School texts from White House conference on education
Six reports prepared for President Eisenhower’s White House education conference, presented by Elmer W. Rowley. The first text, compiled by Dr. Adams Bennion and Dr. William Carr, outlines a national commitment to universal public education and continued government responsibility. It lists key aims including fundamental skills, democratic heritage, civil rights, ethical behavior, lifelong learning, health, and scientific understanding.
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Eisenhower
White House
Washington, D. C
Elmer W. Rowley
Joliet Junior College
Spectator
Adams Bennion
William Carr
United States
Polio Fight Outlined For 1956 March of Dimes Drive
Dr. Theodore E. Boyd outlined the 1956 polio program needs at the Will county initial gifts meeting in Woodruff hotel. He listed four aims: care for 68,000 polio cases, maintain 14 respiratory centers, improve preventive measures, and train scientists. He noted vaccine supply limits and the need for efficient immunity tests and drug research while reporting Will county goals and past expenditures.
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Woodruff
Theodore E. Boyd
Scarsdale
N. Y
Ress
National Foundation of
Boyd
National Foundation
India
Will County
George F. Bartling
John H. Schwab
Harold H. Bosecker
Bryan Avenue
Illinois
John Carey
Will
Crete
Mothers March Committee
Moose Hall
Dale E. Boehm
Northern Illinois
Ashland
Tenn
Wheaton
March of Dimes Organization
Henry W. Kumm
Subcommittees Named for Hickory Creek Flood Plan
Councilman William H. Wilson announces a permanent Hickory Creek flood control committee to activate the program. The Joliet city council approved the panel, with City Manager Chester B. Lewis coordinating and a steering group guiding legal, financial, engineering, and related tasks.
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William H. Wilson
Hickory Creek
James P. Hennessy
Joliet
New Lenox
Mokena
Frankfort
Washington Street
Brandon Road
Chester B. Lewis
Wilson
A. A. Wills
George Albright
Paul Brumund
George Lloyd
Harold Nuetzman
Joseph L. Trizna
Arthur J. Lumsden
Joliet Association of Commerce
Albright
Lloyd
Brumund
James W. Barr
Paul O. McKeown
Robert N. Wallace
Louis Bertani
James Grumley
Albert A. Krzywonos
Robert E. Hamilton
Charles H. Wicks
Ross Stonecipher
Robert Murphy
Nuetzman
Ralph Yonke
Anthony Culik
Norman Keck
C. Beecher Peterson
George
Lawsuit Seeks 25000 Over Automobile Crash
A petition seeks 25000 in damages for Patricia Trunk from Lawrence Benoit after an automobile crash on January 1 1954 on Route 54 near Peotone. Patricia Trunk was a passenger in a car driven by Richard Crocker.
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Patricia Trunk
Lawrence Benoit
Miss Trunk
Richard Crocker
Peotone
Benoit
City saves on sewer plan by installing stub interceptor
Councilman William H. Wilson highlighted $100,000 in potential savings if a stub interceptor sewer is installed during the sewage treatment plant construction. Wayne Reed of Consoer Townsend and Associates warned that delaying installation would require rerouting and tunneling under the plant and administration building, nearly doubling costs.
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William H. Wilson
Wayne Reed
Consoer, Townsend and Associates
Reed
Wilson
Bibles on Display at St Peter's Universal Bible Sunday
St Peter's Lutheran church will display about 100 Bibles for Universal Bible Sunday. Two date from prior centuries including a hexaglot Bible and a braille edition for the blind. The collection, owned by Rev. Martin Frenk and Rev. Erdmann Frenk, includes war era volumes and a Pearl Harbor bullet-wound bible, reflecting decades of collecting.
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St. Peter’s Lutheran Churchh
Mount of Olives
Pearl Harbor
Martin Frenk
Erdmann Frenk
St. Peter’s Church
Erdman W. Frenk
Martin L. Frenk
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Spectator
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