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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1970
Page
2
Widespread blizzards and floods kill six in the Appalachians and leave hundreds homeless. Snow storms lash Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee while New England and upper New York face heavy powder. City crews fight dangerous conditions as highways reopen and salt and sand spread across main roads.
Indiana officials project motor vehicles will rise sharply in the 1970s with autos, buses, and planes transforming travel. State leaders forecast higher ownership, a shift to public transit as social services, and possible creation of a state transportation department to integrate networks. Inspections, license rules, and fuel tax effects are outlined amid federal funding uncertainties.
A holiday observance closes Antervan News Papers Inc offices including circulation and business sections. In Bloomington Indiana, journeyman electrician The Herald reports a fatal fall at a city building, Paul Adkins, 40, died after a 12 foot fall near the City Council hall area. He was taken to Community Hospital and then Hall Memorial Hospital in Muncie where he died. Coroner Marshall Faust cites a hemorrhage from head injuries as the cause. Funeral arrangements are pending at Greene and Harrell Funeral Home.
A brief notice lists sections of the Herald Today including Obituaries and New Arrivals on Page 3, Editorials on Page 4, Women’s interest and social scene on Page 8, sports with bowl previews on Pages 4 to 15, daily features and comics on Pages 184139, markets and financial on Page 21, and classified advertising on Pages 21 and 23.
Indianapolis UP I A Republican caucus for Indiana House members is tentatively scheduled for January 17 at the Statehouse. House Speaker Otis Bowen said about 72 GOP members are expected to participate to consider a party plan regarding a possible replacement for a courtman dated mag.
The Chamber of Commerce survey indicates bus traffic for the week before Christmas was the best of the three month segment of the new line with every route up. The overall weekly total reached 5170 for Dec 15 to Dec 29, while the first six weeks of December posted 5008 and 4992. Residents expect January shopping to test community acceptance as confidence in the line grows and ridership increases. Route figures include North Anderson 616 Nichol Avenue 725 Ard-4th-Bd Streets 333 Meadowcrook 558 East Site 505 17th Street 355 Deleo Remy 475 1st Steel 506 Guide Special 113 Shopping Centers 534.
Icy roads raised crash counts in the city with seven fender benders reported between 3 and 7 p.m. Police noted one injury when a semi-trailer struck a Volkswagen bus injuring Marjorie Shell and her son Duane Stell Jr. in the 109 By-pass area. A separate 7 a.m. pileup at Eigath and Jackson caused no injuries. Traffic death toll for 1970 in Madison County stood at zero as of midnight Wednesday, with a 1969 record breaking year. Also Nixon and Agnew invited to dedicate the state port on Lake Michigan near Chester.
School officials announce passes for new bus riders will be issued Friday at Anderson High School Central Junior High and South Side Junior High from 9 am to noon and 1 pm to 3 pm. Students must claim passes to ride buses starting Monday when schools resume after the holiday.
Washington reports approval of Medicaid health assistance programs in seven states including Indiana. Welfare recipients gain medical services nationwide with intent to cover medically indigent persons in North Carolina as well. States listed: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, New Jersey, plus Indiana, others.
In Tampa Florida UPI reports Paul Turner 42 of Lexington Kentucky was held on a Pennsylvania warrant accusing him of deadly assault to commit murder. Turner was arrested after Mary Bacon 71 a jockey reported receiving a threatening call from him following the bungled abduction last October.
Mr and Mrs Michael Wilson Pendleton welcome a baby boy born at St Johns Hospital. Dr and Mrs Howard Faust assisted. The notice lists names including David Berry and Orestes in the Italian community context.
An earthquake rocked Amari Oshima Island southwest of Tokyo injuring three lightly. Windows cracked and stalls toppled but no serious damage reported. Masonic Lodge No. 631 plans to install J. A. Clouser as Worshipful Master at its Broad Way temple Friday evening, with a slate of officers and a 7 p.m. ceremony after a 6:49 p.m. opening.
Vice President Spiro Agnew will fly to Saigon from Manila after 9 am for talks with President Nguyen Van Thieu at Independence Palace. He plans to visit U.S. troops, meet Gen. Creighton Abrams in hospital, and then continue to Taiwan on Formosa. The trip coincides with ceasefires, news blackouts during past visits, and debates in Washington over Asia policy and Philippine negotiations.
Cleaners offer same day service for shirt cleaning with a promise of delivery between 11 and 4. Customers can drop off garments and retrieve them cleaned and pressed within the stated window.
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