District 151 Debates Moving Jr. High to Taft Center
District 151 board discusses closing Coolidge School and transferring equipment to Taft Upper Grade Center due to enrollment decline. Superintendent and principals warn against hasty action while a $1,100 dental chair installation for Coolidge faces budget opposition amid rumors management aims to curb misinformation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Wiersma
Taft
South Holland
Coolidge
Hoffman
Pershing Brooms
J. Supt
James Vern
McGovern
Schmidt
Taft School
Coolidge School
Owen
Cook County
Broome
Graf
Riverdale Board Addresses L C Bridge Project Health Hazards
Riverdale officials press Illinois Central over substandard housing for workers at the 136th and Wabash site. Doctors say conditions violate village code. railroad officials to be urged to relocate workers. Mayor Selvig and trustees discuss traffic, debris removal, ordinances, and police staffing amid June fines and MFT funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Pinson
Riverdale Board
Illinois Central
136Th
Wabash
Charles Kratz
Thomas Bobak
Illinois Central Railroad
Army Specialist Four Presnak Assigned to 1st Infantry Division Vietnam
Army Specialist Four John A. Presnak 21 son of Mr and Mrs Andrew J Presnak of Dalton was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam as a clerk typist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Army, Vietnam
AHTNC
John A. Presnak
Andrew J. Presnak
Harvard, Dalton
1St Infantry Division
Vietnam
Was It Worth The Trip To Springfield For Con Con Ballot Spots
Voters gathered early at the Secretary of State office in Springfield as hopeful delegates filed for the Constitutional Convention. The process favored mailed applications, with many staying overnight or arriving before 8 am, prompting concern over fairness and the risk of a long bedsheet ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Springfield
Sam LaPorte
Dalton
Dalton Village
Ralph Berg
Sam
Ralph
Don Ed
Sec. of State
Paul Powell
Index Dept
U.S
Secretary of
South Holland
Mary Lee Inger
Homewood
Ray H. Garrison
Flossmoor
Bernice Taylor
Frank McCune
Riverdale
Bill Perry
Evergreen Park
Martin Ozinga, Jr
Porter Orr
Oak Lawn
Lester Catlin
Blue Island
Jean A. Keeney
James E. Gierach
Richard Bennet
Hit and run leaves man in serious condition
Larry Coffman of Calumet Park was injured at 12 09 a m last Saturday July 5 in a hit and run on Greenwood Avenue. He was taken to Ingalls Memorial Hospital in serious condition. His wife Janet Coffman reported a car went south on Greenwood with no lights after the crash. Police continue to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Larry Coffman
S. Ashland
Calumet Park
Coffman
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Janet Coffman
Greenwood Avenue
Larry
Greenwood
Illinois Air Board Sets Aug Hearings on Air Pollution
The Illinois Air Pollution Control Board will hold public hearings in Chicago on August 5 to discuss proposed standards for sulfur dioxide and particulate matter. The particulate limit is .75 milligrams per cubic foot, with Chicago adopting a 1.08 per cubic foot standard by January 1974. Hearings start at 10 a.m. in the State of Illinois Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CNS
Illinois Air Pollution Control Board
Chicago
State of Illinois
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Wiersma
L.C
Edelhofer
144Th Street
Stewart
Texaco
Michael Gregory
Supt. of Public Works
Frank Mraz
Mraz
Robert Selvig
Will County Higher Education
Olympia Fields
James Deaney
Robert Penn
Police Pension Board
Indiana Ave
Southern Illinois University
SIU
French University System
Honolulu
United Rent Az
Gliedan Taptovers
Tandem Bicycles
W. 144Th St. Riverdale
Illinois
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