Chester High School drops hot lunch program shifts to sandwich plan
Chester Unit District 139 votes to discontinue the hot lunch at Chester High School after a participation and deficit study. A Lakeshire Sandwiches Inc. franchise will run a winter soup plan with milk and ice cream, while Chester Community Grade School keeps hot lunches. The board also approved acoustical ceiling work for 1500 dollars and doors for the girls gymnasium for 1200 dollars. A golf team consideration with a 20 dollar per member fee was discussed with the Chester Country Club. Police Chief Clarence Alms is reappointed truant officer.
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Chester High School
Chester Unit
Holly Marchildon Jr
Lakeshire Sandwiches, Inc
Marchildon
Chester Community
Ora S. Russell
Carbondale
Cape Paint and Glass Co
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Chester Country Club
Chester
Clarence Alms
Frankfort board acts on bids and staffing changes
The Frankfort Community Unit School Board formed a committee with James Hutch craft Reginald Karroll and Superintendent Warren Jennings to study gasoline bids before a final decision. It accepted Continental Insurance Co school coverage with 3 and 4 50 rate scales, appointed Marguerite N. Bork for Sandra Fiori, granted Janet Sala leave and hired Karen S. Hanson as fourth grade teacher. The board also authorized high school music room repairs and partial boiler payment of 32899 50 to McNeill and Dugger Construction. Lunch prices set for 1968 69 at 35 cents students 45 cents adults with milk at 15 20 cents.
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Frankfort
Marguerite N. Bork
Sandra Fiori
Janet Sala
Karen S. Hanson
Jennings
McNeill and Dugger Construction Co
Herrin
CIPS Illinois Power consolidation gains support
W Marshall S Luthringer testified before the SEC that the CIPS and Illinois Power merger would benefit customers and stockholders as the firms coordinate within the Illinois Missouri public power pool. The plan trades 0.65 Illinois Power shares for each CIPS share with an 83 percent acceptance threshold. He noted the exchange would slightly reduce the dividend per CIPS holder from 1.12 to 1.118 dollars.
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Washington
Central Illinois Public Service
CIPS
Illinois Power Co
W. Marshall S. Luthringer
Securities and Exchange Commission
Illinois - Missouri Public Power Pool
Illinois Power
Luthringer
Morris orphans seek permanent guardianship in Madera
Ten Morris children orphaned in a July crash near Fresno will learn Friday if they may stay together as a family under a court guardianship. Judge Jack Hammerberg declared them wards of the court after guardianship petitions were filed by relatives. The Bank of America in Madera holds the $50,000 in donations and may establish a no charge trust administration.
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Madra
Calif
Morris
Madera
Madera County Superior Court
Jack Hammerberg
Robert G. Morris
U. S. 99
Fresno
Kathy
Linda
Eugene Lachowicz
Resno
Clifford Salmon
Porterville
Boris Lachowicz
Gertrude Graves
Concord
Bank of America
Work Begins on Addition to Giant City School
Supt Claude Ross said work is under way on an addition to Giant City school. The board signed a contract for mechanical work with Atkisson Plumbing and Heating of Marion, the low bidder. Phyllis Leslo was hired as kindergarten and remedial reading teacher at 5600. The district seeks applicants for a bus driver position.
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Giant City School
Claude Ross
Ross
Atkisson Plumbing and Heating
Marion
Phyllis Leslo
SIU Physiologists Author Two Articles
Members of the Southern Illinois University physiology department authored two published articles. The first, Acceptance of Disabled College Students in Teacher Training Programs, appeared in Exceptional Children and lists Harold M. Kaplan, Jay A. Bender, and O. P. Kolstoe as authors. The second, Electro Anesthesia Accomplished by Low Wattage and its Modification by Synthetic Drugs, appeared in Anesthesia and Analgesia with Kaplan, Alfred W. Richardson, and Robert S. Pozos as authors.
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Southern Ilinois University
Harold M. Kaplan
Jay A. Bender
O. P. Kolstoe
Colorado State University
Kaplan
Alfred W. Richardson
Robert S. Pozos
Anasthesia and Analgesia
Warmer in northern plains with showers and warm forecast
Weather notes show warmer conditions spreading from the northern Plains to the Great Lakes with showers tonight. High near 88 and low around 70 Wednesday, 10 am temperature 79. Lake stage readings list several lakes, with levels below spillways and a pollen count under five.
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Northern Plains
Great Lakes
Police Briefs Spark Thompsonville and Carterville Incidents
Thompsonville reports Terry R. Bennett, 19, cited for speeding too fast for conditions with a $15 fine. Carterville reports Archie J. Fann, 54, charged with driving while intoxicated, fined $105, and leaving the accident scene.
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Thompsonville
Terry R. Bennett
Carterville
Archie J. Fann
The Light Jokes About Psychology and Diet
The piece humorously critiques psychology and dieting obsessions as it pokes fun at social quirks. It notes nerves and calorie trends, hints at relationship sparring, and teases rapid airplanes and hostess introductions with light satirical tone.
Part time unemployment claims deputy aides sought
Edmond R. Aken of the Unemployment Compensation division in Murphysboro announces part time positions as intermittent unemployment claims deputy aides. Open to men and women with four years of college or equivalent, pay $3.35 an hour. Work covers investigation and adjudication of eligibility questions. Apply at Murphysboro office Walnut and 14th streets.
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State Department of Labor
Edmond R. Aken
Murphysboro
Walnut
14Th Streets
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