Superintendents expect act of God waivers this year
Illinois State School Supt Joseph M Cronin said he expects to approve more than 100 waivers for the minimum 176 day term due to a harsh winter. Districts can be excused with no state aid loss if weather and fuel shortages caused closures. Thompson urged quick approvals and Cronin asked Gov. Thompson for balancing education with local hardship.
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Illinois Office of Education
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James Thompson
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Cousin Beedie and Cousin Hot book angers Carters
UPI reports a forthcoming memoir by Hugh Carter Sr and Frances Leighton portrays the Carters warts and all. The White House is upset by claims about Amy Carter Rosalynn Carter Billy Carter and Jimmy Carter presenting a candid unflattering view. The authors say the book remains a hush hush project kept secret for a year and contains personal anecdotes including the first lady’s response to her mother in law and the president’s wardrobe habits.
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Hugh Carter
Doctors urge generic drug monitoring
ISMS President Dr. David S. Fox urged IDPH to speed a monitoring system to gauge consumer savings under Illinois generic substitution law. He warned the law’s safeguards are weak and pharmacists could reap savings without passing them to patients, citing example gaps and a June 1 list of substitutes.
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Chicago
Illinois State Medical Society
ISMS
David S. Fox
Illinois Department of Public Health
IDPH
Fox
Man charged with murder in death by own action case
Dale Marti of Cedar Rapids faces a second-degree murder trial July 17 after being held on $25,000 bond. He is accused of giving 26 year old Gloria Hoover a loaded gun on February 16 and watching as she shot herself in a death by own action.
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UPI
Dale Marti
Linn County
Marti
Gloria Hoover
JJC Announces Two Session Summer Schedule at Joliet
Joliet Junior College released a two session summer schedule starting May 15 to June 23 and June 26 to August 4. The program features day and evening courses across arts, sciences, career training, and recreation with options to complete a semester in two sessions. Registration is ongoing by phone and in person with special hours the week before Session I.
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Paul Thompson
JJC
Joliet
Morris
Romeoville
Bolingbrook
Enterprise
Eskimo exhibit at Illinois State Museum in Springfield
A major exhibit titled Survival Life and Art of the Alaskan Eskimo opens April 30 at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield and runs to June 11. It features over 200 objects from prehistoric to contemporary times and is among seven nationwide shows. Tours by Judi Johnson May 10 and May 16 are limited to 50 adults each.
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Illinois State Museum
Newark Museum
American Federation of Arts
New York
National Endowment For the Humanities
Illinois
Illinois Arts Council
Judi Johnson
Spring and
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Murder victim resembles suspected Hillside Strangler
Ventura sheriff's office and several city police disclosed that the dead man Reynolds closely resembles the composite sketch of the Hillside Strangler suspect. Reynolds, 37, was found shot in a Glendale hospital parking lot beside Roxanne Barnwell after an apparent car abduction attempt. Barnwell, 29, fired five shots before Reynolds killed her. Reynolds had been on a list of 30 possible Strangler suspects.
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UPI
Ventura County
Ventura Sheriff's Office
Oxnard
Port Hueneme
Ventura Sheriff's
John Warner
Reynolds
Roxanne Barnwell
Glendale Community Hospital
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