Grade bids set for two Joliet school additions on Jan 6
The Joliet public school district schedules January 6 bid openings for McKinley Park and Reedswood additions as part of a 1.9 million expansion. Separate repairs worth about 200 thousand will begin under Elmer Geissler. Other projects include Bridal wreath Acres and Marycrest additions awaiting bids.
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McKinley Park
Reedswood
Joliet
Elmer E. Geissler
Cunningham School
Semitekel and Larson
Kruegel, Healy and Moore
Bridalwreath Acres
Alexander
Area schools order CD receiver sets for Civil Defense alert system
County superintendent Verne E Cracker said 15 of 30 receivers ordered for a county Civil Defense alert network are reserved by schools. Joliet Township High is the only area school with definite installation plans. others include Plainfield Lincoln Way New Lenox and Mokena districts among several grade and high schools.
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Verne E. Cracker
Civil Defense
Ludwig-Reed
Lockport Township High School
Cracker
Joliet Township High School
Plainfield
Lincoln Way High School
New Lenox
Anne Rut Jedge
New Len-ox
Three Charged in Will County Shooting Affray
In Will County, Sheriff Knater and Deputy Ruphard arrested Anthony Kabalis of Goodenow, Steven Gurney of Chicago Heights, and Walter G Broze of Park Forest after a Sunday morning shooting in front of a Goodenow tavern. Kabalis fined $200 while Broze and Gurney were each fined $100 following a three-day probe led by the sheriff and chief deputy.
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Chicago Heights
Goodenow
Will County
Gilbert A. Knater
Lee Ruphard
Anthony Kabalis
Steven Gurney
Gurney
Walter G. Broze
Park Forest
Kabalis
Broze
Justice of the Peace
George Williams
Knater
Ruphard
Wayne Morris, 87, Jailed on Disorderly Conduct Charge
Wayne Morris of 122 York was jailed in Will county on a disorderly conduct charge after allegedly creating a disturbance at a business owned by Joe Howard, who signed the complaint.
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Wayne Morris
York
Will County
Joe Howard
Patterson
Howard
Morris
Washburn Named West Side School Inspector in Joliet
Edward F. Washburn, Caterpillar Tractor Co. manufacturing director and father of three, was named interim West Side school inspector by Joliet grade school inspectors. He replaces Raymond Fahr, who resigned for business reasons, and will serve until the April 1961 election.
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Edward F. Washburn
Caterpillar ‘ Tractor Co
West Side
Joliet
Washburn
Raymond Fahr
Fahr
Officials say area's steel future bright
Edward C. Logelin of United States Steel Corp says the Chicagoland region remains a major steel center with expanding capacity and ongoing modernization. He cites strong demand, a skilled labor pool, transport access, and proximity to large markets, noting 1960 steel use and recent projects at McCormick Place and the United of America building.
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Chicagoland
Edward C. Logelin
Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
American Steel & Wire Division
Joliet
Logelin
Midwest
Atlantic Ocean
St. Lawrence Seaway
U. S. Steel
McCormick Place
Exposition Center
United of America
United States Steel
Comerford outlines city worker shifts for efficiency
City Manager George Comerford plans after January 11 or before to regroup staff. Some jobs will be combined or eliminated and new apprentices will be trained under veteran department heads. Civilian clerks may replace desk duties to free police, with possible reassignment of sergeants and lieutenants to beats to curb downtown gangs.
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George Comerford
Comerford
Joliet
August Schulke
Joseph Trizna
Harold Rasmussen
Joliet City Council to consider Sunday closing for mercantile
The Joliet city council will meet next Wednesday to discuss Sunday closing for mercantile establishments, spurred by clergy campaigns. Mayor James P. Hennessy opposes Sunday operations, arguing they harm home life and necessitate extra police. Drug, grocery, and confectionery stores are excluded from the proposed closures.
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Joliet
James P. Hennessy
Hennessy
Joliet entertainer awarded 7500 for 1958 Rte 66 crash
Joliet musician Terry Robinson received 7500 in an out of court settlement for injuries from a two car crash at the Rte 66 and Rte 83 intersection on January 14 1958. The circuit court suit seeking 25000 was dismissed by Judge James V Bartley.
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Joliet
Terry Robinson
Robinson
DuPage Township
William R. Meade
Krusemark and Bertani
Mrs. Robinson
Grandville Gouldsby
Naperville
Gouldsby
Adventure Ends in Depot with Boys Caught Stealing
Two Joliet youths ages 12 and 13 were found asleep on a Union depot bench and turned over to their parents. They admitted visiting Woodlawn school, going to Lockport, stealing a yeast cake and a chocolate bar, and taking four boxes of cough drops. They will appear with parents at police headquarters Saturday morning.
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Joliet
Union Depot
Woodlawn School
Lockport
Spectator Publishing Company notice page
Publication header shows weekly edition details for The Spectator in Joliet Illinois with date ranges from October 1940 through December 1960 and issue number 39 for March 8 1897.
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McKinley Park School
Culbertson
Cunningham
Eliza Kelly
Farragut
Forest Park
Gompers
Keith
Lincoln
Longfellow
Marsh
Marshall
Parks
Pershing
Rehn
Sheridan
Thompson
Woodland
Longfellow School
United Tile Co
Peter Perella and Co
Forest Park School
Mokena
Braidwood
Steger
Peotone
Frankfort
Beecher
Melvin Schrader
Glenwood
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Ind
University of Pennsylvania
Stephen
Farragut School
Jeffrey
Judith
Army Air Force
Europe
Cater- Pillar
Schroeder
Harold Anderson
Che Spectator de People
Ss Newspaper
William R. McCabe
The
Spectator Publishing
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