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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1957
Page
17
Dale E. Matthews argues that funds should go to industry and civilization, noting cosmic dust may reduce fertility and weapon tests disrupt weather. He calls on civilized nations to end wasteful dangerous arms programs.
In east Joliet on Clinton street residents report flood damage since Saturday. They accuse officials and agencies including Will County Health Department Civil Defense and the Red Cross of inaction while pleading for vaccines and relief resources amid rising costs and rising water. Citizens Mrs. Robert Sircy and Mrs. Daniel Welter seek urgent help.
A citizen letter argues wary engagement with Russia, urging vigilance despite calls for peace. It uses wartime imagery of a dove and bear, warns against disarming defenses, cites Pearl Harbor, and asserts that H bombs and power hungry states threaten national safety.
William H Odenthal praises city leaders for the Desplaines Street flood response under the council manager form. He commends Elmer Latz George Reiter and other supervisory officials for joining volunteers in evacuation rescue work and pulling boats through flooded streets. He urges appreciation for these working administrators.
Letters recount a banty rooster waking residents at 4 AM near Forest Park and a roaming hound endangering children. A separate note cites Minnesota’s annual fish harvest averaging 80 pounds per acre totaling about 20 million pounds. Nellie Grant marries Algenon Sartoris at the White House.
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