City Council Forms Public Housing Board for Seniors
The Linton City Council voted to create a public housing board to pursue a senior citizen housing project under the 1965 Federal Housing Act. The plan, using federal construction funding and local employment, targets low income retirees and would set rents reinvested for project improvements.
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City Council
Public Housing Board
Linton
City Hall
Bill Hendren
Ing
Hendren
U.S
Congress
Cable TV Plans For Tower System Reported
City of Linton joins a five town group to use a central transistorized tower system. John Gwin of Robinson TV Cable Co leads construction to serve Linton Sullivan Jasonville and others with CATV, offering town news and improved public service broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
William Hendren
Cable TV Inc
John Gwin
Robinson TV Cable Co
Sullivan
Cable T.V., Inc
Worthington
Jasonville
Telesis Construction Company
Bloomfield
Stan Socia Corporation
Tyler
Tex
Champaign
Louisville
Dugger
School Board Lets Bid For Building Portable Classroom
The Linton-Stockton school board accepted Imperial Equipment Co. bid of 10422 for a 24 by 36 foot portable building with two restrooms, water fountain, lavatory, lighting, cloakrooms, and teacher’s closet to be north and east of the elementary building. It will be heated and air conditioned with aluminum siding on three sides and fiberglass brick on one, and carpeted. The facility will serve Special Education classes this fall. Prices for cafeteria bread, meat, and milk contracts were reviewed. action postponed to Aug 25. Board approved deposits totaling 100900 in CDs and moved 10000 between funds to cover the portable. Leave for Mrs. Louise Stark granted. Mrs. Jenny Blackwell noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton-Stockton
Jere O. Goodman
Imperial Equipment Co
Elemenary
Colonial
West
Paul Lester
Johnson Milk Co
Citizens’ National Bank
Peoples Trust Co
Louise Stark
Jenny Blackwell
Football meeting urged for Linton Stockton players
Coach Paul Steele invited all ninth to twelfth grade football prospects, parents, and fans to a general meeting at 6 p.m. at the football field to outline plans for the coming season. He said anyone interested in football will enjoy attending the session.
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Paul Steele
Linton Stockton
Foo
Steele
Four Juveniles Undergo Lie Test in Dr Moore Break-In
Four county juveniles were taken to the Jasper state police post today to undergo lie detector tests in connection with a house breaking at the home of Dr. H. L. Moore. A valuable coin collection was reported missing in the incident. State Trooper Robert Kirk and Linton policeman Wayne Wheeler accompanied the youngsters to Jasper.
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Jasper
H. L. Moore
Robert Kirk
Linton
Wayne Wheeler
Apollo Moonshot Postponed Two Days to Aug 22
Cape Kennedy AP The first unmanned test flight of a fully equipped Apollo spaceship is delayed two days to Aug 22 due to leaking fittings in hydrogen fuel lines feeding three power units. A Saturn rocket will send the craft 750 miles up. its engine will return the capsule to Pacific recovery. If successful, Virgil Grissom Edward White and Roger Chaffee could fly a manned mission in November. The mission may last two weeks or more.
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Cape Kennedy
API
Federal Space Agency
Apollo
Moon
Saturn
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Virgil Grissom
Edward White
Roger Chaffee
Young Republicans Set County Meeting
The Greene County Young Republican club will meet at Bloomfield State Bank at 7:30 p.m. Friday Aug. 19. Warren Hays of Bloomfield, chairman, and Phyllis Nation, vice chairman, announce officers will be elected and candidates will be featured as special guests. Refreshments will be served.
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Young Republican Club
Greene County
Bloomfield State Bank
Warren Hays
Bloomfield
Phyllis Nation
Auto Production Costs Push Up 1967 Car Prices
Detroit based report notes 1967 model cars due next month will see notable price increases with industry insiders predicting rises between 50 and 200 dollars. For five years car prices stayed steady though optional equipment added to quoted costs. New factors now mandate higher selling prices for upcoming models.
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Detroit
API
Accident East of Bloomfield Involving Two Autos
An east Bloomfield crash on state highway 45 involved two women drivers Martyn J. Darwin 34 of Odon and Glendora M. Dobson 33 of Bloomfield. Darwin’s car slid 60 feet, then 60 more after braking when Dobson’s car turned into Forrest Roberts drive. No injuries or arrests reported and damage未 estimated.
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Bloomfield
Sheriff's Office
Martyn J. Darwin
Odon
Glendora M. Dobson
Ite 3
Forrest Roberts
Dobson Auto
Darwin
Dobson
Communists Spark And Lose Mekong Battle
U.S. forces in South Vietnam expanded about three times faster than Communist units over a year. Advance elements of the 4th Infantry Division arrived as U.S. and South Vietnamese troops maintained battlefield momentum. In the Mekong Delta a Viet Cong attack triggered an American air raid that killed 15 civilians and wounded 182, with villagers evacuated to Can Tho City.
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U.S. 4Th Infantry
Qui Nhon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Central Highlands
Washington
UPI
United States
Saigon
Viet Nam
Plei Mei
la Drang
William C. Westmoreland
Mekong Delta
Chau Nhiem
Truong Than
Tersef
Chau Nhenm
Can Tho City
Carlisle Frontier Days Parade Schedule and Staff
Carlisle outlines Frontier Days events for August with Parade judging staff including Elden Tipton and John Myers both candidates for seventh district congress. Lions Club president Jack McCoskey announces the celebration running August 25 through 27 featuring a noon parade on Saturday.
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Carlisle
Jack McCoskey
Lions Club
Elden Tipton
Jasonville
John Myers
Covington
Congress
Emergency Unit Responds to Vicksburg Oxygen Need
Greene county emergency unit was called after midnight to the Everett Killian home in Vicksburg for an emergency oxygen supply. En route, the unit crossed a construction area on Indiana Kwy 59, slipped into a culvert, and damaged a pipe beneath the vehicle.
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Greene County
Everett Ki‘l
Vicksburg
Evansville Man Cited in Wreck Near Linton on 54
State police investigated a two vehicle collision four miles west of Linton on highway 54 at 4 30 p m Saturday. Willis Martindale 25 Bloomfield and Maurice E Thompson 50 Evansville collided after Thompson began backing up a hill crest and overshot an intersection. Thompson received a reckless driving ticket for the minor damage collision.
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Linton
Willis Martindale
Bloomfield
Rte 4
Maurice E. Thompson
Evansville
Jerry Grant
Thompson
Martindale
Crane office opens for Daviess Greene Martin development
The Daviess Greene Martin Committee for Economic Development announces a new office in Crane Town Hall led by Warren Loughmiller to boost community capacity through job training education health services and landmark programs like Green Thumb. Staff include Don McNabb and Helen Edmiston with plans for state collaborations and broad participation.
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Daviess, Greene
Martin Counties
Crane
Grace Holloway
Helen Edmiston
Warren Loughmiller
Donald McNabb
Daviess, Greene, Martin Committee For Economic Development
Crane Town Hall
Larrimer St
Loughmiller
Don McNabb
Green Thumb
Ol der
Fray
the Daviess, Greene
Matin
A. R. Feiesenberger
Wiliam J. Wichman
Ruth D. Owen
K. J. Baker
Dennie A. Bays
Don Bledsoe
Doris Landry
Dorothy Shelton
Avery Smith
Andrew Street
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Virginia Cravens
Jack Cravens
Risher
Harold Harbin
Light Department
Harbin
Les Baiey
Ora McCollister
Claude Richardson
Young Republicans
Frontier Days
EDA
Red Cross
Linton Pool
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