Large MHHS Senior Class To Graduate
Madison Heights High School holds commencement exercises for 427 seniors at 8 p.m. in the gym with diplomas presented by principal Robert Collier. Supt. G. E. Ebbertt and Dr. W. Lee Martin address the crowd as the Concert Band performs Pomp and Circumstance. The invocation is by Rev. William Howenstine. the choir sings Climb Every Mountain. Donald Jones speaks. Rev. Roscoe Snowden gives the benediction. The class exits to War March of the Priests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Heights High School
Robert Collier
Anderson City School
G. E. Ebbertt
W. Lee Martin
Martin
Anderson
Madison Heights Gymnasium
William Howenstine
Whetstone
Donald Jones
Roscoe Snowden
Athalia
Thomas Dale Adams
Ann Frances Addington
Albert Allen
Karolyn Joy Allen
Yvette Marie Allen
Roger Kent Alley
Charlene E. Alspaugh
Wayne Curtis Amick
Linda Dianne Anderson
Pamela Jo Anderson
Rebecca Kay Anderson
Ricki Barth Apgar
Terri Lynn Applegate
Paulete Sue Ashby
Gilbert Lee Atha
Bernd Bairschmidt
Cynthia Ann Baker
David Earl Ball
Linda Jean Ballard
James Lee Ballentine
Frank Ellis Bandy, Jr
Paul Joseph Barker, Jr
James
Sunday Fire Damages Tavern
A neighbor's call sent firefighters to Blue Grotto Tavern at 25th St and Arrow Ave where heavy heat and smoke damaged the building. Firefighters from Companies 2 6 and 8 battled the blaze and an alarm at Community Hospital involved air conditioning steam mistaken for smoke. An Engine from Company 2 collided with Larry Ballinger who failed to yield to an emergency vehicle, causing $100 damage at Van Buskirk Rd and Madison Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Ballinger
Madison Ave
Ballinger
van Buskirk Rd
Selected Madison County 4-H junior leaders for camp training
Several Madison County 4-H junior leaders were chosen by their leaders and County Extension Youth Agent Jerry Reyburn to attend Junior Leader Training Camp at Shakamak State Park from June 9 to June 12. Selection was based on leadership citizenship and ability to teach. the teens will learn camp directing song leading recreation and crafts and assist adult leaders at the Madison County 4-H Camp at Shakamak July 14 to 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison County
Jerry Reyburn
Shakamak State Park
Dottie Golds
Indianapolis
UPI
Alberry
Frankton
Tina Kelich
Elwood
Ann A. Calabria
Anderson
Ardy Absher
Alexfire
Andria
Debra Randolph
Hattie
Markleville
Burrows
Don
Rytier
Robert
Sparks
Allen
Shakamak
Patricia Ehle
Lapel
City Works Board Opens Wide Bids For Vehicles And Projects
The Works Board opened bids from W. H. Hardy and Son Dukes GMC Hunter Motor Co and Fred Welker Ford for two truck chassis and other city equipment. Bids for widening E Street from Nursery Road to the 109 Bypass and for a Sewage Treatment Plant project were reviewed. Harold Smith presented bids for a subst ation on the south side of the city from W R Dunkin and Son and Associated Builders. The board approved leasing portions of University Heights to build a Council Headquarters pending maintenance plans for the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince
Last PLC
Night's Board of Public Works
Gordon France
Kikihawen
Council of the
Boy Scouts
W. H. Hardy and Son
Dukes Gmc
Hunter Motor Co
Fred Welker Ford
Warren Johnson
Walter and Sewage Departments
Paul J. McKeand
Ralph
Apes Frank Yarling
W. R. Dunkin and Son and
Associated Builders
Yarling
University Heights
10Th St
Good Morning Start The Day With a Chuckle
Columbus Indiana police faced a local disturbance when Gustus Davis 27 kept mowing at 6 30 a m with a loud power mower that sounded like a jet. Neighbors complained and officers warned him of arrest but he continued. He was jailed for disorderly conduct after cursing at the officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Gustus Davis
Davis
Daleville Post Office Burglary Grants Loot and Break-in Details
Burglars broke into the Daleville Post Office between Sunday night and Monday morning. They took about 875 worth of stamps and 3300 in cash. Entry was gained by prying two rear doors and cracking a safe in the main mail workroom. The incident prompted a federal and Delaware County investigation and was set near 5 30 pm Sunday to 6 20 am Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daleville
Delaware
Robert Williams
Wiliams
Injured Boy’s Mother Sues For $125000 Damages
Bertha E. Turner, mother of Robert Ray Owens, filed two suits in 1963 auto crash in Anderson. She seeks $100000 in Madison Circuit Court and $25000 in Madison Superior Court for her son, who suffered a cerebral concussion and retrograde amnesia after being struck by Thomas Hexamer at W 19th Street and Morton Street.
