Crash on State Road 135 kills man injures four
Clyde Baxter Sorrelis of Sassa fras Ky was fatally injured in a two car collision on Highway 135 about 1.5 miles south of Corydon at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Four other persons were injured and reported recovering. Sorrelis 21 suffered a broken neck and worked laying telephone cable for Tudor-Yager Inc.
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Clyde Baxter Sorrelis
Sassafras
Highway 135
Corydon
Sorrelis
Tudor-Yager, Inc
Rogers Company of
Bloomington
Matthew E. Welsh
Glidas
State Highway Department
Public Officials From Civilian Life Questioned Indiana Legislature Is Amateurs
The Indiana General Assembly is described as largely amateur, with members who hold other jobs. Leaders include a physician speaker, an insurance man lieutenant governor, and lawyers as senate and house leaders. The piece argues Hoosier legislators prefer lay nonprofessionals over career politicians.
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Indiana
Indiana General Assembly
House of Representatives
Bremen
Anderson
Senate
Terre Haute
Richmond
House
Harvard Law School
Mishawaka
Indiana University School of Law
Two Men Held in First Degree Burglary Case
Sheriff Kessler arrested Johnny Cox and Robert Farnsley on charges of first degree burglary for breaking into two Elizabeth area homes Sunday night. Bonds set at 1000 and 5000 dollars. Stolen items found in their cars. Farnsley located at 220 Galt Street then in Louisville bar.
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Joseph Kessler
Elizabeth
Johnny Cox
Howard Avenue
New Albany
Robert Farnsley
Galt Street
Harrison County
Cox
Farnsley
Ralph Knear
Joe Robinson
Robert Belles
Belles
Louisville
Kessler
Public Notices List for Court and Tax Actions
Notices include administration and estate actions for Lula Lord and Laura Elizabeth Gettel finger deceased. Public hearing by Alcoholic Beverage Board. Property posted for Vaughn M Schreiber. Bidders call by County Highway Department. Taxpayers warned of additional appropriations by County Auditor.
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Lula Lord
Public Hearing
Alcoholic Beverage Board
Vaughn M. Schreiber
County Highway Department
Laura Elizabeth Gettelfinger
County Auditor’s Office
Easter Week Services and Bridge Bid Dates
Bids for the new West Bridge will be opened on May 9. Good Friday and Easter Sunday services are planned across Corydon County with multiple churches hosting speakers and programs. Notable events include Palmyra Nazarene with Marvin Jean Trio, Crandall Sunrise Service, and Pleasant Ridge New Middletown communion and sunrise services.
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New West Bridge
Corydon Baptist Church
Jack Flowers
Franklin
Ind
Palmyra Church
Pleasant Ridge
New Middletown
Corydon to See New U. S. 469 and Walnut Street Bridge
Indiana State Highway Department will include upgrading the temporary Big Indian Creek bridge into a new concrete steel reinforced structure on Walnut Street Corydon. The 28 foot wide bridge will sit higher, with about 300 yards of new highway westward. Traffic will be detoured during construction and drivers urged to slow at signs due to a poor bridge floor.
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U. S. 460
Big Indian Creek
Albert Wallace
Lanesville Aero Club
Walnut Street
Harrison County Court House
Indiana
Keller Manufacturing Company
Corydon
Indiana State Highway Department
Old State Capitol Post
Vfw Hall
Appraisers Survey Eureka Telephone Shares Bid
Appraisers from Mid-Continent Telephone Company and General Telephone Company surveyed Corydon last week to value Eureka Telephone Company stock. Directors say outside bidders, Raffensperger Hughes & Company, offered 150 dollars per share and warn many shares were sold, with outsiders now controlling a large portion.
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Mid-Continent Telephone Company
General Telephone Company
Corydon
Eureka Telephone Company
James R. Davidson
Allen Parker
Raffensperger, Hughes & Company, Inc
Indianapolis
Chicago
Eureka
Four Bands to Battle in Milltown High Dance
The Senior Class sponsors a Battle of the Bands Friday in Milltown High School gym. Host Flattop of WSLM radio will emcee. Bands Nomads Ballyhoos Vandells and Minutemen perform starting at 8:00 PM. Admission is 1.00. Trophy and cash prize to winner. Everyone invited.
