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Newspaper
Bensenville Register
Location
Bensenville, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1969
Page
2
About 1,400 visitors toured more than 30 exhibits at the chamber event. Free roses, cigarettes, bar manuals, and coffee samples drew crowds from Garry's Floral Shop Leider Liquor Stare and Quality Maintenance Supplies.
The Bensenville Community Public Library curates new titles aimed at male readers after autumn chores. Works include The Prosecutor by James Mills and Fat City by Leonard Gardner, with other historical and crime facets plus sports memoirs and a whaling tale.
Citizens in Suncrest unit four met with village officials to discuss drainage improvements and financing. Village engineer Ralph F. Gross was directed to compute costs for a french drain along water-logged backyards linking to the main storm sewer on Spring Road. Most residents were on the west side of Pleasant Street between Spring and Broker Roads.
Dist. 108 faces a building crisis as three failed referenda from 1962 to 1968 leave the district near capacity. With enrollment rising toward 1,750 and double by 1973 74, administrators and parents press for a new citizen funded plan to avoid split shifts and rising costs.
Trustees discussed funding for airport noise reduction with FAA subsidy fears and costly engine retrofit estimates. Residents weighed labor sharing and village help, with plans to survey Willens about financial burdens and to preface next board meeting with a concrete plan.
Local area high schools are not officially participating in Wednesday's Vietnam moratorium and expect no student demonstrations or widespread absenteeism on the 15th. Lake Park High School superintendent Carl Forrester and Norman West principal Norman West say no programs or student activities are planned. A handbill asking students if they were born to die in Vietnam circulated last week, urging class boycott and a demonstration at Harper College.
Public Defender Edwin L. Douglas reported to the County Board that 88 cases were assigned to the office in August from 146 pending. The office disposed of 75 cases while 99 additional cases were interviewed or advised. The staff includes eight lawyers and three investigators.
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie signs House Bill 2185 authorizing the Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings to acquire land and right of way for flood control near Addison Creek in Du Page County. Reps. James P. Phillip and Gene L. Hoffman co sponsor. The measure caps acquisition costs at 90 000 dollars amid a prior 360 000 dollar reappropriation for the project.
Last Friday in Elk Grove Village two accidents involved a school van and a drove car turning over on rain slick roads. Clara Clark 58 of 426 S Barron St Bensenville drove a Davidsmeyer school van on Arlington Heights Road near Landmeier when a car pulled from a driveway causing a sudden stop and the van tipped. No students were aboard and she was uninjured. Sandra Polewaczyk 22 of 2406 School Drive Rolling Meadows was injured when her car went off Illinois 53 near Biesterfield Road and rolled over. She was taken to St. Alexius Hospital for treatment.
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