Grants OK for three Will County schools
Three Will County school districts received federal aid through the Department of Health Education and Welfare this week totaling 62 232. Joliet School District 86 got 57 705 while Lincoln Way Community High School District 210 received 3 141 and Manhattan Public School District 114 was awarded 1 386 for current expenditures. A separate telegram from Shriver director of the Office of Economic Opportunity announced approval of a 40 965 grant to fund a Community Action Program under Title II A of the Economic Opportunity Act with details to follow after governor consent.
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Will County
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
John Erlenborn
Lincoln Way Community
Manhattan Public School
Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
GOP Maintains Control of Will County Board in election
Republicans kept control of the Will County board while Democrats won a majority of Joliet township offices. Joliet township supervisor William H. McCarthy won with 11 526 votes over Clarence Moman 9 844. Democrats gained four assistant supervisor seats. Republicans won two. Democratic winners: William J. Dwyer 10 991, William H. Lipsey 10 954, Dr. Clarence J. Larkin 10 751, Robert M. Verbiscer 10 629. Republican leaders: Richard Tezak 11 332, Herman Olivo 10 627. Unsuccessful Dems: LeRoy M. Van Duyne 10 521, James P. Riley 10 540. Unsuccessful GOP: Charles Connor 9 788, Jerry Adams 9 298, Bernard L. Williams 9 095, Robert Holyoak 8 346. Kent Bosworth won town clerk with 11 589 to 9 308 for John. Continued on Pagell.
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Will County
Joliet Township
Joliet
William J. Dwyer
William H. Lipsey
Clarence J. Larkin
Robert M. Verbiscer
Richard Tezak
Herman Fe Olivo
GOP
LeRoy M. van Duyne
James P. Riley
Charles Connor
Jerry Adams
Bernard L. Williams
Robert Holyoak
Pilcher Hudak Returned to Joliet Park District Board
Robert E. Pilcher and John V. Hudak were reelected to six year terms on the Joliet Park District board with 9 695 and 17 676 votes in unofficial returns. Other candidates included Paul T. Brozman 7 190 John T. Dillon 6 956 Raymond S. Sak 2 556 Martin J. Henderson 2 390 George E. Matlak 1 486 and Thomas W. Bruce 1 293.
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Robert E. Pilcher
John V. Hudak
Joliet Park District
Pilcher
Hudak
Paul T. Brozman
John T. Dillon
Raymond S. Sak
Martin J. Henderson
George E. Matlak
Thomas W. Bruce
May Tour Planned by Grade Band Sets
The City Band of Joliet Public Schools travels May 13 for a spring tour visiting Gil bert Lance Junior High School Leblanc instrument factory in Kenosha Wisconsin an assembly at Horace Junior High West Allis Wisconsin an overnight in Milwaukee a Lake Michigan ferry cruise on S Spartan May 14 and an overnight in Muskegon Michigan May 15 at the Holland Michigan Tulip Festival.
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City Band of Joliet Public Schools
Gilbert Lance
Leblanc Instrument Factory
Kenosha
Wis
Horace Junior High
West Allis
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
S. S. Spartan Auto Ferry
Muskegon
Mich
Holland, Mich
Local Realtor Charged With Housing Discrimination
The Joliet NAACP files a formal complaint with Illinois Department of Registration and Education against Charles Varrus, past Will County Realty Board president, for allegedly refusing to rent to Juliette Bethea, a Black systems accountant at APSA. Varrus cites financial pressures and tenant resistance as factors. He says discrimination is a community problem and that mortgage obligations force a rent-first stance.
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Joliet
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Charles Varrus
Will County Realty Board
Department of Registration and Education
State of
Illinois
NAACP
Warrus
Juliette Bethea
APSA
the Spectator
Miss Bethea
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Maurice Berlinsky
Vern Dillon
William H. McCarthy
Clarence Moman
Kent Bosworth
John
Pagell
Robert’ I. McKeague, Jr
Vine St
New Lenox
Ammunition Procurement and Supply Agency
Chicago
Operations Research Society of America
Donald J. Walsh
Kenilworth
Illinois Senate
Walsh
State Department of Agriculture
Better Government Association
Chicago Tribune
Joseph I. Woods
BGA
Howard McWard
Woods
Alcade
The
Fairmont
Lockport Township
Fairmont School
Guy Jones
Jim Hill
Phote
Harvey
Varrus
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