Jury verdict in accidental death of Betty Jo Morgan
A Lanark jury ruled Miss Betty Jo Morgan died of suffocation burned in a farm home fire northeast of Thomson. Inquest testimony included her mother Mrs. Raymond Morgan and Francis Henneman with sheriff, coroner, and deputy state fire marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jo Morgan Lanark
Thomson Day
Reeds
Raymond Morgan
Francis Henneman
Thomson
Howard Gorman
L. B. Hussey
Kenneth Sheeley
Dixon
Gorman
Farmhouse blaze consumes home and car after wedding plans
Mrs. Morgan testified her daughter planned to wed October 30 and left home Friday morning to clean the farm. Firefighters found the house collapsed into the basement and the fiances Chevrolet burning. Coroner and sheriff described gas appliances connected to a LP tank and a faint odor noted earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Morgan
Chevrolet
Henneman
Fulton
Drives, Inc
Clinton
Thomson
Ing
McFadden
Miss Morgan
Inflation talks and a call for shared sacrifice in mid-century economy
Babson Park column discusses inflation causes blaming government, big business, unions, and rising wages. It urges cooperation among government, business, labor, and banks to avert a deflationary crash, warns against delaying action, and stresses wartime restraint on the money supply while noting risks of price spikes and layoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson Park
Mass
Vietnam
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Labor
Survey Aims to Boost Pork Promotion Amid Slipping Demand
A nationwide hog reduction survey seeks input on who should run pork promotion and funding levels through marketing checkoffs as pork share slips while beef rises. The study, due by October 10, notes pork at 10 percent of hotel and restaurant meat in Chicago versus beef near 60 percent, and urges expanded promotion and merchandising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Livengood
Milledgeville
John Shields
Shannon
Bob Lundgren
Swift and Company
Dick Carlisle
University of Illinois
Extension Livestock
Carroll County Live
Toelp
Chicago
Milledgeville Herd Improvement Association
Massey Harris
Krause
John Deere
Kewanee
Milledgeville swine herd improvement and farm association notes
Stock Feeders' Association joins Milledgeville swine herd improvement group and Carroll County farm group in union. Local farmers discuss breeding, feed, and market plans for the coming season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville Swine Herd Improvement Association
Carroll County
Seeneoets
Tels
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HIS & Hers
Bradulski
St. Ave. So
Frank W. Mest Insurance Agency
General Insurance Fire
Chadwick Iil
Iowa
J. H. Potts & Son
Lyons
Interstate Power
Interstate
Fom
Babson’s Weekly Report
Cecil Medenblik
Gateway Bridge
Perr
Massey
Mentoeneca
Julius T. Medenblik
Illinois
Clayton Dykema
John Brondyke
Byron Hutchins
the Fashion Shop
Main St
Savanna, Ill
Cornell Bultema
Ashpole
Blacktop
Morrison
Union Grove
Montgomery Ward
Davenport
Ziegler
Smith Trust and Savings Bank
Corneil Bultema
Richard
Norma) Burns
Henry Deets
Farm Auction Service
Don Dykema and
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