Union Leader Urges Joliet Housing Units Approval
Albert A. Krywonos of the United Steel Workers appeals to Joliet city council to approve 128 Housing Authority units. He says the project would create jobs for unemployed tradesmen and laborers and could sit on a 60 acre tract north of Manningdale if annexed. Counsel Brumund says the authority will seek immediate council attention.
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Joliet
Albert A. Krywonos
United Steel Workers of America, Cio
Oliet
Krywonos
Manningdale
Paul Brumund
Authority Court
New Park-and-Shop Opens Downtown Amid Hatchery Site Change
A parking lot replaces the Corn Belt hatchery on North Joliet Street at Van Buren Street. Downtown shoppers welcome the new Park-and-Shop facility as a convenient addition.
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Union Machinery Company
van Buren Street
Corn Belt Hatchery
North Joliet Street
Merchants push back as city debates Park and Shop plan
A Joliet city council session saw ten downtown merchants claim parking removals harm business. Mayor Hennessy questioned the process while George C. Clare of the Parking Commission defended the Park and Shop concept, noting traffic and shopper flow across Will County.
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Park & Shop
City Council
Jefferson, Scott and
Cass
James P. Hennessy
Parking Commission
George C. Clare
Joliet
Calvert Bros. Maytag Company
Jefferson Street
Rezone St. Pat's field for shops
Joliet city council backed the Joliet Zoning Board to switch West Jefferson street area around St Patrick's field from Residential 1 to Business 2. The move would permit a shopping center including a liquor store, service station, and several small shops on the east end, replacing the long used baseball diamond.
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Joliet
West Jefferson Street
St. Patrick’s Field
Atty
Francis A. Dunn
Stang Kelly
W. Jefferson Street
Dunn
Kelly
Postal clerks clash with Chamber over pay claims
Joliet post office clerks accuse the U S Chamber of Commerce of deceit in pay comparisons and urge Congress to oppose proposed postal raises. Henry P. Kapsch NFPOA Local 324 cites biased statistics, notes private industry wage gains, and defends clerk salaries as fair for skilled workers and heads of families.
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Joliet
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Henry P. Kapsch
National Federation of Post Office Clerks
Thei
Chamber
Kap
The
Khamber
Washington Report
Comiauc
Uct
Kapsch
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