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Normal, Ill. (pop. 33,300), is generally a pretty peaceful and well-run place. These days, however, civic affairs are, well, abnormal. The 27 members of the local fire department went on strike last month, and Circuit Judge William Caisley ordered them to go back to work on the grounds that their strike constituted "an immediate impediment and detriment to the health, safety and welfare of the people of Normal." The firemen adamantly refused. The determined judge thereupon began handing out jail sentences for contempt of court to 22 of them. Only the four members of the firemen...
...courts, the city's second highest elective office. A maverick Democrat with a strong anti-Establishment bias, he has built his power base among poor and working-class voters. Says he: "They need someone to stand up and fight for them." Once he even invited Cleveland's civic leaders to breakfast with him at Tony's Diner, where he has eaten for years. His usual order: two bowls of Special K with bananas and a steak, which the waitress cuts up for him to save him time...
...seven times, beginning with a runner-up mark in her first competition, the 1977 U.S. Open. This spring she won two tournaments in a row before finishing second last week to South Africa's Sally Little in a sudden-death play-off at the Kathryn Crosby-Honda Civic Classic in San Diego. Long off the tee, extraordinarily accurate around the green and a superb putter, Lopez is the young season's leading money winner-$47,317-and is the favorite in this weekend's Colgate-Dinah Shore Winners Circle tournament, the L.P.G.A.'s richest...
...third-period goals less than 35 seconds apart clinched Boston University's 5-2 win over the defending champion Wisconsin Badgers in the NCAA semifinals last night at the Providence Civic Center...
Blue Devilirium can be recognized by its many symptons--the most obvious one is the melange of blue and white clothes that appeared on every fan's body in sections 210-225 of the Providence Civic Center...