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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1980
Page
1
The Star outlines endorsements for congressional candidates from local districts on Page 12. Page 7 features a profile of the incumbent and challenger in the 42nd district State Senate race.
The Matteson plan commission reviewed the 33 page Teska Associates draft outlining 13 zoning classifications from R1 to R13 including a novel R1 district of very low housing density and several C and industrial zones. The commission scheduled a future session to continue scrutiny and definitions.
Three year old Michael Crosby is returned to his natural mother after a long custody battle that included a kidnapping in Steger last month. Police traced the kidnap van to an Arkansas man visiting relatives. the man claimed the van was stolen. The van remains at Steger police headquarters as the investigation continues.
Park Forest officials say three Illinois Appellate Court judges unanimously upheld the village’s fair housing ordinances as enforceable marking a victory for local control. The decision reverses a lower court ruling that had found the policies unenforceable in real estate broker matters. The case traces to a 1979 complaint by a white Hazel Crest couple alleging steering by an Arquilla DeHaan broker.
Homewood Federal Savings and Loan seeks site plan approval and a special use permit to build a two story masonry bank office with basement storage on Sauk Trail east of Rich South High School in Richton Park. Plans include a 10 car drive in, parking, and a fire lane.
The board heard a detailed construction progress report by architect William Palmer on the Marvin Yates school and the Neil Armstrong addition. Completion of the Armstrong addition is targeted for the second week of January, with the new Marvin Yates school opening planned for September 1981. New Woodgate faculty members were introduced, and Superintendent Tesmond reported a dramatic rise in instrumental music enrollment to 120 students.
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