March 26 Unit School District election set for 22 sites
Verne E Cracker announces arrangements for the March 26 unit school district vote across 22 polling places open 7 am to 7 pm. Voters register by affidavit, withabsentee ballots available until March 23, and a split tally in incorporated and unincorporated areas to require a majority in each.
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Verne E. Cracker
Joliet
Rockdale
Troy
Elwood
Laraway
Cherry Hill
Ridge
Union
Reiter
New Lenox
Channahon
Joliet Township
Cracker
U. S
Court House
Caterpillar promotes two Joliet managers to higher posts
Two Joliet plant executives gain top roles at Caterpillar. George R. Armstrong is named manufacturing manager for Caterpillar Tractor Co Ltd with Glasgow headquarters and duties across Scotland and England. Otto F. Wiesemann becomes Armstrongs successor as Joliet manufacturing manager.
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Newcastle
Leicester
England
Armstrong
Wiesemann
Joliet
Caterpillar
Peoria
Doris
Ross Alan
Rita Ann
Carolyn
Audrey
Robert
Virginia
William Thannett
Milwaukee
Former Joliet nun dies with rites Friday
Sister Adriana, 84, began religious life in Joliet and served as former superior of St Marys hospital LaSalle. Requiem mass will be held Friday at St Anthony de Padua hospital chapel in Chicago. Burial is in St Marys cemetery. She died Monday at the hospital where she lived and worked as a nurse the last year.
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M. Adriana
Joliet
St. Anthony de Padua Hospital
Chicago
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Adriana
St. Mary’s Hospital
LaSalle
St. Joseph Hospital
Downtown Joliet awaits facelift and parking plan
Joliet Association of Commerce official urges a loop wide renovation of the downtown streets including Chicago to Desplaines and a major overhaul of storefronts before a shopping mall is considered. He notes free downtown parking is under discussion but not yet sent to city officials.
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Joliet
Loop Business
Chicago
Jefferson
Cass
Scott
Ottawa
Michigan
Washington
Webster, Benton
Jackson
Desplaines
Kalamazoo
Mich
Political stars to shine at Joliet open meeting
Joliet hosts a League of Women Voters candidate meeting on Sunday April 3 at Hufford Junior High auditorium starting 2 p.m. About 60 aspirants for national state and local offices will answer questions from the audience and describe their backgrounds and views.
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League
Joliet
Stratton
Paul Douglas
William Rentschler
Sam Witwer
Warren E. Wright
Noah Mason
Louis F. Bottino
Dorothy O’brien
Stanley Hubbs
Hayes Robertson
Stephen A. Mitchell
Joseph Lohman
Will County
Anton B. Mutz
Albert A. Krzywonos
Conrad J. Wirth
Henry F
John Whitney
Donald Kramer
William Rajala
William Wilson
Joliet League of Women Voters
Illinois and Will County Grow Across Centuries
The article traces Will County and Joliet growth from 1840 to 1950, Illinois state expansion from 1818 to 1960, and forecasts a 1960 census surge. It notes Illinois population rising from 55,211 in 1820 to 8,712,176 in 1950 and predicts Will County approaching 192,000 in the current census and 269,000 by 1970.
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Will County
Joliet
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Indiana Territory
Appraisers Costly Approval For City Property Widening
Joliet city council approved paying 2600 to two realtors for appraising 26 parcels on West Jefferson Street between Center and Wilcox. City Engineer Bernard Prola noted 100 per parcel. a council member retorted that it was stiff, but the payment was approved.
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Joliet
West Jefferson St
Center
Wilcox
Bernard Prola
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O. F
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George Armstrong
Laurence Alexander
National Downtown Services, Inc
New York
Vercellotti
Wilmington
Frank H. Masters Jr
John D. Lynch
Lockport
William F. Wessel
Robert L. Spreitzer
Willard G. Blood
Floyd Nielsen
Braidwood
Felix Loneghini
Lockwort
Martin Landquist
Joet
John J. Houlihan
Park Forest
J. Elmer Swansbro
Anthony Lilek
Patrick J. Orton
Donald J. Walsh
Erwin Long
Thomas H. Wise
Pal Lerson
Faulkner
Manhattan
Paul Therlow
William S. Gray
Harod J. Sch
Jack Ostren
Vdonald March
Eugene Wilson
Wiliam Rajala
Glen Carter
Charles Klosterman
P. G. Pw‘t
Pence Orr
Alvin Pollock
the Spectator
the People’s Newspaper
William
R. McCabe
The
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Joliet Hunvie
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