Tragic 18 Year Old Lisa Fortson Buried After Drug Death
Lisa Fortson, 18, once a bright student at Anderson High, died from heroin overdose in Florida after leaving Indiana with her mother. Her body lay unidentified in a morgue for months before a private funeral in Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery. Police connected her case to an alleged suspect, while her family mourned and sought closure amid grim details of missing persons and narcotics.
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Peg
Ana Aca Nome
Wen
Anderson
Anderson High
Hon
Pete
Air Wisconsin Eyes Anderson Service Expansion
Air Wisconsin plans to begin commuter service connecting Anderson with several Indiana cities and Chicago O Hare, in a verbal agreement with the Aviation Commission. Preston Wilbourne said a written contract will spell a one year airport fee exemption and ongoing flights to Detroit as a high priority once service starts. Airline officials expect to finalize flight scheduling in about two weeks as they assess market stability.
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Grew
Air Wisconsin
Ander
Commission
Anderson
Wilbourne
Wibbourne
Ecome
Anderson Commit Commission
M. Huggins
Roger
Pete” Elpers
Les Farran
Vern Riggins
Pettigrew
Hough
Mmission
Detroit
Withourne
Elwood Firemen Demand Salary Increase Action
Elwood firefighters protest lack of invitation to a council salary hearing. Dale Wilson accuses officials of delaying a decision after presenting a base salary figure in June and notes a July discussion of a three percent raise, which they deem insufficient given living costs.
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Elwood
Elwood Firefighters Association
Dale Wilson
Gene Smith
Wilsom
Wile Pierson
Column
Auctioneer's Cry At Anderson Hotel Signals Era's End
The Anderson Hotel sale opens with tattered rooms and bargain prices as the structure, once a civic hub, is stripped for demolition to become a temporary county courthouse. Items fetch low sums including an antique scale at 250 dollars and a modern piano at 275 dollars, with the sale running through the day.
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Anderson Hotel
Pick Chain
Anderson and Kokomo Investors
RH. “Baby” Roberts
Federal Bankrupcy Court
al Ways
Roberts
Elwood Man Buise Back In Jail After Bond Incident
Elwood resident Roy James Buise, 38, a second degree murder convict, surrendered to Hancock County police in Greenfield after being released on bond a week earlier for his appeal. His parents asked to be relieved of liability for the bond but were denied as Judge George J. Lewis issued a warrant and Buise was later found in Elwood.
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Roy James Buise
Hancock County
Buise
Mallory
Richd E. Kuennen
Indiana
Neimati
Hancock
George J. Lewis
Lewis
Madison County
Elwood
James Brand
Brand
Piamse
Rainy weekend chances linger with showers likely
Weather brief notes a rainy period with showers and possible thundershowers. Mostly cloudy conditions persist tonight through Sunday with a 60 percent rain chance today and 40 percent tomorrow. Sunrise and sunset times referenced without specific values.
Three Tots Die In Fire In Dunkirk Indiana
In Dunkirk Indiana three small children Roxanne Casada 2 Joy Lee MeWharter 5 and Linda Faye MeWharter 2 died in a house fire. Their mother Dixie Casada 29 was seriously burned and Byron Eugene Life 20 months was critically burned. Fire officials say the fire started from a gas can in a four room frame house, with victims likely asleep in a bedroom. The child was taken to Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.
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Dunkirk
Ind
Roxanne Casada
Joy Lee MeWharter
Linda Faye McW
Air Pirate Plot Ends In Death
A hijacker in an orange shirt led a Trans World Airlines jet back to LaGuardia, then was shot and killed by an FBI agent after attempting to hijack a second plane to Tala. He held a stewardess hostage as police trailed the drama across Long Island. 55 passengers were released unharmed. The hijacker was Richard Obergfell, 27, of Passaic, New Jersey, identified during surveillance. The hostage was Indio Maria Concepcion, 21, a TWA stewardess.
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New York
Trans World Airlines
LaGuardia Field
FBI
Tali
Air Pirate
TWA
Los Angeles
Chicago
LaGuardia
Richard Obergfell
Passaic
N.J
Long Island
Idie Maria Concepcion
Burbank
Calif
Kennedy
Oberatell
Mme Twn
Fane
Celene
James W Geater Memorial Center Rededication In Anderson
On Sept. 2 the West Side Community Center in Anderson will be rededicated as the James W Geater Memorial Center. Geater helped build the center in the 1950s with federal aid and later directed Americas recreation department. Pri mus Mootry new director, from Chicago, will lead the rededication as the community focuses on potential and youth development.
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West Side Community Center
Mth Street
James W. Geater
Geater
Works Progress Administration
Washington
Nation's Recreation Department
Tne
Anoth
Hillis Shares Capitol Hill Views At Chamber Luncheon
U S Rep Hillis spoke to about 120 at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon detailing views on current Capitol Hill issues. He praised the redistricting bill passed by the General Assembly and spoke of plans to seek re election in the Fifth District while noting political jockeying in the Senate and his disapproval of Bayh's actions in Florida.
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Hillis
Anderson
Elwood
Bud” Hills
Chambers of Commerce
Anderson College
Thomas McMahan
Anderson Chamber of Commerce
Congressional
James Eckman
U.S
Capitol Hill
Elwood H. Hills
Chamber of Commerce
Vast
Mediana General Assembly
David W. Dennis
Hills
Congress
Senate
Bird
Bayns
Florida
Bayh
Coloma
Herald Today layout lists sections on Arab-Israeli coverage
The church page features two viewpoints on the Arab-Israeli conflict while other sections include interest news on page 3, sports on page 6, comics on page 4, daily features, financial news on page 104, and classified ads on pages 14 and 15.
Sold First Caller Ad for Fat Day
Fragmentary OCR text notes an auction or sale mention with phrases about selling first caller. Other readable bits are garbled and do not reveal clear names, places, or outcomes.
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Akron
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