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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1972
Page
7
Welfare rolls rose to 15,070,000 in March, a record since federal relief began in 1966. The increase of 212,000 came mainly from AFDC beneficiaries, the disabled, and general assistance, with expenditures at about 1.6 billion dollars.
The 1856 British Guiana one cent black on magenta stamp, of which only one specimen exists, is estimated at 120000 pounds or about $288000 by Stanley Gibbons. The stamp was bought in 1970 by Erwin Wynberg for 116000 pounds.
The Joiner school building in West Frankfort at 1200 W. St. Louis St. went unsold at Saturday’s auction as no bidders appeared. Supt. Elvis Nolen said no bid ders attended, and the two story brick structure likely will be razed unless a buyer is found.
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