Forest Park school board moves ahead on improvements
Budget strains push Forest Park board to upgrade fire code compliance in aging buildings. Superintendent Dr John W English notes enrollment surpasses 9100 as stairwell work at Farragut and Washington schools begins as pilot. Board settles long dispute over J E Coyle architectural fees and completes east side school site purchase.
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Joliet
Forest Park
John W. English
Louis Bertani
English
Roy H. Dell
Farragut
Washington
J. E. Coyle
Coyle
Paul McKeown
East Side
Fourth Ave
Marigold Place
J. Campbell Carey
Charles S. Peters
Washington Junior High School
Gompers School
Peters
Joliet Comptroller Nominated for National Civil Service Award
Henry L. Dean of Joliet, comptroller at the Ordnance Ammunition Command, has been named as the OAC candidate for the National Civil Service League Career Service award. Dean, an Army Ordnance Corps employee since 1942, has worked in Joliet since 1946 and is active in church, scouting, and community groups.
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Henry L. Dean
Ordnance Ammunition Command
Joliet
OAC
National Civil Service League
Dean
Army Ordnance Corps
First Presbyterian Church of
Greek Orthodox Choir Conference Opens in Joliet
The 1959 Greek Orthodox choir conference brings choirs from Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Indiana Iowa and Michigan to Joliet for three days starting tomorrow. Headquarters at Hotel Louis Joliet host registration mixer council meeting. All Saints Greek Church hosts a massed 150 voice liturgy Sunday. Saturday features workshops banquet and a concert by St. George Serbian Orthodox choir.
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Greek Orthodox Church
Jeliet
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Hotel Louis Joliet
Saints Greek Church
N. Broadway
St. George Serbian Orthodox Church
Education replaces prison rock pile in Illinois system
Penologist Frank J. Pate told Newcomers at Woodruff Hotel Stateville's success story centers on education. Illinois inmates receive schooling, trade training, and college courses while. He noted prison costs and argued rehabilitation helps taxpayers by turning prisoners into citizens who pay taxes and contribute to society.
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Mary Lou Wardley
Spectator
Illinois
John Remsay
Sam Basan
Pate
Joseph E. Ragan
Joliet
Stateville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S
First Dresden Nuclear Reactor Achieves First Chain Reaction
Dresden Nuclear Power Station in Grundy county announces its first nuclear chain reaction marking the start of reactor testing. Full private operation planned for mid-1960 with 180000 kilowatts, enough power for about 200000 people, under a $45 million Commonwealth Edison contract.
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Dresden
Grundy County
Commonwealth Edison Co
General Electric Co
Commonwealth
United States
Commonwealth Edison
General Electric
Commonwealth Interconnected
Chicago
Illinois
Bechtel Corp
San
Francisco
Nuclear Power Group
Milk price increase looms amid four state dairy strike threat
Delegates of the Pure Milk Association meeting in Chicago voted to strike if demands for a 3 cent per quart rise are refused, affecting Chicago area deliveries from Gary Indiana to Joliet. The plan envisions a 1.50 per hundredweight boost in class one milk with anticipated retail increases and a potential two week negotiation start.
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Joliet
Pure Milk Association
Chicago
Will County
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Associated Milk Dealers, Inc
Gary
Waukegan
Altho
Joliet Receives $64,808 Share of July Illinois Tax
The Illinois Department of Revenue reports Joliet earned 64 808 47 dollars from July retail sales tax. Nearby municipalities followed with Plainfield 1 974 91, Mokena 1 298 91, Minooka 235 67, Wilmington 3 537 49, Lockport 3 580 02, New Lenox 2 226 65, Frankfort 969 24, and Morris 6 736 07.
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Joliet
Illinois
Morris
Civic Music plans membership drive and supper
Civic Music association launches membership drive Sunday with a supper at Al's Steak House. Volunteers meet to plan the campaign opening Monday at 6 30 p.m. Headquarters are Beutel Rambler Co showrooms 67 Scott. Campaign ends October 24 with adult memberships at 6 dollars and student fees at 3 dollars. Joliet Will County members may use admission cards at Civic Music concerts in Aurora Kankakee and Park Forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CMA
Civic Music Association
Beutel-Rambler Co
Scott
Joliet-Will County
Civic Music
Aurora
Kankakee
Park Forest
Policemen's Ball Set in Joliet for Next Wednesday
Joliet policemen hand out tickets for the bi annual Policemen's Ball at Pioneer Gardens 515 Richards next Wednesday. Roy Gordon's orchestra will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Proceeds support the Joliet Policemen's Welfare association aiding injured or incapacitated officers. Tickets cost 1.50 per person.
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Joliet
Pioneer Gardens
Richards
Roy Gordon
Local Joliet Post Office notices and date stamp
Public notice from Joliet Illinois dated October 15 1959 appears as postal matter classification for second class mail under act of 1897. Highlights include posting date October 1 1946 and volume thirty three issue thirty. The item records standard archival mailing details.
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Joliet
Illinois
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Rehn School
Bruno Menegan
S. Larkin
Joliet Man
The
Spectator de People’s
William R. McCabe
Spectator Publishing
Cass Street
Moliet
Pote
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