First Annual July Fourth Tennis Tourney Opens at Memorial Park
Lebanon hosts a weekend tennis tourney with 12 doubles teams and 20 singles players at Memorial Park. Local and out of town competitors including Northwestern University QB Dave Milam compete as part of weeklong July Fourth events. Singles begin Saturday at 1 pm, finals Tuesday at 7:30 pm.
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Jim Zaharako
Lebanon
Memorial Park
Mike Click
Memorial Park Courts
Ney
Mike Gregg
Ony Thorntown
Charles Coffman
Thorntown
Northwestern University
Dave Milam
Lebanon High School
Jet Flies To Berlin Despite Russ Warning
Pan American Flight 77 landed in West Berlin at 1:25 pm after flying direct from New York over East Germany amid Soviet protest that the service was illegal. West Berlin hailed as new pressure looms over Berlin air corridors. British news notes a prison escape incident involving William Fowler.
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West Berlin
Pan American
Air France
British European Airways
Berlin
West Germany
Prestwick
Scotland
Europe
West Ger
Ticket seller hurt by carnival ride in Fort Wayne
Jack Payne of Redkey was struck in the face twice by the Flying Coaster at the Redkey Music and Dance Festival in Fort Wayne Indiana. He was selling tickets at a booth when he left to greet Lt. Gov. Richard C. Ristine, the ride knocked him down and struck him again as he tried to rise. He was reported in fair condition today at Parkview Hospital.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
UPI
Jack Payne
Redkey
Parkview Hospital
Payne
Richard C. Ristine
Walnut Street Baptist Church Plans New Education Building
Walnut Street Baptist Church Lebanon votes to issue bonds for a 30 by 60 foot two story education unit built of masonry and heated with hot water. Growth has risen with a Sunday School near 300 and plans to join future buildings into a U shaped campus, potentially starting this summer with Rev. Don Huber as pastor.
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Walnut Street Baptist Church of Lebanon
Stokes School
Prairie Work Progresses On Mann Creek Dredging Sub-let
Lawrence N Vernon of Danville sub-lets the Mann Creek dredging contract to the Engineering Construction Company of Logansport. The project will move about 13 000 yards of soil over 20 000 feet starting at East Washington and Grant Street. A new headwall and 1 000 feet of old 24 inch tile will be replaced. Crews are eight miles out toward Lebanon. city work may start within two weeks and aims to clear the Prairie Creek route by summer to ease Lebanon’s water flow.
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Lebanon
Anderson
Prairie Creek
Locals Revolt In Hoffa's Own Union
In New York and New Jersey, five Teamsters locals voted to reject a national truckers contract Hoffa championed, with pickets at Ford and General Motors haulers. The revolt could spread to East Coast auto centers, threatening a broad strike and labor disruption. An official warned Hoffa faces a fight, saying he uses underhanded methods. Continued on Page Six.
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New York
UPI
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
N - Yonkers
N.Y
Baltimore
Wilmington
Hoboken
Perth Amboy
N. J
Ford
General Motors
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamster Local 445
Yonkers
United Press International
Green Named To GOP Post In Indiana
The Indiana Republican organization announced a campaign coordination center to back November nominees and ensure a waste free race. Paul H Green H Ken Howard and James P Carroll will coordinate to eliminate duplication and maximize spending efficiency. Green led Bontrager for Senate and Howard helped Ristine for governor. Carroll aided Ristine in the preconvention campaign. In England a bank gang stole 67200 after breaking into the National Provincial Bank and leaving tea cups washed behind.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Republican State Organization
Robert N. Stewart
Paul H Green
H. Ken Howard
James P. Carroll
Stewart
Green
Lebanon
D. Russell Bontrager
Elkhart
U.S. Senate
Howard
Crawfordsville
Richard C. Ristine
Carroll
South Bend
Ristine
Lebanon council ends ice cream license dispute
The Lebanon City Council amended the Grade A Milk ordinance to exclude ice cream from inspection after a protest by Indiana Dairy Producers Association representative Ward Holm. The council also moved parking meters, discussed paving plans on several streets, and reviewed department budget requests with potential pay hikes and an additional police position on the table.
