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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1961
Page
9
An OCR readout lists numerous classified sections including Announcements Personal ads Lost and Found employment Help Wanted real estate rentals autos and services. It shows category ranges for business services household goods tools and machinery and more with headings like Apartments for rent real estate for sale and autos for sale.
The 1960 year marked a peak in US highway activity with 6,740,000 passenger car factory sales and total factory sales of 7,950,000 including 1,210,000 trucks. Motor vehicle registrations rose to 74 million, with 61.6 million passenger cars and 85 million drivers licensed. The Detroit Auto Show at Cobo Hall drew nearly 1.5 million, introducing compact models and signaling strong industry growth and road expenditure.
Public sales set across January with multiple auctions listed by Benny Brock Joshua Basicker Eva Jackson & Sons and Paul Miller & Gien Sisson. Locations include Mechanicsmersy Elsenberger Bros Guide Lamp Center Schoolhouse and state road 13 near Lapel. Auctioneers include Morton McShurley H D Kirk and others.
A brief coup in Addis Ababa unfolds December 13 to 17, 1960 with palace guards and rebels contesting power as Haile Selassie travels abroad. After intense fighting the palace is captured and government forces claim victory with hundreds dead and 1,800 rebels detained.
Multiple legal notices announce the appointment of administratrixes for the estates of Chester B Forister and William Franklin Morgan in Anderson Indiana with six month claim deadlines. A public hearing by the Local Alcoholic Beverage Board in Madison County will review applications for Beer Wine and Liquor permits for Pay Less Super Market Inc and Lawrence & Richard Abel at designated locations.
Premier Gaston Eyskens told Belgians the government will tolerate no more strike violence amid protests over tax and social security reform. He referenced Friday's clash in Brussels that left one man dead and condemned the violence while noting the need to avoid political decisions in the streets. A mourners march followed, honoring Francois van der Strappen who died.
Illinois politics in 1960 featured Kennedy's razor thin win by 8 858 votes amid Chicago vote fraud claims. Stratton faced Chicago machine attacks while Daley rallied against corruption as Kerner won the governorship by a large margin and House leadership battles dominated the year.
United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald urged top officers of 12 leading steel firms to meet with him at the Sheraton Carlton Hotel in Washington to discuss joint actions to curb unemployment and production lag. He pressed for concrete plans to put idle facilities and workers back to work ahead of Congress and President Kennedy.
In Johannesburg, Stephen John Hawkins won his case against neighbors who sought to force removal of his backyard snake pit. The court ruled snakes are not dangerous unless provoked and do not fall under the dangerous animals ordinance because they are reptiles.
Rates for two line minimum ads five words per line. One day ads four dollars per line, three day ads one hundred dollars per line, weekly ads one dollar seventy four per line, monthly ads six dollars per line. Cash discounts twenty percent. Ads run in Herald and Bulletin. single paper minus five percent. Deadline nine a.m. for Bulletin, three p.m. prior day for Herald.
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