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Joliet Week In Review Prominent Flight Tragedy And Local News
A week of meetings on tax hikes and a bond for school space was planned. Two Chicago area executives died in a single engine plane crash near Joliet with a third survivor noting the dive into a cornfield. Mayor Hennessy condemned state traffic orders amid Fourth of July events.
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Lewis College
Chicago Area
Lockport Township
Joliet
Tom Mendius
Clarendon Hills
John Fogarty
Hinsdale
John Blum
Western Springs
James P. Hennessy
of Illinois
Joliet Memorial Stadium
Beryl Churchill
Ralph Churchill
Chicago
East Joliet
Washington and Richards Sts
Silver Cross Hospital
Richard Jordan
George Beverly
State Department of Aeronautics
National Tea Co
FE. Cass
Earl R. Carlton
North
Lockport
North Broadway