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Milltown High School
WSLM
Nomads
Ballyhoos
Vandells
The
Minutemen
Tom Enlow Returns From Vietnam With Purple Heart
Sp4 Tom Enlow returned home after 12 months with the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam where scrapnel wounds to his hip earned him the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He had prior jungle training in Hawaii and after a 30 day leave will resume the last six months of service in the states. He is married to Lynnette Hill. his brother James Enlow recently completed six months at Fort Knox with the National Guard.
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Tom Enlow
Vietnam
25Th Infantry Division
Vietam
Sp4
Enlow
Hawaii
Lewis Enlove
States
James Enlow
Fort Knox
National Guard
Williamsport
Ind
Lynnette Hill
County Couple Joins Vista Challenge Peace Corps Effort
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dyer of Elizabeth have been accepted to work with the Vista Challenge project of the Peace Corps. They began preparation after contacting Washington and completed six weeks of training in Oklahoma City. In March they traveled to the University of Utah for sociology training, awaiting further orders. A farewell dinner at Smiths Ladies Aid Hall on March 12 honored the couple and presented luggage.
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Herman Dyer
Elizabeth
Vista Challenge
Peace Corps
Dyers
Washington, D. C
Vista
Oklahoma City
University of Utah At
Salt Lake City
Vista Project
Elizabeth Wesleyan Methodist Church
Smiths Ladies Aid Hall
Mar
County Farmers Stage Milk Withholding Protest
About 250 gallons of milk were purchased in Corydon stores as part of the National Farmers Organization milk withholding action in twenty five states. The protest targets dairy income shortages amid recent increases in retail milk prices.
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Corydon
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Alvin L. Smith
Heth Township
Harrison County Nfc
Mr. Smith
A&p Food
Austin
IGA Foodliner
Jay C
Smith
Kenneth Morgan
Harold Cunningham
Andrew Buechler
Harrison County
Florida
Oregon
Woman dies in early morning house fire near Elizabeth
Mrs. Mary Hendricks of Elizabeth died at Floyd County Memorial Hospital after a blaze that destroyed her home five miles southeast of Elizabeth. Husband Ben Hendricks suffered burns on his hands and arms. neighbor Irvin Brinley aided. Mrs. Hendricks was a DePauw Methodist member and mother of five.
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Mary Hendricks
Elizabeth
Floyd County
Memorial Hospital
Irvin Brinley
Hendricks
Evans Landing
Depauw Methodist Church
Benjamin
Paul
New Albany
Earl of
Pre-School Round-Up Dates Are Announced
County Health Department lists spring enrollment and health registration dates for 1967-68. Incoming kindergartners and first graders must show birth certificates and immunization records. schedules run 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. in St. Joseph to Corydon across multiple dates in March and April.
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County Health Department
St. Joseph
Morgan Two
Bradford
North Central
Blue River & Spencer
Jackson
Lanesville
Laconia
Heth - Washington
Elizabeth
St. John’s Lutheran
New Middletown
Corydon
Health Department
Card Drive For Vietnam Servicemen Readership Grows
The Corydon Democrat reports readers propose listing names and addresses of service men in Vietnam to aid mailings. The Courier Journal and Louisville Times launched a Vietnam Sports Section mailed weekly to Kentucky and Southern Indiana servicemen, with 2,500 copies weekly. Readers are urged to send names and addresses with APO or FPO numbers to the papers at the listed addresses.
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Vietnam
Corydon Democrat
John Steward
R. 4
Box 395
Corydon
Courier-Journal
The
Louisville Times
Kentucky
Indiana
Louisville
Louisville ‘Times
Deneral
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Elkhart
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company
Bell
New Corydon Hotel
Gilbert Morton Marshall
Cane Run Road
Douglas Sorrells
Virgil Wilt
Princeton
Gene Vanderwort
Brookville
Gehlbach
Court News
Donald Lincks
Salem
Marrison County Court House
Harrison Circuit Court
Palmyra Nazarene Church
Bedford Trio
Crandall E.U.B
Antioch Christian Church
U. S. 469
F. S. Hill
Indiana State Highway Commission
Milltown
R. L. Chism
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