Breslin enters race for Illinois treasurer post
Illinois state Rep. Peg Breslin announces her bid for the Democratic nomination for state treasurer in 1990. She pledges full income and debt disclosure, caps contributions at 5000 dollars, rejects bank donations, divests stock, and commits to using state deposits to fund affordable housing and low interest mortgages. Breslin, 43, seeks to build name recognition through a four city stop tour and faces Republican Greg Baise in a contested primary.
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Ottawa
Ill
UPI
Peg McDonnell
Breslin
LaSalle County
Greg Baise
Tom Homer
Canton
Homer
House
Dispatcher credits God as lifesaving aid in 911 call
Chicago dispatcher Deirdre Hill calmed Derline Casey during an eight minute 911 call to save Casey's three year old son Matthew who had stopped breathing. Paramedics arrived as minimal breathing resumed and he was treated at Little Company of Mary Hospital. Hill is being recommended for a departmental commendation and a lifesaving award for her calm handling of the incident.
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Chicago
UPI
God
Deirdre Hill
Derline Casey
Richard Wedgbury
911
Casey
Matthew
Wedgbury
Hill
Chicago Police Department
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Evergreen Park
Etta Wiggins
Riverboat gambling hearing draws only supporters
The fifth Illinois riverboat gambling hearing drew only backers of the plan as supporters and opponents voiced views at a Sauget public session chaired by Sen. Denny Jacobs. Proponents say five licenses in 1990 and five more next year could boost river cities including Centreville and East St. Louis, while opponents cite moral concerns.
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Sauget
Ill
UPI
Illinois
Denny Jacobs
East Moline
Senate
House
General Assembly
Mississipi
Centreville
Riley Owens
Owens
Jacobs
Iowa
Maurice McDaniels
St. Louis
Las Vegas
McDaniels
Vegas
Alton
East St. Louis
Chicago suit tests flag desecration ordinance legality
The City of Chicago filed in Cook County Circuit Court to challenge the constitutionality of a new flag desecration ordinance. Ten local artists are named, including Scott Tyler, whose Art Institute exhibit featuring a flag on the floor spurred the measure. Harvey Grossman of the ACLU Illinois urged testing the law to ease artists’ fears of prosecution.
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Chicago
UPI
Cook County
United States
Scott Tyler
Tyler
Art Institute of Chicago
Harvey Grossman
American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
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Rock Falls
Walnut
Sterling/Rock Falls Clinic, Ltd
Walnut Medical Center
Wathier
Jackson St
Walnut, IL
Gerald L. Wathier, D.O
National Board of Medical Examiners
Arenac County
Standish Community Hospital
Standish, MI
University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences
Des Moines
Saginaw Osteopathic Hospital
Saginaw, Ml
Walgreens
the Beverage Center
Plaza North, Dixon
Gordons
Kessler
Walkers
Paul Masson Rhine
Rose
Chablis
Burgundy
Berringer
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Bacardi
B&j
Lady Velvet Schnapps
Southern Comfort
Andre’ Champagne
Martini and Rossi Spumante
Olympia
Strohs
Stroh
Keystone
COORS
Corona
Heineken
ST. Pauli
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