Illinois Demos look to Stevenson for 1982 revival
A Springfield gathering of Democratic leaders at the Hilton Hotel urged Adlai Stevenson to seek Illinois governor in 1982. Stevenson, cheered by the group, faced calls to lead a revival, with Bakalis and Walker warning of the party’s identity crisis and the need to counter Thompson and Reagan policies.
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Mike Lawrence
Iindisan
Springfield
Hilton Hotel
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Association
Michael J. Bakalis
Reagan
Bakalis
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Cook County
R. Todd Renfrow
Renfrew
Dixon
Seith weighs 1982 governor bid after Senate runs
Chicago AP Alex Seith, twice a U S Senate contender, says he is considering a Democratic gubernatorial bid in 1982. He will decide by September, weighing family support and whether he can handle a campaign after his wife Frances Leith died five weeks ago. He has debts from two Senate races and has discussed the possibility with Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne and Cook County Dem chief George Dunne. Other potential foes include Dan Walker, Adlai Stevenson III, and Phillip Rock.
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Chicago
Alex Seith
U.S. Senate
Seith
Chicago Sun Times
Leith
Frances Leith
James R. Thompson
Dan Walker
Adlai Stevenson III
Senate
Phillip Rock
Rock
Jane Byrne
Cook County
George W. Dunne
Charles H. Percy
Alan J. Dixon
Percy says U S boosting its intelligence in Mideast
Sen Charles H Percy urges stronger U S intelligence gathering on the Middle East. He cites overreliance on Israeli intelligence and says the Reagan administration is taking steps, while criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and suggesting withheld information about arms shipments to Iran may have occurred.
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Percy
U.S
Mideast
Belleville
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Reagan
Middle East
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Belleville News-Democrat
Menachem Begin
Begin
Israel
Iran
Iraq
Lebanon
Illinois declares white tail deer state animal by children's vote
Gov. James R. Thompson signed the bill making the white tailed deer Illinois state animal after a statewide school children election. Voters cast 258 709 for the deer in fall balloting with 694 658 total votes. The measure, nicknamed the Bambi bill, passed 159 3 in the House and by a roll call of 550 in the Senate.
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Springfield
Little People
Illinois
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Children of
House
Senate
Op Thompson
Chicago
Bill Stanton
Jeremy Moning
Labor groups back air controllers across Midwest
Labor unions in Moline and Chicago rally in support of striking air traffic controllers. In Moline, 12 members of International Union of Operating Engineers Local 537 joined the PATCO line after being fired for not crossing. In Chicago, leaders from UAW, USW, and firefighters union joined about 100 controllers at O’Hare. WPA officials canceled a Quad Cities hearing amid protests.
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Associated Press
Moline
Chicago
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 537
Bob Lafferty
Mississippi Valley Airlines
Quad Cities
United Auto Workers
The
United Steelworkers
Chicago Firefighters Union
O’hare International Airport
Robert Tinker
UAW
James Wright
Des Moines
Federal Aviation Administration
Don Phillips
PATCO
Phillips
Civil Service System
Jeff Ir
Chicago RTA gets extra tax revenue to ease transit crunch
Gov. Thompson announced accelerated payments totaling about 23.6 million for the Chicago RTA. The agency will receive an estimated 21.3 million in September sales tax and about 2.3 million for August, the fourth month of advance payments amid stalled transit funding legislation. The City Council backed Mayor Byrne's tax package to support the CTA.
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Springfield
Chicago-area
James R. Thompson
Regional Transportation Authority
Thompson
RTA
Illinois
Chicago City Council
Jane Byrne
Chicago Transit Authority
Court Intervenes in Newborn Surgery Refusal Case
A Circuit Court judge granted Chil dren's Memorial Hospital temporary custody of a newborn with a malformed heart valve after parents William R. Taylor and Joyce, Jehovah's Witnesses, refused a blood transfusion. The transfusion, provided under hospital ward custody, stabilized the baby and made surgery unnecessary. The infant remained listed as in fair condition.
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Chicago
Children’s Memorial Hospital
William R. Taylor
Joyce
Bolingbrook
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