Wall-St. Stocks Rise on London Demand in Early Trading
New York trading opened with gains in Chesapeake & Ohio and Great Northern Ore as Copper and Missouri Pacific opened higher. Several issues were flat or down, with Union Pacific up modestly and United States Steel common edging higher. After five minutes Northern Pacific gained, but overall activity was limited and dull. Arbitrage brokers bought 50,000 shares while cables noted improving conditions abroad, offset by heavy selling. Third Avenue fell near a new low.
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New York
Chesapeake & Ohio
Great Northern
Copper
Missouri Pacific
Reading
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Northern Pacific
London
Erle
Third Avenue
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts Summary
United Press reports Chicago stock receipts on August 27 with cattle totaling 6500, hogs 14500, and sheep 2000. Cattle ranges include prime beeves 5.45 to 7.30 and cows 2.5 to 5.36. Hogs show higher quotes from 5.60 to 6.65 for various weights. Sheep and lambs trade 3.20 to 7.65, with western lambs at 5.40 to 7.65.
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Chicago
United Press
Cincinnati Market Cattle and Sheep Receipts Report
Cincinnati reports cattle receipts 230 with prices steady to strong. Shippers pay 5.75 to 6.00 for good to choice. calves at 7.75 extra. Hog receipts 1,800 active, hog prices 6.75 to 6.90 for mixed to good. Sheep receipts 700 steady. ewes 5.00, lambs 7.40 to 7.50.
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Cincinnati
City Grain Market Prices and Car Totals
Grain firm quotes for wheat corn and rye across grades with through billing figures and rejections. Includes wagon rates, timothy hay prices, and car totals by grade and quality. overall totals show 56 cars with various rejections and through billing notes.
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City Grain
Caix
Wey
Timothy
Tal
Hay
New York Produce Prices Report
New York data from United Press lists pork prices at 17 75 to 18 50 per unit, Western steam lard spot at 9 05 to 9 15, Tallow city at 64 cents and 6 ½ cents, butter creamery extra at 24 cents, eggs white fancy at 28 30 cents, western firsts 20 to 21 cents, and full cream cheese at 12 ½ to 18 cents.
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New York
Pittsburg Cattle Market Report Shows Steady Live Prices
In Pittsburg on August 2, 1967, cattle supply is light with steady demand. Prime cattle bring about 6.70 to 6.25 per unit, good at 6.00, sheep and lambs steady with prime wethers around 4.50 to 5.50, lambs 5.25 to 7.25, hog receipts light but active with prime heavy hogs 4.75 to 6.80, other grades 7.30 to 7.38, roughs 4.50 to 5.70, stags 1.00 to 4.50.
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Pittsburg
Chicago Produce Prices Reported by United Press
Chicago dated Aug 27 shows butter creamery extra at 24 cents and firsts at 22 4.2 cents. Egge Prime firsts 19 1/2 cents. Poultry live turkeys 15 cents, chickens 14 to 16 cents, springs 14 4-5 cents, geese 5.00 to 7.00 per dozen.
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Chicago
Dairies
Soaper Uses Knife in Saloon Brawl
John Soaper, a negro porter at Nick Colons saloon near Union station, severely cut Stanley Perkins, a negro, Monday afternoon over suspected attention to Soapers wife. Perkins, of 1319 N Senate Ave, was cut on right hand and left arm. Soaper, of 713 WW St. Clair St, was arrested by Bicycle Officers Trimpe and Fitzmiller at Thirteenth Street and the Big Your railroad crossing.
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Stanley Perkins
Stanley
Soaper
Perkins
Senate Ave
St. Clair-st
Thirteenth-st
Trimpe
Fitzmiller
Ohio Electric raises capital for big merger
The Ohio F Electric company and the Schoepf syndicate increased capital stock from 140000 to 25000000 to finance a major merger of Ohio traction lines. Schoepf has led the deal as a holding company. Herbert McNulty serves as president and Benham as secretary.
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Unitea Press
Cincinnati
Ohio F Electric Company
Schoepf Syndicate
Onio Traction Lines
Schoepf
Herbert McNulty
Benham
Grover Cleveland Illness Delays Summer NH Visit
Ex president Grover Cleveland suffers indigestion and will likely not join his family at their New Hampshire summer home. He remains able to move about the house and is not regarded as seriously ill, awaiting the family’s return.
