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Church Run Day Care Veto Fight Roils Illinois
Fundamentalists and the Moral Majority press an override of Gov. Thompson on a bill to exempt church run day care centers from state licensing. DCFS and Illinois Conference of Churches back the governor, while lawmakers anticipate a close vote as lobbying intensifies. Letters urging an override flood Senate offices ahead of a Thursday vote.
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Kathy Best
Springfield
General Assembly
James R. Thompson
Moral Majority
Illinois Association of Christian Schools
George Zarris
Illinois Moral Majority
Nie
Zarris
Illinois Conference of Churches
State Department of Children and Family Services
Bruce Rubenstein
DCFS
Richard Wood
Thompson
Harris
Jim Jones
California
House
Senate