South Holland OKs Street Improvements and Old Timers Week
The South Holland Village Board approved street projects including 157th Street and 168th Street paving with a 12 foot median on 157th. A sidewalk on 164th Place was ordered. $117,000 from M.F.J. funds was allocated. Old Timers Week was proclaimed for Aug 25 to Sept 1 with a village picnic planned for Labor Day and a museum display of local history.
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South Holland
Gouwens Lane
South Park
164Th Place
Claire Lane
C & EI Railroad
164Th Pl
M.F.J
William Jacobs
Miller
John Vinke
Veterans Memorial Park
Fire
Mystery Surrounds Death of Valley College Editor Jack Fairbrother
Jack E. Fairbrother, former Valley Star editor and Sceptre magazine chief, disappeared July 1 after leaving Beverly Hills Hotel night shift. His decomposed body was found July 14 near San Francisquito Canyon Road, shot in the head. Parents request donations to Dalton Public Library in lieu of flowers.
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Jack E. Fairbrother
Valley College
van Nuys
Calif
John Fairbrother
Kimbark, Dalton
Beverly Hills
Fairbrother
California State
Los Angeles
San Francisquito Canyon Road
Dalton
Terry
Kick Off Meeting For Little Calumet River Cleanup
A July 29 kickoff at Dalton Park Fieldhouse in Dolton gathers officials and citizens for Operation Little Calumet. The plan seeks to abate pollution so fish survive and water sports return, with state legislators, administrators, and media invited to map steps and future campaigns across Cook County waterways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Calumet
Cook County
Dalton Park
147Th Place
Evers
Dolton
Messrs
Chantigney
Fryzel
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South Holland Ok’s
Helen Conrad
Mystery Surrounds
Death Jack E. Fairbrother
Ioe
Staoh’s
Haller’s
Hiram Walker
Windsor
Cottage Grove
Inner House
Seagram’s
Lier A
Wend Walker
Apta Ayres
Ivodka
C. da Silva
Chianti
Dorchester Inn
147Th St
Sibley Blvd
154Th and Calumet Expressway
Dolton, Ill
SUN
Calumet
Joseph Chantigney
Stanley R. Fryzel
DCA
al Ramlow
Maxine Mastey
Scott Russell
First National Bank IN
Chicago RD
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