3 County idea draws scorn and debate across Chicago area
State Senator Jack Knuepfer proposes splitting Cook County into three counties to create a metropolitan Chicago unit and two outlying counties. Democrats fear party impact while urban experts warn the move would atomize the region and hinder solving citywide problems. Critics call it explosive and impractical as local leaders react with concern.
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Jack Knuepfer
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Knuepfer
Chicago
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University of Illinois In
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District 59 backs Ogilvie school aid plan in Illinois
District officials greet Gov elect Ogilvie's plan to raise minimum per pupil spending from 400 to 600 over two years, arguing it could lift Illinois toward the top quartile. Superintendent Dr. Donald Thomas notes Dist. 59 now spends about 800 per student with Evanston Wilmette and Lake Forest higher, while some districts spend far less. The meeting with Eugenia Chapman and Eugene Schlickman aided discussion of legislative goals, with Dist. 59 already receiving roughly 30 percent of its 6.3 million budget from state aid.
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Chicago
Donald Thomas
Richard B. Ogilvie
Eugenia Chapman
Eugene Schlickman
Ogilvie
Thomas
Evanston
Wilmette
Lake Forest
Dist. 59
Central Junior High School Put Up For Auction
Mount Prospect District 57 moved to auction Central Junior High, once called the district’s oldest and poorest, hoping to sell for 500000 to fund Lincoln School expansion. Park District and Mount Prospect Library show interest while Referenda on Gregory School’s completion lingered. Sale terms debated, with bid openness and minimum price urged, and the district to continue occupying the building through 9170.
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Mount Prospect Park
Mount Prospect
Congreve Advises on Central School Sale Value
Village President Congreve urged Mount Prospect District 57 to auction Central School with a minimum bid of 500000. He estimated downtown land at 4.25 per sq ft, noting the three acre site near Elmhurst Road Central Road and Busse Ave could support offices and shopping centers under B-3 zoning. He urged calculating the school's value to the district Park District and village and noted a planned unit development ordinance due to pass December 13.
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Daniel Congreve
Mount Prospect
Congreve
Central School
Elmhurst Road
Central Road
Busse Ave
Mount Prospect Park
District 214 eyes Sacred Heart sale for high school plan
Superintendent Edward H. Gilbert told the District 214 Citizens Committee that the board should study buying Sacred Heart of Mary High School in Rolling Meadows to save money on a new 3,000-student public high school. The 1,000-pupil parochial facility, its convent, and 14 acres could be expanded, with 75 percent of students from the District 214 area. Archdiocese decision hinges on population studies and may depend on selling debt. The committee also backed tax-rate raises, a longer school day or year study, and stronger school-community relations, plus a series EE savings bond program and enhanced student participation in activities.
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Sacred Heart of Mary High School
Edward H. Gilbert
Dist. 214
Gilbert
Rolling Meadows
Sacred Heart
Central Road
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Stoegbauer
Archdiocese
Sacred Heart of Mary
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Citizens Committee
Wheeling Police Arrest Obscenity Suspect After 42-Hour Stakeout
Six weeks of work and a 52 hour stakeout led Wheeling police to arrest Earl Getlin a 34 year old Skokie man on charges of selling obscene 8mm film to a cooperating young woman. Fourteen more reels and 37 magazines were found in his car along with $90 in marked money. Also charged were battery open container violations and the suspect was identified through multiple aliases. Getlin posted $1,008 bond and faces trial January 21 in Arlington Heights.
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Wheeling
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N. Lamon
Skokie
Getlin
Tom Conte
Clarence Trausch
Ing
Morton Grove
Chicago
Ren-Del’s
Milwaukee Ave
Lockers Get Cleaning Job by Burglar
Eighteen storage lockers in the basement of St. John's Apartments at 1500 Busse Road Mount Prospect were emptied over the weekend with more than 2000 dollars in luggage sporting equipment and miscellaneous items stolen. A janitor spotted a man about 25 near the basement entrance on Thanksgiving. he fled when approached. Police suspect the burglar may have been a former employee of the complex.
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Busse Road
Mount Prospect
Sesqui Issue Wins Trophy for Suburban Salute
Paddock Publications earned a Sesquicentennial trophy Monday night for Suburban Salute To Illinois. Kenneth Knox edited the 48 page supplement highlighting Northwest suburbs and Illinois life past and present. Staff members include Cliff Rowe Tom Grieger Pat Hensel Hester Kline Ed Murnane Charles E. Hayes and Rowe.
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Illinois
Kenneth Knox
Cliff Rowe
Tom Grieger
Pat Hensel
Hester Kline
Ed Murnane
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