Bold robbers net $600 at Hopkins Drug Store
Robbers cleaned the safe at Hopkins Drug Store on Clinton Street of almost $600 during business hours at 6 30 pm. Clerk Sophie Krickovich described two men seen in the department then fleeing to a car. Edward Griffith, assistant manager, reported $298 cash and $281 in checks were taken. police plan lie detector tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Hopkins
Sophie Krickovich
N. Broadway
Edward Griffith
broWeg
Griffith
Clinton Street
Clinton
Miss Krickovich
Mary Evelyn Longsdon
Paul Metzger
Ditch saves driver from being crushed in icy wreck
Lloyd M. Smith of Elkhart Indiana escaped serious injury when a jeep and 32 foot house trailer jackknifed on an icy stretch near the Rock Island trestle. The trailer pinned the jeep but a ditch saved Smith from weight of the wreck. Don Lafrenier a passing truck driver pulled him free. The jeep was a total loss and the Morgan Driveway Co trailer suffered moderate damage. Time was 11 25 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd M. Smith
Elkhart
Ind
E. Cass Street
Smith
Rock Island
Don Lafrenier
Saginaw
Mich
Morgan Driveway Company
Rochester
Minn
Sheriff’s Office
Whalen Withholds Part of Campbell Street Sewer Payment
Commissioner Joseph Whalen withholds 500 of Hammond Excavating’s 900 payment for the Campbell street sewer project after discovering illegal residential connections made without city permits. Contractor Clifford Hammond claims no knowledge of the connections while owner residents Carey and Graham face permit issues. The council awarded Hammond a 3595 bid and may issue further payments for extras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Whalen
Hammond
Campbell Street
Whalen
Clifford Hammond
City Water and Sewers
William L. Carey
John E. Graham
Campbell
Main
Voters Face Half Day School Danger in Bond Debate
School board leaders warned that rejecting the grade school building program could force a half day schedule. The board reviewed revised plans totaling 3.09 million dollars, with additions at Pershing and a six room Marycrest alteration. Discussion covered junior highs on east and west sides, Pershing conversions, Farragut questions, and Taft and McKinley site considerations. The next meeting is April 14 as a new board forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing School
League of Women Voters
Herbert F. Geisler
U.S
Stuart Yoesch
County Board of School
Barbara C. Gray
Donald H. Bruce
Robert G. Burch
Joseph R. Wilhelms
Prade
Paul Kauffman
Floyd Olson
Walter B
PTA
Pershing
Marycrest School
Citizens’ Survey Committee
School Planning Commission
Farragut School
Don Harper
Citizen's Survey Committee
West Side
Farragut
J. C. Brady
Brady
Stuart Kroesch
James Blood
Clarence Olin
Olin
Larkin
Taft
McKinley School
Edward Ferritti
McKinley Pta
Forest Park
John Shroba
East Side
Copperfield Avenue
Joliet Township Votes to Help Fund Master Plan
The Joliet township board approved paying 10 percent of the master plan cost over three years, totaling $6 800 with $2 267 yearly payments for 1954 55 and 56. John Egan dissented citing fears of township loss of autonomy while Meade Baltz called the plan a road map for area officials and worthwhile for future planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Joliet Plan
Meade Baltz
Cincinnati
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Hopkins
Ditch
John C. Cowing
Thomas V. Gorey
John S. Pearce
Joseph H. Hartley
John P. Gleason
Stewart C. Hutchison
Warren H. North
Raymond J. Harvey
Ellsworth B. Workman
Verne E. Cracker
Stephen J. Zivaly
Julius Klein
Park Livingston
Joseph T. Meek
Austin L. Wyman
E. D. O’brien
Illinois
St.Louis
Post-Dispatch
the Spectator
the People’s Newspaper
William R. McCabe
Fred P. Lollar
the Spectator Puishing Company
Joliet, Ilinois
Spectato
Cass Street
Dinota Telephone
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