Archive ID: FIC-0000-075

Hegewisch News Headline “Landfill Protestors Arrested at Gathering” regarding CID Landfill

Date Created: Aug 6 1987

Media Type: Newspaper Article

Backstory:

Article about arrests on July 29th, 1987 of protestors including Marian Byrnes of CURE and Hazel Johnson of Altgeld Gardens along with Greenpeace activists at the CID landfill owned by Waste Managaement. Depicted in cover photo is Virginia Cap, leader of the Hegewisch group HOPE (Hegewisch Organized to Protect the Environment). Hegewisch News article by Violet Czachorski.

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