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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1963
Page
9
A portable electric typewriter valued at 160 and a table model FM radio valued at 36 were stolen from Dr. Lawrence Haddock's offices at 613 E 142nd St Dolton. The burglary was reported to Dolton Police on July 27 after entry through a bar door at the building's southwest corner.
Dolton residents petition the Illinois Commerce Commission to order retaining the crossing watchman at the Indiana Harbor Belt and B&O crossing at Lincoln and Park and to substitute modern electrically operated short arm gates with flashing signals. The gates would be manually controlled by the current pneumatic gate operators.
Dolton President Frederick Kasten announced a reorganization of the village board zoning board of appeals and planning commission at the July 23 meeting. Sam La Porte was named to fill the unexpired trustee term Arthur Winnebeck was appointed Planning Commission chair and Art Quandt will join the Zoning Board of Appeals William Van Someren was named to the Planning Commission.
Dalton police arrested One R Nickerson after a report of two men stealing items from a Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad shipment. The case notes lawn mowers, motor cases, radio testing gear, and belts strewn along the right of way. Nickerson was found near 142nd Street wearing soiled clothes and could not explain his presence.
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