Wisconsin mayor seeks Joliet city manager post
Madison Wisconsin mayor George Forster applies for Joliet city manager position. He is 50, married with three children, and has led Madison with a large surplus and strong credit rating. Joliet’s selection committee also notes L M McConnell of Council Bluffs has taken a job in Wilson North Carolina.
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George Forster
Madison
Wis
Joliet
Forster
Dubuque
Iowa
Central High School
University of Wisconsin
Tax Commission of Wisconsin
State of Wisconsin Income Tax Division
Africa
Italy
University of Virginia
Graduate School of Military Government
Industrial College
Washington, D.C
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Legion
Order of World War I
Ellis
Municipal Finance Officers Association
International City Managers Association
Wisconsin
William H. Wilson
L. M. McConnell
Council Bluffs
Wilson, N.C
McConnell
Joliet Committee
Motorcycle Car Collision Injures 13 Year Old in Cass Street Incident
A crash on Cass Street yesterday afternoon injured Donald Lovelace aged 13 of 1723 East Cass Street. LeRoy Rooker 19 of 1725 East Cass Street rode the motorcycle at high speed as Lovelace rode behind. Ballantine 18 of 500 Florence Avenue turned left onto Garn Bey Avenue and the collision sent Lovelace onto the car hood. Lovelace was taken to Silver Cross hospital for head injury evaluation. Rooker was treated and released. Ballantine drove a car owned by George Yur tack. Rooker rode his brother Jack's motorcycle. Rooker received an arrest ticket for improper passing and causing an accident.
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Donald Lovelace
E. Cass Street
LeRoy Rooker
E. Css Street
Cass Street
Lovelace
Booker
George Ballantine
Florence Avenue
Garn- Bey Avenue
Area mayors to meet in Aurora tonight
Mayor James P. Hennessy received a call from Aurora Mayor Paul Egan about a meeting to discuss the sales tax. The session is set for 7 30 p m at Aurora city hall with City Councilman Paul Friedrich expected to attend and invites extended to surrounding area mayors.
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James P. Hennessy
Paul Egan
Aurora
Aeeting
Paul Friedrich
Shotgun Confiscated After Bridge Street Complaint
A rifle shotgun combination weapon was seized by city police after a Bridge street resident complained. Cecil Hixson, address 161 Bridge street, allegedly fired the gun in the air and denied recent use. Police report notes recent shooting. weapon held for claim by a prison guard owner.
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Bridge Street
Law
Cecil Hixson
Hixson
Will County Suit Seeks 100000 in Auto Collision Case
Thomas F. Wilson of Chicago seeks a 100000 verdict in the Will County circuit court from Sylvester Zupancic. The complaint filed with Circuit Clerk Paul V. Wunder yesterday requests 50000 on each of two counts for personal injuries and loss of work from a May 19 1954 crash on Route 7 two miles east of Lockport.
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Chicago
Thomas F. Wilson
Will County
Sylvester Zupancic
Paul V. Wunder
Wilson
Lockport
Zupancic
Joliet School Board Faces Overcrowding and Resignations
Joliet Grade school board met to discuss September crowding with only two schools ready for fall additions. Ten resignations were announced, with staff moves to California Milwaukee Denver and Illinois as replacements were hired. A budget and insurance issues dominated the meeting while fire safety surveys and low bids for furniture were approved.
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Joliet
Gayle Hufford
Hufford
Gloria Stevens
Pershing School
California
James Frasca
Joliet Township
Patricia O’connor
Marshall School
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert C. Mitchell
Betty Joan Lang
Frances Clark
Sheridan
Joyce Archibald Hall
Culbertson
Marilyn Ryan
Denver
Colo
Washington
Vida Hodgeman
Edna Byran
Isabel Tregload
Nobel Avenue
Lockport
Albert Meyer
Jefferson Street
Carnahan
Oneida
Naomi Martin
Starved Rock
University of Illinois
Ray Westerlund
Elmhurst
Kenneth Dawson
Oakland
Childs and Smith
Joliet Insurance Agents Association
O. K
Frank E. Vranicar
Lumbermen
Joliet Insurance Agents’ Association
Harper
Paul Kaufmann
Vranicar
Tom Sprague
Association
Fire damages Cantonese and upholstery shop in Joliet blaze
A basement fire at 756 760 N. Broadway involved Trent Bitner Upholstering and New Cantonese restaurant. Firefighters confined the flames to the basement. upstairs rooms and both businesses suffered smoke and water damage. One man, Anton Kezerle, 69, was rescued and treated for smoke inhalation. another man, A E Shutt, was treated for a nervous condition.
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Joliet
Trent- Bitner
N. Broadway
A. E. Shutt
Normal
Gene
Tom Young
Richard
Linda
Anton Kezerle
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Shutts
Arthur T. Dillon
Althe
Man’s Arm Saved After Falling Log Incident
Jack Long, 29, suffered severe arm injuries at 1007 Clement Street when a log loosened a window frame. An unidentified passerby applied a tourniquet, likely preventing life threatening blood loss, before Long was rushed to St Joseph’s Hospital.
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Jack Long
Kenmore Avenue
Clement Street
Long
Wisconsin
St. Joseph's Hospital
Bowl-Era Sold On Esplanade Street Trade
Bowl-Era at 123 Es. Van Buren street changes hands to Joseph Rubnitz and Danny Hill. Rubnitz is Rose’s son-in-law and former owner William Rose, with attorney Francis Dunn saying the price remains undisclosed.
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van Buren Street
Joseph Rubnitz
Danny Hillman
Rubnitz
William Rose
Francis Dunn
Rose
School board approves hires and minor actions
The school board approved hiring three custodians for the coming year and set aside time for a lettered story from Vranicar after a discussion about the school construction program. The meeting included other small business items as well.
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Vranicar
Escape injury as car wrecks in Lockport bridge crash
Two men escaped serious injury when a car demolished a bridge over a creek on Ninth street in Lockport. Driver Edward Morrissey 26 of Orland Park and passenger Bob Prescott 27 of Evergreen Park were hospitalized with facial and limb injuries. Morrissey received a speeding ticket.
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Ninth Street
Lockport
Edward Morrissey
French general and staff tour US Rubber plant life in Bradley
General Paul Demougin of France and his party toured the Joliet arsenal area visiting Menard Petit at his Bradley home on July 7. They observed an American worker’s lifestyle and appliances, plus shopped at a Bradley supermarket. They studied explosives at the Kankakee Unit and shell loading at Elwood.
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Menard Petit
U. S. Rubber Company
Kankakee
Joliet Arsenal
Paul Demougin
France
Ministry of National Defense
Petit
Bradley
U. S
Joseph F. Greene
General Demougin
Paul E. Arribat
Severans Powder Factory
Albert le Roux
Poulierie National
Sore Gues
Andre Roche
Poudrerie Nationale Toulouse
George A. Waternaux
Poudrerie Nationale de
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Silver Cross Hospital
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Prescott
Loyal Salyards
Highway Department
the People’s Newspaper
William R. McCabe
Spectator Publishing Company
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W. Cass Street
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