Mystery in Joliet as Spectator editor vanishes
The Post-Dispatch notes the unexplained disappearance of Miss Amelia J. Zelko, 47, business manager of The Spectator in Joliet. Her ties to exposing gambling, corruption, and political graft raise fears of foul play, with officials urged to probe the case and Gov. Stratton urged to assist investigators.
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Post-Dispatch
Theodore C. Link
Amelia J. Zelko
Oliet
Zelko
Weekly Spectator
Joliet
Hew
The
Spectator
Miss Zelko
Woodrow Wilson
Altho
Will County
Arthur O. Janke
Illinois
Ponder architect's fee and Pershing probe promised
Joliet grade school board reviewed claims for architect J. E. Coyle totaling 43120.51 and referred them to the attorney. The panel discussed hiring an expert to fix responsibility for Pershing school flaws opened in 1950 as Dr. John Engfish to gather consulting engineers.
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Ponder
Pershing
Joliet
J. E. Coyle
Stuart Kroesch
John Eng Fish
Coyle
Caterpillar Joliet plant workers to gain 3 cent raise
Joliet Caterpillar employees will receive a 3 cent per hour cost of living increase effective Oct 21, covering about 4,200 hourly workers and 700 office staff. The adjustment lifts total COLA to 12 cents above base, part of a series of wage increases since 1956, tied to the CPI.
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Joliet
Walt Gottschalk
O District
International Association of Machinists
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Joliet’s Caterpillar Management
Firemen Beat Stork in Race and Rush Delivery
Firemen Edward Peters and Robert Randolph rushed Mrs. Flora Bayliss to St Joseph Hospital after an inhalator squad was summoned to her 502 Pico Street home. She gave birth to a son moments after arriving in the delivery room at 4 o clock yesterday afternoon.
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Edward Peters
Robert Randolph
Flora Bayliss
Pico Street
Bogus $20 Check Tied to Local Store Theft Case
Harold Willard Sr. of Goldblatt's reported to police that a young man cashed a fake $20 check in the store on August 23. The signer was named James L. Anderson. A check shows the person had worked for a Lockport construction firm until a few months earlier.
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Harold Willard Sr
Goldblatt’s Department Store
James L. Anderson
Lockport
Narcotics suspect changes attorneys in court
Fred Weber Jr., arrested last month in a narcotics raid, was arraigned in circuit court this morning and Matthew Stefanich was appointed his attorney. Weber named three other possible choices to prepare his defense and left the decision to a relative. He will be arraigned at 11 a.m. Monday to enter his plea on a charge of violation of the narcotics drug control law. In the meantime he will remain in the county jail.
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Fred Weber Jr
Matthew Stefanich
Weber
Inmates to receive eighth grade certificates at Stateville
Fifteen Stateville penitentiary inmates will receive eighth grade certificates next week from Verne E Cracker Will county school superintendent. After the ceremony Dr William Blatnik Lockport Township High school superintendent will issue certificates of equivalency to inmates who completed prescribed courses in high school classes.
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Stateville Penitentiary
Verne E. Cracker
Will County
William Blatnik
Lockport Township
Illinois Bell plans five year dial expansion in Lockport Lemont
Illinois Bell announces a 1.4 million five year program to convert Lockport and Lemont to dial service. The plan includes new buildings, added Lemont capacity, thousands of miles of wire, and replacement of over 9,000 telephones while preserving current operator employment at nearby exchanges.
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Gompers
Moore
Hufford
Lan
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
James McCarthy
William Starner
Paul Kauffman
Richard Curran
Louis Bertani
Kroesch
Donald Hazeltine
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Lockport
Lemont
Howard Gramm
Lockport and
Illinois Bell
Gramm
Ees
Ment
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Herman Rich
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John Moore
Coordinne
Ere Gompers
Rwan
National Pharmacy Week
St. Joseph Hospital
M. Pia
M. Cherubim
Connie de Angeles
Rose Smith
Stork
Pereeteetarere
Stateville
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