Joliet Official Seeks New Revenue to Fund City Services
City Comptroller George Comerford urged revamping Joliet tax structure and rapid council talks on additional revenue sources after a post-council session. He cited low 1960 assessed valuation, potential utility tax, and garbage service charges to fund capital improvements and ongoing services.
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George Merford
Comerford
Joliet
Will County Board of Review
James P. Hennessy
Five vehicle crash on U S Route 66 kills truck driver
A chain reaction on U S 66 at Blodgett Road involving three semis and two autos left Willie Frank Short, 26, of Tipton Indiana dead from skull fractures and internal injuries. Willard Sumbaum and Bertha Sumbaum, both 58, Wilmington, injured. The crash started when Short’s semi hit James Grove’s truck from Creve Coeur Illinois, which hit Charles Wirkeland of Urbana, sending Wirkeland into the Sumbaums.
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Frank Short
Tipton
Ind
U. S. 66
Blodgett Rd
Indiana
Wilmington
St. Joseph Hospital
Willie Frank Short
Craig Trucking Co
Albany
Short
Hanson Funeral Home
Gardner
Joliet
Willard A. Sumbaum
Bertha
Rte. 1
Jack O’hagen
John Oltman
James Grove
Creve Coeur
Ill
Grove
Charles Wirkeland
Urbana
Wirkeland
Sumbaum
Plan DAV Poppy Sale Saturday In Joliet
Disabled American Veterans will sell forget-me-nots Saturday asking Jolietans to give a little for those who gave a lot. The annual campaign funds the DAV program aiding wartime disabled veterans through rehabilitation projects and aid for families, plus free help with compensation hospitalization employment and related problems.
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Jolietans
DAV
League to study voting in Joliet elections
The League of Women Voters told Joliet city council it cannot commit to permanent voter registration until it completes a further study of the issue.
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League
League of Women Voters
Joliet
City council backs housing sites amid heated Forest Park protests
Forest Park residents, about 100 strong, stormed the city council chambers to oppose two public housing sites approved May 11. The two parcels are 11.3 acres in Fairmont Park and a 10-acre Tilton subdivision site east of Forest Park. Citizens urged reconsideration as boos and chants filled the meeting.
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Forest Park
Fairmont Park
Tilton Subdivision
Altho
Fairmont
Atty
John F. Cirricione
Atty. Cirricione
John Shroba
Presi
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Woodruff Hotel
Hugh S. Bonar
Joliet Township High School
Bruce Houseknecht
Catherine Wood
Bonar
Dr. Bonar
Seertsice Ptyote
City Council
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