Indiana Highway Board Dismissals Driven by Leslie Reforms
Governor Harry G. Leslie and Arthur H. Sapp push sweeping changes in the Indiana State Highway Commission with planned dismissals and layoffs. The moves target postwar backlogs and a clash between black top and concrete interests, while reallocating funds to hire 3,000 to 5,000 workers for about 100,000 days of road work.
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Harry G. Leslie
Arthur H. Sapp
Huntington
Jess L. Murden
Peru
Commission
Indiana
William J. Titus
A. H. Hinkle
Black Top
Omer Manlove
Owen &. Boling
John J. Brown
Boling
State Tax Board
Peter Neisenholder
A. H. Hastings
Greenfield
B. B. Lockridge
la Porte
Russell Gardner
Manlove
Titus
Hinkle
Leslie
Dolly Gray
Dunes Park
Maintenance Department
Brown
Watson urges GOP unity at Tell City rally
Senator Watson leads district meetings stressing the protective tariff and Hoover era faith as he heads to Logansport and Fred Landis's hometown. A boisterous Boonville rally boosts the gubernatorial campaign while Anderson Legion convention looms and Ralph Gates outlines the Legion's apolitical stance.
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League
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Republican Party
Watson
Tell City
Logansport
Fred Landis
Gusto
Boonville
Mayr, Jr
Anderson
the Legion
Ralph G. Gates
Columbia City
Bloomfield
Local parties push for town election influence in 1982
Democratic state chairman R Earl Peters urged parties to perfect organizations and put tickets in every town in the state as part of boosting political impact in town elections.
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R. Earl Peters
Prohibition Meeting Plan Faces Opposition in Indiana
Plans for three meetings this week in Indiana to push prohibition draw sharp resistance from wet politicians. Speakers include Dr Daniel A Poling head of the Allied Force for Prohibition and Raymond Robin Py. Bert Morgan former Prohibition administrator and Leslie campaigns head the local committee.
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Indianapolis
Daniel A.poling
Allied Force For Prohibition
Raymond Robin Py
Bert Morgan
Leslie
Springfield man jailed on complaint over porch kiss spank
Charles Baker of Springfield Mo was arrested on a complaint by his daughter. The accusation alleges he spanked her for giving too many kisses to suitors on the front porch.
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Charles Baker
Springfield
Despondent man shoots at own head. ear and thumb injuries
Sam Nice, 60, of east of Cutler, attempted suicide with a shotgun on Wednesday night of last week. The blast missed his head but tore off the top of his right ear and the end of his thumb which he was holding over the gun. He is described as a bachelor and despondent.
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Sam Nice
Cutler
Mr. Nice
Woman raid targets Delphi flower beds near William Ashba farm
Mrs West the highway superintendent witnessed the recent raid on flower beds maintained by the Delphi beautification committee along the state highway south of Delphi near the William Ashba farm. She obtained the vehicle license number.
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Delphi
William Ashba
West
Delphi Clubs
Indiana Republicans Rally With Watson and Robinson
Indiana Republicans launch a series of picnics and meetings to rival Democratic efforts. Watermelons and oratory were highlighted at an Irvington gathering, with Senator James E. Watson delivering much of the speech.
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James E. Watson
Arthur R. Robinson
Indiana
Irvington
Watson
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