Midwest Storm Quiets After Severe Freezing Outages
A prolonged winter storm lashed Joliet and the Midwest, bringing rain snow and ice heavy thunder and lightning cutting power to hundreds of subscribers and halting transportation. Public Service emergency crews restored service after thousands faced outages with 50 linemen called in and calls up 30 percent higher. Many schools closed or reduced hours and absenteeism rose as trains buses and air travel were disrupted.
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Joliet
Midwest
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W. G. Rowbotham
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Rowbotham
Chicago Motor Club
Phone shift Smooth As silk on Page 46
Joliet area telephone users adapted quickly to the new prefix names placed before numbers. The change was embraced smoothly as residents adjusted to the updated dialing system.
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Joliet Area
Dial Service Expands as Joliet Area Switches to Direct Dial
Snow and wind toppled a 66 foot awning at World Auto Supply causing damage to seven windows and prompting police to guard the scene until owners arrived. Illinois Bell official W C Rowbotham praised the smooth cutover to direct distance dialing and noted only minor dial errors during the switch. Lockport and Joliet managers reported heavy Sunday calling as customers tested the new system and prefix names were introduced across the area with plans to implement direct distance dialing in Joliet soon.
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World Auto Supply
Collins
Charles Hamilton
Paul Lukanich Jr
Rowbotham
Joliet
Lockport
Jane Voltz
Saratoga
Temple
Huxley
New Lenox
General
Plainfield
Homestead
Channahon-Minooka
Glendale
Braidwood
Hazel
Ewood
Sewage Leaks From Corner Sewer Near School
Cold weather benefits Joliet while Raw sewage escapes from a Linden and Richardson sewer near a grade school. State authorities advised the school system to seek city cooperation to connect to the sanitary sewer, aiming to halt pollution on school property south of Hickory creek.
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Joliet
Linden and
Richardson
Hickory Creek
Public buildings close tomorrow on Lincoln's birthday
Schools city hall and courthouse will close Friday in observance of Lincoln's birthday. Banks and post office will stay open for business.
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City Hall
Court House
School elections set for April second Saturday
April 9 is election day for school districts to name boards of education and directors. County school superintendent Verne E Cracker issued a bulletin announcing the date. State law requires annual elections on the second Saturday in April.
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Boards of Education and Directors
Verne E. Cracker
Illinois Bell promotes McQueen to area post
Robert F. McQueen of Joliet has been promoted to commercial results supervisor for the suburban area of Illinois Bell Telephone Co. He will move his office to Chicago but continue to reside in Joliet. A Harvey native, McQueen began 27 years ago as a commercial representative and rose through posts in Blue Island, Harvey, Joliet, and Hammond to district supervisor of results in 1958. He is active in Joliet civic groups and vests, with a family of five and interests in golf and travel.
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Robert F. McQueen
Sugar Creek Dr
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
McQueen
Harvey, Ill
Joliet
Washington
Chicago
Illinois Bell
Hammond
Ind
Blue Island
Harvey
Upstate
W. G. Rowbotham
The
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Kiwanis
Fate of Joliet school properties unsettled
Joliet grade school leaders say F E Marsh school will likely stay in the grade system for a year or two after delaying sale to Joliet Township High School and Junior College. Central school lease negotiations with Ford C June proceed slowly with a 1964 completion ultimatum under discussion.
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Joliet
F. EF. Marsh
Joliet Township
Althe
Ford
Keith School
JT Board
F. E. Marsh
Jths-Jjc
West Side
Bertani
Marsh School
June
Special grade classes okayed by state consultants
Charles Lawrence, director, told school board members Wednesday that special education classes for partially sighted and mentally handicapped students at Joliet grade schools received state approval after inspections.
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Joliet
Charles Lawrence
Joliet annexes 36 lots in Northwest area
The Joliet city council continued its annexation program by adding 36 lots along North Broadway North Hickory Street and Highland Avenue. The expansion covers 1100 blocks on North Broadway and North Hickory Street with 1133 on Broadway and up to 1127 North Hickory. Highland Avenue reaches 1225 but excludes 1269 per City Engineer Bernard Prola.
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North Broadway
North Hickory St
Highland Ave
Hickory
Bernard Prola
Che Spectator the People s Newspaper notice line
The Che Spectator, labeled as a public newspaper, is listed as second class matter since October 1, 1940, with Joliet Illinois post office registration under federal act.
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Che Spectator
the People’s Newspaper
Joliet
Illinois
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