West Joliet grade school bids exceed budget by 203604
The Joliet Grade School board learned the west side junior high bids stand about 203 604 over the bond budget after omitting fixed equipment and site work. Negotiations with the Chicago firm will seek to bring costs within the 1 490 000 bond amount while plans add rooms at Raynor Park Reed Woods and Taft.
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East Side
Joliet
West Side
West ‘Side
Childs
Smith
Chicago
Ir. Gayle N. Hufford
Raynor Park
Reeds Woods
Tait
Marycrest
Taft
Hufford
Kruegel and Wilkins
Reed& Woods
Semitekol
Larson
Sedar Stoker
Joliet School Crosswalk Signs Removed by Illinois Policy
Sgt Daggett explains signs advertising a soft drink on Joliet streets were removed under Illinois highway division order. The letters claim the signs are unsafe and visible hazards while Daggett defends them as safety measures to slow school traffic until a speed limit plan is set.
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Joliet
State of Illinois
Division of Highways
Elgin
Gilbert Knater
Phil M. Brown
Haineis
Brown
Kaater
William Daggett
Il- Jepal
Jo- Viet Broadcasting
Daggett
Sgt. Daggett
State Office
Aurora
PTA
State Division of Highways
Appointment announced Robert Lohman to lead sales in materials handling
Robert Lohman of 117 Hammes Avenue named by Pittsburgh Steel Products a subsidiary of Pittsburgh Steel to direct sales of materials handling equipment in 11 Midwestern states. Lohman, a Monessen native, has worked in the field since 1946 and will be based in Chicago. He previously served Towmotor in Chicago and Joliet-based Phoenix Manufacturing.
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Robert Lohman
Hammes Avenue
Novela
midWestern
Pittsburgh Steel Products Company
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Lohman
Chicago
Monessen
Towmotor Corporation
Phoenix Manufacturing Company
Joliet
Oil Progress Week highlights oil growth and impact
Oil Progress Week runs through Saturday after a city proclamation by Mayor James P. Hennessy. Joliet Oil Men's club offered films and speakers to civic groups. production today exceeds six million barrels daily, with 264 percent growth 1950–54. Geologists note vast acreage favorable for deposits as petrochemistry expands living standards and promises benefits to farming and American life.
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Oil Progress
James P. Hennessy
Joliet Oil Men's Club
U. S
America
Theft of shirt carton reported at Boston store
City police investigated a theft of a carton of men's shirts reported yesterday afternoon at the Boston store. Employee August Cassari of 659 S Desplaines St said he left the Shipping department briefly, returned to find the carton missing, and searched the alley and vicinity without finding the thief.
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Boston
August Cassari
S. Desplaines Street
Cassari
John Dillon Re-elected Vernon Police Union Official
Police Captain John Dillon of the bureau of identification and vice squad was re elected financial secretary for a second two year term in the Illinois Policemen's Benevolent and Protective Association. The convention met in Aurora with no opposition. Delegates included Detective Joseph Monshall Sgt John Malloy Officer Jerome Kren and William Daggett president of local unit No 49.
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John Dillon
Bureau of Identification and
Illinois Policemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association
Aurora
Joseph Monshall
John Malloy
Jerome Kren
William Daggett
Five Chicago youths arrested in stolen car case
State Police officers Ben Covey and John Oltman apprehended five Chicago youths and one Bensonville teen after spotting them trying to steal diesel from a semi trailer on Route 66 A near Lewis College. The stolen car had been taken from R. Senator of Chicago. Cook County authorities planned to pick up the youths.
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Chicago
Ben Covey
John Oltman
Paul Diaz
Anthony Vresetto
Paul Rubio
Steve McCarthy
Vincent Lemetti
Bensonville
Route 66
Lewis College
R. Senator
Cook County
Runaway girls from Coal City alert state police
State police warn to watch for three Coal City girls who ran away from school after noon yesterday. Virginia Heiston 13 Lillie Shane 11 Linda Olivi 13 were last seen walking toward Braidwood around 1 30 p m wearing blue jeans.
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Coal City
Virginia Heiston
Lillie Shane
Linda Olivi
Braidwood
Organized Halloween events planned in Joliet
The Joliet Junior Chamber of Commerce and Joliet Park District sponsor a Halloween program with three parts: a poster contest, a window decorating contest, and a costume parade. Posters from grades preK–6 must be submitted by Oct 21 for display in local stores, with 60 selected for windows and prizes awarded. The window contest runs Oct 29 with rules on materials and judging. The costume parade for grades 1–6 features five divisions and prizes, starting at Sears parking lot at 7 p.m. on Oct 29.
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Joliet
S. Richards Street
Davy Crocketts
Sears
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Sedar
Paul Kauffman
Kauffman
Floyd Olson
Stuart Kroesch
Illinois Association of School Boards
Olson
John Moore
McKinley Park
Moore
Don Harper
Walter Huey
William Starner
James “Red” McCarthy
The
the People’s Newspaper
William R. McCabe
Spectator Publishing Company
Illinois
the Spectator
Cass Street
Mllinois
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