Parking lot shooting and robbery in South Holland
Horatio Porter, 49, of Matteson, was shot in the face and abducted in the Budgetel Motor Inn parking lot. The suspect, with a handgun, forced Porter into a van, then fled after a second suspect joined and looted the van’s safe. Porter reported to a Harvey tavern and was hospitalized. No witnesses.
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South Holland
Matteson
Budgetel Motor Inn
Halsted
Horatio Porter
Lindenwood Drive
George Mueller Vending Machine Company
Blue Island
Porter
Phoenix
Immanuel Lutheran Presents New Year Services and Officer Installation
Immanuel Lutheran church at Cicero avenue and Sauk trail in Matteson schedules a New Year’s Eve service with holy communion at 7:30 p.m. A New Year’s Day worship service is set for 10 a.m. on January 1. The church will install its 1981 officers during the January 4 worship service led by Rev. John McKiness, with Wilbur Marquardt as chairman and Timothy Zimmerman as vice chairman, plus elders Marvin Bartling and Larry Poeplau, trustees Raymond Dahlman and Howard Werner, Christian education chair Charles Bedrosian, current expense committee Robert Wysther, and expansion and improvement committee Walter Madziarczyk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Cicero Avenue
Sauk Trail
Matteson
Immanuel
John McKiness
Wilbur Marquardt
Timothy Zimmerman
Marvin Bartling
Larry Poeplau
Debate on housing fairness shifts to Congress
No to debate. North says issues on community affirmative steering, integration maintenance, HUD/NAR Affirmative Marketing, and minority access require federal participation. He argues a debate would be inappropriate without HUD and Justice involvement and that Congress is the proper forum to define housing opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
HUD
North
Congress
Service cutbacks take effect March 1 including multiple routes
Suburban Transit System announces March 1 service reductions affecting Route 368 from Frankfort to Monee and Governors Industrial Park with reduced weekday service. Route 371 from Richton Park ends midday weekday service and all Saturday runs. Route 451 Southeast Homewood drops Saturday service. Route 383 Cicero Avenue also cut back.
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Monee
Governors Industrial Park
Frankfort
Richton Park
Tinue
Southeast Homewood
Cicero Avenue
Bus recall halts routes from south suburbs to Chicago
The Regional Transportation authority suspends two express routes No. 353 from Chicago Heights and No. 355 from Lansing as all 205 Grumman Flxible model 870 buses are removed for recall after 67 inspected units show six cracked frames. Replacement buses will be leased school buses or borrowed RTA units. service remains free to riders crossing the Illinois Central Gulf Kensington station with full train fare charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Regional Transportation Authority
Grumman
Chicago Heights
Lansing
RTA
South Suburban Safeway Company
Grummans
North Suburban Mass Transit District
Suburban Transit
Oak Lawn
Lan Sing
Illinois Central
Gulf Kensington
115Th Street
New York
Los Angeles
Wiss, Jan
Grumman Flxible Company
CTA
Park Forest
Park Forest South
Richton Park
South Holland
Hazel Crest
Homewood
Oak Forest
Flossymoor
SafeWay
138Th Street
Orland Park
Loop
Continental Air Transport
Norfolk and Western
Library closes for year end and resuming hours
Matteson public library will be closed on December 31 and January 1. Regular hours resume January 2. After a one week break, Kid Flicks will resume for 1981 with two features on January 10 Flash the Teenage Otter and The Little Train. Pineapple wine Maui Blanc from a Maui vineyard ages as grapevines mature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matteson Public Library
Taxpayer Schools Rally To Block Edison Rate Hike
Oak Park River Forest High District 200 leads a coalition asking districts to donate up to 2000 dollars each to hire Meyer and Maton at 85 dollars an hour. Projections note a possible 40 percent electric bill rise for District 205 with added fuel costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer and Maton
Oak Park/River Forest
Thornton Township
Jack Curless
Commonwealth Edison
Curless
Country Club Hills
Prairie Hills
Markham
Hazel Crest
Orland Park
Flossmoor
Murray Barr
Barr
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Santa
Lisa Franze
Mick Bunica
Woodgate School
Oak Forest Hospital
Rehfeldt-Meyer American Legion
Dorothy Kaminski
Tony Kaminski
Kristie Anderson
Riverdale
Ivanhoe
147Th Street
Harvey
Midlothian
Rock Island
Wneei
Calumet
Flossmor
Tinley Park
80Th Avenue
Rock and Palos Hills
N&w
ICG
Rock and N&w
Olympia Fields
211Th Street
Matteson and
Mokena
Rock
New Lenox
RTA Universal
Kula
Island of
Maui
Perk Star
Perk Forest Star
Williams Preas, Inc
Plese
ULASS
Illinois
THE
Chicago Heights National Bank
Dixie
F.D.I.C
Shetlands
Corduroy Blazers
Sterling
183Rd
Governors Hwy
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