Cross hauled onto Ottawa Street church expects illumination
Ottawa Street Metho dist church edifice hoists a large cross this week for illumination visible for miles. City Manager Chester B. Lewis plans a four section city to reduce Joliet street name confusion and uses zones southwest northwest southeast northeast for guiding emergency and visitors. He proposes renaming streets as north south as streets and east west as avenues with developers aiding the change, estimating 100000 dollars for a full numerical rename.
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Ottawa Street Methodist Church
Ottawa
Cass
Chester B. Lewis
Joliet
The
Spectator
Lewis
J. Paul Schmucker
Grid coach to kickoff heart drive
The article notes a grid coach will lead a city wide heart awareness drive to promote screening and fundraising. It highlights collaboration with local teams and health groups and sets a kickoff event at a community venue with expected attendance by students and residents.
Clothing executive dies in New York plane crash
Maury J. Katzenberg a 52 year old Chicago clothing executive and president of the Walker Adames chain perished in the Tuesday night NYC air disaster. A frequent Joliet visitor he was vice president of Harvey Bros and a friend of Joliet store manager Hamel Donoghue.
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Joliet
New York City
Maury J. Katzenberg
W. Barry
Chicago
Walker-Adams Clothing
Harvey Bros
Katzenberg
Hamel Donoghue
Frigid Tonight With Slight Warmup Tomorrow
Tonight will be fair and cold with lows from zero to five above. Tomorrow remains fair and cold with highs near the 20s.
Illinois Bell and CWA Reach 15 Month Wage Pact
Illinois Bell Telephone Co and the Communications Workers of America reach a 15 month contract running to April 30, 1960. Weekly wage boosts of 1 to 3 dollars plus new vacation and pension benefits apply to 7,300 plus 1,700 Chicago toll division workers. Wages in Joliet rise 1.50 to 2.50 dollars. Reclassifications and a four week paid vacation for long service are included. Minimum pensions rise to 115 dollars for 6 year retirees and 85 dollars for earlier retirees.
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Blacks Rd
St Illinois
Board of Local Improvements
Campbell
Reed
Midland
Arthur Lennon
James C. Bell
Hickory Creek
Lewis
Altho
Joliet
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Traffic Department
The
Communications Workers of America
Chicago
Illinois
Lake and
Porter
Indiana
Chicago Toll Division
Illnois Bell
Antiocy Beardstown
Galena
Gibson Cit
Silver Cross nurse wins national nursing award
Mrs. Harold Meeker of Joliet will fly to Houston to accept a Johnson and Johnson sponsored prize for a prize winning essay on nursing as a career. She has 22 years as a nurse and is operating room supervisor at Silver Cross Hospital.
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Bernice Meeker
Harold Meeker
Silver Cross Hospital
Houston
Tex
Operating Room Nurses Association
Silver Cross
Copberfield
Johnson and Johnson
Joliet
Meeker
Utica
N. Y
St. Joseph’s Hospitals
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Joliet Street
Attys
Francis P. Kelly
Dale G. Nicholson
Paul Friedrich
Phone Co
Footlight Theater
Ginger
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