Toolen charge dropped over grand jury procedure
Charges from a Jackson County grand jury investigation against former state officials Vincent Toolen Joseph Garella and Carbondale dealer Harry Wiggs were dismissed by Circuit Judge Richard E Richman due to improper grand jury conduct The judge ruled that investigators serving with the prosecutor and testifying during the proceedings violated due process while leaving the grand jury secrecy intact The prosecutor John Clemons plans to appeal and three other defendants face remaining charges while one defendant pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft
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Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County
Grand Jury
Carbondale
Vincent Toolen
Illnois Department of Administrative Affairs
Joseph Garella
Harry Wiggs
Richard E. Richman
Toolen
Wiggs
Garella
Richman
John Clemons
Clemons
Illinois
George Ryan
Ryan
Ernest Allen
Makanda
Allen
Paul Escue
Escue
James Leroy Earl
Marion
Illinois Department of Transportation
Earl
Anti euthanasia rally widens to anti abortion message
About 75 parents disabled individuals and born again Christians protested a Indiana Supreme Court ruling allowing a handicapped newborn to die. The event in Carbondale mixed a memorial rally with lobbying for an anti abortion bill in Congress. The infant known as Infant Doe died after starvation.
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Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Indiana Supreme Court
Congress
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Bloomington
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Maranatha Christian Center
Southern Illinois
Univer
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Southern Illinois Parents Association For
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Illinois Avenue
Turley Park
Wayne Helmer
Carbondale Christian Action Council
Indiana
Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler
Senate Passes 177.9 Billion Defense Bill With Chemical Weapons
The Senate approved the 177.9 billion defense bill after defeating an attempt to block 54 million for new binary chemical weapons. An amendment capped the chemical stockpile and banned experiments on humans. The vote showed strong support for two new Nimitz class carriers while scuttling 1 billion for MX basing and 16 billion for 50 C5 transports.
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Washington
Reagan
Senate
Gary Hart
Dcolo
George Bush
U.S
Pentagon
Soviet Union
Europe
John Tower
R-Texas
Senate Armed Services Committee
Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
House
Weather outlook for weekend into early next week
National Weather Service forecast calls for partly cloudy tonight with a low in the 60s. Saturday will be partly sunny and warm with highs in the 80s. Sunday through Tuesday expect more clouds and warmth, with overnight lows in the upper 50s to low 60s and daytime highs in the 80s.
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National Weather Service
Forces of recession Wholesale prices up production tumbles
Wholesale prices rose 4 modest 0.1 percent in April and production fell 0.6 percent, signaling persistent recession. Price gains came from food while energy declines pressured inflation. Inventories shrank, backlogs cleared, and March salesfell less than 1 percent. Braniff sought bankruptcy protection. Auto sales rose 18.2 percent in early May versus last year, marking a bright spot for industry.
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Labor Department
Federal Reserve Board
Commerce Department
William Dunkelberg
National Federation of Independent Business
Braniff International
Auto Companies
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