals redefine dignity in processions
Aurora funeral director Terry Dieterle promotes eight wheel Cortege Coach funerals to cut costs and preserve dignity. He has used the coach in 100 services, plans dealerships with Revcon, and argues the method reduces limousine drivers fuel and insurance costs by about 60 percent while seating up to 30 mourners.
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Aurora
Terry Dieterle
Dieterle
Chicago
Revcon Coachbuilders
Fountain Valley
Calif
Los Angeles
Hughes not a billionaire says IRS estimates estate at 460 million
Chicago based report cites IRS audit disclosed by the Chicago Tribune. The IRS values Howard Hughes estate at 460 million including casino stakes Summa Corp shares and a box of poker chips. Executors argue a 180 million personal fortune for tax purpose.
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IRS
Chicago
Internal Revenue Service
Howard Hughes
The
Chicago Tribune
Summa Corp
U.S
Washington
William Lummis
Lummis
Tribune
Hughes’ Summa Corp
Rancho Mirage Club
Plane crash near Quincy grounds search in Mississippi River
An AP report says a Cessna 172 crashed about a mile north of Quincy in the Mississippi River. Pilot Harvey Sloniger, of Quincy, was listed in satisfactory condition at Blessing Hospital. his 14 year old son Mark remained missing after searches on Sunday. The FAA will investigate with its Springfield district office.
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Quincy
Mississippi River
Adams County
Adams County Sheriff's Department
Harvey Stoniger
Blessing Hospital
Mark
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
FAA General Aviation District
Springfield
Man charged for kidnapping Chicago girls
Two girls aged 3 and 5 were found tied up but unharmed in an abandoned apartment twelve hours after they were reported missing. A 25 year old man, Fred Virden of West Chicago, was charged with aggravated kidnapping and related offenses. The girls identified him as a friend of their mother. They were treated in Mt Sinai Hospital in good condition.
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Chicago
Fred Virden
West Chicago
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Thomas M. Lazar
Lazar
Virden
Redistricting Standoff Shapes Illinois Political Chess
Springfield watchers describe the remap fight as a high stakes political game with bluffing, ganging up, and possible court challenges. The push to redraw legislative and congressional districts by 1982 faces conflicts over suburban and Chicago clout, minority representation, and the fate of two of Illinois’ 24 congressional seats.
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Springfield
Washington
Downstate
Chicago
Doug Whitley
Taxpayers Federation of
U.S
Sunbelt
Edward J. Derwinski
R-Ill
Bob McClory
Senate
Bob
Derwinski
State Supreme Court
House
Gerald Shea
John O’loughlin
University of Illinois
March Commemorates Birthday of Nazi Founder Rockwell
About 20 members of the National Socialist White Peoples Party honored founder George Lincoln Rockwell's birthday with a Bloomington march from his birthplace. Police kept groups apart as counter-demonstrators heckled. wreaths were laid at the birth site, now Mennonite Hospital. Rockwell founded the NSWP in 1956 and was assassinated that year by a member.
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Bloomington
National Socialist White Peoples’ Party
Geogge Lincoln Rockwell
Rockwell
Mennonite Hospital
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Lowe’s Lumber
Nike
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University Mall
Carbondale
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