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Jefferson Co Sixth in State in Bond Drive
Jefferson county ranks sixth among 102 counties in the Series E U S Savings Bonds drive with $74,324 raised, 72.3 percent of its $103,000 quota as of June 10. The drive runs May 15 to July 4, with counting extended to July 17. A one ton Liberty Bell replica touring Illinois will be placed in the Hall of Age in Springfield on July 5. Illinois totals reach 40.5 percent of its $56,048,000 quota with $22,720,215 in Series E bonds through June 10. The report comes from Arnold J. Raven, State Director, U S Treasury Savings Bonds Division, Illinois. Optical glass can be made very transparent or very opaque to UV light.
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Jefferson County
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Chicago
Arnold J. Raven
U. S. Treasury
Ilinois
Jefferson
Illinois
Hall of Age
Centennial
Springfield
U. S. Treasury Department