Indiana road map features and tax worries in Linton area
The State Highway Commission released a new Indiana road map with colorful state area pictures including Trout Lake and Island City Lake. The same issue reports the Linton Stockton school budget seeks a 1.75 tax rate rise to 6.33 due to a 400 thousand plus decline in assessed valuation, with hearings to fix final figures. The Red Cross cites farming as a dangerous occupation with 8,700 deaths and 800,000 injuries in a recent year, urging safety courses.
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State Highway Commission
Indiana
Trout Lake
Greene-Sullivan State Forest
Island City Lake
Linton-Stockton
Linton
Bloomfield
American Red Cross
The
Red Cross
Trooper’s cousin drowns in Decatur County pond
SANDUSKY Ind PD Robert Kirk 29 Adams a cousin of State Trooper Robert Kirk of Boomfield drowned Thursday night while fishing at a farm pond a few miles north of Sandusky. Police said the boat overturned killing Kirk while a companion escaped to shore. His body was recovered about two hours later.
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Sandusky
Ind
Robert Kirk
Adams
Boomfield
Decatur County
Here
Kirk
Senate Leaders Push 5.5 Billion Space Authorization
Senate leaders plan to push a 5.5 billion NASA space authorization for passage with a key debate over a satellite dispute amendment. Senator Mansfield pledged a Saturday session if action stalls. Humphrey backs a 50 million Boston space research center with possible multiple centers. Debt ceiling bill aims to prevent falling below 285 billion, else Treasury cannot sell bonds.
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Washington
Senate
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Satellite Corporation
Hubert Humphrey
Boston
Humphrey
Minnesota
Treasury Department
Wirtz to Talk with Railroad Leaders Over Diesel Firemen Dispute
Labor Secretary Wirtz planned talks with engineer and fireman union spokesmen as a nationwide rail strike looms on August 29. James Reynolds met management and labor reps for the fourth day to size train crews and avert a diesel engine fireman cut. Presidents Kennedy asked Congress to let the ICC settle the four year dispute.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Kennedy
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Suicide ruled in Dr Ward death scandal figure
A seven member jury ruled that Dr Stephen Ward killed himself with sleeping pills. Coroner recording cited bilateral softening of the brain from self-administered drugs. Ward died Saturday before facing vice charge sentencing. his private funeral was held for the Anglican minister’s son.
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London
Stephen Ward
Society Osteopath
Britain
Gavin Thurston
Ward
Old Bailey
Police Chief and six honored at Rochester banquet
Chief William Lombard and six citizens were driven to the awards banquet in a patrol wagon after no other transportation was available.
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Rochester
N.Y
William Lombard
Rusk Plans Black Sea Talks With Khrushchev in Moscow
Secretary of State Dean Rusk engages in discussions with Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow about hot war issues and freeing an American prisoner. The talks also cover the nuclear test ban treaty and next steps to ease East West tension.
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Moscow
Wer
Dean Rusk
Black Sea
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Khushchev
Khrushchev
Gagra
NATO
Warsaw
United States
Berlin
Foy OD. Kohler
Llewellyn D Thompson
Bonn
Guardsman admits rail dynamiting near New Castle
Eugene Smith a 19 year old Indiana National Guard member confessed to authorities that a concussion grenade caused the blast on the Pennsylvania Railroad near New Castle Indiana He said the grenade brought from Camp Grayling Mich was intended to be destroyed The explosion charred wooden ties and forced a train reroute though rail traffic was not endangered FBI and railroad detectives were present during his statement and fragments of the explosive were recovered
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New Castle
Ind
Indiana National Guard
Pennsylvania
Eugene Smith
Warren Davis
Smith
Camp Grayling
Mich
Postmaster Exams Opens at Midland
An opening for Fourth Class Postmaster at Midland with a $3 003 salary invites local residents to apply by August 27 1963. Applicants must live within the post office territory and be at least 18 on the closing date. no age maximum though those over 70 may be limited to one year temporary renewals. Obtain complete requirements from the Midland Post Office and submit forms to the U S Civil Service Commission in Washington by the closing date.
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Midland
U.S. Civil Servic Commission
Washington, D. C
Welsh welcome with pickets at Burns Ditch protest
Governor Welsh arrived for a Democratic dinner at Indiana Dunes State Park as about 50 Save the Dunes Council members demonstrated at Burns Ditch. Pickets carried signs accusing him of supporting beaches and parks only in Southern Indiana. Welsh reportedly noted one sign was untrue.
