Chicago plans $2 billion safety and capacity upgrades at O Hare and Midway
City officials announced a two billion plan to modernize O Hare and Midway airports. Bond issue of six hundred million funds a Midway terminal and parking garage, with O Hare adding five gates and terminal reconfigurations to fit larger planes. Road work and two thousand two hundred twenty more parking spaces are included.
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O’hare
International Terminal
Mary Rose Loney
Train Crashes Into Tractor-Trailer Killing Three
A Chicago bound South Shore commuter train struck a trapped tractor-trailer carrying steel coils at a Portage crossing. Three people died, six were injured as the 20 ton coil crushed 10 to 15 rows of seats. the engineer tried to warn and brake as two rail lines intersected near the National Steel mill. Names of the deceased include Gary Berndt 3 William McCombs 57 and Glenn Walker 38.
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South Shore Railroad
Bill Sims
George Nickos
Gary Berndt
William McCombs
Glenn Walker
South Shore
House OKs tax breaks for education accounts
The House passed a bill to tax free savings accounts for education expenses including private schooling with a 225 to 197 vote. Funds up to 2000 annually can grow tax free and be used for costs from kindergarten onward, despite a presidential veto threat.
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Means Committee
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Jerry Weller
R-Il
Starr investigation into possible intimidation in Willey case
Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr investigates possible intimidation of Kathleen Willey before her Clinton sexual advance testimony. FBI questioned a fire store owner about Willey bringing her car with nail filled tires in November, two months before Willey’s January questions in the Paula Jones case. ABC News reported Willey’s missing cat and a stranger asking about tires and her children. Francis Carter testified about Lewinsky sex questions and noted no gifts or job interviews arranged by Vernon Jordan.
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Kathleen Willey
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Paula Jones
Bruce Horlick
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Monica Lewinsky
Lewinsky
Carter
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Vernon Jordan
Notable U.S. Milestones Linked to Years and Events
A compact timeline notes events from 1586 Roanoke departure to 1987 Supreme Court ruling. It includes 1862 slavery outlawed in U.S. territories, 1910 first Father’s Day in Spokane, 1934 creation of the FCC, 1953 Rosenbergs executed, 1964 Civil Rights Act after an 83 day filibuster, 1977 John Neumann named saint, and 1987 evolution teaching ruling.
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Supreme Court
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John Neumann
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