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United Press
Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
New Hampshire
Grain values slide as Liverpool response falters in Chicago
Chicago reports lower grain values after weak Liverpool reaction to gains here yesterday. September wheat around 9156 to 9114 cents, December near 91% to 96 cents, May about 1.0274 dollars. Corn declines with May around 60 to 59 cents, September 64 to 60 cents, December near 60 cents. Oats fall about half to three quarters of a cent with September 51% cents, December 48% cents. Pork, lard, and ribs quoted at 16.30, 9.12, and 38.82 to 46 cents. Local receipts include 353 cars of wheat, 259 corn, 502 oats.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Adtec
Live Stock Prices At Indianapolis Market Report
Live stock receipts at Indianapolis show frogs 7,500 cattle 1,500 sheep and lambs 600. Hog prices ease 1 to 10 cents with top at 6.80. Cattle and sheep hold steady. Best heavies 2106 lbs and up 6.70 to 6.90. Medium and mixed 1% to 1%6 lbs 6.20 to 6.60. Good to choice lights 1460 to 180 lbs 6.60 to 6.80. Common to good lights 140 to 60 lbs 5.70 to 6.20. Good to choice lambs 4.75 to 5.00. Breeding stock listed with various rates per 100 lbs.
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Indianapolis
Market Prices for Corn and Hay
Corn prices vary with quality, old corn at 52 to 53 cents and new corn around 9 to 11 dollars per unit. Hay prices cover Timothy at 21 to 22 dollars, clover 12.60 to 14 dollars, mixed 12 to 13 dollars, and new hay 14 to 15 dollars per unit.
Japan Floods Cause Massive Damage Across Central Regions
Floods and continuous rain in central Japan since August 24 have left fifty million dollars in damages. Tokyo is cut off from the rest of the island as rail service stops and visitors at summer resorts cannot return home. Homes are destroyed, lives lost, and farmers suffer incalculable losses while mulberry trees and rice fields sustain severe damage.
Teacher Agnes Maguire Found Dead in Lake Hopatcong
The body of Agnes Maguire a Brooklyn schoolteacher missing since Saturday night was recovered in shallow water near the shore of Lake Hopatcong New Jersey. Authorities say no injuries were found and the most likely cause is fright during a storm leading her to stumble into the lake, dispelling kidnapping theories.
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Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Agnes Maguire
Brooklyn
Charles Maguire
Miss Maguire
Prince in auto accident near Brunswick Germany
Crown Prince Frederick William escaped serious injury after his motor car rammed an empty wagon near Brunswick. All occupants sustained a bad jolt and severe shaking but no serious injuries were reported.
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United Press
Hanover
Germany
Crown Prince
Frederick William
Brunswick
Kirk Girl Wil: Return Sandusky, C
Mabel Kirk a kidnapped girl claims she was taken from Indianapolis and found at Cedar Point where she slept under a boardwalk. She describes the kidnapper as a tall pale woman in black with bright eyes and white hair. Auditors question how she stayed unseen. arrangements are made to send her to Indianapolis.
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Sandusky
Mabel Kirk,ll
Indianapolis
Cedar Point
Mabel
Auditor Smith
Robert Kirk
Stowey
Ill
Anda
Reynolds Fire Devastates Town. Loss About $100,000
Special to The Sun Lafayette Ind Aug 27 Reynolds Indiana was swept by fire early today. Nine Main street stores burned including hardware post office grocery saloons restaurant blacksmith shop shoe store and a dwelling. The post office was the origin. Two men were slightly hurt. Bucket brigade saved the town from total destruction.
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Lafayette
Ind
Reynolds
Here
Monon
Judge Upholds Court Power In Southern Railway Case
In Asheville Judge Pritchard delivers long awaited ruling upholding federal court jurisdiction in the Southern railway rate dispute. He says the suit against the state’s corporation commission and attorney general is not barred by the eleventh amendment and cannot deprive federal courts of their authority. The opinion notes the suit aims to protect traveling public rights, not state finances or obligations.
