Crane accident crushes cab driver in Chicago
A crane mishap at a downtown Chicago construction site caused 12 cubic yards of wet concrete to spill from a bucket 30 stories onto a moving taxi, killing Choong Soo In, 55. Witness Lawrence Brooks said he let the cab pass, while police described the bucket’s surge and the crane operator’s attempt to stop it.
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Chicago
Lawrence Brooks
Brooks
Choong Soo In
Drake Hotel
Norbert Holzinger
Holzinger
Galesburg eyeing riverboat gamble via pumping station
Galesburg Illinois weighs a riverboat casino plan by linking a riverfront pumping station in Oquawka to city limits. Tom Clapp argues land ownership could extend licensing reach, while officials question legality and interest. He cites tourism and jobs as potential benefits amid legal hurdles and local resistance concerns.
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Galesburg
Ill
Illinois
Tom Clapp
Oquawka
Forgetonnia
Henderson County
Alton
East St. Louis
Quincy
Clapp
John Hanlon
Fred Kimble
Kimble
Former homeless boy becomes international peace ambassador
Paul Christakis, 11, rose from living in a family car to head a Children as Peacemakers delegation. He will meet President Bush in San Francisco on Feb 28 and plans a solo visit to Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow next fall. His parents divorced in 1984, and the family endured years of poverty before settling in a modest apartment in Gurnee, Illinois.
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Gurnee
Ill
Paul Christakis
Children As Peacemakers Foundation
Foundation
Anne Thomson
Bush
San Francisco
Paul
Mikhail Gorbachev
Moscow
Chicago
Baer Clarifies Satan Comment on Government and Abortion
Republican candidate Steven Baer says his remark that government is the instrument for Satan was aimed at abortion policy. The State Journal-Register says he made the comments January 28 at Calvary Temple in Springfield during a worship service, with a tape obtained by the paper.
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Springfield
Ill
Steven Baer
State Journal-Register
Baer
Calvary Temple
Satan
Man learns tough lesson about law memory in Pekin
Larry W. Smith, a convicted meth dealer who jumped bail in 1978 to avoid prison, turned himself in after 12 years when his daughter joined the Marines. Prosecutors say they will not forgive or forget, pursuing felony perjury and drug charges plus two misdemeanors from a 1978 arrest fight with a sheriff.
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Pekin, Ill
Larry W. Smith
Smith
Penny
Marines
Pekin
Tazewell County
Erik Blanc
Donahue
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Gillespie
Overall Economic Development Committee
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Deborah Sprinkle
Sprinkle
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Joseph Elie
M.D
Dixon
McNichols Clinic Ltd
S. Galena Ave
Dixon, Ill
eLaser
Galena Ave
Lendes
West Boyd
FDI
Peoria Ave
Dixon, IL
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