Neighbor Beating Leaves 78-Year-Old Injuried on Fairmont Avenue
David Rogers, 58, of 129 Fairmont Avenue, jailed on a disorderly conduct charge after allegedly beating Ja cimo Borello, 78, also of Fairmont Avenue. Deputies tracked the incident to Borello's daughter-in-law who reported the attack as Rogers drove up and struck the elderly man. Rogers was fined $25 and appeared before Judge Jackson.
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David Rogers
Fairmont Avenue
Jacimo Borello
Borello
Thomas Borello
Rovers
Rogers
ISES announces federal bid data for Illinois manufacturers
Information on U S buying and federal purchases of supplies open for competitive bidding is available to Illinois producers through Joliet ISES office. Data include material quantity, specifications, bidders, and bid opening dates. Most bids stay open about 30 days and firms should monitor ISES for invitations to bid and labor market information.
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Illinois
Illinois State Employment Service
Frank Annunzio
Will and Grundy County
Joliet
ISES
Annunzio and
Boyd
U. S. Department of Commerce
Kennedy Dies in Chicago Former Lockport Oper ator
Thomas J. Kennedy, a former Lockport resident and longtime operator for the Chicago Sanitary District, died in Chicago after a lingering illness. He is survived by his sister Mrs. Margaret Washburn. Funeral services will be held in Lockport, with burial in South Lockport Cemetery.
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Thomas J. Kennedy
Lockport
Chicago
Kennedy
Margaret Washburn
Miller Funeral Home
St. Dennis Catholic Church
South Lockport
Chicago Sanitary Dislik
Il Health
Man Slays Self After Shooting Son in Joliet Home
Everett Edward Lewman 70 returned to his Joliet home at 615 Morgan street and shot his son Jack Lewman 27 then killed himself with an automatic pistol. Jack is in fair condition at St Josephs Hospital after emergency surgery. Wife Frances Lewman had filed for divorce and an injunction barred Lewman from molesting or transferring the home. Funeral arrangements expected in Indiana.
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Everett Edward Lewman
Joliet
Indiana
Frances D. Lewman
Jack Lewman
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lewman
Morgan Street
Woodruff Hotel
Indianapolis
Bertha Garrad
Montezuma
Ind
James V. Bartley
Grant
Another Frenk Becomes Pastor in Augusta Georgia
Mirdmann A Frenk son of Rev Erdmann W Frenk and Mrs Frenk of 353 North Broadway was ordained and installed as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Augusta Georgia in a double ceremony witnessed by his father. His brother Rev Martin Frenk could not attend. The new pastor attended St Peters School Joliet Joliet Township High School and a Milwaukee preparatory seminary before graduating from Concordia Seminary St Louis in 1949 and earning a Master of Sacred Theology last month.
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Mirdmann A. Frenk
Erdmann W. Frenk
N. Broadway
Trinity Lutheran Church
Augusta
Georgia
Martin Frenk
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Peter's School
Joliet
Joliet Township High School
Milwaukee
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
Man Injures Self On Glass Window At Theater Lobby
Frank Pavlich of 510 S Eastern Avenue was taken to St Joseph hospital for cuts and bruises after walking into a plate glass window in the Princess theater lobby. He told police he mistook the window for a door and his injuries were treated at the hospital.
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Frank Pavlich
S. Eastern Avenue
St. Joseph's Hospital
Princess Theater
Joliet Weather Clears With Cooler Tonight
Forecast for Joliet and nearby areas calls for clearing skies and cooler temperatures tonight with a low of 53. Tomorrow will be fair and warmer with a high near 80 and a low around 60, followed by a Saturday high near 80 and partly cloudy skies with moderately cool conditions.
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Joliet
League of Women Voters to Organize in Joliet
Joliet prepares for a public meeting on August 10 to form a Joliet league chapter. Officers, bylaws, and committees will be set as part of plans for local nonpartisan voter education and turnout ahead of the November election.
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League of Women Voters
Joliet
Osterday
Offiers
Leagues of Women Voters
Ilinois
District of Columbia
D. C
Joliet’s League
Joliet public housing debate heats up at hotel session
The Joliet Council of Organization Presidents heard sharp exchanges on the city's public housing program. Thomas Sheridan charged the plan is socialistic and misdirected, while Bryce Martin and William Murphy defended it, citing slum costs, tax implications, and the role of federal aid.
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Council of Organization
Louis Joliet
Joliet
Thomas Sheridan
Chicago
U. S. Savings and Loan League
William A. Murphy
Louisville
Washinson
D.C
Jo-liet
Son Gerrance
Milwaukee
Northlawn
Southlawn
Hillside
Federal Reserve Board
Martin
Decatur
Teo
80Th Congress
Congress
Miartin
Murphy
Abandoned 1942 Ford Tied to Theft of 1949 Car
A 1942 black Ford convertible was driven into a Wilmington filling station where the driver fled without paying. The car was found abandoned on Route 66 near Wilmington, and police linked it to a 1949 blue Ford stolen from Albert Mathias of Braidwood. Authorities traced possible routes toward Kankakee and notified Wisconsin police for owner tracing.
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Marie Mellinger
Wilmington
William Perry
Michael Frankovich
Joliet
Route 66
Albert Mathias
Braidwood
Mathias
Kankakee
Banana eating burglar hunted at dairy and ice cream parlor
The sheriff seeks a burglar who ate bananas and drank milk before fleeing with loot. The burglary occurred between 11 p.m. yesterday and 7 a.m. today at Harold Gilkerson's dairy and ice cream parlor on 1901 E Washington Street. Entry was gained by breaking a rear window pane and a wood panel in a door.
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Sheriff's Office
Harold Gilkerson
Washington Street
Forest Park to Light Up Evening Street System
Forest Park will switch on its new street lights tonight for the first time announced by John Shrobag president of the Forest Park Civic association. Final work was completed today with a 7 30 p m celebration planned in the Forest Park school yard weather permitting. If it rains the program moves to the Grahar garage on Woodruff road.
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Forest Park
John Shrobag
Anti Public Housing Petition Sparks Joliet Debate
Civic associations on Joliet's outskirts circulate a petition denouncing the public housing program as a Frankenstein monster that acts on its own motion. They label it unAmerican and socialistic and warn it will overcrowd schools with unwanted residents.
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Joliet
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