Safety Group Notes Fatal Accidents Down 2 Percent
Indiana Governor Welsh told the statewide Traffic Safety Conference that fatal accidents are two percent lower than 27 years ago, despite vehicle miles traveled rising sharply. He cited higher vehicle usage, population growth, and highway safety efforts as contributing factors. Awards honored cities, towns, counties for safety work and pedestrian programs across multiple communities.
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Indianapolis
API
Welsh
National Safety Council
Evansville
Richmond
West Lafayette
Allen County
Anderson
South Bend
Terre Haute
Marion
Huntington County
Chesterfield
Floyd A. Kline, Sr
Jasper
Angola
Bedford
Beech Grove
Boonville
Clinton
Crawfordsville
Elkhart
Goshen
LaPorte
Logansport
New Albany
Portland
Rushville
Valparaiso
Sought Survivor Discovered Dead
In Columbia City Indiana Ella L Cullimore 73 died as relatives sought to contact one of seven children for the funeral. Officials learned Hugh M Cullimore 39 was stabbed to death Sept 7 in a home dispute and his second wife Lillian 40 was in custody.
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Columbia City
Ind
UPT
Ella L. Cullimore
Hugh M. Cullimore
Lillian
Former Resident Dies In St. Louis
Elwood Mrs. Jesse Willetts learns of the death Sunday of her brother J. Lloyd Zerface 75 in St. Louis Mo. Funeral set there today at 2 p.m. He leaves three sons and two daughters in St. Louis plus siblings Maurice of St. Petersburg Fla and Frank Zerface of Tampa Fla. Also reported in Elwood the death of Mrs. Alice Douglas Fountain on Sept 25 in Staten Island NY with services held there.
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Elwood
Kenneth Derry
Gay Douglas
Alice Douglas Fountain
Staten Island
M.Y
William and
Minerva Douglas
New York
Two Night Mission Event At South Meridian Church
The Rev. and Mrs. Maurice Caldwell will speak at a two night mission event at South Meridian Church of God reporting on a 1500 mile nine country trip. They joined 50 missionaries and national workers from nine nations at the Inter-American Conference in Guatemala City. Caldwell, general secretary of Home Missions, speaks Wednesday at 7 p.m. with Mrs Caldwell addressing Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
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Maurice, Caldwell
South Meridian
Alexandria Child Dies At Riley Hospital
Miss Jacqueline Shrock aged 30 months, daughter of Donald and Delia Shrock of Elwood, died Tuesday afternoon at Riley Hospital Indianapolis after six days as a heart patient. Born June 11, 1962 in Elwood, she is survived by parents eight sisters two brothers and maternal grandfather Fred McPherson. Funeral arrangements at Davis-Strider-Noffze Funeral Home with burial at Park View Cemetery pending further details.
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Alexandria
Jacqueline Shrock
Donald
Delia Shrock
Rt. 3
Elwood
Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
Joyce Ann
Kathy Sue
Mary Jane
LaKella
Debora Jean
Sandra
Jerri Lee
Donna Kay Ritter
Donald L. Jr
Jimmy
Fred McPhearson
Davis-Strider-Noffze
Park View Cemetery
Expanded WRE Classes Employ Two Buses
The Week day Religious Education Council of the Anderson Association of Churches has bought a second bus as the program expanded to include fourth graders from ten schools. Donald Riggs and Harold Jackson operate the two buses, transporting 42 classes to Emmanuel and various Church of God venues. Enrollment requires parental written consent, and parents may contribute a dollar yearly for materials.
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Anderson Association of Churches
Donald Riggs
29Th Street School
Central Avenue School
South Meridian Church of God
Forest Hills
Madison Avenue Methodist Church
Roosevelt School
Emmanuel Methodist Church
Franklin
Meandewbrook
25Th Street
Edgewood
Arrow Heights
Church of God
Lindberg
10Th Street
Harold Jackson
Longfellow School
Park Place
WRE
29Th Street
John Motto
YMCA Luncheon and club meeting schedule
Today at the YMCA lists luncheon time slots at 12:00 with Exchange United Fund and Presbyterian Committee. Evening groups include Soroptimists Crippled Children Meetings and Emge's at 6:00 and 6:30 for the Industrial Management Club. School events Note: Big gym closed until 4:30 p.m.
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Exchange
United Fund
Presbyterian Committee
Emge
Industrial Management Club
Indiana Fire Inspectors Survey High School Gyms
Indiana State Fire Marshal inspectors continue surveys of high school gymnasiums for exit capacity after the Coliseum disaster. Kokomo is ordered to reduce capacity by 2300 to about 4600 unless extra exits are added. Inspectors expect to finish the statewide survey in weeks and note many gyms lack adequate exit space.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Kokomo
Marion
IHSAA
William C. Workman
Ira Anderson
Workman
Wednesday Night TV Highlights NBC CBS ABC NBC
NBC airs Green Mansions starring Audrey Hepburn Anthony Perkins and Lee J Cobb with Sessue Hayakawa and Nehemiah Persoff. NBC spotlights Paramount Theatre closing with teen crowds. Prime time features include Capt Kangaroo Face the Nation Burke's Law Danny Kaye and Politics 64 with GOP New Party in the South.
