Readers respond on welfare policy and gun rights
A letter exchange discusses reducing welfare costs by ending subsidies for single mothers and placing babies in orphanages. Debates on gun control cite WWII veterans urging handgun removal and pro‑life protests spark Supreme Court reaction. Community voices also credit Country Club Hills for home rule and police referendum funding.
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Homewood
Supreme Court
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Steeve
Taylorry Club Hills
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Country Club Hills
U.S. Justice Department
Hazel Crest Mayor Leads VOSH Vision Mission to Colombia
Hazel Crest Mayor Sol Rocke travels to Colombia with Volunteer Optometric Service to Humanity for a 15th VOSH trip. About 30 optometrists and volunteers will spend nearly two weeks providing eye care and glasses to remote areas, funding their own trip.
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Hazel Crest
Sol Rocke
Colombia
South America
Doc Rocke
VOSH
Rocke
Pappas Papers and Cook County race intrigue stir Bytes
In a Chicago area preview, Munch on tidBytes reports on Feb 28 Air Force One arrival announced by President Clinton. Cook County politics loom with Maria Pappas book, poll figures for board president race, and rival lines among Stroger Sims Connatello Sterba Nuccio Schumann and Phelan abortion orders.
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White House
Bill Clinton
Air Force One
Chicago
Pappas
Cook County
Maria Pappas
Larry Weintraub
Cathy
Richard Kelly
Forest Preserve
Palis T
John Connatello
John Griffin
Connatello
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Palos T
David Sterba
GOP County
Teresa Se
Schumann
Nuccio
Antiounty Board
Richard Phelan
Cook County Hospital
Herb Schumann
R-Palos Hills
Phelan
Woman to be Democratic Committeewoman Hails Release
A release from Joan Vestmone states if elected as Committeeman she will appoint a woman to the position of Committeewoman of the local Democratic Organization. The editor cheers the idea and says a woman or women would suit the post, noting no suitable men are apparent.
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Chan
Joan Vestmone
John
Endorsement chatter and campaign salvos fill 11th District race
AFL-CIO 11th District seeks endorsements but COPE denies backing Balanoff. GOP criticisms fly as Panayotovich and Ryan clash over supposed endorsements. The column lists names, affiliations, and contact numbers for several candidates and involved groups, noting a shift to printing only documented endorsements.
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Lee Babcock
Afl-Cio
11Th Congressional District
Clem 1Off
COPE
Balanoff
Bytes
Sam Panayotovich
Jerry Weller
Morris
Kankakee County
GOP
Tom Ryan
Ryan
Big E
Dave Neal
Fire Fighters
Joliet
Fraternal Order of Police
Cleiister
Sierra Clubal
Sam
Sam the Pan Associated Fire Fighters of
Illinois
Policemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association of
Ilinois County
Schumann
Orland
Bremen
Paris
Karla Osantowski - Rich
Maureen
Nancy
Metropolitan Water, Reclamation District
Harry “Bus” Yourell
Oak Lawn
Public Action
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