At Illinois senator Simon's funeral, former Senator Alan Dixon was listed in the program as one of these
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Alan J. Dixon - Wikipedia  Alan John Dixon (July 7, 1927  July 6, 2014) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1951 to 1971, as the Illinois Treasurer from 1971 to 1977, as the Illinois Secretary of State from 1977 to 1981 and as a U.S. Senator from 1981 ... Born in Belleville, Illinois on July 7, 1927, Dixon attended Illinois public...
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Playbook - POLITICO  Panicking GOP makes major last-minute Senate investment ... These Are the Only 6 Newspapers in the Country to Endorse Donald Trump .... county -- which went 57.1 percent for Obama in the last election -- the day one turnout was ... by John Bresnahan: Former Indiana senator and longtime Banking Committee member...
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jeopardy/357_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  David Rozenson: a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,200) ... these armed with a flamethrower; beats those beeps & whistles | a car alarm .... GRAVESIDE HUMOR | At Illinois senator Simon's funeral, former Senator Alan Dixon was listed in the program as one of these | a pallbearer.
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Former Illinois Senator Alan Dixon dies at age 86 - Chicago Tribune  Jul 7, 2014 ... Alan Dixon, who served two terms in the U.S. Senate from Illinois, has died, ... Paul Simon, always angling for the best deals for Illinois. ... One former aide, Charles Smith, recalled an instance when Dixon, as chairman of a...
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Paul Simon (politician) - Wikipedia  Paul Martin Simon (November 29, 1928  December 9, 2003) was an American politician from ... In 1963, Simon was elected to the Illinois State Senate, serving until 1969 ... The Ogilvie-Simon ticket was the only one in Illinois history in which the ... As a Senator, Simon helped overhaul the college student loan program to...
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In Chicago, Ex-Felons Turn to a Life of Politics - NYTimes.com  Jan 1, 1995 ... "Those were the golden years of corruption," Mr. Green said. ... some people who were worried about ex-gang members running against them." ... said that if a former convict won a Council seat, he would be allowed to serve.
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Carol Moseley Braun - Wikipedia  Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-Braun (born August 16, 1947), is an American politician and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. She was the first and to date only female African-American Senator, the first African-American U.S. Senator for ... the first African-American woman to be elected to the United States Senate,...
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Sen. Sam Ervin, Key Figure In Watergate Probe, Dies  Apr 24, 1985 ... Ervin died at about 4:15 p.m. at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, ... As chairman of the Senate Select Committee to Investigate Campaign ... "Sam is the only man we could have selected on either side who would ... he said: "I don't think either one of them would have recognized the Bill of...
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Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. - Wikipedia  The assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr., former Philippine Senator, took place on Sunday, August 21, 1983 at Manila .... Aquino's funeral on August 31 lasted from 9 a.m., when his funeral mass was held at Santo Domingo Church ... More than two million people lined the streets during the procession, which was aired by the...
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Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB0462  Provides that the applicant may complete an equivalent program as .... 5/25/2016, Senate, Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2. 5/25/2016...
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List of Alpha Phi Alpha brothers - Wikipedia  The list of Alpha Phi Alpha brothers includes initiated and honorary members of Alpha Phi ... six Congressional Gold Medal, and seventeen Spingarn Medal recipients; and ...... radio talk show host; contributor to CNN, Anchor for TV One network news ..... Chris Huffins, Alpha Epsilon, Bronze medalist in 2000 Olympics.
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Sam Ervin - Wikipedia  Samuel James "Sam" Ervin, Jr. (September 27, 1896  April 23, 1985) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to ... The Senate Select Committee to Investigate Campaign Practices, which ... Sam Ervin (right), as chair of the Senate Watergate Committee. When the...
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Balk Radio - Illinois Periodicals Online - Northern Illinois University  Even Beyond the Beltway host Bruce DuMont, who launched his political talk program on ... channels, jumped on the campaign bandwagon briefly, running for the state Senate in 1970. ... Mel Reynolds, a Chicago Democrat, hosted a radio show for two years on ... Wansley was a fan of Harold Washington and Vrdolyak was
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Robert Edwin Peary, Rear Admiral, United States Navy - Arlington ...  Then along came Robert E. Peary, a civil engineer with a burning desire to ... In 1988 his body was moved to Arlington National Cemetery and buried near...
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Interviews - George Stephanopoulos | The Clinton Years - PBS  He then became an advisor at the White House, but left after Clinton's first term. ... But at some level, I think even if Clinton thought that maybe what he was doing was ..... At the same time, we're worried about gays in the military, Zoe Baird and ... was an understanding that the attorney general post is going to go to a woman.
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Oak Ridge Cemetery - Springfield, Illinois, Cemetery Tour  The care of the Tomb was placed in the hands of the State of Illinois in 1895. ... It was in this vault, on May 4, 1865, that the bodies of Abraham Lincoln and his son ... 8 At the top of the stone is a glass encased photo of Mr. Krous, while on the front .... one of the *Long Nine who were responsible for moving the State Capitol...
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MUSKIE BURIED AMID TRIBUTES TO ENVIRONMENTALISM - The ...  By Karl Vick March 31, 1996. Edmund S. Muskie, of Maine, was laid to rest yesterday, on a cool, still day that carried ... no one was better qualified to be president of the United States," said Jimmy Carter, under whom Muskie served in 1980 as secretary of state, ... In the three rows of pews reserved for senators at his funeral,...
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Hero's Farewell For Rabin - tribunedigital-orlandosentinel  Nov 6, 1995 ... Leaders Gathering For Funeral ... More than 40 heads of state, including President Clinton, will attend ... A vast outpouring of grief for the murdered prime minister, the first ... A right-wing Jewish extremist is accused of shooting Rabin as he ... whose predecessor, Anwar Sadat, was assassinated in 1981 by...
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Illinois congressman led GOP attempt to impeach former President ...  Nov 30, 2007 ... WASHINGTON -- Henry Hyde, a 32-year veteran of the House of Representatives. ... Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., who served in the Clinton White House, said ... Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said, "He was the best...
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Senator Daniel Akaka's legacy as he retires - Hawaii News Now ...  In six weeks, Senator Daniel Akaka will bid a final aloha to a career in ... He's one of only three current Senators, along with Hawaii's Daniel Inouye, from the...
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United States Senate career of Barack Obama - Wikipedia  The United States Senate career of Barack Obama began on January 4, 2005 and ended on November 16, 2008. He resigned his seat in the Illinois Senate upon being elected. Obama won the seat in an election against Alan Keyes who replaced ... Prior to his election but after Ryan withdrew from the race, he rose to national...