Donahue Surprised By Small Field In Bensenville Election
Bensenville faces a sparse field for four posts with five candidates filed including independent Gerald Donahue and Economy Party slate led by incumbent Fred Steging. Trustee seats open as incumbents Focht and Whiting not seeking re election. voter turnout near 1965 levels noted by Village Clerk Dierking. Donahue, a Democratic precinct official, is the lone independent candidate amid petitions issues and uncertainty over independent slate sizes.
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Bensenville
Economy Party
Fred Steging
Frank Focht
William Hegebarth
William Bychowski
Gerald Donahue
Donahue
Richard Thomas
Thomas
Steging
Focht
Dierking
Emmanuel] Fivek
Fivek
Lighting program okayed for Wood Dale streets
Wood Dale council approved a lighting upgrade proposed by Kurt Taylor of Commonwealth Edison. The plan replaces incandescent lamps with mercury vapor along North Wood Dale and Irving Park Roads from School Street to Commercial, as part of a three year discount arrangement: 75 percent off in year one, 50 percent in year two, and 25 percent in year three.
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Wood Dale
Kurt Taylor
Commonwealth Edison Co
North Wood Dale
Irving Park Roads
School Street
Commercial
Taylor
The Noose Is Uncomfortably Tight
A fragment notes narcotics without pushers in a series titled Narcotics Without Pushers. The line hints at a broader investigative or feature series exploring drug crime themes with a wary tone. No further names, places, dates, or concrete facts are present in the readable text.
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Medical Association
Narcotics in DuPage County Under Tight Public Scrutiny
North DuPage counties faces a strong commission of police chiefs and public officials tackling glue inhalation, paregoric abuse and marijuana use. Leaders urge education and deterrence, while stressing prevention alone cannot cure addiction.
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North DuPage
Tioga VFW seeks parade and event dates review
Village Clerk Herb Dierking reports the Ben senville Village Board is to review potential conflicts for Tioga VFW Post 2149 events. Poppy Day is planned for May 18, Memorial Day Parade on May 30, and an annual carnival from August 2 to August 5. If cleared, the police department will issue necessary parade permits.
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Herb Dierking
Bensenville
Tioga Vfw Post 2149
Police Department
Emergency Water Plan Proposed for Three Communities
Wood Dale proposes an emergency water hookup linking Itasca Bensenville and Wood Dale. The Wood Dale Village Council asks neighboring boards to discuss the plan, with preliminary estimates around 9000 dollars shared equally. If approved the temporary supply would be metered and billed to the partner communities. Connections planned near George Street and Route 83 north of Irving Park Road, about 200 feet from Wood Dale mains.
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Wood Dale
Itasca
Bensenville
Boards of Trustees
Wished They Had More Items for Sale
Mrs. Jordan’s advertised pieces were sold the evening the ad appeared along with several other items planned for later sale. Mr. Leo P. Jordan of Mount Prospect said two additional calls came the next morning. Classified ad directory and contact numbers accompany the notice.
Keeling Suit Deadline In Bensenville Case
Attorneys for Harold Keeling the former Bensenville treasurer must file answers by March 7 in a civil suit brought by the village against Keeling and the Fidelity Insurance bonding company. A March 14 hearing on motions is set in Judge William Atten's courtroom. The village seeks to recover about 68000, claiming Keeling misappropriated funds while treasurer. Keeling pled guilty to theft of 31741.53 and is serving a one to five year penitentiary term.
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Harold Keeling
Bensenville
Keeling
Fidelity Insurance Bonding Company
DuPage County
William Atten
Village
Library to Close for Move to Branigar Building
Dorothea Schmit, librarian at Bensenville Community Public Library, says the library will close at 5 p.m. Friday March 10 to relocate to the Branigar Organization building at Irving Park and Church Roads with rent applying toward the purchase. Move spans March with reopening planned for late March. Books may be returned via the front-door slot. Call 766-4642 after March 10 for details. Current collection totals 12,668 items with 6,079 total registrations and January adds of 60 juvenile, five junior high, and 74 adults.
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Dorothea Schmit
Bensenville
Educators Plan Countywide Effort to Reform School Funding
Lake Park High School board members administrators and teachers agreed to form a countywide educators group to press state legislators for tax reform in financing education. Supt. Carl Forrester will contact nine other DuPage County superintendents for a March 7 meeting to discuss a lobbying organization.
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Lake Park High School
Lake Park
Carl Forrester
DuPage County
Robert E. Beauprez
Lake Park Education Association
LPEA
DuPage Valley
Illinois Education Association
Gerald Anderson
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Green Street
Hans Hading
Celia Menchaea
Esther Salazar
Joey Ayala
Richard Whiting
Monte Johnson
Whiting
North DuPage County
Bensonville
Paregoric
Bloomingdale
Lester Sola
Roselle
Stakey Rossel
Raymond Wood
Siher
Vern Parrish
Addison
Donald Jensen
Tioga
DuPage
Bartlett
Chicago
Sun
Keeling Suit
SPEA
Association
O’hare
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