Joliet Merchants Plan Park and Shop to Ease Parking
Joliet merchants, the Parking Commission and the Joliet Association of Commerce push a Park and Shop program starting Monday. A trial removal of meters on Jefferson Cass and Scott streets runs May 5 to 31 with one hour free parking for a $2 purchase in 100 plus stores. George Clare leads the commission, lauded for securing new parking lots and tackling congestion.
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Joliet
Cass Streets
George Clare
Oliet Parking Commission
Reall
Daylight Saving Time Begins This Sunday
The article instructs readers to set clocks forward one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday to observe daylight saving time. It warns that failing to adjust will leave people out of step on Monday morning as trains, milkmen, postmen, schools, and TV schedules shift accordingly.
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Ostman
Brown awarded 25000 in counter suit over highway land
Thomas C. Brown of Braidwood received a 25000 verdict in the county court on a counter claim against the State of Illinois. The case stemmed from condemnation proceedings to seize part of Brown's farm for a highway. Atty Francis A Dunn represented the state with Judge John Cowing presiding.
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Thomas C. Brown
Braidwood
Illinois
Brown
Atty. Franc Fs A. Dunn
Unn, Stefanich and McGarry
Down
Standard Oilompany
Joliet Fire Dept Gets City Manager Exam Plan
City Manager Chester B. Lewis authorized Frank Carnaghi, Joliet Fire and Police Commission chairman, to appoint five additional captains and one assistant chief. Carnaghi will proceed with plans for a department examination in the near future.
Michigan quarry to become public beach recreation area
Joliet Beach corporation begins a two year project with $100000 in funding to extend the quarry shoreline by 650 to 700 feet on the north and 350 feet on the west, add a building with dressing rooms and a refreshment stand, and develop six nearby acres into picnic and recreation facilities including a tennis court and baseball diamond. Officials assert water quality is safe for swimming and plan a club style operation for better control.
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Michigan Quarry
The
Joliet Beach Corp
Jack
Norman Keck
Yorth
Joliet Beach Corporation
New York Central Railroad
Joliet Park
Michigan Central Railroad
Park District
Michigan Beach
Nowell Park Pool
F. W. Woodruff
Kecks
Prairie State Paper Mill
J. A. Semitekol
R. V. Larson
Jack Keck
Spectator
Park & Shop program to offer free downtown parking
Joliet will launch the Park & Shop plan next Monday with 110 firms joining. Eleven parking lots around downtown will provide free one hour parking stamps when shoppers spend at participating stores, aiming to ease meter hunting and downtown traffic.
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Joliet
Park & Shop
Walsh
Michigan Street
Cass Street
Central School
al Baskin
Joliet Street
City
van Buren
Clinton Streets
Robinson Loop
Jefferson Street
Harris
South Chicago Street
Bill’s
Washington Street
Central Court
Scott Street
Barr
Clinton Street
Benjamin Gordon
Park
Postpone Touhy writ hearing in Stateville case
U.S. District Court Judge Michael L. Igoe moved a habeas corpus petition hearing for Stateville inmate Roger Touhy to June 5. Touhy, known as a prohibition era beer runner, seeks release from a 72 year sentence for the 1933 kidnapping of Jake Factor and an extra three years for a prison breakout.
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U.S. District Court
Michael L. Igoe
Roger (the Terrible
Lucky Mother contest planned by Joliet merchants
The Joliet Association of Commerce retail division launches a Lucky Mother contest honoring Mother's Day. Customers vote in downtown stores on Saturday signing ballots for a candidate. Prizes include apparel and household appliances, with the winner announced May 10, one day before Mother's Day.
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Joliet Association of Commerce Retail Division
United Cerebral Palsy seeks Will County fund drive total
The Will County chapter aims to raise 18000 dollars in May to support CP aid programs. Projected cases total about 50 locally with an estimated 200 statewide. Funds fund taxi service to therapy centers braces and equipment and hospital care for disabled children. Checks go to Stuart C. Kroesch treasurer 3 E Van Buren Joliet. The effort is led by A M Christenson and Verne E Crackel.
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United Cerebral Palsy Organization
Will
Melvin J. Larson
A. M. Christenson
Haldemann Avenue
Verne E. Crackel
United Cerebral Palsy of
Will County
Stuart C. Kroesch
E. van Buren Street
Joliet
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Ime
Touhy
Robert B. Johnstone
Yvonne Carloss
Glenn Carloss
United Cerebral Palsy
Stanley Seene
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