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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1961
Page
1
A collision near Lapel involved a car driven by Emma Manning and a truck of McMahan Food Co Noblesville. The McMahan vehicle overturned while avoiding the crash causing four injuries including Manning and her niece Charlotte Peterson and the truck driver Ronald Cole and his wife Donna.
President Kennedy appointed an emergency three member board to investigate the dispute between the Railroad Yardmasters of America and several carriers. The order bars the union from striking for 60 days pending the board report. Chairman Harold M. Gilden, William H. Coburn, and Rev. Leo G. Brown are named to the panel.
INDIANAPOLIS AP Gov Matthew Welsh said he will push private financing for the entire Indiana port project if federal aid fails to come from Washington with reasonable grumipiness He believes sequence bonds could be sold to finance both shore and offshore facilities of the deepwater port Conservationists oppose the Burns Ditch site choice for the harbor.
Indianas Bloomington area to host an army of gardeners at the Sewage Treatment Plant site on White River creating 105 garden plots of 50 by 50 feet. First prize $50 second $30 third $20. Contest runs mid to late August with a season long rule: one resident per garden.
A jumble of courthouse actions and campus activities unfolds as a judge reschedules a delinquency trial for two boys charged with raping a 2 year old, parents summoned for June 14. In adult cases jury selection delays James Branham’s trial for the killing of Gus Knight, a deputy bounty hunter in 1959 robbery.
General Motors chairman Richard Donner outlines postwar auto demand trends and forecasts 96 million vehicle registrations by the end of the 1960s. He notes consumer spending on cars remains high, with about 44 percent of expenditures directed to autos over the last eight years, and cites stable ratios excluding 1955 and 1958. Other items touch Antitrust suits, dividend actions, and local notices.
Obituaries from Anderson list Pauline Shell 76 of 1924 Madison Ave with nursing career and family survivors. Willard Van Vlack 96 of 1223 Meridian St. George McGillen 79 of 805 College Dr. Anna Thomas 70 of 1747 Meridian St. Joseph Cormier 64 of 1715 Nelle St. Charles Stanley 71 of 214 E 13th St. Walter Donnelly 74 of 1326 Lindberg Rd. Notices include funeral times, places, parish affiliations, and burial sites. Also brief item on Notre Dame former VP Rev John Murphy and Beverly Mart 30 with self-harm incident. Exports data on Canadian asbestos.
George David Rambo 73 of Lapel died about 5 p.m. Friday. Born July 13 1907 in Lapel he served in World War I air service and ran the Rambo garage. He worked for Allison Division 1941 45 and later in Lapel plumbing retired years ago. He married Josephine Passwater June 30 1917. He was a member of Lapel Methodist Church Masonic Lodge 625 and American Legion. Survivors include his widow two daughters and six grandchildren. Funeral 6:30 p.m. today Fisher Brothers Lapel. Services pending. Ralph Hardy 41 of Crystal Lake Pendleton died this morning at Crystal Lake. Services today in Cornell Bright Funeral Home Pendleton. Graveside service 2 p.m. Sunday Friends Cemetery Pendleton with Rev. T. R. White.
A passenger named Robert MacDonald of Peoria described his four years in Cuba as a Jehovah's Witness missionary noting religious freedom for mission work. He said churches are open but does not plan to return. Another passenger in a wheelchair left with his wife, names undisclosed.
Indiana clinched the conference crown by about four points over Michigan as the program seeks reinstatement after recruiting violations. Bill Orwig and John Mee led Indiana’s petition for reinstatement while the NCAA four year probation remains in effect. Officials defend compliance under the conference code as a resolution approaches. The Cass case involved a student who moved campuses due to a family illness, causing misinterpretation by Indiana officials.
An October crash on Indiana 67 near Madison Delaware County killed Charles G. Hinton after Ronald King crossed the centerline while allegedly drinking. King, held since the accident, faced a suspended 12 month and 15 day sentence on related charges. Judge Smith also rescheduled actions in the case and ordered Ronald Clark to the State Penal Farm for vehicle taking.
Arts festival displays tonight feature a brass choir concert band soloists College Choir and the Men s and Women s Glee Clubs led by Gary Gerould of Midland Michigan with Samra ae narealas uncertain in source text.
The two leaders will meet with a small group of aides in palace facilities in Vienna. Kennedy, likely staying at the U S Embassy, will host a summit styled after Eisenhower and Khrushchev at Camp David. Dean Rusk will accompany Kennedy to brief De Gaulle and NATO officials. Capitol Hill reacts cautiously, expecting little optimism. Corzine injures thumb in nail drill accident at St John’s Hospital. Terry Nelson, 3, falls at home and also treated at St John’s.
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