Morris Public Library news update and prison leave report
Morris Public Library hours show Adult 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Children's 3 to 6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Biography shelf lists many titles and authors. Local court notices include several guilty pleas and fines for motorists and residents in Joliet Coal City Mazon Township and nearby areas. Montreal report notes 99.6 percent return rate from 1,368 prisoners granted holiday leave, five did not return.
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Montreal
Canadian Penitentiary Service
Seneca Post Office Veteran Tony Fencil Retires
Tony Fencil retires after 44 years at the Seneca Post Office effective February 23. A lifelong bachelor living with his sister Evelyn on Birchlawn Street, he was hired January 1, 1929, by postmaster D. B. Comegys and served in the Army Postal Service in World War II. He later returned to Seneca and worked under postmasters Henry Morrow and his son Thomas, now in charge. A small party honored him with a gift. he plans gardening and baseball for the coming season.
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Seneca
Tony Fencil
Seneca Post Office
Fencel
Fencer
Evelyn
Birchlawn St
D. B. Comegys
Army Postal Service
England
France
Belgium
Germany
Henry Morrow
Morrow
Thomas
Cardinal
Bills extend disclosure time for local election candidates
In Springfield two bills seek to lengthen the period for filing economic disclosure statements under the state ethics law. One Hall measure, amended in the Senate, would set a 10 day post enactment deadline, while the House version favored 30 days for filings by local election candidates in early 1973. Democrats push to apply rules to Gov Walker appointees. supporters argue thousands of candidates are affected.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois Senate
Harbor Hall
Bloomington
Senate
House
Hall
Senate Democrats
Daniel Walker
Gilbert Deavers
Walker
State Code
Deavers
Illinois
Three Drivers Ticketed on Morris Streets by Patrolman Reeve
Patrolman Syd Reeve ticketed William D. Edmundson 16 of 318 Maple Dr for speeding 35 in a 25 zone on Liberty St at High St and for driving without a license. Edmundson posted 50 bond. court March 21. John M. Davis 17 of 904 Division St cited at Liberty and North Sts for speeding for conditions and a noisy muffler. used license as bond. court March 14. Jorge L. Lozano 22 of Hill St Mazon ticketed for an excessively noisy muffler at Lincoln and Jackson Sts. posted license as bond. court March 14.
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Manuel Morales
Miame St
Joliet
Morales
Curt Leach
John Watson
Fourth St
Coal City
North Broadway
McCardle Rd
Watson
Charles Marketti
Melton Rexford
Narvick Ave
Price Sts
Rexford
Alan Love
Diane Weppler
E. Jackson St
Pine Bluff
School Rd
Weppler
Leach
Randy R. Wiseman
Division St
Braceville
Fred Ehrman
Tyman
Mazon Township
Sharold E. Arnold
Rte. 1
Old Mazon Rd
Glen Nowicki
Grinter Rd
Syd Reeve
Morris Streets
William D. Edmundson
Maple Dr
Liberty St
High St
John M. Davis
Jorge L. Lozano
Hill St
Mazon
Reeve
Lincoln and
Jackson Sts
Illinois House reintroduces scenic river and Lake Michigan bills
Two conservation bills return to the Illinois House to shield 12 scenic rivers and Lake Michigan from development. Rep. Virginia MacDonald and Rep. Robert Mann push revised versions, citing costs above 100 million to acquire property and outlining river land use limits and a Lake Michigan plan with a seven member commission and gubernatorial appointments.
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Springfield
Ill
Lake Michigan
Illinois
House
Senate Agricultural and Conservation Committee
Virginia MacDonald
Arlington Heights
Robert Mann
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
MacDonald
Vandalism Victims Reported in Local Neighborhood
Police logged vandalism to three vehicles with windows shattered or shot out on 918 E. Jackson St and Washington St behind Federal Paper Board. Victims include Fred Wilson at 1037 Liberty and Joe White of Kinsman. Total incidents reach six since Feb. 17.
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Fred Wilson
Liberty
Morris
Chevrolet
E. Jackson St
Jack Kopczick
Ford
Joe White
Kinsman
Washington St
Federal Paper Board
White
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Harvey Swados
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The
Wayne C. Lee
Audrey Erskine Lindop
Richard Lockridge
Mary Lockwood
Paradise Garden
Anne Maybury
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James Mills
Iris Murdoch
John MacDougall
Robert Nathan
Patrick O’brian
Ellis Peters
Bentz Plagemann
Ruth Rendell
Walter Rodgers
W. C. Tuttle
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Colonel Mint
Paul West
Donald E. Westlake
Arch Whitehouse
William Woolfolk
Josephine L. Leschewski
Rte. 5
Naomi
Armstrong St
Sgt. Love
Paul Pierce
Photography
Mother Goose
South Vietnam
Unicef
Liberty and
North Sts
Davis
Bond
Lozano
Mr. and Mrs. Bridal
Hancock
East St
Morris Dwight
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A J
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Narvick Lumber
Narvick Bros
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