Petition probe reaches to two Thompson aides
Springfield AP reports a Sangamon County grand jury issued subpoenas for tax lid petitions circulated by two aides to Gov James Thompson. James Skilbeck and H Lyn Devers are named, with copies due next Friday. Skilbeck recalled circulating 50 to 100 petitions, mostly at the State Fair, while Devers recalled circulating one petition at the fair.
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Sangamon County Grand Jury
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James Skilbeck
State Board of Elections
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Thompson
H. Lyn Devers
Department of Conservation
Grand Jury
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Carbondale
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C. Joseph Cavanagh
Cavanagh
Michael S. Lynch
David C. O’neal
Shiffman
Lynch
Stuntman Dar Robinson Bails From Helicopter Trampoline Drop
Daningy reported stuntman Dar Robinson performs a live television stunt for Dick Clark's Live Wednesday. A second trampoline is suspended below a helicopter at about 300 feet as he executes the risky drop.
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Dar Robinson
Dick Clark
Nominating petitions dispute in Illinois politics
Democratic Rep. David Robinson accuses Republicans of trying to discredit him while alleging the Thompson tax lid petitions contain the largest set of irregularities and fraud ever found in Illinois. GOP chair Don Adams cites signatures from unregistered voters and outsiders, including obscene and juvenile names, suggesting petition flaws broader than Robinson’s.
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Springfield
James Thompson
David Robinson
Thompson
Nixon
Robinson Robinson
Illinois
Robinson
Don Adams
GOP
Adams
J. Snodgrass
Reagan hints at 1980 bid tied to tax revolt surge
Ronald Reagan said a taxpayers revolt could dominate a potential 1980 campaign and signaled a distinct possibility of running again. He spoke during the Tax Blitz tour with GOP leaders noting shifts in public support for tax cuts.
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Chicago
Ronald Reagan
Fiar
Republican Party
Reagan
California
Philosphy
Rreagan
Illinois corn and soy harvest at 10 percent
Agronomists report Illinois farmers have harvested about 10 percent of corn and soybeans, below last year’s 14 percent. Rain in western and northern Illinois knocked down corn, and southern drought has cut yields. Experts warn of continued drying weather needed and possible damage from corn borers.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
al Lickhart
Adams County
Spotted Fever Cases Rise in Illinois
The Illinois Department of Public Health warns of a spike in Rocky Mountain spotted fever with 36 cases reported so far this year, up from 31 last year and 12 in 1972. The illness, spread by infected tick bites, is usually treatable with antibiotics but can kill up to eight percent if not detected promptly.
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Chicago
Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois
Winter outlook in Illinois shows milder trend ahead
AP reports Illinois weather experts say a repeat of three consecutive severe winters is unlikely, citing 90 years of Urbana data. Records show two harsh winters in a row have occurred only three times since 1899, with 1976 and 1977 the latest pair. last winter was the worst on record. A separate AP dispatch notes a Montgomery Ward warehouse in Bensenville was destroyed by an extra alarm fire, burning for hours with flames reaching 100 feet, no injuries reported, total loss announced by a Ward spokesman who could not estimate damages.
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Bensenville
Montgomery Ward
Unmarried Pregnant Women Abortions Outpace Births
Health Insurance Institute data from 1976 show 16 legal abortions per 10 live births among unmarried women, while married women had fewer than one abortion per 10 births. Figures supplied by the U S Center for Disease Control.
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Health Insurance Institute
U.S. Center For Disease Control
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