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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1984
Page
1
A compact digest covers global events and national happenings with brief notes on regional developments. The items highlight notable incidents, policy updates, and international movements impacting various regions and communities.
Reports cite Somali air strikes by Ethiopian planes inside Somalia near Baidoba injuring children. In the Gulf, Iran-flagged actions damage eight vessels off Iran’s coast. Prague notes boycott Olympics with possible invited participants. Haiti’s Gonaives sees two days of civil unrest against Duvalier regime.
Five suspects were arrested and a sixth sought as a group calling itself The Family faces charges for killing male homosexual prostitutes on Santa Monica Boulevard. The suspects are described as street people.
U S District Judge Prentice Marshall vacated a March 30 default judgment that voided about 800000 dollars in disorderly conduct arrests of mostly Blacks and Hispanics. He said the case is too important to decide by default and criticized the city’s counsel for delays plus missed consent decree proposals. Chicago nurses sought wage discrimination remedies and a comparable worth suit was filed by two state nursing associations. In Springfield the Senate backed a weaker health care cost plan, rejecting hospital charge caps, after lobbying by health care groups. Senators Howard Carroll and Prescott Bloom called the compromise a financial babysitter over 800 million in hospital payments, hoping for a broader deal at a meeting with Gov. Thompson.
Richton Park officials approve a Cook County CDBG grant totaling 531,197,400 for a three year period aimed at commercial redevelopment along Sauk Trail. The plan includes 760,000 requested grant in year one and 1,045,000 in matching funds, with steps for planning, land acquisition, demolition, and eventual improvements to curb traffic, parking, and blight in Richton Hills.
Matteson village trustees debated pennant use at Dave Miller Oldsmobile-Datsun last week. Randall Madderom and Adis Arnold urged revoking Miller's permit after he erected 21 rows, not 12, prompting heated exchanges. The motion to revoke failed 4 to 2, Miller’s permit allowed on the same vote margin. Miller claimed John Fay said pennants could be erected before signing.
The 1983 property tax equalization multiplier falls slightly to 19.122 from 19.288, but impact is muted. Assessments rise in all six south suburban townships, with Bloom 7.71 percent and Bremen 10.8 percent, while Orland shows 15.34 percent, altering bills despite a smaller multiplier.
Village officials clarified that only the data reporting section of the new model fair housing ordinance is suspended for 60 days. Other provisions remain enforceable as of Friday, amid contention from the Fair Housing Legal Action committee and local Realtors groups. Joy Boleware of the Greater South Suburban Board of Realtors said the move is conciliatory and not requested by the group.
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