Will County manufacturer group plans only Republican seminar
A Joliet area release says the Will County Manufacturer's Association will host a political seminar in a downtown hotel with all speakers listed as Republicans. Notables include Noah Mason and Rep-elect Meade Baltz, while Democratic voices are absent and admission is set at $2 per head.
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Will County Manufacturer's Association
Noah Mason
Dorothy O’brien
Mason
Warren Wood
Meade Baltz
Joliet
Francis Loughran
Joliet Association of Courace
M. M. Hershman
Manufacturers’ Association
Association of Commerce
Alic
Pollen Count Sees High Week In Joliet Area
Joliet area hay fever victims face heat and humidity as pollen levels spike. Will-Grundy Medical Society reports daily counts by phone at SA 2-4283. week totals show pollen numbers from Aug 25 to Aug 31 ranging from 250 to 586.
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Joliet
Will-Grundy Medical Society
Labor Day Highway Toll Seen At 460 Deaths
Illinois safety officials warn Labor Day weekend could claim 460 lives and 14 000 disabling injuries nationwide as 5 million Illinois drivers hit the roads. Traffic-enforcement measures will peak in a three day red alert with state police on full duty and clergy urged to promote safe driving as a moral duty.
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National Safety Council
Illinois
R. E. Early
Farmers Insurance Group
Safety Foundation
William H. Morris
Comerford urges central city garage to improve operations
City Manager George Comerford pressed for a central garage to house all personnel and equipment. He cited past decentralization as causing poor coordination and said one top coordinator is needed. Inspectors looked at near-loop sites. no action was taken. TEACHERS MEET TUESDAY Educators count 800 at Joliet diocese institute at Joliet Catholic High School chaired by Msgr. Wagner.
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George Comerford
Comerford
Teachers’ Institute
New Lenox Man to Direct Chest Firm Solicitations
Burt Burns 34 of New Lenox will head the large business and service divisions as one of four general vice chairmen in the Will County Community Chest Campaign. He has five years Joliet and eight years Michigan City leadership, including March of Dimes chairman, and a 1954 Distinguished Service Award winner from Michigan City Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Govv Oron
Oliet-Will County
Burt's
New Heron
Will
Burns
Joliet
Michigan City
Ind
March of Dimes
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chest
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Community Chest
Oth
Sears
Laurel Fuller
Carol
New Lenox
St. Jude's Church
John
Dennis
Joe
Tom
Margie
Anita
YMCA
League of Women Voters Illinois issues 1960 Voters Handbook
The Joliet Association of Commerce placed a large order for the 1960 Illinois Voter's Handbook from the League of Women Voters for use in its practical politics course. J. P. Hayes and Art Smith Sr. co chair the class program across many organizations. The handbook, revised biannually, adds new chapters on the Illinois court system and metropolitan area planning and includes school, civil service, public welfare and finance topics.
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Illinois
League of Women Voters
Joliet Association of Commerce
J. P. Hayes
Art Smith Sr
League of Women Voters of Illinois
General Assembly
Donald Marcks
Glenn Bauman
R. O. Bergstrom
Donald Kramer
Eugene Wilharm
Joliet
Personal property tax deemed impossible and unfair
A Joliet writer laments the personal property tax as unfair and unworkable. The piece argues inequities arise from hiding assets and varied Cook County versus downstate assessment practices, urging statewide enforcement to modernize the law.
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Joliet
Cook County
Illinois
Illinois Legislative Council
Downstate
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Lenox Man
Jack Purns
LWV
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