Boone County Weekend Auto Crashes Sweep Roads and Streets
Weekend crashes across Boone County clog roads and streets as drivers report multiple accidents. In Thorntown 71 year old Katie Cimiser was struck twice near a drug store while a granddaughter and other bystanders aided after a bus ride. An auto backing from the curb struck Cimiser’s companion, and John Dooley reportedly drove away from the scene.
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Boone County
Thorntown
Katie Cionser
Dston
Cimiser
Elizabeth Endres
Harold Endres
John Dooley
Endres
Uto
Croufer
Indiana eyes on school reorganization act sparks debates
Amid public meetings Indiana residents weigh the State Reorganization Act as proponents claim benefits for smaller schools while opponents warn of larger classes. Governor hopeful Senator Welsh defends the reform as a practical improvement amid national merit concerns. A spate of traffic incidents closes with injuries, including a car crash near Westfield and a fatality report on SR 3.
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India
Diana
Indiana
Ams Denis
Conast
ASRS
Sion
Conam
Universi Atriis
Matthew E Welsh
Pledges Jump Expansion To Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred Fifty
Pledges reach a total of 15350 as Lebanon Expansion Corporation directors and Chamber of Commerce express gratification. Ronald Reddish and Tess of LeSanon contribute to support. Public dive funding may begin once memberships and corporate purchases advance. Funds are not yet fully documented.
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Tan
Lebanon Expansion Corporation i
Ronald Reddish
Pramett
Tess
LeSanon
Indibaved Ya
Ferro
Lenanen
Chamber of Rocamere
Posahte
Lions To Host WOWO Special Awards Dinner
Three Indiana high school students will be honored by WOWO Radio Fort Wayne at the Lebanon Lions Club Ladies Night Heritage Awards dinner at K of P Hall. Winners are Donald Sloan Peru Central High School first, Sara Brog Manual Training High School second, and Hoss yaie High School third for their essays. Edward Wallis WOWO general manager will present, with Kim Calvin Boilwinkel program manager overseeing awards. Mr Carnahan invited to New York trip with winners. A closing feature includes Hi Susp Pierson speaking on The Christian Ant Communist Crusade.
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Indiana
Wowo Radio
Fort Wayne
Lebanon Lions Club
K of P
WOWO
Lions Club
Edward Wallis
Kim
Calvin Boilwinkel
Mildred Henricks
WOWD
Donald
Sloan
Lebanon RR
Peru Central High School
Wriner
Sara Brog
Indianapolis
Bromerich Manual Training High
Senois
Hossyaie High School
Idge
Ha Vonm Carnaiisa
Indigmapes
S. Fistory
Pers Central
Jick
Carnahan
Dena
New York
Susp Pierson
Pierson
Toray Fro Prayer Fragment and Divine Water Blessing
A fragmentary religious prayer text credits Christ as living water that grants eternal life. It invokes Heavenly Father, the Holy Spirit, and ends with the Lord's Prayer request to address believers' needs through Jesus.
Father says he won’t travel to Russia over Powers case
The father of U2 pilot Oliver Powers says he will not go to the Soviet Union, lacking purpose and trusting government channels. The State Department says it was notified of the decision but did not instruct him. Reports mention letters to Powers and his wife, with unclear details from Newsweek and family sources.
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Atlanta
Oday
Russia
Oliver W. Powers
Pound
Soviet Union
Nikita ‘Khrushchev
Francis G. Powers
Washington
State Department
Powers
Heresia
Lincoln White
Oliver Powers
White
Trustees Elected to Crawfordsville College Board of Trustees
Crawfordsvill e novelist and son of the late postmaster general H L Mays Jr and Hiaiman W Johnson Chicago vice president of Interstate Steel were elected to the Wah bash College board of trustees, with results reported Saturday.
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Crawfordsville
Will HL Mays Jr
Iter
Lste
Hiaiman W. Johnson
Chicage
Intend Steelar
Wabash Cllege Board of
Saisrrhay
Brendan Wood Residential Division Contract Signed
A new Brendan Wood residential division project begins with 49 lots ranging from small to large and wooded sites. Northside Paving Co. has been awarded the tract as work starts within 19 days and must finish in 70 days, with local contractors and materials encouraged.
