Surprise Prompts Promotions for Gemini Four Aces
Space Center Houston reports Air Force lieutenant colonel promotions for James McDivitt and Edward White after their 62 orbit Gemini 4 flight. President Johnson awards promotions for Gus Grissom and Gordon Cooper, with Cooper slated for July 15 and a planned Gemini 5 mission in August to push spaceflight records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Texas
Chicago
Jackson
Mich
San Antonio
Tex
McDivitt
White
White House
Valery Bykovsky
President Johnson
Houston Manned Spacecraft Center
Wasp
Air Force
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Mercury
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Auto Banditry Charges Face Theft Suspect
James E. Jones of Zionsville was charged with auto banditry and entering to commit a felony after the burglary at Tom Harris Chevrolet Co. He hid in a rest area for over an hour and a half before officers and garage workers found him. A truck driven by Jones was left outside. Deputy Denney plans further questioning about potential Marion and Boone County burglaries. Jones has prior drunken charges and is jailed in Boone County awaiting arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Jones
AR 2
Zionsville
Tom Harris Chevrolet Co
Jones
John Denney
Denney
Boone County
Marion County
Jone
Greencastle Man Named Coordinator For 7th District
Charles Shuee of Greencastle Putnam County is named coordinator for Indiana's new 7th Congressional District. He will vote on the state committee and lead district activities to select candidates and manage patronage. The 7th District lacked a resident chairman after the 1965 redistricting. the 2nd District also awaits a coordinator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
UPI
Charles Shuee
Greencastle
Putnam County
Shuee
Johnson awaits appraisal of Viet Nam government shift
President Johnson awaited a definitive appraisal of South Vietnam’s government reshuffle as Premier Phan Huy Quat and his cabinet resigned. Acting ambassador Alexis Johnson sent a preliminary Saigon report while Johnson met Gemini 4 astronauts in Houston and prepared to return to his Texas ranch for a weekend with Luci.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
UPI
Johnson
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Phan Huy Quat
National Security Council
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
America
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Alexis Johnson
Taylor
Johnson City
Luci
Gerald White Elected President of Thorntown Lions
Gerald White named president of the Thorntown Lions at a dinner meeting in Thorntown Town Hall. Officers elected include Ray Ritter vice president Virgil Lampher second vice president Aaron Gatewood third vice president Herschel Altum secretary Dr Charles Gregg treasurer Daniel Couger tail twister and Robert Allen lion tamer. Directors are Don Lawson Harry Maxwell one year and Frank Nay Jack Price two years. A $100 donation was made to churches that served food to Palm Sunday tornado cleanup crews. Police seek clues to burglar at Sinclair Service Station ice house theft of 15 bags of ice after a warm night and possible drip involvement.
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Thorntown Lions Club
Thorntown Town Hall
Clifford Beesley
Daniel Couger
Gerald Dale
Aaron Gatewood
Harry Maxwell
Robert Moffitt
Jack Mulder
Jack Price
John Rose
James Toman
James Wells
Gerald White
Ray Ritter
Virgil Lampher
Lebanon Graduate Receives Chicago Arts Master Degree
Ralph W. Stark Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Stark of Road 32 east earned a Master of Fine Arts from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago at the 86th commencement in Kenneth Sawyer Goodman Memorial Theatre. He previously earned a BFA in Ceramics, held a ceramic studio in Chicago, and taught at Evanston Township High School before pursuing his MFA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Stark, Jr
Ralph W. Stark
Road 32
East
School of the Art Institutes of Chicago
Kenneth Sawyer Goodman
Chicago
Stark
Chicago Art Institute School
Lebanon High School
Purdue University
Western Michigan University of Kalamazoo
Sanderson Flood Devastates Texas Town and Kills
Sanderson Texas faced a 15-foot inland tidal surge after torrential rains. At least 13 people died with 16 missing, hundreds homeless. Red Cross rushed aid, typhoid shots were given, and trains escaped flood waters as Gov. Conally pledged broad state help. The disaster hit a poverty area, with many Latin American residents, and many homes were destroyed or damaged.
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Sanderson
Tex
UPI
Red Cross
John Conally
Indiana Traffic Toll Reaches 590 as Weekend Deaths Rise
United Press International reports the state's weekend toll climbs to 590 after multiple fatal crashes. Key victims include Mrs. Dan Stahly of Geneva and five others across Adams, Marion, and Bloomington areas, with drivers Dennis Ord and Donald Mowery among those cited for failure to yield and speeding.
