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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1950
Page
12
Downstate property tax ceilings under the Hodge formula expire end of 1952. lawmakers convene Jan 3 to decide replacement. Proposals include extending the Hodge ceilings, adding a constitutional amendment, or shifting to voter-set limits. Taxpayers warn of rising bills while officials seek relief amid calls for home rule.
Directors of Southern Illinois Inc gather in Marion tonight for their annual dinner and election of officers. Meeting starts 6 30 p m in the Pine Room of the Marion Motel. President is M J Bozarth of Murphysboro with a slate drawn from the board including Clyde Brewster J H Hayton Geoffrey Hughes O W Lyerla Paul F McRoy Roland F Murman Oscar Schafale and others. The annual meeting was postponed due to ice and snow.
Walkup Carbondale H A Whit tenberg Herrin Ralph Thurmond Marion and Bozarth are mentioned alongside a nationwide figure that Americans bought a record 23.6 billion dollars worth of life insurance in 1949.
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