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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1951
Page
2
The Illinois House adopted an amendment to forbid a graduated income tax and allow property classification. The 127 to 2 vote advances to the Senate for two-thirds approval before a statewide referendum next November. It is the second proposed constitutional amendment of 1951.
The Fort Pitt train from Pittsburg to Chicago reached on time despite two track obstructions. Engineer M J Colter stopped in Gary after striking tie plates and at Fifty sixth street and Stewart avenue where a five foot rail lay across the line. Police and railroad officials investigate. By 1953 Britain's engineering sector will devote 25 percent to defense work.
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