Multimillion dollar I 355 tollway extension eyed in legislature
A plan to extend Interstate 355 from Bolingbrook to interstates 57 or 80 is proposed with or without a Peotone airport approval. Senate President James Philip sponsors the broad extension, while a shorter Bolingbrook to New Lenox route could advance regardless of airport status. Estimated cost for full I 355 expansion runs 400 to 500 million.
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Bolingbrook
Monee
Senate
James “Pate” Philip
R-Wood Dale
New Lenox
Tom Dunn
D-Joliet
Richard Adorian
Illinois Department of Transportation
Heroism remembered in Thala battle 1943 anniversary
To the Editor, a 50th anniversary remembrance of the February 21 23 1943 battle of Thala Tunisia. The 84th Field Artillery Battery C with Gunner Cpl. Robert E Pasqualoni fought off Rommel’s tanks, earning a bronze star for valor and a distinguished unit citation for the 9th Infantry Artillery Division. The letter honors military service and ties heroism to present-day everyday Americans.
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Tunisia
North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Kasserine Pass
Tebessa
Ninth Division
Ninth
84Th Field Artillery
Cpl
Robert E. Pasqualoni
84Th
60Th
Tlemcen
Algeria
Pointblank
Goering
Mussolini
Himmler
Hitler
Pasqualoni
United States
Illinois
Illinois municipalities urge permanent surcharge extension
Local officials across Illinois press Governor Edgar to back a permanent extension of the temporary income tax surcharge. They argue it funds essential city village and county services and sustains fiscal health for strong local government statewide.
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Charles Corkery
Rich Township
Corkery
Tinley Par
Cook County Emergency Services
Adam
ESDA
Sally Daly
Cook County
Michael Sheahan
The
Star
Illinois
State of Illinois
Edgar
Vatican, Bernardin, and St. Rocco Parish Debate
A reader recalls writing to Cardinal Bernardin in November 1992 about restoring St. Rocco Church to its pre suppression state and asks if he is greater than the Vatican. His reply denied such a claim, yet his refusal to reopen the parish implies Vatican influence remains in Chicago, not Rome.
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Illinois
Incham
Patricia Rush-Martin
Chicago Heights
Mel Reynolds
Chicago
Reynolds
Pincham
Rush-Martin
Lorenzo Martin
Gus Savage
Gus
Savage
Standard
The
Martins
Joseph Cardinal Bernardin
Vatican Tribunal
St. Rocco
Vatican
St. Rocco Parish
Rome
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