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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1960
Page
3
County Clerk Joseph H. Hartley appeals to 21 plus residents and college students to register before deadlines. With 89 250 registered voters, turnout last Tuesday was low. the November vote is expected to attract a record turnout amid presidential and gubernatorial contests and local races.
An American Bar Association committee called for safer government measures to improve compensation laws and reduce injuries for employees at nuclear installations. The panel urged states to provide adequate protection against radiation injuries without coercive interference by the federal government.
A Citizens' Advisory council report on District 867 projects enrollment doubling by 1964 from 5 636 to 10 582 and outlines overcrowding in McKinley Park Reedswood Taft Marycrest Forest Park Pershing Eliza Kelly Culbertson Raynor Park A O Marshall and Rehn junior highs. The panel calls for a bond issue and tax hike to fund classrooms and operations with a proposed tax rate rise from 96 to 110 cents per $100.
A new Counter counter costing 3500 dollars speeds red cell counts in blood drops. It draws blood by suction, uses an electric eye to register cells, and yields results in 13 seconds versus 3 to 4 minutes. Useful for anemia diagnosis and leukemia evaluation by counting white cells separately.
The seven year old Golden Age club resumed after a summer break with a birthday party. Six women had birthdays since the last meeting: Mrs. Bea Hoffman, Mrs. Etta Steffan, Mrs. Elizabeth Prom, Mrs. Clara Lang, Mrs. Mary K. Milcher and Mrs. Lucy Rapson. The group, founded in 1953 under Bill Jasinek, is now directed by Mrs. Elizabeth Block with 64 members.
The Will-Grundy Medical Society will publish a daily pollen count as a public service including Sundays and holidays. Call SA 4283 after 11 a.m. for details. Last week counts showed 38, 12, 30, 13, 19, 14, 70, 15, 49, 16, 100, 17, 120 for each day.
Brief items from pages 54 and 55 cover community updates, local notices, and quick briefs on meetings, weather, and upcoming events. Names of organizations and places appear where readable, with dates and figures noted in fragments.
Joliet Police promote Donald Zier to lieutenant and LeRoy Everson to sergeant after Monday night approval by the Joliet Fire and Police Commission. Zier leads a detail as relief officer and Everson will take desk duties. both start six month probation Tuesday and face a board medical exam before permanent assignments.
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