European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday May 3. 1983 the stars and stripes Pago 7 politician 75, denies giving jobs for sex Chicago a the democratic president of the Cook county 111. Board accused of trading jobs for sexual favors. Sunday called a reporter and a group that made the charges the scum of the at a Brief news conference that turned into a shouting match George Dunne 75, repeated his earlier denials that his Seidat relations with at least two women led to their employment with the county or to preferential Job realm enl. This is the kind of scandal that has brought Down said Don Rose a longtime f Hirago political observer. However being what it is you find More people on inc Street commenting on his virility at age 75 than whether or not this was a Hei Nous Rose said he doubts Dunne broke any Laws. La s Clear that he simply used his immense hiring Powers. In of feel to pass out favors to friends Rose said. That s not illegal but it is an example of really terrible abuse of the patronage Dunne who also is chairman of the county s democratic party said he had Cser Cisco extremely poor judgment hut that his actions were not sordid. Filthy or illegal Fie said the allegations raised by inc belter government association a Pri vate watchdog group and Chicago television station a May wrongfully por tray me As some sort of perverted old the Boa contends thai Dunne engaged in three Way sex and strip poker with various pairs of four homosexual women at his Mchenry county farm near Hebron Between 1980 the year Dunne s wife died and i486. Dunne has admitted having sex with two of the women whom he has not identified but has rejected the bag s Call for him to resign. Dunne a Public official for 35 Yea Sand county Board president for 19 years declared sunday there is nothing thai i have done Over those years that has violated the Public Trust in he declined to say whether it was appropriate to hire women after having set with them and told a a May reporter who repeatedly asked that question you re the scum of the Earth and so is the Dunne then left the room where the news conference was held refusing to answer further questions and locked himself in his fifth floor office. Bag executive director j. Terr Cnoc Brunter has admitted that As far As we know Dunne did not make sex a condition precedent to but Brunei or said sunday. Within two weeks in iwo instances the people Are on the Public payroll. To me that s an obvious link. There s no doubt about three of the women Dunne allegedly had sex with arc on the c Civ county payroll and one used up be. The Chicago Tribune reported in its sunday editions. The bag said one of the women who had sex with Dunne has been an officer with the county Forest preserve police since 1984. And another was hired by the preserve As a labourer in i so. The two women said last week thai Dunne hired them after having sex with them bul neither said he told them that sex was a condition of their employment. Five stowaways enter . After fleeing Ethiopia Jacksonville Fin. Welfare checks for about 400 Wisconsin families will be Cut this month in the first phase of a program that uses Benefit reductions As a Means of forcing Dro Pauls Back to school. The Lea fare program passed by the legislature last year requires reductions in Aid to families with de pendent children Ben Eilts for welfare families a Civ teen agers Tail to attend who regularly. The program in Feied its first phase in March when penalties were assessed against welfare recipients Ages 13 and n and to teen parents on welfare who failed to meet inc schooling requirements. But those penalties did t Start showing up on a Elfare checks until this month. The penalties applied if a teen age Parent on welfare or welfare children 13 and 14 years oed dropped out of school or were absent More than two Days a month w Ith. Out a valid reason. The program will apply to is to a 7 year Olds in september. In a report to the legislature health Ami social services Secretary Tim Olav Cullen said Only 395 of i6,28il Azuc families affect cd by the first phase of the program will he penalised. A break Down showed 309 cases involved teen parents and �6 cases involved Ardc families. We re pleased that the numbers Are this Low Cullen said. We know the numbers of dropouts ure several Hundred lower than if there had t been a learn fare although Cullen said the program will help Stu dents slav o t welfare when they re adults. One critic Laid it will do Little Good. Failure. That s what schools should be address ing. Their failure and the kids said state rep. Rebecca Young a former City school Board member. We should t be forcing kids tack to school simply so there s another body
