Art Smith Jr Named General Campaign Chairman for Joliet Chest
Art Smith Jr will head the Joliet Will County Community Chest campaign for 1960, following appointment by the Chest executive committee. A Joliet native and 13 year Chest volunteer, he succeeds his father Art Smith Sr who held the post in 1956. The board outlined campaign plans with four general vice chairs and division heads to be named. The Chest supports agencies including Boy Scouts Catholic Charities and Home Bureau YMCA Morning Star Mission Salvation Army and others. Smith, 34, is a Notre Dame graduate, married to Barbara Anderson with children Douglas and Linda, and active in Holy Name Society and local clubs.
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Art Smith Jr
Joliet- Will County
Smith
Herschbach
Community Chest
United Way
Boy Scouts
Catholic Charity and Home Bureau
Catholic Youth Organization
Community Branch Ymca
Community Safety Council
Family Service Agency
Girl Scouts
Guardian Angel Home
Lutheran Homes For Children
Morning Star Mission
Peter Claver Center
Public Health Council
Salvation Army
Silver Cross Hospital
Social Service Exchange
United Service Organizations
Will County
YMCA
Joliet Catholic High School
University of Notré Dame
Barbara Anderson
Smiths
Douglas
Linda
Caton
Holy Name Society of St
Parish Festival to Raise Funds for Scott Street Playground
St Joseph’s church stages a week long festival from Sunday at St Joseph’s park Theodore and Raynor. Proceeds fund a Scott street playground and brewery lot parking with pony rides hayrack rides and nightly dancing for all ages. Parish displays feature Altar and Rosary society Senior Parishioners crafts and ceramics. Bands Eddie Alden trio Pinky Cankar orchestra Melody Masters provide dancing. Festival ends Sunday July 10.
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St. Joseph's Church
St. Joseph's Park
Theodore
Raynor
Scott Street
Altar and Rosary Society
Rosarian Club
St. Genevieve Society
Slovenian Women's Union
Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality
St. Agnes Sodality
Holy Name
Eddie Alden
Pinky Cankar
Melody Masters
Local committee urges support for Illinois bond issue
Charles F Woolard and John Byrne head a committee to back a $1 million state bond issue on the November ballot. Funds would back a University of Illinois Chicago branch and facilities at six other state schools. Also listed as members are F Wilhelm and Ruby Leslie.
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Charles F. Woolard
Oakland
John Byrne
Pearl
University of Illinois
Chicago
F. Wilhelm
N. E. Circle Drive
Ruby Leslie
Cochrane
Joliet area posts small downtrend in employment
Plant layoffs in Joliet manufacturing firms during the 60 days ending May 15 exceeded hires in non manufacturing jobs. The Illinois State Employment Service found 425 manufacturing layoffs and 350 hires in non manufacturing work across 153 firms, marking a net slight decline though both sectors show year over year gains.
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Joliet
Illinois State Employment Service
Employment Service
Police arrest three burglary suspects in store raid
Police and three suspects were taken into custody after officers surprised burglars at the B. F. Goodrich store. Johnny Garcia Nick Noyola and Frank Cisneros were arrested after tear gas drove them from a hiding place behind tires in the basement.
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B. F. Goodrich
FE. Cass
Johnny Garcia
Francis
Nick Noyola
Harlow
Frank Cisneros
Polar
Ambrose Corcoran
Donald Zier
Castro takes over Texaco refinery in Havana amid oil dispute
In Havana the Castro regime seized the American owned Texaco refinery after managers refused to process Russian crude oil on orders from the Cuban government. In Washington reports note Democratic gains in North Dakota signaling possible trouble for Republicans in farm areas next November. Harry Truman backs Symington but will skip the Democratic National Convention. Congress leaders admit difficulty passing major bills and plan a July 2 to August 8 recess.
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Havana
Cuba
Texaco
Washington
North Dakota
Mayor pushes city plan for reforestation efforts
The mayor urges cooperation with U S and Illinois conservation departments and garden clubs to combat rapid tree loss. He cites 460 trees removed in 1959 with 266 backlog in 1960 and daily 12 to 14 dead trees on public property. The program would cost about 15000 annually and involve three city workers.
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U. S
Illinois
Hennessy
Joliet Librarian Notes Space Pressures at Modern Libraries
Joliet Public Library chief Robert Pohl cites space shortages mirroring national growth after returning from a Montreal conference with the American and Canadian Library associations. He says communities need larger main libraries, branches, and trained staff, with Joliet joining a Chicago libraries cooperative film program this summer. He attended June 18 25 meetings of the joint library conference.
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Robert Pohl
Joliet Public Library
Montreal
Canada
Pohl
American Library Association
Canadian Library Association
Ussr
Joliet
Chicago
Joint Library Conference
Police arrest driver after loop accident near Scott and Jefferson
A two car collision at Scott and Jefferson Wednesday led to the arrest of 61 year old Frank N. Cordano of 256 Scott. Cordano was charged with improper hand signal and causing the accident after his car struck a vehicle driven by 42 year old John C. Mesch of Melrose Park.
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Scott
Jefferson S
Frank N. Cordano
Cordano
John C. Mesch
Melrose Park
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Harry Truman
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