Illinois ERA supporters plan new bid after poll shows support
In Springfield and Chicago, ERA backers reconvene with top state leaders to salvage ratification efforts amid a Harris poll showing 62 percent in favor and 35 against. Vice President Bush cites scheduling conflicts as seven hunger strikers press for the ERA.
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James R. Thomson
Chicago
Jane Byrne
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Shirley Green
ERA Illinois
Lou Harris
Harris Organization
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ERA
Zoe Ananda
Newport Beach
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United States
Texas
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sonia Johnson
Sterling
Mary Barnes
Raleigh
N.C
Mary Ann Beall
Falls Church
Maureen
Three agencies clash over death case in river
A missing man case splits investigators as Ste Genevieve police say the body found in the Mississippi River near East St. Louis should not be theirs to pursue. autopsy questions, identifications, and death certificates complicate who has the authority to close the file.
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Mississippi River
Bruce Burkhead
St. Louis
Ste. Genevieve
Burkhead
Adrian Ehler
Ozark to End Decatur Flights Amid Service Cut
Ozark Air Lines plans to discontinue all Decatur service as of August 1 and will file with the Civil Aeronautics Board for permission. A St. Louis spokesman said the airline expects approval of the request, leaving Decatur without service from a major carrier.
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Decatur
Ozark
St. Louis
Chicago
Ozark Air Lines
Federal Civil Aeronautics Board
Three state link tied to large pot stash in warehouse
Cherry Valley police report ending a three week probe into a 900 pound marijuana stash found in a local warehouse. They say Royce Lee Englehart, 29, connected a distribution network spanning Illinois Iowa and Florida. He remains in Orange County Fla on conspiracy to possess with intent to sell cocaine charges.
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Florida
Jan Noble
Royce Lee Englehart
Illinois
Iowa
Englehart
Winnebago County
Orange County
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Firefighters Used Blowtorches In Raid On Gang HQ
Chicago police say two El Rukn gang members were targeted at their South Side headquarters. Firefighters used blowtorches to breach the steel front door but officers entered via a second floor window. Authorities seized narcotics two machine guns a shotgun and two pistols.
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el Rukn
Gang Crimes
Edward Pleines
Gregg Owen
IBP looks at Dixon Illinois for new pork plant site
Iowa Beef Processors IBP is examining a third site Dixon Illinois about 40 miles east of Clinton. Spokesman Charles Harness says the Dixon option does not rule out building at one of two other locations Stanwood Iowa or Sheffield Michigan both roughly 30 miles from Dixon.
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Iowa
IBP
Charles Harness
Dixon
Clinton
Stanwood
Sheffield
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