Trees Cut Out to Curb Dutch Elm Disease
Joliet Park district workers battle Dutch elm disease threatening hundreds of trees in Joliet parks. Park superintendent George Abbott urges residents to spray and remove diseased trees. disease spread via a beetle carrying fungus. Spraying now is cheaper than removing or replacing trees.
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Joliet Park
Joliet
Amen
Highland Park
George Abbott
Abbott
Holland
Illinois
Champaign
University of Ilinois
Joliet Public Schools Score High on State Report Card
Public schools in Joliet received high marks from a state education department survey conducted the week of January. The report praised excellent working relations among staff, board, superintendent, and community, plus strong policies and tax support. Recommendations urged expanding science study and enhancing kindergarten and junior high programs, with longer study hours and more counseling.
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Joliet
State Education Department
Roy Clark
Ular
Board of Education
John W. English
Washington School
English
Traffic Safety Panel Proposes Citywide Measures
A Joliet safety panel at Hotel Louis Joliet urged increased law enforcement emphatic fines trained investigators a traffic engineer and sidewalk lighting. Recommendations include signal lights curbings lighting billboard fatalities notice and a training program for investigators to share methods with peers. Laverne Haney chaired the panel which will reconvene with local clubs and officials.
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Louis Joliet
Clty
Justices of Peace
Willard Blood
Ice
Joliet
Chicago Motor Club
Northwestern University
Laverne Haney
Joliet Area Tonight Weather Outlook
Tonight in Joliet and surrounding area expect partly cloudy skies with a low around 30. Tomorrow should bring sunshine with a high in the 40s.
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Joliet
Man of Joliet Dedicated to Feed the Hungry on St Patrick’s Day
Pete McCarthy age 91 plans to work at his Joliet stand at Chicago and Van Buren or indoors at First National Bank if the weather turns. He runs Morning Star mission at 460 Collins Street since 1907 with a creed to feed the hungry clothe the naked and visit the sick and in prison. A Sunday family dinner in Calumet City honors his long service. six great grandchildren will attend. Pete was born in Joliet near Webster and McRoberts and his father, a stone mason, died in an industrial accident. He left school to become a barber and bartender before turning to mission work at age 40.
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Peter H. McCarthy
Shamrock
Chicago
van Buren
First National Bank
Collins Street
Pete
Whiskey Row
Patrick's
February building permits fall in Chicago area report says
The Bell Savings and Loan association notes a 30.1 percent drop in home building in February due to bad weather with unincorporated areas in six counties ahead. January residential permits totalled 38 million dollars while Joliet reports 22 permits valued at 317279 dollars.
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Chicago
Bell Savings and Loan Association
Joliet
Bell
Las es Ge a March 8 1897 Vol XXXI March 13 1958 No 81
A historical newspaper fragment dated March 13 1958 reports on a periodical issue with volume and number identifiers. The readable text centers on publication metadata rather than clear news events or articles.
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Milton Moir
Joliet Park District
Steve Takah
Francis Jones
American Steel and
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Butoe Ap Ey
the Spectator
Same Street
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