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...Angeles, one Robert Coy of Peoria, Ill., was hospitalized with swollen ankles after playing 459 holes in 39 hours over the 6,500-yd. golf course at Potrero (a record...
...while my company manager and I were stranded in a railroad station near Peoria, with one hamburger between us, that the idea first occurred. Did you ever think of having a duck or a chicken or a turkey 'in your act?' the manager asked. I never had, but I could see that the idea had definite posibilities...
...Peoria, Ill., Fireman Joe Turner was on the second floor of the firehouse when he heard the alarm. He leaped for the pole, started sliding, ignited matches in his breast pocket, burned his chest, was prompted to let go. The drop broke both legs. It was a false alarm...
Knox College of Galesburg, Ill., has not won a game since October 1931. After last week it was within one game of equaling Hobart College's all-time record of 27 straight defeats when it lost to Bradley Polytechnic of Peoria...
Following the law, FDIC organized the Depositors National Bank of East Peoria to assume the insured deposit liabilities of the closed bank, receive new deposits, function temporarily. It will try to raise capital to reorganize the bank, return it to private management. If capital is not subscribed within two years, or if no merger with a solvent institution can be arranged, FDIC is authorized to place the new bank in voluntary liquidation, wind up its affairs. East Peoria, whose Caterpillar Tractor Co. foundry was last week closed down to prevent warfare between workers and strike pickets, has not suffered unduly...