Rock Island Railway files for bankruptcy as ICC weighs action
The Rock Island railroad filed for reorganization in federal court and imposed a March 31 freight embargo. The RTA voted to spend over 2 million to keep commuter service running through June 30, with funds limited to commuter operations. The ICC may order continued services or dismember the system amid ongoing subsidies and Amtrak considerations.
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Regional Transportation Authority
RTA
Rock Island
Milton Pikarsky
Pikarsky
Rocksland
Commuter Parking Funds Near Final Illinois Review
IDOT official says final approval for a 10 million dollar regional commuter parking program should come by June 1 with 80 percent federal funding. Local towns Harvey Park Forest Tinley Park Oak Forest seek grants, facing labor protections and railroad consent before funds cover lots shelters landscaping and land costs.
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Illinois Department of Transportation
IDOT
Tinley Park
Park Forest
Harvey
Oak Forest
U. S. Department of Labor
Peter J. Brennan
Rock Island Railroad
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Samuel Nakib
Rock Island
Nakib
Richard Durkin
Tinley Park Village
Maps of Tinley Park Oak Forest Orland Park and Westhaven For Sale
Village maps of Tinley Park Oak Forest Orland Park and Westhaven are offered at 35 cents each at the STAR-TRIBUNE general offices 17239 Oak Park avenue Tinley Park. Mail copies cost 50 cents per map including 15 cents for postage.
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Oak Forest
Orland Park
Westhaven
Star-Tribune
Oak Park Avenue
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A brief OCR fragment references page numbers 35 to 39 and lines noting 2 26 and 27. The readable text does not specify events, names, dates, or places. The item appears to be a catalog or index note within the newspaper.
District 230 Superintendent Faces Local Election Interference
W O Fisher of Consolidated High School District 230 says village politics intruded on parents protest over attendance boundaries for the new Andrew High School. He cites rumors that Co Op 75 promised to influence boundaries, later says both Co Op and PRO leaders assured nominees will stay out of the district’s matters during the Orland Park election.
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Consolidated High School
Orland Park
Andrew High School
Supt. Fisher
District 230
Carl Sandburg High School
Fisher
Co-Op ‘75
Co-Op
Sandburg
Jack Wilson
PRO
Parents Oppose Boundary Shift for Consolidated High 230
Orland Park residents from Catalina Tee Brook and Cachey subdivisions urge the school board to extend Carl Sandburg High School’s north boundary to 159th Street. They argue the move would keep students at Sandburg. District officials note Andrew High School may face overcrowding and recognize boundary plans were discussed a year ago.
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Mitchell Golub
Orland Park
Consolidated High School
Catalina
Tee- Brook
Cachey
151St Street
Carl Sandburg High School
159Th Street
Tee-Brook
Sandburg
Hugh Waldher
Catalina Hometowners Boundary Committee
151St
Andrew
Oak Forest
Harlem
LaGrange Road
Wolf Road
Waldher
Village Man Shot In Burglary
Tinley Park resident John Daniels, 26, was shot in the chest during a burglary at his home on West North Avenue early Monday. Police found a gun and spent bullet in the basement. Daniels claimed two burglars entered, one carrying a TV, and that he fired once. he was in guarded condition at South Suburban Hospital Tuesday.
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John Daniels
West North Avenue
South Suburban
North Avenue
Alan Bechtel
Joseph Kocek
Daniels
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