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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1958
Page
3
The council votes against public housing north of Jackson street and delays municipal business. With highway 6 rerouting and a high level bridge, an estimated 350 families may become homeless. Officials plan a mayoral committee to push Urban Renewal while federal funds sit unused.
Drivers in the Kankakee local 438 strike against Kanka Kee Beer Distributors supply taverns by hauling from Joliet and nearby communities. Picketers man the loading docks as wholesalers offer no cross picket line beers. Drivers gain 2 cents per case plus benefits. wholesalers estimate potential $1800 yearly impact. A conference with brewery reps is planned to resolve the standoff.
Joliet City Council, by a 5 to 2 vote, rescinded approval for a east side low rent housing project near American Steel and Wire, signaling the housing authority will limit plans to two approved sites and await new council members.
Suburbanites face possible loss of rail service as Illinois Central and other electric lines seek relief from regulation to avoid abandoning commuter routes. IC cites a five year $5 million loss while Joliet riders on the Rock Island line appear temporarily secure amid regulatory debates.
Mrs. John Gibbons of 1000 Buell Avenue told the city council that weeds eight feet high covered Williamson Avenue in her neighborhood. City Manager Chester B Lewis acknowledged promising weed cutting in May but said the street department hadn t acted, and he reiterated orders to cut weeds and barricade the steep street.
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