Riverboat gambling faces key votes in Iowa Quad Cities
In Davenport and four surrounding counties voters decide by simple majority whether riverboat casinos may dock locally. Scott Muscatine Clinton and Jackson counties vote as part of a statewide referendums placing public license conditions, with 1991 as the water entry target. Voters in other counties have mixed outcomes, some approved and others rejected.
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Iowa
Quad Cities
Davenport
UPI
Scott County
Scott
Muscatine
Clinton
Jackson
House
Bob Arnould
Rep
Tom Fey
Andy McKean
R-Morley
McKean
Rural Illinois sheriffs strained by rising duties and stagnant budgets
A Western Illinois University study finds rural sheriff departments face expanding duties with limited funds. Over 55 percent report service changes and no budget increases. Mandates push jail costs, threatening future service cuts as crime in rural areas may outpace cities. Crimestoppers reach spans most counties, aiding thousands of cases and hundreds of thousands in drugs and assets recovered.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Illinois
Western Illinois University
WIA
John Wade
Wade
Stan Cunningham
Cunningham
Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs
Illinois’ County
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Washington, D.C
Unethical dealings cited in HUD regional director case Chicago
Ronald Gatton, former HUD regional director, denies unethical acts in buying over 1.5 million dollars in government subsidized properties after leaving his post. Gatton told the Chicago Tribune that his deals brought low income housing to Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods and spurred tens of millions invested where disinvestment dominated. A separate report says Greg Baise plans to seek the Republican nomination for state treasurer and wants 1 million dollars to fuel his campaign, with stops in Chicago, Peoria and DuQuoin.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Ronald Gatton
Chicago Tribune
Gatton
Greg Baise
Jacksonville
Peoria
DuQuoin
Worker loses leg in mishap at O'Hare Inn
CHICAGO UP I A Continental Airlines mechanic Hope Lewellen 22 of Orland Park Illinois was crushed when a SAS 767 jetliner rolled over her legs at O Hare International Airport. She sustained extensive injuries including an above knee amputation. The accident occurred as she helped marshal the plane in a remote area while a Continental crew directed the jet to the terminal. An internal Continental Airlines review will assess the incident.
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Chicago
UPI
Continental Airlines
Scandinavian Airlines
Hope Lewellen
Orland Park
Ill
O’hare International
Lewellen
Lutheran General Hospital
Donna Errera
Wayne Goldstein
Park Ridge
Errera
Ned Walker
Continental Airlnes
SAS
Continental
Walker
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Forrest Ashcraft
Alter Co
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Ashcraft
Baise
Ida Johnson
Lowell Park Ltd
Dixon
Dairy Queen
O’hare Inn
Richard Piller
Michael Kristensen
Piller
Chiropractic Clinic
Red Wing's
OSPP
Red Wing
AMES
East First St
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Broyhill & Athens
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