Joliet School Budget Approved for 1955 56
Joliet Public Grade Schools adopt a 1955 56 budget with educational expenditures of 1925370 and building program 5397290 funded largely by bonds. Anticipated receipts total 1995603 for education and 5416007 for building, with a projected overall balance in both programs possibly in the red due to tax delinquencies.
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Joliet
Roy Doll
Stuart Kroesch
Don Harper
Walter Huey
William Starner
Paul Kauffman
Floyd Olson
James McCarthy
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
Doll
Dazed man in collision at intersection
Francis J. Mitchell of Chicago, 39, crashed while east on Jackson and failing to stop at Herkimer, colliding with Robert E. Williams who suffered a brain concussion earlier at work. Mitchell cited for failure to stop and causing an accident. Williams treated for a knee cut.
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Francis J. Mitchell
Human Avenue
Chicago
Mitchell
Jackson Street
Herkimer Street
Robert E. Williams
Algonquin Street
Williams
St. Joseph's Hospital
Little Company of Mary
Rueben Dahl
Boy suffers arm break during game at Heggie Park
Richard Vidican aged 16 of 801 Cleveland Avenue wrestled with another boy at Heggie ball park last night. While attempting to jump over him he fell onto his hands and broke a bone in his left forearm. He was admitted to Silver Cross hospital.
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Richard Vidican
Cleveland Avenue
Heggie Ball Park
Vidican
Silver Cross Hospital
New auto agency owner plans grand opening
Bill Jacobs Chevrolet has taken over Winston Chevrolet and plans a grand opening. Jacobs, a Tennessee native living in Chicago, will run a volume based car sales business with emphasis on service. He will relocate his family to Joliet while Packey Webb stays on in management.
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Bill Jacobs Chevrolet Company
Winston Chevrolet Company
Jacobs
Tennessee
Chicago
Ferrell Hicks Chevrolet Company
Jeanne
Michael
Billy
Joliet
Joliet Area
Packey Webb
Winston's
Joliet Association of Commerce Warns on Ads
The Joliet Association of Commerce said it received notice that United Cement Lime and Gypsum workers local 299 A F L will solicit Joliet businesses for ads in a printed program. Rates are $5 per percent of a page up to $4 per full page. Call 5218 for more information.
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A of C
Two Men Sought by City Police in Missing Persons Case
City police received a call from Wilson Rawlins of Arkansas seeking William Sanderson or Homer Campbell. Sanderson is missing to tend to his ill mother. Both men are employed at Caterpillar Tractor Company.
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Wilson Rawlins
Arkansas
William Sanderson
Homer Campbell
Sanderson
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Western Union Introduces Charge It Telegram Service
Western Union unveils a nationwide credit policy allowing telegrams to be sent without cash or prior charge accounts. Send from any office or home and bill charges later to a home or business address. Local manager R C Schnellbacher says the plan aims to boost volume by widening payment options.
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Western Union
Telegraph Company
R. C. Schnellbacher
Joliet man held on 2 sex crimes
Richard E. Neumann 20 moved into a new home in August at 1003 Keeley avenue. He is under arrest in Waukesha Wisconsin for a sex crime and confessed to a similar offense involving a Hinsdale girl age four. Hinsdale police questioned him after a Wisconsin sketch matched his likeness. He lured girls into his car under pretense of showing a kitten and molested them. He was captured near Waukesha after binding an 11 year old girl to a tree and attacking her. Neumann's father Otto resides in Naperville.
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Richard E. Neumann
Keeley Avenue
Waukesha
Wis
Hinsdale
Neumann
Wisconsin
Adolph Valanis
Chicago
Midwest
Otto
Naperville
Two Accidents End With Arrest In Illinois Area
Two crashes left minor injuries and an arrest. Charles Senko 24 of 1106 Woodruff Road Chicago suffered a nose laceration. passenger George Senko 22 of 803 Ewing Avenue required nine stitches. John Corcoran 22 of Aurora received an arrest ticket for driving too fast after skidding near Plainfield. Bernard Jacobs 21 and Richard Nelson 21 were passengers.
