Wastelands Yield Trees in Illinois Strip Mines
The first harvest of a new crop experiment yields Christmas trees on southern Illinois coal mine wastelands. About half a million evergreens planted over six years by an Illinois Central Railroad mechanical tree planter aim to turn unproductive strip mine land into income property, says Paul R. Farlow IC general agricultural and forestry agent.
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Southern Illinois
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CIO Sees Tax Burden Hurt Low Incomes Hardest
The CIO monthly bulletin Economic Outlook argues state and local taxes take a larger share from those least able to pay. It calls sales taxes a growing menace and urges elimination via progressive state income taxes. It notes over 59 percent of state revenue came from sales taxes last year.
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Egypt Extremists Sentenced to Hang
Five members of the Moslem Brotherhood were sentenced to hang for plotting to assassinate Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser and officials. A military tribunal also handed out executions to six members last Tuesday, plus life terms to four, and other members received sentences of 12 and 27 years. Several others were acquitted.
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