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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1984
Page
1
A compact World News 7 Briefs roundup from United Press International covers global and national items. It offers quick summaries of notable events, providing a snapshot of issues shaping regions, economies, and politics across the globe.
In Jerusalem yesterday a powerful time bomb was defused minutes before detonation in a car parked outside Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's Herut headquarters. Kuwait signed a $300 million arms deal with the Soviet Union, and in Czestochowa Poland about 300,000 pilgrims and Cardinal Bernadin attended an Assumption Mass amid solidarity with Poland.
The Republican platform committee nears final wording on tax language with signals they may drop the flat tax as sole option. Reagan ends a 19 day California vacation amid rising tax controversy and a joke that backfired. Economic data show July industrial production up 0.9 percent, with deficit projections for 1989 trimmed by the White House pending a long term plan. A terrorist arrest unfolds in a Turkish Olympic team bus incident, while Olympic athletes receive ticker tape praise amid a scaffolding collapse injuring spectators.
About 25 000 US veterans converge for the VFW national convention in Chicago through August 24 featuring speeches discussions and resolutions. Equipment to decontaminate cyanide coated chips stored in Lee county will be tested tomorrow as part of an operation next week.
Matteson School District 162 proposed an 82 million dollar budget for 1984 85, a 77 percent rise from last year’s 764 million, with a projected year end balance near 45 million despite anticipated revenues around 7.76 million. Superintendent Schlenker cites tax collection timing and item padding as factors in the balance while noting past deficits eroding each year. The budget covers new salaries, a bus, trucks, locker room remodeling, ventilation upgrades, furniture, and emergency lighting. starting pay for assistants up, and sale proceeds from Oakwood School to the village allocated to education and maintenance funds. The board will hold a hearing September 18.
The village of Park Forest wins a $25,000 federal grant from HUD to support fair housing enforcement, training, and processing discrimination complaints. The award brings total Park Forest HUD support to about $100,000, with previous up to $72,000 cooperative funding and statewide training.
District 227 board approved bids for excavation demolition new concrete piers electrical work and installation of aluminum bleachers plus a press box at the East campus. Total project cost listed as 178,429 with a plan to avoid football season disruption and possible spring completion if delayed.
Local programming efforts face criticism as Cox Cable’s pullback spurs village leaders to seek more public access. Volunteers built a half hour show weekly, covering issues like a Lake Michigan water bond, while studios sit underused. Community education and internships aim to boost participation as tensions rise with rate requests and franchise obligations.
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