Debate highlights sheriff race with polygraph challenge
The two candidates clash over corruption rumors and the Marquette 10 case as Elrod and O Grady defend records. O Grady presses for polygraph tests and promises to close suburban strip joints if elected, while Elrod emphasizes ongoing investigations and past challenges.
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the Star
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State grants eyed for regional high tech councils
Local subregions organized around interstate corridors will pursue state grants to fund feasibility studies and marketing plans for high tech development along Illinois routes. The northeastern council and others prepare applications due around October with a 1 to 2 cash match ratio and nonprofits allowed limited admin costs.
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Lynn Heller
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Manteno
Philip Phillips
University of Illinois
Urbana
Selke
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Chicago
Suburban region hailed for warehousing potential at Expo ’86
The Fantas study finds southern suburbs ideal for heavy and light manufacturing due to available skilled and unskilled labor, strong highway access, land availability, and low prices. Transportation costs and Illinois personal property tax relief strengthen warehousing and distribution appeal. Proposals under Corridors of Opportunity will use the results. Officials emphasize marketing the region as a prime business and residential area and announce opening ceremonies with local leaders and state officials.
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Didrickson
Chris Cochrane
Small Business Development Center
Fantas Company
Judge DeRose contempt hearing and rare court action
Chief Judge John Grady described the prior bench action as rare, done to curb disruption by DeRose during court. DeRose protested the characterization and claimed he was not trying to mislead, while Holderman and Atty. Rosenthal declined comment after recess. The trial focuses on physical evidence from the Matteson shooting scene and is expected to continue tomorrow.
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James Keating
O’grady
Elrod
Holderman
DeRose
U.S. Atty
Lawrence Rosenthal
John F. Grady
Matteson
Riff Rafferty site discussed for relocation near Orchard entrance
Stapp says moving a tenant in default is not feasible at Rafferty’s. Kucera offers to close and reopen during exterior work, but developers need time to ready the building. A prospective tenant may lease the site, requiring 3 to 4 months for negotiations plus 45 to 90 days to open. Back rent relief was provided with a temporary half rent in January.
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Stapp
Kucera
Riff Rafferty’s
Riff Rafferty
Village president resigns in Park Forest meeting
ANITA PFEIFER reports Ronald Bean resigned as village president of Park Forest effective at the close of the village board meeting. He and his wife Sharon plan to move to Olympia Fields. No successor was named. a special meeting was set to discuss options including appointing an acting president, naming a president pro tempore, or selecting a temporary chairman.
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Ronald Bean
Park Forest
Bean
Sharon
Olympia Fields
Board of Trustees
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