DuQuoin Dub predicts record Hambletonian speed and gal winner
DuQuoin Fair officials forecast a new speed mark in the $150,000 Hambletonian on August 29 and a record crowd for the five day Grand Circuit meet. Three eligible fillies Impish Sprite Rodney and Spry Rodney captivate, with Impish a former world champion filly. Gene and Don Hayes note harness racing's growth as George Burns Carol Channing Anita Bryant and Andy Griffith headline week shows.
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DuQuoin
Ill
DuQuoin Fair
Impish
Sprite Rodney
Spry Rodney
Gene
Don Hayes
DuQuoin State Fair
America
Hambletonian
George Burns
Carol Channing
Anita Bryant
Andy Griffith
Two From Patoka Graduate at SIU
The SIU Carbondale campus awarded degrees to 1,180 graduates in the largest class to date. Among the honorees were Maurice Neil Jolliff with a BSA and David Lee Sanders with a BSE.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Maurice Neil Jolliff
David Lee Sanders
Illinois Power plans rate cut for rural and small communities
Illinois Power Company filed for an electric rate reduction with the Illinois Commerce Commission affecting 91 568 residential customers in 100 small communities and rural areas. If approved the new charges would take effect on bills due after July 15 1962. Rural residents would see about 1 17 dollars monthly drop and smaller communities about 43 cents monthly. The company cites economies from increased rural electricity use and notes an available reduced rate schedule for qualifying industrial customers.
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Illinois Power Company
Illinois Commerce Commission
Commission
W. R. Hughes
Illinois Power
Eldorado
Junction City
Enfield
Equality
Ashley
Okanville
Patoka
Bluford
Hughes
Companywide rate reductions total $1.2 million annually
The text states that the total amount of rate reductions across the company is $1,200,000 per year. It implies these cuts affect the cost to serve customers but lacks additional specifics about implementation or scope.
Time to File for New Wheat Acreage Allotments
The ASCS county office accepts wheat allotment applications. Farms with an existing allotment and no wheat in at least one of 1960 61 or 62 will be dropped for 1963 unless a new farm allotment is filed and approved by the county ASC committee. Final filing date is June 30, 1962.
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ASCS
ASC
Attractive Residential Home with 4 Bedrooms and Garage
The listing highlights a residential property with 4 bedrooms and oil circulating heat. It includes a bathroom, a garage, and a lot prepared for trailer rental. The property spans 2 to 3 lots and emphasizes attractive features for potential buyers.
Illinois to honor 102 farm families at 1962 State Fair
A total of 102 outstanding farm families one from each county will be honored at the 1962 Illinois State Fair. Nominees come from county agriculture and home economics extension representatives in cooperation with county councils.
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Marion County
Illinois
Hemlock
Gordon W, Isaac Charlotte M. Isaac
Southern Illinois Editorial Association
Norman H. Davison
Centralia
E. Broadway
Kohnen Concrete Products
Germantown
III
MFA
C. E
Bud) Ponder
SIU
Register
Mac Eagan Insurance Agency
COX & Martin Funeral Homes
Sandoval
Vernon
Chevrolet
Ford Ferguson
Edward Beyer
Martin Beyer
Elston Protz
Virgil Wernsman
Orchestra
kLebor
Coe du Quoin State Fair
DU Quoin
Linden
Griffin Real Estate Agency
Patcka
Leslie M. Griffin
Country Life Insurance Company
Paul Logan
Country Insurance Company
the Register
Patoka, Illinois
Old Capitol Monument Works
South 6Th Street
Vandalia, Ill
Ted Holsapple Body Shop
E. McMackin Salem,uh
Salem
Wrecker Service
Barenfanger Lumber
Barenfangers Vandalia
SRY
Vandalia
Bath Outfit
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