Forest Park Eyes New Modular Ambulance for Fire Dept
Village council moves to bid on a new trauma ambulance costing 20 000 to 40 000 with state funds covering 70 percent of the cost. The joint project aims to improve space for equipment and EMT to paramedic program potential while ensuring no conflict with private ambulance services.
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Forest Park
Fred Knaack
Department of Transportation
Knaack
William Wrtis
Ambu
Departments of Public Health and Transportation
Loyola Hospital
Artis
Santo Rizzo
Department of Public Health and Transportation
Fire Department
Vrtis
Contracts Awarded for Field Stevenson School Renovation
Forest Park School Board approved three contracts for Field-Stevenson upgrades. Carl Reiche Jr. receives 5980 for general work, McCarty Brothers 230 for HVAC, Farney Electric 1120 for electrical. Plans include classroom floor replacements, carpeting, and a single room split.
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Forest Park District 91
Field-Stevenson School
Carl Reiche Jr
McCarty Brothers, Inc
Farney Electric
Field-Stevenson
Wight and Co
Steve Bodas
Betty Reich
School Board Debates Oral Contract For Summer Recreation
Forest Park District 91 faces a heated meeting as Superintendent Arthur Jones reveals the recreation board may back out of funding a joint summer program. An oral contract covered teachers' salaries and equipment begun June 16, with facilities and existing gear supplied by the school. The board votes to train in kindergarten early entrance and schedules four half‑day workshops for 1975-76.
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Forest Park District 91
Arthur Jones
Forest Park Recreation Board
Jones
Recreation Board
School Board
Paul Montino
Betty Reich
John Stange
Stange
Therd
Forest Park Bicentennial Queen Contest Rules
Forest Park seeks a queen to reign over local Bicentennial festivities crowned at a park luau. Contestants must be 16 or older and residents. Applicants must submit application, photograph and a 23 word statement. Festival chair Sandy Boy hopes photos appear in local papers. Residents are urged to vote and attend the luau crowning.
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Forest Park
Sandy Boy
Triton teachers end negotiations resume July 20
Triton college teachers’ contract negotiations, broken off amicably last week, will resume July 20 at 1 p.m. at the college. Trustees noted a positive mood and extended contract benefits to Aug. 13. Summer enrollment climbs with 5,822 students in summer sessions and 44 percent higher career education enrollments than 1974. A $10.2 million supplemental aid bill awaits Governor Walker’s signature.
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Karen Kelly
Triton College
Frances Sullivan
Larry S. Bauer
George
Jerome Long
Walker
Triton
Long
Forest Park Bicentennial play director profiles dedication
Forest Park director Mike Sassone donates time to a community bicentennial project staging July 9 to 12 at the Community Center. He researched works from local collections including an obscure 1955 Kenneth Koch satire George Washington Crossing the Delaware and his own Sad Man Laughing.
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Forest Park
Mike Sassone
Sassone
Forest Park Library
George Washington
The
Delaware
Kenneth Koch
Washington
Second City Players Workshop
Hollywood
Valerie Harper
Alan Arkin
Mike Nichols
Elaine May
Hull House Players Works
Chicago Playwrights Workshop
College of DuPage
Jackson and
Desplaines
Dan Dowdle
Sue McCarthy
Pat Tierney
Michael Sassone
Keith Swinden
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Rizzo
Circle Ave
George Franzen
Bodas
Thiesse
Supt. Jones
Women’s Service Club
Paul
Forest Park Youth Commission
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