Forest Park Library expands programs with lectures and film series
Forest Park Library introduces a lecture series sponsored with The School of Metaphysics, offering parapsychology topics to about 10 to 15 attendees per session. A monthly classic film series struggles, drawing under 10 viewers per showing, with The Third Man set for December. The library adds 200 magazine publications, a toy lending program begun with the Community Education Center, and a new young adult medical encyclopedia to boost engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Park
School of Metaphysics
Jerry Hufsfeldt
Biograph
Chicago
Hufsfeldt
Orson Welles
Community Education Center
Diane Klotz
Forest Park adopts Talents Unlimited program for gifted development
The Forest Park school district launches Talents Unlimited a state funded effort to uncover and cultivate nonacademic talents in students. Five Garfield School teachers and one Grant-White School instructor will train in Peotone Illinois November 14–15 and return to design lesson plans for January 1978. The program aims to develop productive thinking planning communications forecasting and decision making with one talent activity weekly.
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Talents Unlimited
Forest Park
Calvin M. Taylor
University of Utah
Calvin
Garfield
Grant-White School
Peotone
Illinois
Grant- White
George Custard
Little Big Horn
Arthur E. Jones
Welsh Indicted Again in Bribery Mail Fraud Case
Former State Sen. Raymond Welsh D 21st faces a federal indictment returned Tuesday October 25 alleging bribery and mail fraud. Prosecutors say he provided information to a St Louis marketing firm for thirty thousand dollars over three years while serving as Cook County chief clerk.
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Raymond Welsh
21St
St. Louis
Cook County
Reau
Welsh
Oak Park Ave
Niles
U.S. District Court
Forest Park
Oak Park
Earlean Collins
Market Development Corp
Northwestern
Morris Susan
Kingston Apartments
Golf Road
Western Avenue
Senate kills Walsh bills in unemployment reform clash
Sen. Richard A. Walsh accuses Democrats of thwarting eight bills to curb unemployment compensation excesses. The GOP critique cites extended waiting periods and restricted benefits for certain quitters or misconduct cases, linking the actions to higher debt and industry losses in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Walsh
River Forest
Illinois
Senate
Walsh
Voters League Encourages ERA Boycott Across States
The League of Women Voters of Proviso joins a statewide travel and vacation boycott targeting 15 unratified ERA states. Illinois leagues plan a focused ERA referendum push by March 1979 and set up a campaign office. A Teen Job Corps drive at Howard Mohr Community Center seeks teen workers for odd jobs, with callers advised to reach Dorothy Madden at 771-7737.
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League of Women Voters of Proviso
League of Women Voters of Illinois
Proviso League
League
Illinois
Chamber of Commerce
Howard Mohr Community Center
Dorothy Madden
Secretaries Not Fading as Women Move Toward Management
Linda Breuer of Triton College says secretarial work remains a solid career for women. She notes skills in English, organization, and independent judgment define good secretaries and that demand persists despite trends toward management roles and word processing centers.
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Linda Breuer
Triton College
Triton
Career Award contest accepts bios in progress until March 15 1978
The National Society of Arts and Letters invites 18 to 30 year old U S writers who have not published a biography or novel to enter a Career Award competition. First prize is 2500 dollars for a biography in progress or a biographical novel in progress. Entries must use working titles only and authors must be U.S. citizens not under professional management. For details request a brochure from Jay Munro at P O Box 244 Oak Park 60302.
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National Society of Arts and Letters
Jay Munro
P.O. Box
Oak Park
Frosh instructed in library usage at Proviso East
One thousand seven hundred ninety two freshmen at Proviso Township High Schools receive library and audio-visual services training in the first semester. At Proviso East the program covers floor plans catalog use Dewey system copy machines tapes microfilm and checkout procedures with 40 freshman English classes involved. Three librarians an AV specialist three secretaries and over 50 student assistants support the effort across campuses.
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Proviso Township High School
Proviso East
Proviso
East
Proviso East Prepares for NCA Evaluation Week
A 30 member team of Illinois educators will visit Proviso East High during American Education Week November 15 to 17 to assess objectives and philosophy. NCA visits occur every seven years to gauge school effectiveness and guide improvement plans.
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North Central Association
NCA
Illinois
Proviso East High School
Proviso East
Edward F. Roberts
James E. Riordan
Hillcrest High School
Country Club Hills, Ill
James Polzin
East
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Voters’ League
Teen Job Corp
Ms. Breuer
U.S
Frosh
Harvey
Carol Meir
Jon Wilson
Roberta Kamerlander
Ronald Malamquist
Kenneth Craig
Oneada Turner
Lawrence Block
Board of Education
Jeanne Bernhardt
Vivian Sturgis
Margaret Wichser
National Association For Education of Young Children
Conrad Hilton
Arlene Goldberg
Illinois Association of School Social Workers
Carroll Simmons
Millikin University
Gene Frantz
Illinois Technical Drafting
Cub Scout Pack
Roseann Chirumbolo
Proviso West
Berwyn
Cicero
MacNeal Memorial Hospital
Louise Woods
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church
Circle Ave
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