Mor ris community tests first all electronic central office
A Morris Illinois field trial of the Bell System ECO demonstrates abbreviated dialing code calling within homes and automatic call transfers. More than 400 of Morris’s 3500 customers participate as engineers assess a new production model set for 1965 deployment across the Bell System.
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Morris
Bell System
Chicago
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Whippany
N. J
Illinois Bell
William B. Quirk
Western Electric
Bell Labs Morris ECO System Memory Details
Intensive work at Whippany since 1954 builds the Morris ECO system with a 2.2 million bit memory stored on four 10 by 12.5 inch photographic plates. Trial phones emit an OBOE like tune and use dials twice as fast as standard.
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Bell Laboratories
Whippany
Morris
Vandalism Strikes Tot’s Playground in Mokena Park
In Mokena near the three churches the tot’s playground in Old Village Park suffered vandalism. Two of three canvas seat swings were damaged with one seat cut in half and the other severed with chains tangled around the frame. The MoKena Lions Club funds and maintains the playground and says this is the second such incident. residents with information are asked to contact a Lions Club member.
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Mokena
Ocean Cruise Theme Of JTHS Alumni Dance
Joliet Township High School Class of 1946 hosts the annual Alumni Dance with a Cruise N Capers theme in the JTHS gym on Saturday June 10 from 9 to 1. Admission is free and Roy Gordon Orchestra provides the music. Class of 46 banquet precedes the dance at 6 15 p m at the Woodruff Hotel. reservations through Mrs. David Burd.
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Joliet Township
JTHS
Joliet Township High School
Roy Gordon & His Orchestra
Woodruff Hotel
Joliet
David Burd
North William Street
Saratoga
96th Infantry Plans Reunion in Detroit July 27 29
The 96th Infantry Division Association invites all area veterans to its fourth annual reunion in Detroit Michigan from July 27 to 29. Written details available from Richard Klassen, corresponding secretary, Route 5, Kankakee Illinois. The text notes there are 93 lakes in Kosciusko County Indiana.
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96Th Infantry Division Association
Detroit
Midh
Richard Klassen
Kankakee
Ill
Kosciusko County
Indiana
Graduation Hears From Green Garden Students in Peotone
Graduation exercises at Peotone Junior High and Peotone High School honored Green Garden graduates led by Arlene Langmeister Linda Lines Eve lyn Heyer Ina Mueller and Suzanne Nagel from the eighth grade and Sandra Bettenhauser Jeanette Sangmeister Sharon Hamerding Rita Toepper Dorothy Welsch Patricia Bennett Ronnie Christensen Dale Brader Charles Patton Dennis Krapf Leonard Zakus Frederick Couch Dennis Creps Larry Gorney and Paul McCarty at the high school. Guest speakers included Dr. John English and Walter Knecht.
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Katharine Heisner
Frankfort
Peotone
Peotone High School
Green Garden
Arlene Langmeister
Linda Lines
Evelyn Heyer
Ina Mueller
Suzanne Nagel
Violet Fritz
Gary Harms
Dale Krapf
Myron Beckman
John English
Joliet
Sandra Bettenhausen
Jeanette Sangmeister
Sharon Hamerding
Rita Toepper
Dorothy Welsch
Patricia Bennett
Ronnie Christensen
Dale Brader
Charles Patton
Dennis Krapf
Leonard Zakus
Frederick Couch
Dennis Creps
Larry Gorney
Paul McCarty
Walter W. Knecht
Kankakee
Ronnie Christiensen
Iaa Mueller
Completes History Of Home Bureau Organization
The article traces the Home Bureau program from its 1915 beginnings in Kane County to 96 organizations across 101 counties by 1958. Will County formed its unit in 1938, now with 23 units and 500 plus members. Local units run meetings, with leaders trained by home economics extension staff and professionals. Membership is open to any urban or rural woman. A May membership drive is planned, with contact numbers SA 3 2265 and Mrs. Ralph Goodwin GR 83162.
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Kankakee
Will County
Home Bureau
Home Economics Extension Service
College of Agriculture
U, of I
Home Bureau Office
Ralph Goodwin
Khrushchev’s Biggest Problem He Gets Up On Wrong Side
Margaret Connors notes that Khrushchev’s daily misfortune is starting each morning on the wrong side of the world. The quip reflects Cold War tensions and a humorous take on Soviet leadership.
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Margaret Connors
Khruschev
Rainy Route 30 Crash Sends Three Drivers Free
Three motorists escaped injury after a chain collision on Route 30 near Gougar Road. LaVerne Ullrich moved to avoid Penn, his car rear ended by Gerald Sager, then Ullrich’s car slid into Penn’s on wet pavement. No tickets issued.
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Gougar Road
Fredrick Penn
W. Haven Dr
New Lenox
LaVerne Ullrich
Lll
Roberts Rd
Penn
Ullrich
Gerald Sager
Park Forest
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Noel Coward
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George Hamilton
Angel Baby
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Salome Jens
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PAGAN
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Tinley Perk
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96Th Infantry Plans Reunion
Arlene
Jeanette
Clarence Sangmeister
John Wille
Selma Andres
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Alvin Reiss
Gilbert Klier
Betty
Monee
Clifford Dean
Walter Reimers
Tinley Park
Erwin Wille
Henry Daul
Emma Henke
Dora Daul
Herman Reimers
Janice
Wilbur Heisner
Manhattan
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William Warner
Alfred Heyer
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Roy Krapf
Dale
Dennis
Matt Homerding
Sharon
Orland Park
Worth
Chester Gorney
Larry
Earl Christiensen
Ronnie
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Monce
Chicago Heights
St, Johns
Ernest Gander
Women’s Society Christian Service
Clarence Johnson
Norman Krapf
Stanley Ballard
Harry Bettenhausen
Arnold Landeck
Elmer Bettenhausen
Dewey Andres
Alfred Krapf
Women’s Guild
Donald Wilke
Milton Werner
Glenn Nagel
Wilke
Werner
Norman Yonker
Bensonville
Maxwell House
Nestles
Super Marts, Inc
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St. Francis of
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Jobe Flower Arrangers Shop
St. Lemont
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