Trucking Group Urges Emphasis On Gas Taxes
O T Banton reports a plan by Charles F Mansfield of the Agricultural Transportation Association to shift highway revenue to gas taxes. The proposal includes flat truck licenses, higher gas taxes, a per mile heavy truck levy, and possible gross revenue tax for interstate haulers, with receipts and reports required.
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Charles F. Mansfield
Springfield
Agricultural Transportation Association
Abraham Lincoln Hotel
Illinois
Mansfield
Illinois Division of
Ainst
Conference Committee
Illinois Fruit Council and Horticultural Society Elect New Officers
At the Broadview Hotel in East St Louis on Thursday the Illinois Fruit Council and Illinois Horticultural Society elected new officers. Harold J Hartley of Carbondale was re elected secretary for both groups and Curt E Eckert Belleville was first vice president, Lester R Stone Mol ine president, Frank Chatten Quincy second vice president, and C F Heaton Jr New Burnside treasurer of the horticultural society.
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Ilinois Fruit Council
Ilinois Horticultural Society
Broadview Hotel
East St. Louis
Harold J. Hartley
Carbondale
Curt E. Eckert
Belleville
Lester R. Stone
Happy Over Arrest Mother of Nine Awaits U S Action in Carmi
A mother of nine, Mrs. Sarah Pecks, 38, says she purposely stole an employer's car in Macy Indiana to be arrested so her children could be cared for. She claimed earnings as a waitress were not enough to feed them and hoped U S authorities would provide aid. She described driving on a highway for the first time without a license.
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Mother of Nine
U. S
Carmi
Indiana
Sarah Pecks
Macy
Ind
Ress
Santa Claus to visit Christopher Globe Theater lobby
Santa will greet children in the Globe Theater lobby in Christopher at 10 a.m. Saturday with a gift for all. A free show for children is sponsored by the Christopher Community Chest, which also funds a home decoration contest with prizes of 15, 10, 7.5 and 5 dollars. Judges remain unnamed and will announce winners after Christmas.
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Santa
Christopher Santa Claus
Globe Theater
Christopher
Christopher Community Chest
Community Chest
Liquor Reach Debate for Logging Camps
A brief from the International Woodworkers of America urged BC authorities to allow liquor sales in canteens at logging camps to address isolation. Four children with Mrs Pecks after her arrest were being cared for by Red Cross, with one son in the Navy. Mrs Pecks faces federal charges over a stolen vehicle.
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Vancouver
Canada
International Woodworkers of America
Commission On Sale of
British Columbia
Homecoming of Pfc Howard E Crain in Herrin
Pfc Howard E Crain son of Mrs Edith Crain 501 N 27th St Herrin returned home Friday after discharge from Camp Guile Mo He served 17 months with the 1st Cavalry Division in Korea before security duty in Japan He earned the Combat Infantryman Badge Korean and UN Service ribbons and the Army of Occupation Medal.
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Howard E. Crain
Edith Crain
27Th St
Herrin
Camp Guile Mo
1St Cavalry Division
Korea
Japan
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Boy Scouts
Murphysboro
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Jackson County
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Norman Rockwell
Thorp
Barry Crombar
Jerry Beck
Donald Genovese
Raymond Whiteside
Leyte
ROYAL
RAND
McGinnis Store
East Jackson
Carbondale, Ill
Maytag
Roy R. Simpson
South Illinois Carbondale
Garnet Owens
South
Oakland Carbondale
Gossip
Stella M. Smith
Oak Street
Ilinois
Louie
Hallmark
Baptist Book Store
W. Main
NORRE
Zenith
Dumont Television
Irs
Philco and
NORGE
Court Square
Trading Post the Home OF Fine Furniture
MR. Lavern Griffith
Charles Baggett
Mes
Maxine Reeves
Vogler Motor Co., Inc
Carbondale, Illinois
Goon
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Epicure
General Electric
Goodyear
Canfield
G. E
Arvin
Goodzyear Service Stores
Yancy Mitty
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