Merger Studies Advance for City Township Schools Plan
Supt. G E Ebbertt said three more merger committees have completed preliminary planning and begun full scale studies this summer. They cover attendance regulations pupil reports and records and special education with leaders including Ward Hartzell Hal Wood and Charles Nipple overseeing the groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Ebbertt
Ward Hartzell
Paris Capron
Hazelwood
Ozora White
Westvale
Lowell LaGarde
Forest Hills
Lester Clevenger
North Anderson
Paul Redding
Madison Heights
Hal Wood
South Side Junior High
Edna Rhynearson
Anderson High
Cochairmen
Harold Gallagher
Beckwith Jury Deliberations Continue in Evers Murder Case
In Jackson Mississippi the Byron De La Beckwith murder trial for Medgar Evers reached the fourth hour of jury deliberations with no verdict. Jurors were excused for dinner at 6 p.m. CST and resumed after an hour, continuing the case outside a courthouse side door.
Charges Filed Here Against 3 Suspects
Formal charges were filed yesterday against three suspects in Anderson. Frank Kay Carter, 27, of Markleville faces vehicle taking related to a stolen car and wreck at 10th and Jackson Streets. Ronald Lee Clark, 22, of Anderson is charged with theft of a shotgun and a Civil War pistol from a 90 year old resident. John Henry Hayes, 26, of 2426 Locust Street faces a preliminary second degree burglary charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markleville
Main Street
Anderson
Frank Kay Carter
10Th
Jackson Streets
Leon Murphy
Kenneth Hosier
Carter
Kenneth Huffman
Gilbert Robinett
William F. Lawler, Jr
Ronald Lee Clark
Robert Estes
Estes
Clark
John Henry Hayes
Jury Deadlocks In Beckwith Evers Killing Trial
An all white jury failed to reach a verdict after seven hours of deliberation in the By ron De La Beckwith case over Medgar Evers assassination. Security was tight as spectators, many from a Negro college, filled the courtroom before the jurors retired for the night. Beckwith, on trial for a second time, previously faced a mistrial. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckwith
Evers
Reconstruction Under Way After Sun Valley Speedway Fire
Fire destroyed the Sun Valley Speedway main grandstand and concession area causing about 150000 in damage. Track owner Joe Helpling plans immediate rebuilding and expects to reopen for stock car racing in time for the Little 500 in 37 days. Anderson Fire Chief Jack Richardson said the fire began in the concession area and wind-driven flames spread rapidly. cause is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Valley Speedway
Joe Helpling
Anderson
Jack Richardson
Helpling
Helen O'Connor
Day and Night Talks Ordered to Avert Railroad Strike
Federal mediators amid nine days left to avert a nationwide rail strike ordered management and union negotiators to hold day and night sessions starting Thursday. The talks, led by Labor Secretary Wirtz, move to a second stage as mediators intensify efforts to modify positions and reach a settlement. President Johnson seeks a answer by next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
White House
George E. Reedy
W. Willard Wirtz
J.johnson
Madison County Groups Shine In Indiana music meet
Madison Heights and Pendleton led Madison County schools with superior ratings at the Indiana School Music Association event at Ball State. Madison Heights won superior in Class A bands and mixed chorus while Pendleton earned superior in Class C bands. Other area groups received excellent or superior ratings across bands and choruses, with multiple directors named for their high placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capper
Anothe
Madison County Band
Nancy Bennett
Ball State
Madison Heights
Pendleton
Madison County
Francis E. Barker
Herbert
David Greenlee
James Chandler
Anderson
Richard Seaver
Alexandria
Everett Rossow
Frankton
Robert Barker
Highland
Donald Burris
Lapel
Sidney Flack
Leon Williams
Benjamin Loveaul
Walnut Grove
Dalelayton
Jackson Central
Highland Fling Sponsored by Highland Community Association
The annual Highland Fling will be held tonight from 5 to 10 in the Highland gym. George Rout says the program includes food entertainment and other features with proceeds used to buy books for the school library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Highland Community Association
Pen and Friends of
Highland Hgh School
Highland Gym
George Rout
Five tank officers begin training with ancient armor at Marston Moor
Catterick England AP reports thirty officers are slated for tactical innovation as seventeen century armor and pikes are tested. An army spokesman says officers cannot feel battle from books or lectures alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catterick
England
Marston Moor
Alaska Area Reports Potentially Destructive Quake
A strong earthquake about 300 miles southwest of Kodiak Island registered from 6.7 to 7.2 on different scales, with no tidal waves or official warnings. It occurred at about 9:30 a.m. Alaska time and caused unease in Anchorage despite minimal local shaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
API
Kodiak Island
Aleutian Trench
Norman Rasmussen
University of Washington
Seattle
University of Alaska
Fairbanks
Caltech
Pasadena
Calif
Rasmussen
Kodiak
Weather snapshot for today and tonight
Partly cloudy and warmer with a high in the low 80s and a low around 53. Yesterday reached 77 degrees. Sunset at 7 24 p m and sunrise at 6 11 a m tomorrow.
