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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1968
Page
1
Washington report cites President Eisenhower urging a three front program to ease urban racial tensions. He calls for relocating ghetto drivel fers to western communities and providing practical training alongside decent housing and quality education.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Pendleton High School planning a mock convention and reference Eisenhower urging law enforcement and housing reform. The text mentions relocation, new towns with schools clinics and industry, and community-level efforts to reduce density.
Anderson High School principal Noel Douglass attends a four week Midwest conference at Champaign led by the University and the National Association of Secondary School Principals. The program targets campus leadership, curriculum, teaching methods, facilities, and community collaboration with Danforth Foundation support.
Local Northwestern students Lois Beeman and Carol Wadges join the Showbook committee for the 32nd annual Waa- Military Bases production titled The Natives Are Restless. The show runs seven performances May 24 through May 4 at Cairn Auditorium on the Franston campus.
Michael A. Cockman son of Vinita C. Cockman of Anderson has been accepted for admission to David Lipscomb College in Nashville for the 1968 fall term. Acceptance is contingent on graduation from Anderson High School. Lipscomb reports about 2000 students with a new Student Services Building and an eight story dormitory planned for the 1968 summer quarter increasing capacity to 2200 students.
Youth groups at AHS plan a Sunday program featuring a production of West Side Story. Bray will serve as dentifivector and rehearse with cast members for the performance.
Dr. Bryan T. O'Leary a 23 year old Boston native and planetary astronomy expert quit during tight training at an Arizona air base citing that flying is not his cup of tea. The Space Agency confirmed the departure as the facility faced a separate teargas incident and ventilation system damage amid a 43 minute disruption.
Lincoln Club officers Roger Frazier Pendle on George awes Anderson and Hicherd Grudgel Lapel are listed. The Madison County Young Republicans plan a meeting at 70 pm Thursday at Republican Heartquarters with Joe Avena president and Councilman Kenneth Abrendt to discuss precinct political activity.
Downtown event organizers unveiled a weekend program featuring a Frankton High School Band hake sale, a Friday street dance from dusk to 1 a.m., and Meridian Street's new Sun and Fun baltoers. Merchants plan in-store activities while chairs and committees coordinate public relations, entertainment, and an auction.
Town residents are warned of the first installment deadline for county taxes with no exceptions. The treasurer’s office hours are weekdays 8:00 to 4:00 and Saturdays 8:00 to 12:00 noon until the deadline. Taxpayers mailing payments should ensure checks are properly signed and include a validated receipt.
Judge Hanley freed the interim board members from the case while litigation proceeds. The complaint argues no valid judgment exists declaring Elwood Community School Corp. valid or authorized to operate. It notes interim appointees were named by the Madison County Circuit Court judge and references a 1968 primary ballot dispute.
Funeral notices list Mrs Lucy Fowler 75 of Cleveland and other Anderson area figures. Services in Cleveland and Anderson with burial at East Maplewood Cemetery and at Baker Brothers for local residents. Surviving relatives include children and siblings across Ohio and Indiana.
Obituary notices for Larry Mundy infant with services at Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery. Willen Richards Pendleton death in Pine Knot Kentucky. J. Todd and family arrangements in Anderson. Robbert Jordan Sr funeral today. George Crow service details in Middletown. Helen Loswr Frankton services. multiple relatives listed. local funeral homes handling arrangements.
A Nevada test site blast tested seismic detection efficiency for identifying underground nuclear detonations. Berkeley seismologists recorded a 4.4 magnitude tremor at 9 02 am, while the Atomic Energy Commission said the yield was two kilotons or less.
Valley Grove Parent Teachers Organization hosts a community carnival at Valley Grove School with games and contests. Chairmen Hugh Gossage and Gerald Robertson lead the event, while Mrs James Vandergrit heads the committee. proceeds fund school equipment.
The conventions will assign 120 Democratic delegates and 64 Republican delegates from Pennsylvania. Most delegates were chosen Tuesday as the primary vote was nonbinding. Pennsylvania has 5,211,569 registered voters with 2,495,29 Republicans and 2,850,295 Democrats, the rest independents or minor parties.
A survey of nearly 5,000 college seniors asked whether they would accept a government job if it meant two Israeli soldiers killed and one wounded in a border clash. The majority favored government employment, with 87 percent choosing the government position, amid reports of regional violence and U S air missions.
Tornadoes struck multiple towns causing fatalities and injuries. In Kentucky Almouth Ripley area a resident died when a house rotted overturned during the storm and a son was injured, initial reports say up to 50 people hurt nationwide. Frontier Michigan reports heavy destruction with one injury while a factory roof was blown away and a school briefly damaged. In Hillsdale County May Breakfast damage near Frontier estimated at 500000. West of Smithville Tennessee a Republican club meeting continued after wind damage. A plastic aircraft wing project by a Ohio congressman was noted amid broader war era science mentions.
County approves traffic signal work across county roads with a $10,001 bond from Tolstoy-Eisler Construction Co of Indianapolis. About 38 miles of work along 12 miles of roads including County Roads 30 West 100 West 500 North 15 West Alexander Pike Cross Street and 21 Rastah. Commissioners named are Ralph McCord president Brett Stottlemyer and William Wood.
Melvin Huggins 83 and Nelvin Huggins 89 of Elwood died at home. Melvin, World War I veteran, member of American Legion and Zion Chapel Church, survived by sisters Beatrice Burns and Nellie J. Hugs ax. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. Zion Chapel Church with Rev. James DeMint. interment Wood City Cemetery.
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