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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1965
Page
14
Anderson officials credit a year of saved costs at 317000 through buying power for resale via city lines. The board keeps its electric distribution ownership while ending local generation due to high plant costs.
Bids for construction of a new 33 U S 36 high school to serve about 600 students from Middletown and nearby areas were opened. The North Western School Corporation aims for a comprehensive, electrified building with reading and language labs, a large gym, two cross courts, a cafeteria, music area, and a student commons. The 30 acre site includes parking for 700 cars plus space for a baseball diamond, track, and football field.
President Johnson on Thursday ordered that any man who marries after this date will have his draft status altered. The directive affects marriage timing and prompts immediate review of registrants already married or planning marriage within the near term.
The Anderson Beautification Committee deepens a civic effort linked to a broader beautification theme. The piece emphasizes community attitude over specific projects and highlights the Redbud campaign as an exercise in community participation aimed at planting trees and fostering a shared vision for local improvements.
Fuel cell problems threaten to shorten Gemini 5 as power fails, forcing jet thrusters to be used. Cooper and Conrad push toward eight days in space with 107 orbits and new US endurance records amid checks on water buildup in fuel cells.
Severe wind and electrical storm damaged several homes and sheds in Anderson and across Indiana. Power and phone service were interrupted but restored by the afternoon. A carport was blown onto a Park Road yard and a 70 ft maple toppled onto an attached garage. A theatre set was ruined and a forecast calls for a cloudy day with storms.
Washington reports on the Free Society association backing Barry Goldwater, launching a monthly newsletter advocating individual freedom under limited government. It criticizes the welfare state, claims parties are alike, and promotes political education without endorsing candidates.
Tuition is free for completion classes while post graduates pay a fee. Credit classes run 18 weeks meeting two evenings per week. Two classes may be held Monday and Wednesday evenings and two more on Tuesday and Thursday if demand exists. Start times are 6 00 pm to 7 40 pm for the first class and 7 50 pm to 9 00 pm for the second. Turn to page 3 column 9.
Stan Dolenski of 3602 Forest Terrace set a midnight stakeout after his grape arbor littering spurred complaints. He suspected local children but found the culprit was a raccoon wearing a collar, prompting him to challenge the owner to clean the yard.
Rev. Paul Wheaton 24 was killed near St. Catharines Ontario on Aug 10, and his wife Myrtle Holland Wheaton former youth director of the local First Baptist Church was seriously injured. Wheaton served as associate minister of Am herst Community Church in Snyder New York. Myrtle Wheaton told of the tragedy while recovering at the manse in Snyder. A Canadian car crossed the median of Queen Elizabeth Way into Wheaton’s lane. a female passenger in the Canadian car died and three others were injured. Heather, the couple’s two year old daughter, survives. Wheaton was Kansas native, graduate of Berkeley Baptist Divinity School and Union Theological Seminary, New York City, and formerly an actor singer model and writer in New York.
National League president Warren Giles will visit Anderson today for the Babe Ruth World Series. He arrives at BR Series Head quarters at the UAW-CIO 663 Hall at 5 pm. Carl Erskine of Anderson is on the reception committee. A press conference may be held but details were not available.
Daryl D. Foster, 29, of Indianapolis, remains in serious condition in the ICU at St. John’s Hospital after undergoing surgery for internal injuries from a 6 am three-vehicle crash on Ind. 38 east of Markleville. Foster, a route man for East Side Jersey Dairy, was injured when his dairy truck was hit and damaged by a semi trailer.
Birth notices from St. John's Hospital and Community Hospital list 12 newborns. Families named include Leonard Phillips at 315 W 6th St for a boy, Chester Turner of Daleville for a girl, Tyrone Keesling at 201 W 9th St for a girl, Robert Jenson at 1135 Manor Ct for a girl, Robert Fyerson at 1202 E 8th St for a boy, Charles Courtney of Alexandria for a boy, Vic Campbell at 215 Clairmont for a girl, Stanley Stiers Rd 2 for a boy, Robert Elias at 1235 W 6th St for a boy, Ray White Rt 3 for a girl, Phillip Scntt To E. Lynn for a boy, and John Waren at 1422 W 14th St for a boy.
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