Thirty seek adoption for Mt Vernon newborn Molly Elizabeth
At least 30 couples volunteer to adopt a five pound newborn girl found abandoned in a brown paper bag on a Mount Vernon porch. DCFS has protective custody and seeks a court order for temporary custody likely placing Molly Elizabeth in foster care while investigators locate the parents possibly facing charges.
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Associated Press
Mount Vernon
State Department of Children and Family Services
Molly Elizabeth
Good Samaritan Hospital
Larry Johnson
Agency
DCFS
Good Samaritan
Lyn Flahardy
Protective Service
ERA Dead, Ryan Wins Lieutenant Victory in Illinois
Illinois voters boosted George Ryan in the lieutenant governor race while Gov. James R. Thompson defended ERA opposition to changing legislative rules. Susan Catania led in Chicago precincts but trailed Ryan, amid talk of vote fraud and computer glitches delaying counts.
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Associated Press
James R. Thompson
George Ryan
Kanakakee
Ryan
Susan Catania
Chicago
Era
Catania
Donald Totten
Hoffman Estates
Thompson
Dan Rostenkowski
Sidney R. Yates
John Erlenborn
Glen Ellyn
Edward Madigan
Lincoln
Tom Concoran
Ottawa
Melvin Price
East St. Louis
Gus Savage
South Side
Eugene M. Barnes
Savage
Barnes
Monica Faith Stewart
Tom Railsback
East Moline
Edward J. Derwinski
John G. Fury
Beecher
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Peoria
John Dailey
W. Robert Blair
Crete
Illinois
Macon County
John Dunn
Tim Donovan
National Rifle Association
Judy Koehler
Henry
John Ackerman
Morton
Frank Schroeder
Gold Coast
Senate
John Nimrod
Glenview
Robert Kustra
Bob Pitchford
Jefferson County
Jerry Tom Kruger
Pitchford
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Ethan Allen
Murphysboro
On “Rae and
Sonitas
del Mar
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale-Herrin
Marion
North 11Th Street
Bahamas
Dolphin
Bermuda
Volendam
Call Sue Stearns
Mt. Vernon
Johnson
M.A.B. Rich-Lux
Burlington House
Hathaway
Saxony
Crystal Avenue
Spicewood
Willow Brook
Eastgate
CarbondAle
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