Legislator blows whistle at blocked train crossings
Illinois State Rep. Everett Steele of Glen Carbon began recording caboose numbers at stalled crossings to aid prosecutors under a new law. The measure tightens fines for trains stopping traffic longer than 10 minutes, with escalating penalties up to about 11,000 dollars for Illinois Terminal and 1,500 dollars for other lines after 30 minutes.
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Glen Carbon
Everett Steele
Southern Illinois Republican
Madison
Grand Fey
Steele
Grand
Illinois Terminal
Chicago and Northwestern
Alton and Southern
Granite City
Madison County
Don W. Weber
BGA officers swindled in oil scam seeks tripled return
Chicago AP A securities fraud suit in federal court accuses 31 investors including BGA officers J Terrance Brunner Kathrine Kinzer and Brunner's sister of losing a total of 404 900 in an oil wells and gas leases scheme. Plaintiffs invested 462 500 in Affeld Oil Co. in 1979 with promises of large royalties.
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Chicago
Better Government Association
J. Terrance Brunner
BGA
Katherine
Phyllis Kinzer
Affeld Oil Co
Marvin Affeld
Dundee
Affeld
Morrow County
Brunner
Kinzer
Katherine Brunner
Richard C. Imming
Elgin
Imming
Organized Crime Control Act
Parole Agent Robert Shepherd Found Dead on Rural Road
Illinois authorities report parole officer Robert E. Shepherd, 53, of Quincy, found dead along a rural gravel road in Pike County after going missing in Adams County. Autopsy pending to determine exact cause. Shepherd is the first Illinois parole officer killed on active duty.
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Pittsfield
Illinois
Department of Corrections
Springfield
Robert E. Shepherd
Quincy
Illinois State Police
Pike County -Aeriffs
Shepherd
Adams County
State chief justice declines to seek new term
Chief Justice Joseph Goldenhersh, 66, of Belleville, says he will not run for another three-year term on the Illinois Supreme Court. He cites age and a lack of challenge as key factors, noting the job keeps him busy but is not particularly challenging. He adds the decision might differ if he were 10 years younger.
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Chicago
Joseph Goldenhersh
Goldenhersh
Belleville
Beltone offers free tiny hearing aid demo unit
In Chicago Beltone announces a free non-operating model of one of its smallest aids. The unit weighs under a quarter ounce and sits at the ear. No cost or obligation. Request Dept 25075, Beltone Electronics, 4201 W Victoria St, Chicago IL 60646.
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Chicago
Ill
Beltone
Beltone Electronics
Victoria St
Farmland rezoning denied to printer in Rantoul Illinois
The county board refused a request from R R Donnelley and Sons Co and owner Hannah Crane to rezone 210 acres of Champaign County farmland for heavy industry north of Rantoul. Donnelley eyed a plant that would have created about 450 local jobs.
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Rantoul, Ill
Champaign County
R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co
Hannah Crane
Dos and Don ts for hard contact lens wearers
A concise care list by Paul C. Jacobs O D of Eye Care Services Ltd outlines proper hygiene and handling for hard lenses. It warns against sleeping while wearing lenses, rubbing eyes, placing lenses in the mouth, or rinsing with hot water, and stresses washing hands, daily cleaning, and using wetting solution on both lens surfaces and edges.
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Paul C. Jacobs
O.D
EYE Care Services. Ltd
Pal St
Murphysboro
Thompson vetoes crime bill pack amid tax and bank actions
Illinois Governor James R. Thompson vetoes two crime bills expanding gun use penalties and pretrial hearings while vetoing a wildlife tax checkoff. He supports preserving Class X sentencing and speedier justice rules, and signs other measures on elections board penalties, ballot arguments, and bank merger authority.
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Springfield
James R. Thompson
Thompson
General Assembly
Illinois
Sane
William A. Marovitz
Chicago
Ethel Skyles Alexander
Dchicago
Air controller rehired after heroin sale conviction
FAA confirms it rehired former Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center controller Campbell three days after a strike began. Campbell, 33, had been sentenced in Atlanta last year for selling heroin to fund cocaine use following hip injuries. He was moved to an administrative post after officials learned of the conviction.
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Chicago
Warren Holtsberg
Federal Aviation Administration
Ee Ee
Campbell
Atlanta
John Goger
Aurora
Holtsberg
Reagan
FAA
Elgin Courier-News
Atlanta Constitution
Illinois lawmakers push second 1200-foot lock at Alton dam
Reps. Paul Findley and Melvin Price propose creating a second 1200-foot lock at Lock and Dam 26 on the Mississippi in Alton. The plan, tied to a potential cost exceeding $1 billion, would add to a 1200-foot lock already in early construction after a 1978 authorization following a fierce lobbying fight among barge interests railroads and environmentalists.
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Washington
Illinois
Mississippi River
Alton
Congress
Paul Findley
Pittsfield
Melvin Price
East St. Louis
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Conservation Department
Virginia B. Macdonald
Arlington Heights
State Elections Board
Leroy W. Lemke
Robert M. Terzich
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Dawn Clark Netsch
Rep
Monica Faith Stewart
State Commissioner of Banks and Trust Companies
Larry S. Bullock
Vince Demuzio
Dcarlinville
Ake
Cee Vay
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Alton Lock
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