City Hall appoints three secretaries to mayor and boards
Mayorelect Flanagan announces two incumbents renewed as secretaries to the mayor and the Board of Works and a new appointee as secretary to the Board of Safety. Peggy Heineman remains mayoral secretary, Morris J. Carter continues as Board of Works secretary, and James D. Givens is named secretary to the Board of Safety.
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Thias
Flanagan
Lest
Jones D. Givens
Board of Safety
Peggy Heineman
Morris J. Carter
Mayorelect 3
Board of Works
Flanangan
James D. Givens
W. 14Th Sl
Heineman
Frank’ Allis
Barrett Law
City Hall
Noland Wright
Madison County Women's’ Republican Club
Order of Eastern Star
Carter
Allis Administration
Madison County
County Traffic Toll For 1967 Claims 16 Lives
Madison County records 16 traffic fatalities this year 1967 down from 1968 totals. Four occur in Anderson city limits two involve pedestrians a milk truck incident and a lawyer struck by a car. A car train crash at Ingalls claimed three Indianapolis residents and a six week old died. June was the deadliest month with five deaths. Page 2 continues with further details.
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Mojor
Madison County
Anderson
Altorney
Delcp-Remy
3Th
Henry
Indianapolis
New York Central
Houston St
Ingalls
Paul Whiteman Dies at 76 Leader of Jazz Era Heart Attack
Doylestown Pennsylvania AP Paul Whiteman famed as King of Jazz died Friday of an acute coronary attack at about 4 39 a m after leaving his New Hope retirement home for Doylestown Hospital He commissioned Gershwin to write Rhapsody in Blue and his rendition remained a favorite Whiteman known as Pops lived at Cota Cottage in Bucks County with his wife Margaret Livingston last spring locals honored his career and jazz legacy for more than fare in jazz
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Doylestown
Paul Whiteman
Whiteman
New Hope
Doylestown Hospital
America
George Gershwin
Pops
Bucks County
New York
Margaret Livingston
Muggsy
Cota” Cottage
Sihanouk Opens Talks on Cambodian Sanctuary Issue
UPI reports United States weighs sending envoy to Cambodia to discuss sanctuary use in the Vietnam war and Sihanouk says he would not intervene militarily if U S troops conduct limited combat in certain Cambodian areas He notes relations with the United States were broken in 1963 and singles out Senate Majority Leader Mansfield as a favorable contact for future diplomacy.
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Washington
UPE
United States
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
State Department
Siharouk
U.S
Cambodia
Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Themi
Mansfield
U.S. Bursiong
Cetumn
Local Youth Hurt When Sled Strikes Truck Side
A-year-old Anderson youth remained in satisfactory condition at Community Hospital after his sled slid into a eastbound pickup truck driven by Walter W. Scott. The accident occurred in front of 217 Valley Dr near his home Friday.
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Anderson
Community Hospital
Mark E. Christ
Beaugier Circle
Walter W. Scott
28Th St
Valley Dr
Madison County Sheriff Department
Scott
Christ
UAW Ratifies Biggest GM Contract Ending Three-Year Strikes
United Auto Workers ratified a three-year deal with General Motors ending the nationwide dispute that threatened the economy. Leonard Woodcock announced ratification, with a 5-1 vote by production workers and 12-1 by skilled trades. Similar agreements were approved with Ford and Chrysler, totaling about $3 billion in scope and boosting wages and benefits for roughly 414,000 workers. Bargaining with American Motors resumed next week as unions seek parity in pay and benefits through 1970.
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Detroit
UPU
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
UAW
Wic
Leonard Woodcock
American Motors Corp
Police in Large Cities Plan Tough Tactics If Riots Return
AP reports police chiefs in major cities vow to respond with force if summer riots recur. Miami Chief Headley says looting and violence trigger gunfire. Chicago Mayor Daley pledges to stop rioters from taking over the city during the Democratic convention. Los Angeles deputies reference a get tough stance without changing existing policies.