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Southern
Corporation Commission
United States
Pritchard
Preachers Assigned at Indiana Methodist Conference
The sixty eighth annual Indiana Methodist Protestant conference closed with clergy assignments for subdistricts including Muncie Anderson Dunkirk Elwood Forrest Fowler ton Frankfort Gaston Marion Swayzee and North Missouri transfers. Officials noted superannuations and appointments such as J. W. Darman J. W. Lenhart and S. H. Flood among others in Fort Wayne Indianapolis Prairie and Sugar Creek divisions.
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Swayzee
Ind
Muncie
C. S. Heininger
Anderson
N. Vice
Cowan
C. B. McCoy
Dunkirk
J. R. Moody
Elwood
W. 8. Minrper
Forrest
S. S. Stanton
Fowlerton
E. T. Howe
Frankfort
A. A. Irelan
Gaston
J. C. Coons
Hanfield
C. A. Scotten
Jonesboro
S. S. Condo
Marion
P. W. Dierberger
J. F. Rogers
Pipe Creek
J. A. Ledbetter
North Missouri
W. H Fisher
S. Lineberry
W. H. Rogers
Board of Home Mission
J. C. McCaslin
J. W. Darmon
W. H. Green
D. W. Evans
Fort Wayne
P. W. Boxall
Altoona
John Jackson
Berne
J. W. Albright
Bryant
M. E. Bachman
Filkhart
A. B. Williams
Kendallville
Ella Sebert
Keystone
J. C. McCain
Maples
New Haven
T. Whitaker
Maxinkuckee
A. L. Wooton
Monticello
A. L. Vermillian
Plymouth
G. W. Bundy
Rensselaer
S. Heininger
St. Joe
M. F. Hiff
Salamonie
L. Comer
Tippecanoe
J. R. Lenhart
F. M. Hussey
T. E. Lancaster
Indianapolis
W. W. Lineberry
Greenfield
C. E. Hanson
Haytave
W. C
Farmer's Creek
H. F. Schwarzkoff
Union
G. L. Farrow
Worthington
S. H. Flood
W. H. Flagg
J. C. Ricketts
City Record shows a day of marriages and permits
Marriages listed include Garvin M. Brown and Evelyn Fortune, Frank E. Humphreys and Kgl ie Helter, William A. Bauer and Catherine Cassagne, plus many more couples. Also recorded are births and deaths in the city, with names and addresses, followed by a batch of building permits and other civic notices.
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Garvin M. Brown
Evelyn Fortune
Frank E. Humphreys
Kglie Helter
William A. Bauer
Catherine Cassagne
Harry W. Harman
Mary Robinson
William Ballard
Mary Cotty
John L. Shaffer
Besse M. Jordan
John M. Brown
Katherine N. Curtis
Fred A. Smith
Gussie E. Holder
Dolph H. Staub
Verona Shearer
Fairbanks Heads West on Omaha jaunt
Chicago August 27 Charles Warren Fairbanks vice president arrived in Chicago for a western trip to address sessions of the national irrigation commission. Friends expect little political talk as crops and domestic concerns dominate interest while his aides anticipate press agent opportunities.
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Chicago
Charles Warren Fairbanks
West
National Irrigation Commission
Fairbanks
Irrigation Congress
White River
Morristown Doctor Futch Pupils to Hold Last Reunion
August 27 Morristown Ind Dr O F Futch who taught for decades will host a September 7 reunion of former pupils begun 12 years ago. Both he and his wife are now very feeble and expect to rest soon after years of teaching, astronomy lectures, and travel.
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Morristown
Ind
O. F. Futch
Futch
Oscar Fritz Futch
Penn Yan
N.q
Wyoming Academy
New York
Brookville
Allegheny River
Pittsburg
Lawrenceburg
White Water Canal
Fairfield
Franklin County
Ohio Medical College
Cincinnati
Brookville College
T. A. Goodwin
Metamora
Montezuma
Milray
Carthage
New Public School Opens After Summer Repairs
A new public school building will be in use at the start of the coming school year on Wednesday September 11. Repairs and new heating are installed in several buildings making them in better condition. The city has 52 43 children of school age, with annexations adding to the enumeration, and the new building sits at Quill and Palmer Streets.
