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Multiple Conflicts Roil Beirut and World Leaders Meet
In Lebanon, army troops clashed with Shiite militiamen in south Beirut while other units fought Druze rebels in the mountains. objections were voiced by Druze radio and state media blamed anti-government forces. In Jerusalem, Kohl met Shamir with opposition to Bonn’s arms sale to Saudi Arabia. Andropov rejected Reagan’s nuclear arms proposals as steps toward reduction.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Jerusalem
Helmut Kohl
Yitzhak Shamir
Bonn
Saudi Arabia
Moscow
Yuri Andropov
Reagan
Cook County Institute of Forensic Medicine profile
Pete Reynolds outlines the Cook County Institute of Forensic Medicine led by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Robert J. Stein. The 19 million facility at 2121 West Harrison houses 13 pathologists and 120 staff who process about 18,000 deaths yearly for evidence to aid the living, with only about 10 percent homicides and 25 lay investigators handling initial probes.
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Pete Reynolds
Cook County
Robert J. Stein
Cook County Institute of Forensic Medicine
Stein
West Harrison
West Side Medical Center
Frank J. Flanagan
Richton Park, Matteson Protest SMA Residential School Plan
Richton Park trustees unanimously vote to file a protest with Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals against a South Metropolitan Association for Low Incidence Handicapped residential facility for emotionally disturbed adolescents at a vacant church school on 4200 West Maple Avenue. The protest, drafted by Village Attorney Leland Rayson and supported by Matteson, hinges on statutory changes and potential relocation if both towns protest, with a three fourths vote needed for approval.
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Richton Park Village
Cook County Zoning Board
Maple Avenue
South Metropolitan Association For Low- Incidence Handicapped
LMA
Cook County
Matteson
Richton Park
Matteson Plan Commission
Leland Rayson
Morell Reeves
Rayson
Joseph Perozzi
County Zoning Board of Appeals
Matteson Village Board
SMA
Robert van Dyke
Anthony Scariano
Illinois Board of Education
State Superintendent of Schools
Scariano
South Metropolitan Association
First Baptist Church of
District 227 votes on union affiliation for staff
Rich Township High School District 227 moves toward an election among classified staff to decide representation by a union, with voting planned across the three high schools on February 15. IE A has advised counseling, while long range plans cover finances, enrollment, and five year instructional priorities.
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Rich Township High
Board of Education
Clinton Kinney
Supt
Robert Rabenow
Devel
DuWayne Carnes
Matteson public meetings on park developments announced
Residents are invited to three public meetings organized by the Matteson parks and recreation department to discuss master site planning for Oakwood Woodgate and Allemong parks. Sessions run February 1 February 8 and February 16 from 730 to 930 pm at Marya Yates school Matte son Community center Woodgate school.
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Matteson
Matteson Parks and Recreation Department
Oakwood
Woodgate
Allemong Parks
Commission
Marya Yates School
Allemong Drive
Matteson Community Center
West Oak
Evelyn Getty
Parks and Recreation Department
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