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13 MAR 3 1992 ILLINOIS ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1 992 5A BRIEFS ILLINOIS i Ew rlr. I j'M Hippen praised the plan, saying that it would take a community effort to turn DuQuoin school finances around. AP EAST ST. LOUIS Teacher Seeks To Halt Random Drug Testing A teacher and teacher's aide in East St.

Louis School District 189 filed suit against the board of education Monday in an effort to halt random drug testing of employees. Their suit says they were directed in a letter from Superintendent Lillian A. Parks to submit to random tests. The suit, filed in circuit court in Belleville, claims the tests violate district policy. Four of the district's teachers have been arrested on drug charges in recent months.

BENTON U.S. Judge Cites Health In Plan To Reduce Load James Foreman, chief U.S. district judge in Southern Illinois, plans to cut his workload by taking senior status in June, opening up a position on the federal bench. The judge, who had a second Money Troubles Force Kids Radio Off The Airwaves By Bill Smith Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Goodbye, Sam 'N' Eggs Sam. So long, Sunshine Suzy.

Farewell, Shortstop Sean. Kids Radio, once known as the Imagination Station, signed off the air shortly before 10 a.m. Monday, a victim of grownup money problems. "It's really a sad situation," said Bob Cox, president and general manager of the FM station that had operated here just 10 months. "The kids will never understand it." Susan Hunkins, director of public relations for the station, said, "It's going to create a big void.

We're going through a period of mourning here." The offices for the station, WXJO 95.5 FM, were in Clayton. Its broadcast tower is in Bethalto, 111. Cox said there were 28 full- and part-time employees of the station. Known for its cast of zany, friendly on-air personalities such as Sam 'N' Eggs Sam, Sunshine Suzy and Jamin' Jojo, Kids Radio was the only 24-hour-a-day station targeted exclusively to children under the age of 12, Cox said. The station featured interactive word and math games and brain teasers in which its young listeners would call in answers to the station.

It also featured children's songs and storytelling. Cox Interrupted the programming to announce that the station was shutting down because of a lack of financial support. Cox said delays in obtaining a Federal Communications Commission license prompted key investors to pull more than $300,000 from the project. Kids Radio was poised to pay about $625,000 for the station from Bethalto Broadcasting Corp. of Edwardsville, but the licensing delays made the purchase impossible, Cox said.

Representatives of Bethalto Broadcasting could not be reached for comment Monday. BELLEVILLE Police Investigating Girl's Disappearance Belleville police are investigating the disappearence of a teenage girl from Crocker, who had been visiting an uncle in The teen, Donna Mezo, 16, was last seen on Feb, 18 near a fast-, food restaurant on South Illinois Street Her brother told police he was supposed to drive her back to their father's house in Crocker, but she had wanted to visit a boyfriend Donna left her personal belongings behind, her brother said. The boyfriend said he had not seen her and knew nothing of her whereabouts. Police gave him a lie-detector test but would not comment on the results. He said he had passed.

Donna Mezo is 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 125 pounds. She has blue eyes and dark brown hair. DuQUOIN Restaurant Pledges $1 Per Pizza To Schools Area schools, trying to erase a $1 million deficit, are getting help from a businessman who hopes his pizza-for-education plan will generate similar grass-roots efforts. Gene Rolando, owner of Rolando's Pizza restaurant in DuQuoin, says he plans to donate a dollar from every sale to DuQuoin Community Unit District 300 schools. Rolando planned to begin the program over the weekend and will continue through September.

He says he hopes the program will encourage other area businesses to do their part for the school system. District Superintendent Larry M. Gary BohnPpst-Dispatch Ambulance Accident A woman waiting anxiously Monday at the intersection of South Grand Boulevard and Utah' Street, where a van collided with an Abbott ambulance. Two ambulance attendants and inree passengers in the van, including an infant, were taken to area hospitals. nun "tv mt Weber heart-bypass operation last year, said health problems had played a part in his decision.

Foreman, 64, was appointed to the district court by President Richard M. Nixon. He is a 20-year veteran of the federal bench. Federal judges are appointed for life. But those who meet age and service requirements can take senior judge status and hear fewer cases.