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Washington
Center Townships
Quill and Palmersts
American Woman Interacts With King Edward in Street Scene
Mrs Shapley of New York, an old friend of King Edward, approached the monarch on a street in Marienbad. Police crowded the scene, seizing her when she tried to reach the king, prompting Edward to condemn the officers in strong terms.
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Marienbad
Mrs. Shapley
New York
King Edward
England
Shapley
Edward
Capitol Chat Busy Hoosier State Bureaucrats At Work
A Tuesday banking department call seeks state bank reports due August twenty fifth, with five day filing windows after notice. Secretary Downing edits late state fair entries while Grubbs vacations east, postal souvenirs in hand. Statehouse steps gain repairs. Gov Hanly greets Jim Goodrich after a meeting. The legislature staff and statistics bureau stay active as fish and game observers note law enforcement quiet. Visitors tiptoe to the governor’s door, Patsy Flannagan studying baseball results.
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Patsy Flannagan
Clash at an election in Vienna sparks Romanian riot
Disorder erupts as soldiers clash with citizens in a predominantly Romanian district. Gendarmes and troops were deployed to calm violence around the election, with women and girls beaten or maltreated. Romanian candidate wins decisively as voting ends at 4 PM.
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Hungary
Tanner Sued Over G A R State Command Election
Corporal Tanner once grand commander of the Grand Army of the Republic is defendant in a 2000 damage suit tied to the last election for G A R state commander. Frank Z. Jones of Rome alleges Tanner wrote a letter attacking his record and calling him a boar, which Jones says cost him the race.
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United Press
Saratoga
WN. Y
Corporal Tanner
Grand Army of the Republic
Frank Z. Jones
Rome
Jones
Tanner
HANGED TWICE INDIANA MAN FOR MURDER
Carmine Renzeo aged 45 weighing 17 pounds was hanged twice after rope broke during the first attempt at Earnest for the murder of his 15 year old sweetheart Marian Bearne two years earlier. Spectators turned away as the operation was repeated in this county first hanging in over a year.
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Marian Bearne
Earnest
Will Jerome Investigate Public Service Commission Findings
Financiers await District Attorney Jerome’s return from vacation to decide if he will launch an inquiry into entries revealed by the public service commission in the inter borough equipment account. If he does not act, the commission will likely press the matter.
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United Press
New York
Jerome
Public Service Commission
Interborough
Commission
Newspaper production value rises since 1905 surge
Washington reports that in 1905 the United States produced newspapers worth over 35 million dollars. The census bureau states that from 1990 to 1995 newspaper production increased in value by 73 percent, indicating a substantial growth trend in print media.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Incorporations Filed for Two Indiana Firms
The secretary of state recorded articles of incorporation Tuesday for The Indianapolis File and Cabinet Company in Indianapolis with capital stock of 15.9 and directors John H. Lytle James F. Lindley William F. Gielow H a W Roesener and John Reagan. Also filed was The Eagle Hoop and Lumber Company in LaGrange with capital stock of 15,000 and directors A H Johnston A E Eycle shymer and W K Nobla.
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Indianapolis File and Cabinet Company
Indianapolis
Capital
John H. Lytle
James F. Lindley
William F. Gielow
H. A. W. Roesener
John Reagan
Eagie Hoop and Lumber Company
LaGrange
A. H. Johnston
A. E. Eycleshymer
W. K. Nobla
Druggist Accused of Giving Alum Instead of Salts
Rev. Joan F. Boyles, a colored resident, accuses Albert R. Schillinger of Rural St. and Roosevelt Ave of giving alum instead of epsom salts, leading to illness after taking the dose. A case was heard in Justice Huchinson's court Monday with a $150 damages claim.
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Albert R. Schillinger
Ruralst
Rooseveltave
Joan F. Boyles
Justice of the Peace
Huchinson
Lyman Struck by Lightning in Farmingdale Haystack Death
John T. Lyman former Illinois state legislator and prominent figure was killed by lightning while tending a hay stack at his Farmingdale home during a morning storm in Springfield.
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United Press
Springfield
John T. Lyman
Farmingdale
Foresters of America to organize court
A court of the Foresters of America will be organized Thursday evening August 29 at the Red Men's hall located at 14 W. Ohfost.
