World News Briefs: Persian Gulf Attacks Rise
A bulk carrier sank near Iran’s Kharg Island after a missile strike. Twenty one crew were rescued, twelve remain in life rafts as the Persian Gulf war escalates. El Salvador’s Duarte refuses full ties with Nicaragua and will meet Reagan in Washington. The Soviet Union will boycott the Los Angeles Olympics but stay away without expanding the boycott, per IOC. Several Eastern Bloc nations have joined the boycott.
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Reagan polyp removal details update campaign health
President Reagan, 73, had a small benign polyp removed from his colon during a medical checkup and is reported in very exceptional physical condition as he faces a demanding reelection drive. An appeals court delayed a decision on a Justice Department bid to block a special prosecutor over the Carter briefing papers.
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Mikey Come Home fund grows as police eye ransom demand
Organizers miscalculated receipts from a May 10 Night at the Races event at Balmoral Park to raise money for Mikey DesForges, a 3 year old missing from Crete. A fund committee member says drivers donated 200 rather than 10 percent of the purse, leading to overestimation.
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Pete Reynolds
Mikey DesForges
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Crete
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Balmoral Park
Night at the Races boosts Mikey Come Home fund total
McCormick reported the Mikey Come Home fund stands around 28000 dollars, with 10000 already in Will County Crime Stoppers. A night at the races raised about 12000, plus 6200 from a radiothon and a penny-a-gallon gas promotion over Mothers Day weekend. Organizers plan an early June telethon simulcast on U S Cable and Cox Cable to discuss missing children.
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Will County
Chicago
U.S
Indiana
Cox Cable
Community telethon pledges and candy fundraiser
McCormick announced a very informative telethon program with pledges taken over the phone. An area candy company will sell Mikey Come Home bars to raise funds, with 50 cents per bar donated to the missing child’s fund. Wrappers feature a photo and story of the toddler reported missing on February 15, initially thought to have wandered away. Law enforcement now suspects abduction.
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Mikey
Creekside model homes face permit revocation in Matteson
Matteson plan commissioners hear recommendations from Fay to revoke Creekside model area permits on east and west Highland road and the Country Homes four unit condo model on Vollmer road. Fay cites inactivity since January and urges Town and Country Builders to bring sites into conformity by July 1. Residents complain of unattended models and brickless homes have spurred opposition from Creekside homeowners. Authorities may follow Fay with letters to builders before further action.
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Creekside
John Fay
Highland Road
Country Homes
Red Barn Road
Vollmer Road
Plan Commission
Dale Johnson
Fay
Town & Country Builders
Johnson
Town and Country
Creekside Homeowners Association
Town and Country Builders
Freshmen Scores Improve in District 227 Program
District 227 officials reported a noticeable rise in passing grades for the minimum competency tests taken by freshmen in the 1983 84 school year. The program, begun in 1979, offers remedial help and targets reading writing and math to bring students to a basic competency level early in high school, under Dr DuWayne Carnes leadership.
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Board of Education
DuWayne Carnes
Carnes
humanities and math/science division
Rich South Football Boosters Club
Jack Brzesckiewicz
Ray Sandack
Rich South
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