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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1960
Page
3
In Portland Indiana Republican gubernatorial nominee Crawford F Parker pushes a traffic safety program at a Jay Randolph stop. He outlines edge lane painting, stricter enforcement, and no passing signs to reduce accidents and save lives, citing Ohio results.
Purdue University entomologists recommend spraying mature box elder bugs with dieldrin or chlor*dane before they migrate into homes and other buildings to reduce indoor infestations.
Indiana forecast a record corn crop of 350,656,000 bushels up 38 percent from average with yields about 64 bushels per acre. Soybeans seen at 65,367,000 bushels and oats 45,762,000. Wheat and rye yields also high, hay up slightly, tobacco down, apples up.
Indiana growers planted about 32,000 acres this year per Purdue University statisticians. Flooding in late June reduces harvest area to 29,000 acres with last year’s production totaling 61,600,000 pounds.
A city newspaper boasted first with news of the mayor’s impending retirement, only to publish a revised lead the next day. The dispute highlights newsroom competitive instincts and the rush to break a major political rumor.
Instruction notes frequent use of water spouts to prevent concentration of shelled corn and trash in storage and to keep them in well ventilated cribs less than eight feet wide.
A 1950 Carthage column notes the death of Emma Penticuff 44 owner of Penticuff Restaurant Carthage after an operation. Survivors include three children and relatives in Minnesota Kentucky and Indianapolis. Other items report a new birth and local residents changing addresses and professions.
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