Fringe zoning and annexation woes plague suburbs
Suburban cities struggle with fringe land control as state laws limit zoning and annexation. Mayor Hennessy cites state laxity on disposal plants and zoning. villagers resist higher taxes and municipal boundaries. Illinois Municipal League plans two proposals for 1961 to ease annexation by court approval and assess mutual benefits.
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Spectator
Hennessy
Lenox
Illinois
Crest Hill
Illinois Municipal League
Our Savior Lutheran to Install New Pastor
Rev. Donald A. Christiansen will be installed as pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in a 3 p.m. ceremony at Hufford Junior High School. The congregation meets there while the new building is under construction at Black Road and Palladium Drive. Dinner follows the program and the public is invited. Christiansen previously led Pilgrim Lutheran in Bellevue Nebraska and resides with his family at 1650 Marquette. He succeeds Rev. Marcus T. Zill.
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Donald A. Christiansen
Our Savior Lutheran Church
Hufford Junior High
Black Rd
Palladium Dr
Christiansen
Pilgrim Lutheran Church
Bellevue
Neb
1650
Marquette
Marcus T. Zill
Bill Carey to open new Harvey Brothers store
Joliet residents are invited to an open house at the remodeled Harvey Brothers store at 108 N. Chicago tonight. William Carey the new manager announced the Friday reopening with a fully new stock after a recent fire and noted summer suits sport coats and furnishings from across the country. Carey a longtime local clothing man and Harvey staffers will assist in the event with hours 6 to 9 p m and refreshments served.
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Joliet
Harvey Brothers
Chicago
William
Bill”) Carey
Carey
al Baskin’s
Lytton’s
McCarthy’s
Audrey Boyle
Jackie
Susan Ann
Campbell
William Dusha
N. Nicholson
Millie Feeney
Dorothy McCullough
Hamel Donoghue
Clara Shannon
Penalty hikes city vehicle tag revenue boost in 1960
Acting City Manager Jack Rohlf reports city tag sales through May 31, 1960 brought in 71832.50, surpassing all of 1959. Penalties for missing tags plus the tag price raised revenue. more stickers issued for cars and trucks while buses declined.
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Jack Rohlf
Rohlf
Martinson rewarded for capture by city patrol
Patrolman Howard Martinson's son receives five days vacation with pay for aiding in the capture of the Hillcrest rapist. The suspect, identified from victim sketches, is already imprisoned for prior crimes.
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Howard’ Martinson
Hillcrest
Martinson
Morris
No bus fare hike here say Joliet officials
Joliet City Lines manager K D Osterberg said there will be no fare increase here unless necessary. Joliet’s 15 cent adult and 10 cent student fares have stood since 1958 with 300k to 350k monthly riders and no token use outside the ride and shop plan.
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Elgin City Lines
Aurora City Lines
Illinois Commerce Commission
K. D. Osterberg
Joliet City Lines
Illinois
Osterberg
Elgin
Aurora
Aurora Bus Line
Elgin Line
Joliet
Public to hear shocking POW tape on Communist brainwashing
Joliet Kiwanis presents Maj. William E. Mayer lecture’s audio recording “Communist Indoctrination Its Significance to Americans” at Caterpillar Tractor Co auditorium tonight at 8. Mayer, a top psychiatrist on the prisoner studies project in Japan, studied over 1,000 American soldiers released from Korean POW camps. The one hour and 15 minute report is billed as a profound speech for military religious and business leaders nationwide.
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Joliet Kiwanis Club
Caterpillar Tractor Co
William E. Mayer
Japan
Korea
Maj
Mayer
Kiwanis Club
Joliet
Lions, Rotary
Kiwanis West
Nick Anton
Joliet area to stage baccalaureate rites Sunday
The Joliet Township High School and Junior College baccalaureate ceremony will be at 8 p.m. Sunday at Central Presbyterian church under the Will County Council of Churches. Rev. Roy Hamburger will preach. several area church leaders will read scripture, offer prayers, and deliver the benediction. The Westminster choir and Mrs. Dan McCarter will provide music.
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Joliett Township
Will County Council of Churches
Central Presbyterian Church
Roy Hamburger
First Presbyterian Church
John Merrill
Dale Kleinschmidt
Trinity Methodist Church
David Spencer
Hunter Avenue Lutheran Church
Royster Powell
Second Baptist Church
Lester Laubenstein
Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church
Lewis seniors prepare for baccalaureate and commencement
Seventy five Lewis college seniors will attend baccalaureate services Friday in the Sanca Alberta chapel on the campus before receiving degrees Sunday at commencement exercises. Rev Patrick Fincutter a New Guinea missionary will celebrate mass with Rev Joseph Stalzer delivering the sermon. John S Gleason Jr past national commander of American Legion will speak at the 1 30 p.m. Sunday ceremony.
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Lewis College
Sanca Alberta
Patrick Fincutter
New Guinea
Joseph Stalzer
St. Dennis Parish
Lockport
Joseph Gallagher
Our Lady of Sorrows High School
Blue ‘Island
John S. Gleason Jr
American Legion
Roy Peppard Home Damaged by Blaze
A Joliet fire crew extinguished a blaze at Roy Peppard's residence 1301 Colorado on Wednesday afternoon. Assistant Fire Chief William O'Hara cited spontaneous combustion as the cause. The fire confined to a garage attached to the home with some damage to a recreation room adjoining it.
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Roy Peppard
Colorado
Joliet
William O’hara
Conventions to Bring 2000 Delegates to Joliet This Month
Joliet prepares to host nearly two thousand conventioneers in June. The Illinois Wisconsin Elks State association brings about 800 delegates June 23 to 26 at the Louis Joliet and Woodruff hotels. The Rock River Conference of Churches plans 800 to 1,000 delegates at the Louis Joliet Hotel. The Louis Joliet and Richards Street churches are involved in hosting.
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Rose Weger
Rehn School
PTA
Rehn
Belva Weger
Weger
G. N. Hufford
Our Savior Lutheran
Bill Carey
Bill) Carey
Church Council
Lewis
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