Bomb Factory Found in Lisbon Plot to Attack Crown Prince
Lisbon police report a bomb factory in the Trans-Tagus area shut down near August 27. Agents seized large quantities of explosives as they uncovered the Republican plot aimed at the crown prince.
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United Press
Lisbon
Portugal
Trans-Tagus
Markley Sues City Over Electric Shock Injury
Spurgeon N. Markley filed suit against Columbia City for 5000 damages claiming injuries from being shocked while trying to turn off an electric light at his home. The action was filed in Columbia City as of August 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sun
Columbia City
Ind
Spurgeon N. Markley
Evansville Robbery at Crescent Cycle Store
Evansville Ind August 27 burglary report says burglars entered the Crescent Cycle Store on Main Street last night and secured $500. Police investigation underway with no arrests announced.
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Evansvile
Ind
Crescent Cycle
Mainat
No Fear From South Says Prof Moses
Prof Bernard Moses of the University of California returns from a year in South America and says there is no reason to fear a South American alliance against the United States.
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United Press
San Francisco
Bernard Moses
University of California
South America
Root May Forward Threat to Castro
The New York and Bermudez Asphalt Trust figures in Secretary Root s push to arbitrate five American claims against Castro s government. Castro s refusal to submit to arbitration complicates U S options as Roosevelt seeks congressional support for action. The case involves fines and contested control of Venezuelan asphalt assets and alleged support for Matos.
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Root
Castro
Roosevelt
Congress
New York and Bermudez Asphalt E Company
Gen. Matos
Venezuela
Ambrose H. Corner
New York and
Bermudez Asmall
General Asphalt Company
Gen. Green
Major Andrews
Matos
Ran Righ
Willis
Amazi L. Barber
Man's Money Gone After Night Out in Lorraine Hotel Elevation
David S and alias Dan Long was arrested by Bicycle Officers Wilson and Golnisch shortly after 3 am on a Tuesday for robbing Cecil Day of $60 at 1 W Twenty seventh St. Day recalls meeting Long, suspects drugging, and waking on an elevator at the Lorraine hotel with Long present and money missing.
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Wilson
Golnisch
Cecil Day
Long
Day
Lon McClure
Woman seeks return of property in deed dispute
Mrs. Ann Furlong aged 13 sues James Renihan and Nicholas Dugan to set aside a deed valuing the property at 1100. She alleges Renihan conspired to obtain her property and persuaded her to deed it without proper compensation, with Renihan then transferring the property to Dugan.
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Ann Furlong
James Renihan
Nicholas Dugan
Renihan
Dugan
G A R Encampment Trip Offer From Indianapolis
A single fare for the round trip to the National encampment at Saratoga Springs is set at 15.70 dollars, covering travel from Indianapolis. The leader train departs Indianapolis Sunday September 8 at 2 45 PM. Veterans statewide report plans to attend and the headquarters car is filled as Kansas City vies for the next encampment with Indiana weighing in.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Indianapolis
State
Kansas City
Indiana
Four Named Responsible in Hagerstown Wreck Verdict
In Richmond Indiana on August 27 the coroner's verdict places blame on four railroad workers and an operator for the Pennsylvania wreck at Hagerstown last week. One man died and six were injured. The named individuals are John Calkins Henry Rodgers John Falk trainmen and Raymond Deeter operator.
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Sun
Richmond
Ind
Pennsylvania
Hagerstown
John Calkins
Henry Rodgers
John Falk
Raymond Deeter
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Kenwood
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Mary L. Wright
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August Foerst
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Edward C. Peckham
John Wickels
S. Alabama St
Cornelius B. Pettle
Harrison St
Sarah Solomon
Grist Carthener
Webb
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Newland St
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Thirty-third-st
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W. Fifteenth
George E. Berry
Goodlet Ave
National Malleable Casting Co
Holmes
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California
Capitol Chat
Banking Department of the Auditor of State
Downing
Frank J. Grubbs
Ed Coney
Laboratory of Hygiene
Danville, Ill
Rae Whiundlee
Jim Goodrich
Gov Hanly
Clarence B. Lester
Legislative Reference Department
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Fish and Game Commission
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E. E. Earle
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Carmine Renzeo
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Dan Long
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