Plugging The Drain In Joliet Plan Faces Feb 26 Vote
The Joliet Plan for public grade schools is up for a Feb 26 ballot. It claims to cut high school dropouts especially among Negro students by integrating facilities and reducing relief costs. The piece argues segregation harms ambition and suggests annex provisions as a first step to eliminate separate Negro schools at minimal expense and revitalize the community.
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Joliet
Midwest
United States
New York
Harlem
Chicago
Observations From Shawnee and City News Notes
In Golconda Illinois, a remote Pope County town, residents live simply with log cabins and self-sufficiency while 21 stills operate locally. federal agents monitor them as opinions on government overreach rise. Chicago grief and calls for aid follow the death of cop Joe Morris amid narcotics and crime concerns. Vietnam war casualties loom with broader U S road safety debates. Education features a Current Science teaching aid for conservation projects in Joliet schools.
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Illinois
Shawnee National Forest
Golconda
Ill
Pope County
Shirley Curl
Hufford
Current Science
Joliet
Park
Joliet Faces Water Crisis and Planned River Supply
Joliet relies on dwindling underground sources and will pay $180 434 for the last West side well. Engineers warn deep or shallow drilling is temporary and a river supply via Kanakee River must be developed through a valley water authority. The City Council has not acted on joining the authority, though such an entity is expected.
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Joliet
Nasser
Tel Aviv
Carl A. Bays
Bays
State Water Survey
Lower Des Plaines
Water Resources Committee
Old Time Bandsmen pictured at Grundy County Fair 1914
Reader recalls a 1914 Grundy County Fair photograph in Mazon Illinois showing a band of 16 men led by L Ochs. The note identifies musicians by name from left to right and praises their role in Joliet’s band movement and Midwest music.
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Mazon
Illinois
Joliet
Midwest
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Old Bandsmen
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M. Blasia
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H. Mattei
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