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Illinois Director of Insurance John E. Washburn ordered a hearing for May 31 on the proposed acquisition by Batus Inc. of Illinois Farmers Insurance Co., an insurance exchange run by Los Angeles-based Farmers Group . . . Baker Hughes Inc. of Houston reported that the the number of working domestic oil and gas rigs rose by 17 to 897 this week.

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