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Illinois state news highlights 1953 traffic toll and water crisis
Illinois recorded 2179 traffic deaths in 1953 including 224 in December, with credit given to center strip reflectors and traffic safety drives during football season. The report notes severe water shortages across central and southern Illinois, with 41 communities affected and multiple towns at risk of exhausting supplies by early 1954 and groundwater-fed areas also strained.
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Illinois
Eewin A. Rosenstone
Public Works
William G. Stratton
University of Illinois
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Quincy
Jacksonville
Lincoln
Clinton
Paxton
Danville
A. M. Buswell
State Geological Survey
Tregards
Dr. Buswell
Astoria
Carthage
Galatia
Harrisburg
Kincaid
Marissa
Mattoon
Altamont
Ashley
Carrier Mills
Decatur
Highland
Johnston City
Mt. Sterling
Lessor
Waterloo
Blandinsville
Eureka
LaHarpe
Nashville
Norris City
Olney
Sparta
Vienna
Virginia
White Hall
Greenville
Arcola
Assumption
Barry
Beecher City
Camp Point
Dongola
Jonesboro
Teutopolis
Windsor