Four couples share wisdom on enduring fifty-year marriages
A feature examines how kitchens reflect utilitarian living and asks four couples celebrating 50 years about the keys to a lasting marriage. They offer practical routines, mutual respect, and shared responsibilities as core strengths, illustrating how long partnerships weather daily life.
Program tips and wonders over a daytime curfew
In the June issue of TV Close-up columnist Tom Houlihan asks what Huck Finn would make of a proposed daytime curfew. The page also lists main number 755-6161 and circulation numbers 755-3344 and 755-3993.
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Onair
TV Close-up
Tom Houlihan
Huck Finn
Diversity policy debate at Matteson town meeting
Matteson residents debated an affirmative marketing plan to attract white and minority buyers, with village officials saying they aim to tell the community’s virtues rather than set racial quotas. Only about a dozen residents attended as the village moves forward with Residential Marketing Services and a public relations firm to promote Matteson.
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Matteson
Ralph Coglianese
Pam Gecan
Coglianese
John Rangel
Tax cap changes approved in Illinois legislature
The Illinois House and Senate approved a last minute compromise on property tax caps allowing Cook and collar county schools and governments to issue non refer endum bonds if debt remains within current levels. Opposition by House Republicans stopped a softer approach to capture potential tax revenues for south suburban schools. Legislation now heads to Gov. Edgar for signing amid backing from education groups like SCOPE.
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Springfield
House
Senate
Cook
Collar Counties
Aldo DeAngelis
Olympia Fields
Jack Kubik
Ber
Cook County
South Assessment
SCOPE
Ann Dickett
Flags on display signal a patriotism revival this Memorial Day
South suburban towns display hundreds of flags as Memorial Day observances honor veterans. Oak Forest and Country Club Hills officials say flags are more common now, reflecting renewed patriotism since Desert Storm. About three hundred flags will line main streets in Country Club Hills, with a ceremony at St. John's Cemetery at 9 a.m.
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Dee Snedden
Oak Forest
Mike Tietz
Country Club Hills
Tietz
175Th Street
Cicero Avenue
Flossmoor Road
Pulaski Road
St. John’s Cemetery
Richton Park Names First Citizens Patrol Volunteers
Alberta H Leak reports Richton Park forms its first official Citizens Patrol led by Cmdr James VanSchepen. Eight volunteers from the Lioncrest area will patrol near Governors Highway and Sauk Trail, contact police for suspicious activity, using jackets and radios funded by the police.
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Richton Park
James VanSchepen
Lioncrest
Governors Highway
Sauk Trail
VanSchepen
Gang Initiative
Richard Labus
Dauginas
Association
Labus
Carol Dorsett
Sharon Karvelaitis
Citizens Patrol
Lion Crest
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Education Lobby
Interstate News Service
Cliff Blake
Gerald Tarquinio
Rehfeldt-Meyer American Legion
Memorial Park
Legion
Alberta
H. Leak