Scoutacular Mall Show to Spotlight Local Cub Scouts
Big Killbuck District hosts Scoutacular at the mall with Cub Scouts from Pandersto Alliance erfield Emporia Ingalls sville Lapel Mechanics bas Middletown Moonsville New Columbus Pendleton. Activities chair Fred Young announces hours 2 5 and 7 9 p m Saturday and 2 5 p m Sunday.
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Mounds Mall
Big Killbuck
Cte
Pandersto
Alliance
Erfield
Emporia
Ingallssville
Lapel
Mechanicsbas
Middletown
Moonsville
New Columbus
Pendleton
Fred Young
Big Killback
Water Rates At Summitville Jump 33 Percent
Indiana Public Service Commission approved a 33.3 percent rate increase for Summitville customers of the Indiana Cities Water Corporation. The action affects eight communities and lifts Summitville’s estimated annual operating revenue to 34,308 dollars. the utility also serves Greenwood, Shelbyville, Rockport, Wabash, French Lick, West Baden and Newburgh.
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Summitville
Indiana Cities Water Corporation
Indiana Public Service Commission
Indianapolis
Greenwood
Shelbyville
Rockport
Wabash
French Lick
West Baden
Newburgh
Mercy Hospital Reports Patients in Elwood and Indianapolis
Mercy Hospital reports admits and discharges listing patients in Elwood and Indianapolis. Admitted include Mrs. Robert Kochman Rt. 3 Henry Brocks Frankton Irvin Goins Rt. 2. Discharged include Mrs. David Bien and baby 1819 S J St Indianapolis Gary E Wilson Summitville and Mrs Edward McIntyre 2012 S op Tracy Williams Arca-7 Bose son to Mrs Webster 1528 Sty Friday. Ambulance trips note Bobbie Humphrey transferred from Marion General Hospital Marion to 2001 N A St Jackley Landrum ambulance Thursday afternoon.
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Elwood
Mercy Hospital
Robert Kochman
Henry Brocks
Frankton
Irvin Goins
David Bien
Baby
S. J St
Trueblood
Indianapolis
Gary E. Wilson
Summitville
Edward McIntyre
Tracy L. Williams
Arca
Bose
Webster
Bobbie Humphrey
Marion General Hospital
Marion
N. A St
Jackley-Landrum
Oldest US destroyer Nicholas retires after 28 years
The USS Nicholas, the nation’s oldest active destroyer, ends 28 years of service in three wars. The vessel decommissioned Friday in Bath Maine, marking the end of an era for the Navy.
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Bath
Maine
UPI
Nicholas
New Arrivals at local hospitals born to area families
At St. John's Hospital and Community Hospital the births include a girl to Merle and Mrs Jones at 2730 Columbus Ave a pair of twins to Eldon White at 6419 Columbus Ave a boy to Kenneth Ballinger at 715 Pricewood Ct a boy to Clyde Poole at 1913 Broadway a girl to Darrell Leland at 425 Ernie Lu Drive and a boy to Dave Tomlin at 2121 Pearl St. At Community Hospital a girl to Philip Apple at 2720 Dewey St a boy to Wayne Goen at 1932 Woodbine Dr and a girl to William L Bryan at Alexandria.
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Merle Jones
Columbus Ave
Eldon White
Kenneth Ballinger
Pricewood Ct
Clyde Poole
Broadway
Darrell Leland
Ernie Lu Drive
Dave Tomlin
Pearl St
Community Hospital
Philip Apple
Dewey St
Wayne Goen
Woodbine Dr
William L. Bryant
Alexandria
Gary School Reopenings Resume After Court Order
About 500 teachers reported to classrooms and classes resumed across 28 city schools including two Gary high schools. On Thursday the first day the court order took effect only 14 schools reopened with non union teachers and parents teaching in the interim.
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Gary
Dollars for Scholars Drive Opens in Anderson
A communitywide Dollars for Scholars drive kicked off in Anderson with President C. Amos Childers naming committee chairs. The program targets B and C students from local high schools pursuing higher education, mainly in vocational fields, and aims to secure at least one dollar from every citizen.
