Decatur Trucker Killed Near Troy in Route 66 crash
A Decatur trucker, Leland Camp 43, died when his semi collided with a car driven by Paula Dames 21 on Route 66 a mile north of Trext intersection. Dames suffered minor injuries and was treated at St Joseph's hospital before release. The Genpal Transfer Co truck was crushed in the cab and Camp was pinned for 45 minutes. The highway closure lasted about 90 minutes. Camp is survived by a wife.
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Leland Camp
Decatur
Camp
Paula Dames
Fred Darmes
N. Center Street
Miss Dames
Genpal Transfer Company
Cammy
Luce Funeral
Plainfield
Dawson-Wikoff
Cattle dealer Bowen faces third TB trial in county court
Adolph Bowen a Monee wholesale dairy cattle dealer, charged with bringing a cow into the state without TB free certification, faces a third trial in county court after prior mistrial and hung jury. Maximum penalty is $1000. prosecutor warns dairy cattle violations threaten TB control.
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Adolph Bowen
Monee
State Department of Agriculture
Bowen
Frank H. Masters Jr
Joliet Area Buries Snow With Fatal Shoveling Death
Mrs. Miary Herath 55 collapses and dies while shoveling snow at her Joliet home. Fire crews failed to revive her. believed heart attack. Her survivors include son Fred, sisters Patricia Davis Ed ward Schmal and James W Crain. Funeral arrangements with Fre Dares. Snow and slick roads linger as Joliet endures heavy seasonal snowfall.
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Miary Herath
Dewey Avenue
Joliet
St Patrick’s Catholic Church
Church Altar Society
Business and Professional Women’s Churcb
Fred Herath
Patricia Davis
Edward Schmal
Crown Point
Ind
James W. Crain
Williamsprort
Frea@ Dares Funeral home
Mayor backs nationwide church attendance crusade
Mayor Arthur Jankke issued a proclamation urging support for a nation wide church attendance crusade spanning from this Sunday to Easter April 10. The effort is sponsored by the Will County Ministerial Association with Jester H Laubeéenstein as its president in cooperation with the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur O. Jankke
Will County Ministerial Association
Janke
H. Laubeéenstein
Snowballs Break Sign On Building Downtown
John L. Gregorio owner of a building at Columbia street and Youngs avenue reported to city police at 8 a m today that boys throwing snowballs had broken a neon sign on the building.
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John L.gregorio
Columbia Street
Youngs Avenue
City clothing allowances for police and firemen fail to materialize
Mayor Janke promised 125 clothing allowances for police and firemen in 1954 but the pledge did not advance. Officials cited lack of funds and the 1954 budget as reasons, with Comptroller Comerford saying no emergency funding and Franck noting a likely inclusion in 1955 appropriations.
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Arthur Janke
Ed Franck
George Comerford
Franck
Businessmen back Joliet school bond drive
Joliet officials campaign for a $4.8 million school bond to fund six new schools and additions as part of a 1955 expansion. Finance chairman W. Franklin Barrett leads a civic group urging a yes vote with 60 business and professional leaders serving on a committee.
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Joliet
Louis Joliet
W. Franklin Barrett
Washington School
Jimmy Oberg
David Evans
Donna Younger
Karen Overpeck
G. N. Hufford
Hufford
Clifford Williams
George Lloyd
Charles Reardon
Henry Sehring
William Naumann
Vance Cummins
M. M. Hershmann
Barrett
PTA
Raynor Park
West Side
Marycrest
Reed’s Woods
East Side
Washington
Tafte
Pershing
Forest Park
McKinley Park
Joliet Priest Sees Dim Future for Church in Tito Yugoslavia
Monsignor M J Butala pastor of St Joseph s Joliet visited Yugoslavia during a Marian year pilgrimage. He says religious life under Tito looks dim as government restricts church activity and bars religious instruction from public schools. He toured Rome Lisbon Ljubljana and Narajec meeting officials and cousins before reporting limited religious freedom and reliance on aid.
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Yugoslavia
Msgr
M. J. Butala
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Europe
Joliet
Monsignor
Butala
Atlantic Ocean
Queen Elizabeth
Portugal
Fatima
Katherine Butala
Rome
Pope Pius
San Francisco
Florence
Venice
Trieste
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Narajec
Tito
United States
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He passed through northwestern Europe with a pleasant contrast and found the United States the most pleasant country on his return home.
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Europe
United Stats
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Troy
Catur
the State’s Attorney's Office
Brandon Road Locks
Jefferson _ street waterway bridge
Walter Engholm
N. Raynor Avenue
Leonard _ Setina
Keily Avenue
Ray Kaluzny
Blossom Street
Collins Street
the Spectator
the People’s Newspaper
William R. McCabe
Fred P. Lollar
The
Spectator ‘Publishing Company
Esc
Illinois
Grice
Spectato
Cass Street
Soliet
Divnets
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