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Brendan Wood
Ligeang Authority
Metzger
Alioniaced
Northside Paving Co
Benes McCord
Northside Paving
Sun
Robert Scherschel Co
Rites Tuesday For Nat Wills
Funeral services for Nat Wills age M years, former Boone County Farm superintendent, will be held Tuesday at 130 PM at the Lebanon Baptist Church. Wills, who died Saturday at Robert Long Hospital after five weeks, is survived by widow Amy Edith Campbell Wills, two sons Karl and Eugene, a daughter Mrs. Charles Perkins, seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery will follow services conducted by Rev. Wilbur Sharp. friends may call at the funeral home.
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Nat Wills
Boone County
Wills
Robert Long Hospital
Lebanon
Lingbergh School
Baptist Chiru
OOF
Mt William S. Wils
Mary ‘Huckleberry
Amy Edith Campbell
Crawfordsville
Jessie Dillon
Karl Wills
RE 6
Eugene Wills
Advance
Charles Perkins
Lehanon
Oak Hill Cemetery
Wilbur Sharp
Rome
May Weather in Boone County Cooler, Wetter Than 1959
May in Boone County brought cooler temperatures and more rain than a year earlier. Highest temps reached 81 on the Sth and 26th, versus 89 last year. monthly rainfall totaled 4.281 inches compared to 3.03 inches previously. Laughner noted 17 rainy days, frost on the 13th, and light hail on two days.
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Boone County
Laughner
Whitestown
Service Station Struck Sunday By Burglars
Craven burglars entered the Stactiamr Sere nite Sisien near the Interstate Bypass and looted vending machines before stealing uniforms and two shaving razors. Boone Sheriff Earnest Richardson says about $2 was taken from damaged cigarette and soft drink dispensers. Entrance was through the garage door.
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Craven
Stactiamr Serenite Sisien
Boone
Earnest Richardson
Bud Parker
Boone Native Expires At 78
George C. McRoberts 78, a Boone County native and longtime livestock hauler, died of a coronary Sunday after a two day illness. He lived in Kirklin before returning to the farm, with a complex family including wife Amelia, widow of Henry Ceasford, and surviving children, siblings, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Christian Liberty Church near SR 47 and 421, with burial in Mt Run Cemetery, and visitation at Hunt and Pence Funeral Home in Kirklin after today.
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George C. McRoberts
Boone County
Noblesville
Sheridan
Kirklin
Martha Abbitt McRobe
Amelia Pearl Ceasford
Ro’ Cecil Hamm
Tian Liber
Lebanon
Delmar Smokes
Lebgnaughter
Howardburn
Charles W
Mre W Haase
Toledo
Ohio
Tressie Reading
Fort. Myers
Fla
Jessie Saunders
Western Springs
Wiliam C. McRoberts
Harve McRoberts
Morgantown
Indiana
Christian Liberty Church
SR 47
Frank Gilbert
Mts Run
Hunt and Pence
Purdue warns sunburn risk for light skinned farm animals
Purdue University farm experts warn farmers that light skinned animals with white patches can sunburn just as humans do. They advise shading these animals during daytime heat to prevent sun damage and stress on livestock.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University Farm
Ike Is Leaded At Notre Dame
President Eisenhower spoke at Notre Dame and a large crowd near the airport and campus voiced strong support amid international tension. He warned against the welfare state and urged self reliance, while opponents in Indiana politics faced the flow of pro Eisenhower sentiment and protests about outsiders. A Notre Dame honorific cited him as the most eminent and popular statesman.
