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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1959
Page
4
Riverdale police respond to a September 2 call at Shorty’s Farber Shop 13779 Lyden Avenue. Joseph Daze 50 suffered a heart attack. oxygen given but he died at the scene per the attending physician.
A taxi owned by Clarence Homer of the Raverdale Dalton Cab Co was stolen from in front of his establishment on September 4 and recovered by the South Chicago police on September 5 in South Chicago before being returned to the owner.
Illinois Central announces doubled rail service on Sundays and holidays from 7:40 am to 10 pm starting September 13. Emmitt L. Helmes, passenger station manager, says hourly trains will run between Richton Park and downtown Chicago on a trial basis to attract extra riders. The rebuilt footbridge at Eighteenth Street Station, 245 feet long, now aids riders to Soldier Field events. Cardinal home games are set for September 25, October 4, November 1, and November 29.
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