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Lebanon
Indianapolis
Indiana Dairy Producers Association
Ward K. Holm
Sealtest Ice Cream Co
Holm
Pair Hurt In Park Accident Near Memorial Park
Two youths were injured when a motorcycle collided with an auto near the Sea Shore Swimming Pool in Memorial Park at about 4 25 p m. John F Powell 16 of Lebanon drove the cycle. Gordon J Singleton 17 of Lebanon drove the auto. Bill Sheets 14 was dragged under the motorcycle. both were treated at Witham Memorial Hospital and released. No citations issued.
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Sea Shore
Memorial Park
John F. Powell
Lebanon
Gordon J. Singleton
East Pearl St
Singleton
Bill Sheets
West Noble St
Young Sheets
Powell
Witham Memorial Hospital
House Hassle May Delay Rights Bill
Washington wires report the civil rights bill could be delayed past July due to a partisan fight over when to recess Congress for the Republican National Convention. Democrats resist a two week break starting July Fourth, risking House Rules Committee action and a new time line with the GOP convention opening July 13 in San Francisco.
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Congress
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
Judiciary Committee
GOP
San Francisco
Platform Committee
Angry Bull Aids In Capture Of Ex convict Wanted For Murder
In Lebanon Kentucky a state police chase ended when an angry bull spooked the suspect Garland Russell 33 and a teenage rider Terry Glasscock 15 guided authorities to him. Russell and his wife Freda 32 were captured after a violent crime spree linked to the murder and wounding of two men in Danville.
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Lebanon
UPI
Garland Russell
Terry Glasscock
Glasscock
Russell
Glasscock Farm
Route 68
J.W. van Arsdale
Danville
van Arsdale
Charles Irwin
Perryville
Scranton Gains Dewey Backing For 1964 Candidacy
UPI reports former New York Governor Dewey backs Pennsylvania Governor Scranton for the Republican presidential nomination. Scranton said Dewey is meeting people in New York and will be helpful in the campaign. Scranton seeks support in Delaware and New Jersey as Senator Barry Goldwater’s opposition to civil rights legislation complicates the race. Senator Clifford Case of New Jersey endorses Scranton, noting he represents New Jersey and GOP thinking, while Goldwater holds nine of about forty New Jersey delegates.
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Washington
UPI
New York
Thomas E.dewey
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Scranton
Harrisburg
Dewey
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Delaware
New Jersey
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Republican Party
Goldwater
Case
Daffynitions Plagiarist Man of Quotation Marks
A punny cryptic line about a man who spends his life between quotation marks. The quirk suggests he borrows others words, living in the shadow of borrowed speech. It playfully riffs on authorship and originality with a dry wit.
Johnson Names Taylor to Viet Nam Post and Wheeler to JCS
President Johnson accepts Henry Cabot Lodge resignation as ambassador to Viet Nam dated June 19 and elevates Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor to the post. Gen. Earle G. Wheeler will succeed Taylor as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Assistant Secretary U. Alexis Johnson becomes deputy ambassador to Viet Nam and will proceed to Saigon. Johnson praises both appointees for readiness on short notice and reaffirms U.S. resolve to support South Viet Nam.
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Washington
UPD
Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Lodge
Earle G. Wheeler
Army
Gen. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Namin Wheeler
U. Alexis. Johnson
Republic of
Saigon
Taylor
United States
South
Ambassador Lodge
U. S
Cable Upgrade Aims to Expand Indiana Bell Service
Indiana Bell begins a 180000 dollar cable project in the Lebanon area to add 4525 miles of new lines. Alan C. Stanford says the plan expands local calling and shifts Lebanon from party lines to one or two party lines. Work includes new conduit and underground cable with extended links to Mechanicsburg Whites town Pittsboro Litton and Thorntown.
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Lebanon
Alan C. Stanford
Bell
Stanford
Mechanicsburg
Big Springs
Whitestown
Pittsboro
Litton
Thorntown
Nowtoll
Zionsville
Lebanon-Zionsville
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Kidderminster
Walter Pierce
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Pierce
UPI Telephoto
Council Melts
State Board of Health
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Herbert Ransdell
Williams Street
Central School
Ann Street
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Charles A. Halleck
Halleck
Ted Swift
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Indiana Bell
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