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Unted Press International
NBC
Audrey Hepburn
Anthony Perkins
Lee J. Cobb
W. H. Hudson
South America
New York
Paramount Theatre
Frank Sinatra
CBS
William E. Miller
ABC
Elsa Lanchester
Shelley Berman
Louis Nye
Lola Albright
William Bendix
Danny Kaye
Phil Silvers
Barbara McNair
South
Johnson and advisers inspect SAC HQ in Omaha
President Johnson and top advisers fly to Omaha to inspect the Strategic Air Command headquarters. NATO Secretary General Brōsio and senior officials accompany him on a non political visit, reviewing plans for U S strategic forces in the Atlantic alliance.
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Omaha
Neb
Andrews Air Force Base
U.S
Atlantic Alliance
White House
New England
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
George W. Ball
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Thomas K. Finletter
U. S
NATO
Curtis LeMay
Air Force
Cyrus R. Vance
Elwood Mercy Hospital Admission and Discharge Notes
Elwood Mercy Hospital records show admissions including Richard Hasecaster Barbara Lands John Hughes and others from Frankton Marion and Tipton areas. Dismissals list several patients including Mrs. Danny Jolliff Virginia James Caroline Shields and families. A birth is noted for Mr and Mrs David Fettig a son. An ambulance run involved Mrs Mabel Reed transported from South C Street to South Sheridan Street.
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Elwood
Richard Hasecaster
South B St
James Garrison
Barbara Lands
Walnut St
Frankton
Virgil Jordan
Hobbs
Herbert JG. Lambert
Charles Adams
West Plum St
Tiana Duffitt
Marion
John Hughes
S. A
John Alexander
Wayne Everling
N. 12Th
Ruth Miller
Maple St
John Kelich
Danny Joliff
Main St
Virginia James
North C St
Donald Caldwell
North 11Th St
Caroline Shields
Charles Long and Baby
South D St
James Mann
North 16Th
Ronnie Sullivan
Oak St
Tipton
Riley Smith
Danny Hobbs
Rt. 1
Lester Etchison
South K St
David Fettig
Mabel Reed
South C St
South Sheridan St
York and Dunnichay Ambulance
Third of UF Goal Reached in W Area
Northwest Area of the United Fund of Madison County reports $9,998.52 raised toward a $31,000 goal at a Monday meeting at the Community Center. Heads of divisions announced individual contributions including $1,880 from school and public employees and $6,397.52 from the industrial group. Reports were unavailable from Frankton and the residential area.
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Elwood
United Fund
Madison County
George Patton
Keith Hosey
Frankton
George Dudley
Robert Scirole
Jim Cole
George Morris
Industrial Group
Elwood Musician Wins Ball State Music Scholarship
Elwood resident Miss Martha Swift daughter of Mr and Mrs William Swift of Rt 3 has earned a Ball State Teachers College music scholarship at Muncie. An accomplished pianist she majors in harp with piano as a minor and plans to join the Harp Ensemble. She also earned a regular Ball State scholarship and is a Willkie High School 1964 graduate and National Honor Society member.
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Elwood
Martha Swift
William Swift
Rt. 3
Ball State Teachers College
Muncie
Willkie High School
National Honor ‘Society
Swift
Ball State
Last Day to Register Vote Democratic
The notice marks October 5 as the final day to register for voters and urges casting ballots for the Democratic nominee. It emphasizes registration deadline and party alignment without additional details.
Alexandria Activities Promote October MYF programs
The Alexandria Methodist Youth Fellowship outlines October plans led by president Don Crull. Key events include the Oct. 11 meeting hosted by Margel Walker, Oct. 18 talk by cyclist Dennis Ice, Oct. 24 session led by Rev. Edwin Grant, and a day trip to Turkey Run State Park with juniors and seniors invited to Methodist Youth Day on Oct. 24.
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Alexandria
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Don Crull
Margel Walker
Dennis Ice
Mississippi River
Edwin Grant
MYF
Turkey Run State Park
DePauw University
Wesley Savage
Good Relations Grow Between Protestants and Catholics
Notre Dame scholar Rev. John A. O'Brien says relations between Protestants and Catholics are profoundly improved and unprecedented in two millennia. He notes ecumenical acts in the United States, Catholic magaine crossovers, Protestant speakers on The Catholic Hour, and joint Catholic and Masonic charity efforts as signs of a broader ecumenical spirit.
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Notre Dame
John A. O'Brien
University of Notre Dame
Father O'Brien
Reader's Digest
Father O’brien
John XXII
United States
Cardinal Cushing
Episcopal Cathedral
Boston
Catholic Hour
NBC
Knights of Columbus
The
Masons
K. of C
Chicago Shrine Hospital
O’brien
Knights and Masons
Jury Seating Underway In Spy Trial
Federal court jury selection began for the espionage case of Alex Sokolov and his wife, accused of six years of passing U S defense secrets to the Soviet Union. The government’s key witness, Kaarlo Tuomi, a guarded Soviet counter spy, testified anew.
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New York
Kaarlo R. Tuomi
United States
Tuomi
U. S
Justice Department
Alexandre Sokolov
Sokolovs
U.S
Soviet Union
Washington
United Nations
New York City
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St. Helena
National Council of Catholic Women
George Daunhauer
Shiloh Road
Mary E. Schafer
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Kay Warner
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Norway
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Dorothy Brown
Wade Bell
Austin Johnson
Robert V. Stevens
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Carl Lucker
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Victor Davis
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Richard Davis
Dolly Julius
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