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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1960
Page
2
A Joliet timely letter urges revamping the states driver licensing. It cites Wilcox street office crowding with four staffers serving 90 000, urging mobile examiners to county towns and appointment options to ease delays. It notes peak testing year for drivers over 70 and calls for Springfield action.
Tomorrow Joliet stores open 9 to 9 offering coupons with cash values on select items. The Spectator teams with downtown merchants to highlight special buys and coupon discounts for a Friday bargain day aiding family budgets and weekend plans.
Vicente Mejia, 59, of 909 Ewing avenue, was cited by city police for leaving the scene after his auto struck a parked truck and trailer in the 500 block of Collins street. The truck owner Henry Fancher, 124 Riverview avenue, Lockport, identified Mejia's license number.
Joliet public school maintenance crews wage Dutch elm disease battle this summer. Elmer E. Geissler, buildings and grounds superintendent, says about 50 trees at 21 school sites are infected and three more properties will be checked. Thirty trees have already been removed this year to halt spread. Most trees slated for destruction are in parkways between sidewalk and street to protect remaining trees. The elm blight has accelerated across Illinois in five years, with the University of Illinois losing many elms early on.
Local Joliet issue dated March 8 1897 and a 1960 logo reference list the Spectator title on pages 106 to 115 at 106 115 W Cass Joliet with telephone contact 9237. The text presents fragmented header style and archival cataloging rather than a clear news item.
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