Call for more rental housing in Joliet and zoning reform
William R. McCabe argues Joliet must expand multi unit housing to alleviate home shortages. He urges rezoning Kenmoor Park for apartments and criticizes zoning board, officials, and real estate interests while championing veterans housing and greater civic planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. McCabe
Joliet
Ford
Kenmoor Park
Janice
Association of Commerce
Pat Fahey
Ford June
Illinois County
Kankakee County
Wilmington
John Chalstrom
Frank Connelly
Black Road
Woman Falls Ill Near Eastern Avenue Intersection
Dorothy Mann of 124 S. Eastern avenue became suddenly ill yesterday near the A. C. Johnston company at Eastern avenue and Washington street. Police responded, but she managed to return home after a brief rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Mann
S. Eastern Avenue
A. C. Johnston Company
Eastern Avenue
Washington Street
Disturbance Case Near Illinois Street Leads to Arrest
Police arrested William Keltz last night after a disturbance near 211 Illinois Street. The incident prompted local responders to intervene and take him into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Keltz
Illinois Street
Skilled labor sought for Joliet nitrate plant project
A Joliet contractor reports a $750 000 project to convert Kanka Kee ordnance works into an ammonium nitrate plant needs about 200 skilled workers. About 220 are on site now, with millwrights pipefitters carpenters and painters in demand. Veterans get preference and eight hour days with prevailing wages. The site will not hire clerical staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee Ordnance Works
Joliet Arsenal
Charles L. Reed
Thomas Reed & Son Company
Joliet
Will County
Reed
Mr. Reed
KOW
Joliet Leaders At IEA Meeting In Aurora
Five Joliet members of the executive committee of the north eastern division of the IEA attended a meeting at Aurora to plan the IEA gathering on October 18 at the Paramount theater. Joliet teachers Miss Dow Dailey Mrs Alyce Shaw and Elmer Rowley plus Miss Marie Sullivan and Dr Gayle N Hufford from the city school system were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
IEA
Aurora
Paramount Theater
Joliet Township
Dow Dailey
Alyce Shaw
Elmer Rowley
Marie Sullivan
Gayle N. Hufford
Man Arrested Over Spouse Abandonment Case
A man abandoned his wife and child and fled to a Lincoln hotel. Police took him into custody at the sheriff of Randolph county request. He faces charges of wife and child abandonment and will be returned for prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Waldron
Lincoln Hotel
Randolph County
Doll Charity Doll Show for Polio Fund by Young Hostesses
Three girls Agnes Kay Wood Lorraine Peterson and Karen Kietzman sponsor a two day doll show in a garage at 117 Hobbs Avenue to aid the polio fund. The event runs 2 to 9 PM each day with free admission and voluntary donations. Funds go to Eugene Millner of the Public Service Company for the local National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis chapter.
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Joliet
Hobbs Avenue
Agnes Kay Wood
Lorraine Peterson
Whitley Avenue
Karen Kietzman
Eugene
Millner
Public Service Company
National Foundation For
McFadden’s
Leach Brothers
Texas
Deputy visits jail unofficially after barroom brawl
Everett Johns 40 of Geneva On The Lakes Ohio is jailed with his wife Sarah 28 after a tavern dispute at Walnut Grove escalates to gunfire and a crash. The deputy fired at the couple’s car wounding no one, and bystanders were hurt. The pair were charged with disorderly conduct after pleading their cases before Justice Egan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Johns
Geneva-On-The-Lakes
Ohio
Sarah
Axel Nelson
Ross White
Sheriff's Office
Ewell Lee Ruphard
Walnut Grove
Joliet
Plainfield
Johns
Earl ‘ Cremees
Bill
Ernest Laseman
Elgin
Mr. Cremees
John
Two injured in Joliet auto train crash near gravel yard
Two people escaped death when Gordon Campbell and Mrs Helen Deal collided with a Rock Island switch train on a spur crossing Route 6 near Joliet. They were treated for severe lacerations at St Josephs hospital. The train crew included engineer Ralph Mosher and firemen J R Cameron and F J Nash. In a separate crash, C J Sheetz escaped with minor injuries after his car left Route 45 near Manhattan and overturned. he was treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Chicago Gravel Company
Joliet
Gordon Campbell
Kean Avenue
Palos Park
Helen Deal
W. 63Rd Street
Chicago
St. Joseph's Hospital
Campbell
Ed Sealy
R. J. Bannon
Morris
Rockdale Navy Yard
Sheriff's Office
Ralph Mosher
Anderson Avenue
J. R Cameron
Scribner Street
Charles Kelly
N. Bluff Street
Circus carnival for disabled veterans planned at Vaughn Memorial
A Saturday circus carnival raises funds for Vaughn Memorial hospital veterans from 1 to 5 p m at 517 Knox Place. Proceeds feature games, a refreshment stand, fish pond and acts by local youths Gretchen Rademacher Donna Mae Manthei Barbara Frederick and Sally Frazier with acts including baton twirling and Peppy the terrier in circus garb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert C. Manthei
N. Broadway Street
Barbara Frederick
Paul W. Frederick
N. Prairie Avenue
Sally Frazier
D. T. Frazier
Donna Mae
Barbara
Peppy
Sally
Gretchen
Farragut School
St. Peter’s Lutheran School
St. Raymond's School
Weather forecast for Joliet area clears and cools tonight
The Joliet Municipal Airport forecast calls for clearing and cooler conditions tonight with a low around 48. Tomorrow will be fair and warmer with a high near 73 and tomorrow night dipping to 54. Northeasterly winds tonight become southeasterly tomorrow at about 10 mph. Saturday looks partly cloudy and warmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet Municipal Airport
Firefighters Battle Blazes At Two Homes In City
Early morning alarms sent firemen to 3 Ivy Street where a bathroom fire at Paul Gatons home caused extensive damage and remains under investigation. In a second blaze, flames consumed a chair at Homer Robbins's residence 104 Akin Avenue.
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No. 1
Paul Gatons
Ivy Street
Homer Robbins
Akin Avenue
Auto Stolen From Taverns Rear Parking Area
John Terlep owner of a Cass and Collins streets tavern reported to police this morning that his Ford coupe was stolen last night from the rear of his business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Terlep
Cass and
Collins Streets
Police arrest inmate Pally Walsh near Oak Forest
Railroad detectives find Pally Walsh in a freight car in the J yards early this morning. He is believed to be an inmate of the Cook county farm at Oak Forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pally Walsh
Cook County
Oak Forest
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