Fenton voters reject 21 cent education tax by narrow margin
Final unofficial results show 1 637 no and 1 491 yes on a 21 cent educational tax increase. Fenton will keep a low tax rate but face program cutbacks and possible loss of accreditation without more funds by 1970.
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Fenton
North Central Association
District Treasury
North Central
James DiOrio
Dist. 100 Board
Workers
Diorio
Fenton Citizens Committee
Martin Romme
North Central Association of Schools
Emil Kupisch
Fenton Citizens’ Committee
Westlake annexation clash stalls $70 million project
Bloomingdale assistant supervisor Donald Wall pushes to block Hoffman Rosner Westlake annexation by reopening a $2.5 million trunk sewer from Roselle to Glen Ellyn. A public hearing in Bloomingdale Central School gym will assess pre annexation terms and zoning as Wall argues unincorporated handling is safer amid staffing and funding gaps.
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Donald Jack Wall
Bloomingdale Township
Wall
Public Works Committee
DuPage County Board of Supervisors
Roselle
Glen Ellyn
Bloomingdale
Hoffman
Westlake
Rose Parade Postponed Amid Heavy Rains in Roselle
Roselle Ros e festival parade postponed to next Sunday after rain delays. Festival queen results remain undisclosed pending the rescheduled event. County plans on bonds and sewer projects face legislative hurdles, with options including a trunk sewer line and Quad-Village Sanitary Authority.
Lake Park High sees no hard drug use in District 108
Superintendent Carl Forrester reported no incidents of appearance sale or influence of hard drugs at Lake Park High School. He warned marijuana and other drugs may reach students and proposed a National Council for the Prevention of Drug Abuse program at area schools to educate students with visiting ex addicts.
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Lake Park High School
Carl Forrester
Lake Park
Forrester
National Council For the Prevention of
Mehl Named City Editor of the Register
Geoffrey L. Mehl is appointed city editor of the Register replacing Patricia Hensel who resigned to join Oshkosh Wis. He will lead the news staff. previously assistant city editor for the Elk Grove Herald and a Paddock Publications manager since 1968. He started as a sports writer for the Downers Grove Graphic and worked in journalism roles across several papers.
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Geoffrey L. Mehl
The
Register
Patricia Hensel
Oshkosh
Wis
Mehl
Rolling Meadows
Paddock Publications
Elk Grove Herald
Downers Grove Graphic
Suburban Life
la Grange Park
WDWS
Champaign
University of Ilinois
Army
Germany
Hensel
Bensenville Register
County News
Thomas Jachimiec
Wood Dale seeks state aid to widen Wood Dale Road
DuPage County plans to four lane Wood Dale Road by 1970 and asks Gov. Ogilvie to press the state highway department to approve intersection improvements at Wood Dale and Irving Park roads. The plan shares a $215000 cost, with county to extend widening 1000 feet toward village limits and hopes for bids this summer and work to start this fall.
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DuPage
Wood Dale
Irving Park Roads
Dino Janis
Janis
Irving Park
Richard Ogilvie
Ogilvie
State Highway Department
Lake Street
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Weslaco
Womble
Walt
Suncrest Highlands
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Addison
Glendale Heights
Fenton High School
Bensenville
Village Beat
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