Overload Fines For Trucks Set In House Bill
Illinois House roads and bridges committee approved a bill to levy 2 to 10 cent per pound fines on overloaded trucks based on weight over 2 000 pounds up to 5 000 plus. A 500 pound cargo shift tolerance was added. A companion bill to suspend habitual violator licenses was held over for further consideration.
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Springfield
Illinois
House Roads and Bridges Committee
Senate
Chester G. Moore
Chicago
Richard Stengel
Rock Island
Moore
John Lewis
Marshall
Stengel
David H. Ratner
Hayes Freight Lines
Mattoon
Old Man Above Will Do The Rest
Oscar Alsup 91 of Johnson County recalls five wars and a long life spent in Hell's Neck near Vienna He is proud of 105 descendants across four generations and keeps two fox hunt dogs He credits living right for his longevity and invites the old man above to do the rest
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Clindisan
Johnson County
Oscar Alsup
Vienna
Alsup
Hell’s Neck
Cobden
Kentucky
Lizzie Simmons
Tunnel Hill
Court House
Third bill outlines heavy truck routes and project priorities
The text describes a bill naming routes in a heavy truck network and creating a prioritized list of road improvement projects. Priority is to be based on structural adequacy safety service and traffic importance to reduce political pressure on highway officials and legislators.
Illinois Senate OKs dog and cat research bill
The Illinois Senate approved a bill by 31 to 16 to provide more stray dogs and cats for medical research. It would let city authorities turn over unclaimed pound animals to state licensed institutions for experiments, with House concurrence and Gov. Stevenson’s signature contingent on amendments protecting humane societies and local pound regulations.
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Springfield
Illinois Senate
House
Senate
Illinois Society For Medical Research
Adlai Stevenson
Humane Societies
State Health Department
Jet Ace James Jabara To Go to Scott Field
Air Force says history’s first jet air ace Captain James Jabara will be assigned to the air training command at Scott Field Belleville around July 10. He returns from Korea and plans a 30 day leave with the first part spent in McKinney Texas and then in Wichita Kansas.
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Washington
James Jabara
Air Training Command
Scott Field
Belleville
Air Force
Jabara
Korea
McKinney
Texas
Wichita
Kan
FASTEETH Offers Comfort for False Teeth
Advertisement notes FASTEETH powder tightens teeth plates for easier eating and talking. It promises no gummy taste and even reduces plate odor. Available at drug stores.
Service Trades To File Prices In Southern Illinois
Springfield Illinois June 7 Special Within the next 10 days practically every business man in Southern Illinois engaged in any kind of a service occupation must file a statement with the District Office of Price Stabilization showing price ceilings and on and after June 16 must post ceiling prices in their place of business. Ora Smith OPS director said these statements are simple and can be made on ordinary stationery. He advised obtaining Ceiling Price Regulation No 34 from local commerce associations or banks. OPS in Springfield offers advice. Trades affected include plumbers building trades apparel stores auto sales garages service stations laundries cleaners laundrettes shop repair upholsterers jewelers appliance repairs television radio repairs scavengers coal dealers locker plants machinery rebuilders beauty and barber shops massage parlors skating rinks amusement parks bowling alleys hotels and tourist camps and many other enterprises.
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Springfield
Illinois
Ora Smith
OPS
State Methodists Choose Bloomington For 1952 Meet
The Illinois Conference of the Methodist church selected Bloomington as the site of next year’s convention. The event will be held at the new Bloomington Methodist church and at Illinois Wesleyan University. In MacMurray College sessions, Rev. L. R. Tagg of Paxton was reappointed secretary of evangelism for a ninth year and Rev. Howard Oborn of Bloomington was kept as publicity director.
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Jacksonville
Illinois Conference of the Methodist Church
Bloomington
New Methodist Church of
Illinois Wesleyan University
MacMurray College
L. R. Tagg
Paxton
Howard Oborn
Bald eagle follows white hunters for offal in Australia
In Australia the bald eagle reportedly trails white hunters hoping to scavenge offal from the kill. It is said not to follow black hunters who also use offal, reflecting a controversial claim about racial bias in scavenging behavior.
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Australia
Scout Leaders Attend Camp in Osage Beach Missouri
Five leaders of the Egyptian Council Boy Scouts of America attend the National Camping and Aquatic School at Osage Beach Missouri this week. They prepare for five week camping at Camp Pakentuck July 15 to Aug 18. Also Gene Hall of Carterville attends Camp School in Buchanan Michigan as handicraft counselor. Other staff members noted.
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Egyptian Council
Boy Scouts of America
National
Camping and Aequatic School
Osage Beach
Camp Pakentuck
Leonard Alexander
Harrisburg
Randall Matthews
James Fern
P. G. Neal
West Frankfort
Buck Russler
Gene Hall
Carterville
Buchanan
Mich
Pakentuck
National Camping School graduates join Camp Pakentuck staff
Warren Stookey field executive and assistant camp director and Joe Kilpatrick Carbondale waterfront director are among seven National Camping School graduates slated to work at Camp Pakentuck this season. Sailors aboard Antarctic factory ships process whale meat into frozen steaks ground meat and stews during summer whaling operations.
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Warren Stookey
Joe Kilpatrick
Carbondale
Waterfront
Camp Pakentuck
Antarctic
Wonder Salve marketed for skin ailments Nationwide ad
An army developed salve promises relief from itching eczema psoriasis infections athlete's foot and other skin troubles. The grease less antiseptic Wonder Salve is safe for children and offered with a money back guarantee. It is sold in Carbondale by Fox Cline Vick Hewitt and Walgreens and in Herrin Murphysboro and other towns through local druggists.
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Tech
Carbondale
Fox, Cline- Vick, Hewitt
Walgreen
Herrn
Waggener, McDonald
Gilbert Walgreen
Murphysboro
Hagler, Doerr, and
Nunley Drug Stores
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Raymond Thom
Ed Hesse
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Lennox Furnaces
State Methodists
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston
Prescription
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Canada
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A. H. Peak
Chas. Easterly
Wm. Grindle
Bill Bracy
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Ray Ashton
Kay Ashtos
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