Charities Big Problem For Corporations
New York June 16 Donations to charity face scrutiny as many firms wrestle with whom to aid and how much to give. Corporate philanthropy now totals about 300 million dollars annually, about 0.75 percent of pre tax profits. The 5 percent limit offers room to grow, potentially 2 billion dollars, but IRS rules and merit reviews gate approvals. Firms like Ford and Sears Roebuck use foundations while others create annual budgets or committees to manage charitable spending.
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Young Democrats elect Alan Young Belleville president
Quincy reports the Young Democrats of Illinois chose State Rep. Alan Young 24 of Belleville as its new president at the convention closing Saturday. Clyde Choate of Anna was nominated but quit before the first ballot.
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Illinois
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Clyde Choate
Anna
Nashville man 48 dies by self-inflicted gunshot
Washington County authorities say Harry Vogelpohl55? 48 appeared to shoot himself at his Nashville home Sunday. Coroner Charles Longwell notes Vogelpohl had been despondent since the death of his employer John Clarkson, president of Clarkson Manufacturing Company of Nashville, last Wednesday.
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Percy Man Injures Foot in Accident
George Brown of Percy, an employee at Chester Milling Supply and Barrmc Construction company, bruised and swollen the toes of his left foot on Friday after dropping a sheet of plywood on it.
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Dongola Opens New Grade School for Front Eight Grades
Dongola’s lone school expanded with a new grade school building begun in 1950 and completed in April this year. The facility houses eight grades and about 250 students taught by nine teachers. Superintendent James Harding, formerly at Mounds, heads the district.
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Oil blast kills man and injures two nearby workers
A premature explosion at an oil well five miles south of Lawrenceville killed George Hawkins 26 and injured Marvin Stone 38 Grayville Roy Woodward 39 Crossville and W R Lawton 40 Bridgeport. The bomb failed to detonate 30 quarts of nitroglycerine nearby.
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Hawkins
Marvin Stone
Grayville
Roy Woodward
Crossville
W.R. Lawton
Bridgeport
SiU Campus Alive as Enrollment Begins
Southern Illinois University campus comes alive as faculty and students return for summer quarter. Registration started at 8 a.m. and was to end by 3 p.m. Late registration continues throughout the week. Over 320 class periods are planned for undergrad and grad students this summer.
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Southern Illinois University
Earthquakes in Mississippi River Basin Past 150 Years
Although the basin is not in an earthquake belt, the Mississippi River region has experienced several quakes over the last 150 years, indicating intermittent seismic activity in this area.
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Mississippi River
School of Religion at Iowa Celebrates 25th Year Anniversary
The State University of Iowa marks 25 years since establishing a School of Religion. The program teaches religion as history and culture without doctrinal creed, with four professors plus a Hebrew instructor and a Catholic priest. Enrollment grew from wartime 2,400 to over 700 in the latest year.
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Iowa City
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M. Willard
School of Religion
America
Iowa
Lawrenceville Plant Remains Strikebound
The Wilco Chemical plant stays idle with 60 workers out in a wage dispute. Local 368 CIO Oil Workers union seeks a 15 cent raise from a current range of 1.44 to 1.71 per hour. Negotiations lack a resume date as of today, with workers walking out Friday.
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Wilco Chemical Company
Frank Cullom
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Gopher Hitch-Hikes Through Yorkton Visit
A gopher hitch-hiked into Yorkton Canada during a brief town visit. The animal hopped from a farmer’s car onto the pavement and hopped back as the car started away.
Recalls Early Newspapers SIU Curator Explains Papers History
John Allen, curator of history at Southern Illinois University Museum, discusses how early newspapers served political influence and ideas more than news. He notes Illinois towns had numerous short lived papers and highlights figures like Hall, Lovejoy, and Edwards.
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John Allen
Southern Illinois University Museum
Illinois
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Vandalia
Edwardsville
Illinois Territory
Russellville
Matthew Duncan
Kaskaskia
Minian Edwards
Duncan
Illinois Herald
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Henry Eddy
Allen W. Kimmel
Ohio
Pittsburgh
James Hall
Kimmel
Hall
America
Sigma Delta Chi
National Journalism Fraternity
Alton
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