Lidice Memorial in Joliet Faces Neglect By Public
Joliet’s Lidice memorial, built to honor the Czech village razed by the Nazis, suffers heavy neglect. Holes line the streets, storms drainage is missing, and street signs are lacking while a small Czech group continues yearly pilgrimages to the site.
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Lidice
Joliet
Stg Park Gardens
Ominic A. Romano
Omano
Wendell Willkie
Chicago
Czechoslovakia
America
Hospital drive tops target with 7 063 pledges for 1 260 728
Final tally shows 7 063 pledges totaling 1 260 728 for St Joseph hospital building fund campaign. Follow up will continue through June and July with office moves to Blockson Chemical and a new Joliet address Box 1173. Edward Block praises volunteers and Ketchum Inc. for organizing the drive.
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St. Joseph Hospital
Alithe
Joliet
Edward Block
Blockson Chemical Company
Jane Snyder
Young Driver Fined After Fence Crash
Dale Bradbury, 16, of 1210 Clark street, was fined 50 dollars by Police Magistrate Martin Jackson after his car knocked down four fence posts and damaged the front yard fence of Frank Kovachik at 1007 Woodruff road. He fled the scene but was later arrested. charges included failure to have car under control, causing an accident, no driver's license and no state plates. Bradbury's license had been revoked previously for falsifying age.
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Frank Kovachik
Woodruff Road
Dale Bradbury
Clark Street
Kovachik
Bradbury
Jackson
McCook police hold armed Joliet man in rifle report
Ernest Thompson of 517 N Eastern avenue was taken into custody by McCook police for investigation after being found with a shotgun and pistol hidden in a car. He said he bought the weapons from a man named Joe who works for an oil company on Collins street and police noted a stolen official police revolver reported May 16 from a room.
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Ernest Thompson
Eastern Avenue
McCook
Thompson
Joe
Collins Street
Omeers
Workman Suffers Fatal Burns at Morris Rubber Plant
Howard Reynolds 26 of Wauponsee township died from burns after his clothing ignited from the backfire of a gasoline lift truck he operated at the Morris Rubber plant. Firemen extinguished the blaze before arrival. the fire also spread to the lift. Reynolds, employed about a year, was single and living with Mr and Mrs Will Hardin. Body sent to Campbellville Kentucky for burial.
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Howard Reynolds
Wauponsee Township
Morris Mionday
Morris Rubber
Reynolds
Will Hardin
Davis Funeral Home
Morris
Campbellville
Chicago cop shoots Joliet parolee during holdup attempt
Joliet parolee Jesse Johnson 50 living at 178 Joliet Street was shot and killed by Chicago Sgt. Patrick Kelleher after Johnson tried to rob him as he drove home. Johnson had a long criminal record including armed robberies and parole violations in Chicago and Will County.
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Joliet
Chicago
Jesse Johnson
Johnson
Will County
Kelleher
S. Laflin Street
Woodlawn
Roy Edgecomb
Ottawa
Speeder Responsible for Three Car Collision
Phillip Gould, 21, of 244 Fairbanks Avenue, charged with driving too fast for conditions running a stop light and failing to stop at a stop sign after a three car crash on Ohio and Collins streets. Jessie L Jones, 22, of 413 Herkimer Street, drove into a parked car owned by George Kosach at 468 Collins. Gould treated at Silver Cross hospital for arm cuts and fined $20 in police court.
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Phillip Gould
Fairbanks Avenue
Gould
Ohio Street
Collins Street
Jessie L.jones
Herkimer Street
Jones
George Kosach
Kosach
Silver Cross Hospital
Three incumbent GOP judges seek re election at crowded rally
More than 300 attendees filled the hall with 30 standing outside for a judicial campaign rally in Will County. Circuit Judges James V. Bartley D Henry Roscoe G South seek six year terms in the 127th circuit. Attorney George OBrien organized the event. Morton Hollingsworth spoke on state and national Republican activity. Election day nears with Democrat Ray Harvey opposing the trio.
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James V. Bartley
Will County
D. Henry
Kankakee
Roscoe G
Iroquois
127Th Judicial Circuit
George O’brien
C. H. Peterson
Will County Republican Central Committee
Morton Hollingsworth
National Republican
Republican Women's Club
Ray Smith
Central Committee
Ray Harvey
Health director urges Sanatorium vote Monday in Will County
Dr. L L Fatherree urges Will County voters to approve two ballots for Sunny Hill sanatorium. The measures would authorize establishing and maintaining the facility and extending the levy to support it, steps the courts forced to revalidate after a 1954 technical error. The TB fight relies on tax-backed support and public medical care.
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L. L. Fatherree
Will County Health Department
Fatherree
Sunny Hill Sanatorium
Will County
Sunny Hill
Dr. Fatherree
May Spectator issue details and miscellaneous notes
Published weekly by The Spectator in Joliet Illinois during 1957. This issue lists office address 105 115 W Cass Street Joliet and subscription rates, with price per year and carrier delivery terms.
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the Spectator
W. Cass Street
Joliet
Clisois
Sing
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Kroger’s
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Jerome L. Levy
William Flannery
Fred Hendrickson
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