Elgin teachers strike widens as walkouts spread
United Press International reports Elgin Unit District 46 will hold classes for 26,000 pupils despite walkouts by teachers and bus drivers. Negotiations failed Wednesday night as the Elgin Teachers Association and district officials blamed each other. Thornton High School District 205 canceled classes after teachers voted to strike, while Rockford districts prepared to resume after a six day walkout settlement.
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Rockford Education Association
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Teen Admits Stabbing 11 Year Old In Forest Killings
A judge ruled that a 16 year old's statement detailing the abduction and stabbing of 11 year old Roger Myers can be admitted in the murder trial. Kavinsky described stabbing Myers repeatedly and Myers begged for a quick death. The body was found April 9 in a Cook County forest preserve. Kavinsky faces trial amid objections over counsel present during the interview.
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UPI
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Westmont
Roger Myers
DuPage County
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du Page County
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Burglary threat ends in tragedy in Houston
Troung Tran and his wife Ha Tam Thi Lee, both longtime Texas newcomers, armed themselves after nightly break ins. Early Tuesday Tran fired from a second floor window, fatally wounding his wife who died at Hermann Hospital. He described the event as a grave mistake.
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Stevenson urges full farm production and cash payments
Sen Adlai E Stevenson urged abandoning set aside programs and using cash payments to support farmers while maintaining full production at home. He called for subsidizing distribution of U S food abroad to aid the poor and hungry and argued lower farm prices would curb inflation and boost exports including access to markets like Japan. Stevenson spoke at a University of Illinois conference on Foreign Markets for Midwest Agriculture.
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Streator Man Sentenced For Dual 1971 Murders
Gary Lee Boyles 24 pleaded guilty to killing Emma Trout 93 and Maxine Coley 45 in 1971 burglaries in Streator. He received 30 to 80 years on each count, to run concurrently, after mental fitness issues delayed trial.
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