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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1969

Page

4

Letters and notices on taxes school costs and river cleanup

Readers urge school boards to ease strict gym wear rules and costly materials to ease family budgets. Gov Ogilvie creates the Commission on Operation Little Calumet River to coordinate river pollution cleanup efforts. Citizens critique Riverdale water rate hikes and municipal mismanagement while blood donation drives and local thanks wrap the section.

Joseph T. Chantigney Cook County Clean Streams Committee Park Avenue Dalton Illinois Chantigney Little Calumet River Richard B. Ogilive Little Calumet Cook County State of Illinois Ilinois Commission On 7Th General Assembly Springfield Richard B. Ogilvie

Fighting tobacco the never ending war across generations

A survey traces the battle against smoking from early warnings by Dr. Benjamin Rush to modern measures. It notes 4500 youths start daily, half of eighteen year olds smoke, while adults quit at a rate of about one million per year. Government and private efforts expand.

Riverdale Board of Trustees City of Chicago Illinois U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare National Council of Parents and Teachers FCC Congress State Mutual Life Assurance Company of America Worcester Mass Benjamin Rush America John Quincy Adams Horace Greeley John Brown Montpellier France

Boon for Dropouts Signed Extends GED Eligibility

Gov. Ogilvie signed a bill expanding GED eligibility to over 30,000 high school dropouts. The act lowers the minimum age from 21 to 19, enabling access to diplomas via the General Educational Development program and opening paths to college employment and advancement.

Hicago Richard Bls Ogilvie Atiow Ilvie Ray Page Page

Scott to present paper at paint tech federation meeting

Richard W. Scott of 15061 Wabash Ave South Holland will present a paper at the Federation of Societies for Paint Technology annual meeting in Chicago from November 5 to 8. The Sherwin-Williams Co. spectroscopy group supervisor will discuss Applications of X Ray Emission Analysis in the Coatings Industry before about 5000 technical personnel from the US Canada and foreign countries. Time to check your home for fire hazards.

Richard W. Scott Wabash Ave South Holland Federation of Societies For Paint Technology Chicago

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United States Alyce M. Bolton Stewart Riverdale Joseph Chantigney Ill Sec’y. of Labor Geroge P.schultz Shultz Labor Department Sec V. Shultz Frank McCune Edbrooke Riverdale JM. O'Connor Riverdale, I Coronata Genoa Knights of Columbus Wentworth Ave Calumet City Co-operative Blood Replacement Plan, Inc John Fox Gerard M. Bauwens Harold R. Johnson Indiana Ave Lincoln Ave Dolton Brute Sagan Carole Leski Nal Aitoria Men Sociation Urban Pre Press An Gov. Ogilvie Richard Dale Skeen Lowvale Lodge Russell Bales Otto H. Ehlers Arlington Hts Herman Middleborn Lowvale E. F. McCarthy James Mitchell Calumet Federal Savings & Loan Assoc Calumet Federal Tina Normandy Hall Company Life Federal Savings Calumet Federal Savings Loan Association of Chicago So i Tate
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