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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1985
Page
1
A concise roundup of world and national briefs sourced from United Press International. Highlights cover notable events, political developments, and economic updates across regions, presented in a compact, period-appropriate newswire voice.
In BON West Germany a Social Science Institute poll found 72 percent support Reagan’s plan to visit the Bitburg military cemetery while 20 percent oppose. The survey questioned 483 people.
Senate Republicans, split over Social Security cuts and other reductions, ducked a vote on Reagan's budget for the second day. Dom enici said lack of votes prevented action. Separately, a $3 million platinum theft involved three armed men, a 1982 similar heist, and employees tied by a Carmel corporation. UPI's bankruptcy filing was authorized to protect assets after payroll issues, with a key lender possibly backing under court supervision. A Soviet attache was expelled over a East Germany shooting incident, and Regan pressed Congress to fund the Contras, blaming Democrats for aiding communism.
The Illinois Public Action Council warned that Commonwealth Edison nuclear plant construction will cost consumers nearly 2 billion dollars annually for three years unless new laws curb excess capacity charges. A Senate committee approved a bill to ban training camps for extremist hate groups that advocate violent overthrow by bombings and shootings.
Richton Park increases commuter parking fees effective June 1. Daily rate rises 50 cents to 75 cents, monthly permits go from 11 to 16 50, and quarterly stickers increase from 33 to 49 50 after a village cost study by Harold Grisamore and Finance Director Sarah Davis.
Twenty parents from Parents for Family Schools met at Olympia Fields village hall to map a strategy to unseat five Matteson School District 162 board members in the November election. They oppose the board's plan to reorganize schools and may seek a referendum on paired schools while focusing on the incumbent women directors whose terms expire in November.
Matteson officials estimate the Simon shopping center hearings have cost the village nearly 9 000 dollars with 14 hours of testimony heard at the thrice continued public hearing on Melvin Simon associates proposed 30 acre site for a 281 000 square foot shopping center at Route 30 and Governors highway.
Senator Aldo DeAngelis sponsors legislation to form a Metropolitan airport authority to study a third major airport in the far south suburbs. The plan would assess need, locations, cost, traffic effects and noise, with a possible reliever airport and options to relocate freight facilities. The bill sets a 1987 deadline for findings and aims for a nonpolitical, economically based decision.
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