Anderson Man to Be Sentenced in Bombing Case
William Sterling Rosecrans Jr. of Anderson Indiana will be sentenced Friday in federal court for his confessed bombing of a home linked to a Negro boy who entered a white school. He pleaded guilty March 13 to related charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville, Fla
UPI
William Sterling Rosecrans,Jr
Anderson
Indiana
Career Guidance Data Offered For Students
More than 70 career occupations will be outlined by guest teachers at Anderson High School during the annual Career Day program. Sponsored by the high school counseling services department and Anderson Rotary Club, the 16th year features lectures in fields from accounting and auto mechanics to aviation and beauty culture with speakers from Indianapolis, Chicago, Lapel, Redkey and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson High School
High i
Anderson Rotary Club
Thomas D. Kurtz
Jim Johnson
Don Odle
Upland
Ind
Ken Widner
June Rose
Chicago
William Pope
Tom Haston
Zoe Ellen Vaughn
Donald Alle
Cedric Dunkerly
Ray Humphrey
Kenneth
Johnson Announces Colombia Canal Study Pact
President Johnson said the United States reached a formal agreement with Colombia to study a potential sea level canal to replace the Panama Canal. A 10 member survey team will depart for Colombia to join a Colombian team for joint feasibility studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Johnson
United States
Colombia
Panama Canal
Senate
Atlantic
Pacific
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Canal Zone
GOP Group Scores Agriculture Policies
A Republican study group within the Republican Citizens Committee denounces Democratic farm policies as costly and ineffective. It proposes aims to curb government controls and subsidies, arguing current programs overproduce and hamper expansion. Dr Milton S Eisenhower chairs the committee as it previews issues for the 1960s campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
GOP
Republican Citizens Committee
Critical Issues Council
Milton S. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
D. Morse
Eisenhower
Eisenhower l
Ezra Taft Benson
Aviatrix Starts Home on World Solo Bid
Mrs. Jerrie Mack, already holder of Pacific Ocean records, begins a dog leg from Oakland to Columbus via Tucson and El Paso aiming to become the first woman to solo around the world in a single engine Cessna 180. If successful she may set a sub 3,850 pound aircraft speed record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
UPI
Jerrie Mack
Pacific Ocean
Columbus
Ohio
Tucson
Ariz
Herusband, Russell
el Paso
Tex
Memphis
Tenn
California
Fullerton
Mack
Honolulu
Pacific
Globe
Texas
Final Reports Due In Citadel Drive
Salvation Army drive for a new citadel reports $191,850 raised so far. Final reports will be presented at a noon luncheon today in the Old Salem room at the YMCA. The facility will stand at 17th and Meridian, replacing the 900 block of Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Old Salem
YMCA
Howard Webb
Paul Newbern
17Th
Meridian Streets
Main St
Guerrillas Build Up For New Attack In Kien Long
Reports say Communist guerrillas are assembling around Kien Long in Ca Mau as survivors recount a three day battle sparked by Sundays massacre. U S advisers warn supplies and reinforcements are slow with heavy casualties borne by government forces and civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kien Long
South Viet Nam
U. S
Ca Mau
Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Saigon
Meking
Tan Phu
Art Exhibit Planned By Civic Group
The Anderson Civic Art Association announces its annual amateur exhibit set for April 20 through May 4 at the YWCA. Entries limited to Madison County residents with amateur status. a $1 hanging fee applies and exhibitors may submit up to two paintings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Civic Art Association
Richard Moore
YWCA
Association
Moore
Madison County
New Arrivals Born at Local Hospitals
List of newborns and parents from St. John’s and Community Hospitals includes boys and girls born to Gard ner, Mummert, Chandler, Cakley, Cox, Burke, Guenther, Bolin, Hensley, Jackson, Cowen, Steinkuehler. Addresses given for each family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cox
Markleville Rd
Ralph Burke
Catalpa Dr
Robert Guenther
E. Lynn Sr
Joseph Bolin
Pendleton
Earl Hensley
18Th St
Robert Jackson
Ernest Cowen
W. 8Th St
Fred Steinkuehler
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Sun Valley
City
Herald
Cipal
Verona Malone
Central
Myrna Mills
Harold Zellers
Lindberg
Sam Valentine
Don Pyle
Victor Owens
Franklin
Russell Davis
Lavinia Burton
South Side
Thelma Condon
Longfellow
Charles Nipple
Pauline Merritt
Harold Gellagher
Ebbertt
Evansville, Ind
Richard E. Foltz
Evansville
Gene Swindell
Charles Ashton
Don Cozart
Tom Purpus
Robert Zook
Arnold Jones
John R. Richardson
Ray Toles Jr
Russell Johnson
Life
Robert V. B. Love
Mervyn Fisher
Invest‘ment
Paul P. Quinnan
Charles Dickmann
Doyle Wright
William Rice
Redkey
Vila Deu‘bach
Ken O'Heron
Victor Muller
Ed Paschal
H. Burkett
P.O
Don Cox
al McGrath
Pearson
Moody
Cpl
Pfromm
DeLaney
Aviatrix
Citadel
St. John’s Hospital
Charlie Gardner
E. 35Th St
Max Mummert
Delaware St
Robert Chandler
Cakley
Ohio Ave
Community Hospital
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