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Berd
India
Histainner
Imhona
University of Motte
Marr Balward
Ant
Harold W. Handley
Indiana
Deere
Turn
GOP Committee Sets Hearings On Indiana Platform
Indianapolis AP reports a 1960 Indiana Republican platform committee will hold public hearings Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the Claypool Hotel. State Rep. Cable G. Ball of Lafayette leads the advisory committee guiding policy ideas for the GOP fall election platform with invited participants.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Aivone
Claypool
Cable G. Ball
Lafayette
House
Brown
Commander Named State Commander in Indiana Civil War group
Rey L Boistad of Indianapolis was elected state commander of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War at a three day encampment that ended Sunday in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Rey L .Boistad
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
League of New York Theaters Seeks Damages in Broadway Shutdown
New York AP Ralph Bellamy served with a summons in a 2.5 million dollar suit by the League of New York Theaters against Actors Equity over damages from Broadway shutdowns. Bellamy, arriving from Hollywood, urged a quick end to the blackout and a possible pension plan compromise to ease losses for producers, theaters, and workers.
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New York
Ralph Belamy
Actors
Equity Assny
League of New York Theaters
Performers Union
Broad Way
Bellamy
Hollywood Sunday
Frankin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt House
Campobello
Actors Equity
Ators
Finian’n Rainbow
Walang
Capehart Honored on 64th Birthday in Senate Tributes
Washington AP notes Senators paid tribute to Senator Capehart on his 64th birthday, including Indiana Senator Vance Hartke who praised their working relationship across party lines, while Republican Senate leaders added their own congratulations.
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Washington
Teibuge
Senate
Capehart Rand
Vance Hartke
Capehart
Enilcambe
Indiana
Vance
Kenneth B. Keating
Republicar
Missing Sales Official Found Dead In Auto
Julus J. Falwider a 30 year old Indianapolis stock salesman and Cowburn Ensley Co. owner was found dead in a parked car on a Boone County Road north of Zionsville. Boone County Sheriff said self inflicted gunshot wound with a note citing ill health. Widow Jolie and siblings listed in obituary.
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Indianapolis
Boone County
Zionsville
Julus J. Falwider
Cowburn Ensley Co
Falwider
Earnest Richardson
Fuchwider
Marian County
Dorsey Funeral Home
Jolie
Joln Pulcider Jr
Lebanon
John Meranda
Edith Hawkins
New Cas
Union machinists strike Atlas missile bases nationwide
Bulletin from San Diego reports union machinists began walkouts at Atlas missile bases from California to Florida, potentially halting much of the aircraft missile industry. Targets include Cape Canaveral in Florida and nine sites such as Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Warren AFB in Wyoming, and Offutt AFB in Nebraska.
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San Diego
Calif
California
Florida
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Vandenberg Airr Force Base
Warren Afb
Wye
Offutt Afb
Neb
Handley Dedicates Mansfield Reservoir Funded by Federal Aid
Handley dedicated the Mansfield reservoir southeast of Brazil Indiana funded by federal money. The project built by the Army Corps of Engineers covers 2000 acres of water in summer and protects 6500 acres of farmland along Racoon Creek. Water release awaits completion of a new bridge on relocated US 36.
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Indiana
Army Corps of Engineers
Cagtes-Cataract Reserveiroutheast
Brazil
Bellmore
Mansfield
Raccoon Creek
IU Graduates Largest Class From Indiana University
Indiana University sent its largest graduating class of 4182 into the world as commencements spread across the state. U. President Herrman B Wells spoke of an era of imagination ahead and urged bold dreams with new energy and forms of peace. Gov. Harold W Handley delivered greetings as multiple colleges held ceremonies today.
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Indiana University
Ito
Indiana
Herrman B Wells
America
Harold W. Handley
Wells
Handley
Leon E. Hickman
Alutraum To of America
Edwin Rian
Jamestown College
Bakota
Goshen College
St Mary of the Woods
Marion College
Flash Fire injures eight at Hammond railway yard
In Hammond Indiana eight workers were hurt when a flash fire broke out at Standard Railway Equipment Co George J Mastey a crane operator suffered serious burns and was hospitalized at St Margarets Hospital the remaining injured workers were released after treatment
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Furmin Bunnell
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Wayne Richardson
James Small
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Rossin
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SR 3
Hildred Leck
Lions
IEE
Theodore M. Hesburgh
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