Governor Stratton Leads Tax Reform Push In Illinois
Governor Stratton urges open hearings and a thorough study by a new legislative commission on tax inequities, especially personal property, amid a broader call to overhaul Illinois property taxation. Rep. Lee Daniels chairs the 15 member committee as Addison township undertakes a major revaluation to address inequities.
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Stratton
New State Legislative Commission
du Page County
Lee Daniels
Elmhurst
Addison Township
Illinois
Two In Recital Sunday In Fenton Little Theatre
A vocal and instrumental recital is set for Sunday at 3 PM in the Little Theatre of Fenton High School. Barbara Seablom and Frederick Lewis perform pieces from Handel, Mozart, Italian operas, Strauss, and Leucona with accompaniment by Mrs. Conway Ramseyer and Larry Roon. Seablom teaches vocal music at Blackhawk and Fenton high schools and studies at Cosmopolitan School of Music. Lewis instructs woodwinds at Fenton and Luther South and performs with the Chicago Business Men's Symphony.
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Barbara Seablom
Frederick Lewis
Little Theatre
Fenton High School
Miss Seablom
Blackhawk
Bensonville
Northwestern University of Music
Cosmopolitan School of Music
Chicago
Clemens A. Hutter
Elmhurst
Lewis
Fenton High
Luther South High School
Elmhurst College
Chicago Business Men’s Symphony
May By Pass County To Get Toll Fill At Airport
Chief of Police Harry Kolze asks Bensenville residents with unused policemen's ball tickets to return them to the station at the village hall. About 1,000 tickets were issued for the Saturday night event at the Bensenville fire station. The toll road fill and residential development plans for the former Elmhurst airport remain under consideration as contractors look to bypass supervisors if their option to buy proceeds with the Illinois toll road commission.
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Harry Kolze
Bensenville
Elmhurst Airport
The
Register
Illinois Toll Road Commission
Baumgartner
Elmhurst
Illinois Central
Hospital’s 7th Benefit Dinner Nears at Elmhurst Club
DuPage Memorial Hospital leaders including Raymond A. Franzen meet at Glen Oaks to finalize plans for the seventh annual benefit dinner at Elmhurst country club next Wednesday. About 400 business and professional attendees expected. $25 per plate. Proceeds fund a new $2.5 million addition as construction nears completion.
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Hospital
Bloomingdale
Elmhurst Country Club
Wood Dale
Koebbeman To Attend Road Builders Convention
Bensenville official Fred Koebbeman Addison township supervisor will join DuPage County highway leaders at the American Road Builders Association convention in French Lick Springs. The county road committee members including Oral B. Dold will attend the four day program running Sunday to Wednesday.
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Bensenville
Fred Koebbeman
Addison
DuPage
French Lick Springs
American Road Builders Association
Koebbeman
Oral B. Dold
License Suspension Corrects Last Week's Report
The driving license of Frederick G. Hunt of 325 Miner Street Bensenville was suspended for three months and not revoked by Secretary of State Charles Carpentier, contrary to a prior publication.
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Frederick G. Hunt
Miner St
Bensenville
Charles Carpentier
DuPage County Plans Major Tax Sale Of Delinquent Parcels
DuPage County will auction about 4 000 of 12 000 delinquent parcels with a focus on improved and residential lots, many from aging subdivisions. The sale aims to recover roughly 250 000 dollars in back taxes, with properties forfeited if no bids are made over three days.
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Illinois
Don Smith
DuPage County
Chicagoan Hurt In Bensenville Auto Accident
A Chicago man, Ralph Jensen, 53, suffered injuries to his right leg chest and mouth when a collision occurred at Irving Park Road and Spruce Avenue in Bensenville Friday at 11 p m. Ralph Poor, 33, 16W580 Grove outside the village, was eastbound and making a left turn. Mrs Carl Geisinger, 39, 17W357 Crest east of Bensenville, was taken to Walther Memorial Hospital after she fell from the car driven by her husband at 6:30 a m. on Grove Street turning into Church Road. She had head nose and knee bruises. The report notes seven mishaps in the village the past week.