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C. Amos Childers
DFS Board of Directors
Childers
Anderson
Ind
Oscar Atteberry
Ruth Waughfield
G. E. Ebbertt
George Surbaugh
Frank Woschitz
Richard Jarrett
Robert Zerkle
John Yount
Frank Allis
Otto Engleman
Felicity
Students Smash Gate Of Palace In Manila Riots
Manila riot leaves at least four dead and over one hundred wounded as students attack the presidential palace with a captured fire truck. Police arrest more than one hundred as looting and arson spread through downtown Manila amid clashes with riot police.
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Manila
UPI
Armed Forces
Manuel Yan
Mahanag Palace
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Marcos
Francisco Tadad
Antonio J. Villegas
State Senator Sees Rise in School Support in 1971 Legislature
In Indianapolis UPI reports Republican State Sen. Danny Burton chairing the general education study committee says he expects state support for schools to reach 50 percent in the 1971 legislature. He notes this may require higher sales or income taxes to achieve the level.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Danny Burton
Burton
Legislative
High Pressure Over Plains Brings Nation Pleasant Weather
A high pressure system over the southern plains produced calm winter conditions across much of the country. Clear skies stretched from the western mountains to the Mississippi Valley with no subzero readings. scattered snow flurries appeared from the Midwest to New England and northern Nevada saw light snow. Chicago traffic incidents rose as a night snowfall coated streets.
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United Press International
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Midwest
New England
Nevada
Chicago
Four Arrested in Cedar Lake Drug Raid
A joint raid by state, lake county and Cedar Lake police at a Cedar Lake house netted $1,500 in drugs and equipment and led to four arrests on narcotics charges. Those named were Ernie Julien 19 Wanda Van Wert 19 both of Cedar Lake and William May 24 Robert Lewandowske 18 of Lowell.
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Cedar Lake, Ind
UPID
State
Lake County
Cedar Lake
Ernie Julien
William May
Wanda van Wert
Robert Lewandowske
Lowell
Countywide citizens advisory group eyed by council
City and County plan to form a countywide citizens advisory committee to study area problems and promote council projects. Mayors are asked to submit names with county township reps. Anderson seeks federal funds to buy 73 acres for a recreation area east of Shady Side Park under open space provisions. The plan aides a Madison County Anderson Urban Area Transportation and Planning Study estimated at 561000 with 75 percent federal funding over three and a half years.
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Point
Council of Governments
Paddock
Anderson
Alexandria Pike
David Sheldon
Shadyside Park
Priest
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
BPR
Madison County
Council of Government
Jack van Dyke
Board of Works
Robert Hodson
John Manship
Cassell Otto
County Planning Commission
Caroll Valentine
Elwood
Darrell Miller
Nixon proposes not pro Israel aid amid Biafra relief push
President says US aid to starving Biafrans is in the national interest regardless of politics. He outlines a 1.3 billion dollar surplus budget for the year starting July 1, targets inflation, and plans an ABM first phase with funding to build select Safeguard sites. He defends Carswell nomination and warns on Vietnam escalation.
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Biafra
Nixon
Congress
White House
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
U. S
United States
Red China
Philippines
Pentagon
Vietnam
U.S
G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Carswell
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
National Security Council
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Unions Split as Jurisdiction Pact Fails Narrowly
Shultz is told the ers voted down the agreement over a contested provision allowing union members to cross job lines for limited work. Three other unions barely approved, but all four must agree. The unions involved include Machinists Sheet Metal Workers Electrical Workers and Boilermakers.
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Ers
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
St Mary's Honors List Names Second Honor Roll Members
Second Honor Roll posted by St Marys lists Grade 8 honorees John Kiely Cheryl Oshier Susan Worden with Grade 7 Barbara Farmer Janis Turner Mary Lou Zirkel and an Honorable Mention including Grade 8 students John Abel Jan Class John Frossard Debbie Keogh Nancy McMillan Margaret Magers Kathy Norris Sharon Roche Michael Rowe Kathy Slater Debbie Strader plus Grade 7 honorees Cynthia Crull Lisa Cumberland Susan Dillman Richard Drake James Kopp Michael Kuhl Ambrose Price Kathy Rock and Martin Schilke.
