McCarthy hearings near finish amid political jabs
The McCarthy-Pentagon hearings are said to end within a fort night, a development some readers may find cheering as the proceedings drift toward spectacle. The piece notes no gains for the Senate’s prestige, mocks certain figures on TV, and highlights Jimmy Roosevelt winning the California Democratic nomination amid marital troubles while Rep. Condon is described as a security risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Jimmy Roosevelt
California
Rep
Condon
Washington,d.c
Northwestern bans Delta Kappa Epsilon after fatal party
Northwestern University indefinitely bans its Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter and suspends eight of the 22 members following a May 29 party and a student’s death when the car carrying a chapter member crashed into a truck. An official notes this is the first time Northwestern has removed a fraternity in 95 years, prompting debate over the role of fraternities on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern University
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Archie Schonemann
Book Worms Enter Big Library Reading Contest
Brookfield library plans a summer reading contest for children in grades 3 through 8. Participants earn credit after reading three books weekly and must report verbally on each choice. The program runs at the library from June 14 to June 21 before the contest intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield
Teuscher Slated to Lead Illinois American Ven ue Association
Teuscher of 8428 Park View Hollywood is slated to be chosen commander of the Illinois apartment of the American Ven ue association at the annual convention to be held week June 17 20 in Springfield. Groza is represented by William R. G. in the proceedings.
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Kenneth
Teuscher
Park‘iew
Hollywood
Illinois
American Venue Association
Springfield
Rockfield
William T. Groza
William
District 95 Graduation Program at Gross School
District No 95 Brookfield LaGrange Park plans eighth grade graduation at Gross school on Thursday June 10 at 8 p m The program features processional Pomp and Circumstance America Sings This Is Our Land and a choral reading Presentations include class gift by Carol Lynn Varrina class present by M W Hummel and diplomas by Frank Kessel The ceremony directed by Ethel B Hicks with music by Barbara Grant lists dozens of graduates names from Gross school Curtis 8S Zima.
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Brookfield- LaGrange Park
Gross School
Elgar
America
This Is Our Land
Carol Lynn Varrina
M. W. Hummel
Frank Kessel
Board of Education Dist
Diane Ceplecha
William Gordon Chapman
Rosemary Lynn Chilstrom
Ronald Edward
Cross
Gerald Elmer Czerwinski
Rose Mary Damore
Elaine Sylvia Danek
Anthony Rosario Dibona
Philip Doll
Carol Jean Donda
Judith Ellingson
June Marcia Ewinger
Rosalyn Feely
Nolan Charles Fleishman
Dorothy Mae Fogg
Georgette
Catherine France
Larry Richard Fritsch
Patricia Pearl Giacomelli
Carol Ann Gill
Gale Charles Grandy
Sandra Victoria Hanry
Margaret Hammatt
Lawrence Hayford
Magdalena Heiser
Charles Herman
Alice Rose Hesik
Sharon Darlene Hodges
Janice Lynn Holzwart
Dorothy JoAnn Hansa
Gary Wayne Hornik
Donald _ Jerk
Kenneth
Ray Johnson
Leslie R. Jones
Dale Earl Kanak
Maurine D. Kelber
James Dale Kingma
Joanne Carol
Klecka
Linda
Barbara Kocour
Sandra Kay Kosp
Patricia Lou Kratoska
Marian Frances Layman
Alan E. Lemke
Kenneth Ralph
Leverenz
Walter Lindberg
Bette Jeanine Liska
Charles Joseph Mally
Sandra Lee Mann
Nancy Mae Merrell
Linda Meyer
Nancy Lee Micek
Ruth Miller
James
Ronald William Nottke
John Novack
Charlene S. Ott
Donna Jean Perry
Diane Beverly Peteree
Donna Jean Polivka
Rebora C. Purcell
Carolyn Avis Purl
Hope Raaum
Lawrence E. Rausch
Joan Caroline Remes
Anna Ruth Ross
Duane Rubin
Judith F. Ryzenga
Judith Ann Schafer
Charles Edward Schander
John Stuart Schauer
Peggy Joyce Schneider
Catherine Irene Scott
Patricia Ann Shelton
Grace Marianne Skoda
Ruth Ann Spanninger
Lois Kay Stoker
Shirley Mae Streje
Carol Emily Waltman
Nancy Jane Vance
Carol Lynne Vavrina
Alice Ann Vlahos
Barry Lee Walsh
Ellen Janice Wettersten
Donald Wood
Eugene Louis Woode
Carole Ann Wright
Darline Marian Zavoral
Douglas
Zima
Organization of Business Men Meeting Called for June 15
Irving V. Rezny, temporary chairman, urges a Tuesday evening gathering to organize a chamber of commerce. The steering committee plans an agenda for June 15 at 7:30 in the Music room of Gross school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Irving V. Rezny
Rezny
Gross School
Seaman Lindstrom Aboard Leyte in ASDE VEX Exercise
Richard G. Lindstrom storekeeper seaman USN, son of Mr and Mrs George Lindstrom of Brookfield, is aboard the USS Leyte supporting anti submarine exercise ASDE VEX 1-54. Training began April 26 with air, surface and submarine units operating between Bermuda and the Bahamas, planned by the Operational Development Force US Atlantic.
