Indiana General Assembly Ends With Broad Budget Agreement
The 95th Indiana General Assembly finalized a record budget built on a broadened tax base and heightened state needs. It added highway troopers, funded regional university campuses, and boosted mental health, library, and retirement allocations while balancing fiscal restraint with reforms to school pay, property tax relief, and economic development.
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Local notes and life events from Corydon district
A compendium of small town changes including new telegraph operator near Terre Haute, Kintner House livery nearing completion, farm sales near Eliphalet Hickman, and numerous marriages births and deaths. Notable items include Purdue pitcher selection, auto agency changes for Chevrolet, and several property transactions and business swaps in Corydon and surrounding areas.
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Mary A. Apple
David Smith
Amos Burgess
John Johnson
Charley Conrad
Sabina Taylor
Sarah A. Stromire
Raymond Heuser
New Salisbury
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College Heights
Corydon
Wakefield Realty Company
Shelbyville
Rosewood
O. J. D. Byrn
Byrneville
Chevrolet
Katherine Waggoner
Kenneth Jordan
Gotlieb
Mary E. Frakes
Willie Daily
Joseph Yost
Kate Faulkner
Ethel Davis
Frederick Foreman
William Griffin
Purdue University
Maurice Griffin
Purdue
Clarence Conrad
Leonidas Conrad
Jasper
Or. L. Reagan
Ora Farish
Walnut Street
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Dorothy Greer
Arlie Luther
Dorothy M. Schad
Cecil L. Wright
Eleanor Agnew
Indiana general assembly supports mandatory motor vehicle inspection
Newmen notes the Indiana General Assembly has passed a mandatory vehicle inspection plan and urges careful design of procedures and fees. He cites experience from other states, warns of potential motorist grumbling over a $2.50 fee, and emphasizes inspections should enable safe, profitable private stations while not replacing driver responsibility.
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Humorous Reflections and Family Jokes in a Pulpitoe Row
A comic piece contrasts a wit who relies on slapstick with a modern man struggling to save money, while a widowed grandfather jokes about marrying a young wife to avoid smelling liniment. The passage blends humor about aging, appetite, and social mores with light satire.
Indiana Highway Construction Surges Ahead in 1966
Indiana's highway program expands under Gov Branigin with a record breaking 1966 road buildout projected at 150 million dollars. Contracts include 193 miles of interstate work 91.28 million for bridges and 31.38 million for traffic improvements while half of 1966 IU Medical School graduates leave the state for training.
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Faces of Power and People in a New York Moment
The piece contrasts Frederick R. Kappel head of American Telephone and Telegraph with Lyndon Johnson, noting their Western roots, near sixty, and shared focus on people. It weaves in quotes and observations about parenthood, teenagers, and social topics, concluding with anecdotes on internships, education, and public life.
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Peaceful coexistence Lamb Joke at Zoo
A visitor recalls a lamb living with a tiger in a zoo as a guide explains it is a peaceful coexistence yet notes they must replace the lamb each morning. The anecdote ends with a quip about the wife and wealth.
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