O'Neal backs off-track betting plan in Illinois
Lt. Gov. Dave O'Neal endorses state sanctioned off-track betting as a revenue booster. He argues it could raise modest sums for state and local governments while limiting tax hikes, noting the potential $10.5 million to the state and $28 million to localities, with $21 million for Chicago, though Gov. James Thompson has not taken a position.
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Scott asks Illinois Supreme Court to OK messenger services
Illinois Attorney General William J. Scott asked the Illinois Supreme Court for an immediate hearing to overturn an appellate ruling that struck down the ban on racetrack messenger services. The brief cites lost revenue and argues the services violate public policy.
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High Court
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Lawsuit Charges Scott Misspent Public Funds
A former assistant federal prosecutor accuses Illinois Attorney General William J. Scott of misspending state funds by hiring private attorneys since 1973. The suit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, claims hourly fees up to 50 dollars and questions the AG’s authority to spend state money for private civil cases. The case cites a 50 dollar per hour effort to aid in challenging an IRS investigation of Scott.
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Illinois
William J. Scott
Sheldon R. Waxman
Circuit Court
Cook County
Scott
Internal Revenue Service
Accused Murderer’s Attorney Fights Death Penalty
In Rockford Illinois on Monday attorney Craig Peterson filed a motion on behalf of Sermon Peter Nelson seeking to declare the death penalty unconstitutional. Nelson is charged with the January 7 murders of his six children and will face trial soon. Police had arrested a 46 year old man for allegedly beating a woman in a downtown motel, before Rockford officers found the Nelson residence with the children dead.
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Milwaukee
Voters Recall Three For Supporting Public Housing
Birmingham Michigan residents oust three city commissioners for backing state subsidized housing for the poor and elderly. Ann Dropiewski Patricia Watt and Dorothy Conrad defeated as turnout neared 34 percent. Remaining four commissioners will appoint temporary replacements until the Aug. 8 primary. The recall follows a heated campaign linked to a church group housing contract.
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Former Circuit Judge Faces Federal Tax Charge
Robert L. Gagen, a Belleville based former circuit judge, is charged with eight counts of failing to deposit withholding taxes into a special trust fund for eight periods in 1977 and 1978. Each count carries up to one year in prison and a $5,000 fine.
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Psychic's drawing helps locate missing hunter buried body
In Kalkaska Michigan a psychic sketch led deputies to the decomposed body of Larry Wyckoff, 15, found in a Garfield Township swamp. Wyckoff vanished after Thanksgiving while deer hunting with friends, and authorities believe he froze to death after extensive snowbound searches.
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