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Charles Senko
Woodruff Road
131St Street
Archer Avenue
Chicago
Senko
George Senko
Ewing Avenue
Silver Cross Hospital
John Corcoran
Aurora
Corcoran
Plainfield
Peter
Bernard Jacobs
Rierard Nelson
Carl Hunkler
Kenneth Engstrom
Inquest Returns Accidental Death Verdict for Horan
Coroner Willard Blood conducted an inquest into the death of Martin J. Horan of Aurora. Horan died when his car struck a telephone pole in Plainfield on August 16. The jury found the death accidental. An inquest for Howard Newton, a truck driver killed in a truck train crash in Lockport, will be held tomorrow at Miller Funeral Home in Lockport.
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Willard Blood
Martin J. Horan
Douglas Street
Aurora
Luce
Plainfield
Horan
Howard Newton
Iowa
Lockport
Miller Funeral
Annexation Meeting Planned for Ingalls Park Residents
Ingalls Park residents scheduled a Wednesday evening meeting at city hall to form a steering committee for annexation to Jolie. Mayor James P. Hennessy and Councilman Pa Friedrich will attend with Corporation Counsel Paul Brumé and City Engineer E R Goode speed. The group will examine proposals and problems tied to the annexation. Other areas await the decision on Ingalls Park.
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Ingalls Park
City of Jolie
Jame P. Hennessy
Pa Friedrich
Cit
Paul Brumé
E. R. Goodespeed
Minor injuries in two highway accidents reported
A flagman was struck by flying barricade debris at the junction of routes 66 and 66A, injuring Charles Pellegrini, 23, who received a bruised hip at St. Josephs hospital. Arthur Warrenhorst, 50, of Corder Missouri, driving on route 65, could not avoid the barricade and was treated for minor injuries after the collision.
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Charles Pellegrini
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Arthur Warrenhorst
Corder
Warrenhorst
Ben Covey
Frankfort
Will-Grundy aid rolls released for July figures
Illinois public assistance lists 1.98 residents in Will and Grundy counties who received aid in July totaling 79,171.38 dollars. Will County accounts for most payments with 1,725 recipients receiving 68,415.03 dollars, largely as old age pensions.
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Will-Grundy
Illinois Public Assistance Program
Will and Grundy Counties
Will Counsy
Freedom Agenda Project plans first meeting at YMCA
The Freedom Agenda Project formed to expand understanding of Bill of Rights and national security. The first session is scheduled at the YMCA on October 5 at 8 p.m. with Mrs. Melvin Larson as temporary chair and a roster of committee members listed.
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Freedom Agenda_ Project
YMCA
Melvin Larson
Y.M.C.A
Spectator is Published in Joliet Illinois
The Spectator, The People's Newspaper, edited by William R McCabe, publishes weekly from Joliet Illinois. The October 1 1940 issue lists office address at 105 118 W Cass St Joliet and annual mail subscription rates of 3 00 with 7 26c monthly delivered and 7c per single copy.
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Joliet
Illinois
The
Spectator
Cass Street
Mline
Carriety
Unclear wording from OCR of a Joliet transit scene
An OCR fragment describes a city area with streets and road turns near a railroad in Joliet. It mentions Diehl Ne Joliet west and Desp almo and a side street, with police involvement nearby and a potential road incident.
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Joliet West
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Loretta Harkey
Edison Road
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Chicago Motor Club
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Charles Peters
New York
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Farewell Avenue
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Hollywoo Avenue
Freedom Group
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Charlotte Bell
Davie Harris
Clifford Williams
Albert Feldman
E. C. Huntingston
A. H. Jackson
George E. Phillips
Mildred Gretza
Larson
the People’s Newspaper
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