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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1966
Page
22
A Summitville resident phoned the Herald protesting a Tuesday Reader Comment about town Christmas decorations. The caller said the decorations are already up and were installed Tuesday evening, noting that decorating was once done the night before Christmas.
GOP and Democrat leaders argued over methods to redistribute property tax relief. The bill would provide reductions tied to real estate values, targeting high levy counties with sizable cuts. They cited Marion 20 percent, Bartholomew 18 percent, Vermillion 16 percent as example outcomes.
The Budget Committee presents a spending program $438 million above the current biennium with a $375 million excess, while Governor Branigin has no comment awaiting his review. Forecasts hinge on Vietnam outcomes and defense spending, with optimistic, middle, and low scenarios reflecting continued escalation or disengagement by year end 1966.
State medical officials reported Tuesday night that a woman pulled from her car after a crash is in satisfactory condition at Community Hospital. Victims identified include Wallace Scheffee 30 Indianapolis his wife Elizabeth 27 their daughter Wendy 4 all in the family station wagon Dennis Carter 27 Indianapolis alone in his car and Orval Hulley 51.
Indianapolis reports indicate the Scheffees and Carter were killed outright while Hulley died later in hospital. Officials noted no specific school speed zone was in effect on East 38th Street at the time and speed was not listed as a contributing cause, though a school limit could be imposed if requested.
Indiana weather records since 1871 show a 38 percent chance of any snow on Christmas Day and 12 percent for at least half an inch. Rain chance is 18 percent. three or more inches of snow are only seven percent likely. The 1963 cover was three inches, 1960 had four, 1962 had two. 1951 was the snowiest on Dec 26 with 15 inches at Angola and six at Logansport. The coldest Christmas on record was 1924 with 10 above and 4 below zero.
U S Marines fend off a heavy assault 15 miles south of Da Nang after countering two North Vietnamese waves. Ground fighting ends for the night. a flareship flies overhead as helicopters strike suspected positions and search efforts resume at dawn. Casualties not reported.
Saigon reports a staged attack involving at least a dozen MIG21s firing missiles at U S F105s near Hanoi. No U S planes were downed. Monday raid targeted Ha Gia petroleum dump by Phuc Yen airfield, while B52s struck into the DMZ and PAVN activity increased in the Central Highlands as U S pilots logged hundreds of missions despite monsoon weather.
A religious reflection describes Jesus as a carpentry worker who toiled with timber, paid attention to waste, and lived a humble, devout life. It notes His care for workers, thrift, and ethical lessons from daily labor in Nazareth. The piece links craft, stewardship, and biblical sayings to Jesus’s earthly years.
Mrs Edna C Spade 76 owner and operator of the Cinderella Beauty Shop died Monday noon at St Therese Hospital Waukegan Ill after a two day admission. She was born Sept 2 1890 in Muncie to Charles C and Rose Lynn Proctor. Her husband Walter Spade died last January. Surviving are a daughter Mrs Robertson two sons Col Charles J Cowgill Daly City Calif and Robert E Cowgill Des Plaines Ill two step children Mrs Lee Wood Synnett N Y and James Spade Alexandria a brother Charles Proctor Sun Valley Calif a sister Mrs Robert Ingersoll Muncie 17 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. A son Frank Cowgill died in 1962. The family will receive friends at Baker Brothers Funeral Home after 3 pm today. Funeral 1:30 pm Thursday at the funeral home conducted by Rev Monroe Schuster of Central Christian Church. Interment Beech Grove Cemetery Muncie.
U.N. officials criticized U S bombing in Hanoi and called for peace talks. Washington cooled on a new U S initiative as Goldberg met with President Johnson and Henry Cabot Lodge but offered no public peace plan. Thant pursued quiet diplomacy with Soviet and Algerian envoys and released a cautious request for talks.
A Hoosier among 16 U S doctors volunteering with Project Viet Nam through People to People Health Foundation in Washington D C joins Can Tho Regional Provincial Hospital staff in Can Tho Phong Dinh Province Mekong Delta. They receive ten dollars daily and transportation paid by the U S government.
The Swiss Red Cross reports ongoing proposals to North Vietnam to allow prisoner visits and mail deliveries. They note the regime labels prisoners as war criminals yet claims good treatment. U. S. pilots Maj. James Kasler and Lt. Col. Robinson Risner are named as prominent detainees with recent shootdowns and long service.
A reader asks how to help the country and receives Lyndon B. Johnson’s reply with enclosed material for guidance. The letter emphasizes citizen duty and national heritage. The text also briefly notes coal use, mentioning wheelings of crude tar as a coal derivative for industrial products.
Grace M. Baker 83 of Anderson died Monday evening at Rahbek Nursing Home after an extended illness. Funeral services set for 1 30 pm at Brown and Butz Funeral Home with Rev. Monroe Schuster of Central Christian Church officiating. Interment in Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include son Kenneth H. Baker of Anderson and sister Leota Reed who died last August. Pallbearers listed. Mrs Baker born July 14 1883 in Huntsville to George and Evaline Hirst. Member of Spanish American War Veterans Auxiliary.
Mrs Avanel Fisher 74 died in Plainfield New Jersey after living there 18 months. She retired from Delmo Remy Payroll in 1957 and belonged to First Presbyterian Church. Survivors include three sons and seven grandchildren. Final rites Thursday at Harold E Rozelle Funeral Home with burial in West Maplewood Cemetery. Miss Corinne Millspaugh 87 of Indianapolis died Monday after an extended illness. Funeral services at Sells and Rowe Funeral Home and East Maplewood Cemetery conducted by William J Hay.
Mrs Opal Stinson of Rt 4 Anderson learns of her brother Silver M Shaul 52 in Trenton Michigan employed by Detroit Edison Electric Co. Funeral Thursday in Trenton Ridge Funeral Home in charge. Donna W Marker 63 dies in St Petersburg Florida former local nurse burial Dec 19. U S railroads have about 1 800 000 freight cars.
Obituaries note Mrs. Daisy Black 86 of Summitville dies after extended illness. Clarence Harlan 68 of New Castle dies after a long illness. services at Main and Son Funeral Home. Nora W. Brooks 85 of Summitville dies at Emily Flinn Home Marion. funeral at Vinson Memorial Chapel. Lillie F. Collette 75 of Jonesboro dies. rites set at Raven Funeral Home Marion. Dorothy DeLawter dies in Vero Beach after illness. body returned to Lapel. Gurney E. Pickett 91 Cicero funeral 1:30 today. Henry W. Ellis 75 Mooreland last rites at Main and Sons Funeral Home.
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