Last Original Wallenda Continues High Wire Legacy
The Wallenda family matriarch Karla, hailed as the last of the original Great Wallendas, headlines the Wonderful World of Circus. She oversees every detail on the wire while her sons Enrico and Ri?tta join in aerial acts, and she travels from March to October with her troupe. Karla lives in Sarasota in the off season with her four children and her dog Saub, keeps slim by avoiding fried foods, and plans to work as long as she can climb the rigging.
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Karla
Karl Wallenda
Germany
Wallendas
Karla Wallenda
Sarasota
Fla
Enrico
Ricky
Mario
Rietta
Valerie
Saub
Valeri
Ohs
Great
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Administrators proposed for Prairie State budget 1978-79
Prairie State college plans a tentative 1978-79 budget adding a director of research and development to secure federal grants. Other new posts include a welding instructor, a maintenance worker, a counseling paraprofessional, two half time secretaries and extra security. Total operating funds show a deficit of 622 18 and a 5.3 percent salary rise. capital outlay appears with 44 300 dollars. The board will hold a public hearing September 14 before final adoption September 21.
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Prairie State College
James Troutman
Troutman
Educational Fund
Building Fund
Park Forest Labor Day Festival Set by Jaycees
Park Forest Jaycees announce a Labor Day weekend festival with advanced tickets on August 28 through September from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ace Hardware Park Forest Plaza. Tickets cost 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for children. gate prices are $1 for adults and 75 cents for children. Schedule features music in beer garden Saturday and Sunday nights headlined by Tennessee Railsplitters and a disco program Sunday night. Fireworks Sunday at dusk. Daytime events include games, greased pig chase, Garfield Goose, Chansonettes, Singing Men of Note and the Joy Company. Food stands offer corn, pizza, popcorn, Polish sausage, hot dogs, sno cones, cotton candy. Local groups run game booths. bring-your-own refreshments allowed. Frazer calls it a great holiday weekend in their backyard. Inquiries to Frazer 481-6845 or Jeff Murton 747-4538.
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Ace Hardware
Park Forest Plaza
Beer Garden
Tennessee Railsplitters
Springfield
Frazer
Jeff Murton
Homewood Girl Dies In Dan Ryan Crash
Melody Fransen an 18 year old Homewood resident and mother of a two year old died in a Dan Ryan expressway crash after a car cut in front of a motorcycle. Clark Berquish 18 suffered multiple injuries and was hospitalized in good condition. Police said the car cut in causing the collision. Fransen lived with Dawn and Brian Herr who identified the body. Berquish remained the surviving rider. Fransen had planned GED studies and sought her high school diploma.
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Calvin C.S. Yap
Melody Fransen
West 196Th Street
Homewood
Oak Forest
40Th Street
Clark Berquish
Mercy
Berquisk
Miss Fransen
Cook County
Dawn Herr
Brian
Christopher
Herrs
Miss Herr
Fransen
Oak Forest High School
Richton Park fire and police meet Tuesday at village hall
The Richton Park fire and police commission holds its regular quarterly meeting Tuesday at 7 pm in the village hall at 4045 Sauk Trail. The session is open to the public.
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Richton Park
Blood Drive Seeks 80 Donors in Matteson Event
Matteson Red Cross blood drive scheduled for August 19 and 20 will be at the Matteson American Legion Post 474 hall on West 214th Street. At least eight donors are needed to reach a village goal of 300. Appointments may be made by calling Jean Stibolt or Sandy Pieper. Drive hours are 4 am to 2 pm on August 19 and 1 am to 2 pm on August 20.
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Matteson-Red Cross
Matteson American Legion
Hall
West
214Th Street
Jean Stibolt
Sandy Pieper
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Dalton
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Plan Commission
Lincoln Terrace
Schwartz
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Cicero Avenue
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Zion Lutheran Church
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Richton Park Zoning Board of Appeals
Village Hall
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Zion
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Richton Park Star
Park Forest Star
Wilhaene Press
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Publsner
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Star Carr Boy
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