Inmates testify two bragged of guard killings at Pontiac riot
Inmate Jimmie Brackett 26 testified that defendants Michael Evans and Kevin Tolbert boasted they killed at least two guards in the Pontiac Correctional Center riot of July 22 1978. Other witnesses described seen weapons and gang ties while guards Conkle Cole Thomas were killed. Seven more inmates face trial.
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Chicago
Pontiac Correctional Center
Jimmie Brackett
Pon‘tiac
Benjamin K. Miller
Lang ‘Amon County
Livingston County
Illinois Supreme Court
Brackett
Michael Evans
Kevin Tolbert
Evans
Thomas Breen
Tolbert
Joseph Smith
Pontiac
Cook County
Stanley Butler
Thomas Schwarz
Schwarz
Smith
Butler
Robert Conkie
Soul
Conkle
Saul
Stanley Cole
William Thomas
Dale Walker
Danny L. Dill
Amnesia patient Jane Doe thwarts Roselle family's visit
South Florida State Hospital postponed plans for a meeting with the Andrew Tomiczek family of Roselle Illinois to determine if the unidentified woman is their missing daughter Cheryl. Hospital officials say Jane Doe fears leaving with strangers and remains withdrawn after the traumatic discovery last November.
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Fort Lauderdale, Fla
South Florida State Hospital
Chicago
Jane Doe
Jackie Dale
Roselle
Ms. Dale
Andrew Tomiczek
Tomiczeks
Cheryl
Irene Tomiczek
House memo shows a comedy of errors at Statehouse
Springfield AP reports House Clerk Tony Leone released a one page memo on dress hours and accuracy for public materials. The document contained nine spelling and grammar mistakes sparking jokes and questions about whether the corrected version was ever distributed.
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Springfield
House
Tony Leone
Statehouse
Leone
Skydiver dies as chutes fail in Illinois crash
John T. Durrand a 33 year old Oak Forest skydiver died after releasing his main parachute and failing to open his reserve. He was pronounced dead at Mercy Center for Health Care in Aurora after a jumping accident with Hinckley Parachute Club. FAA and DeKalb County sheriff deputies investigated the incident.
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Hinckley
Ill
Federal Aviation Administration
Oak Forest
John T. Durrand
iMercy Center For Health Care
Aurora
DeKalb County
John McCue
Durrand
Mayor and gun sting aim to clean Cabrini Green
Police plan screening for visitors at Cabrini Green as Mayor Jane Byrne and her husband move in within two weeks. A federal task force probes illegal guns flowing to street gangs, while authorities consider metal detectors and off duty patrols to curb violence in the Near North Side project.
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Chicago
Cabrini-Green
Jane Byrne
North Side
Richard J. Brzeczek
Brzeczek
Byrne
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Frank Hart
Bureau
Mayors Back Byrne Move Into Chicago Housing Project
New York Mayor Edward Koch and other big city leaders praised Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne for moving into a crime-racked public housing project to restore order. Mayors Koch, Holland, Jackson, HolIland, and White said the move highlights urban crime and security issues, while noting related reforms and attention to housing projects.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jane M. Byrne
New York
Edward I. Koch
Byrne
Kansas City
Richard Berkley
Koch
Gracie Mansion
Atlanta
Maynard Jackson
Trenton
N.J
Arthur Holland
Boston
Kevin White
Beacon Hill
Illinois paren tal notification law unlikely to change
ACLU’s Lois Lipton says Illinois abortion provisions probably remain invalid despite a Supreme Court ruling allowing parental notification in Utah. She notes Illinois’ 1979 amendments lack mature minor language and have been ruled unconstitutional by federal courts, making enforcement unlikely though lawmakers may seek new bills.
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Springfield
Illinois
U.S. Supreme Court
Lois Lipton
American Civil Liberties Union
Chicago
Supreme Court
Utah
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Ms. Lipton
U.S
Joel Flaum
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
General Assembly
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