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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1949
Page
4
A student from JTHS writes from Joliet June 2 urging action against coal plant smoke. The letter warns of health risks including tuberculosis and sun blockage, cites St Louis and Pittsburgh as examples, and requests filters and a citywide campaign.
A reader urges Illinois to adopt mandatory annual car inspections with OK stickers. He cites near misses, safety benefits, and low costs from other states, proposing inspection centers, a 30 cent fee, and penalties for noncompliance to improve highway safety. The letter also includes concerns about donor trust and transparency in a separate fundraising matter.
A Joliet reader questions how the Janice Sheridan fund trustees will reimburse donors fairly and expresses support for directing aid to someone in equal need as Janice did. The correspondent remains skeptical of the trustees' plan.
Otto Weber, a popular dairyman from Joliet, is being urged by many friends to enter the sheriff's race next spring. Weber is well known and respected. George Gaydos, 627 Meeker Avenue.
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