Memorial Day Reflections Over Elections And Road Safety
A district notes Tuesday votes for three Republican incumbents and one Democratic challenger for circuit judges, urges yes on Sunny Hills tax ballots, and warns Memorial Day travel risks with projected highway deaths. A brief obituary remark closes the column.
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Udges
J. W. Bartley
Joliet
Claude Henry
Kankakee
Roscoe South
Watseka
Raymond Harvey
Sunny Hill
Shady Oaks Camp Opens For Disabled Children This Summer
Shady Oaks camp for cerebral palsied children opens June 30 on Route 7 east of Lockport with a new building funded by a Ford foundation grant. Non-sectarian facility run by Free Sons of Israel of Chicago welcomes disabled children of any faith for an eight week encampment. Last year about 60 children attended. with facilities this year 72 can be accommodated. Gene R. Hackett, camp director, seeks staff ages 19 to 35 for dormitories and dining hall. write Hackett at 9959 S. Clifton Park Ave Evergreen Park Illinois.
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Shady Oaks
Route 7
Lockport
Free Sons of Israel of Chicago
Ford Foundation
Gene R. Hackett
Hackett
S. Clifton Park Avenue
Evergreen Park
Weather forecast entry with showers likely
Cloudy and warmer tonight with chance of showers. Overnight low in the upper 50s. Tuesday remains cloudy with little change and some shower chances.
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Torrow
Forrow
Cc An
Mayor backs hatchery conversion into city hall plan
Joliet story outlines mayor James P. Hennessy endorsing studies to convert the Corn Belt hatchery and adjacent Union Machinery building into a city hall complex with police fire stations and central offices. The plan uses current revenue, avoids new bonds, and adds drive-in water bill payments and public parking.
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Joliet
Civic Center
Association of Commerce
Corn Belt Hatcheries
James P. Hennessy
Union Machinery
Corn Belt
Council Chamber
Evening Masses Mark Ascension Memorial Day in Joliet Area
Catholic communities in Joliet schedule Thursday evening masses for Memorial Day and Ascension Thursday observances. St. Mary offers 5 15 p m, St. Joseph two services at 5 15 and 7 30 p m, St. Jude 6 p m, St. Mary Magdalene 7 30 p m, St. John the Baptist 5 30 p m, and St. Bernard at 6 p m.
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Joliet
St. Mary Church
St. Joseph Church
St. Jude Church
Marycrest
St. Mary Magdalene Church
St. John the Baptist Church
St. Bernard Church
J promises bridge will be kept open
City officials meet with railroad executives to outline temporary repairs and a plan to reopen the footbridge over the E J and E tracks at Meeker Avenue. Chief Engineer Shepley says only 16 adults use it daily, with plans for minor fixes now and major work later.
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E. J
Meeker Avenue
Chester B. Lewis
Paul Brumund
Forest Park
Meeker, Chase, Charlesworth
Belle Avenues
Paul Verde
S. H. Shepley
Shepley
Man Arrested For Sleeping On River Bank
Police arrested Vern Skogland 49 of Jamestown New York after finding him intoxicated and unable to stand while sleeping on the Illinois Water Way wall south of the Ruby Street Bridge Tuesday.
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Vern Skogland
Jamestown
N. Y
Ruby Street Bridge
Skogland
Quiet Memorial Day Observance in Joliet Observed
Joliet marks Memorial Day with no parades or civic events. Churches hold services and three outdoor masses in Catholic cemeteries. Many will fisheries along Dupage, Desplaines, and Kankakee rivers or visit Starved Rock state park.
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Joliet
Dupage River
Desplaines
Kankakee
Starved Rock
Chicago
Washington Park
National Safety Council
Secretary of State urges use of suspended driver lists
The secretary of state urged local law enforcement to use continually the lists of revoked or suspended licenses his office sends. Police and prosecutors in Illinois receive resident names in their jurisdictions, with district state police lists for each district and a state-wide list from Springfield. The procedure has been in effect since July 1, 1953. When a driver is arrested for a traffic violation without a valid license, his name can be checked against these lists.
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Secretary of State
Illinois
Springfield
West Point graduates from Joliet honored Tuesday
Two Joliet youths, Richard C. Dean and Richard A. Scholtes, will graduate from the U S Military Academy at West Point on Tuesday. Each earns a bachelor of science and will be commissioned as second lieutenants in artillery and infantry respectively. Scholtes led in Catholic chapel choir rifle and pistol clubs and held a national guard appointment. Dean joined German ordnance and radio clubs and worked at Joliet arsenal.
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Joliet
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Richard C. Dean
Henry L. Dean
West Park Front
Richard A. Scholtes
Scholtes
Dean
Academy
Joliet Township High School
Joliet Township
Joliet Arsenal
Paul H. Douglas
Driving After Revocation and Suspension Cited as Serious Offense
The secretary warns that checking drivers for continued operation after license revocation or suspension is crucial. He says driving after revocation endangers all road users and that permitting such drivers to continue is unnecessarily risky.
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Joan of Arc
Braidwood
Ohio
Richard. A. Scholtes
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