Award-winning alum lectures on reported incident at Proviso East
BY MARYANNE STEVENS Wanda Miller Wietzorek, a three-time Woman of the Year in 1975, returned to Proviso East to lecture for HEW about reported incidents. She cited FBI stats on attackers aged 22 to 36, noted most offenders are married, and urged a midline defense combining avoidance and active resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Miller Wietzorek
Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
Proviso East
Wanda
Ford
National Women’s Assn
Marlo Thomas
HEW
Wietzorek
Self defense lecture urges preparedness against rape
Illinois educator Wietzorek urges practical self defense and reporting rape to reduce harm. She cites police training, hospital procedures, and personal safety tips for girls, including alarms, avoid hitchhiking, and using improvised weapons.
Kaleidoscope debate stalls over status at Triton college
Triton board weighs Kaleidoscope's future as a national experiential education center while reports and student questions echo unresolved tensions. Trustees hear faculty concerns about autonomy and department input, with a decision expected at the next meeting.
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Herbert Zeitlin
University Transfer Studies
Curriculum Coordinating Committee
Institutional Improvement Committee
University Transfer
Robert Hlavin
Faculty Assn
Zeitlin
Pat Naples
William Pearson
Kaleidoscope
Center For
M.J. Lemoine
Behavioral Sciences
Lemoine
Proviso hosts job day for graduating seniors
Proviso Township High Schools host an annual Job Opportunity Day for graduating seniors seeking full time work. The event runs Wednesday May 28 from 9 to 11 30 a.m. in the Proviso East field house Maywood. Businesses recruiting in typing shorthand accounting key punching and other skilled trades may contact Dan Heintz or Chuck Webb.
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Proviso Township High
Proviso East
S. First Ave
Maywood
Ings
Dan Heintz
East
Chuck Webb
West
Proviso East Eyes Exchange Student Program
Proviso East students consider hosting a foreign exchange pupil for a full academic year. An informational meeting on the American Field Service program is set for Tuesday May 27 at 8 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Speakers from West Leyden High School will share Leyden’s exchange experience and answer questions.
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Proviso East
Crfteria
West Leyden High School
Leyden
Anders Farnqvist
Sweden
East
David Bowers
Forest Park
Proviso East to honor seniors at final concert
East salutes seniors at the final Proviso East High choral concert on Wednesday May 28 at 8 p m in the auditorium. The program features the concert choir madrigals girls glee and freshman sophomore and junior choruses with admission at 1 for adults and free for students and seniors with ID. Local seniors honored include Cynthia Caldarella and Dale Swetman both of Melrose Park, plus Laura Moore Otto Spitz of Melrose Park and Donna Van Thiel of Forest Park.
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Madrigal Singers
Cynthia Caldarella
Dale Swetman
Melrose Park
Laura Moore
Otto Spitz
Donna van Thiel
Forest Park
West Town to Run Summer School Bus Service
West Town Bus company will operate special bus runs for Proviso Township High School summer sessions. Fares are 40 cents with ID, 50 cents without. ID cards cost 1 dollar. Routes include Madison and Harlem, Lake and First, 19th and Taft, with returns starting around 12:25 p.m. and 9:05 a.m. Periodic adjustments may remove a run if underused. Service begins June 23 at 7:55 a.m.
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West Town Bus Company
19Th Ave
19Th
St. Charles Rd
St. Charles
Wolf Rd
Lake St
First Ave
Lake
Wolf
North Ave
Mannheim
Proviso
Taft Ave
Taft
Butterfield Rd
Butterfield
Circle Dr
5Th Ave
5Th
Madison St
Madison
Ridgeland Ave
Memorial Day Deadline Adjustments At News Journal World
The NEWS-JOURNAL-WORLD offices in Oak Park will be closed Monday May 26 for Memorial Day. News and community notices must be in by 10 a.m. Friday May 23. Display ads for May 28-29 are due 5 p.m. Friday May 23. Classified ads must be placed by 12 noon Tuesday May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Journal-World Publications
North Ave
Oak Park
Forest Park Memorial Day Parade and Service Planned
Forest Park hosts a joint Memorial Day parade and service by the American Legion Post 414, VFW Post 7181, and Forest Park. The parade assembles at Circle Ave and Randolph, 1:30 p.m., proceeding to Madison Des Plaines and Harrison for a 2:30 p.m. service at the village park flag pole. The event features school bands, drum and bugle corps, color guards, wreaths, a speech by Lt. Col. Erickson, and Taps. Public invited. benches limited, bring chairs.
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Phis
Forest Park
Nisei Ambassadors
Colonel
Regal Valiantes
Village Park
Flag Pole
Ronald Davis
First United Church of Christ
Charles B. Erickson
24Th Marines
4Th Marine Division
Chicago
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BY Maryanne Stevens
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gove
Illinois
Lamlighter Towers
Triton College
Christy Love
Estee Lauder
FBI
National Center For Experiential Education
Ceda Jobs
Cook County
Community and Economic Development Assn. of
Cook County, Inc
CEDA
Cook County Board
Nancy Lange
Ellen Mec-Dermott
Riveredge Hospital
Rick Workman
Willa Horn
Carol Dillon
Helen Psichogios
Keith Swinden
Exchange
West Town
Mannheim Rd
VFW
Legion
Friendship Club
St. Bernardine’s
Grace Battaglino
Louise Schultz
Rosetta la Manita
Patrick Dowdle
Mundelein
George Welch
Doris Bilbrey
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Lions
The
Lions Club
Larry Kaercher
Robert Bentel, Jr
Robert Bentel
Ed Lambke
Bill Wrtis
Dick Gray
Dave Watson
Joe Sasso
Dick Bentel
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
Kevin Enright
Jim Marcantonio
Chere’s
Chere
Chere Stoermer
Lym Anderson
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