Carpools And Buses Found Most Economical
A study by the Highway Users Federation finds carpools with two or more people and city buses the cheapest commuting options in urban areas over one million population. Rail transit proves most expensive except for autos with a driver. The report includes capital and highway costs, toll benefits on the Bay Bridge, and notes rail costs remain high per rider even with projected ridership increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Users Federation
Coeereeens
Enco
Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge
Zodiac Advice For June 24 1973
Aries through Pisces offer daily guidance on opportunities risks budgeting and planning with a closing note that beneficial changes are coming next year and luck will play a large part. Develop opportunities to completion and use caution with expenditures and plans.
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Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces
Sterling Township Pool Survey Proposes Renovations and New Pools
A community questionnaire in Sterling Township asks residents to choose among options for pool upgrades. Proposals include a Lawrence Park renovation with a 240000 HUD grant, new outdoor pools at Scheid and Sinnissippi Parks, a 50 meter Sinnissippi pool, or a 50 meter pool behind the Recreation Center. Voters would decide financing via revenue bonds or referendum and whether to impose out of district fees or abandon Lawrence Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Township
Lawrence Park
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Sterling Park District
Scheid Park
Sinnissippi Park
Sterling Two
P.O. Box
Sterling, Ill
Broad Effort Underway to Fund Sauk Valley Catholic Education
The Sauk Valley area expands Catholic education fundraising with parish solicitations in final phase. A 10 member development committee led by Dixon and Sterling residents plans long term endowment growth to support all Catholic education locally.
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Sauk Valley
Arthur J. O’neill
Rockford
Rock Falls
Edward Conroy
James J. Donnellan
Donald R. Lovett
Melvin Murphy
James J. Phelps
Dixon
Robert M. Cornell
Ralph G. Davis
Arthur J. Johnson
Louise Sullivan
John F. Wahl
Sterling
St. Mary’s
Morrison
Cromwell Arrested Over Anne of Cleves Marriage Treason
On June 18 1540 Thomas Cromwell Earl of Essex was arrested on treason charges linked to his role in the marriage between Anne of Cleves and Henry VIII.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cromwell
Earl of Essex
Anne of Cleves
Henry VIII
Area College Students to Conduct Water Feasibility Study
Lois Stanley WIU geology junior from Sterling will lead a 10 week water feasibility internship in Colchester funded by the Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs. She will work with Colchester Mayor Larry Patterson and has been active in WIU environmental studies and Arista society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macomb
Colchester
Lois Stanley
Western Illinois University
Sterling
Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs
Larry Patterson
Sterling Township High School
Donald H. Stanley
Locust St
WIU
Stanley
Environmental Studies Coordinating Committee
Arista
Naperville
North Central College
Kathleen Sheaffer
Eric J. Turnroth
Miss Sheaffer
John E. Sheaffer
POL Eariony
North Central
Turnroth
Richard Turnroth
Picnic in California brings Sterling Rock Falls crowd to Pomona
The annual Sterling Rock Falls Illinois picnic was held on June 10 at Palomares Adobe in Pomona California. Attendees included Howard Rife Irene Rife William Turner Neva Turner Ruth Billings Bill Bellows Muriel Bellows Doris Sumner Gary MecNinch Pat Cook Helen Williams Louise Cole Mar Pyse Dane McConnell Alice Waite Virginia Turner Effo Turner Jeane Vallejo Raquelle Vallejo Augie Vallejo Greg Spencer Rochelle Spencer Conway Dolores Lynch Henry Harrison Lois Harrison Kent Goodrich Agnes Goodrich Fitzgerald Bernard Fitzgerald Eugene Cary John Goodrich Merle DuPrey Merida DuPrey James DuPrey and Jim Sheller.
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Sterling Rock Falls
Illinois
Palomares Adobe
Pomona
Calif
Howard
Irene Rife
William
Neva Turner
Ped
Ruth Billings
Bill
Muriel Bellows
Doris Phelps Sumner
Gary
Pat MecNinch
Bud
Judy Cook
Helen Chamberlin Williams
Louise Cole
Mar Pyse
Dane
Alice McConnell
Wil
Sharon Waite
Virginia Turner
Effo Turner
Rozann McConnell
Jeane Vallejo
Raquel
Postal Notes: School Tours Grow At Sterling Post Office
The Sterling post office reports growing school and community tours, escorting nearly 300 visitors this spring. New stamps include eight cent Post Rider commemorative, Amadeo Giannini 21 cent issue, and a July four-stamp Progress in Electronics set with various tech designs. Zip codes urged for efficient mail handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Daily Gazette
Sterling
Amadeo P. Giannini
A. P. Gianni
Bank of America
San Francisco
Boston
Mass
Boston Harbor
New York
N.Y
Marconi
Atlantic
International Surface Mail
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Taurus
Gemini
Leo
VIRGO
Helene Curtis
Jcpenney Beauty Salon
Northland Mall
Rock River Life Underwriters Association
Rock River Country Club
John Wendell
Prudential Life
Tom Keeney
Northwestern National Life
Louis Coopmans
Million Dollar Round Table
National Association of Life Underwriters
Harry Pell
Illinois Life Underwriters Association
Bill Eatman
Equitable Life of New York
Charles Koehler
Wetzell Agency
Dale Pressley
State Farm
Gazette
Area College
Jane E. Gebhardt
Robert Ebhardt
W. 14Th St
Illinois State University
Bloomington- Normal
Horton Fieldhouse
Gebhardt
Rock
Iowa City
Iowa
Craig Weckesser
University of Iowa
College of Engineering
Robert Hering
John F. DeWind
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Hugh Golder
Denver
Colo
California Institute of Technology
Robert Alan West
Richard West
19Th St
Fanwood
N. J
Robert
University of Arizona In
Tucson
California
Chris Gamble
Wallace School
Wilbur Miley
The
Tuberculosis Association
Chris
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