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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1964
Page
7
The Indiana State School Reorganization Commission holds a 2 p.m. public hearing at Anderson High School gym for Madison County residents to discuss a new reorganization plan. The paper urges participation to inform a forthcoming referendum and future education.
SAN FRANCISCO AP Gov William W Scranton urged condemning the John Birch Society in a platform plank as he aimed to blunt far right pressure. He warned that the GOP must reject extremism on both sides while Barry Goldwater sustains momentum with a convention looming July 13.
The Anderson Board of Works learned a city pump handling five million gallons daily needs repairs. Two pumps operate at 8 and 13 million gallons respectively while daily city use totals about 16 million. The Mulvane Street well will start this week and an auxiliary underground river was found nearby. Bids will be sought for two water department trucks, and land will be purchased to ease High Street and Alexandria Pike traffic. Vineyard Street is set for repaving to aid ambulances, with board members Flanagan Thorman Rinker Ehrhart and others noted.
Lee B. Fidler resigned as city schools attorney after eight years at a Anderson Board of School Trustees meeting. Board President A George Harrison praised his service and said the board will immediately seek a new city attorney. Harrison also announced that contracts for 215 teachers from the former township system would be mailed this week.
Ronald Smiley, 15, of Anderson, dived in fully clothed to rescue Pauld David Munson, 4, after a chair collapse sent him into a ten feet deep channel at a Lake Trish summer home. The boy was saved on Independence Day, amid families from the Smiley and Munson households visiting Middletown.
Barry Maps Drive reports Judge Nelson Bohannan yesterday named a receiver in the case of the City of Anderson versus Continental Broadcasting Corp owner of WAFM. The city claims a delinquent electricity bill of 182870.49. The dispatch also notes Goldwater’s comments on a possible vice presidential pick amid GOP race chatter.
An An Chio man was arrested and booked for public intoxication after driving a car onto railroad tracks near a private yard. Authorities noted the incident occurred yesterday as a witness described the car’s path across the track. The report also references political figures and campaign activity surrounding the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.
Washington AP report says city prosecutors deem topless swimsuits legal in the District of Columbia. Assistant corporation counsel Clark King notes immodesty is not a crime under local law.
A powerful earthquake measuring 387 struck across Mexico early Monday. The Red Cross reported no deaths and few injuries. Mexico City and many towns lost power as electrical circuits failed and small fires were fought into noon.
The State School Reorganization Commission holds a 2 p.m. public hearing at Anderson High School gym to define support for the Central Metropolitan School District and its five proposed corporations West Central Elwood and Anderson Community areas with Alexandria and South Madison less opposed. The panel will use input to decide which areas proceed to voter decision in November and whether petitions can approve a corporation without an election.
League managers weigh pitching choices as Juan Marichal Sandy Koufax and Whitey Ford loom. Lopez backs Chance as starter amid surprise selections while Alston notes lineup balance and brings Williams as third hitter with Mantle in reserve juxta Mets.
In the central highlands 800 government troops hold a U S special forces camp at Nam Dong against a five hour Viet Cong assault. Two Americans killed four wounded. total U S combat fatalities since 1961 rise to 151 with 96 accidents.
Arlene Del Fava, 27, says police were helpful after she used a switchblade to fend off a would-be rapist sailor at Elmhurst Hospital. The assailant, Harold Model, 20, confessed to attempted rape and felonious assault after identification. Del Fava, a secretary, started carrying a knife after Kitty Genovese's murder and says the weapon makes her feel safer amidst rising city crime.
Birth notices from St. John's and Community Hospitals list newborn girls and boys for families including Bruce Stanley Alexandria Paul Deeds Jim Stohler Markleville Charles Mattingly Chesterfield James Damm Alexandria Ronald Wilbur Rt. 5 Claude Zion 116 W. 14th St. and David Helton Rt. 1. Names and addresses indicate multiple infant arrivals in the Andersen area.
Two Boy Scouts from Indianapolis die after their canoe overturns in fast water and is swept over a 12 foot waterfall. Allen G. Schoenheide 14 and Ronald N. Sklare 16 are named. John Brody 16 escapes to shore and a search continues. The teens were on a canoe trip originating in Ely.
Soviet Union reverses stance to propose a permanent United Nations peacekeeping force aimed at curbing Chinese Communist aggression in Southeast Asia. The four page memorandum to Japan's Foreign Office notes the Lao crisis and urges action to defend peoples seeking freedom under a Security Council framework.
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