Suburb's War on Gangs // Country Club Hills Sets 9 p.m. Curfew

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: November 12, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

It happened again this week: a teenager was gunned down in an apparent gang feud, this time in Country Club Hills.

Gangs and guns and bloodshed. Absolutely nothing new.

But on the next day, the extraordinary followed. The city council in Country Club Hills, during an unprecedented emergency session, approved a curfew of 9 p.m. for every kid in town under age 19.

And on the day after that - Thursday - Mayor Dwight W. Welch, an ex-Marine and ex-cop who collects antique battle swords, mailed this letter to every household in town:

"Gang activity has reared its ugly head. . . . It is the ...

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