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Anderson
Bertha E. Turner
Madison Circuit Court
Madison Superior Court
Robert Ray Owens
Thomas Hexamer
W. 19Th St
Morton St
Owens
Hexamer
Turner
Hexcar
Amet Hexamer
Weekend Road Toll Claims Two Victims
Weekend traffic accidents in Henry and Delaware Counties killed two Madison County residents. Michael Lee Whetsel 12 of Markleville died after his motorcycle struck a Henry County bridge near Shirley while being transported to Henry County Hospital. David L. Hiday 29 of Alexandria died in a one car crash on Middletown Road north of Middletown when his vehicle struck a concrete culvert and overturned. Funeral services for Whetsel are set for 3 p.m. at Sells and Rowe Funeral Home with burial to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Hiday
Rt. 2
Alexandria
Delaware County
Rozelle Funeral Home
Henry
Delaware
Madison County
Markleville
Michael Lee Whetsel
John Whetsel
Rt. 1
David L. Hiday
Whetsel
Wilkinson
Henry County
Shirley
Shirley Rd
Henry County Sheriff's Office
Henry County Hospital
New Castle
Redkey State
Hiday
Middletown
High Court Rules on Contraceptives and TV Trials
The 1964 65 term ended with a 7 2 decision striking down Connecticuts six year old birth control ban as unconstitutional. Justice Douglas called it repulsive to marital privacy while Justices Stewart and Black warned reporters the televised courtroom coverage resembled coercive police tactics. The court also split 5 4 reversing a federal ban on Communist party members holding labor union office, calling the Landrum Griffin Act provision a bill of attainder. Archie Brown of San Francisco challenged the measure through his union roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiahington
UPI
Supreme Court
Texas
Connecticut
Billie Sol Estes
William C. Douglas
Potter Stewart
Hugo L. Black
Colorado
Landrum-Griffin
Archie Brown
San Francisco
Catholics End Silent Sitdown Strike In Saigon Palace
Nearly 200 Vietnamese Catholics, many elderly, marched from the Long Palace after a six hour stand, demanding Premier Phan Dinh Khiem resign and a government representing all anti Communist factions. US forces in South Vietnam totaled about 51,000 with 21,500 Army, 16,500 Marines, 9,500 Air Force, and 3,500 Navy.
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Saigon
UPI
South
Viet Nam
U.S
Araa
Gig Long Palace
Phanh
South Viet Nam
da Nang
United States
Quat
Maxwell’ S D. Taylor
Washington
Navy
Airde Force
North Viet Nam
Communist China says Laos shootdown count rises
London based NCNA quoted Pathet Lao sources claiming seven U.S. planes were shot down and 15 damaged in Sam Neua Province between June 3 and 5. The report said Laotian communists had 83 American planes shot down so far this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
U.S
Laos
London
UPC
Communist New China News
UNCNA
Pathet Lao
Sam Newz Provine
NCNA
Pathet Laudio
Khant Khay
St Marys Holds Dual Graduation Programs Today
Graduating students of St Marys High School observe baccalaureate rites at 11 30 a m in St Marys Catholic Church with a procession of graduates and faculty. Rt Rev Francis Kienly Rev Thomas Heilman and Rev John Bouvier conduct mass. Commencement follows at 7 30 p m in South Side Junior High School auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St .Mary’s High School
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Francis Kienly
Thomas Heilman
John Bouvier
St. Mary’s High School
South Side Junior High School
Safe-Cracker Draws 2-5 Year Term At Indiana Reformatory
Kenneth Heavilin faced Madison Circuit Court for a March break-in at Skatemor Roller Rink on Moss Island Road. He received a 2-5 year term at the Indiana State Reformatory after a second degree burglary charge. a portion of the sentence was suspended by Judge Carl T. Smith.
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Kenneth Oliver Heavist
Madison
Heavilin
Skatemor
Moss Island Road
Indiana State Reformatory
Carl T. Smith
Indiana faces special session on bid for world lab site
APL reports Indiana lawmakers open a special session to push the state as the site for the National Accelerator Laboratory. Senator Birch Bayh and Governor Branigan lead the bid with plans for up to 50 million dollars for site development while observers note NAS panel lacks Hoosier members.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Dnt
Son
Branig
National Academy of Sciences
Atomic Energy Commission
Paul W. McDaniel
Robert
Thune
Tor
Indhima
Branigan
AWC
JL Gay
Ropert J. Rock
Mes
Doh Snider
Lee H. Hamilton
D-Ind
Mankin
Jouse
Pendleton
Richard C. Bodine
Jumer Wetposal
Indianalwaka
Colina @hmore
Chesterfield
Space Pair Gets Royal Welcome Aboard Carrier
Gemini astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White return from a four day space mission to a red carpet carrier welcome aboard the USS Wasp. They meet President Johnson and are cleared for medical exams while doctors monitor heart rate and blood pressure after the spacewalk and intense reentry. Johnson praises their achievement as a historic moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward White
James McDivitt
Space
Space Pair
Houston
Gemini
Earth
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson Ranch
Texas
McDivitt
Atlantic
Space Walker
White
Wasp
Kate
NASA
How Lshatam
County Park Board To Be Named Soon
A Madison County plan envisions a new county park board to oversee regional recreational improvements with state and federal funding. Commissioner Ralph McCord supports appointive county and possible city representation, while outlines of reservoir sites and cooperative development emerge. The Range Line Road Bridge delay is linked to extra recommended work by Indiana officials.
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Madison County Park Board
Indiana
Seven J
Ralph McCordneys
Sioner
Anderson
Lohe County
Park Board
Millison Circuit
John Mitchell
Range Line Road
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MHHS
Works Board
Pouwuls
France
Lhe Auull
Howard Ehrhart
Thurman Rinker
Ed Flanagan
Moscow
UPH
Tom C. Clark
James MacDivitt
Cape Kennedy
Midway
Columb
Geno 4
Uss
Ist. Marys
Indiana Reformatory
Branigin
Ishment
Sion
Demac Ig
Senate
ALC
St. Jiohn's
Anderson and Vicinity
Uto
William SW. McCormick
White House
Johnson
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