Local Boy's Club Prepares Christmas Toys for 700 Children
In 1965 Wilson Boy's Club marks 12th year leading a community toy drive. Twenty boys ages 14 to 16 sort and repair gifts for about 700 children in 150 Anderson area families. Projects run in a former store under Bob Gibbons with club president Humphrey praising the community effort. Toys come from donors retailers and a local radio toy drive. Over 200 cartons from a container firm package the gifts. Children are the sole beneficiaries.
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Wilson Boy’s Club
Anderson
Knight's Keystone Club
Wilson Boy's Club
Bob Gibbons
Humphrey
Christmas Clearing House
Madison On Community Service Council
Ralph Trimble
Main St
Poor Judgment Is Crash Cause
The Civil Aeronautics Board cited poor pilot judgment as the cause of a fatal Madison Indiana crash in March 1965 that killed Kenneth Clark of Columbus Ohio. He was en route from Columbus to Madison when the aircraft went down in heavy fog eight miles from the Madison airport.
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Washington
UPI
Civil Aeronautics Board
Madison
Ind
Kenneth Clark
Columbus
Ohio
Two Lads Reported Serious Following Sunday Burns
In Indianapolis Gary Boecker five and Jim eight were listed in serious condition at Community Hospital after clothes burst into flames from char coal lighter fluid Sunday at their aunt’s home. Mrs Chester Hampton said she smothered the flames with blankets before the boys were rushed to hospital. Both suffered third degree burns. North Dakota’s capitol at Bismarck is a skyscraper style building reaching eighteen stories in height.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Gary Boecker
Jim
Community Hospital
Chester Hampton
Bismarck
N.D
North Dakota
De Gaulle Prepares New Program After Election Victory
Charles de Gaulle plans a dynamic seven year program as president to address housing, wages, costs, pensions and social issues while facing anti Gaullist opposition. He returns to Paris from eastern France to outline policy in a radio television address within days.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Former Announcer Faces New Bank Robbery Charges
In Indianapolis AP report former Greensburg radio announcer William Junior West 37 also known as Billy J. Sexton is charged with a 1964 $1 980 holdup of the Maple branch of the Indiana National Bank. He faces multiple bank robbery counts including a recent Indianapolis North Meridian branch robbery and earlier Louisville charges.
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Indianapolis
Greensburg
U.S
Richard P. Stein
William Junior West
Milroy
West
Indiana National Bank
Billy J. Sexton
Marion County
North Meridian Eel
American Fletcher National Bank and Trust Co
Louisville
American Fletcher
Emphysema Deaths Rise in United States
Public Health Service figures show deaths from chronic bronchitis and emphysema increasing from 2,300 in 1945 to 19,443 in 1963. The lung ailment has become second only to heart disease as a cause of disability, and Social Security pays over $60 million annually to men disabled by emphysema.
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Washington
Public Health Service
PHS
Social Security Administration
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St. John’s School of Nursing
Francois Mitterrand
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
de Gaulle Fd
Ruth Lyons
Expres
Braunschweiger
Tangelos
California
Dot
Holiday Poultry and
Kroger
Sorie
Wight
Wishbone
Krati
Val
United Kingdom
James 4. Shawhan
Nola Holbrook Shawhan
Superior Court
Madison County
Eugene Mile Clerk
Su Court of Madison
Indiana
Chambers
Byer & Gaus A
Johnson Crabtree
Jack Wilbur Crabtree
Eugene Creagmile
Superior Court of
Byer & Gaus
United States District Court
Southern District of Indiana
Minnesota
Endurance
John T. C
Madison County Court House
Madisonty
Old Union Traction Company
Township
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company
Township 19
Old
Union Traction Company
North Range
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