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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1962
Page
7
The East West talks on banning nuclear test explosions broke up in total disagreement after three years and 353 sessions. The breakup suggests the United States may resume atmospheric testing, a decision still pending.
Soviet negotiator Tsarapkin declared talks finished as Western proposals faced rejection amid broad U S and British discussions on a test moratorium. In Congress Kennedy backed a $900 million scholarship plan with broader college aid while debate over higher education funding continued.
Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine said Indiana will need new or higher state taxes by the 1963 General Assembly to provide property tax relief. He floated a retail sales tax added to the existing gross income tax, but gave no specific plan. He noted groups are still studying proposals and discussed a potential $380 million deficit if state aid to schools rises.
An Anderson man Danny Hendricks held for disorderly conduct and public intoxication escaped from Elwood police interrogation room before a sheriff’s deputy could transfer him to the Madison County jail. He was later treated for minor injuries at Mercy Hospital and returned to the station. as of the last report, he had not been found.
Two thousand high school vocalists, pianists, and string musicians from Indiana districts auditioned at Ball State Teachers College. Judges awarded superior and excellent ratings with dozens advancing to state competition. next Saturday 2500 to 3000 musicians across multiple counties will audition brass wind and percussion solos and ensembles.
The Indiana Toll Road Commission announced 9,967,918 vehicles used the turnpike in 1961. Revenues totaled 13,302,266 dollars with operating expenses at 3,398,000 leaving net revenues of 9,904,196 dollars.
In Philadelphia two Kitomen robbed the Pike Bar taking 900 dollars from the safe after offering a bottle of whisky to the bartender and herding him and 13 patrons into the basement. They instructed the bartender to serve drinks to everyone while secured below.
Continental and National Airlines drop their proposed merger in a joint announcement by their top executives. The boards voted to withdraw the preliminary agreement with a CAB filing to follow. In Indianapolis, Governor Welsh urged state groups to attend a February 15 meeting of the Governor’s Committee on School Finance to discuss finance recommendations for the legislature.
Fritz Kreisler, renowned violinist and grand figure of the concert stage, died at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. The Austrian native, naturalized American in 1943, faced age and heart illness, leaving behind wife Harriet and a storied career marked by early prodigy status, wartime wounds, and a life devoted to music.
A community fund campaign launched to raise 750000 for a new science building at Anderson College with Elmo Funk named general chairman. A seven member cabinet, including notable local business leaders, will plan strategy and solicit gifts while Dr. Robert H. Readon leads the college.
British major Dick Lawson of a Nigerian U N unit recounts a week old rescue of two priests and a nun from Kongolo amid Katangese threats. He and Maj Conrad Mwamo were beaten and stripped of possessions before escaping with the group in a Swed ish U N plane and marching through hostile Katangese lines.
Larry Husted aged 10 and Wes Lowe aged 13 died in a rockfall at a clay mine near Morgan's Run west of Philipsburg Pennsylvania. Families plan private services Wednesday with remains in identical white caskets to be buried side by side at Baughman Cemetery Sanborn. Friends may visit Hayes Funeral Home Hourdale Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Four occupants were injured when a car overturned east of the Ind. 28 and Ind. 9 junction after hitting a chuck hole and a culvert. Injured are William Savage 21 Alexandria with facial and head lacerations. William Reismiller 22 Fairmount with a deep head laceration. Jack Dockery 19 Fairmount with back and leg injuries. Betty Jo Craig 24 Alexandria with possible neck, leg and head injuries.
The Associated Press reports eased flood threats along the Wabash and White rivers as no rain and light snow flurries are forecast. Cold dry weather limits ice jam breakup, with temperatures near normal to 10 degrees colder and nighttime lows near freezing. West of Logansport hundreds of acres of lowlands flooded and a dozen families displaced by a family ice jam from Georgetown to Delphi.
Space scientists advanced preparations for astronaut John H. Glenns orbital flight set for Thursday at Cape Canaveral as a weather threat loomed. The Miami Weather Bureau warned showers could reach northern Florida on Thursday, possibly delaying launch time. Glenn and backup Scott Carpenter checked the Friendship 7 capsule and Atlas booster under heavy overcast conditions that canceled last Saturdays attempt. Naval recovery forces were deployed around Bermuda and the Bermuda-Canal area with global tracking stations on standby. Launch was likely between 7 30 a m and 12 30 p m EST. a three orbit flight depended on firing before about 9 30 a m.
The Mississippi River ice gorge disintegrated with two large ice stretches moving south from Cairo, Illinois, in forty years. Coast Guard Lt Cmdr Edwin Lehr reported no boats trapped and noted an eight mile stretch north of the port and a one mile span near miles 23 to 24. A separate brief notes the resignation of Thomas L. Robinson from the New York Herald Tribune as senior vice president and director.
Officials of Madison County school units receive quarterly distributions from the state Tuition Support Fund derived from gross income tax. Anderson city schools will get 308,090 with other townships allocated amounts ranging from 1,954 to 35,311, totaling over 1 million for Anderson and about 2 million for the county this year.
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