Voluntary drug test plan proposed for Illinois students
Illinois Representative Jerry Weller proposes a voluntary high school drug test program that would reward drug-free students with preference for state jobs and college loans. The plan, modeled on a Texas program, would be run by community centers and student boards with identification cards for those who pass. Critics say the plan is unconstitutional and unlikely to pass, while proponents tout positive reinforcement and local control.
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Springfield, Ill
UPI
Ilinois
Jerry Weller
R-Morris
Weller
Rob Schofield
Springfield
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Schofield
Texas
Illinois
General Assembly
Illinois universities ratify tentative faculty contract
Faculty and staff at Illinois colleges overwhelmingly approved a tentative contract with a 9.94 percent average salary increase. The tally was 607 yes to 101 no, covering 2,000 employees at Chicago State Eastern Illinois Governors State Northeastern Illinois and Western Illinois universities. The pact also boosts salary bonuses for promotion degree completion and faculty excellence awards. final approval rests with the Board of Governors for State Colleges and Universities.
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UPI
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Chicago State
Eastern Illinois
Governors State
Northeastern Illinois
Western Illinois University
Board of Governors
Prison fight at Menard kills one and injures guards
At Menard Correctional Center near Chester Illinois about 300 inmates clashed in a noon dining hall fight. One inmate died most others injured with stab wounds. Guards fired from towers and two SWAT teams helped quell the disturbance amid gang racial tensions between black and white inmates.
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Chester
Ill
UPI
Menard Correctional Center
Illinois
Michael Lane
Lane
Anti-drug boyfriend a suspect in Ford Heights case
Ford Heights police Lt. Jack Davis, partner of Mayor Gloria Bryant, is on indefinite leave as state and federal officials probe alleged protection of drug dealers by him and other officers. Bryant asked President Bush and Governor Thompson for help. Adamski cited 15 of 25 drug raids in the past year in Ford Heights.
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Ford Heights, Ill
UPI
Jack Davis
Gloria Bryant
Sheriff's Police Vice Intelligence Unit
Thomas Adamski
Ford Heights
Davis
Adamski
Wright
Bryant
Pierre de Vise
United States
Truck spills carcasses on Chicago street
A truck carrying dead pets to a city crematorium overturned on a North Side street, spilling plastic bags with about 300 carcasses. Driver Emanuel Savla of the Streets and Sanitation Bureau of Rodent Control sustained minor bruises. a second employee, Clifford Harding, was uninjured. Crematorium workers moved the containers the rest of the way.
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Chicago
UPI
Emmanuel Svala
Streets and Sanitation Department
Bureau of Rodent Control
Grant Hospital
Clifford Harding
Kirsten Svare
Svare
Savala
Harding
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