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U.S
New York
Walter Headley
Miami
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Los Angeles
Richard Siemon
Headley
Pare
Colvin
Marines Seize Hanoi Stronghold After Fierce Two Day Battle
Three U S Marine companies infiltrated a Communist stronghold near the DMZ and expelled two North Vietnamese companies after a two day clash. At least six Marines were killed and 106 wounded while Communist losses were about 60, with battles reported near Thon Tham Ke and south of Da Nang.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Luis
South China Sea
Dmz
da Nang
Dan
Thon Tham Ke
Uth
One State UAW Local Votes Down Contract
In Indianapolis Local 23 of the UAW rejected the GM pact by a slim margin as about two thirds of its 3,300 members voted. Eight other Indiana GM locals approved the contract moving into effect January 1 with average auto worker pay rising about 1700 dollars by 1970.
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UAW
Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Opel Young
Newborns Reported at Local Hospitals With Parents
In Anderson area births announced from St. John's Hospital and Community Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Griffee report a boy. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Boyd announce a boy. Mr. and Mrs. William Gide report a boy. Residences listed include S01 W. Qist St Rh ey Dewey St and 2708 Chippewa Dr.
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Mir
Jack Griffee
W. Qist St
Rhey
Community Hospital
Tor
Henry Boyd
Dewey St
William Gidestings
Chippewa Dr
Police Investigate Multiple Burglaries in Anderson Area
Anderson City police report Friday investigations into two burglaries and an attempted burglary. Meadowbrook Body Shop at 24 N Parkway Dr lost a money box containing about 15 to 20 dollars after a rear window was broken. A separate burglary was found at Johnson Mobile Home Sales at 200 Broadway.
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Anderson City
Meadowbrook
N. Parkway Dr
Johnson Mobile Home Sales
Broadway
Colainn
Daleville Marine Steven Shekell Killed in Vietnam
Lance Corporal Steven E. Shekell 21 of Daleville area was killed December 27 in Thuan Hoa Vietnam while serving with the 3rd Battalion First Marine Division Third Regiment. He was a Yorktown High School graduate class of 1984 and had worked at Delco Remy in Anderson before joining the Marines in 1965. He trained at Camp Pendleton Millington and Camp Lejeune and had been stationed at Guantanamo Bay before Vietnam deployment. He is survived by his parents and two sisters.
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Daleville
Steven E. Shekell
Thuan Vhien
Republic of South Vietnam
First Marine Division
Edward Shekell
Ht. 1
Young Shekell
Yorktown
Delco Remy Division
Anderson
U. S. Marines
Yule Tree Pickup Begins January Second
Street department superintendent Pete Smith announced city crews will begin collecting Christmas trees January 2 and pickup will occur beside the street on January 3. The trees will be taken to the Twelfth Night ceremony on January 11 at Guide Lamp.
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Pete Smith
Klan leader and associate receive prison terms in civil rights case
Sam Holloway Bowers and Alton Wayne Roberts each get one year in federal prison for conspiring against Civil Rights workers killed near Philadelphia Mississippi in 1964. Co-defendants Cecil Price Billy Posey receive six years, Horace Barnette Jimmy Antedge and Jimmy Snowden get one year, all with no fines and parole eligibility after review. The case involved the killings of Michael Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James Chaney among 1964 racially charged violence.
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Culin
Jimmy Antedge
Jimmy Snoweden
Meridian
Misr
Cox
Board of Paroles
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Schwerner
Goodman
Chaney
Mississippi
FBI
Columa
Jury Selection In Death Trial Opens In Madison County
An Anderson man, Reggetl Rice Marshall, charged with voluntary manslaughter in the death of Larry Dean Horton, 22, on January 2, faces jury selection starting Wednesday in Madison County Circuit Court. Horton and Marshall’s wife were separated. Horton allegedly harassed the family. Marshall, free on $500 bond, is defended by Joe Kelner and Marion W. Withers. a conviction could bring up to 21 years in prison.
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Anderson
Madison County Circuit Court
Reggetl Rice Marshall
Larry Dean Horton
Pailly
Carl T. Smith
Horton
Ing
Marshall
Ward St
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Second Baptist Church
Phyllis’ Wheatley Club
The
YWCA
Anderson Urban League
NAACP
American Association of University Women
Madison County Women's Republican Club
American Medical Assocition
Dies
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Calder
Samset
Hanoi
Steven C. Shefell
Edward Shefell
Dofeviks
Anderson and Vicinity
St. John's Hospital
Steven Shekell
Daleville Area Marine
Charley Robb
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Leonard F. Chapman Jr
Greena
Chapman
Cole Joseph C. Fagan Jr
Washington, D.C. Marine Barracks
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