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Richard G. Lindstrom
USN
George Lindstrom
Park Ave
Brookfield
Leyte
Bermuda
Bahamas
Operational Development Force
U. S. Atlantic
Hiendér
Mo Command
Baccalaureate and Commencement Plans at Riverside Brookfield
Riverside Brookfield high sets baccalaureate for Sunday evening June 18 at 8 15 in the auditorium with Rev. Stanley M Fullwood and Rev. Robert A Pettit officiating. Music by orchestra and a cappella choir directed by Harold Collins. Commencement with 215 diplomas June 16 at 8 30. Valedictorian Barbara Zika salutatorian Nancy Lindquist both from Riverside. Dr Carl S Winters to deliver address. Junior senior prom June 11 at Tam O Shanter class night June 14 class dinner June 15.
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Riverside - Brookfield High School
Stanley M. Fullwood
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Riverside
Robert A. Pettit
Brookfield Baptist Church
Harold Collins
Alice Brainerd
Barbara Zika
Nancy Lindquist
Carl S. Winters
First Baptist Church
Oak Park
Ill
Tam O’shanter
Mary Pokorny Resigns for Alaska Health Post
Miss Mary R. Pokorny village nurse and sanitarian of Brookfield resigns June 15 to join the Alaska Department of Health in Juneau. She will undergo two weeks of orientation there before assignment by Dorothy Whitney. A Loyola University February graduate, she holds a public health bachelor and trained at Little Company of Mary Hospital Evergreen Park. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs William G Pokorny of Bedford Park Illinois. her father is a retired attorney.
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Mary R. Pokorny
Brookfield
Alaska
Miss Pokorney
Alaska Department of Health
Juneau
Miss Pokorny
Dorothy Whitney
Loyola University
Olof Lindberg Burial in Clarendon Hills
Olof Lindberg a 47 year Brookfield resident died June 4 at Rome. Survivors include his widow and several relatives in Lae Granges Elizabeth Wiberg and Arthur. The service will be held at Brookfield with burial at Hills.
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Olof Lindberg
Brookfield
Clarendon
Hills
Olof Lindbey Ie
Madigan Ave
Beld
Rome
Hugo
Ebba’ Schmidt
Elizabeth Wiberg
Arthur
Beaieaane
Hakold
Walter Oud
Brookfield North Riverside Water Plan Outlined
Ed Sicking of the Brookfield North Riverside Water Commission outlines a proposed solution to area water problems. Consoer Townsend suggests booster pumps, a new north west reservoir, and added pump capacity funded by about 350000 dollars in bonds. Existing line capacity could rise from 3.5 to 7 million gallons daily.
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Ed. Sicking
BNR Water Group
Brookfield
North Riverside
Edmund Sicking
Consoer-Townsend
Chicago
Sicking
Consoer - Townsend
26Th
Kenton
Ac Gto
Consoer- Townsend
Lyons
Brookfield - North Riverside
Village Story On Council Manager Reform Airs Sunday
Brookfield Illinois residents turned around village affairs through volunteer hours auditing books cutting taxes and raising salaries. The NBC broadcast at 2 30 p m Sunday dramatizes their citizen action and its influence on state law for council manager government in towns under 600 000. Brookfield was an All America City in 1952 and the program reflects efforts shaping Illinois governance. Local Brookfield businessmen help sponsor the series backed by the National Municipal League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Municipal League
League
Look Magazine
Brookfield
Illinois
Electro-Motive to Close for One Month Starting July first
Electro Motor division will suspend operations for one month starting July 1, with plans to resume in August as officials disclosed. The brief notice cited a period of inactivity and a planned restart in August.
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Electro-Motive Division
Pe Pat
Zigmund Waclowski Dies After Auto Crash
Zigmund Waclowski 38 of 4203 Forest Ave died in hospital after injuries from a car accident at am and Keller Chicago. The Bradford Fire Department squad assisted after Mrs Waclowski found him on the floor in great pain. He passed away Saturday evening June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zigmund Waclowski
Forest Ave
Am and Keller
Chicago
Braofield
Bud McCullough Takes Weekend Leave From War Duty
Bud McCullough returns home on a weekend pass from Army duty at Aliy Coral. Congratulatory notes and well wishes accompany his visit as friends and family greet him during the pause in service.
