Annexation vote set for 800 Northwest Joliet residents
An estimated 800 voters will go to the polls Saturday to decide if a 250 acre northwest Joliet area should be annexed. Polling places are at Joliet Rivals on North Broadway and Northwest Recreation on Cora Street. Doors open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Residents in annexed zones may not vote. Supporters call the measure needed. opponents label it self centered.
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Saturn
Waterway
Wilcox
Moran
Theodore Sts
Veliey
Russell St
Joliet
North Broadway
Russell
Northwest Recreation
Cora Street
Joliet Faces Civic Center Bonding Power and Costs
Saturday James J Grumley city auditor notes Joliet’s accessed valuation of 177710198 with bonding power at 5 percent equal to 3885508. Outstanding bonds total 145008 or two percent of power. Pamphlet claims residents would pay for a civic center costing 8 to 11 million though Public Building Commission cites 6 million. Taxes in Will County would share the bill if built.
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James J. Grumley
Joliet
Public Building Commission
Will County
Building Commission
Maurice Berlinsky
James C. Bell
Joliet Advances Plan for City County Civic Center
Joliet voters moved toward a city county civic center with unanimous council approval of a lease plan with the Will County Building Commission. The $6.6 million project would cost roughly $0.85 per thousand in taxes and place city offices and police in a jointly owned facility between Clinton and Van Buren. The Public Building Commission will draft drawings and secure revenue bonds. next, the Will County Board must adopt a parallel resolution.
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Joliet
City of
van Buren Sts
Joliet St
Public Building Commission
Merrill Palmer
Palmer
Will County Board of Supervisors
Joliet School Board Narrowing Applicants for Vacancy
Joliet elementary school board finished interviews with 12 applicants for the vacant post. President Harold Anderson said a final decision will likely be made at the Wednesday night meeting. The vacancy arose when Raymond Fahr resigned for business reasons and moved away.
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Joliet
Harold Anderson
Raymond Fahr
West Side
County school alert system near readiness
Will county schools prepare for emergency alerts county board of supervisors and civil defense will distribute thirty radio receivers to schools on a first come first served basis. Sends weather or attack alerts from the county superintendent's office and allows broadcasting emergency ballots. Each receiver costs 200 dollars. federal funds halve the price to 100 dollars per set.
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Will County
Verne E. Cracker
County Board of Supervisors
Civil Defense Office
Joliet at Pearl Harbor era a look back 1941
In December 1941 Joliet and Will County faced new war conditions after Pearl Harbor. Mayor George T. Jones vowed to support the war effort as National Guard units secured local grounds. The Rialto featured Tyrone Power in A Yank in the R A F while other shops advertised dolls and toys for Christmas. Local prices showed a doll buggy at 5.95 and a topcoat at 29.50 with butter 34 cents a pound.
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Joliet
Will County
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Occ
T. Jones
National Guard
Joliet Municipal Airart
American Steel and Wire Co
Tator
William RB. McCabe
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Una
James P. Hennessy
Cilmen
Lowrey
Rialto
Tyrone Power
John T. Clyne
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