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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1960
Page
3
A Will County political column criticizes the GOP for clinging to offices while losing state and federal support. It urges new blood and aggressive leadership, calls for removing opportunists, and warns that party machinery requires continual care and renewal.
Chester O Weger a 22 year old former Starved Rock Lodge dishwasher confessed to killing three Riverside women in the park last March. He described the motive as robbery and was jailed on the murder charge after waiving cooperation and signing a statement.
David R. Jaye Jr., 30, will take the post November 15 to assist Sister M. Theresa with the hospital's top administrative duties. He arrives from Sharon General Hospital where he was assistant administrator, after service in the Air Force Medical Service Corps. He holds a BS from Loyola Chicago and a Master of Hospital Administration from Northwestern. He and his family will reside in Joliet.
More than 600 laymen are expected at Pershing school for the Lutheran Fellowship Hour. A combined choir from area churches will perform and Dr. George W. Forell of Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary will deliver the sermon on Martin Luther. Eugene Staehling will lead the adult choir. Mrs. J. J. Lippoldt will direct the children’s choir.
Illinois moves to reshuffle top posts after a Democratic win. William H. Morris may depart as state police superintendent, with a $8000 captain role cited. Martin Joyce and other candidates consider parole board, state attorney, and coroner posts as power shifts loom in Cook County.
The final day for free chest X rays in the county survey to find unsuspected tuberculosis and other chest abnormalities. The mobile unit is stationed in front of Block and Kuhl Co. on Chicago Street between Clinton and Van Buren. Hours Friday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. The program opened Sept. 27 as a joint effort by the state and county health departments and Will County Tuberculosis Association.
Four teenage inmates escaped the Illinois Youth Commission Reception and Diagnostic Depot after threatening dormitory supervisor Joseph Gura and breaking a kitchen window. Joliet police and commission personnel recaptured Lawrence Farina, Richard Taylor, William Johnson, and Barry Johnson within hours. all were injured, treated at St. Joseph hospital, and Taylor received a tendon injury while Johnson and Kinney were found in St Jude's Church. Farina led the group, with arrests near Joliet Armory and a farm home. no serious crimes alleged.
Joliet residents will be asked to contribute at Thanksgiving time to a fund for research into muscular dystrophy. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Martin head the campaign with Don Baker as treasurer. MD afflicts 0,000 Americans, mostly children, with no known cure or cause. Jerry Lewis heads the national fundraising effort.
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