Fourth of July events and golf guide in Cog Hill
A rundown of southern suburb Fourth of July activities including parades and fireworks. Also a how-to guide for spectators heading to Cog Hill for the professional golf tournament with tips on where to sit and watch.
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Cog Hill
Summer's bounty drives truck farmers through outdoor markets
Traveling to and selling in the area's outdoor market circuit offers a living for many truck farmers. The article directs readers to Page D-1 and lists main number 755-6161 and circulation 755-3344 for more details.
Man killed at Matteson gas station
A 47 year old Country Club Hills man, Earl L. Harden, was shot once in the back of the head while pumping air into his wife's car tires at the Amoco gas station at Route 30 and Governors Highway in Matteson. Police say the shooter used a .25 caliber handgun. investigators continued at the scene with no suspect named. Harden died later at Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital.
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Country Club Hills
Amoco
Route 30
Governors Highway
Matteson
Earl L. Harden
West 177Th Place
Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital and Medical Center
Mat
Lawrence Burnson
Burnson
Harden
Chernin Shoes
Lincoln Highway
Richton Park votes to charge EMS user fees for services
The Richton Park Village Board approved emergency medical service user fees to fund a 24 hour EMS. Charges range from 150 to 325 dollars with six dollars per mile for ambulance use plus 30 dollars for oxygen 60 dollars for telemetry and 30 dollars for IV monitoring. Fire department car fires will carry a 350 dollar fee. Insurance and public assistance may cover much of the costs. An ordinance clarifying the sale of al
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Richton Park
Best Richton Park Fire Department
Local woman misidentified during arrest
Chicago Heights police corrected the arrest identity of a Matteson woman charged with solicitation of prostitution. The suspect, initially identified as Kimberly Manley, 26, was found to be Trina Jackson, 28, of 217 Central Ave., Matteson. Police had not yet charged her by midweek.
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Chicago Heights
Matteson
Kimberly Manley
The
Star
Manley
Michael Camilli
Camilli
Trina Jackson
Central Ave
Richton Park limits incinerator contract to single family homes
Richton Park trustees approved an ordinance defining the village’s contract with Robbins Waste Facility to serve only single family homes. The measure followed a push by Village President Rudy Banovich to exclude multifamily residences to cut costs, with the June 20 work session noting potential savings if multifamily units are treated separately.
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Richton Park
Richton Park Board of Trustees
Rudy Banovich
David Niemeyer
Banovich
Robbins
Peotone Expected as Third Airport Site
State officials near announcing a preferred third regional airport site with a July 6 press conference likely naming Peotone in South Suburban Chicago. TAMS reviewed five candidates including Lake Calumet Kankakee Gary Peotone and a bistate Beecher Cedar Lake Indiana site as part of a Master Plan Study begun after FAA funding was denied.
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Peotone
TAMS
Lake Calumet
Kankakee
Gary
Bistate
Beecher
Cedar Lake
Ind
State of Illinois
Federal Aviation Administration
Bob York
York
SMA to disband special education agency by 1995
The Executive Committee of the South Metropolitan Association for Low incidence Handicapped voted unanimously to dissolve SMA by June 1995. The move aims to maintain service quality while removing an administrative layer as districts return students to local schools.
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South Metropolitan Association For Lowincidence Handicapped
Special Education Agency
SMA
Ray St. Aubin
SPEED
ECHO
Cook County
Eisenhower
St. Aubin
James Mahan
Homewood
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