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East Chicago

American  

noun

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


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Voters in Mrvan’s district — which includes the steelmaking cities of Gary and East Chicago and a swath of working-class and more affluent suburbs — have moved away from Democrats.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022

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

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 Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay)

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