Chicago mayor keeps light burning for World's Fair
Chicago Mayor Harold Washington plans a morning news conference to state the fair is not dead yet. Governor Thompson declared the 1992 Chicago World’s Fair dead due to legislative opposition and lack of support from Rep. Michael Madigan.
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Springfield
Chicago
Harold Washington
Alton Miller
James Thompson
Thompson
Illinois
Michael Madigan
Illinois General Assembly
Washington
Philip O’connor
Cook County
Edward Vrdolyak
O’connor
Madigan
Illinois Commerce Commission
Seville
Spain
Americas
General Assembly
World’s Fair Authority
Kramer
Miami
Maurice Ferre
Senate Amends Consolidation Legislation
The Senate approved an amendment granting residents of small school districts veto power over consolidation plans. By voice vote, majority approval in each affected district is required for a merger. The measure, attached to consolidation bills, faces further passage hurdles in both chambers. Senator Maitland supports it. Rep Hoffman fears it weakens the bill.
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Mike Lawrence
Springfield
Senate
Chamber
House
John W. Maitland
Bloomington
Gene Hoffman
Elmhurst
Hoffman
State Board of Education
Maitland
Lawmaker Bills Via Dunn and Phelps Go To Governor
Sen Ralph Dunn sponsors a bill to authorize donations to the Department of Conservation to attract waterfowl and improve migratory areas. Rep David Phelps backs a measure to give travel accounts to county coroners for attending professional workshops, noting other county officials already have such accounts.
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Ralph Dunn
R-Du Quoin
Department of Conservation
David Phelps
D-Eldorado
Phelps
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Reagan condemns San Salvador cafe massacre as limit reached
President Reagan denounced the killings of six U.S. Marines and two businessmen in San Salvador, saying our limits have been reached. He ordered the Pentagon and intelligence community to provide El Salvador whatever aid is needed to find and punish the terrorists, while ruling out U.S. troop involvement. The attack, described as random by officials, occurred on a prominent boulevard leaving 13 dead in the cafe massacre.
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Washington
Reagan
U.S
San Salvador
el Salvador
Pentagon
State Department
White House
Larry Speakes
James Williams
Thomas T. Hand
Ill captain may be released in hijack update
Lebanese Justice Minister Nabih Berri said one of 40 American hostages in Lebanon may be released if a doctor deems it necessary. CBS quoted Lebanon sources naming Simon Grossmayer of Algonquin Illinois as ill with a lung condition awaiting medical approval. Hostages sent taped greetings home as relatives expressed relief and fear over the ongoing situation.
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Anita Storie
Algonquin
Bill
Greece
Rome
Beirut
TWA
Chicago
Jo Ann Lazansky
George
Eunice Milton
Elaine Grossmayer
Simon
Lorraine Anderson
Ken
Paula Loftus
Margaret Johnson
Raymond
Paris
New York
Nabih Berri
Lebanon
United States
Berri
CBS News
CBS
Simon Grossmayer
Township to help run troubled cemetery in Illinois
Illinoi s Controller's Office seeks court appointment of Murphysboro Township Supervisor as receiver for Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery maintenance funds. Gibraltar Mausoleum Corp. may take over the unfinished mausoleum, complete construction, and sell remaining crypts. Court rulings hinge on default payments, foreclosure rights, and a pending class action by crypt buyers.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Jackson County
Illinois Controller’s Office
Murphysboro
Controller’s
Gibraltar Mausoleum Corp. of
Indiana
Pleasant Grove
Burt Sharp
Gibraltar
Sharp
Bill Green
Green
Gibralter
Mid America Bank and Trust Co
Carbondale
Mid America Bank
Mid America
Cavaness
Illinois
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Robert Stethem
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Patrick
Salvador
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America the Beautiful
William McDonnell
Holy Land
McDonnell
O’hare International
Richard Herzberg
Norfolk
Suzy
Jimmy Dell Palmer
Little Rock, Ark
Jim Palmer
Kelly Cullins
Thomas Cullins
Burlington, Vt
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