Joliet Urged to Start $9 Million School and Utility Buildout
Gayle Hufford notes Joliet’s population growth and calls for immediate action on new school construction and additions. He cites underdeveloped water and sewer systems, with no major spending in over 20 years, backing a $9,000,000 plan to extend utilities citywide. The planning committee and school board push rapid steps to finance bids and start projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayle Hufford
Joliet
Hufford
Y lays plans for 20th annual Joliet YMCA dinner
The Young Men's Christian Association of Joliet announces its 20th annual dinner meeting for Saturday January 31 in the YMCA gymnasium. Dinner at 6:30 will be followed by a business meeting speakers and entertainment. Dr. James Lee Ellenwood of New York City will be the feature speaker. More than 50 charter YY members expected.
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Young Men’s Christian Association of
Ellenwood
Hollingsworth
M. F. Collins
Joliet ‘Yy
Joliet Men Returning from Japan
Two Joliet men are scheduled to return from service in Japan. James Reilly and Joseph R. Zahn, both technicians fifth grade, are thanked by the Eighth Army headquarters in Osaka. Reilly is married to Mrs. James Reilly of Joliet and served with the 725th Ordnance Maintenance Company, 25th Infantry Division. Zahn is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Zahn of 426 Ohio Street, Joliet, nearing completion of his service with an infantry regiment of the Saxag division.
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Joliet
Japan
Eighth Army
Osaka
James Reilly
Joseph R. Zahn
Cpl. Reilly
725Th Ordnance Maintenance Company
25Th Infantry Division
Cpl. Zahn
Ralph Zahn
Ohio Street
Saxag
Double charge for glasses exposed in rebate scheme
The piece explains a large scale rebate racket where doctors and optical firms profit from kickbacks tied to eyeglass prescriptions. It cites DOJ antitrust actions in 1946, names firms American Optical and Bausch & Lomb, and highlights how rebates inflate costs for patients. It notes doctors’ varied responses and mentions non rebating Guild of Prescription Opticians of America members.
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Albert G. Maisel
Reader's Digest
New England
Middle Atlantic States
American Optical Co
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co
Optical Company
Optical
Ameri
Can Medical Association
Antitrust
Department of Justice
Riggs Optical Co
Consolidated
Mason City
Madison
Wis
el Paso
Rockford
Ill
Bausch & Lomb
Opticians
Bausch and Lomb
United States
Americal Optical Co
Guild of Prescription Opticians of America
Bailey Building
Philadelphia
Joliet Youth Accepted for Wayne University Music Study
Robert A. Clark son of Mr and Mrs Robert D Clark 522 West McDonough Joliet has been accepted for instrumental music study at Wayne University Detroit Michigan He was born in Joliet and is a graduate of ITHS where he was national champion in snare drum and marimba.
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Robert A. Clark
Robert D. Clark
W. McDonough Street
Joliet
College of Education
Wayne University
Detroit
Mich
ITHS
Clark
Two Drunk Men Detained At Union Station
Police took into custody two men who claimed no sleeping accommodations last night at Union Station after they had been drinking and fell asleep in the station.
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Union Station
Miller Flooring Inc Chartered in Joliet
Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett issues a charter for Miller Flooring Inc a Joliet firm. Officers are Harry G Miller Loretta Bell and P Milstead with offices at 451 Scott Street to run a general flooring business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Barrett
Joliet Corporation
Miller Flooring, Inc
Harry G. Miller
Loretta Bell
P. Milstead
Scott Street
Rose Marie selected for JT presentation at high school
Rose Marie the operetta will be presented in the high school auditorium on April 8 9 and 10. The musical by Friml StotHart Harbach Hammerstein has earned over 3 000 000 for its original producers. Maurice Ellison directs a cast of about 200 students and a 40 member orchestra with Catherine Wood in charge of dramatics and other staff directing dance singing and orchestration.
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Kiwanis
Joliet Township
Larry Knowles
Chicago
Roger Carlson
Bob Ferguson
Ralph C. Murphy
Rudolf Friml
Henry Stothart
Otto Harbach
Oscar Hammerstein
Maurice Ellison
Ballet Club
Catherine Wood
Phoebe Kirby
Paul Lester
H. A. Converse
Youth crime still problem at City club meeting
Probation Officer Paul Ohman told City club members at the YMCA that after 3000 years of trying to cure juvenile delinquency no lasting solution exists beyond diagnosing roots. He blamed inadequate parenting and noted nuisance delinquency is common, but deeper cases stem from parents unable to meet their duties.
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Paul Ohman
City Club
YMCA
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William R. McCabe
New Corporation
Will County Farm Bureau
Ottawa, Street
Wayne Churchill
A. C. Genther
Frankfort
Mr. Churchill
Charles Webster
Harry Swanzey
First National Bank of
Rose Marie
JT Presentation
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