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...around to his neighbors pointing out that prostitutes were turning tricks on their street. His complaints prompted police to increase patrols of the area. Last November, when news of his frequenting prostitutes came out following his arrest for the four murders, neighbors were shocked at his hypocrisy. Says Janine Mattoon, 50, a nurse who was Ridgway's neighbor in Des Moines: "Here is someone who is upset about there being too many prostitutes in the neighborhood, and then he is actually seeing prostitutes...
...then dampen his integrity, or will he work with one hand to follow the rules and with the other to overturn them? Women's reproductive rights are under renewed attack. I fear zealots in any form. This nomination convinces me that Bush is not concerned with conciliation. PAT LINDSAY Mattoon...
BORN: Nov. 28, 1933, Mattoon, Ill. EDUCATION: Eastern Illinois U, B.S., 1955 FAMILY: Wife, Sandie; two children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Army, 1955-57 OCCUPATION: Insurance broker POLITICAL CAREER: Oakland County G.O.P. chair, 1978-86; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: 27877 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington...
Despite heavy odds -- most beyond their control -- some plucky ex-employees do manage to get back to work. In 1988, at the age of 50, Linda Drumm lost her $20,000-a-year job as a supervisor in a dress factory in Mattoon, Ill., when the plant closed its doors. The fresh-faced clerk she encountered at a local unemployment office held out little hope for a good new job. "I hate to tell you this," Drumm recalls the young woman saying, "but you know that you're over the hill." The remark hurt her deeply, but Drumm now says...
Richard A. Lumpkin Mattoon...