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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1994
Page
1
A special Dining Guide returns featuring award-winning restaurants in the southern suburbs. The publication notes that computers aid in shaping new house exteriors as Spring Showing of Homes continues, with See HomeGuide for details.
Volunteer hospice workers prove to be friends indeed to families facing tough decisions, offering comfort, support, and practical help during challenging times as highlighted by Dimensions.
Columnist Tom Houlihan weighs in on crime policy and death penalty rhetoric as a heated issue of the day. His perspective questions tough talk and practical outcomes, reflecting on political stances and public safety debates.
The Park Forest Public Library plans a May 2 opening in University Park with computer terminals and a computerized catalog to search titles authors and summaries. Librarian Barbara Flynn says the system will streamline finding books and research from decades of periodicals stored on compact disks.
A four year contract is accepted by union reps ending a tense truckers strike. Fed mediation director John Calhoun Wells calls it a positive step for Teamsters and trucking firms as wage and benefit changes, casual labor use, rail transport, and grievance procedures are addressed. Ratification rests with union members, with workers expected back by Monday at the latest.
Volunteers worked since February to ready an 8000 square foot space in the north wing of the Matteson Community Center for a museum opening likely in late June. The expanded facility will display items from the Dettmering tavern and old fire equipment, with carpeting funded at cost by a local company and central A C installed for preservation.
IRS agent testifies Mangialardi may have hidden hundreds of thousands in 1987 and 1988 income while defense argues charts and checks are inaccurate and gifts non taxable. He faces charges including tax evasion witness tampering racketeering money laundering bribery and extortion as a federal case proceeds in Chicago Heights. Judge severs one money laundering count from the 16 count indictment.
Hazel Crest's Baby Jane Doe is in foster care with a relative and doing fine. DCFS says the mother and grandparents cooperate as weekend visitations are arranged and parenting classes continue. Charges of child abandonment are pending for the 17 year old mother, with a pretrial on April 14 and an arraignment upcoming.
The Matteson Elementary District 159 Board of Education released a formal statement closing its probe into an alleged altercation on March 16 between Marya Yates Principal Richard Lesniak and veteran teacher Joyce Codgell. The event drew over 100 parents to a April 12 meeting. officials called it an internal personnel matter and said no criminal charge was pursued.
Homewood Trustee George Wolf Jr. recalls serving as official photographer for Nixon’s Asia goodwill tour in 1953. Wolf, then 23, photographed 46 000 miles across 26 countries in 69 days, producing nearly 5 000 stills and hundreds of feet of film while mingling with officials and local people. He remembers Nixon as warm, friendly, and personable to all aboard and abroad.
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