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Motel opening draws 500 American Motel Assoc members
From the Hotel Louis Joliet lobby Carl Smith manager J F Prascke of Streator and William H Deutsch of Jacksonville survey the scene as five hundred association members gather for the American Motel Association of Illinois opening session. City Manager Chester B Lewis says he will not present a controversial police and fire resolution to the council. The plan faced quick opposition from police and fire unions and veterans groups who fear it curtails citizen rights and shifts power to one official.
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Louis Joliet
Carl Smith
J. F. Prascke
Streator
William H. Deutsch
Jacksonville
American Motel Association of Illinois
Chester B. Lewis
Spectator
Lewis
Joliet Police Department
Fire Department
Atty
Francis A. Dunn
Joliet Fire and Police Commission
Police and Fire Department
Central Trades and Labor Council
Veterans’ Organizations