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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1969
Page
3
The Streets And Alleys Department operates a new heavy back hoe every weekday to finish the summer work program. Elmer Ott operates the machine as two workers install catch basins behind the Continental Bake Shop on 142nd Street to relieve flooding near the expressway and railroad tracks.
The Plan Commission proposes three through streets from 142nd to Lide for Woodlawn and Dorches alignment to ease development while balancing homeowners’ preferences. Officials weigh open all three routes as the only viable solution. Meeting notes list members Wal Naan Dahl Harold Albanese LaVertie and Stasack with Rob Misner leading the committee. Next steps push to the Village Board with subsequent zoning board sessions. Dolton freshmen Lynn Karambelas and William Nagles attend Drake orientation with student services and activities.
Fragmentary text outlines a notice involving Saint Diana Calumet East Chicago and Ray Krajewski, suggesting a faculty or education related item at St Joseph Education. Further readable entities include Saint Joseph, Calumet, East Chicago, and Ray Krajewski.
Walter S. Unzeitig announces vacancies for distribution clerks and mail handlers in the Dolton area. Starting wages range from $2.83 to $4.19 per hour with regular increases, plus full benefits and civil service job security. A written civil service exam is required. applications available from the local Postmaster at the South Suburban Postal Facility.
Registration for the Dolton Park Bears football team will be held on Saturday August 9 and Saturday August 16 at the Pavilion in Dolton Park from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Boys aged 9 through 14 are urged to register. Coach Bert Keever says practice starts August 18.
The article notes Merck Sharp and Dohme earning about 20 percent net in 1968, compares it with drugstore profits, and discusses potential cutbacks in patent protection. It urges caution in recalls, emphasizes buying quality prescription drugs, and alludes to a nickname about Phil Regan.
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