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John Kiely
Cheryl Oshier
Susan Worden
Barbara Farmer
Janis Turner
Mary Lou Zirkelbach
John Abel
Jan Class
John Frossard
Debbie Keogh
Nancy McMillan
Margaret Magers
Kathy Norris
Sharon Roche
Michael Rowe
Kathy Slater
Debbie Strader
Cynthia Crull
Lisa Cumberland
Susan Dillman
Richard Drake
James Kopp
Michael Kuhl
Ambrose Price
Kathy Rock
Martin Schilke
State Motor Pool Cut In Economy Move
Indiana officials cut the State Motor Pool. Commissioner W W Hill Jr said permanently assigned vehicles drop from 392 to 362 and total in pool falls to 500, aligning with Governor Whitcomb's economy program.
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Indianapolis
UPI
W.W. Hill Jr
Whitcomb
Hill
Fatal House Fire Claims Ligonier Resident
A Friday house fire in Ligonier Indiana, Noble County, killed Albert Freeland. His wife Sue, hospitalized in Goshen with burns, was reported in fair condition. Firemen could not determine the blaze cause immediately.
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Ligonier, Ind
Noble County
Albert Freeland
Sue
Goshen
Taxable valuations rise in county to set new rates
The document lists township and school district valuations in the county, detailing increases from 1968 to 1969 payable 1970, with Metropolis Metropolitan School Districts and several townships including Anderson and Stony Creek showing notable rises. It notes tax rate bases per township, including inside and outside corporate limits, and ends with a brief line about the Amazon river’s slow flow.
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Anderson
Elwood
Madison-Grant
Grant County
Summitville
Madison County
Metropolitan
Metro
South Madison
Adams
Boone
Duck Creek
Fall Creek
Green
Jackson
Lafayette
Monroe
Pipe Creek
Richland
Stony Creek
Union
van Buren
Deaths in Madison Area Mrs Etta Kemper dies at 98
Mrs Etta Kemper 98 longtime Fairmount resident died Friday night at a Marion nursing home after a month there. She was a North Carolina native and Loyal Rebekah Lodge member. Survived by two sons, Cecil and Charles, three brothers, six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Funeral Monday at Hunt Funeral Home with burial at Knox Chapel Cemetery.
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Fairmount
Etta Kemper
Marion
North Carolina
Loyal
Rebekah Lodge
Hunt Mortuary
Knox Chapel
Clarence J Comstock of Daleville Dies after Illness
Clarence J Comstock 57 of Rt 1 Daleville died Friday at Ball Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He worked 37 years at Delco Remy as a grinder and served in World War II. Survived by widow Hannah Noble Beach Jr and two brothers Charles R. and Garth P. Comstock. Funeral arrangements pending at Harold E Rozelle Funeral Home.
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Daleville
Clarence J Comstock
Rt. 1
Ball Memorial Hospital
Delco-Remy
Chesterfield
Harry
Alta Mae Rector
Comstock
U. S. Navy
Disabled Veterans
George Hackett
The
American Legion
Hannah Noble
Beach, Jr
Charles R. Comstock
Anderson
Garth P. Comstock
Cedarville, Il
Harold E. Rozelle
Fires, deaths mark two notices in Indiana area
Frank Summers 68 former State Representative and civic leader dies from burns after a water heater explosion at his Rt 1 home. Services set Sunday at Ballard and Shirey Middletown with interment in Miller Cemetery. Also private first class Robert W. Shelton 20 killed in Vietnam. remains at Cusick and Wengler Funeral Home Cicero with services and burial planned at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens Noblesville.
