Bluff St Survey Plans Highlight Joliet Blight Action
Baltz and Guy H. Hughes spoke for Bluff Street residents at earlier hearings on a face lifting project. Baltz notes a proposed fund of 105,016 dollars for surveys of Joliet blighted areas per the Joliet Master Plan, with attorney Robert N. Wallace leading the Land Clearance committee.
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Baltz
Bluff St
George Peeling Co
N. Bluff
Guy H. Hughes
Chicago
Western Ave
Bluff
Cooperation urged in Joliet tree check plan
Councilman Maurice Berlinsky leads Joliet's proposed city reforestation effort to survey diseased and dead trees on public and private property. Residents are asked to mail a tally on a postal card. if response is insufficient, alternative methods will be used. The six month survey aims to justify federal aid for garden apartment redevelopment on Bluff Street, with hearings and multi-agency approval.
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Maurice Berlinsky
James P. Hennessy
Berlinsky
Joliet City
Bluff Street
Baltz
A. J. Collins
Land Clearance Commission
Bluff St
Rock Island Railroad
Ruby St
State Housing Board
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Collins
Joliet
Illinois Prisons Burdened by Overcrowding Concerns
The Spectator highlights crowded conditions at Illinois facilities including Stateville prison where 500 capacity houses nearly 3,400 inmates. Warden Joseph E. Ragen warns of danger and cites lack of jobs for inmates. Calls grow for a minimum security facility for first offenders. Governor Stratton's proposed measures stalled in 1959.
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The
Spectator
Illinois
Chicago
Joliet-Stateville
Te Spectator
Stateville
Joseph E. Ragen
Ragen
Stratton
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John Howard Association
Springfield
Sivic
Joseph Ragen
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