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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1952
Page
6
Joliet residents report heavy congestion on Jackson street carrying routes 6 and 30. Drivers face bumper to bumper traffic at the bridge and Henderson avenue with winter crashes possible. Call grows for expedited Cass street bridge repairs to relieve the choke point.
The Spectator notes delays in a new Joliet swimming pool project and questions the park district committee's progress. It urges immediate planning and taxpayer involvement to avoid next summer’s delays and ensure more swimming facilities are realized. Signer of Petition.
Joliet Sept 27 Traffic Capt Orville Belfield recommends to the parking commission restricting parking on Eastern avenue from Cass street to Jackson street to one side only. The street is heavily traveled by buses and trucks.
Automobiles faced a obstacle course like scenario before the new plan launches with drivers zig-zagging to avoid crashes. Officials indicate restricted parking will be implemented on other residential streets soon.
A historical analysis notes how women entering heavy industry could face physical strain and injury affecting health and fertility. The piece argues that long hours and heavy labor strain the spine and pelvis, with concerns over child bearing and sterility if issues go unaddressed.
The article argues most women lack the structural capacity for sustained heavy labor and should be educated about limits like a ten ton crane. It cites chiropractors as experts on disabilities from posture and pelvic rotation and praises self help to endure work without injury, by Stanley A. Junek.
A nostalgic reminiscence of country summers as a child in New Lenox recounting barn visits, hay mow swallows, cows and calves, family dogs, wells of pure water, orchards full of apples, blue jays, frogs by a brook, violets and lady slippers, and the joy of nature taught by Gov. Hazel H. Davidson.
A Joliet reader suggests a Thanksgiving football game between Joliet Township and Catholic High and asks the city to schedule it on Thanksgiving day. The editor notes the two teams have played the past two seasons.
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