Illinois House reapportions shift to suburbs and cities
Voters reallocated Cook County seats amid a statewide shift favoring urban and suburban districts. The result: 61 Democrats and 29 Republicans from Cook County, with Chicago losing eight seats while its suburbs gain eight, and Downstate unchanged at 29. The new map promises greater focus on urban issues and potential tax and annexation reforms, as the House seeks a progressive legislative record.
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Cook County
Downstate
GOP
Illinois
Chicago
General Assembly
Lake County
DuPage
Peoria
Madison
Sangamon
St Clair
Champaign
Kane
Winnebago
Rockford
Rock Island
Wilt
LaSalle
Illinois House
Slavery Still Persists in Nigeria Despite End of Transatlantic Trade
In Nigeria, modern slavery persists through child stealing and illegal deals. Police and CID chief John Lynn describe cases around Lagos and Abakaliki, with prices around 400 pounds for grown boys and 20-year-olds marketed through small dealers. Many victims blend into society, often unfree yet not chained.
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Kenneth L. Whiting
Associated Press
Lagos
Nigeria
Americas
Badagry
Peace Corps
Shomoly
Abakaliki
Odozo Ngwola
Nwibo Odumuke
Niger
Ikeja
West Africa
North
South America
Africa
John Lynn
Lynn
Nigerian Police
Criminal Investigation Division
CID
Lymn
Darwin Experiments in Evolution Debate Lingers Across States
A United Nations report notes two slavery types with Benin children as chattel and a global debate on Darwinism. The piece traces Darwin’s origin theory, landmark trials, varied state responses, and religious and educational opposition across the United States, including California, Tennessee, Arkansas, and beyond.
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United Nations
Benin
Benin City
Nigeria
Midwest
Darwin
California
Arizona
Texas
South Carolina
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Charles Robert Darwin
Payton
Tenn
John Scopes
Larance Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Aubrey Moore
Phoenix
Lemmons
Nell J. Segraves
Santa Ana
Jean E. Sumrall
Casta. Mesa
Max Rafferty
State Board of Education
Gerald Kennedy
Los Angeles
Department of Education
Carter Patten
Chattanooga
Willie Oates
Washington State
Office of Public Instruction
Utah
North Dakota
Recalling Pearl Harbor Twenty Three Years Later
A retrospective recalls the Pearl Harbor attack sky over Hawaii as 951 Japanese planes targeted rapid destruction. It notes 2,086 American sailors dead, 749 wounded, plus Army losses, and ships sunk. It reflects on Japanese losses, inquiry findings, and the shift in U.S. world leadership since then.
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Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
U.S
United States
Pacific
Army
Navy
Washington
Japan
Far East
Pearl: Harbor
Neshoba County Faces Justice
The FBI charges 21 persons and arrests 20 in Neshoba County Miss for violence against three civil rights workers. The case recalls last summer’s racial strife and the murders of Schwerner Goodman and Chaney. The arrests spark mixed emotions across the nation.
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Neshoba County
Mass
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Neshoba Co
Miss
FBI
More Goods, Fewer Jobs More Goods, Fewer Jobs
The Census Bureau shows total industrial production up 34 percent in five years while employment rose only 6.4 percent. Coal and petroleum output grew 44 percent yet employment fell 17 percent, challenging the belief that rising production creates jobs. The piece notes service and public sectors must absorb slack, and discusses crime investigation steps and national accountability, citing William Bradford Huie on the role of the people in punishment.
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United States
Census Bureau
William Bradford Huie
New Republic
Community of Nations
More Jobs For Illinois Plan To Discontinue Springfield Arsenal
In aViewed piece editors reflect on plans to close the Springfield Mass Arsenal and move 800 workers to Rock Island Arsenal by 1968, with 1700 others to be released. They criticize Teddy Kennedy’s influence but favor central relocation for national need and regional economic gain.
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Mecca
Black Africa
West Africa
Sudan
Africa
Middle East
Fernando Po
Nigeria
League of Nations
Leberia
Britain
Springfield, Mass
Rock Island Arsenal
Edward M
Teddy” Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Springfield
Boston
Teddy
Quad-City
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Don McKee
Atlanta
Rand McNally
Harcourt, Brace and World
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pennsylvania
Richard A. Gibboney
Department of Public Instruction
Ilinois
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