Citizens oppose HR 3355 federal police proposal
Letter to the editor urges readers to contact senators and congressmen to vote against HR 3355 An Act to Amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. The author questions citizen eligibility of federal agents and asks why trained Royal Hong Kong Police would be intended for U S soil, citing unemployment and training costs.
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Let the fire go out Easter Sunday evening
A reader laments vandalism on a mailbox, notes police report, and criticizes school actions on youth education including sex education. They urge stronger punishment and community awareness, arguing mail safety and parental control are paramount. They compare Singaporean penalties to local youth behavior and call for no further discussion.
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Laws Won't Halt Illegal Guns Says Reader Letter
In a letter to the editor the writer questions the effectiveness of gun control laws citing Prohibition and drug criminalization as parallels. The writer argues that law abiding citizens will follow laws while criminals ignore them and urges swift punishment and personal responsibility.
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James Philip
Olympia Gardens Fire Department Raffle Thanks Donors and Winners
Assistant Chief John Masicaro thanks supporters of the Olympia Gardens Fire Department raffle. He lists Circuit City Matteson Carlo Lorenzetti's Restaurant Homewood Family Liquors and Olympic Printing as donors and congratulates all the winners.
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Cement trucks to roll as road plan funds set
Gov. Jim Edgar announced nearly 100 million dollars in state road work for the South Suburbs starting this summer. About 30 million will go to Cook County and 60 million to Will County, as Illinois DOT spends 1.3 billion statewide in fiscal 1995 starting July 1, creating about 31 200 short term construction jobs and repairing 1 064 miles of state highways plus 236 miles of local roads.
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I 80 Corridor Planning Council Denies Voting Status
The Interstate 80 Corridor Planning Council will not admit Frankfort Oak Forest or Hazel Crest as voting members because their corporate limits do not abut the corridor. They may reapply for voting status if their boundaries touch the I 80 corridor, defined as one mile west of I 355 in New Lenox to one mile east of I 57 and one mile north and south of I 80.
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City approves stricter home day care rules in Country Club Hills
City Council unanimously adopted tighter requirements for home day care providers. The ordinance, effective May 1, aims to protect health and safety, expand local childcare options, and will be detailed at a City Hall meeting at 7 30 p m. Ward 5 Alderman Elizabeth Kiss stresses safety and welfare of children.
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Chicago Heights Health Battle Redraws City Map
Residents condemn the six-district map after a seven year federal suit accusing at large elections of diluting Black voting power. Judge Will approved three minority majority districts two with supermajorities, sparking debate over fairness and the strength of the new strong form of government.
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Park District
U.S
Hubert
Thousands Seek Ford Plant Jobs In Chicago Heights Line
The Illinois Department of Employment Security office off Dixie Highway drew thousands of job seekers to the Ford Stamping Plant postings. About 1,200 applications were handed out by 8 55 a.m. leaving many hopefuls still in line to return today. Police logged three arrests overnight as the crowd gathered outside the office.
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Familiar face at the helm of Homewood-Flossmoor High School
South suburban schools official Anthony Moriarty, 49, former Rich Central assistant principal in Olympia Fields, is slated for appointment as principal next Tuesday. Superintendent Laura Murray, who has held both roles since October, recommended Moriarty and will begin duties as superintendent on July 1 as Moriarty assumes the principal post.
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Rich Central High School
Olympia Fields
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Moriarty
Homewood dogs out to sniff out crime in new canine unit
The Village Board approved an $8,500 purchase from Sondheim Training Center for a pure breed German shepherd to head Tinley Park’s canine unit. The dog will be trained five weeks for drug detection searches and missing persons duties under Acting Police Chief Jerald Brandt.
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Jerald Brandt
Picking up the pieces over Maday sex assault conviction
The Rev. Norbert J. Maday, formerly at St. Jude the Apostle in South Holland and Our Lady of the Ridge in Chicago Ridge, was found guilty last week on two counts of criminal sexual assault in Oshkosh Wisconsin. Friends in the area express shock and insistence of his innocence.
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Our Lady of the Ridge
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