Foreman said that he intended to retire at some point and that he wanted to spend more time with his family. AP All three Democrats seeking their party's nomination were recommended in a tight finish. From page one a member of the state bar association because he says it is too liberal. He called the polls "meaningless" and "an attempt by insiders to control the selection of judges." Weber listed the names of four judges in the Chicago area who got prison sentences ranging from eight to DEATHS 13 years on convictions for racketeering and other crimes after the "Grey-lord" investigation of the bench. Those four had received recommended scores ranging from 74.86 to 84.79 in the 1982 poll.

Rhine, 39, who is active in the bar association, declined Monday to comment directly about Weber or his reply. "I think the attorneys think very carefully before returning their recommendations," Rhine said. As to his own score, Rhine said, "I am very pleased with the recommendation, especially since I am relatively unknown in some of the more populous areas of the district." In a poll of lawyers in the 20th Circuit, which includes St. Clair County, three candidates were recommended for one circuit judgeship: Democrats Jerry D. Flynn 85.04 and William A.

Schuwerk Jr. 79.74, and Republican William C. Norton 71.99. Democrat Jerry K. Thomas was not recommended, with a 63.35.

The poll's ratings for other circuit judgeships throughout Southern Illinois were First Circuit: Democrat William G. Schwartz 82.29. Second Circuit: Democrats Terry Gambler 79.30, Paul Glamanco 72.18, Jim Henson 74.48 and Lehman D. Krause 51.36, and Republican James Ed Dull 82.53.?In judgeship in that circuit: Democrats Robert M. Hopkins 76.76, and Ruth Ann Gosnell 61.98, and Republicans James Michael Neal 69.84, and James D.

Stout 74.64. Fourth Circuit: Democrat Patrick Hitpass 90.22. In another judgeship in that circuit, Democrat Michael Ki-ley 77.73 and Republican Vernon Madison Richard D. Smith, 2Z died Saturday, funeral Saturday, Officer; East St. Louis.

Trenton Anna Hopflnoer, 95, died Monday, funeral Wednesday, Moss. Troy Marlorv B. Norbury, 75, died Sunday, funeral Thursday, Lauahlln. Edwin W. Bennett Sr 73, died Saturday, graveside service today, Laughlln.

Washington Park Eva D. Johnson, 8Z died Thursday, funeral Saturday, Officer; East St. Louis. Recent deaths In the Metro East area: i Alton Joyce L. Oiee, 47, died Sunday, funeral Thursday, Ellas-Smith.

Belleville Aloysius "Al" Tisser, 77, died Saturday, funeral Wednesday, Renner. Colllnsvllle Lester W. Hubble, 71 died Saturday, funeral Wednesday, Kassly. John L. Condellone, 82, died Sunday, funeral Friday, Kassly.

Milton p. "Mike" Kurtz, 71, died Friday, funeral today, Herr, East St. Louis Gertie Dennis, 83, died Friday, funeral today, Officer. Lawrence Moore, 47, died Saturday, funeral Friday, Officer. Odie Bonner, 66, died Saturday, funeral Wednesday, Officer.

Lee H. Rodgers, 59, died Tuesday, funeral today, Officer. Lucille Atkins, 91, died Saturday, funeral today. Officer. Jessie W.

Brownlee, 64, died Saturday, funeral Friday, Officer. Roy Garrett, 55, died Saturday, funeral Thursday, Officer. lola Y. Crockett, 58, died Friday, funeral Thursday, Officer. Edwardsville Verona Huck, 80, died Saturday, funeral today, Pletcher.

Godfrey Hanna B. Hack, 84, died Saturday, funeral Wednesday, Gent; Alton. Plummer 64.16. Seventh Circuit: Democrat Stuart Shiffman 80.79 and Republican Thomas R. Appleton 77.81 In another, judgeship in that circuit: Democrat John R.

Keith 83.01 and Republican Leo John Zappa Jr. 68.32. Eighth Circuit: Republican Carof Pope 85.90. ST. LOUIS CENTRE CHESTERFIELD SAINT LOUIS GALLERIA NORTHWEST JAMESTOWN SOUTH COUNTY ST.

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