Joliet Water and Sewer Plan Faces City Council Delay
City officials delay a proposed water and sewer deal with Joliet township, though the plan would be funded by the township and cost Joliet taxpayers nothing. Officials warn that withholding the agreement endangers health and hampers growth in eastern Joliet, where a large service area would gain water access and sewer connections. The plan could unlock development and lower rates via increased outside customers.
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Janke
Joliet
City of
Woodruff Road
Association of Commerce
Rail line to serve Public Service power plant in Illinois
Industrial expansion eyes the Des plaines valley as a new Elgin Joliet and Eastern link reaches the Romeo Pond area to serve Public Service’s million kilowatt generating plant north of Lockport. Contractors grade right of way. a two level Des Plaines river bridge aids auto and heavy truck traffic.
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mu@fe
Desplaines Valley
Romeo Pond
Public Service Company
Lockport
Elgin, Joliet
Desplaines River
Romeo Road
Chicago Sanitary District
Lockwort
Lemont
Ninth Street
Sanitary District
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Cigarette Tax Outer-State Purchases
The Illinois Supreme Court yesterday upheld a three cent tax on all cigarettes bought outside Illinois. The ruling overruled challenges to the 1951 law aimed at closing a tax loophole that cost the state an estimated three and a half million dollars annually.
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Illinois Supreme Court
Cook County
High Court
Rockdale Man Suffers Stroke While At Work
Thomas Veal age 35 of 827 Otis Avenue Rockdale suffered a stroke yesterday afternoon while at work in the boiler room at the Phoenix Manufacturing Company.
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Thomas Veal
Otis Avenue
Rockdale
Phoenix Manufacturing Company
Eisenhower Philadelphia address judged faulty in tone
The St Louis Post Dispatch criticizes Dwight D. Eisenhower's Philadelphia speech as lacking new ideas and echoing MacArthur-Taft positions on Korea. It questions his stance on foreign policy, warns of opportunism, and scrutinizes party lawmakers and past actions.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post-Dispatch
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Philadelphia
Eisenhower
U. N. Ae
Truman
Gen. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Gen
MacArthur
Taft
Korea
Gen. Marshall
China
United States
Army
Europe
NATO
Senate
House
Congress
Jenner-Kemn-Cain-Bricker-McCarthy - Malone - Watkins - Ecton
GOP
The
Post- Dispatch
Kem
Missouri
Dwight Eisenhower
Democratic candidates plan Will County rally in Joliet
Democratic candidates Edward J. Barrett secretary of state Benjamin O. Coover and Fred A. Cain seeking state treasurer will visit Will County September 26 for an 8 p.m. rally in Joliet announced by county Democratic chairman John Uremovic. The trio is part of a state caravan for the pre election campaign. Barrett and Coover seek reelection. Lt Governor Sherwood Dixon leads another campaigning group with N. C. Paschen for lieutenant governor and Atty Gen. Ivan A. Elliott seeking reelection.
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Edward J. Barrett
Benjamin O. Coover
Fred A. Cain
Will County
Joliet
John Uremovic
Uremovic
Barrett
Cooper
Sherwood Dixon
N. C. Paschen
Ivan A. Elliott
Bicycle Thief Strikes Liberty Street Rack
Betty Wheeler reported a bicycle theft from the M C A rack on Liberty Street yesterday afternoon. The missing bike was not recovered when she returned and notified the police.
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Mary Mortielo
Chicago Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Betty Wheeler
Liberty Street
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Roger Gilbert
Hacker Avenue
Gilbert
John Zouganellis
Bluff
Jefferson
John
William R. McCabe
Illinois
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