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Newspaper
Forest Park World
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1976
Page
6
Gov Dan Walker signed a major preservation bill creating the Illinois Register of Historic Places and setting strict rules for listing sites as Illinois Historic Places to be effective January 1 1977.
The World supports HB 3797 creating an Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council to review private actions altering registered historic features. It outlines a 210 day preservation period, possible acquisition by preservation bodies, and immediate certificates if public safety is at risk. Citizens are urged to push for local listings on the Illinois registry and write to the state department director with support.
The 5th district state representative race intensifies as Jack Williams fights Leverenz with Sheila McCone taking charge, a move seen as a three party contest with Republicans duking it out. Williams praised by Mohr and Bluthardt while Leverenz attacks his running mate and calls for transparency in finances.
Local place names listed together marking communities in the Oak Park River Forest area including Elmwood Park Forest Park River Grove and neighboring towns for a regional listing or notice. The fragment suggests a geographic or civic grouping rather than a full event or action.
Citizens critique ERA advocacy funding, district discipline codes, student involvement, and local governance. Letters decry perceived bias, racial rules at clubs, tax and corruption concerns, and distrust in legislators and judges amid 1970s civic tensions.
Jeannine Falardeau S.M.Executive Director Oak Park Hospital thanks the writer Jean Guarino for a fine researched historical piece on the hospital published in the Sunday Aug 8 WORLD. compliments the community for its insightful history of the institution.
A local reader urges fairness in a August Giametta column about the Oak Park shopping mall. The letter defends the mall as successful and popular with younger shoppers while criticizing negative statements about Marshall Field's and the mall's appeal.
The News Journal World invites signed reader letters for publication. Mail to 6945 W North Ave Oak Park IL 60302. The paper may edit for space and clarity and will reject libelous or false statements.
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