Door Closing For High School Dropout
A 1960 1964 Illinois study shows Will County dropout rate at 22.9 percent with higher figures for Negroes. Joliet High School dropouts near 44 percent for 1964. Employers increasingly require high school diplomas and prefer graduates for most jobs. Reading and math skills limit dropouts, while counseling and job training improve prospects for Negro youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Office of Economic Opportunity
Will County
the Spectator
Joliet
Robert J. Henrichs
Illinois Employment Service
Party Leaders Split On Reapportionment Equity
Will County political leaders are divided on whether Illinois House reapportionment is fair to both parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will County
Illinois
Blair
Thanksgiving Menu Sent from Viet Nam by Marine Corpsman
Navy Corpsman Peter J. Collins 22 son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Collins Joliet Illinois served north of Da Nang with the 3rd Marine Division. He mailed a Thanksgiving dinner menu showing shrimp cocktail turkey noodle soup roast turkey baked ham cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. Maj Gen L W Walt Marine commandant added a message urging gratitude and prayer. Collins a 1961 Joliet Catholic High School graduate played football for three seasons at Stateville and is among several local items in the day’s dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. Collins
Joseph Collins
S. Center St
3Rd Marine Division
da Nang
Vietnam
Collins
Joliet Catholic High School
Joliet West Yale Concert Sunday in Joliet
The Second Annual Christmas Concert will be at Joliet West Auditorium Sunday at 3 p.m. Conductors include Arthur D. Katterjohn for the West Campus Concert Band and Lynn Hott HoffLabella for the soloists and Christmas pieces. Performances feature Gloria by Vivaldi with solo voices chorus and orchestra, and a mix of carols and festive works by the band choir and madrigals. Ticket prices are $1 for adults and 50 cents for students, available from band choir or orchestra members or at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet West Auditorium
Peter Labella
Joliet West
West Campus
Arthur D. Katterjohn
Roy E. Johnson
Vivaldi
Mlada
Korsakov- Leidsen
Bach Goldman
Anderson
Brown
Leontovich
Bethlehem
Davis
Middle School Expansion Plans In Local District
The board discusses middle schools and expanded enrollment. Plans note 6th and 7th graders sharing some classes and eighth grade adjustments. They urge more classrooms and endorse expanding the middle school concept while using current grade schools for first to fourth grades.
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By Jim Masek
Ates
Christine Hicks
JT Central
Ben Day
Central
Illinois State Employment Service
Santa Claus
America
Illinois State Penitentiary At
Stateville
Samuel H. Shapiro
Silver Cross
Silver Cross Hospital
S. M. Jacob
India
Atsuko Oda
Japan
Perle Espino
Natalie Cereno
Philippines
Norma Ascano-Percy
Fiore Ugo
Italy
Frank Hollister
Elwood
Joseph Kirschbaum
Haiti
Frances
Channahon
Wilmington
Jackson
Florence
Wesley
Custer
Reed Townships
Gov
Otto Kerner
Democratic
Leo J. Meehan
Francis Loughran
Loughran
Reed
Charles Percy
Kerner
University of Illinois
Thomas Feehan
Feehan
Robert Blair
Yale
Gloria
Lorie Riggs
Amber Babcock
Christy Petrinos
Concave
Lynn Hott Hoff
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