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Illinois Municipal Review

A Monthly Review of Local Government Activities in Illinois, Including Cities, Villages and Towns.

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ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE

Executive Offices: 537 South Fourth, Springfield, Illinois
Telephone 3-2921

OFFICERS

President Leo Struif, Mayor, Alton

First Vice-President Charles Wellner, Mayor Naperville

Sergeant-at-Arms William H. Winterhoff, Supervisor Thornton Township

Executive Director A. L. Sargent, 537 South Fourth Street, Springfield

Vice-Presidents

AURORA Commissioner John P. Thill

FREEPORT Mayor Glen Kunkle

BEARDSTOWN Mayor Glen Tillitt

GALESBURG Mayor Leo Morrison

BELVIDERE Mayor Lester Cunningham

JOLIET Mayor James T. Hennessy

BLOOMINGTON Mayor O. Lloyd Welsh

KANKAKEE Mayor Edward Madison

BROADVIEW Village President Merritt Braga

LANSING Village President Evert C. Shulte

BROOKFIELD Village President Dan Kulie

MELROSE PARK Village President Andy Frenzel

CAIRO Mayor Paul Baur

MT. CARMEL Mayor J. Roy Dee

CALUMET CITY Mayor Stanley Bejger

MUNDELEIN Village President John J. Noel

CENTRALIA Mayor H. B. Blanchard

OAK PARK Village President J. Russell Christianson

CHAMPAIGN Mayor Virgil Lafferty

PEORIA Mayor Robert D. Morgan

CHICAGO Mayor Richard J. Daley

PINCKNEYVILLE Mayor William Cunningham

CLINTON Commissioner C. E. Corrington

RIVER GROVE Village President Harry J. Smith

DANVILLE Mayor G. N. Hicks

ROCKFORD Mayor Milton Lundstrom

DECATUR Mayor Clarence A. Sablotny

SKOKIE Village President George D. Wilaon

DEKALB Mayor Clayton Pooler

SPRINGFIELD Mayor Nelson O. Howarth

DOWNERS GROVE Mayor H. B. Groves

TAYLORVILLE Mayor Joseph McAdam

EAST ST. LOUIS Mayor Alvin Fields

WAUKEGAN Mayor Robert E. Coulson

EVANSTON Mayor John Kimbark

ZION Mayor Lee R. Fleming

Past Presidents Ex-Officio

DIXON Mayor William V. Slothower

HARVEY Mayor A. E. Turngren

JACKSONVILLE Mayor Ernest L. Hoagland

MOLINE Mayor Paul C. Johnson




A. L. SARGENT. ...........................Editor

DOROTHY COLEMAN NICKELSON ...... Assistant Editor

Vol. XXXV, No. 5      May, 1956      Total No. 375

INDEX

Springfield's New Dam ............. 85 [Cover]

City Hall Gossip ...................................... 87

Some Causes of Water Supply Shortages ............ by W.J. Roberts 88

Help! (Request).......................... 90

Transportation Studies Set in Seven Cities.......................... 90

Attention Directed to HOusing Needs of Elderly.......................... 90

Awards for Citizen Action Announced................. 91

Chicago Council Okays 675-Million Works Plan .............. 91

New Deliquency Study......................... 92

Discuss Obscene Literature as City Problem ........................... 92

Police Force Reorganized ............. 92

City Finds Telephone First for Reporting Fires............................92

New Polices Adopted for Cemetery Operation.................. 93

Milwaukee Acts to Stop Improvements on Land Slated for Acquisition................93

More Cities Replace Old-Style Fire Alarm Boxes.......................93

Valuations, Levies, Tax Rates.................. 94

Answers to Questions.................. by T.A. Matthews, J.D. 95

Skokie Plans New Police Station.................. 100

Subscription per year: Domestic $2.50; Foreign $3.00; Single Copies 30 cents. Editorial and Advertising Departments: 537 South Fourth St., Springfield, Illinois. Telephone 3-2921.

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