Hiller resigns amid Franklin County case verdict
Franklin County Clerk of 14 years Hiller is an admitted felon facing sentencing after pleading guilty to six of 18 charges. He stole about 78000 dollars over three years and maintained pay of 577 dollars biweekly until the civil suit halted it. The county board moved to stop pay and seek repayment as a grand jury inquiry aided prosecutors. State law could empower suspending elected officers without pay during such proceedings.
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Bob Hiller
Franklin County
Hiller
Grand Jury
Illinois
Springfield
Illinois weighs future of Chicago World's Fair feasibility report questioned
A Chicago World's Fair feasibility assessment raises questions about costs and benefits. Critics doubt a $40 million profit forecast, warn of at least $100 million losses, and push for federal funding or state matches. The debate centers on economic impact, public works, and leadership considerations for the fair.
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General Assembly
Arthur D. Little
Fair
John Kramer
Little
Chicago
Illinois
Meigs Airport
Fair Authority
Gov. Thompson
Kramer
Illinois Department of Transportation
GWEN nuclear link provokes townsfolk protests in Amherst
Amherst residents and college communities challenge a new GWEN ground wave network project planned by the Air Force. Locals fear a symbol of nuclear war and insist on blocking towers while supporters say secure comms deter nuclear attack and ensure command links survive a conflict.
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Michael T. Klare
Pacific News Service
Amherst
Mass
Air Force
GWEN
U.S
United States
Canada
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Neb
Ainsworth
Clark
S.D
Maine
California
Hampshire Colleges
Univ
Massachusetts
No Gwen Alliance
Ambherst
Northampton
Lois Barber
Midwifery debate prompts nurse letter to editor
A nurse and mother argues against home birth in response to a midwifery controversy. She cites fetal monitoring's safety, recalls hospital birth with her daughter, and condemns lay midwives. The letter supports informed consent and individual freedom while cautioning against coercive medical control.
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Cindy Frenkel
Carbondale
Carbondale Hospital
Farm policy reform aims to aid needy farmers nationwide
Reform plans led by the Congressional Budget Office and Democratic lawmakers target aid to low income farmers. They would end deficiency payments, impose 15 percent set-asides on nine crops, target emergency FmHA lending, and boost Food for Peace and export finance while creating a 30 million acre conservation reserve and sod buster rules. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower calls the proposals a true farmer plan written by and for farmers.
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Robert Walters
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Washington
Congressional Budget Office
CBO
Farmers Home Administration
Congress
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Arkansas
Texas
South Dakota
Michigan
Oregon
Texas Argiculture
Jim Hightower
Food For Peace
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Southern Illinois
Aldous Huxley
Huxley
Hightower
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