Who are the Rangers
Senate hearing probes the Blackstone Rangers amid a $927 341 Office of Economic Opportunity grant. Testimony frames the gang as both a feared dope selling organisation and a community group offering order.membership quoted ranges 600 to 800 youths with broader claims of 6000 to 8000.
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Margaret Scherf
Associated Press
63Rd Street
Blackstone Rangers
Blankstone Rangers
Cook County
South Side
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Chicago
Winston Moore
Moore
John R. Fry
First Presbbterian Church
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Timothy Daly
Chicago Police Department
Rangers
George Rose
Woodlawn
Middle South Side
University of Chicago
Hyde Park
Englewood
East Side Disciples
Tentative rail contract averts nationwide walkout
A tentative agreement on a new contract between U S railroads and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen averts a nationwide strike. The deal requires ratification by members and centers on wages and a no strike pledge through January 1, 1970. The union, largest among operating railways, had set a 12:01 a.m. Thursday deadline and reported 99.7 percent support locally.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
National Railway Labor Conference
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
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