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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1963
Page
1
The East German government and West Berlin signed a pass agreement allowing about 800 000 West Berlin residents to visit relatives in East Berlin during Christmas for the first time since August 1961. Officials welcomed the move though concerns over legal status linger.
President Johnson will deliver his first State of the Union message to Congress on January 8. The date was announced after a meeting with Democratic congressional leaders. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana said Congress should adjourn this Friday or Saturday and reconvene January 7.
A 22 year old East German army sergeant escaped to West Berlin Monday night by crawling under barbed wire along the border. He carried a submachine gun and eluded Communist border guards in the overnight move. In Washington, Indiana Port Commission officials outlined changes to a Lake Michigan harbor plan. Clint Green said the layout would add about 95 acres by pushing sand into the lake.
At the Governor’s Conference on Water Resources in Indianapolis a resolution urged a further cigarette tax rise, potentially three cents per pack, to be split among state agencies. The 1965 General Assembly would divide funds among the Conservation Department, Flood Control and Water Resources Commission, and the Stream Pollution Control Board.
Three infants and elderly man noted in Madison area obituaries. Green infant Jackie Joe Green died at St. John's Hospital aged three weeks. Ralph Critser 79 of Winchester area died suddenly at home. Omer C. Johnson 78, retired Henshaw Grain employee, died Sunday at daughter's home. Funeral arrangements listed.
A series of traffic crashes injure and damage vehicles along city streets. A driver left a light pole split in two on 29th St after losing control in icy conditions. John D. Warner, 26, suffered $250 in damage on Madison Ave. Imla Earl Keesling, 73, lost control on Madison Ave and 37th St, with $200 damage. Deputy sheriffs report another wreck on West 25th Street Rd near Raible Ave, causing $300 damage. A late model sedan struck a utility pole on Main Street, driver fled, model and year tentatively identified. Beverly Schierman and Vernon Hartley collided at College Ave and Fifth St, damage over $300.
Frankton church youth invite all young people of the Christian Church to meet Friday at 7 p.m. for Christmas carolling, with Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Fry to accompany the group.
Obituary notices for multiple Anderson area residents detailing birth dates, survivors, and funeral arrangements. Included are Mudd family members with extensive survivor lists, Mary Lindzy with children and grandchildren, Joseph I. Magers rites at St. Charles Peru, George Brunning a former resident with military service, Thomas Mudd of 63 years in Anderson, and Maude Butz funeral in Kendallville with Lutheran church rites.
The longtime fire chief and Police Department veteran, joined in 1943 and rose to captain in 1947 then assistant chief in 1952. He belongs to First Methodist Church PAL lodge Scottish Rite and Elks and is a vestryman at Trinity Episcopal Church. He is married with four children.
In El Centro California a joint Army and Air Force team set a world record for mass free fall of 41 000 feet before opening chutes from a C130 at 43 500 feet over the Lacaireaet region, beating the previous Russian mark by 4300 feet.
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