Three Indiana Teams Win Judging Honors at National Meet
At the National Junior Horticulture Association convention in Cincinnati several Indiana teams earned top honors. Barbara Meusing of Kendallville led as high individual scorer among 161 contestants from 15 states. Dennis Baitz of Atlanta in Hamilton County was named top FFA individual. A Hamilton County team won the FFA contest, with members Baitz, Bill Shaffer, Cicero, and Dick Dagler. Ben Davis High School from Indianapolis captured 4-H first place, with Brenda Bynum, Don Daily, and Joe Cline. Noble County produced the division winner, including Meusing, Connie Miller, and Jane Pankop. Other Indiana winners: Jane Siegesmund of La Porte first in family pro section. Rex W. Hopper of RR 1, Bunker Hill first in production and marketing canning. James A. Deutsch of Newburgh first in experimental horticulture.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Indiana
Barbara Meusing
Kendallville
Dennis Baitz
Atlanta
Hamilton County
Future Farmers of America
Baitz
Bill Shaffer
Cicero
Dick Dagler
Noblesville
Ben Davis High School
Indianapolis
Brenda Bynum
Don Daily
Joe Cline
Ivision
Noble County
Miss Meusing
Connie Miller
Jane Pankop
Jane Siegesmund
la Porte
Rex W. Hopper
Bunker Hill
James A. Deutsch
R. R. Newburgh
Reward Offered for Missing Elderly Banker and Daughter
A $1,000 reward was posted in Russellville Kentucky for information on missing Edgar C. Harper and Mrs. Eustice Givens. John W. Harper of Columbus Indiana, son of Edgar Harper, urged anyone with tips to contact authorities or the family. Mrs. Givens had been at the Lewisburg home to care for her father. her car and purse were found there, along with arthritis pills Harper had taken for a heart ailment. Edgar Harper owns farms and multiple dwellings and was president of the Lewisburg Banking Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russellville
John W. Harper
Columbus
Ind
Harper
Law Eament
Edgar C. Harper
Eustice Givens
Hamilton seeks talks to save BakA Air Force Base
Rep. Lee Hamilton of Indiana said he will meet with Pentagon officials and Secretary James McNamara to try to keep BakA Air Force Base open after the facility was ordered to close by October 1 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Lee Hamilton
D-Ind
Pentagon
Madrigal program for Exchangies and wives at YMCA
The Anderson High School Madrigal Club under Prof. Rick Seaver will perform for the Anderson Exchange Club and wives at noon in the YMCA Mulberry Room. O. T. White and Robert Sherman will introduce, Max Beigh presides, and bells will be rung for Salvation Army kettles from 11 to 1.
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Anderson High School
Rick Seaver
Anderson Exchange Club
YMCA
Santa Claus
Tom Patterson
Mike Daizeil
Dick Davission
Ray Humphrey
Fred Kean
Bill Velescek
Hockett Post 127 Hosts Christmas Party for 19 Knights Town Guests
George Hockett Post 127 American Legion held its annual Christmas party with 19 boys and Mrs. Todd of Knightstown Division 30 as guests. A bowling outing followed by a post auxiliary dinner featured a convocation by Kenneth Manship and a city tour for the youths. Santa Claus, portrayed by Capt. Peters, distributed gifts from sponsors. Carl Young read a Yule poem as committee members led by Commander Ernest Fair and others organized the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hockett
American Legion
Todd
Division
Knightstown
Post
Kenneth Manship
Santa Claus
Santa
Capt. Peters
Carl Young
Comdr
Ernest Fair
Paul Meagher
John Leever
Merril Vance
Evelyn Michael
Inquest Scheduled In Woman's Death
Bloomfield Indiana UPI reports a coroners inquest is set for Wednesday into the death of 45 year old Janice Pirtle whose body was found on a Linton couch. An autopsy cited a hemorrhage from a head injury as the cause. Her husband Max found her body around 4 am Thursday after she was last seen alive doing paperwork for his clothing store.
