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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1960
Page
6
President Eisenhower signed a bill expanding mining tax write offs. The measure allows a lifetime deduction up to 400000 for exploration, while keeping a 100000 annual cap, easing past limits and prompting Treasury objections over revenue loss and aid to established operators.
Grace Methodist Church in Waterford announces Vacation Bible School from July 11 to 15, daily 8:30 am to 1:00 pm with a closing program at 8:30 pm. Mrs. Virgil Peters directs the program under the theme The N Church. General Electric plans a $3 million silicone products plant extension, 15,000 square feet, to open by late 1961.
A private audit of Sangamon County treasurer Joseph H. Kohorst's office found the books in good order after prior criticism of overdistributing 140 575 in tax funds and loans totaling 844 from county coffers. Kohorst said the Cain report clears him of irregularities and noted an honest mistake in distributing funds with authority later backed by an attorney general opinion. The audit was presented at a county board hearing. Kohorst called the missing 100s bad office procedure but widespread in 102 counties.
The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld Whitman's contempt conviction for refusing to answer 1936 Senate Internal Security questions on Communist activities. He received a six month jail sentence and a $500 fine, arguing the questions were not pertinent to an authorized inquiry.
The Young Folks Store at 922 Meridian St wins a national display window contest sponsored by Tom Sawyer Boys' Clothing. Ten winners were selected from across the United States.
Mt Hope Methodist Church schedules Vacation Church School from July 11 to July 19, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. weekdays. Classes will be offered for kindergarten through junior high, with emphasis on concrete activities amid a season of market optimism and presidential election interest impacting traditional stocks.
More than 500 survivors and relatives of crew members of the USS Indianapolis, torpedoed July 30, 1945, will attend a reunion in Indianapolis. Adrian Marks, a Frankfort lawyer and PBY pilot who rescued survivors, will speak at the event. Dr. Giles McCoy of Boonville, Missouri, is reunion chairman.
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