Joliet approves plan for city street repair program
City Manager Chester B. Lewis told the council the plan funds 30 miles of secondary non-arterial streets and three main shorelines with a total repair cost of 54 000 dollars for resurfacing on Chicago Cass and Jefferson streets. The work will use motor fuel tax funds and target frost boils and flood damage areas while prioritizing overall street conditions.
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Paul Friedrich
James P. Hennessy
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Cass Street
Waterway Bridge
Collins Street
Jefferson Street
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Black Road
Raynor Avenue
Chicago
Joliet Youth Admits Involvement In Abductions and Assaults
A 15 year-old Joliet male with prior juvenile offenses admitted to Sgt. Donald Zier that he harmed one girl and is accused in at least five other incidents. Detained after a tip from Officers Findy and Walsh, he allegedly mistreated four Joliet girls aged 11 to 15 and a 9 year-old girl earlier in the week. Police reference an 18 year-old linked to similar abuses. A separate report notes two Joliet girls aged 9 and 14 reported a man exposing himself in a car near Lockport.
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Joliet
Donald Zier
County Court
Paul Ohman
William Findy
Jack Walsh
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Vanren
Zier
Walter McKay
Lockport
Retirement ends long council sparring with Harold Goodspeed
Harold R. Goodspeed, longtime city engineer, will retire after 23 years of service the coming Saturday. He has seldom clashed with Councilman Edward Daniel, though Daniel has verbally sparred with him over city projects including a Wilson street sewer line. A test by consultant Walter Deutchler Jr. supported keeping the Wilson line, costing the city $500 to prove Daniel wrong.
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Wilson Street
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Walter Deutchler Jr
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Aronson Seeks Ragen Advice On Prison Reforms
Gov J Hugo Aronson of Montana, troubled by disturbances in state prisons, visited Warden Joseph E Ragen this week to obtain recommendations. Ragen, a renowned penologist, has shaped the Joliet Stateville branch as a model for efficiency and security.
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Montana
Joseph E. Ragen
Ragen
Joliet-Stateville
Illinois
Joliet Steelmen Meet Bloom In Regional Semifinal Clash
Joliet Township High School Steelmen, who beat Rich East Park Forest in the quarterfinals, face Bloom Chicago Heights in the regional semifinal at Joliet High School gym at 7 p.m. Joliet Catholic meets Lockport in the second game, with Lockport having defeated Hillmen twice in the regular season.
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Joliet Catholic
Lincoln Way
New Lenox
Lockport
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