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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1960
Page
3
Lockport and Joliet officials debate regulation of large transport trucks driving through town. Residents call for stricter enforcement to prevent street damage and hazards, urging police patrols and an ordinance spacing trucks at safe distances to curb abuses.
Ernest Hayden, 41, of Dawson Kentucky, tied up two policemen two firemen an ambulance and several hospital attendants for an hour in a hotel room after an intoxicated episode. Magistrate Martin Jackson fined him ten dollars. Hayden was found in a hotel room complaining of an ankle and, after an X ray showed no fracture, walked to a squad car with help from the ambulance crew.
James and Norma Stasell welcomed David and Dean as twins weighing 4 pounds 2 ounces and 4 pounds 9 ounces. David’s life saving diagnosis of hypothyroidism led to early treatment with thyroid tablets, and he now lives a normal life while Dean shows no thyroid issues. The parents praise medical advances and stress ongoing newborn checkups.
John Doidge 30 of Route 1 Braidwood was arrested by sheriff's deputies on a charge of issuing checks with intent to defraud. Deputies Bud Andrews and Thomas Borio took him into custody on the complaint of Leo V Cleary of Braidwood.
Joliet's 114 million sewage treatment plant nears full efficiency with $17,000 annual operating savings since January. Superintendent Hugo Rimmke notes reduced gas bills and no chlorination after treatment, with fertilizer marketed to city residents and park districts.
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