Illinois highway deaths rise to 2179 in 1953
Illinois reports 2,179 traffic fatalities in 1953, up two percent from 1952, with December deaths at 224. Gov Stratton’s reflectorized center lines and safety campaigns credited for limiting rises. Also notes conservation classes to start June 13 at Lake Villa and December coal output figures for 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Edwin A Rosenstone
Public Works and Buildings
William G. Stratton
University of Illinois
State Department of Conservation
Lake Villa
Fox Lake
Glen D. Palmer
Department
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Water shortage pins Central and Southern Illinois towns
A state geological survey report shows 41 Illinois communities facing severe water scarcity. By February through April 1954, many towns including Quincy, Jacksonville, Lincoln, Clinton, Paxton, Danville, and Greenview face exhausted or dwindling supplies, with groundwater dependency rising in ten cities.
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Illinois
Quincy
Jacksonville
Lincoln
Clinton
Paxton
Danville
A. M. Buswell
State Geological Survey
Bunker Hill
Effingham
Elkville
Pittsfield
Astoria
Carthage
Galatia
Harrisburg
Kincaid
Marisst
Mattoon
Altamont Ashley
Carrier Mills
Decatur
Highland
Johnston City
Mt. Sterling
Lesser
Waterloo
Blandinsville
Hkureka
Norris City
Olney
Sparta
Vienna
Virginia
White Hall
Greenville
Arcola
Assumption
Barry
Beecher City
Camp Point
Dongola
Jonesboro
Teutopolis
Windsor
Governor Stratton Names Two To Handicap Children Panel
Governor William G. Stratton appointed Mrs. Richard Yates Rowe of Jacksonville to replace Mrs. Margaret Pope Hovey of Chicago and Dr. Boris C. Gitcho of Madison to replace Dr. Gerald M. Cline of Bloomington. Edward H. Stullken of Oak Park and Gerald M. Ungaro of Winnetka were reappointed to the Commission for Handicap Children. Illinois farmers had 550000 head of cattle and calves on grain feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Stratton
Commission For
Handicapped Children
Richard Yates Rowe
Jacksonville
Margret Pope Hovey
Chicago
Boris C. Gitcho
Madison
Gerald M. Cline
Bloomington
Edward H. Stullken
Oak Park
Gerald M. Ungaro
Winnetka
Illinois
Market Cattle Feed Officials Report Sixteen Percent Decline
Market cattle as of January 1, per state and federal agriculture departments, show eight percent fewer cattle on feed than a year earlier. Half were steers, thirty nine percent calves, ten percent heifers, with the rest labeled other cattle.
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Federal Departments of Agriculture
Birthdays listed for late January to early February
Calendared birthday notices include S. M. Roush Grant Golden Paul Arbell January 30 and many names through February 7 such as Guy Hall Emily Jean Singley Beebe Gerald Folkman Martha Briggs George H. Clauser and more across dates. The column compiles personal milestone dates without additional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Hall
Glenn Tackman Sr
Emily Jean Singley Beebe
Loren Thomas
Gerald Folkman
Joan Marquardt
Also Mentioned on This Page
State Department of Agriculture
Pittsburgh
Eereeneen
Mary
Manito, Illinois
S. M. Roush Grant Golden Paul Arbell
Martha Briggs
George H. Clauser
Minnie Theis Josephine Seelye Smith
Vernie Ethell
Norma Jean Lowe
Orvis
Edward Alexander
Chas
Johannaber
George Schumm
Bonnie Jane O’hara
James Gilmore Harold H. Meyer
W. T. S. Beebe Mrs
Iva Clarke
Philip S. Golden
Josephine Scherer Ripper
Russell L. Velde
Pekin Cleaners
Morse
Daodeweley, Y
Pekin, Illinois
Altman’s
Pekin
Altman
Ill
Kelvinator
Central Illinois Light Co
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