Illinois clock-racing assembly doles out 180 bills
Springfield June 29 AP The Illinois Legislature nears adjournment with about 180 bills left to act on before session ends tomorrow or Sunday Most are minor but a gasoline tax increase and congressional reapportionment stand out If no large deadlock occurs both houses will trim calendars and close quickly Yesterday the houses passed 138 bills Automatic voting machines sped up business The Workmen’s Compensation act would boost cash awards by 13.3 percent and extend coverage for eye or limb losses Also approved were a Peru bridge project 2.1 million dollars and a Fox River bridge in Aurora 750 thousand for a Chicago contagious disease hospital conversion and a 50 thousand dollar commission to study city finances plus youth and dangerous-persons commissions Annual audits of park concession receipts and expenditures were approved The Paris union school board would gain a member and county boards of school trustees would be elected in each county Water boards may be formed in cities and villages with voter approval Cook County would gain eight more circuit court judges The Revenue Department would require tax stamps on liquor for export to other states to curb bootlegging
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Pvt Allen Misselhorn At Fort Leonard Wood furlough visit
Pvt Allen Misselhorn of Campbell Hill spends a furlough with his mother Mrs Rose Misselhorn in the hometown area. He is stationed at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
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Allen Misselhorn
Campbell Hill
Rose Misselhorn
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo
Wounded Sgt. Joe L. Conant of Anna in Korea Action
Sgt. Joe L. Conant son of Mrs. James G. Conant of Anna was seriously wounded June 10 in Korea with gunshot wounds to liver chest and right kidney. He served eight months with the Seventh Infantry Regiment 3rd Division and faced rotation July 21. He had an emergency furlough in March due to his illness and his brother Sgt. Ralph Connant was also home then.
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Anna
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Pearl Harbor
Rathert on Furlough from Ft. Lawton Visits Campbell Hill
Corporal Willard Rathert spends a furlough in Campbell Hill with his parents Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Rathert. He has been stationed at Ft. Lawton Washington since being recalled to service.
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Morocco’s Status as a Monarchy and Associated States
Morocco is described as a monarchy and as a French and Spanish associated state in the text. The note emphasizes monarchic rule alongside colonial-era status considerations.
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Steeleville Woman Faces Plane Belly Landing
The wife of a former Steeleville resident traveling with Army family members aboard Constellation back to Kansas City faced a 45 minute circling approach when the landing gear failed to deploy. The belly landing left passengers braced and shaken though unharmed, with one woman becoming hysterical and others pale but silent after the safe exit.
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Missouri Lutheran Admits Negro Congregations
The Northern Illinois district of the Lutheran church Missouri Synod admitted two Chicago Negro congregations, St. Philip Lutheran and Church of Christ the King, into full membership. The decision was unanimous at the River Forest convention at Concordia College. Rev. Arthur H. Werfelman was re elected president of the northern district. The Liberia capital Monrovia and founding year 1822 appear in the text.
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