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Bloomfield, Ind
UPI
Janice Pirtle
Linton
Greene County
Charles Greves
Pirtle
Max
AHS Senior Wins Honors At Purdue
Anderson High School senior George Keris was named among the top ten representatives in House B of Purdue Student Legislature Assembly last Saturday. Over 800 students from 200 Indiana high schools attended the two day event, presided by Eugene Bainbridge of the Indiana State Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Keris
Anderson High School
Purdue
Sam Keris
Lake Drive
Eugene Bainbridge
Indiana State Senate
Keris
Indiana
Purdue University
Senate
State Assembly
Scottie Sparks
Billan
Dan Oshier
Mickey Jones
George Davis
Slain Flint Youths Identified In Gary Case
Victims identified as Dwight Burke, 16, and Carlos Reeves, 18 from Flint. Detective Chief Edward Barsley said both were shot in the head and dumped on Gary streets a year ago. Police linked the killings to a suspected auto theft ring tying Flint to Chicago.
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Ind
Flint
Edward Barsley
Gary
Dwight Burke
Carlos Reeves
Chicago
Burke
Consequences When Brakes Fail in Parking Lot Crash
Police say Henry Mirsky started driving from a lot and brakes failed. His car struck a parked station wagon, pushing it into two more autos, then collided with a fifth awaiting at the exit, propelling it into the street and a panel truck. A luxury car was shoved into a smaller auto and then into a bed truck, with auto No. 10 rear ending another waiting at a light. No serious injuries reported.
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Mirsky
W. H. Denham
Gravity factor shows aeanene man would weigh 74 pounds on Mars
A historical note calculates Mars weight for a man from aeanene lineage as 74 pounds. The calculation uses Mars gravity relative to Earth, illustrating the weight difference on the red planet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Woman Arraigned For Aid Given Escapee Brother
Lafayette woman Amanda Southard was arraigned in city court on charges of aiding her brother William Carnahan after his Dec 5 jail escape with five others. Her bond is set at 1000 dollars. Carnahan, captured in Lafayette area, with others still at large include James Rhoades and Donald Noe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
UPI
Tippecanoe County
William Carnahan
Evarts
Amanda Southard
Carnahan
Cletus Cox
Muncie
Terry Hoskins
James H. Rhoades
Indianapolis
Donald Noe
Circulation Director of Newspapers Dies
MEMPHIS Tenn AP C W Bevinger 64 circulation director of the Memphis Press Scimitar and the Commercial Appeal for 22 years died today of cancer. His career was in Scripps Howard newspapers. Earlier he served as circulation manager of the Evansville Press Terre Haute Post Indianapolis Times and the Tenn News Sentinel. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Memphis
Tenn
C. W. Bevinger
Memphis Press- Scimitar
Commercial Appeal
Bevinger
Scripps-Howard
Evansville
Ind) Press
Terre Haute
Ind) Post
Indianapolis Times
News - Sentinel
Hospital Dismissals List Names From St John’s
Dismissed from St. John’s Hospital are Eva Hook Kimberly Romine May Spring Aster Willoughby David Johnston Lois Hunt Mark Ferguson Richard Harmon Lula Sparks Jessie Smith Billy Carpenter Edna Soby Jean Elwell Betty Jo Brown Marcena Bryan plus others. Bread mold destroys about 150 million pounds of bread annually in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly Romine
E. 37Th St
May Spring
Alexandria
Aster Willoughby
Shipley
N.H
David Johnston
Scatterfield Rd
Lois Hunt
Walton
Richard Harmon
Jackson St
Lula Sparks
Jessie Smith
Haverhill
Billy Carpenter
Ae Edna Soby
Ruddleve
Jean Elwell
Dover
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce lists 1965 committee leadership
The Chamber outlines 1965 leadership across dozens of groups led by Gene Sylvester Lloyd Mellenthin and Robert Austin with chairs for New Business and Industry Park Ride and Shop Aviation and more. It names Kenneth E Ballinger as Community Betterment president and lists officers for 1965 including vice president Everett A Hartung and treasurer Philip H Decker among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Sylvester
