Illinois Tax Reform Pursuit Aims at Fairer System and Bank Liability
The article argues for amending the revenue article of the Illinois constitution to curb tax shifts from wealthy to workers and small businesses. It urges changes to the banking act to let state bank stockholders avoid liability for failures and calls for reforms to county official salaries term limits and re election rules to curb dishonesty and improve public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Sok County
Com g Pali ed thi bevd s ONG
Com ing from Asian ringed shore, a noted figure arrives amid ongoing debates. The report notes regional tensions and the role of organizations in shaping policy.
Blood covered body found in Crete ditch
The blood covered body of a man tentatively identified as 52 year old F Sindak of 8722 Baltimore street Chicago was found at 6 30 this morning in a roadside ditch four miles east of Crete Identification through a Carnegie Illinois Steel pass card indicates he was employed there autopsy ordered at Spindler Koelling undertaking Crete Sheriff Roy Doerfler and Coroner Willard Blood fear foul play Sindak dressed in work clothes one shoe missing and relatives sought
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F. Sindak
Baltimore Street
Chicago
Crete
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company
Roy Doerfler
Willard G. Blood
Sindlak
Blood
Spindler-Koelling Undertaking
Doerfler
Sindak
Will County GOP Eyeing Big Vote Movement Ahead of Elections
Will County Republican leaders launch a hand shaking tour across all communities and Joliet as candidates campaign for county and district offices. They project larger party support than 1948, when Green lost Will County by 4301 votes, Dewey won by 2171, and Brooks trailed Douglas by 3004.
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Will County
Joliet
Green
Thomas E. Dewey
Brooks
Paul Douglas
Stevenson
Green Machine
Illinois
Unclear blotter report details intoxicated driver encounter
Entry notes Walte r Haas of 368 EF Washington Street spent a night cashing a 131 payoff and touring taverns. He intoxicatedly returned to a Joliet downtown restaurant at 2 310 a m and sought a ride to a tavern on Patterson Road after meeting a man in a restaurant.
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Walter Haas
Washington Street
Joliet
Haas
Tenart
Patterson Pad
Patterson Road
Judge approves $2500 death settlement in boy’s accident
Probate Judge Fred R. Adams approved a $2,500 settlement in the automobile death of 8 year old William E. Richard who resided on route 66 near route 53. The payment goes to his mother Alice, administrator of the estate. The boy was struck by a car driven by Frank J. Roth Jr. of Chicago after running onto the highway to fetch a ball on September 11.
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Fred R. Adams
William E. Richardson
Route 66
Route 53
Alice
Frank J. Roth Jr
Chicago
Police hunt escapee in liquor store robbery and car theft
Haas and a companion were forced from a car by four colored suspects who posed as police. Haas recovered a wallet and a shoe. a $100 bill remains missing. A separate hold up at Southtown Liquor Co. saw Don Phelan tied up as a shotgun robber escaped in a car linked to a former York Avenue resident and possible ex convict.
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Haas
York Avenue
Southtown
Don Phelan
York, Avenue
Three youths admit theft of car batteries and items
A police traffic stop late at night uncovered two auto batteries a hub cap and tools stolen from Goldblatt's. Drivers Louis Bernicky and Robert Bernicky and passenger Gene Balavenda were taken into custody. They admitted no driver license auto license and battery thefts and will be arraigned in county court.
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Louis Bernicky
Ruby Street
Robert
Gene Balavenda
S. Part Road
Paul Metzger
Goldblatt
Fulbright Predicts Stevenson Victory in Interview
Sen. J. William Fulbright predicted an Illinois victory for Adlai Stevenson during a Joliet Town Meeting of the Air broadcast debate with Gov. Val Peterson. He said Stevenson is strong in the south West Virginia and Illinois and could win Michigan and New York, noting Illinois Michigan and New York hold many electoral votes. Peterson argued prosperity rests on blood and death and attacked the opposing party’s approach.
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Arkansas
Val Peterson
Nebraska
Joliet
Fulbright
Stevenson
South
West Virginia
Ilinois
Michigan
New York
Illinois
Eisenhower
Peterson
Car Crash Injures Four In Highland Park
Four youths were injured when a 1952 car driven by David J. Woll left the road and hit a tree on Snake Hill in Highland Park at 10 20 last night. Betty Benson 17 and Patricia Sullivan 16 sustained bruises and lac erations and were kept for observation at Silver Cross hospital. Woll 24 and James Graves 16 received bruises and shock, treated and released. Woll said he lost control while rounding the curve.
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Snake Hill
Highland Park
Betty Benson
N. Anderson Avenue
Patricia Sullivan
N. Clement Street
Silver Cross Hospital
David J. Woll
Pontiac
N. Broadway
James Graves
Ruby Street
Woll
Steve Helis
Stanley Drake
Health department attendees at APHA annual meeting in Cleveland
Members of the Public Health department attending the American Public Health Association annual meeting in Cleveland for the entire week include Dr. L. N. Fatheree James Brown Miss Johanna Lissner Mrs Margaret Emmett Mrs Louise Macfarlane Miss Elizabeth Boggs and Miss Mary Lowe.
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Public Health Department
American Public Health Association
Cleveland
Ohio
L. N. Fatheree
James Brown
Johanna Lissner
Margaret Emmett
Louise Macfarlane
Elizabeth Boggs
Mary Lowe
Xmas seal drive opens Nov. 17 in Will County
Will County residents will see the 1952 Christmas seal on November 17 as the drive begins. Proceeds fund the 1953 tuberculosis control work of the Will County Tuberculosis Association. Richard B. Vance notes the red double barred cross emblem has historic ties to TB prevention and the NTA.
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Richard B. Vance
Will County
Illinois
National Tuberculosis Association
NTA
Vance
Will County Tuberculosis Association
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S Ong
Asii Ries
Salehough
GOP
Robert Berniet
Sen. Fulbright
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Adlai Stevenson
CITY
City Street Department
East Side
George Vollmer
Elmer Latz
Herry Swanson
Down Own
West Side
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