Rapid City Flood and Fireworks Blast Among Midwest Turmoil
Flood waters forced rapid evacuation as relief centers opened in high ground schools. A fireworks blast at Melrose Display in Orland Park killed two and injured many. Civil Defense shelters and communication centers mobilized to aid the injured and homeless amid evolving disaster preparedness plans.
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Rapid City
South Dakota
Indiana
Orland Park
Melrose Display Fireworks Company
Civil Defense
Civil Defense aims to involve residents as helpers
Orland Park and nearby villages promote civil preparedness as a people driven effort with no special skills required. Members attend meetings, complete CD USA courses, and may face police checks. In emergencies they man radios shelters ambulances and aid medical response.
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Civil Defense
Jerry Monnett
Orland Park
Civil Preparedness Agency
George Pretty
Oak Forest Civil Defense
CD — USA
Oak Forest
Pretty
Monnett
Delegates Split Over McGovern Prospects at Demo Convention
Local delegates from the Fourth District in Illinois back Democrats but split on McGovern’s first ballot viability. Uncommitted voices argue for and against McGovern and a possible Jackson-Sanford ticket. The convention outcome hinges on floor challenges, with Chicago delegates already ousted temporarily.
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Scott Hochberg
Miami
Orland
Paros
Bremen
Rich
George McGovern
Richard Hutchison
Tinley Park
McGovern
Hutchison
Muskie
John Moran
Westchester
Moran
Washington
Henry Jackson
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Illinois
Chicago
Burbank
Louis Viverito
Injunction Threatened Over Oak Forest Water Contract
Oak Forest trustee Leonard Neuzil vows an injunction to stop the Oak Forest Oak Lawn Lake Michigan water contract. He argues Chicago violates a 1967 Supreme Court limit and cites alternatives such as repairing wells in Oak Forest and Tinley Park.
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Oak Lawn
Lake Michigan
Oak Forest Board
Oak Forest
Leonard Neuzil
Neuzil
Supreme Court
Chicago
Neazil
Illinois
Tinley Park
States Attorney’s
Young Oak Forest
Allied Labs
Robert Sassman
Illinois Water Survey
Illinois Water Purification Department
Con
Oak Forest Mail
Oak Forest Debates Water Alternatives Amid Contract Hold
Oak Forest trustees met June 29 to discuss alternatives to the Oak Lawn water contract. Tinley Park is set to sign the joint agreement. Oak Forest has not. Trustee Neuzil urged 30 more days for research before a long term commitment, while O Connor warned consultants showed bias.
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Neuzil
Oak Forest
Clyde Lana
Michael J. Giffin
Giffin
Sana
Tom North
Oak Forest Board
Oak Lawn
Tinley Park
Tinley
Freeway Corridor Study Planned for South Suburban Route
Illinois Department of Transportation proposes a South Suburban freeway corridor from Sauk Village to Burr Ridge with a three mile wide center. Two public hearings are set for July 25 in New Lenox and July 27 in Park Forest, with several informational meetings July 10 25.
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Illinois Department of Transportation
Division of Highways
Sauk Village
New Lenox
Burr Ridge
Steger Road
Wolf Road
Lincolnway High School
Rich East High School
Park Forest
William Santacruz
Mobility Studies
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