It's For Our Kids Tuesday Joliet voter decision on junior college tax
Citizens of Joliet face a Tuesday election on a 17.5 cent per 100 valuation tax plus 7.5 cent building fund to sustain Joliet Junior College. Supporters say state aid will boost lessening the burden, while opponents argue against the levy. The piece urges working residents to vote yes to preserve local higher education and benefit thousands of graduates who started at JJC. Local Sports
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Joliet
Illinois
Lyman Glenny
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Joliet Junior College
JJC
College of Ordinary
John Q
John Erlenborn
James Stirniman
Minooka
U. S. Dept. of Internal Revenue
Strniman
Ernie Cohenour remembered in Joliet fishing note
The HOT LINE recalls Ernie Cohenour, a widely liked Joliet figure, who died on a Wisconsin River fishing trip. The column muses on his quiet integrity, his absence from the newsroom, and future hoped meetings on the river. It also surveys gun laws debates and a tax dispute highlighted by local anecdotes.
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Joliet
Ernie Cohenour
Wisconsin River
Doc Cohenour
Ernie
Wisconsin
Altho
California
Illinois
Kerner
Minooka Lions Sale Motto Provokes Readers Letter
Readers respond to a note about a charity sale run by the Minooka Lions. A letter recalls a previous joke about selling women and children and recounts that the writer refused items. two women asked to list used husbands, and the vendor joked about their sale value and advised consulting an antique dealer.
Joliet City Council to decide on museum and park for Westphal Bank site
The Will County Historical Society urges Joliet to approve a museum and civic center on Bluff Street with Park District ownership and free staffing. Federal officials and regional urban renewal agencies support the plan, arguing it preserves heritage and complements new City Hall and Court House. A few thousand dollars in cost is the main opposition.
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Joliet
Will County Historical Society
Westphal Bank
Bluff St
Washington
Illinois
New Court House
Joliet Public Library
The
Park District
Historical Society
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Horace J. Bigspender
SYU
Homer Gotrocks, III
By Bob Cary
U. S
National Rifle Association
the Spectator
Bob
Joliet’s Illustrated Newspaper
Joliet, Ill
Illinois Press Association
Ash
Wm. M. Johnson
W. Cass St. Joliet
Illinois Press Assn
Northern Illinois Editorial Assn
National Editorial Assn
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