Midday News Links: Woman Dies On 110th Birthday

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Jane Ising fled Germany when the Nazis rose to power, taught economics at Bradley University and had five great grandchildren. She died yesterday on her 110th birthday. [Tribune]

Indiana is now a right-to-work state now that Gov. Mitch Daniels signed legislation barring union contracts from requiring non-union members to pay fees for representation. Indiana is the only Rust Belt state with a right-to-work law. [New York Times]

A date for former Bears wide receiver Sam Hurd’s drug trial has been set. [Sun-Times]

Overcrowding at a West Side club led to punches flying, cars crashing and guns firing. Police counted at least 273 people at the 99-person capacity club. [Fox Chicago]

The father and son owners of an Elgin strip club have been charged with tax evasion and running a gambling business. [Tribune]

A Chicago man has been charged with shooting a Kentucky State University basketball player. [ABC7]

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By Samantha Abernethy in News on February 3, 2012 12:40 PM 0 Comments

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BlueFairlane

It would be news if a woman celebrated her 110th birthday and didn't die.

Rory

You guys used this same photo twice in a row for Midday Links - is the amount of worthy photos in the Chicagoist Flickr pool that lacking?

Speedstr

I like to think it's such an awesome photo, it had to be brought back again : )

slickpoetry

Jane Ising's life story is really incredible. I don't know how many women in the mid-1920s earned doctorate degrees (maybe more than I realize, and she did it in Europe, not America). Then fleeing the Nazis. Then moving to America. Then becoming a professor of economics (traditionally, a man's world, especially in that era), then helping found the Peoria chapter of Planned Parenthood, and then living longer than 99.999999% of the worlds population. Remarkable stuff.