Triton College to Build Low-Cost Industrial Arts Center
Triton College trustees approved a 414727 bid from Chappel Co Elmhurst to shell an industrial arts building on the former Golfland site east of Fifth Avenue. AVTE funds will finance the project with finishing by college staff and limited subcontracting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juliann R. Neurauter
Triton College
Triton College Board of Trustees
Chappel Co
Elmhurst
Jerry Long
Illinois State Adult Vocational and Technological Education
AVTE
James Galloway
Illinois Board of Education
Brent Knight
Galloway
Illinois
Long
Fifth Avenue
Butler
Knight
Triton College and campus police reach compromise
Oak Park board ratified Oct 19 an agreement preserving a nine man police force at the campus. Police may replace at most two officers with security guards on attrition, layoffs to follow seniority, and guards to be laid off before police. Police waive right to picket and strike with grievances to be negotiated by full time police employees. Informational picketing occurred Aug 22 to Sept 29 after board refused Teamsters talks.
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Marge Gockel
Triton College Board
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Terry Fuller
Glaucoma Test Milestone At Forest Park Health Drive
The Lions Mobile Screening Unit will be in Forest Park on Monday October 31 from 1 30 to 4 30 p m at the Howard Mohr Community Center 7640 W Jackson Blvd The University of Illinois ophthalmology team will perform glaucoma and diabetes tests with brief painless procedures Lions Club volunteers are sought especially registered nurses to assist and may call 386 2422 for more information.
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Lions
Forest Park
Dia
Howard Mohr
W. Jackson Blvd
Lions Club
University of Illinois Department of Ophthalmology
The
Police and Teamsters Nearing Two Year Contract Agreement
Police spokesman Terry Fuller said the department kept consulting with the Teamsters during negotiations though not officially part of them. The two year pact includes a 1.9 percent raise this year and parity with full time faculty next year, plus fringe benefits such as three personal leave days annually, tuition assistance, training time, and half off Triton tuition for families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Fuller
Teamsters
Percy Opposes Chicago to Forest Park Postal Transfer
Sen. Charles Percy objects to moving the Chicago South Suburban Postal facility to Forest Park citing job loss and human hardship. The Forest Park village bought the land via a $4.14 million option to purchase 40.3 acres at Roosevelt and DesPlaines, with three 90 day option periods.
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Charles Percy
R-Ill
Chicago South Suburban
Chicago
Forest Park
Washington
Percy
General Accounting Office
GAO
United Postal Service
Postal Service
Roosevelt Road
DesPlaines Ave
John P. Doran
Central Postal Region
Santo Rizzo
Doran
Kidney transplants give patients normal lives says doctor
W Peter Geis of Loyola University Medical Center notes several patients have had multiple kidney transplants and remain well. He cites 20 year old Duane Daniels of Lisle who recently received his third transplant after first in 1974 and second in 1975. Daniels has returned to work after brief hospital intervals.
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W. Peter Geis
Loyola University Medical Center
Dr. Geis
Duane Daniels
Lisle
Duane
Geis
Thomas Starzl
University of Colorado Medical Center
Loyola
Stritch School of Medicine
University of Chicago
Colorado
Riverside
Loyola kidney transplants count 120 since 1973 program start
Dr. Geis explains kidney transplantation offers economical and timely benefits over dialysis, with a 90 percent success rate at Loyola and low patient risk excluding diabetics. Average hospital stay is four to six weeks and rejection, if treated promptly, rarely injures the kidney.
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Geis
Loyola
Loyola Medical Center
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Triton Cop Pact Ratified Cuts Picket Rights and Sets Benefits
The Triton police union approves a pact that ends the right to strike. The accord grants a 4.9 percent salary raise this year and a 50 percent tuition discount for officers’ families through the union benefits package.
Forest Park approves rehabilitation study and salaries plan
Village Council passed a business rehabilitation study by Real Estate Research to survey the postal site and set year end decisions. The salary ordinance sets mayor at 3000, liquor commissioner 3000, each commissioner 2100, and attorney retainer 12300.
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Maureen O'Brien
Forest Park
Fred Marunde
Marunde
Edward Lambke
Lambke
Buckley
William McKenzie
Robbery suspects arrested after Forest Park store burglary
Police arrested Chicago couple Charles Wilson and Denise Betourney after they allegedly robbed a TV repair shop on Madison Street. Betourney faced narcotics charges. both were to be tried in Felony Court in Maybrook. Four other Forest Park robberies yielded two TVs, a stereo, cash, jewelry and tools.
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Forest Park
Chicago
Charles Wilson
Denise Betourney
T.V
Madison St
Gary Doss
Michael Thompson
Betourney
Wilson
Maybrook
Illinois municipalities receive motor fuel tax allocations
Tax funds allocated to Illinois municipalities totaled 10,556,755 for September with distribution based on population. Forest Park alone received 16,655. Hillside will see resurfacing on Roosevelt Road from Hamilton to Bristol avenues as part of the funded program.
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Illinois
Forest Park
Roosevelt Road
Hamilton
Bristol Avenues
Hillside
Food class in FP school prepares meals for youngsters
The Forest Park Grant White School held a nutrition unit for first and fourth graders on Thursday afternoons. Students learned to prepare breakfast bread granola soup and meat dishes. A final nutrition class will feature a Thanksgiving dinner.
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Forest Park Grant-White
Kathy Lombardi
Sandy Fiess
National Teachers College
Grant-White
Sandy Feiss
Lombardi
Feiss
Dan Sjostrom
Police study firearms controls questions gun policy workability
The Second Amendment Foundation released a six month Crime Control Research Project showing police distrust in gun controls reducing crime. Survey of 6,000 respondents found 80 percent saw no crime reduction from existing laws and 84 percent believed bans mainly help criminals rather than citizens.
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Second Amendment Foundation
Bellevue
Washington
Tom Siebel
GMA Research Corporation
GMA Research
Second Ammendment Foundation
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Crusade of Mercy
Jim Dale
John McEnerny
Oak Park
Government of
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Council
Commonwealth Edison
Unification Church
Fire and Police Commissioners
Herman Geyer
Bowers Laboratory
Colton Microbiology Lab
Illinois Environemrnal Protection Agency
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