World News Briefs roundup of hijackings and politics
A global digest reports three hijackers seized a Middle East Air jet with 139 aboard demanding landing in Beirut and refueling. Poland grants amnesty to political prisoners as Solidarity cautions the jail system could fill again. Union leaders end a long dock strike in Britain as Mondale campaigns. Miss America 1984 Vanessa Williams contemplates her crown amid nude photo controversy. Chrysler posts record quarterly profit, projecting strong annual earnings. US postal union leaders reject final offer. San Diego memorial honors 21 victims of a gunman attack. Chicago judge sentences the Coleman case after arrests. Illinois Governor Thompson notes Anchor Hocking may acquire Fesco Plastics, creating jobs. Governor Thompson signs major budget bills totaling about 174 billion for the year.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Middle East
Christian Voice of Lebanon Radio
Abu Dhabi
Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
London
English Channel
San Francisco
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Mondale
White House
Reagan
Atlantic City
Vanessa Williams
Detroit
Chrysler Corportion
Lee Lacocca
Chrysler
Washington
Postal Service
Willam Bolger
San Diego
Chicago
Alton
Coleman
Debra Brown
Evanston
Ms. Brown
Mason Park
Springfield
James ‘Thompson
Thompson
Anchor Hocking
Fesco Plastics
James Thompson
Illinois
Attorney General's Office
Library selects three acre site for new public facility
The Matteson village board agreed to convey three acres of vacated Oakwood School property to the library for 170000 dollars while the school district sells the building and 7.5 acres for 425000. The library plans a future near School Street and 207th Street, with a referendum likely first. Meanwhile temporary traffic signals at Kostner and Route 30 will be installed with the village covering 18000 dollars. The board also awarded bids for tennis court repairs at Woodgate and Memorial parks and for a slope mower to cut steep banks.
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Matteson Historical Society and Park
Recreation Department
Dubrusel
Library Board
School Street
207Th Street
Srary
Kostner
Matteson- Richton Bank
Dubruiel
Oakwood
Mark Stricker
Daniel Murphy
Joseph Perozzi
Lincoln Mall
Woodgate
Memorial Parks
Public Works Department
S. G. Hayes Company
Park and Recreation
Ment
Circle W. Tractors and Equipment Company
Lockport
SMA advances expansion and staff move to serve handicapped youth
Low profile SMA in Cook County and Will County expands in July with staff moved to Homewood Flossmoor High School and a new Matteson residence to house up to four emotionally disturbed teens. SMA, established 1968, serves 650000 across 354 square miles, testing over 2000 yearly and educating 1110 students aged 3 to 21, primarily through joint agreements with local districts and four regional cooperatives to provide specialized education and diagnosis.
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Ly James Andrews
SMA
South Metropolitan Association
Homewood- Flossmoor
Flossmoor
Matteson
Boards of Education
Cook County
Chicago
Crete-Monee
Lemont
Mondale Wins Big at 1984 Democratic Convention
The 1984 Democratic National Convention wrapped with Walter Mondale easily nominated on the first ballot and praised for unity. Gary Hart showed weakness on a key platform issue while Geraldine Ferraro emerged as a wild card with potential 1984 campaign impact. Cuomo and Kennedy were noted as future figures. Kennedy's impassioned Mondale introduction drew delegates. Rumors of defections and strategic moves circulated as Mondale’s team kept control.
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Paul M. Greenial
The
Star
San Francisco
Walter ‘Mondale
Geraldine Ferraro
Moscone Center
New York
Mario Cuomo
Massachusetts
Edward Kennedy
Cuomo
Kennedy
Mondale
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United Press International
St. Joseph Church
Homewood
James M. Sayers
Joseph Cardinal Bernardin
St. Kieran Parish
Chicago Heights
Bob Chwedyk
Boungarie
Robert van Dyk
Peanoagit
Hieshower Cooperative
Palets
ECHO
South Holland
SPEED
Southwest
Cook
Richton Park
Colorado
Gary Hart
Hart
Rousie
Ronald Reagan
Ted Kennedy
Pl Cat
Vietnam
Rev
Seose Jackson
Mfondale
Jackson
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