Illinois Tax Revenues and Public Health Budget Notes
Illinois reports tax receipts of 17.469 million and a 13 percent week decline in certain public health aid. The state health department plans to fund premature infant care at three centers from existing sources, withاني outlay around 300000, while centers may close without new funding. Also noted are traffic safety campaigns, teacher scholarships, oil production records, and pheasant and quail hatchery updates from Yorkville and Lamers.
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Ture
Illinois
Gees
Jack
Yorkville
Chick Chats Coccidiosis Can Be Controlled
Coccidiosis is a widespread poultry disease caused by microscopic parasites. Prevention combines clean litter and sanitation with low level medication to build immunity. outbreaks require prompt drug treatment and supportive care to aid recovery and blood rebuilding.
Social Security Rules for Farm Workers Expanded Coverage
The IAA Record explains new Congress rules extending Social Security to hired farm help. Employers must withhold 4 percent total tax on wages and provide a SS-14 statement by January 31 each year. The $100 wage test applies per worker for 1955 onward, with penalties for noncompliance. Contact IRS branches for details.
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IAA Record
Farm Bureau
Attemps
Congress
Internal Revenue Department
Lacon
General Secretary Appointment for Disciples in Illinois
Morris H Pullin of Indianapolis accepted the May 25 appointment to lead the newly created general secretary post for the Disciples of Christ in Illinois. He will oversee the state program including the state convention and Religious Education commission with offices in Bloomington. Pullin has held national and regional church education roles and is a Butler University graduate with a Chicago Divinity School master’s degree.
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Morris H Pullin
Indianapolis
Disciples of Christ (Christian Churches
Ilinois
Disciples of Christ
Decatur
Advice to Graduates on College Paths in 1955
University of Illinois placement officers project ongoing demand for technically trained workers through 1960. Engineers face a 20 000 nationwide shortage last year with supply lagging this period. Teaching fields show bright outlook as enrollments rise. Chemistry and agriculture graduates also expected to find strong demand for years.
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University of Illinois
Wendell E. Miller
College of Engineering
Leonard E. Miller
Eureka College to hold centennial commencement events
Dignitaries including Harold E. Stassen and U S Senator Everett Dirksen will speak at Eureka College for its commencement and centennial celebration on June 12. The college founded in 1855 by the Disciples of Christ will honor Stassen with a doctor of laws degree while Dirksen and Rep Leslie Arends participate.
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Harold E. Stassen
Eureka College
Ira Langston
Disciples of Christ
The
Christian Church
Stassen
U.S
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Ilinois
William G. Stratton
Leslie C. Arends
William Alexander
First Christian Church
Oklahoma City
Senate
Oklahoma
Eureka
America
Finois
Opposition to Broyles Bills Stirs Local Action
A local committee reports opposition to the Broyles bills now in the state legislature at Springfield. In the area Wenong FFA chapter Gerald D Happle Wenona and Paul M Crouse Lostant join Herrick High School speaker H Schuette opposing the measures and denouncing demagoguery.
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Broyles
Springfield
Communist Party
Wenong Ffa
Gerald D Happle
Wenona
Paul M Crouse Lostant
Herrick Schools
Herrick
Germany
Illinois bill proposes $10 annual auto license fee
Four downstate lawmakers in Springfield introduced a bill to set a $10 annual flat license fee for passenger cars, reduce taxes on light trucks, and shift costs to heavy high mileage trucks via a highway use based assessment. The plan includes a grandfather clause for owners of cars currently paying under $10 and aims to balance revenue with increased charges on heavy trucks.
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Springfield
Ill
Paul Powell
Vienna
Clyde L. Choate
Anns Paul Powell
Carl H Preihs
Pana
R. Ratcliffe
Beardstown
Highway Tax Reform Bill Aims at Burden Equity
The bill proposes a weight based tax with a Hat weight tax equal to half the current levy and a compulsory mileage tax replacing the present elective mileage tax. It allows full credit on the mileage tax for the flat tax paid, with credit mileage about equal to the flat tax at roughly 15,000 miles, and requires monthly cash payments for added mileage.
Understanding Anemia A Health Talk Overview
Anemia is a condition where red blood cells or hemoglobin fall below normal. Pernicious anemia is the most serious form. Causes include blood loss, bone marrow issues, iron deficiency, and malnutrition. Symptoms include fatigue, brittle nails, dry hair, mouth soreness, and tongue burning.
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Educational Committee
Ilinois
State Medical Society
Anemia Symptoms and Care Advised by Physicians
The article describes progression from pallor and weakness to shortness of breath and indigestion, urging medical consultation to determine cause. It notes iron and other supplements, liver extract, and folic acid may help, and advises blood tests to confirm anemia, warning against remaining run-down.
Cattle Receipts Hit 28 Year Chicago Market High
Cattle receipts in Chicago surpassed 24 000 on the weeks starting May 24 and May 31 marking a 28 year high for a single day. Prices fell early then recovered with demand broadening. Steers at about 26 dollars per hundredweight remain the low since July 1953. Hog slaughter for May is seen as the smallest since last August with totals up about 20 percent versus last year. Pork in storage exceeds a year ago and hog prices stay near the highest level since last December amid spring lamb demand. Top springers fetch around four dollars over the top quota for favored weights. old crop wool offerings remain limited.
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Chicago
John Clay & Company
Ill
Antique Show at Lake Calhoun Attracts Midwest Dealers
Antique dealers from Illinois Iowa and Missouri exhibited last week at the antique snow and country store at Lake Calhoun five miles south of Galva on Route 17. The benefit event ran Friday Saturday and Sunday June 3 4 and 5 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Antiques included china silver glass lamps dolls prints linens and more all for sale. A colorful tent on the south terrace housed an old time country store selling farm produce bakery goods candies and bazaar items made by 200 women members of the Jake association with handwork and a braided wool rug as a highlight.
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Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Lake Calhoun
Galva
Jake Association
Davy Crockett Sparks State Birth Claims Debate
North Carolina citizens insist Crockett was born in their state prompting calls for Congress to correct Tennessee’s claim. Philadelphia counters that the Liberty Bell remains cracked despite the ballad’s praise and the Chamber of Commerce aims to keep history accurate.
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Davy Crockett
North Carolina
Davy
Tennessee
Congress
Crockett
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Davy Crocket
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