Amendments to Farm Trucks Laws Set for Illinois
Summary of 1953 to 1957 changes affecting farm trucks under the Motor Carrier Act and related laws. Key points include signals based on truck dimensions, post 1956 new truck signaling, increased maximum vehicle length to 50 feet, splash guard rules, registration with safety certificate, muffler testing, mileage weight option reinstated, and exemptions for farm tractors and equipment. Specific $5 fee for trucks with permanently mounted farm machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewirnes
Clark County Health Improvement Association Opens Blue Cross Enrollment
Volunteers visit Clark County residents to explain Blue Cross Blue Shield plans and take memberships. Enrollment runs through April 2 with eligibility for self employed and small groups under 10, including families under 19. Headed by Harold Imle, the program notes wide hospital and medical coverage across the United States and Canada.
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Clark County
Clark County Health Improvement Association
Harold Imle
Marshall
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
United States
HIA
Illinois
Canada
Imle
Farm Bureau
Rural Clark County residents offered Blue Cross plan access
A limited window allows eligible rural and small town residents in Clark county to join the Blue Cross program through the HIA. They can obtain the same benefits and membership dues as those in larger group plans, previously available only to payroll deductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
HIA
College TQ Welcomes Foreign Trainees
The University of Illinois College of Agriculture hosts six foreign trainees for a week long study on agricultural information campaigns. The group from the Philippines Korea Thailand and Peru will visit Urbana through March 17 and tour land grant campuses in Wisconsin and Minnesota before returning home. Orientation talks and field conferences with extension specialists are planned along with exhibits on legume grass campaigns and campaign planning sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Illinois
College of Agriculture
United States
Urbana
International Cooperation Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
University of Wisconsin
University of Minnesota
Philippines
Korea
Thailand
Peru
Ilinois
Washington
R. C. Ross
W. P. Murphy
Hadley Read
Pratt County
Sheep shearing schools set by Illinois Extension in April
Extension livestock specialists from the University of Illinois will host annual sheep shearing schools starting April 3. Two sessions proceed at the Dixon Springs Experiment Station near Robbs in Pope county on April 3–4 and 5–6. A third school will be held April 9–10 at Deep Valley Flatt Fulton county.
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University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Dixon Springs
Robbs
Pope County
Deep Valley
Flatt
Fulton County
Traffic Safety Efforts Boost Safer Cars and Driver Duty
The article notes combined efforts by automobile manufacturers state legislatures and safety groups leading to added safety devices in newer cars. It highlights progress in reducing highway fatalities and industry intent to keep improving vehicle protection. It stresses that regardless of car safety, motorists must still prevent accidents.
Rules of the Road booklet offer in 1930s safety drive
A public notice urges drivers to follow road rules despite new car safety devices. It emphasizes that devices cannot save a pedestrian if struck and offers a free copy of the complete Rules of the Road booklet upon request from Charles F. Carpentier, Secretary of State, Springfield.
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Charles F. Carpentier
Springfield
TiMnote
Farm school sessions set for April at Plainfield
The George Bris bin Farm in Plainfield Will County will host two school sessions on April 12 and 13. County farm advisers will handle enrollment and send the applicant to the college. Each school runs 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with a one dollar enrollment fee, refundable to attendees who complete both days.
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George
Brisbin Farm
Plainfield
Will County
County Farm
Christian Science Church Notice at 614 Pine Street
The Christian Science church at 614 Pine Street invites the public to Sunday school at 9:30 and Sunday services at 11:00 with a sermon on the topic Matter. A Wednesday testimony meeting at 7:45 and a reading room open Wednesday from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
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Christian Science
Pine Street
Mn Iag
Publi
Card of Thanks From Carl Helman
Carl Helman thanks friends and neighbors for their kind remembrances while he was in the hospital.
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Carl Helman
Sunday school and social notices from Livingston area
Sunday attendance was 42 at Livingstons Sunday school with preaching at 9 30 next Sunday. Families and guests visited various households Friday and Saturday night including the Murphy and Tingley families. The Murphy Duran wedding took place at the Methodist church Sunday afternoon and Fred Tingley attended Henry Hart and wife golden wedding in Sullivan Indiana. Flood control work begins on hilltops at farms per Dixon Springs Illinois University forestry specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faris Sweet
Jud. Griffin
Fenton Shirely
Chester McNary
Robert Tingley
Dora Rose
Claud Bowers
Howard Kemper
John
Cleo Murphy
Allen Hillard
Howard Murphy
Fred Tingley
Raymond Reedy
Dorothy
Murphy-Duran
Methodist Church
Henry Hart
Sullivan
Ind
Dixon Springs Experiment Station
University of Illinois
Downer Cows Linked to Protein Deficiency
Report notes Downer cows frequently suffer from protein deficiency harming health and milk production. Veterinarians urge balanced diets with adequate protein to improve recovery and productivity in dairy herds.
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Marshall Herald
Wabash Valley Printing Co
Mark Stewart
Carlos Stewart
Herald
Biry
Avice
Charles F Carpentier
Livingston
Morey
Archer Avenue
Plymouth
Shorrow
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