Lloyd Mellenthin
Robert Austin
P. E. Bardsley
Mike Martin
Leon Glazer
Russell Hulse
John Barber
Don Weler
Ike Lame
Kenneth E. Ballinger
Growth Probems
Robert Shoemaker
William Zuck
Everett Jones
Herman Landes
Herman Sharritt
Mary Elizabeth Toner
Frances Schwantes
Raymond Doub
Joseph Dye
Charles Humphrey
Scott Conwell
Anderson
Philip Rossin
Charles Dickmann
Everett A. Hartung
Chamber
L. B. Stanley
James Wickert
Garland Hines
J. M. Doyle
Charles Hoffman
Arnold Jones
Floyd Kline
Jennings Summa
Denzil Ifert
Gerald Shafer
Harold Gallagher
Ead B. Canaday
Albert Leader
John Scott
Peder Herreid
William Caverly
DeVar Litten
Charles Amos
Richard Ward
Howard G. Webb
Jack Miller
Fred Wright
Jack Pihl
Ralph Wechsler
Ruth Hulse
Virginia Wagner
Webb
Richard S. Britton
Paul H. Newbern
Gerald P. Shine
Philip H. Decker
Robert L. Austin
J. H. Bolles
Read B. Copsey
Martin J. Cavanaugh
A. Heckaman
Charles R. Humphry
Nagai Y
George S. Jard &, Witleme
Eugene Yates
Burglars Take Coins From Noblesville Bank Branch
Carmel Indiana UPI reports burglars broke a window to enter the Carmel Branch of the American National Bank of Noblesville and stole about 80 dollars in coins plus coin changers. Manager Robert Armstrong said the tellers safes were forced but no vault entry occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmel, Ind
UPI
Carmel
American National Bank of Noblesville
Robert Armstrong
Armstrong
Housekeeper Wins Payment in Indiana Case
Indiana appellate court upholds Grant Circuit Court ruling awarding $7,500 to Nina Pauline Holmes for housekeeper services to her former husband. Settlement details show $25 weekly for 300 weeks after marriage in 1948 and divorce in 1951 with service starting in 1955 when she was 71.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Nina Pauline Holmes
Johnas Holmes
Holmes
Clay in custody after disturbance near arrest
Cassius Clay step from a car prompted a clash with police as he declared his Black Muslim affiliation and challenged officers. Police reported he did not resist, while driver John Cage, 47, Chicago, faced charges for unlicensed vehicle with no plates and revoked license in the 1962 Cadillac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
John Cage
Chicago
Omar Bey
Carl Davis
Gemini 7 150th orbit. weather and spaceflight tensions rise
Dense fog at the Cape challenges launch plans for Gemini 6 as Gemini 7 marks its 150th orbit. Borman and Lovell report growing fatigue and monotony while tracing experiments track Minuteman re entry and spaceflight milestones near Kwajalein.
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Cape
G. Merritt Preston
Borman
Lovell
John OD. Hodge
Houston
Carnarvon
Australia
Echo
Vell
Pacific
Kwajalein Island
Airco
Marines pursue Viet Cong in river area and valley operations
Marines report jets joined after US unit drew Communist fire during helicopter landings in a river region. They call the valley secure Monday though Viet Cong activity remains in pockets. East at Tam Ky a VC unit blew up a wrecked Marine helicopter. In Death Valley Marines found enemy dumps with cloth for uniforms, flight batteries, 60 000 pounds of rice and 20 000 pounds of tea, evidence of a rapid VC withdrawal.
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Tam Ky
Death Valley
Middletown Man W C Cooper Dies At Franklin Home
W C Cooper 84 formerly of Middletown died Tuesday morning at the Indiana Masonic Home Franklin after eight months ill health. He was a coal dealer and a member of Middletown Methodist Church Masonic Lodge 271 chapter Anderson Commandery 32. Surviving are wife Josie son Mark Cooper Anderson daughter Martha Williams Anderson brother Clarence Middletown sister Mrs John Dietrich Franklin grandson niece nephew. Funeral at Ballard and Shirey Middletown with burial Miller Cemetery. Masonic memorials 7 p.m. Wednesday.
