Jury clears Pontiac 10 inmates in riot case
A Sangamon County jury acquitted 10 Pontiac Correctional Center inmates of all charges from the 1978 prison riot that killed three guards. Nine defendants faced murder and mob action counts. two were also charged with conspiracy. One defendant was acquitted on murder and mob action after a directed verdict.
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Chicago
Pontiac Correctional Center
Downstate
Michael Evans
Ernest Jackson
Jesse Hill
Benny Lee
Ronnie Newby
Stephen Mars
Joseph Smith
Kevin Tolbert
David McConnell
McConnell
Smith
Albert Jackson
Sangamon County
Benjamin K. Miller
State Supreme Court
Jackson
Miller
Algis Baliunas
Thomas Breen
Gary Leviton
Illinois
Sinkhole Swallows House and Cars in Winter Park Florida
A giant Florida sinkhole opened Saturday swallowing a wooden cottage and six luxury cars from a nearby car lot. It severed water and power lines as it widened to about a thousand feet, with authorities and residents moving furniture and inventories away while crews rerouted utilities and kept crowds away.
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Winter Park
Fla
Florida
Salvadoran soldiers charged in nuns murder case
Six El Salvador armed forces members were arrested in the December killings of three American nuns and a church worker, Defense Minister Garcia said. The arrests were dated April 29, with names listed as Sgt Luis Colmindres Aleman and Corporals Luis Elias Sanchez and Jose Roberto Moreno Canjarz, though branches were not disclosed. State Department praised the action, confirming ongoing cooperation and expectation of trial.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
United States
Jose Guillermo Garcia
Garcia
U.S
Luis Antonio Colmindres Aleman
Luis Elias Sanchez
Jose Roberto Moreno Canjarz
Washington
State Department
David Nall
Social Security faces looming senior boom and major cuts
Washington report outlines a coming senior boom as Social Security teeters on cash shortfalls. Congress weighs remedies including raising retirement age and stiffening early retirement penalties while payroll taxes and wage bases rise, threatening benefits for current and future generations.
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Christopher Connell Washington
Social Security
Congress
Congressional Budget
Texas
House
Ways and Means
Health and Human Services
Richard S. Schweiker
Pickle
Rita Ricardo Campbell
Hoover Institution
Reagan
Carter
Coffee may slow you down, says Argonne scientist
Dr Charles Ehret of Argonne National Laboratory notes that morning coffee or tea can briefly raise blood sugar but soon leads to a crash. Cooler Southern Illinois forecast today with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s and lows near 40s. Showers end later today, and Monday looks sunny with highs in the low 60s.
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Chicago
Argonne National Laboratory
Charles Ehret
Argonne
Ehret
Southern
Illinois
National Weather Service
Norge workers reject latest contract offer
Norge plant employees voted 423 to 359 against the latest contract proposal after a five week strike. The offer, negotiated in a 10 hour session, promised better wages and benefits, but workers cited pay, overtime rules, and pension changes as key issues. The plant, idle since April 9, employs 1,050 to manufacture clothes washers and dryers.
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O.R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Herrin Norge
Norge
David Garner
International Association of Machinists Local 554
Herrin High School
Jon Nicholas
Herman Jarvis
Nicholas
Garner
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