prgclb (12/13/82)
A news item appeared in Sunday's Chicago Sun-Times (author: Bob Olmstead) saying that Wisconsin congressman Henry Reuss is pushing for construction of a 250 mph magnetic levitation train between Milwaukee and Chicago's O'Hare airport in time for Chicago's 1992 world's fair. The train would reportedly make the 79 mile trip in 32 minutes, including stops in Gurnee, Sturtevant, and Milwaukee's General Mitchell Field. Construction cost is estimated at 1.2 billion (1982 $). Carl Blesch Bell Labs, Naperville, Ill.