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Middletown
W. C
Chet) Cooper
Indiana Masonic Home
Franklin
John
Rebecca Cooper
Clarence
John Dietrich
Ballard and Shirey
Edwin McClarnon
Miller Cemetery
Masonic
Funeral Home
County Plan 109 Ownership and Group Members Named
County Plan 109 lists property owned by Ward and Iva Stohler. Group members include Charles Lawler Walter Ring Wilburtun George R Danforth Jesse Iddie Warren Waymire John Manship Victor Evans and Harold Berry. Mrs John Manship serves as interim secretary for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Iva Stohler
County Plan Group
Charles Lawler
Walter Ring
Wilburtun George R. Danforth
Jesse Iddie
Warren Waymire
John Manship
Victor Evans
Harold Berry
Johnson Ayub seek world peace after 22 day war
President Johnson and Ayub Khan wrapped up a two day stay with talks at the White House and a wreath laying ceremony. Johnson stressed the need for global peace and stability and expressed confidence in joint efforts toward the shared goal. Ayub spoke to the UN and met with U.S. officials during his visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Johnson
Ayub
Asia
U.N. General Assembly
New York
White House
Ayab
State Department
Christmas Pageant Cast List and Director announce
Yule Sing School presents The Christmas Story directed by William Jennings with narrator Dave Addington. Cast includes Jeanne Forkner South Side Jr High accompanist Sarah Kinely AHS Jan Ann Hudson MHHS Nancy Weimer Nancy Fletcher Claire Richards and Mary Lantz. Public invited without admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Forkner
South Side Jr. High School
Holiday Buying Fueled by Tax Cuts and Weather Trends
Holiday buying continues as car sales surge and excise taxes vanish on certain goods. A Los Angeles department store rep notes tax cuts have limited effect, but purchases rise now especially for silver items. Merchants in Boston Chicago Detroit and Kansas City expect colder weather to boost Christmas shopping.
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Los Angeles
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
Anderson Obituaries and Local Deaths
Obituaries note Nellie Eliza Jackson 86 of Anderson died at Indiana Masonic Home Franklin after four years’ residence here. Vernon L. Dzerve six months died at home. parents with U S Navy service in Viet Nam. Funeral services planned for Leon Sczesny 77 at St Ambrose Church. Walter M. Cox 78 services at Harold Rozelle Funeral Home. Sallie White Petree 67 to be buried in Hickory Valley Tenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Jackson
Nellie Eliza Jackson
Emory W. Jackson
Jackson Sr
Indiana Masonic
Franklin
Anderson
Hancock County
Mahalia Jackson
Pendleton
Fair Store
Universal Church
Order of the Easern Star
Brown and Butz
George Taggart
Presbyerian Church
East Maplewood Cemetery
Eastern Star
Dzerve
Vernon L. Dzerve
Verners Dzerve
W. 11Th St
U. S. Navy
Viet Nam
Columbus Avenue Church of Christ
Willard Williams
Ruby Williams
Elizabeth Dzerve
Harold E. Rozelle
Sallie White Petree
39Th St
Tom Haston
Ray Haston
Middletown
Hunter Funeral Home
Sparta
Tenn
Old Union
Hickory Valley
Enn
Rites Set For Lester Beard 67 At Brown and Butz
Funeral services for Lester Beard 67 of 2112 Madison Ave will be held today at 11 a.m. at Brown and Butz Funeral Home with Rev Irvin Johnson of Edgewood Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in East Maplewood Cemetery Pallbearers: Ross Becker Dalton Brooks Rex Fuller Aley Lock Jaydue West Hugh Van Dalsen. Friends may call at the mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Beard
Madison Ave
Brown and Butz
Irvin Johnson
Edgewood Baptist Church
East Maplewood Cemetery
Ross Becker
Dalton Brooks
Rex Fuller
Aley Lock
Jaydue West
Hugh van Dalsen
Lettie Hickerson Rites Set At Second Baptist
Services for Lettie Mae Hickerson 82 of 1915 Hendricks Street will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Second Baptist Church with Dr. Robert L. Saunders, pastor, officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lettie Hickerson
Second Baptist Church
Lettie Mae Hickerson
Hendricks St
Robert L. Saunders
Aliens Must Report Address in January Under Law
Immigration and Naturalization Service reminds aliens living in the United States to report their address by January 30 each year. The form I-53 must be filled at any post office or INS office and returned to the clerk. Penalties include possible custody deportation and fines for noncompliance.
