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Kerner Signs Bills Swank Heads New Public Aid Department
Illinois Gov Otto Kerner signed laws abolishing the Illinois Public Aid Commission and creating a public aid department headed by Harold C Swank who will oversee 5 200 workers. Aid checks total about 25 million monthly for roughly 430 000 people. Kerner also signed a 340 million building program financed by bonds and approved a 433 million state aid package for schools and other measures including auto safety and tax allocations.
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