Illinois Air National Guard called to active duty
Fifty four members of the Illinois Air National Guard have been activated to guard Air Force bases. Thirty nine hail from the 126th Security Forces Squadron of the 126th Air Refueling Wing at Scott Air Force Base near Belleville and fifteen are with the 182nd Security Forces Squadron of the 182nd Airlift Wing based in Peoria, officials said Tuesday.
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Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
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Peoria
Governor Ryan Backs New York After Tragedy
Gov. George Ryan flew to New York to show confidence in air travel and offer moral support. He said the visit signals help and aims to reopen business, with Illinois and Chicago running ads in New York papers featuring Lincoln and parts of the Gettysburg Address.
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Chicago
George Ryan
New York
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O'Hare International
New York Times
New York Post
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Nurse sentenced for mistreating patients and sending material
CHICAGO AP A nurse Kenneth Pebenito 29 of Lombard admitted abusing 18 patients including children and was given a 78 month federal term. He also faces three years probation after release and was punished for ordering child adult material through the mail.
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Chicago
Kenneth Pebenito
Lombard
Union Pacific to Build $200 Million Hub in Rochelle
Union Pacific Railroad will construct a $200 million truck to train cargo hub in Rochelle Ogle County. The project ends three years of local push to attract the railroad to the 10,000 population town about 20 miles south of Rockford. Initial traffic will be about 1 000 trucks daily rising to 3 000 within five years.
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Rochelle
Union Pacific Railroad
Ogle County
Rockford
Illinois AG Accuses 30 More Gas Stations of Gouging
Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan says his office charged 30 additional gas stations with price gouging on September 11 2001. No Southern Illinois stations named. He seeks settlements requiring 1000 donations to the Red Cross refunds to consumers and promises not to gouge again. One owner claims political motives but cites rising fuel shortages and price differences. Gas station owners have not been charged, and Ryan notes prior settlements with Casey’s General Stores.
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Illinois
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United States
Ryan
American Red Cross
Jeff Aldrich
Edgewood
Effingham
Aldrich
Casey's General Stores Inc
Friends of the Peace Coalition of
Southern
Ilinois
Fellowship of Reconciliation
All Humanity
New York
Washington
Pennsylvania
Airlines to install steel bars on cockpit doors
United and American will immediately fit steel crossbars and locking hardware to cockpit doors, with other carriers to follow soon. The move, urged after 9 11 by a Bush administration request and a Transportation Department task force, aims to secure pilots while raising concerns about emergency evacuation and access for crew if pilots are incapacitated.
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Bush
Transportation Department
Joe Hopkins
Hopkins
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FAA
Continental
Alaska
Federal Aviation Administration
CUB seeks halt to 11-digit dialing in 847 area
Citizens Utility Board asks the FCC to stop a plan requiring 11-digit dialing for all calls in the 847 area starting January 5. The group argues the change will confuse and burden consumers, citing num ber hoarding and exhausted 847 numbers despite 1.5 million residents in the territory.
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Citizens Utility Board
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Federal Communications Commission
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