Teaching music a joy for champions leader
Bruce Fowler, a Chicago area music teacher, led his 98 students to a first place at the International Youth and Music Festival in Vienna after overcoming shoulder tumors that ended his violin career. He will undergo tumor removal surgery and expects a four to six week recovery before the new school year.
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Chicago
Bruce Fowler
Fowler
Wiener Konzerthaus
Wheeling
Feaindianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Perfommrance
Seettist
Illinois road funds fall to 10 year low at year end
Comptroller Roland Burris reports Illinois road-building and repair fund closed at 4 million for the year ended June 30, a ten year low and far below 1972. Revenue rose to 1.174 billion with 541 million from federal highway aid, while spending reached 1.197 billion.
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Springfield
Illinois
Roland W. Burris
Burris
Welfare caseloads hit record in Illinois in June
Illinois welfare caseload rose to 520,973 in June, a state record, with Chicago at 329,929 cases. City residents on aid totaled 650,319 in June, and overall Illinois welfare costs are projected at 2.7 billion for fiscal 1982, with Chicago contributing 1.7 billion.
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Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Blue Cross plans million dollar cost containment program
The Illinois Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plan will launch a two year pilot funding up to one million dollars to support health care cost containment efforts. Grants and loans will be offered to institutions and providers with equal distribution between the Chicago area and the rest of the state. The move follows a 48 percent rate increase approved for 75,000 Blue Cross customers and an order to hold seminars for small businesses.
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Chicago
Illinois Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plan
S. Martin Hickman
Illinois Plan
Illinois Insurance Department
Blue Cross
Philip R O'Connor
Ex-inmate seeks full pardon in 1955 Canton death case
Lloyd Miller Jr., once on death row for an 8-year-old girl’s 1955 Canton murder, asks for a full pardon to qualify for $30,000 from the state after 11 years in prison. Fulton County Atty Tom Homer urged the Illinois Prisoner Review Board to deny. final decision rests with Gov. James R Thompson. Miller, freed after the Supreme Court overturned his conviction, currently resides in Mexico.
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Chicago
Canton
Lloyd Miller Jr
Fulton County
Tom Homer
Illinois
James R Thompson
Miller
Janice May
U.S. Supreme Court
Homer
Mexico
Legislator Ties Post To Reagan Reward For Campaign Work
State Sen. Don Totten of Illinois says his appointment to the International Joint Commission is partly a reward for his work as Illinois campaign chairman for President Reagan. He notes the panel studies Great Lakes boundary waters and can pay up to 25 000 a year in fees. He adds he is also genuinely interested in the commission's work on issues like acid rain from U.S. coal.
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Washington
Don Totten
Hoffman Estates
Ill
Great Lakes
Canada
Reagan
Illinois
Totten
International Joint Commission
Commission
U.S
Desegregation plan rejected by U S Justice Department
The Justice Department says Chicago public schools plan fails to desegregate adequately. Judge Shadur will hear the case after Aug. 12 and decide if consent decree requirements are met. The board approved the plan 6-5 despite objections over a 70 percent white enrollment cap and lack of mandatory measures.
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Chicago
Justice Department
Chicago School Board
Department
U.S
Milton I. Shadur
Chicago Board
Raul A. Villalobos
Shadur
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