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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1957
Page
3
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St Joseph's hospital launches a public campaign to raise 3 000 090 for a new building to replace the 1882 facility on North Broadway. The Franciscan Sisters plan a 200 bed hospital on 33 acres west of Larkin road, with expansion to 600 beds in the future, construction to start in 1958 and a kickoff on April 23.
Officer Jerome Kren nabbed two teenage suspects in the Clinton Desplaines lot after they admitted taking 65 cents from two meters and $2.50 from two meters on Van Buren Street earlier. A lookout aided the first break in. a third boy is being sought. The youths were released to their parents and will appear with Police Matron Audrey Meade Saturday.
Two sideview mirrors were stolen from James Scholtes’s car at 409 N Nicholson Street while parked in front of his home Tuesday night. A wheel disk was taken from Frances Stocker’s car at 512 Henderson Avenue while it sat in the Public Service parking lot.
Councilman William H. Wilson toured a Bureau county 3 600 acre Tiskilwa watershed project built under public law 566. He proposed a larger Hickory creek watershed with four reservoirs and four earth dams funded by the federal government and easement costs borne by Joliet Mokena and New Lenox. Four potential sites were named two near Mokena and New Lenox approved by Will county soil conservation. Other site options include near Marley creek and in Frankfort township. Local officials urged removal of an island and a mound in Hickory creek as flood measures with cost estimates discussed.
A Joliet Spectator article recalls a taxi driver who identified a state fugitive youth and warned police after delivering a fare. The story highlights issues around mental retardation, Trinity School, and parental efforts to help mentally defective children avoid institutions. A charity event by Ellis Lodge funds Trinity School with tickets at $2 each.
William Kreiger reports a brick was thrown last night through a storm window and kitchen window at his home on Walsh Street. The brick also ripped a curtain. incident occurred between 8 and 10 p.m. No suspects named. Local police are investigating.
Dr. Arthur H. Fahrner, secretary of St. Josephs hospital advisory board, named chairman of the medical and dental division of the hospitals $3,000,000 building fund drive. Edward Block announces Fahrners acceptance as co chairmen and seven physician and dentist teams will pursue a $300,000 campaign quota with a large list of named doctors aiding the effort.
Two Aurora youths, Clarence White 17 and Clarence Washington 19, were arrested by Joliet police for liquor found in a car they were driving near Forest Park. A 15 year old Lockport girl in the vehicle was released to her parents. a blackjack and prior drunken driving records are noted.
Police recovered a car within two hours of its theft from a parking lot on Marion street. The vehicle owned by Gordon H. McCollum was found near Marion and Ottawa streets with a hot engine, suggesting it was abandoned shortly before discovery.
Williim Baron aged 47 of 119 Webster Street was driven by police to St Joseph's Hospital after suffering two minor cuts while cutting linoleum at his residence yesterday.
Fehrerbacher and Dr. Robert J. Rock head the medical and dental group in the advance gifts division and will present the first report luncheon on Monday. Two more report luncheons are scheduled for February 19 and February 28.
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