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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1960
Page
1
Southside property owners worry as Illinois plans for Interstate 80 and a high level bridge. concerns include plummeting real estate values and uncertainty over future homesites. Residents seek state updates, fearing delays due to funds or other reasons.
New Lenox Lions Club plans a Sept 10 benefit dance at Gooding's Grove to raise about $6,000 for a five room frame home for Mr and Mrs Sanderson and their 12 children. Ronald Kollman's orchestra will play. tickets available today.
A petition with about 500 signatures asks Will county court to call an election on creating Joliet Desplaines Valley Airport Authority. It seeks inclusion of Joliet and Troy townships and parts of Jackson and Channahon townships, with a hearing within 30 days and an election 30 to 90 days later. Led by Dr. Wylie H. Mullin Jr. Richard J. Donahue and Neal Humbolt.
A Joliet viewpoint laments eight years of Stratton leadership harming Will and Joliet while Lake and DuPage counties receive large state investments. It questions why local leaders and officials, including C. H. Peterson and Sen. Lottie Holman O Neill, have failed to secure aid for Interstate 80 and local improvements as state funds control gas tax and major projects.
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