Illinois limits on abortion funds struck down by judge
A federal judge ruled Illinois must provide Medicaid funds for abortions if doctors deem them medically necessary, overturning a limit that restricted aid to cases where pregnancy directly threatens a life. The ruling cites the Social Security Act requiring reasonable standards for medical aid without selecting treatments.
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Chicago
Illinois
Alfred Y. Kirkland
U.S. District Court
Kirkland
State Department of Public Aid
Stateville inmate William Hill seeks appeal of 1977 death sentence
Stateville Penitentiary inmate William Hill awaits appeal of his Oct 18 1977 death sentence for the killing of two Chicago pharmacists. The case centers on the legality of the death penalty as applied in his conviction.
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Nelson
Rockford
Simon Peter Nelson
Robert Carlson
Waukegan
Lloyd A. van Deusen
Carlson
Illinois Supreme Court
William Hill
Stateville Penitentiary
Chicago
Governor seeks new funds for health and family services
Governor James R. Thompson proposes nearly 2 million dollars in the 1979 budget to bolster the Departments of Public Health and Children and Family Services. The plan targets aid for kidney patients unwed mothers child abuse caseworkers and the status offender program for delinquent teenagers, funded by a projected 10 million dollar year end surplus.
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Springfield
Departments of Public Health and Children and Family Services
James R. Thompson
Scott Feds accused of leaking grand jury details
Attorneys for Attorney General William Scott allege federal officials violate grand jury secrecy in a probe of Scott's campaign funds. They seek a hearing and a delay of Scott's appearance before the grand jury, with a ruling expected Wednesday by Chief Judge James B. Parsons after a brief delay of the session.
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Chicago
William Scott
Scott
Federal Grand Jury
James B. Parsons
Grand Jury
Parsons
George Collins
William Barnett
Thompson says unaware of renting office space in contributor's building
Gov. James R. Thompson states he did not know three state agencies were renting space in a building owned by contributor Lewis L. Herndon. The Herndon Building, near the Capitol, houses departments of Aging, Financial Institutions and Public Aid under a lease totaling over 142000 dollars annually for about 30000 square feet.
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Springfield
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Downstate
O.K. Grain Co
Lewis L. Herndon
Abraham Lincoln
Herndon
State Board of Elections
Aging, Financial Institutions and
Public Aid
Capitol
Kenneth V. Buzbee
D-Carbondale
Senate
Department of Administrative Services
Buzbee
Department of Public Aid
Thompson Campaign
Vincent A. Toolen
Arthur F. Quern
Edgar F. Callahan
Department of Financial Institutions
Retired carpenter’s world’s largest nail collection
Joliet AP reports Frank Horwath, a former carpenter, has built a 15 000-strong nail collection housed in a self-built home workshop. He identifies nails from a 1712 nail machine and a 1565 St Augustine dwelling, with pieces from Independence Hall and ship hulls, noting the square nail’s rising use in modern construction.
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Horvath
Lake Michigan
Horwath
Ezekiel Reed
Massachusetts
United States
St. Augustine
Fla
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
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Ap) Normal
Firemen’s Union
Feds
Thomson
Southern
Jackson County
Williamson County
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Walnut
Murphysboro
Hobgood Contractor, Inc
Carpenter
Frank Horwath
Towle
W. Main St
Carbondale
Jack Snyder
T.V. and Pool CO
Huffman Funeral Home
University Mall
Vienna
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