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\ Candidates file petitions for primary election r\«;»: 7 - im,ainih:ai,kk -fkiday. i»kc kmbkh ic, iva By Cliff Ward Shaw Free Press Media Some congressional and state legislative hopefuls made it official Monday as they filed their petitions for candidacy for the March 20 primary with the state Board of Elections. Tom Corcoran, <R-I4th), the four-term U.S. Congressman from Ottawa who hopes to un­ seat Sen. Charles Percy, handed Snowmobile, snow thrower thefts reported in area With the onset of winter, there are those people who use somewhat risky means to be prepared. Two people in the McHenry area have reported the theft of snow throwers and two more lost snowmobiles in recent thefts. Harold Gorman, 5417 Memory Trail, McHenry, reported the theft from a locked storage shed Monday. L i k e w i s e , T h e o d o r e Wroblewski, 4803 Paulsen, McHenry, called the police when he discovered a snow thrower taken from his residence. Robert Hinton, 701 Hilltop, McHenry, was riding his snowmobile when it stalled. He left it parked in a field along Barreville Road, south of McHenry, and found it had been stolen when he returned the next day. f. County police said the tracks indicated it had been dragged to the road and loaded into another vehicle. Victor Siegbert, 5008 V Wildwood, McHenry, reported the theft of a snowmobile from the garage of his residence. A cassette tape player, several cassettes, two pool cues and a case, and a set of driving lights were stolen from a locked vehicle belonging to Rebecca King, 4707 E. Lake Shore Drive, Wonder Lake. County police also in­ vestigated the theft of hand tools and a toolbox from the home of Thomas Miller, 924 W. River Terrace, McHenry. C Make Onp eUan your carets the uncomplicated way by renting a steam cleaner from us for viNce ONLY 1S a day. 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On the Democratic side, three candidates filed Monday, in­ cluding Illinois Senate President Phil Rock of Oak Park, five- term U.S. Congressman Paul Simon of Makanda and state Comptroller Roland Burris of Chicago. Hinsdale attorney Alex Seith, who ran a close campaign against Percy in the 1978 general election and is expected to try again in 1984, had not filed by early Tuesday. U.S. Rep. Phil Crane, (R-12th) the Congressional represfeh- tative for all of McHenry County except two townships, filed his petitions Monday. By Tuesday morning, no one, Republican or Democrat, had submitted a petition to be placed on the ballot for the 12th district primary in opposition to Crane. Area state Representatives Dick Klemm (R-63th) and Ron Wait (R-64th) were theMone early filers for their seats in the General Assembly. Incumbent Jill Zwick (R- 65th), who represents much of the Woodstock area, is being challenged for the Republican nomination by Algonquin resident Ed Brown, an ad­ ministrator at Elgin Community College. No Democrats had filed for the seat in the 65th district by Tuesday morning. The deadline for filing is 5 p.m. <mi Monday, Dec. 19. -- --general Hews General funds in warning zone The available balance in the state's General Fund at the end of November was $80 million the lowest end-of-month balance in six months and below the fiscal "warning rone" level, Comp­ troller Roland W. Burris has reported. The Nov. 30 balance was $43 million less than the previous month-end balance but still $37 million above the level of a year ago. Since the beginning of fiscal 1982, the General Funds month end balance has been above the $200 million "warning rone" only two of the past 29 months. Total General Funds revenues after five months of fiscal 1984 were $3,611 billion, $320 million or 9.7 percent above total revenues for the same period in FY 1983. State sources were up $464 million due taA revenue increase of 33.8 percent in in­ dividual income taxes,. 29.3 percent in corporate income taxes, 6.4 percent in sales taxes, a 78.4 percent jump in transfers from Lottery Fund, plus the borrowing of an additional $50 million dollars from the private sector under the Casual Deficits Act. Revenues from federal sources were down $144 million or 22.3 percent due mostly to a decrease in transfers from the Public Aid Trust Fund. 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