Battle of the Budget resumes amid council clash
Joliet politics churn as City Council reopens the 1958 budget in city hall. Mayor Hennessy demands a report of actual expenditures from Comptroller Overford to replace misleading figures. A trio of councilmen seeks a new financial formula while contending to block cuts to police and fire services.
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James P. Hennnessy
George Overford
William H. Wilson
Edward J. Daniel
Ted Flint
Cit
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Joseph Trizna
Hennessy
Lewie
Cancer society plans uterine cancer awareness drive
Will and Grundy county chapters of the American Cancer Society plan a program to alert women and physicians to uterine cancer and life-saving smear tests. Dr. Sylvester and Dr. Stroink spoke at a Hotel Joliet luncheon about early detection and the film Time and Two Women to be shown to adult women groups.
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Walter Hundt
Morris
E. B. Sylvester
Hans Stroink
Joliet
Will
Spectator Photo
U. S
George
Hans Streink
Streink
Grundy County
Lawrence Prenaler
Sylvester
Ernest Hedburg
Manhattan
Victor Bertnik
American Cer Society Cancer Information Center
Morris Building
Myrtle Nord
Illinois Supreme Court upholds Miller murder conviction
The Illinois Supreme Court upheld Miller's murder conviction and set his execution for April 11. Miller, sentenced in Hancock County in 1936 for the rape slaying of eight year old Janice May of Canton, was arrested in Danville after body discovery in 1955. He admitted then repudiated the confession. the court found no coercive interrogation.
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Joseph EB. Ragen
Illinois Supreme Court
Miller
Hancock County
Janice May
Canton
Danville
Supreme Court
Herman Weber Sn
Stateville
Soda for cops as paper cups replace TV at station
Chief Jos Trisma says officers will get soda again in paper cups while TV remains banned in the police squad room until proper facilities are provided. Last week he ordered the TV removed and the soft drink machine taken out due to officers watching Dragnet and inmates reaching for bottles. Trizna plans a meeting with a pot committee today to discuss the matter.
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Jos Trisma
Trisma
Faene
Trizna
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