Illinois lawmaker assails city managers as undermining local government
State Senator Lottie Holman O'Neill denounces city managers and the Council of State Governments as undermining self rule. She questions ties to the United Nations and calls it a war of attrition against local government during an Illinois Legion counter-subversive seminar. City Manager Chester B. Lewis says he has not read reports of the talk. The Council is based in Chicago and finances operations through state officials from all 48 states.
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Lottie Holman O’neill
Council of State Governments
America
Council of State
United Nations
Chester B. Lewis
the Spectator
Casts Bring Out Bravery In Local Boy At Party
Four year old Allan Odenthal of Joliet shows bravery after arm fracture requiring a cast. Dennis Renner signs Allan s cast while 7 and 9 year olds Steve Renner and Bill Odenthal wait their turns. Community note mentions Joliet wall sewer and waste water disposal issues involving American Steel and Wire and city officials.
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Allan Odenthal
St. Joseph Street
Dennis Renner
Madonna Street
Allan
Steve Renner
Bill Odenthal
William H. Wilson
American Steel & Wire Company
Joliet
Lewis
Illinois Steel Company
Joliet Street
Labor backs Joliet public housing project plan
Organized labor in Joliet this week rallied for immediate approval of a $1,700,000 public housing project that would deliver an estimated $900,000 in wages to workers. The push emphasizes employment impact and city benefits tied to the housing initiative.
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Joliet
Joliet unions press public housing push amid unemployment surge
Will County Central Trades and Labor council voted to back Joliet Housing Authority’s program citing rising unemployment. Albert A. Krzywonos of United Steelworkers urged city council cooperation to start the project. The move reflects a long held labor stance supporting public housing initiated after World War II.
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Joliet
Will County Central Trades and Labor Council
Shea
Krzywonos
Central Trades and Labor Council
AFL
Will County Industrial Union Council
CIO Group
Chicago
Gary
William J. Downey
Plumbers’ Union
Joliet public housing project dedication noted
Downey chairs housing authority with about 20 years of advocacy by building trades unions. Shea of Central Trades and bar council is a housing commissioner. Albert H. Jackson and Albert J. Felman cited for diverse backgrounds and unanimous board support in a year of deliberations.
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Tion
Peters elected Illinois Junior Chamber state vice president
Peters of Joliet was elected state vice president of the Illinois Junior Chamber of Commerce by 17 District 12 Jaycee chapters in Lemont. He will join Al Blasco of Streator on the state Jaycee executive committee and is to be installed at the May convention in Springfield.
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Farnsley L. Peters
Kenilworth Avenue
Illinois Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lemont
Jaycee
Peters
al Blasco
Streator
Joliet
Springfield
Evergreen Par
Weather outlook Joliet tonight and tomorrow
The forecast for Joliet and nearby areas calls for partly cloudy skies and cool conditions tonight with a low in the upper 30s. Temperatures are not expected to change much for tomorrow.
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Joliet
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Paw Friedrich
Labor
A. A. Krzywonos
Ray Shea
F. P. Peters Moving & Storage Company, Inc
Joliet Jaycees
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