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Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States
The
and Naturalization Service
Immigration and Naturalization Service Laws
Anderson Post
Howard Ring
U.S. Post Office
Immigration and Naturalization Office
Post Office
Immigration Office
Anderson Post Master
Wreaths and Grave Blankets Sold at Anderson Memorial Park
Community notice announces wreaths and grave blankets available at Anderson Memorial Park daily from 9 to 5, inviting local residents to purchase for memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Memorial Park
Deaths in Madison and Nearby Counties
Mrs. Helen Shortle Tipton dies at 86 in Tipton Memorial Hospital. Last rites at 127 Green St Tipton with Rev. Harold Davis officiating. burial in Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis. She was active in local clubs and Phi Beta Phi Society. Survived by two sons George E Tipton and John Winamac, ten grandchildren, three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Shortle Tipton
Helen Shirk Shortle
Tipton Memorial Hospital
Green St
Tipton
Harold Davis
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Shortle
Embroidery Circle
Thursday Club
Americus Club
Indiana University
Phi Beta Phi
Lapel and Fortville Obituaries Report Funeral Rites
Funeral services are set for Henriet ta Peters 80 widow of Edward Peters at Fisher Brothers Funeral Home Lapel with burial in Brookside Cemetery. The Rev Marion King will officiate and friends may call. Peters family longtime Lapel residents moved to Fairmount in 1950. Fortville services for Mark Robbins 68 Indianapolis will be at Fisher Funeral Home at 1 pm with burial at Gravel Lawn Cemetery. Robbins was retired chief of the detective bureau at New York Central Rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher Brothers
Henrietta Peters
Edward Peters
Rt. 1
Fairmount
Marion King
The
Methodist Church
Brookside
Peters
Lapel
Airmount
Fortville
Mark Robbins
Indianapolis
Fisher Funeral Ome
Gravel Lawn
Robbins
New York Central Rail
Rites Set For Emswiller Anderson and Albright
Final rites are planned for three local residents. Attie Emswiller 86 of Middletown will be buried at Miller Cemetery after services at Elbert C. Frazee Funeral Home led by pastors from Middletown Methodist and Ashley Hudson churches. Shirley Anderson 54 of Lapel will be laid to rest at Brookside Cemetery with services conducted by Rev. Marion King. Ernest Albright 89, a retired farmer of Mechanicsburg, will be buried in Mechanicsburg Cemetery after funeral services at Condo and Son Funeral Home in Wilkinson led by Rev. Lilburn Simmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Attie Pearl Emswiller
N. 8Th St
Elbert C. Frazee
C. Edward McClaren
Middletown Methodist Church
Harold Berkey
Ashley Hudson Nazarene Church
Miller Cemetery
Ernest Albright
Mechanicsburg
Ernest E. Albright
Condo Andie
Wilkinson
Lilburn Simmons
Wilkinson Church of Christ
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Massengill’s
W. Kth
Dial
Anderson Ph
Pendleton Ph
YO Lyell
AHS
Christ
Rusade
Jack Stewart
National Guard Armory
Anderson, Inc
Jack Stewart Evangelistic Association
H. B. Hickling
Sales
Wbri Radio
Bob Hickling
Jerry Barnes
Cable Chapel of
Lawrence Pedro
Rt. 4
Elwood
FBI
Hester Heath
Hobbs
Union State Bank
Cox
St. John's Hospital
Eva Hook
St. Mark Ferguson
Betty Jo Brown
Columbus Ave
Marcena Bryan
Mounds Rd
Noblesville Bank
Downtown Retail Merchants Association
P.O
Anderson, Indiana
Cassius Clay
Forberg
Faragos
W. C. Cooper
Yule
Space
Aspen
Albuquerque
Lovelace
Leon Sczesny
Forrest Terrace
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
Thomas As Heilman
St. Mary's Cemetery
Jack Sacilowski
Thomas Sacilowski
Andrew Orbik
Charles Dolenski
Eugene Zagorski
Anthony Skelebek
Brown and Butz Funeral Home
Walter Cox
Walter M. Cox
Halford St
John Summers
Ovid
Mendon
Endleton
Eastlewood Cemetery
Brooks Memorial Chapel
Mrs. Sallie Petree
Madison
Mrs
Attie Emswiller
Shirley Anderson
Shirley F. Anderson
Melville Anderson
Fisher Brothers Funeral Home
F.D.J.C. Anderson
Southdale Plaza
Khar
Walnut
Jackson
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