Joliet Urges U S Action on Des Plaines Pollution
The Joliet mayor calls on the State Sanitary Water Board and the U S Public Health Service to curb Des Plaines River and Illinois Deep Waterway pollution. A meeting at 7 30 p m on March 9 will outline cleanup efforts led by H W Poston regional program director for Illinois.
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State Sanitary Water Board
Lower’ Des Plaines Valley
Des Plaines River
Illinois Deep Waterway
United States Public Health Service
Des Plaines, River
Joliet
Calumet River
Illinois Waterway
Dese Plaines River
H. W. Poston
Illinois
The
Public Health Service
Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control
Joliet Council Studies Freedom of Residence Resolution
The Joliet City Council reviews a Freedom of Residence resolution proposed by the Will County Conference on Religion and Race Civil Rights Committee. It was referred to legal staff for study with a report due at the March 16 meeting, focusing on wording about racial discrimination and moral support for fair housing.
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Civil Rights Committee
The
Will County Conference On Religion and Race
Joliet Council Approves Demolition of Nine Condemned Homes
Joliet City Council on Tuesday night approved demolition of nine condemned properties. City Manager Aaron Marsh will prepare bid specs with an option to improve sites by filling or removing foundations. Building Inspector Joseph Hritz cited severe dilapidation and fire risks as a public nuisance.
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Joliet
Aaron Marsh
Joseph Hritz
Waters to lead 1965 Easter Seal Campaign drive
Jack T. Waters, local businessman and civic leader, has accepted the chairmanship of the 1965 Easter Seal Campaign with a $30 000 goal. The Easter Seal Center at 214 E Cass St provides daily rehabilitation in Will County, with 5 777 treatments last year and growing need for services to the crippled.
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Jack T. Waters
E. Cass St
Will County
Waters
Easter Seal Center
Federal Parley Targets Lake Michigan Pollution in Chicago Hearing
A Chicago weeklong parley on pollution of Lake Michigan and the Illinois River could affect Joliet as officials discuss action. It marks the first real attempt to address the wastewater flowing downriver since the Chicago River flow reversal over sixty years ago.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Illinois River
Joliet
Chicago Sanitary District
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Joliet - Lockport - Lemont
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Des Plaines
U. S. Public Health Service
Cass
Clinton
Scott Streets
Harold Relyea
City Corporation
Paul Brummond
Gordon Bedford
Relyea
John Anderson
Universalist Church
Joliet City
City of
Ilinois
Hritz
Lockport
Animal Farm
Joe Baltz
Jan Schroeder
College of St. Francis
CSF Atrium
Wilcox and Taylor
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