Rockdale school earns state recognition for 1957 58
The Rockdale Public School will open for fall with state recognition for the 1957-58 year. Leo Frederick, new superintendent, reported that Nickell the state superintendent of public instruction extended recognition after evaluating prior recommendations and the district annual report. Parents are urged to have children in first and fifth grade undergo required physical exams before Tuesday.
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Rockdale
Leo Frederick
Nickell
Frederick
Verne E. Cracker
Board of Education
Louis Pistilli
Don Bacon
George Hogzgitt
Joan Nussbaum
Doris Sutton
Bernice Schomas
Eleanor Wyne
Injured couple sue for forty two thousand dollars
Mr and Mrs George Orr sue Boyd L Baird for 420 Campbell street seeking 40000 for personal injuries and 2000 for car damage after a March 10 crash on East Cass street 800 block. Mrs Orr seeks 25000 and Mr Orr 15000 plus 2000 for car damage.
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Cass Street
George Orr
E. Jackson Street
Boyd L. Baird
Campbell Street
Orr
Francis J. Loughran
Joliet Labor Day Parade to Feature Nine Divisions
Joliet will stage a Labor Day parade Monday with nine divisions from labor groups school bands youth groups and military installations. General marshals Jobkeph A Mitok and Clarence Zehring will lead the march from Sears Roebuck lot at Crowley and Chicago to Steelworkers hall Ottawa and Crowley. A 9 am Mass at St Joseph church will be led by Bishop Martin D McNamara and Monsignor Bu tala with Rev Gervase Brinkman delivering the sermon. Senator Paul A Douglas of Illinois will appear as a high point of the parade.
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Joliet
Jobkeph A. Mitok
Clarence Zehring
Loop
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Crowley
Chicago
Steelworkers Hall
Ottawa
St. Joseph Church
Martin D. McNamara
M. J. Butala
Gervase Brinkman
Stateville
Paul A. Douglas
Illinois
Study of new subdivision ordinance urged
Charles Matthews of Ladislas Segoe and associates presented a draft of the proposed subdivision ordinance at a Tuesday session in the Association of Commerce offices. George Lloyd, planning commission chairman, said this was a preliminary work conference to review changes from the present ordinance and urged attendees to submit suggestions at a September meeting.
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Charles Matthews
Ladislas Segoe and Associates
Association of Commerce
City Planning Commission
Will County Bar Association
George Lloyd
Planning Commission
Plan Commission
Chapman resigns Joliet post to lead Michigan Twin Cities Chamber
John A. Chapman executive assistant for the Joliet Association of Commerce resigns to become manager of the Chamber of Commerce of the twin cities Benton Harbor and St Joseph Michigan. He starts October 1 and previously led major local projects including the Greater Joliet Plan.
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John A. Chapman
Joliet
Chapman
Three-Vehicle Crash Kills Truck Driver on Route 52
A 23-year-old Dundee Ohio truck driver, Dale L. Sommers, died from a skull fracture after a three-vehicle crash in heavy fog on Route 52 two and a quarter miles west of the Will County line. His semi overturned after sideswiping a truck driven by John Quesse and colliding with a car driven by Richard Ceja. Quesse and Ceja survived with minor injuries. Damages were estimated at 25,000 for Sommers’ truck, 5,000 for Quesse’s, and 300 for the car. Further details were unavailable at presstime.
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Dundee
Ohio
Kendall County
Will County
Dale
L. Sommers
Jack Jones
Sommers
John Quesse
Depue
Richard Ceja
Ottawa
Quesse
Ceja
Pollen Counts Peak in Will County Ragweed Season
Ragweed pollen dominates Will Grundy Joliet air in August and September causing hay fever. The Will-Grundy Medical Association tracks counts with a 24 hour slide method and counts vary from 300 to 500, with a high 553 last week. No cure exists, so residents endure sneezing until frost.
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Will County
United States
Rocky Mountains
Joliet
Robert J. Becker
Chicago Street
Will- Grundy County Medical Association
American Academy of Allergy
Usua
Youth Accused of Stealing $15 at Downtown Theater
Martin Leggero, 18, of Sunnyland was booked by city police after a teenage girl identified him as the thief who took $15 from her wallet in a theater lobby. Peggy Witty reported the incident saying she allowed him to look in her wallet while in the lobby.
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Martin Leggero
Hestnut Street
Sunnyland
Peggy Witty
Ruby Street
Suave farm boy Jorstad pleads insanity in hoax case
Richard Jorstad 25 who sparked a 1954 Joliet Milwaukee marriage hoax and a $75 hotel bill, pleads no contest to two charges by reason of insanity. Arraigned in Madison, he was sent to Mendale state hospital for 30 days under Judge Arthur May. District attorney Joseph Bloodgood noted his unusual sophistication despite not finishing high school.
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Wis
Richard Jorstad
Joliet
Milwaukee
Will County
Jorstad
Veterans’ Hospital
Downey
Madison
Harold Donaldson
Walgreen
Rochester
Minn
Superior Court
Mendalee State Hospital
Arthur May
Madson
Joseph Bloodgood
Man seeks woman who sold him stolen bicycle in Lockport
Joseph P. Galick 58 of 426 Abe Street told Officer Robert James he will try to learn the name of a Lockport woman who sold him a bicycle recently. The bike was impounded after a passerby identified it as his son’s and said Galick bought it from Crate. Galick, picked up on a warrant, claimed he bought the bike from a woman who said it was given to her by another woman and that he traded in the bike for another for $30, with a $12 trade-in. He could not produce a bill of sale.
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Joseph P. Galick
Abe Street
Robert James
Lockport
J.R. Crate
Raynor Avenue
Crate
Galick
Youth named Lupo linked to theft at theater
Police say a man identified as Lupo, real name Smith, recovered a billfold and admitted entering the theater but denied stealing from a girl. Officers Hamilton and Pedersen questioned him at his trailer home as he awaited a Sept. 6 hearing.
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Smith
Cha
os“Hamilton
Harold Pedersen
Lupo
Hamilton
Legeero Wiuth
Leggere
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