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East Chicago

American  

noun

  1. a port in NW Indiana, on Lake Michigan, near Chicago.


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But E&E notes that it’s likely the largest pipeline gas spill since a ruptured storage tank let out 2.3 million gallons of gasoline in East Chicago, Indiana, back in 1986.

From The Verge Jul. 25, 2022

East Chicago Mayor Anthony Copeland announced Wednesday that he would match the $5,000 reward the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was offering for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.

From Seattle Times Oct. 29, 2020

They traveled across the state line and into Chicago from East Chicago, Ind., because, as Gonzalez said: “I’m fed up. It’s time.”

From Washington Post May 30, 2020

John Milo Ford was born the first child of two pharmacists in East Chicago, Indiana, in 1957.

From Slate Nov. 15, 2019

Returns to South: from East Chicago, 110; from Pennsylvania, 135; from New Jersey, 139.

From Negro Migration during the War by Emmett J. (Emmett Jay) Scott

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