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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1942
Page
9
A wartime city planning note urges conserving paving energy by using horse cars on abandoned street rails as a supplement to buses. It calls for substitutes for rubber on jeeps trucks planes and other gear and suggests electric motors to haul passengers on unused tracks.
Howard L. Tomlinson recalls Supt. McCarthy of the Morning Star Mission Joliet Ill as war and faith shape the era. He urges readers to seek God confess sins and find strength in the Bible, promising peace through belief and devotion in the New Year.
A Joliet letter discusses Will County's lack of a zoning resolution and criticizes public officials for spending over 20000 on zoning efforts. The writer blames external groups like the Manufacturing association for delaying action and questions taxpayer costs and leadership.
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