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Local Briefs Highlight School, Library and Military News
Brad Corcoran 11, elected Garfield Elementary School student body president for 1972 73. Shawnee Library System hosts a free one year Children’s Book Examination Center serving 16 southern counties with hours 8:30 am to 5 pm. Tinley Park honors Eleanor Howe as Bill Howes namesake. family attends ceremony. U S Postal Service releases Stamps and Stories book with 2000 stamp images and 114 stories priced 2 dollars paperback 5.95 cloth. Air Force Capt Thomas Gresch joins ROTC Detachment at SIU Carbondale replacing Capt Chastain who moves to Sheppard AFB Texas.
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Ben Gelman
Brad Corcoran
Byron Corcoran
Dana Ave
Springfield
Virginia
Garfield Elementary
Garfield
Brad
Shawnee Library System
Carterville
Shawnee
Greenbriar Road
Rt. 13
Logan College
U.S. Postal Service
U.S
Scott Publishing Co
Carbondale
Philatelic Sales
Washington, D.C
Air Force
Thomas Gresch
Southern Illinois University At
Charles W. Chastain
Gresch
Elmwood Park
Bradley University
Golden Gate College
San Francisco
Chastain
STU
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Tex