Auto Makers Sell More Profits Drop in First Half
Chrysler reports six month profits fell by 50 million to 66.9 million as sales edged up to 2.9 billion. General Motors earnings dropped from 1.1 billion to 902 million while Ford prepares to report. Chrysler cites higher material and labor costs and unrecouped 1967 safety feature costs amid a 3.3 percent fall in world wide unit sales to 1,085,611.
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Dethoit
Chrysler Corp
Patois
Eaid
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler
Boardh
Lynn Towsend
Virgil B. Boyd
Elwood Social Activites and Philanthropy Convention notes
A report from Elwood covers members attending the 47th annual convention of the International Philanthropy sorority in Atlanta with delegates from 99 chapters. Highlights include leadership details of Mrs. Snyder, a long-time international secretary, and the convention’s four days of events at the Regency Hyatt. Also noted are local Elwood activities, initiation plans, and a Philathea Co-Workers gathering in Kokomo with hospital attendances and upcoming meetings.
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Elwood
Robert
Continental
Canif Saver
Bis Wastecasted
Jaé International
Jerry Hughes
Ruth
Dalla ‘Thetaau
Montgomery
Lalu Weab
van Tine
Ition
Sheraton Plaza
Faltce
Sea
Francisco
National Philanthropy
Snyder
Washnee
Robert Sharpe
Goshen
Ind
Atlanta
Regency Hyatt House
Bor
Mercy
Kay Hospital
Mes
Rob Werner
Eee
Lwera
Kenneth Hoter
Vledges
Copher
N.ath St
Thomaslust
Elwood Federal
Fesler Funeral Home
Opton
St. Charles
Savings and Loan Company
Sorlfriends
Fairmount
Fallie Sizelove
Stottlemeyer
John Stafford
St.House
Pat Miller
St. John’s Church
Louise Hayden
Phillips of
Anderson
Alva Mur
S. K St
Hichards
Carwell
Jide
Arnold Mung
Baby
Philathea Co-Workers
Kakomo
Ginger Barrett
Grace Methodist Church
11Th St
Les
Elizabeth Hickey
Haskett
Ralphl
Mercy Hospital
Woodsides
Walter Clouser
Robert L. Jackley
Hobart Miltt
Ball Memorial
Pital
Muncie
A Wilson Rites Scheduled Today
Elwood Pancras services for Fr. Albert Wilson 84 of Rt 4 will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at St John s Lutheran Church by Rev Jerome Johnson. Burial will follow in the Flannd Miho Cemetery.
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Elwood — Pancras
Albert Wilson
Rt. 4
Dickey Nursing Home
St. John's Lutheran Church
Jerome Johnson
Miho Comatary
Youth Loses Hand In Plant Accident
ELWOOD A youth from Elwood was seriously injured at the Essex Wire Corporation plant at Brickyard Road and Indiana 37. William R. Cripe, 19, of Route 4, suffered a hand amputation after his hand was caught in a press. He was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital then transferred to St. Joseph's Hospital in Kokomo for the operation.
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Elwood
Tesday
Essex Wire Corporation
Brickyard Rd
Ind
William R. Cripe
Rt 4
Volant
Mercy Hospital
York
Farewell Event To Honor Priest At St Marys Cafeteria
The Rev. John Duncan associate priest at St Marys Catholic Church will be guest of honor at a Sunday reception farewell at St Marys Cafeteria from 3 95 p.m Parishioners and friends are invited The Rev Buscan named vice chancellor of the Diocese of Lafayette will reside at Blessed Sacramento Parish in Lafayette He will be succeeded by Rev Donald Rash Duncan ordained in 1960 native of Kokomo educated at St Meinrad Ball State St Paul Marion Bennett High School and taught at Bennett High before coming to Anderson Also note coal production in Ohio ranking as fifth largest state producer.
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John Duncan
St. Mary's Cath-ric
St. Mary’s
Buscan
Diocese of
Lafayette
Blessed Sacramento
Donald Rash
Duncan
Kokemo
St. Meinrad’s Seminary
Ball State University
Anderson
St. Paul's
Marion
Bennett High School
Cambodia Aids Reds Border War Claims Stir U.S. Officials
UPI reports Lt Gen Stanley Larsen says Cambodia allows Communist forces near the border while 90 percent of the Central Highlands population remains under government control. He asserts fighter bombers have crossed into Cambodia and Viet Cong bases exist there. Larsen, commander of U S forces in the region, expects no major battles soon. A church event in Alexandria features Mason and Larsen as speakers.
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Saigon
UPI
Stanley Larsen
Sia
Vietnam
Cambodia
Bot
Guanes
South Vietnam
Farbodle
Otis
Auth
Igh
Je Leos
Atsen Sak
Larsen
U.S
Ervices
Highlands
Alexandria
Jack D
South
Vietam
Mace Sfasop
Wasp
Cettrallfich School
Alexandria United States
Church of God
A. Mes Isi Bor
Ta Jana University
Mason
Saigon Central
P.m
Dwight R. McCurdy
Parks Roads Fund Approved
INDIANAPOLIS AP The State Highway Commission approved Thursday a 693 481 dollar plan for construction resurfacing and maintenance on Indiana roadways. Of the total 451 811 would be for new construction and 1 must be approved by Governor Roger D. Branigin before state highway funds can be used. The remaining 246 670 will go for resurfacing and maintenance not subject to the governor's approval. Commission Member Marvin F. Ryans Evansville raised questions about whether new federal safety standards would raise road costs and reduce miles built. staff said surveys were incomplete but the matter was being studied.
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Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
Indiana
V. Roger D. Branigin
Commission
Marvin F. Ryans
Evansville
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Ladiv
Is’ Sportanees
Sin
Lingevie
Terry
Siyies
Todder's Dept
Belgium
Prince Albert
Princess Paolo
Liege
Prince Philippe
Prince Laurent
Princess Astrid
Elwood’s Mercy Hospital
Aith
Chapter of
Hebrews
Owen DeWeese
Ervin Hancher
Charles Tomlinson
DeWeese
Tomlinson
Grace Clark
Shelly Frazier
Wesley House
Lavon Beckett
Irene Kleyla
A. Wilson
Beast
Ohio
Fargest
Rey. Duncan
Meridien
Parks Roads Fund
L. Lutz
Expansing Bane
Is Jeweler
Meridian — Mounds
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