Word: precincts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...middle-of-the-road" Republican. In the 17 months that he has been U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Thompson has prosecuted scores of mostly Democratic politicians and city employees on a variety of federal charges. Among those indicted by Thompson and his aides are: 81 precinct workers, charged with vote fraud; eleven employees in the Democratic-controlled county assessor's office, charged with offenses that include bribery, tax evasion and mail fraud; and 40 Chicago policemen, charged with extortion of "protection" money from various tavern owners and storekeepers...
Twenty-one members from each new precinct were elected for three, two and one year terms so that each year one-third of the members will come up for reelection as usual...
Kent placed second out of 37 candidates, retaining his three-year seat in the sixth precinct. Kent said that the Town Meeting "is a lot of fun. People are always yelling. People get their views expressed...
Heller, who lost in the 1972 election, placed seventh out of 27 to win a three year seat in the first precinct. Katz said Heller's victory was "the big surprise." Katz finished 14th out of 30 to gain a two year seat in the third precinct...
...precinct in Cambridge had 1877 inhabitants according to Federal figures, but only 823 by the state tally. Brode said that in 1972 the number of registered voters exceeded the state census total...