Motorist 71 Confirms No Tricks In License Exam
Illinois driver Homer Abney explains road tests are standard and legal with no tricks. Fred Sargent, 45 years behind wheel, shows age is not a disqualifier as long as tests are passed. New rules require drivers over 70 to renew by examination and study of Rules of the Road.
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Illinois
Homer Abney
Delaware St
Abney
Fred Sargent
Franklin St
Sargent
Hoopeston
Danville
Chicago Motor Club
N. Vermilion St
Vermilion St. Bureau
Statewide Civic Support Begins for 1954 Blue Ballot Campaign
Samuel W. Witwer Jr and Charles Shuman launch a bi partisan statewide civic committee to educate voters on the 1954 Blue Ballot constitutional amendments. The effort aims to win support for the Reapportionment Amendment to remap Illinois legislative districts fairly, counting down to the November ballot.
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Samuel W. Witwer, Jr
Chicago
Charles Shuman
Sullivan
Illinois Agricultural Association
Witwer
Shuman
Illinois Committee For
Cook County
Illinois
Vacation issues limit Patoka Register content this week
The Patoka Register announces a two week vacation with the current and next issue produced in advance. Editors describe planning, travel to Florida via Greenville Mississippi, and hope to visit Silver Springs Cypress Gardens Everglades while thanking advertisers for ahead of time submissions.
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The
Patoka Register
Register
Greenville
Mississippi
Florida
Fountain of Youth
Heaven On Earth
Middle Central West
Silver Springs
Cypress Gardens
Everglades
East Coast
Water a Nation's Lifeblood and Local Responsibility
An editorial on water use argues Americans require 30 tons of water weekly per person, highlighting water’s economic value, ongoing projects totaling about $40 billion, and the need for local community driven conservation with federal partnership as envisioned by Eisenhower. It stresses flood prevention, hydroelectric priorities, and broad cooperation among states, communities, and government to keep water pure and abundant.
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America
Eisenhower
Shrine Honors Labor Leader Philip Murray in Pittsburgh
A granite shrine in St. Anne's cemetery Pittsburgh commemorates Philip F Murray founder of United Steel Workers and former CIO president. Murray arrived in 1902 from Scotland to work as a miner shaping a lifetime of labor advocacy and union leadership.
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Philip F. Murray
Pittsburgh
St. Anne's Cemetery
Murray
America
Scotland
United Mine Workers
CIO
United Steel Workers
Barre
White Granite Company
James F. Martin
CIO National Executive Board
Did You Know Facts From History
A collection notes Popocatepetl is a Mexican volcano, Free Masonry’s early colonial presence, Girl Scouts founded in 1912, Olympic Games first recorded in 776 B.C. Greece, horse racing millennium-old, first Boat Race 1829 Henley, James Naismith invents basketball 1891 92, first car race Paris to Rouen 1894, Argentina found 1516 by Juan Diaz de Solis, dog fall in wrestling, clay pigeons made of asphaltum.
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Popocatepetl
Mexico
Girl Scouts of the USA
B.C
Greece
Henley
James Naismith
Paris
Rouen
Argentina
Juan Daiz de Solis
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Howard Lewis
Danville Commercial News
American Watershed Council
Sonpront
Edwin R. Cotton
American Watershed Council, Inc
Washington, D. C
Pres. Eisenhower
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