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Chicago
Irving Park Rd
Spruce Ave
Bensenville
Ralph J. Jensen
Irving
Ralph Poor
Grove
Poor
Carl Geisinger
Crest
Walther Memorial Hospital
Geisinger
Grove St
Church Rd
Three Roselle School Issues Okayed and Two Nixed
The Roselle school election drew 1 032 voters and approved three of five special proposals while rejecting two. A plan to buy a new north side school site for 10 000 dollars passed by three votes amid tight totals. Only nine ballots were rejected as defective by officials.
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Roselle
North Side
Hunter Is Shot in Farm Accident Near Roselle
A 26-year-old Chicago man, Richard Sandorf, was injured while demonstrating a quick-drawing with a .45 Colt on a farm off Meacham Road north of Roselle. The bullet shattered his femur, and he was rushed to DuPage Memorial Hospital in Elmhurst where his leg was placed in traction.
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Meacham Rd
Roselle
Richard Sandorf
DuPage Memorial Hospital
Elmhurst
Polio In DuPage Drops to Three Cases with No Fatalities
DuPage County reports just three polio cases through spring and summer with no deaths, a dramatic drop from prior years. Health officials credit the Salk vaccine’s timing and emphasize completing the three-dose series to curb bulbar polio. Since 1945 the county logged 702 cases and 53 deaths.
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DuPage
Health Department
Courthouse To Stay Open On Saturdays
In Wheaton the county board rejected a plan to close the courthouse on Saturdays by a 15 to 6 vote. Stanley Karr of Elmhurst sponsored the measure, while Roy Blackwell of Lombard called a five day week a curse. The courthouse will remain open until noon on Saturdays.
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Wheaton
Stanley Karr
Elmhurst
Roy Blackwell
Lombard
Villa Park Woman Federation elects new president
Villa Park resident Mrs. M. F. Modjeska has been elected president of the DuPage federation of Women’s clubs to succeed the resigning Mrs. J. K. Harvey of Hinsdale. At the same meeting in Warrenville, Mrs. Modjeska’s previous post as second vice president was filled by Mrs. Luther Selley of Lombard and Mrs. Roy Judd of West Chicago became treasurer.
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M. F. Modjeska
Villa Park
J. K. Harvey
Hinsdale
DuPage Federation of Women's Clubs
Warrenvile
Modjeska
Luther Selley
Lombard
Federation
Roy Judd
West
Chicago
Turn Back Your Clocks Saturday
Suburbanites can gain an extra hour of sleep as Chicago reverts to Central Standard Time on Sunday. All clocks should be set back one hour before bedtime Saturday. Sunday sunrise is 6 16 a.m. and sunset 4 54 p.m.
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Chicago
Bensenville Plans Free Halloween Night For Teens
The Bensenville Chamber of Commerce Lions Tioga Post VFW and Auxiliary and American Legion sponsor a free Halloween event for youth. Tioga Drum and Bugle Corps plays while Pickers the Famous Clown leads a costume parade from Tioga school to VFW grounds. Prizes hot dogs hot chocolate cider donuts and candy distributed. inclement weather shifts to VFW hall. Jim Lounsbury hosts a Halloween hop at the firemen's hall with disc jockey records dance contests and prizes.
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Bensenville
Tioga Drum and Bugle Corps
Tioga
VFW
VFW Hall
Jim Lounsbury
Firemen’s
Bensenville Area
VFW Auxiliary Plans Overseas Packages for Service Members
The VFW auxiliary Tioga Post 2149 launches Christmas packs for Bensenville area service men and women overseas. Supplies include reading and writing material, extras, and a Christmas tree. To participate, call Porter 6-1509 or Mrs. Hal Kimball with the recipient’s full address before the overseas mailing deadline.
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VFW
Tioga Post
Bensenville
Porter
Hal Kimball
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Fenton Little Theatre
Chaminade
Bassi
Whitney
Larry Roon
Franzen
North DuPage
E. W. Marquardt
Martin Heidgen
County Board
DuPage Zoning Board of Appeals
Lake St
DR. McFarland
French Lick
Venger
Transac
T DuPage County Title & Trust Company
Hunter
Villa Park Woman Federation President
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