Calumet City resident uses folk tale to blast sewer plan
Irene Donahue reads a folk tale at a city council meeting criticizing the proposed $13 million sewer project and the 40000 retention basin intended to ease west side flooding. She calls for separate storm and sewage lines and an independent study while accusing officials of misusing funds. A public hearing is set for September 4 with MSD, Cook County Health, and EPA reps invited.
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Calumet City
Irene Donahue
Merrill Ave
Torrence Park
Chappel, Merrill, Clyde and
Paxton
Robert Stefaniak
Bonnie Prince Robert
Knights of the Round Table
R.W. Robinson
River Oaks
Cal City
Donahue
MSD
Stefaniak
Metropolitan Sanitary District
Cook County Health Department
Environmental Protection Agency
Teachers press union proposal at TCC board meeting
Thornton Community College union representative Dennis Drisuga presented a plan to unionize campus support staff to the Board of Trustees on August 22. Trustee James Livingston opposed the initial proposal as a conflict of interest while the updated plan from Marovich was deferred for review amid sharp remarks by Swanson at a Toronto convention. The college projects an $85,500 revenue drop due to 1974 75 tax assessments and reports progress on a campus babysitting program with 16 enrollments. Phase III bids for mechanical and electrical work will be sought on August 30 and the next board meeting is September 12 at 8 p.m.
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Dennis Drisuga
Thornton Community College Teacher Union
TCC Board of Trustees
James Livingston
Marovich
Cook County Teacher Union
Swanson
Toronto
Witnesses pursue driver who leaves scene of accident
A Park Forest man, Robert Lavermann, 28, was involved in a two car crash on Halsted near 143rd. Oliver Lathan, 49, Markham, fled east on 142nd after the impact. Witnesses detained him until police arrived as officer John G. Ritter issued three tickets for following too close, DUI, and revoked license.
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Markham
Halsted St
143Rd St
Park Forest
Robert Lavermann
Halsted
Lavermann
Oliver Lathan
Lathan
142Nd St
142Nd
Union
Mark Symanski
Harvey
Richard Symanski
Midlothian
John G. Ritter
Six Cent Purse Snatch Nets Small JailSentence
A Chicago man received ninety days in Cook county jail for theft and battery in a purse snatching at 72 E 137th St Riverdale. The robbery netted six cents and involved three men. one was convicted while another, a juvenile, was processed as a juvenile and to be tried later.
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Chicago
Cook County
Riverdale
137Th St
Dalton
Dennis O'Brian
Duff
Audy
Pete Sanders
Miller asks Illinois EPA to curb South Holland noise from railroad yards
State Rep. Thomas H. Miller calls on the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency chief Dr. Richard Briceland to enforce state noise limits at the C EI railroad yards in South Holland. He notes four years of effort, the 1971 village noise ordinance, cited violations, and proposes joint village state action using modern methods to reduce railroad noise.
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Thomas H. Miller
South Holland
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
C & EI
Rep. Miller
Richard Briceland
EPA
South Holland Air and Water Pollution Committee
Miller
Illinois
Hanrahan urges students to apply for presidential classroom program
Congressman Bob Hanrahan urged Third District high school students to apply for the 1975 Presidential Classroom for Young Americans program. The nonpartisan, nonprofit program offers six one week sessions in Washington and access to reporters and government officials. He noted 1,788 students from 49 states participated in 1974 and urged early registration, with local school officials selecting finalists. He called for civic organizations to provide financial support where needed.
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Bob Hanrahan
R- 3Rd
Ill
Washington, D.C
Janrahan
Hanrahan
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Bonnie Robert
Dominick Gigliotti
League of Women Voters of
Riverdale-Dalton
Kay Hemmerling
Nancy Olsen
Clara Truchon
TCC Board
Robert Murtagh
C . E.I. Railroad
Coele Safety
Chester Stanislawski
Cook County Traffic Safety Division
Chec Kim Gouwens
MacArthur School
Stitch and Lew 4-H Club
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