Abortion fight heats up at Illinois hearing
The Illinois House Senate conference committee will meet to draft compromise abortion legislation. Pro and anti groups plan news conferences and testimony as security is tightened to keep hearings orderly. Advocates stress viability and constitutional bases while lobbying intensifies ahead of the six day veto session.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Illinois
House Senate
Penny Pullen
Park Ridge
House
Missouri
U.S. Supreme Court
Steve Brown
Michael Madigan
Chicago
Brown
Nicholas Stojakovich
Illinois Pro- Life Coalition
Stojakovich
Pam Sutherland
Illinois Planned Parenthood Council
Karen Mitchell
National Abortion Rights Action League
Peshtigo Fire Memorial Marked by Weekend Events
Residents of Peshtigo marked the 118th anniversary of the 1871 forest fire that killed about 1,200 people with a three day observance including parades crafts shows and a cemetery service at the Peshtigo Fire Cemetery.
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Peshtigo
Wis
UPI
Chicago
Wisconsin
Stella van Bogart
Peshtigo Fire Cemetery
Iliopolis
Illiopolis, Ill
Sangamon County
John Rachford
Bruce Rumble
Mark E. Maberry
Rumble
Maberry
Ee Where It Occured,’’ Rachford
Rachford
Teens urged to fight drugs with peer influence
Republican candidate Jim Edgar told about 100 high school students in Oak Brook Illinois they can deter younger children from drinking or using drugs. He said teens can change a younger peer’s life and cited a state program where high schoolers speak to elementary students about abuse.
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Oak Brook
Ill
UPI
Jim Edgar
Edgar
McDonald’s Hamburger University
Fermilab breaks ground on science education center
In Batavia Illinois UPI reports Fermilab marks a new chapter in science education with a 1.2 million center for physics programs for students and teachers. Secretary James Watkins joins Fermilab officials at a ground breaking highlighting the lab as a model for national education centers.
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Batavia, Ill
UPI
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Fermilab
U. S. Secretary of Energy
James Watkins
National Laboratories
Watkins
Leon Lederman
Chicago
Great Fire remembered during Fire Prevention Week
Chicago officials and historians marked Fire Prevention Week with a 1937 film about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The event noted 250 deaths, 17,430 buildings destroyed, and $175 million in damages, while recalling safety code improvements spurred by later blazes.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Historical Society
U.S
Iroquois Theatre
Our Lady of Angels
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