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Chesterton
Ind
Welsh
Lake Michigan
Burns Ditch
Indiana Dunes State Park
Save the Dunes Council
Indiana
Judson Harris
Harris
Council
Robert Mann
Michigan City
James H. Buell
Ogden Dunes
Gov. Welsh
Fighting in Viet Nam Rages Near Strategic Hamlet
Saigon government says forces repelled a hit and run Viet Cong attack on Binh Phu near Kien Van in Kien Phong Province. Estimated 57 Viet Cong killed, 9 government defenders dead, 15 wounded. Air-supported pursuit continued.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Binh Phu
Kien van
Kien Phong
Grief Stricken President Tells Wife of Tragedy
President Kennedy endures a private family tragedy as infant Patrick Kennedy dies after a brief illness. He flies from Boston to Otis Air Force Base to reunite with Jacqueline Kennedy, who has faced prior child loss. The events unfold from 2:10 a.m. to 9:28 a.m. as the nation learns of the death.
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United Press International
United States
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Boston
Kennedy
Patrick
White House
Robert F. Kennedy
Mades
Jacqueline Kennedy
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Newport
R.I
Warm Sunny Skies Across Much of the United States
Most of the nation enjoyed warm sunny weather with only North Dakota and Minnesota seeing notable precipitation. Severe hail and downed utility lines were reported in West Fargo and Hickson North Dakota, while Rochester Minnesota logged three inch hail. Idaho maintained a state of emergency as fires burned about 140000 acres.
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United Press International
North Dakota
Minnesota
West Fargo
N.D
Hickson
Rochester
Minn
Idaho
RFE sends reporters to cover southern racial strife
Radio Free Europe dispatched two newsmen for three weeks to gather interviews on the race issue in the U S South and produced four half hour programs from transmitters in West Germany and Portugal. The 500 page transcript omits conservative reactions and interviews extremists. officials say coverage reflects a Western view of civil rights tensions.
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United Press International
Radio Free Europe
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Bulgaria
Romania
U.S
South
RFE
Dixie
West Germany
Portugal
Horst Pezall
Berlin
Germany
White Citizen Council
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Stanley R. Brookshire
Charlotte
N.C
Ivan Allen
Atlanta
William ©. Collger
Louisville
Medgar Evers
Camp to Start For Youth Study Of Conservation
Indiana youth conservation camp opens Sept 3 for 60 days at Harrison State Forest near Corydon. Indiana residents 17 years 9 months to 22 years 9 months with no felony and 90 days of unemployment may enroll. Participants receive $75 monthly plus quarters and clothing valued at $150 monthly. Training includes field work 40 hours weekly and at least eight hours of education under a Conservation Department officer trainee.
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Indiana
Indiana State Employment Security Division
Linton
Lewis Goble
Employment Agency
Harrison State Forest
Corydon
Goble
Conservation Department
Security Division
Haitian Troops Crush Invasion Reported at Border
Dominican officials in Dajabon questioned 14 Haitian exiles who claimed they were remnants of an invasion halted by Haitian government troops. Exiles say 30 attackers were active in northern Haiti and aimed to topple President Duvalier, with most fleeing to mountains after the failed launch.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Dajabon
Halitian
Paul Verna
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Turncoat Steps on United States Soil
Lowell D. Skinner a former prisoner of war who stayed in Communist China after Korea set foot on U S soil in nine years arriving from Tokyo at New York International Airport He avoided contact with relatives or friends saying only he has plans and mentioning a possible job back home in Akron Ohio He traveled on a certificate of identity from Hong Kong and would stay in New York overnight before going to Akron.
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New York
Lowell D. Skinner
China
U. S
Tokyo
New York International Airport
Skinner
Brady D. Skinner
Axton
Ohio
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Hong Kong
Akron
Marriage license applications filed in Greene County court
Applications for marriage licenses were filed in Bloomfield at the Greene circuit court clerk's office by Byron Edwards of Linton and Doris Marie VanHorn of Jasonville and by Robert Meier of Lyons and Livetta Carr of Switz City.
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Qclaude Story
Greene Circuit Court
Bloomfield
Byron Edwards
Linton
Doris Marie VanHorn
Jasonville
Robert Meier
Lyons
Livetta Carr
Switz City
Rtc
Tragic Kennedy Baby Dies After 39 Hours
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, infant son of President and Mrs. Kennedy, dies at 4:04 a.m. in a Boston hospital pressure chamber after 39 hours of life due to idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome. The White House announced the death and planned private funeral.
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Boston
Wic
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Kennedy
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
White House
Pierre Salinger
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Jacqueline
Robert F. Kennedy
Salinger
Bevy
Jacqueline Kennedy
Cape Cod
David Powers
Powers
Otis Afb
Joseph Scabill
Waggoner School 50th Reunion Planned at Lyons Park
The 50th annual reunion of former Waggoner school pupils will be held at Lyons Park on Sunday. A basket dinner is planned at noon, followed by visiting. All former pupils and friends are invited.
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Waggoner School
Lyons Park
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