Federal gaming stamps show county’s gambling stance
The article notes scarce federal gaming stamps in Will county with only one issued this year, contrasting Lake and DuPage counties. It highlights federal tax stamp enforcement, local anti gambling efforts, and a Liquor Control commission ruling that taverns buying stamps risk liquor license suspension or revocation.
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Wild County
Lake County
DuPage County
Will County
The
Illinois Liquor Control Commission
Driver charged after striking officer and leaving scene
State's Atty. Frank H. Masters filed an information charging John J. Armin a 19 of Wolfroad Mokena with leaving the scene of an accident after injuring Officer Pate W. Piercy who was pursuing him at the Hilltop Drive-in theater on Route 6. Armin fled at high speed injuring the officer and was later captured by state troopers near his Mokena home.
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Frank H. Masters
County Cour
John J. Armin
Wolfroad
Mokena
Armin
Piercy
Demos and GOP ramp up campaigns for 12th district seat
Democratic and Republican forces opened their campaigns for the 12th judicial district special election set for Sept. 2 to fill the vacancy left by the death of Roscoe South. The GOP dinner at the Woodruff hotel drew about 100 leaders while the Democratic session in Will County named F. Donald Delaney as its candidate and outlined campaign leadership.
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12Th Judicial District
Watseka
Woodruff Hotel
GOP
Leo J. Meehan
Will County
Atty
F. Donald Delaney
Joliet
Meehan
Francis J. Loughran
W. Edwin Long
Anton J. Grohar
Atty. Donald Wise
Delaney
Morton H. Hollingsworth
James Grumley
Robert Higgins
A. H. Krusemark
David E. Oram
Atty. F
Donald Delaney
James V
Postage Rates to Rise August 1 Across All Classes
Postmaster J Walter Lowrey announced a rate increase effective August 1 with all stamps and postal products adjusted by one cent. First class mail rises to 4 cents per ounce, air mail to 7 cents, government postal cards to 3 cents, air postal cards to 5 cents, and stamped envelopes to 4 or 7 cents. old stamps remain valid with a penny add-on. The Abraham Lincoln 4-cent stamp will replace the 3-cent, and the Champion of Liberty 4-cent and 8-cent stamps will be available.
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J. Walter Lowrey
Abraham Lincoln
Lowrey
Bolivar
Government
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Fedral
William G. Stratton
Will
Kankakee
Iroquois Counties
Roscoe C. South
Joliet Park District
Woodlawn School
Knights of the Road
Arthur Scaccia
Jo-Ann Esposito
Harry Lorenz
Jane Esposito
Mary Beth Esposito
Lynnette Lightner
Beverly Peworski
Spectator
Bartley
Atty. Oram
John C. Cowing
Walter O. Herschles Th
Cempaign
Robert W. Thomas
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