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Pfe
Bud
McCullough
Aliy
Coral
Vacation Savings Club Introduced by Brookfield Federal
Bohumil Hladik president announces a new Vacation Savings club at Brookfield Federal Savings and Loan. A Vacation Planning center opens at 3718 Grand Blvd Brookfield to help the public plan trips including honeymoons and overseas tours. Members gain access in June with accounts insured up to $10,000 by the FSLIC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohumil Hladik
Brookfield Federal Savings and Loan Association
High Institution
Grandblvd
Brookfield
Hladik
Ithis
Association
Brookfield Federal
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp
Lyons Police Captain Harold Schroeder Dies at 39
Lyons police captain Harold Schroeder died of a heart attack Monday night at 8 30. He was 39 and had served with the Lyons police department for years. Funeral services will be held Thursday at a funeral home on Archer Avenue in Summit.
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Lyons
Harold ‘Schroeder
Schroeder
At Ears
No A
Archer Ave
Summit
Injury reported after fall from bike at Berwyn hospital
Jim Gum, a boy living at 4209 Oak, was injured several days ago in a fall from a feeble riding with his sister. His father James Gum and his mother were at the home while the boy was taken to Berwyn hospital for treatment of a possible heat fracture, according to police.
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Jim Gum
Sisboy
Berwyn
Oak
James G. Gums
Children's Day Fete at Congregational Church
The children's day program at Congregational Church Sunday June 13 at 10 30 a m will be a combined service of church and church school Awards will be given to church school members with limited absences The ministry of music led by James Baird and others, Phyllis Soderdahl leads service, and several department leaders manage reports and memory work Bible presentations to named students Candle lighters and ushers drawn from this year s confirmands Church school offering to build funds.
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Ministry of Music
James Baird
Richard Zelnik
Dorothy Cordes
Phyllis Soderdahl
Cradlerofl
J. Grady
Eginners
Minarovic
C. H. Bash
A. Soderdahl
R. Oleks
Summer Encampment Planned by the Civil Air Patrol at Chanute
Summer encampment by the Civil Air Patrol at Chanute Air Base will involve seven cadets from Brookfield Squadron. Cadet Roy M. Stanley, selected from West Suburban squadron, sails for a one month exchange tour in Canada. Other officers include Lt Kuduna a ground instructor and licensed pilot, plus adjutant officers and supply personnel.
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Chanute Air
Civil Air Patrol
Force
Brookfield Squadron
Roy M. Stanley
Weat
Subu
Renutey
Canada
Kuduna
Wrienta Mander
Nal Coffierdahl
Firat
Kuduna Transportation
Econoe
Overflow Floods Brookfield Lot and Garage
Reports from Brookfield residents say water overflow from a pumping station flooded Joseph Ecks garage and nearby property Monday night. Klecka, a new resident, noted additional flooded lots and state citizens filed reports at the office while Brookfield police logged calls. The station administrator corrected the overflow and the flooding ceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Ecks
Klecka
Brook‘field Police Department
Pet, Baal famed spectacle at LaGrange fair
An estimated 60,000 lined LaGrange street Saturday for the annual Pet Baal spectacle. Winners included brother and sister trios from the 47th and Peck area who received a $35 check for group entry and a Mexican donkey. A $25 check went to Judy and Jeffry Clausen for best group entry. Judges awarded additional honors among 15 sections as crowds moved along the parade route near a west parking lot.
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LaGrange Stree
Chicago
Grange and LaGrange Farker
Commerce
Grange
Thomas
Suzanne
Deniseneux
47Th
Peck
Lai
Judy
Jeffry i Clausen
Western
Cas
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Seaman Lindstrom Usn
Carrier Leyte
St. Barbara's School
St. ‘Barbara’s Parish
Father Tyrell
Sharon Cahill
Jacqueline Bennett
Barbara Bernard
Arthur Meyer
Janet Slomka
Joel Poplawski
Robert Kunzmann
Richard Olson
Barbara Vondruska
Richard Cerv
Helen Lillis
Bob Lillis
Sandra Winhoven
John Max
Joel Lorr
Joanne Poplawski
Arthur Flowers
Barbara Slomka
Andy Ackermann
Mary Ann Kmoch
Joseph Maresh
Janet Cortesi
Patrick Galvin
Bernadette Brescha
Donald Spielman
Carol Hagen
James Niesch
Gail Ventimiglia
Bruce Burgess
Joyce Westendorf
Wayne Decker
Donna Leahy
John Barloga
Judy Bruns
Howard Chizas
Geraldine Padgen
Chester Dziura
Nancy Matiasek
John Brongel
Shirley Wisnewski
Edwin Szczytko
Juanita Jasecko
Kenneth Opal
Yee
National Broadcasting Co
C.D.T
WMAQ
E-M
Bud McCullough
Savings Club
Jim
Gum
Children’s Day Fetest Congregational Church
James. C. Kren
Sunnyside
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R. Rygale
Michelor
Big Street
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