University of Illinois Begins television broadcasting
The University of Illinois launched WILL-TV on August 1 as the nations 14th educational station. Channel 12 serves Memorial Stadium area within 25 to 30 miles. The station trains students in TV techniques, pursues research, and offers programs not otherwise available. Initial broadcasts are Monday through Friday evenings. A GE transmitter gift and $100,000 equipment purchase from the Fund for Adult Education enabled the station.
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University of Illinois
Will-Tv
Memorial Stadium
General Electric Company
Fund For Adult Education
Summer Comfort Tips From Small Homes Council
The Small Homes Council at the University of Illinois urges homeowners to keep heat out this summer. Strategies include heat-reflective colors, exterior blinds, overhangs, tree plantings, and ventilation. Night cooling with fans beats daytime opening windows for faster temperature drops.
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University of Illinois
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For Sale and Local Notices and Facts From Vernon Illinois
Classifieds list pumps home heating water wells and farm repairs with contacts in Vernon Patoka and nearby areas. Items include water pump with pressure tank under a year old, three lots Pa toka, kitchen tools, tomato canning, and doors windows. Miscellaneous historical notes record Cape to Cairo Railroad 1918 and Michigan first abolition of capital punishment 1847 and first steam railroad 1830.
Treasurer's Report District 100 Illinois 1955 financial statement
Alice Nattier treasurer presents the annual financial statement for School District No. 100 Marion County Illinois covering July 1 1954 to June 30 1955. The report lists receipts and expenditures for Building and Educational funds including balances cash on hand and bonds, with totals and explanations of net receipts and operating expenses. It also notes a one thousand ninety three dollar loanable fund and closes with signatures of the treasurer and notary. President Dwight D Eisenhower birth in Denison Texas and the Soviet Union federation note appear as filler text.
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State Board For Vocational Education
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County Board of School Trustees
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Summer Comfort brochure offered by Small Homes Council
A page circular titled Summer Comfort is available for 10 cents from the Small Homes Council at the University of Illinois Urbana Illinois. The notice promotes a practical home design guide and urges readers to obtain the pamphlet for affordable advice.
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Small Homes Council
University of Illinois
Urbana, Il
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Egins Telecasting
Inquire Register “Office
Conservation Club
Patoka
Claude Gerrish
J & M Drilling Co
Vérnon, Il
Oliver
Woolsey and Brehm
Carlyle, Ill
L. D. Morey
Vernon, Ill
Phon
Harry Perkins
Vernon
Hampshire
Charles Nattier
Dean Bernius
Dean Britt
O. J. Hill, Patoka
L. C. Snyder
Cape To Cairo
Michigan
Baltimore
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Denison, Texas
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Patoka, Ill
Maytag
H. G. Foltz Hardware
W. E. Meyer Refrigeration Service
Snyder
Skelgas
Lg.a
Ld Wieners
Big Chief
Soda
Sunkist
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