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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to
individuals who gave their | ||||||
| 4 | lives in the line of duty; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Trooper Frank Doris was born on April 28, 1925; he | ||||||
| 6 | served in World War II, entering
active service as a draftee on | ||||||
| 7 | August 20, 1943 at Chicago; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Trooper Frank Doris served in Europe and Africa; | ||||||
| 9 | he was honorably discharged on
April 9, 1946, having earned | ||||||
| 10 | several medals and awards; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Trooper Frank Doris was assigned to work at the | ||||||
| 12 | State Police Headquarters of
District 12 in Watson; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, As Trooper Doris was heading
southbound on U.S. 45 | ||||||
| 14 | to his residence 4 miles north of Flora, he stopped a car for | ||||||
| 15 | speeding, and while he was sitting in a squad
car filling out | ||||||
| 16 | the arrest ticket, the suspect driver standing behind the squad | ||||||
| 17 | car shot Trooper Doris
in the head; and | ||||||
| 18 | WHEREAS, Other trooper patrols were able to apprehend the | ||||||
| 19 | suspect and the suspect was
convicted of the murder; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Trooper Frank Doris is fondly remembered and | ||||||
| 2 | appreciated by family, friends, and
the public whom he | ||||||
| 3 | dutifully served; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 5 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 6 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of | ||||||
| 7 | Interstate 57 from the Tri-level south of Effingham to
Watson | ||||||
| 8 | Exit 151 as the "Trooper Frank Doris Memorial Highway"; and be | ||||||
| 9 | it further | ||||||
| 10 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 11 | is requested to erect at suitable
locations, consistent with | ||||||
| 12 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 13 | giving
notice of the name of the "Trooper Frank Doris Memorial | ||||||
| 14 | Highway"; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Trooper Frank
Doris, the Illinois | ||||||
| 17 | State Police, the Effingham Sunrise Rotary Club, the Mayor of | ||||||
| 18 | the City of
Effingham, and the Secretary of the Illinois | ||||||
| 19 | Department of Transportation.
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