West Frankfort chamber speaker urges high goals and timing
A West Frankfort Chamber of Commerce dinner heard guest Joe Sutton urge members to set high goals and maximize opportunities. He highlighted communication and time management as keys to success, while James Gray received a service plaque for his leadership, and local student Diane Depper read essays on freedom and patriotism.
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Social Security expands disability benefits programs
The article explains liberalized rules for disability eligibility under Social Security, including lowered work requirements for those under 31, widowed disabled spouses eligible from age 50, and continued benefits during and after trial work. It notes increased impact on family beneficiaries and projects a rise in 1968.
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Organist Porter Heaps Plans Benton Community Concert
Porter Heaps, traveling organist for the Hammond Organ Co., will present a popular music concert at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Benton Community High School. The open and free event highlights Heaps’s extensive credentials including degrees from Northwestern University and a history with major Chicago venues and broadcasts. In other news the Bonn government announced Allies will relinquish postwar rights to tap telephones and open mail in West Germany once West Germany grants emergency powers.
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Weather Bureau tornado film to be shown in Murphysboro
An official United States Weather Bureau film on tornadoes will be shown Tuesday night in Murphysboro. The program starts at 7 p.m. in the circuit court room of the Jackson County courthouse. Raymond Graff, Jackson County Civil Defense director, said the film was obtained through the Weather Bureau station in Cairo. Graff said CD units from several counties in Southern Illinois and Southeastern Missouri plan to send delegations.
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Weather Bureau
Cairo
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