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Middletown
Frank Summers
Robert Long
Indianapolis
Rt. 1
Summers
9Th General Assembly
Henry County
Church of Christ
Ballard and Shirey
Maurice Howard
Anderson
Miller Cemetery
Oneita
George E. Summers
New Orleans
Mark Summers
Kauai
Hawaii
David Linzinmeir
Richard Riggs
Maxine Snowden
Pan Summers
Los Angeles
Cicero
Robert W. Shelton
Vietnam
Cusick and Wenger
Pfc
Bruce Louks
Shelton
Floyd D. Shelton
Noblesville
Doris Ann Shelton
Robert
Mary Ellen) Bossom
Kenneth Shelton
Carmel
Gary Shelton
U. S. Army
Germany
John Shelton
Adrian Cross
Lebanon
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Joseph Minsterman
Oaklawn Memorial Gardens
Benjamin Morgan 92 to be laid to rest in Noblesville
Final rites are set for 2 p.m. today at Evans Godby and Trout Funeral Home for Benjamin Morgan 92 of Rt 2 Noblesville a retired farmer from Perkinsville Interment at Gravel Lawn Cemetery Fortville.
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Noblesville
Evans, Godby and Trout
Benjamin Morgan
Rt. 2
Perkinsville
Gravel Lawn
Fortville
Final rites for Merrill Foland set at Copher and Fesler
Funeral services for Merrill Foland a musician and nurseryman begin at 10 30 am today at Copher and Fesler Funeral Home Elwood Indiana Interment follows at Elwood City Cemetery with burial rites conducted locally
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Elwood
Copher and Fesler
Merrill Foland
Elwood City Cemetery
Blessing John obituary noted in Crawfordsville Early 20th century
John Blessing 85 of 2016 Mounds Rd died Friday after an extended illness at Turtle Creek Convalescent Center. Funeral services held Monday at Baker Brothers with Rev. John Summers officiating. Interment in Geetingsville cemetery. Survivors include widow Osa E Blessing a daughter Mary Joan Jouppi a sister and four grandchildren. Three great grandchildren noted. Born September 17 1884 to Elmer and Elizabeth Blessing he was a native Hoosier formerly employed in sales with Al Stow before retirement.
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Baker Brothers Funeral Home
John &. Blessing
Mounds Rd
John Summers
Ovid
Geetingsville
Blessing
Turtle Creek Convalescent Center
al Stow
Hoosier
Elmer
Elizabeth Blessing
Osa E. Blessing
Mary Joan Jouppi
Winter Haven
Fla
Catherine Servisce
Crawfordsville
Raymond Blessing
George Blessing
Rites set for Mrs Lillian Lee Dee in Oklahoma City
Mrs Lillian Lee Dee 72 formerly of Anderson died Thursday in Monticello Funeral services planned Sunday at Smith and Kernie Funeral Home Oklahoma City Survivors include sister Nell Lee Logansport and several nieces nephews and cousins Final rites held today for Mrs Bessie Hill 62 East Seventh Street with interment at East Maplewood Cemetery
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Lillian Lee Dee
Anderson
Monticello
Smith and Kernie
Oklahoma City
Oklo
Nell Lee
Logansport
Harold E. Rozelle
Bessie Hill
Seventh St
East Maplewood Cemetery
City Burns and Steam Upgrade Sparks Hearing Request
City officials seek authority to discontinue the money losing steam utility after Friday repairs. The Indiana Public Service Commission will hold public hearings Monday Feb 16 at the state office building in Indianapolis. A steam dept worker was burned after falling into hot water in a manhole at 10th and Main around 9 am and is listed in satisfactory condition at Community Hospital. Jesse Carpenter 52 of 607 Madison Ave listed as patient.
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Anderson
Indiana Public Service Commission
State
Indianapolis
10Th and
Main Streets
Community Hospital
Jesse Carpenter
Madison Ave
Seeger Sings in Trial as Court Limits Melodies
Pete Seeger testifies at the trial of seven men accused of conspiring to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. He sings Wasnt It a Time in court until Judge Hoffman rules out further melody. Seeger notes it is not allowed to sing in the court.
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Pete Seeger
Seeger
U.S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
Vietnam
Abbie Hoffman
Jerry Rubin
Hoffman
Almond Raising Sacramento Leads U S In Commercial Cultivation
California stands alone as the only state to successfully raise almonds in commercial quantities. The article notes the state’s unique position in supplying large market volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
California
U. S
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