Indiana Resource Richness Coal Oil and Gas Explored
Geologists led by Charles E. Wier and John B. Patton describe Indiana’s mineral wealth. The state ranks seventh in coal production and fourteenth in coal reserves, with beds in the south west dipping southwest. Coal beds are Pennsylvanian age, about 1500 feet thick, with the Carbondale group containing commercially important coal about 500 feet thick. Strip mines operate in Vigo Clay Sullivan Greene Pike and Warrick counties. deepest underground mine is 450 feet in Gibson County. Sixty to seventy percent of coal goes to electric plants. Indiana holds 33 billion tons of coal resources and about 370 million barrels of oil produced since 1889. oil started in the Tren ton Field and now comes from about 20 formations at depths of 1000 to 3000 feet. Proved reserves total around sixty million barrels. Natural gas followed a similar pattern in the Trenton Field, once a vast producer but depleted early in the 1900s. today gas is scarce.
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Indiana
Charles E. Wier
I. U
John B. Patton
Carbondale
Vigo
Clay
Sullivan
Greene
Pike
Warrick
Gibson County
Our
Trenton
Lawrence
Monroe
Harrison
Putnam
Ferdinand
Dubois County
Ste. Genevieve
Crawford, Perry
Putnam Counties
Clay County
Martin County
Indiana Harbor
Speed
Mitchell
Limedale
Logasport
Brooklyn
Morgan County
Lake Michigan
Harrison County
Orange County
Indianapolis
Hoosier
Brown
Morgan Counties
Indiana Mineral Wealth and Historic Quarry Sites
Indiana has rich mineral resources including limestone from Lawrence and Monroe counties and extensive sandstone from Dubois and surrounding areas. The state hosts gypsum mines in Martin County, cement plants at five locations, and diverse clays and shales for bricks and tiles. In 1964 mineral output totaled about $212 million.
The Choice of a Simple Life Over Fame
Mary Tutewiler Irwin compares a life of fame to a simple domestic rhythm. She details daily tasks, family warmth, and small pleasures from supper aromas to Christmas joys, concluding she would choose her present slow life over a world of news.
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Years
Hannah Fowler and the value of steadfast friends
Lois Lane reflects on pioneer life and the comfort of loyal friends. She cites Hannah Fowler by Janice Holt Giles, praising the main character for warmth and resilience. The piece honors stand by friends who ease life’s load and quotes Proverbs 17 17 about a friend loving at all times.
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Hannah Fowler
Janice Holt Giles
Hannah
Talent and teamwork for Indiana water and sewer progress
Senator Vance highlights that 57 Indiana counties have 131 rural water and sewer projects underway or planned. He credits local, state, and federal cooperation for more than 34 million dollars in Farmers Home Administration grants and loans to aid Indiana communities.
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Indiana
Great Lakes
Farmers Home Administration
Indigha
Pension Protection Plan for American Workers
A proposal for a self supporting federal reinsurance program to guarantee pension benefits in case of plan failure or merger. The plan would be funded by pension plans themselves and operate at no cost to taxpayers. First hearing approved by Treasury Labor and HEW departments and AFL CIO.
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United States
Treasury, Labor and Health and Education and Welfare
Afl-Cio
Hartke Act Expands Adult Education Opportunities
The speaker highlights that about half of Americans 25 and older lack a high school education and urges public schools to offer adult education courses under the Hartke Adult Education Act of 1966. More details on opportunities for adults seeking further academic training will follow.
Pyrmont Church Bake Sale and Bazaar Announcement
The Pyrmont Church of the Brethren women sponsor a bake sale and bazaar at the Bella Mia Beauty Shop on Saturday November 19 starting at 8 30 a m. Funds support church activities and community programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyrmont Church of the Brethren
Bella Mia
Provisions Announced for 1967 Feed Grain Program
Agriculture Secretary Freeman outlines 1967 feed grain provisions aimed at diverting about half the 1966 acres. Key terms include a 20 percent minimum diversion, revised price supports, and variable payments for small farms, with signup starting in early 1967 and farmers urged to review their conserving bases at the Delphi ASCS office.
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Robert Reiff
Carroll Asc County
Orville Freeman
Carroll County
ASCS
Delphi
School Lunch Menu for the Week in Salisbury
Meal plan lists daily options from Monday November 14 to Friday November 18. Menu includes Salisbury steaks, pork on bun, chicken noodle soup, sloppy Joe, and oven fried items with sides such as corn, green beans, noodles, fruit, bread, and milk.
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Monnday
Salisbury
Fish with bun and side dishes
A simple plate features fish with bun served alongside creamed peas cole slaw and lemon pudding.
September Bond Sales Show Increase in County and State
Morris W. Clem reports September savings bond sales in Carroll County reached 28 670 up from 19 566 a year ago. Statewide sales totaled 10 604 617 up 8.53 percent from September last year with 55 of 92 counties reporting gains.
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Morris W. Clem
Carroll County U.S. Savings Bonds Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. Franklin
Myron J. Johnson
American Newspaper Representatives, Inc
Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles
Na York
Gan Francesco
J. M. Guthrie
Metals and
Rhyme
Mary Tutewiler Irwin
Lois E. Lane
Globe Value Corporation
Johns-Manville Brown
Washington
Capitol
Senator Vance
Hind
Popejoy Locker Plant
C. W. Shank
Electrical — Plumbing & Heating
Delphi Indiana
Virgil Gray
Northern Indiana Public Service Company
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