Joliet halts telephone solicitation drive amid probe
The Spectator report triggers swift action by Joliet officials and local groups. Dawn Products Chicago backs 50 percent take by the company while 10 percent goes to a sponsoring group and 20 percent to the caller, prompting a city led review and rejection of the campaign.
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Mately
King
Dawn Products Company
Preston
Chicago Better Business Bureau
Sheboygan
Wis
Federal Trades Commission
Business Bureau
Inquest Held Over Death by Self-inflicted Wounds
An inquest at Hack Funeral Home Beecher investigated the death of Joseph Francis Malkwsiak 30 Harvey. Coroner Willard Blood presided as the jury ruled premeditated death by own action. Malkwsiak’s body was found three and a half miles south of Crete January 8 near a .22 caliber rifle presumed used in the act.
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Hack
Beecher
Joseph Francis Malkwsiak
Harvey
Willard Blood
Malkwsiak
Crete
New street lighting decision rests with city property owners
A. J. Felman, chair of the Association of Commerce street lighting committee and manager of the Boston store, said yesterday that new street lighting for the Jo liet loop district is now up to property owners. He announced plans for a petition canvass of 30 to 40 business leaders at a meeting next Wednesday to gather signatures for city council action. The proposed plan would double the current lighting level in the loop according to lighting engineers and Public Service company representatives.
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Joliet Loop
A. J. Felman
Association of Commerce
Felman
Boston
Public Service Company
BB hits window at Vogrin home shatters front glass
J. A. Vogrin of 117 Hun wer avenue reported a break in his front room bay window after a BB pellet struck the glass. Police were alerted and located a pellet on the front porch indicating the weapon used.
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J. A. Vogrin
Hunwher Avenue
Facts and Fantasies thrills first-nighters
Last night’s audience packed Joliet Township High School auditorium for the fifteenth Kiwanis show. Highlights included Jack Vismara and Mrs. Arthur Liebermann Jr in Back To The Cave Man Days and Yvonne White with Jimmy Hart in Cleopatra and Mark Anthony, with strong solos by Rosemary Martis and Joe Ranzini. A First Nighter radio broadcast on WJOL preceded the performance. Facets and Fantasies returns tonight through Saturday at 8 pm.
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Joliet Township High School
Jack Vismara
Arthur Liebermann Jr
Jolie
Rosemary Martis
Joe Ranzini
Miss Robinson
WJOL
Bob Philbin
Plans completed for annual AC banquet program announced
Thomas I. Wagner executive of Belle-Aire Theater and commerce group president says tickets distributed to members and about 250 expected. Dr. John O. Moseley University of Nevada guest speaker will discuss leadership and educational objectives. Music by Aeolian group and accompaniment by Sippel and Wagner. Reservations requested by Saturday. tickets priced at 3.50.
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Thomas I. Wagner
Belle-Aire Theater Corporation
Commerce Group
John O. Moseley
University of Nevada
Oxford University
England
Austin College
Wagner
Merrill Palmer
Trackman Auto Supply Company
Aeolian
Orville Sippel
George Wagner
William Boldt
St. John’s English Lutheran Church
William F. Meyer
First National Bank
Body of Iwo Jima veteran to arrive for burial services
Corp. Adam J. Vanchina who fell on Iwo Jima February 28 1945 will have his body arrive at Racki and Gregorich Funeral Home 163 Ruby Street tomorrow. Marine Corps League will handle services at 8 30 a m and 9 a m at St Mary's Croatian Church with burial in the church cemetery. Surviving relatives include parents Lawrence sisters a grandmother and other relatives.
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Corp
Adam J. Vanchina
Iwo Jima
Racki and Gregorich
Ruby Street
Marine Corps League
St. Mary’s
Vanchina
Paul Vanchina
Pasadena Avenue
Lawrence
Gene Salisbury
William Linich
Mary Pavlich
Joliet
Lockport Township
American Can Company
Marine Corps
Hit and Run Damages Car on Gardner Street
Police say a small gunmetal gray pickup truck damaged William Ward's car at 623 Gardner Street and fled the scene. No driver was located at the time of report.
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William Ward
Gardner Street
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University of Illinois College of Medicine
Illinois Heart Association
Louis Joliet Hotel
Philip McGinnis
Will-Grundy County Medical Society
William E. Anspach
Silver Cross Hospital
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St. Joseph’s Hospitals
Sterling Peck
Woodruff Hotel
Ethel B. King
Aide City
Irs
Nicholas Radakovich
American Legion
Will County Council of Veterans
Radekovich
Eva Kurste
Lockport
Relief Corps
Association
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Nie
Chicago
Women’s Relief Corps
Gordon
Radakovich
Harwood Post
No. 5
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Marcell Kramer
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William R. McCabe
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