Unit School District Referendum Set For March 26
The election to approve or reject forming a unit school district was set for March 26 after Judge Oram upheld County Superintendent Crackel. The proposal covers Joliet Township High School District and 11 elementary districts, including Joliet and Jackson townships, with a seven member board to be elected within 30 days if approved.
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Verne E. Crackel
David E. Oram
Crackel
Oram
Board of
Crackell
Joliet Township
Troy Township
JTHS
Troy
Laraway
Ridge
Elwood
Union
Rockdale
Cherry Hill
Channahon
New Lenox
Reiter
Joliet
Jackson
Cracker
Illinois
Mothers March for Dimes Kicks Off Fund Drive Tonight
Joliet mothers take to assigned routes to raise funds for the National Foundation’s fight against polio. Service clubs run the race Saturday in downtown and outlying business areas as the drive continues amid reminders of delays in Salk vaccine and the expanded battle against birth defects and arthritis.
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Joliet
National Foundation
City seeks revised plans on Plainfield and Black Rds work
Joliet officials, led by Acting City Manager Jack Rohli and City Engineer Bernard Proja, plan to revise work limits on Plainfield and Black Roads. They will defer traffic plans for six points, while state engineers had proposed an overpass on Plainfield Rd. Local condemnation may follow if property owners do not reach agreement by February 15.
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City
Plainfield, Black Rds
Jack Rohli
Bernard Proja
William Casler
Joliet
Plainfield and
Black Eds
Raynor Ave
Black Rd
Plainfield Rd
Ruby St
Springfield
Atty Kenneth Timm
Barr & Barr
15 hour steel strike ends at Acme Steel Co Riverdale
A 15 hour strike at Acme Steel Co Riverdale ended at 3 pm Wednesday after 2500 plus workers walked out when no agreement was reached by the deadline. Samuel Perish of United Steelworkers Local 1053 said the new contract follows patterns set in the basic steel industry. Members ratified the agreement immediately after signing. The walkout followed the 116 day nationwide steel strike ending Jan 4 and concludes an 80 day Taft Hartley injunction period.
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Acme Steel Co
Riverdale
Samuel Perish
United Steelworkers of America
Acme
Doctor's wife named to Joliet library board
Mrs Blanche Brixey wife of Dr A M Brixey 814 Hobbs Drive was appointed to the Joliet Library board on Mayor James P Hennessy recommendation. Council approved. A Oklahoma University graduate she holds AB degrees in liberal arts and in library science and has 6 years of library experience in Oklahoma City Santa Barbara and at U of Oklahoma. Her term runs to July 1 1962 succeeding Carl A Meyer who resigned.
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Blanche Brixey
A. M. Brixey
Hobbs Dr
Joliet
James P. Hennessy
Brixey
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Santa Barbara
Calif
City urges wider use of state tax funds for sidewalks and lights
The city council approved a resolution urging state help to install a traffic light on Larkin Road near Hufford school and to build sidewalks in school areas. Officials noted state policy favors replacing rather than adding sidewalks and urged a legal change to use motor fuel tax funds for new sidewalks.
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Larkin Rd
Hufford
Paul Brumund
Bernard Prola
James P. Hennessy
Illinois
Paul Friedrich
Atty. Brumund
Friedrich
State Highway Department
Hufford Parent-Teachers Association
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Joan Greguric
Meeker
S. Joseph Motta
Louis Gregorec
East Side
Mothers March
The
Brary
Carl A. Meyer
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