Forest Park Gas Tax Allotment Increases in 1950
Forest Park received 19197 in allotments from Illinois gasoline taxes in the first six months of 1950, up from 16955 in 1949, per Barcus Kindred & Co. Chicago analysts. Twenty three Cook County municipalities outside Chicago totaled 626094 in the first half of 1950, vs 554059 last year, a rise of 72035. The firm notes potential further increases if car use keeps rising, as gas tax revenue remains a key local income source.
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Forest Park
Illinois
Barcus, Kindred & Co
Chicago
Cook County
Ilinois
Rising costs spur funding needs for street and highway repairs
Money helps meet steadily rising expenses for street and highway repair. Without such allotments, communities would have to levy higher local taxes.
Card of Thanks for Flowers and Kindness
The Bruckner Family expresses sincere thanks for flowers, kindness, and sympathy shown during their bereavement. They also thank Hey Gieschen for comforting words and Mr Gimmerman and staff for excellent service.
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Hey
Gieschen
Gimmerman
Bruckner
Night train-vehicle crashes often involve non locomotive hits
The Chicago Motor Club notes that 27 percent of night time train vehicle accidents involve a vehicle striking part of the train other than the locomotive. During the day only 4 percent of such accidents are of this type. Mental telepathy is defined as passing ideas between minds without sensory input.
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Chicago Motor Club
Motorists Urged To Drive With Care As Schools Open
Forest Park police chief and American Automobile Association representative urge drivers to slow and be vigilant as hundreds of children resume commuting to and from school. He notes crossings at unprotected corners and sudden darting by pupils, calling for speeds that allow sudden stopping to avoid hits.
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Forest Park
Kern
American Automobile Association
Chief Kern
Delairvoyance Defined as Awareness of Objects Without Senses
A definition describing clairvoyance as the state of being aware of a physical object without using sense organs. It treats clairvoyance as a mental faculty separate from direct sensory input and notes its purported perceptual reach.
Government Employs Twenty Three Thousand PR Professionals
A government workforce study notes about 23,000 full time publicity and public relations staff are employed across agencies. The figure reflects communications roles in federal, state, and local offices and underscores the scale of official messaging and media relations.
Former Forest Park Resident Dies in California Home
Mrs. Sadie Bruckner Linney a longtime Forest Park resident died August 17 in Monrovia California after a six week illness. Her body returned to Forest Park for services August 22 at Zimmierman chapel Rev Gieschen of St Peters church conducted. Survived by two sons Earl Forest Park and Louis California Mrs Louis Bruckner accompanied the body and stayed with Earl Bruckner while visiting friends.
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Sadie Bruckner Linney
Forest Park
Monrovia
Calif
Zimmierman
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