Illinois House votes to outlaw abortions except to save life
The Illinois House approved a bill by 101 to 24 to make abortions for any reason other than saving the woman's life a class III felony. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Robert J. Walters, follows a Supreme Court ruling on abortion and passed amid a flood of related bills in the General Assembly.
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Springfield
Ill
U.S. Supreme Court
Illinois House
Senate
Robert J. Walters
R-Alton
Illinois
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Susan Catania
Chicago
House
Michael Madigan
Catania
William D. Walsh
LaGrange Park
Madigan
State Human Relations Commission
Department of Registration and Education
Roscoe Cunningham
Lawrenceville
Senate Agriculture Committee
Environmental Protection Agency
Agreement Ends Chicago-Area Construction Strike
Laborers and contractors reach a pact ending a strike that halted major projects across eight counties including Cook and Lake. The dispute began at sites Friday, with wage demand of 65 cents an hour above 7.62. Shutdown impacted Sears Tower Standard Oil Building and a Zion nuclear plant.
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Chicago
Sears
Standard Oil
Zion
Cook
Lake, DuPage
Will
Kane
Kendall
McHenry
Boone
Ex-liquor chief discusses probe into Angelos ties to Walker
Ex chairman Johnson claims he will tell the full story of his dismissal and the Angelos campaign donations to Governor Walker. He says the firing may involve incomplete information and promises Thursday remarks after a meeting with the governor.
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Springfield
Ill
Lawrence E. Johnson
Chicago
Anthony Angelos
Daniel Walker
Liquor Control Commission
Champaign County
Walker
Johnson
Commission
Angelos
Illinois
William S. Goldberg
Victor Degrazaia
Degraia
Lake Tahoe
Nev
Michael Berz
Edward Bluthardt
R-Schiller Park
Barbs by Phil Pastoret on banned methady cough remedy
The column satirically notes a ban on a questionable cough medicine after readers learn how to pronounce its odd ingredients. It laments rising pooch food prices and jokes that dogs now share human meals, sparking a lighthearted take on household economics.
Kissinger Tho Resume Talks on Vietnam Cease Fire Progress
Paris AP Henry Kissinger and Hanoi's Le Duc Tho resume negotiations to craft a workable cease fire in South Vietnam and surrounding areas. Kissinger voices hope for continued progress and a favorable outcome this round, amid disputes over Article 20 and Laos and Cambodia hostilities.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
South
Vietnam
Indochina
Kissinger
Washington
Tho
Nguyen van Thieu
Laos
Cambodia
United States
Norodom Sihanouk
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John 5S. Massieon
Playtex
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Bluthardt
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Steven Schwab
Schwab
Degrazia
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