Joliet zoning debate and civic leadership call to action
The planning commission is urged to reconsider Joliet zoning to allow multi family housing on the west and east sides. Supporters push George Lloyd and commission members to act soon to promote growth and shed weak leadership. Judge Bartley receives praise for sentencing four young rapists to prison, seen as upholding decency. The Joliet Association of Commerce prepares a civic responsibility meeting with a notable city planning speaker, signaling a shift toward new leadership and brighter days ahead.
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Planning Commission of
Joliet
George Lloyd
Jim Whalen
Gayle Hufford
Bill Hart
C. H. Peterson
Commission
City Soning Board
Planning Commission
Juliet
Bartley
Association of Commerce
Midwest
Joliet Woman to Represent Illinois at Polio Conference
Mrs. A. D. Weller of Rockford and Mrs. Charles E. Spears of Joliet will represent Illinois at the fifth annual conference of state advisors on women's activities for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in Washington D C November 7 through 10. The event gathers women from 48 states to report on polio funding needs as the 1949 drive continues and plans for the 1950 March of Dimes.
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A. D. Weller
Sandstrom Road
Rockford
Charles E. Spears
Clement Street
Joliet
Illinois
National Foundation For
Wardman Park
Washington, D. C
Basil O’connor
National Foundation
Weller
Spears
O'Connor
Lockport Farmer James H. French Dies at 74
James H. French 74 died this morning at his Lockport township home after a lingering illness. Removal to Good ale Funeral home in Lockport. Burial planned in Nortonville. Survived by wife Nellie a daughter Mrs. Lelia Welsh of Lockport a son Merle French of Palmyra and seven grandchildren. Born in Montezuma he had lived in Lockport township for 14 years.
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James H. French
Lockport Township
Goodale
Lockport
Nortonville
French
Nellie
Lelia Welsh
Merle French
Palmyra
Montezuma
Lever brothers unveil no rinse detergent for faster wash
Lever brothers announce No-Rinse Surf a new detergent that eliminates rinsing saving time and labor. Demonstrated in Chicago with press radio TV reps and United States Testing Co. in attendance. Initially available in Chicago area Gary South Bend Hammond Aurora Rockford Elgin Joliet Waukegan with nationwide expansion planned.
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Joliet
Lever Brothers
Chicago
Gary
South Bend
Hammond
Aurora
Rockford
Elgin
Waukegan
Philadelphia
Ambassador East Today
Charles Black
Lever Brothers’ Washability Laboratories
United States
Lever Brothers Laboratories
English exchange teacher enjoys life in Joliet area
Miss Gwenneth Seddon, an English home economics teacher on exchange at Joliet Township High School, finds America meets expectations. She toured the Chicago railroad fair and saw The Death of a Salesman, notes differences in housing and vocabulary, enjoys local desserts, drives to Indiana, and plans to cook American dishes before returning home next summer.
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Gwenneth Seddon
England
Joliet Township
America
Indiana
Joliet
Gss Seddon
Miss Seddon
Police nab bookie at Nahas poolroom gambling bust
Police entered 584 E Jackson Street twice yesterday. Uniformed officers found no gambling first, then plainclothes officers seized racing forms and betting aids. Raymond Mackay of 588 E Jackson Street was charged as bookie operator, posted 500 bond, and is set for an early November hearing before Judge Thomas Sprague with a potential 100 fine.
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E. Jackson Street
Raymond Mackay
Nahas
Jackson Street
Mackay
Thomas Sprague
Man Arrested After Car Plows Into Yard
Alvin FE Voudrie of 431 Linden Avenue was jailed on a disorderly conduct charge after his car ran into the yard of Beverly Burton at 1 Patterson Road while traveling east on Patterson Road. Deputies LaVerne Lauffer and Thomas Gasparich described him as intoxicated and abusive during questioning.
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Alvin FE
Voudrie
Linden Avenue
LaVerne Lauffer
Thomas Gasparich
Patterson Road
Beverly Burton
Car stalls on Santa Fe tracks after wheel hits rail
Lloyd Raister, 39, drove west on Patterson road when the right front wheel struck a Santa Fe rail, knocked the wheel off, and left the car stranded on the tracks. Frank Reynolds, of 405 Champlain Avenue, towed the vehicle off the rails with a jeep.
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Patterson Road
Lloyd Raister
Santa Fe
Frank Reynolds
Champlain Avenue
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William R. McCabe
Will County
March of Dimes
Joliet Woman’s Club
Eastern Star
Mr. Black
Washing Authority
U.S
Leatsler Photo
Foxy Police
John B. Anderson Sr
Catherine Street
John
France
Murphy and Anderson Law Firm
New York
Anderson
Louvre
Eugene Dinet,Jr
Eugene Dinet
Jolietator Photo
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