Record $700000 damages in Joliet hospital death
A Chicago AP report says a record 700000 in damages was awarded Wednesday to widow Veronica Scully and her two children after a construction accident killed her husband Rob ert in July 1962. The award, the largest under the Wineis Structural Works Act, went to Mrs Scully of Joliet and her children John and Kathleen. The man, a plumbing foreman for J L Simmons Inc of Chicago, was killed when bricks fell from an eight floor scaffold at St Joseph's Hospital Joliet. Simmons was co defendant with Otis Elevator Co, installer of the elevator.
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Chicago
Circuit Court
F. A. Sorrentino
Veronica Scully
Joliet
John
Kathleen
Scully
Robert
St. Joseph’s Hospital
J. L. Simmons, Inc
Simmons
Otis Elevator Co
Illinois Junior College Board approves funds for three colleges
The Illinois Junior College Board authorized 10.955 million dollars for building at Illinois Valley Community College Lake Land College and Thornton Junior College. Annexation petitions to Olney and Lake Land districts were approved, and West Salem joined Olney by referendum while Lyndon High School District loss in Dixon area failed. Wabash Valley remains Class II. discussion urged for consolidation with neighboring districts.
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Chicago
Illinois Junior College Board
Illinois Valley Community College
la Salle
Lake Land College
Mattoon
Thornton Junior College
U.S. 6
Harvey
Twinois Building Authority
Wayne County
Olney Junior College
Newton
Jasper County
Lake Land
Gerald W. Smith
West Salem
Edwards County
Olney
Lyndon
Sauk Valley
Dixon
Wabash Valley Junior College
Mount Carmel
Smith
Wabash Valley
John K. Cox
Turn Over Lambert Field Control Proposal
East West Gateway Coordinating Council endorsed a plan for Bi-State Development Agency to buy and operate Lambert St Louis Municipal Airport. The study valued the facility at 12 million dollars to be funded by a property tax and possibly general revenue bonds. It noted the project was about 10 years behind schedule and that residents would remain owners. state legislation in Missouri and Illinois would be required.
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East ST. Louis, Ill
East-West Gateway Coordinating Council
Bi-State Development Agency
Lambert St. Louis Municipal Airport
A. J. Cervantes
Missouri
Illinois
Welfare agencies told to address clients as Mr Mrs or Miss
Federal Social and Rehabilitative Administrator Mary Switzer issued a directive to state welfare agencies to call clients Mr Mrs or Miss and treat them courteously amid rising complaints of discourteous treatment.
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Associated Press
Mary E. Switzer
Districts Seek Separate Campus Across Harrisburg Area
The Southeastern Junior College District in the Harrisburg area or with the Olney Junior College District would maintain a separate campus. Cox said the Wabash Valley petition could not be supported by the board. On his motion, the board voted to draft a resolution to that effect. Chairman Frank W. Fowle called the area very deserving.
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Southeastern Junior College
Harrisburg
Olney Junior College
Cox
Wabash Valley
Frank W. Fowle
Kansas City to Chicago Toll Road Proposed
A four lane toll highway linking Kansas City and Chicago, to be built in three years at about 0.3 billion dollars, was discussed with mayors and legislators. Feasibility without federal bond guarantees was noted, though a federal guarantee would lower interest. The plan would help the national highway system by connecting the Great Lakes region with the Southwest, crossing Missouri and Illinois near Macon Hannibal Quincy Macomb and Peoria.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Frank S. Gilmore
Great Lakes Area
Southwest
Thomas A. Oakley
Quincy
Ill
Macon
Hannibal
Missouri
Macomb
Peoria
Illinois
Thronberry, gun-toting deputy, named Supreme Court nominee
Homer Thornberry a former gun-toting chief deputy sheriff and UT student rose to the House Rules Committee, served 15 years in the House, then the Fifth Circuit, now nominated by President Johnson for the Supreme Court. Born in Ruskin and mentored by Sam Rayburn, he also served as mayor pro tem of Austin.
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Austin
Tex
Homer Thornberry
University of Texas
Supreme Court
Johnson
High
House of Representatives
Thornberry
Senate
Texas
House Rules Committee
House
10Th District
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Russin
Sam Rayburn
Navy Intel
Auction of Drilling Equipment for Collin Oil Company
Auction in Mt. Pleasant Michigan on July 11 at 10 00 A M EDT sells the estate of the late Clif ford W Collin furnishing a Bucyrus Erie rigs drill pipe and casing mud pump and a large inventory of related gear Trucks trailers and support vehicles including Mack 861 tandem 62 Ford pickup and 55 Ford flatbed are offered Also 28 length drill collars and 4000 gallon tank trailer featured at 211 E Pickard location
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Mt. Pleasant
Michigan
Clifford W. Collin
Collin Oil Company
E. Pickard
Bucyrus Erie
Cardwell
Denver
Mack
Ford
Montgomery
Trailmobile
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