Mayor Janke faces liquor issues and politics in city
The piece criticizes Mayor Janke for lenient liquor enforcement while courting tavern operators for votes and donations. It urges strict action against selling to minors and license revocations, and calls for changes to state liquor laws. It also discusses city planning battles over a Campbell Street site and respect for nearby residents.
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Janke
Will County
Joliat
Whalen
Campbell Street
Prairie Avenue
Franck
Campbell
Raids Hit Route 66 Saloons in DuPage County
Sheriff Rollin Hall of DuPage county announced raids on 11 saloons including Virgil's cafe on route 66 18 miles northeast of Joliet. A pinball machine was seized as part of actions linked to the bombing of John J. Kellys home and labeled as a warning that gambling will not be tolerated.
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Rollin Hall
DuPage County
Virgil’s Cafe
Route 66
Joliet
John J. Kelly
Board of Supervisors
Hall
Weather Outlook for Joliet Turns Humid and Warm
The Joliet forecast calls for hot humid conditions with partly cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow. Thunder showers are likely late tonight or early tomorrow with warmer temperatures ahead. Tonight’s low around 65, tomorrow’s high near 88, and tomorrow night’s low about 65.
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Joliet
Weather Bureau
Candy man Dan Angelos heads to Greece for third trip
Dan Angelos known as Dan the Candy Man of 229 E. Cass St plans a summer break leaving Joliet Monday. He will fly New York to Athens with nephew Nick Malos and visit relatives in Tripoli for two and a half months returning Sept 1 to reopen Dan's Candy Shop.
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Dan Angelos
Dan
Cass Street
Greece
Rossi
Angelos
Nick Malos
Chicago
Joliet
New York
Athens
Tripoli
United
Lorain
Ohio
Adams approves two death claims
Probate Judge Fred R. Adams approved two death claim settlements yesterday. The Fehrs estate from Manhattan received 0,750 for each death after a collision involving William Fehr 75 and Esther 55 killed near Watseka on April 20. A second suit by Dorothy Romines of Wilmington for daughter Sharon Lee Ferrero 7 died July 5 at the Mazon track settled for $6,000.
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Fred R. Adams
William Fehr
Esther
Manhattan
Watseka
Bradley Stockton
Fehrs
Irving Shuttl
Grundy County
Joliet Area Hits Record High Employment in Two Months
The state employment service report shows Joliet area employment at 53,000 between March 15 and May 15, the peak since World War II. About 35,000 workers were added. 750 women began new jobs and 54 percent of job seekers are in unskilled labor, over 60 percent of whom are women. Employers foresee 2,000 more workers by mid July and more by September. The steel strike affects 2,509 local workers but has not yet caused widespread unemployment. An extended deadlock could raise joblessness.
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Joliet
State Employment Service
Employment Service
Sheriff Primary Filing Opens With No New Petitions
The first filing day for the special sheriff’s primary on June 23 passed with no new petitions in the county clerk’s office by noon. Former deputy Jonn L. Jevitz has not decided on a candidacy while Sheriff Roy Doerfler, appointed to the unexpired term of the late Ernest Overbey, campaigns for the Republican nomination.
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Jonn L. Jevitz
Roy Doerfler
Ernest Overbey
Auto theft gang ends in Joliet crash with fatality
Two brothers from Aurora stole a 1950 Oldsmobile in Joliet neighborhoods near Knights of Columbus. Thomas Joakum died from crushing injuries after the car left the road near Grand Mound Iowa on a 200 mile chase. Ben Joakum was severely injured and expected to die. Police linked the incident to earlier thefts of a Joseph Smith car and the Buldak vehicle. Authorities say wet pavement contributed to the wreck.
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Buldak
Joliet
Ben Joakum
Clinton
Iowa
Thomas Joakum
Ben
Aurora
Buldal
Knights of Columbus
Plan to reclaim Dellwood street as lake resort
George Young of the Lockport Sportsman's club chairs a committee studying a lake above the present dam. After two years of engineering guidance, the plan appears workable though financing must come from multiple civic groups. The park already holds fish and the lake could support fishing, boating, swimming, and winter skating.
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Dellwood Strear
George Young
Lockport Sportsman’s Club
Dellwood Park
Lockport Park District
Young
Park District
Sportsman’s Club
State Conservation Department
Steel executive leaves $45,000 estate to widow
George H. Bendell a steel executive who died May 17 left a 47500 estate in personal property to his widow Ira E Bendell of 1923 Hillcrest road. He served 45 years with American Steel and Wire and was division superintendent here for 10 years before his death. He earlier supervised at the Waukegan plant.
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George H. Bendell
Ira E. Bendell
Hillcrest Road
American Steel and Wire Company
Bendell
Waukegan
Three Elected to Retail Committee
Three new members join the retail executive committee of the Retail Division, Association of Commerce. Elected were Robert P. O'Leary of Ducker's, Arthur L Liebermann Sr., the jeweler, and William Smith of H. A. Stillman Drug Store. Three former members Leonard Troughton, Al Baskin, and William Anderson were not eligible for re election.
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Association of Commerce
Arthur Lumsden
Robert P. O’leary
Ducker’s
Arthur L Liebermann Sr
William Smith
H. A. Stillman Drug Store
Leonard Troughton
Black and Kuhl
al Baskin
William Anderson
The
Vogue
Women bus drivers praised by riders at Bluebird line
The first 10 women hired as bus drivers for Bluebird receive laudatory notes from passengers. Riders credit their courage and skill and say they are on time. About 15 of 120 drivers may be women, with work in Chicago area and Joliet-Chicago routes planned.
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Bluebird Coach Line Company
Roger’ Beaurline
Bluebird
Joliet
Lyons
Beauhlinees
Chicago
Beaurline
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William R. McCabe
Raid Route 66
Candy Merchant
Adams
Steel
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