Defeated congressmen closes his offices in Southern Illinois

Monday, December 2, 2002

ELDORADO, Ill. -- Plaques and pictures have been stripped from walls and empty boxes stand stacked in corners, but work continues in the main district office of U.S. Rep. David Phelps even as he prepares to shut it down.

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