Joliet Eyes Change to Subdivision Lot Frontage Rules
Joliet city officials study amending subdivision ordinances to permit lots narrower than 60 feet to favor small homes. City engineer H R Goodspeed proposes replacing the 60 foot frontage with a rule based on house width plus 20 feet, yielding larger gaps between houses. The Pearson Construction Co seeks 53 foot lots in Maple Lawns, with 22 feet between houses. councilors show favorable interest as Goodspeed drafts the amendment.
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Joliet
H. R. Goodspeed
Goodspeed
William Pearson Construction Co
Maple Lawns
Altho
Pearson
Caterpillar Reports August 1954 Sales and First Eight Months
Caterpillar Tractor Company announced August 1954 sales of 36,264,976 dollars, down from 37,756,732 in August 1953, with monthly profit 2,849,658 dollars or 67 cents per share. For the first eight months of 1954, sales totaled 264,841,954 dollars versus 305,861,207 dollars in 1953, and eight month profit stood at 17,516,378 dollars or 4.08 per share compared with 15,260,798 dollars or 3.67 per share in 1953.
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Caterpillar Tractor Company
H. S. Eberhard
Stefanich indicted for murder and related cases
Stefanich 43 of 206 N Ottawa street indicted for the murder of Doris Bogart 18 found in his car July 17. He pleads not guilty and is jailed in Will County. Grand jury also indicts Scamac ca and Fulmer for armed robbery and four men for burglary. Rape charges against three men. Two Stateville inmates indicted on statutory offenses. Grand jury may examine vote fraud in April primary when it reconvenes Monday.
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John Stefanich
Ottawa Street
Doris Bogart
Center Street
James V. Bartley
Stefanich
Bogart
Will County
Michael Scamacca
Charles L. Fulmer
Chicago Street
Edward Onofrey
Scamacca
Buffalo
N. Y
Fulmer
Houston
Tex
Jack
Raymond Weininger
Lockport
Walter Weeks
Route 1
Kenneth Pearson
Mokena
Messenger Woods
Stateville
Robert Williams
Louis Parson
Pollacks Form Mainline Motors Incorporation
Hyman Pollack and William Faye Pollack receive a charter from the secretary of state for Mainline Motors Inc. to buy sell rent store and service motor vehicles and parts. Eva R. Pollack prepared the papers. address listed as 606 N Chicago Street.
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Hyman
William
Faye Pollack
Secretary of State
Mainline Motors, Inc
Chicago Street
Eva R. Pollack
Courthouse tickets reveal chain of buy and sell
A courthouse tale shows Walter McGee selling Republican dinner tickets to officials who pass them along to others. Sheriff Roy Doerfler, then Paek Brummund and Mike Orenic acquire tickets as the date Oct. 8, 1952 appears on the slips. A reported struggle interrupted by Investigator Nick Fornango ends the scene with Orenic under investigation.
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Walter McGee
William Pedersen
Roy Doerfler
Walt
McGee
Doerfler
Fallinske
Pauk Brummund
Mike Orenic
Brummund
Orenic
Brummond
Nick Fornango
Joliet Residents Hear Klassen Urge Sanitation Action
Joliet attendees at the Illinois Association of Sanitary Districts meeting in Chicago Heights heard C. W. Klassen call Joliet’s Des Plaines Valley area the state’s worst stream polluter. He urged immediate steps to fix pollution, noting no side by side method comparison.
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Illinois Association of Sanitary Districts
Olympia Fields Country Club
Chicago Heights
Bloom Township
Citizens Committee For
C. W. Klassen
State Sanitary Water Board
Joliet
Klassen
Altho
Sanitary District Committee
Will county voters must register by Oct 5
Will county residents must register by October 5 to vote in the November elections. In person registration requires a correct home address and eligibility includes age and residency rules. Changes of address must be reported to the courthouse registration department.
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Will County
Workman to Lead Joliet Will County Community Chest Drive
E B Workman will again head the Joliet Will County Community Chest campaign division with Paul Friedrich as general chairman. Township chairmen will meet at 6 30 tonight at the Woodruff hotel. Kickoff is Oct 7 for the county drive and Oct 14 25 for the city drive with Vance Cummins and Art Smith Sr as co chairmen.
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E. B. Workman
Joliet- Will County
Catholic Charity and Home Bureau
Catholic Youth Organization
Community Branch Ymca
Community Safety Council
Girl Scouts
Guardian Angel Home
Lutheran Home For Children
Morning Star Mission
Peter Claver Center
Public Health Council
Salvation Army
Silver Cross Hospital
Social Service Exchange
United Defense Fund
YMCA
Friedrich
Vance Cummins
Art Smith Sr
YMCA Membership Drive Seeks 475 New Members
Tonight the YMCA holds a joint 6 p.m. meeting in the Y building to discuss a drive aiming for 300 new men and 175 women. Noel Southworth reports progress with 190 men and 133 women still needed, as James Toy leads the men and Mrs Frieda McCarthy heads the women.
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YMCA
Frieda McCarthy
Florence Lamont
Cammunity
Benson
Will County Receives Cancer Crusade Grants
The American Cancer Society Illinois division approved grants totaling 280 425 to Will County for 1954 1955 programs. Dr Paul Landmann chairs the Will County chapter and edward Foss Wilson announced funds from the 1 208 570 Illinois total raised in the April 1954 campaign. Will County gets 11 415 for the 1954 Cancer Control program with 245 for public education and information, 7 860 to maintain the information center at 54 N Chicago, and 3 310 for service programs. Allocations to 20 percent of the society Information centers including Will County total 193 698.
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American Cancer Society
Illinois Division
Paul Landmann
Will County
Edward Foss Wilson
Illinois
Chicago Street
Wilson
Police elect delegates for Peoria meeting
Members of the Policemen's Benevolent local here yesterday elected four delegates to attend the state convention of the benevolent association on Nov. 1 and 2 in Peoria. The delegates are Sgt. William Daggett, local president, Sgt. Frank Skul, Patrolman Bernard Simmons and Desk Sgt. August Schulke. Alternates picked are Capt. Lonnie Randolph, Sgt. Ambrose Corcoran and Patrolman Jerome Kren.
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Policemen’s Benevolent Local
The
Benevolent Association
Peoria
William Daggett
Frank Skul
Bernard Simmons
August Schulke
Lonnie Randolph
Ambrose Corcoran
Jerome Kren
Auto radio stolen from South Side sales lot
Joseph Gornik Jr reported to city police that a Delco radio valued at 35 dollars was taken from a used car at his South Side auto sales lot yesterday around noon.
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Joseph Gornik Jr
Delco
South Side
Royal Treatment For King The Dog After Cake Sale
A stray dog named King receives care after a broken leg with help from youngsters ages 7 to 10 in the 400 block of Ohio street. Maxine Zahm, 10, adopted King. neighbors raised $10 through a neighborhood cake sale. Dr. L J Bonn performed surgery and the dog is convalescing at home on a steak diet.
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King
Ohio Street
Maxine Zahm
Clarence Gregorash
Ohio
Cheryl Gregorash
Maxine
Joan Biskie
Joan
John Skie
Clay
Center Street
Coe Preiete
L. J. Bonn
Spectator Weekly Joliet edition details
Publication data shows The Spectator issued Thursdays from Joliet Illinois with 1940 Post Office entry and office address 106-1138 W Cas Street Joliet. Edition dated September 23 1954 lists volume 27 number 26 and phone contact 6237.
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the Spectator
W. Casstreet Joliet
Llinois
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