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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1962
Page
1
The Hoosier Day reports rising cheating in schools from elementary to college, with parents' dishonesty blamed for student behavior. It notes 890 boys crowd Indiana Boys School at Plainfield, a low security facility with 500 capacity, and quotes educators and judges on rehabilitation challenges.
UPI reports an Agriculture Department secret memo cites an Estes aide claiming he was “quite influential in politics” and could steer investigations, while Estes faces actions including revoked allotments for 1962, invalid 1961 allotments, a 554000 penalty for growing cotton without allotment, and a fraud indictment. Sam Rayburn reportedly received complaints about Estes in 1960 and sought a report.
Sullivan Indiana defense attorneys pressed for Leslie Irvin to testify on day three of his murder trial as Judge Loudermilk prepared to rule on a defense motion challenging Detective Dan Hudson's testimony. The state sought to admit Irvin's taped confession from eight years ago regarding burglaries, while attorney Marion Rice argued for mistrial due to prejudicial testimony. The case concerns the killing of W Wesley Kerr during a 1964 service station robbery. Irvin previously faced a death sentence overturned by the U S Supreme Court. Kentucky truck driver William testified Irvin as a man he had seen.
Honolulu reports postpone and reschedule of the first U.S. high altitude nuclear test over Johnston Island amid protests. Leftists and students rally in Tokyo and San Francisco against the tests as scientists discuss potential effects on the Van Allen belt and Earth’s magnetic field.
A 16 year old homeless youth, Hugh Templeman, confessed to killing dairy farmer Fred Hofer 32, his wife Lucille 49, and daughter Crystal Sue 16 as they returned from a shopping trip near Richmond. The victims were found with multiple gunshot wounds at their farm home 15 miles southwest of Richmond. Authorities say the motive remains unknown.
In Rockville Indiana five year old Robert Wayne Smiley III accidentally hanged himself Friday while playing with a rope attached to a tree limb in the yard his father had secured. The boy climbed a stack of buckets and wrapped the rope around his neck as the bucket stack toppled. Parke County Coroner Tom Mack ruled the death accidental.
Dr Grigsby a Vincennes Indiana native with Lebanon ties announced a residency training program at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis to specialize in Obstetrics and Gynecology He has practiced at 916 North East Street since October 1956 and joined Boone County Medical Society and Witham Hospital staff He is an Indiana University Medical School 1955 graduate and Phi Beta Pi member He interned at Maricopa General Hospital Phoenix Arizona.
A gala homecoming reception at Spring Mill State Park near here honors astronaut Virgil Gus Grissom, returning June 16 after his orbital flight last year. Governor Welsh leads dignitaries including Senator Homer Capehart and Representatives Bruce and Wilson, with awards presented to Grissom during Persimmon Festival events.
A Boone County jury awarded Tor Sanders 1730 for a condemned seven foot by 161 foot land strip used for an approach to a service road from a connecting route. Eugene B. Burns defended the state with Paul Johnson Jr. as Sanders attorney. Judge Charles F. Thompson presided the two day trial after Sanders rejected the appraised loss.
Dr. R H Miller of Pitman Moore Co spoke to Leb anon Rotarians at the Union Country Club on tissue culture definitions and its role in vaccine production at the Zionsville plant. He described a $1 5 million new building housing tissue culture operations and the strict sterile precautions including autoclaving and sterilized clothing for employees.
DePauw University President Dr. Russell J. Humbert, 57, reported slightly improved after a heart attack Friday near Traverse City Michigan. He was to address a high school commencement group in Bryan Ohio when he fell ill and was hospitalized at Munson Hospital. Humbert has led DePauw since 1951.
Suits filed in Marion Circuit Court by Public Service Company of Indiana and Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co seek a permanent injunction against Indiana Statewide's Petersburg power project. They claim the plant duplicates existing facilities, challenges the 1935 certificate of necessity, and allege non-use has rendered it invalid. The Rural Electrification Administration loaned 60 million to Hensier Cooperative Energy for the project, later transferred to Statewide Rural Electric. Groundbreaking occurred last month along the White River.
Jaycees appoints committees for the new term with state directors Ed Byrd and Robert Otterman overseeing major projects. Local directors assign chairmen for 12th Night Burning Easter Egg Hunt football ticket sales July 4th coordination leadership training and more under supervision of Jaycee leaders.
Miss Elsie Gray, 72, of 417 Woodland Drive Lebanon, was found dead today at her home. Obituary page 4. Alva C. Goodwin, retired Indianapolis real estate dealer, will be buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. Obituary page %
A brief devotional excerpt urges believers to imitate Christ in word and conduct, seeking wisdom and favor with God and people. It prays for May 1 to be a positive influence in daily encounters, closing with an Amen.
President Eisenhower warned he would take the cross and you can nail him if his Treasury secretary ever acted dishonestly as Senate investigators probe exsecretary George M. Humphrey. The inquiry centers on M. A. Hanna contracts tied to the stockpile program with questions about potential profits and a clause blocking audits.
The Carl Gant family of Thorntown ended a 16 year run as sole distributors of The Lebanon Reporter and The Indianapolis News after running out of children to carry the 400 paper route. Four outsiders will take over, as the Gants plan a real vacation finally.
In a second uprising within a month, rebels seize the Puerto Cabello naval base near Caracas led by Lt Cmdr Medina Silva. Govt troops move to seal the base, with services cut off and ships possibly heading to sea. Betancourt abroad in Merida as unrest deepens amid Carupano trial proceedings and a Communist student victory at Central University.
Lafayette teen David Lee Smith, 16, an inmate at the Indiana Boys School, was severely cut during an escape attempt. Superintendent Glen Harreson said Smith leaped from a detention room after threatening a guard’s wife for a key, knocked the door down, and manhandled the guard, injuring his forehead. Smith also cut his hands and wrists.
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