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Adams County
Indiana
Dan Stahly
Geneva
Renee
U.S. 27
Indiana 124
Decatur
Dennis Ord
Greenville
Ohio
Ord
Jack Scott
Stahly
John Crouch
Dunkirk
Kenneth McFarlan
Springville
Bloomington
Indiana 37
Donald Mowery
Bedford
Rona Rushton
Mowery
Antonio Harris
Trucker Missing From Court After Bus Crash
Oliver P. Pottinger of Carlisle Ohio failed to appear at Thorntown Justice of the Peace Court to answer charges of reckless crash into a Boone County school bus. A $50 bond posted December 16 1964 was forfeited and a warrant for his arrest issued. The collision occurred about six miles north of Lebanon on US 52 injuring several youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Thorntown
Justice of the Peace Court
Boone County
Oliver P. Pottinger
Carlisle
Herschel Altum
Lebanon
LHS Grad to Receive Indiana MD Degree
Miss Virginia Meade Wagner will receive the Doctor of Medicine degree at Indiana University Bloomington commencement. A Lebanon High School graduate of 1958 and Purdue University alumna 1962 she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Wagner of Lebanon. She will intern at Marion County General Hospital in Indianapolis.
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Virginia Meade Wagner
Indiana University
Bloomington
Lebanon High School
Purdue University
Miss Wagner
Richard C. Wagner
North
Grant St
Lebanon
Roy W. Adney
Marion County General Hospital
Indianapolis
Youthful Grad Surrenders In Triple Murder
Duane Earl Pope, 22, McPherson College co captain and clarinetist, surrendered after appealing to college president D. W. Bittinger who urged him to face robbery and triple murder charges. Pope gave himself up at a downtown hotel, was arraigned on federal bank robbery charges, and held on $100,000 bond. He admitted tired of running after an FBI manhunt for the Farmers State Bank theft in Big Springs, Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
UPI
FBI
Duane Earl Pope
D. W. Bittinger
McPherson
Kan
Farmers State Bank
Big Springs
Neb
Bittinger
Liberal Arts College
Pope
United Press International
Robert Haig
Omaha
U. S
Lee Cisel
Cisel
Dong Xoai Hit by Viet Cong Surprise Assault
Viet Cong launched a surprise attack near Dong Xoai, about 60 miles north of Saigon, amid Vietnam's political upheaval. The fighting left heavy casualties on both sides as U S forces and Vietnamese troops battled the assault with mortars and ground troops.
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Martin Stuart-Fox
Saigon
UPS
South Viet Nam
U S
Dong Xoai
U. S
Phan Huy Quat
Phan Khac Sun
Air Force
Nguyen Cao Ky
Dong Xo Ai
Prayer and Commandment Teach Love in Daily Tasks
A devotional prayer quotes Mark 12 30 31 urging love of God and neighbor. It asks for divine spirit to be in believers as they perform daily duties, expressing Christ like compassion in actions. Amen.
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Christ
Daffynitions Flirt: A Woman Who Questions Marriage Bonded Laws
A witty definition notes a woman who doesn't believe that all husbands are married, playing on marriage norms with light humor. The brief quip reflects a playful stereotype and social commentary typical of humorous wordplay in brief notes.
Car Rolls After Driver Dozes On SR 47 Near Elizaville
A 21 year old Illinois driver, James L. McCullough of Joliet, dozed at 5 a.m. causing his 1953 Chevrolet to roll from the berm on SR 47 about a mile east of Elizaville. He sustained minor cuts to his left arm and hand. the car was a total loss after striking a mailbox owned by Denzil Miller. In Lebanon, Mildred Thomas’s parked car rolled brakes out, jumped the curb, hit a parking meter and wrecked a bicycle. no injuries or citations were reported.
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Illinois
Elizaville
James L. McCullough
Joliet
John Denney
Denzil Miller
RR 6
Lebanon
McCullough
Mildred Thomas
West Green Street
Mitchell Berry
John McGinley
Esplanade St
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Snoilvayis3iy
Punos
Geanarn
Bert Senior
Demos
LBJ
Viet Nam
Thorntown Lions
Chicago Arts
Ralf Stark
Marshall Field & Company
Dunbar Furniture Company
Berne
New York
Vtto
Ralph W. Stark Jr
Viet Nams
Bransford Adams
Adams
Marion
Jerry Williams
Connersville
Don Spalding
Jaycee Road-E-O
Williams
LHS Grad
Virginia Wagner
Daffynitions
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