Bell Telephone Ends Indiana Bell Strike Threat
Indiana Bell workers vote to strike if needed but sign a contract with the Communications Workers of America ending the dispute. Wage increases and enhanced benefits total over 2 million dollars yearly for operators, installers, clerks, and other staff, with raises up to 4.50 a week for some groups. The pact, awaiting ratification by next Friday, expands pensions, death benefits, vacations and medical coverage.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Bell Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Bell
Mae Mann
Indiana
Patient at Freeman Greene County Hospital
Mrs Harry Campbell of Marco is a patient at Freeman Greene County Hospital receiving treatment for a broken leg from an accident. She is in room number unknown.
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Harry Campbell
Marco
Freeman Greene County Hospital
AFL-CIO to endorse Civil Rights March on Washington
The AFL-CIO Executive Council planned to back the August 28 march with a policy statement at its summer meeting. Leaders expect broad union support and calls for contributions of money and manpower to ensure a successful demonstration led by figures like Walter Reuther and supported by George Meany and David Dubinsky.
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Unity House
AFL - Cio
Washington
Afl-Cio
Aflcio
New York
Philadelphia
Detroit
Chicago
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Lincoln Memorial
George Meany
Meany
Labor Federation
David Dubinsky
Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Building Trades Union
Headless Body Found in Maumee River Near Fort Wayne
Fishermen Belle Lawson and William Nelson found a badly decomposed, headless body in the Maumee River near Fort Wayne. Police trace a social security card to identify the victim as autopsy planned to determine cause of death. body believed in water for several days.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Maumee River
Belle Lawson
William Nelson
Tax collections hit record high in fiscal 1963
IRS reported total tax take for 1963 at about 105.9 billion dollars with individual income and employment taxes up to 67.9 billion and corporate taxes reaching 22.3 billion.
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Washington Ww
Internalvenue Eternal Revenue Service
IRS
Farmer's Share of Food Dollar Drops to 36 Cents
The Agriculture Department reports the farmer's share of the consumer food dollar fell to 36 cents in the April–June 1963 quarter, the lowest in over two decades. Marketing charges rose, beef and dairy prices fell, and civilian spending on farm-originated foods totaled $42.9 billion in 1962 with a farm value of $21.4 billion after marketing.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Florida
Department
Two Burglaries Reported in Linton Area
Weekend burglaries in the Linton area included Jasonville Poultry and Feed Store where a safe was punched and about $300 taken. Discovered by Bill Rhoderick, with State Police Detective Joe Feeney and Trooper Gene Gastineau assisting, plus Jasonville police. A second break in at Haseman's Shoe Shop involved a broken back window, six pairs of shoes, one roll of nickels and $8 in pennies, found by owner Harry Haseman.
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Linton
Jasonville
Bill Rhoderick
William Rhoderick
Joe Feeney
Gene Gastineau
Guy Parr
Paul Blyeu
Haseman
Harry Haseman
Disarmament Talks Resume in Geneva
Delegates from 17 nations returned to the Geneva conference to resume disarmament negotiations after a recess marked by the signing of a partial nuclear test ban agreement in Moscow. Informants say no new moves will be made until after the next meeting of the U S Britain and Russia foreign ministers, who initialed the treaty in Moscow. The ministers are slated to meet again at the United Nations General Assembly opening September 17.
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Geneva
Moscow
United States
Britain
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
Firefront Behind Linton Hardware Sparks Damage
A minor blaze reported to Linton Fire Department at 6 35 p m Saturday burned boxes and damaged a door casing and windows behind the Linton Hardware Store.
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Linton
Linton Hardware
Linton Baptist Group Sets Annual Meeting
The Linton Baptist Association will hold its 40th annual meeting at the Switz City Baptist church on August 27 and 28. Activities begin at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday with a family supper at 6:30 p.m. and include music by a Lebanon trio and sermons by Rev. Harold R. Blatt and others.
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Linton Baptist Association
Switz City
Lebanon Trio
Midland
Harold R. Blatt
Blatt
Philippine Islands
Negros Islands
Lisle Pittman
Bloomfield
Elmo Rose
Samuel Webb
Jasonville
Trucker Charged in Fatal Accident in Cincinnati
Trucker Ernest Spacy of Seymour Ind faces second degree manslaughter charges after his tractor-trailer jackknifed on a rainswept U S 50 in Sedansville and overturned injuring Larry W Rice 22 who died later at Cincinnati General Hospital. Spacy was released on a $2000 bond and must appear in city traffic court on August 28.
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Cincinnati
Ernest Spacy
Seymour
Ind
Spacy
U.S. 50
Sedansville
Larry W. Rice
Rice
Cincinnati General Hospital
Siamese Twin Boys Separated After 3-Hour Operation
In Glendale California two 3 doctor teams separated newborn Siamese twins Daniel Clifford and David Eugene within 36 hours of birth at Children's Hospital. Doctors reported both boys in satisfactory condition and placed in incubators with a critical post operative period anticipated for 7 to 10 days.
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Los Angeles
Wpp
Glendale
Calif
Children’s Hospital
Daniel Clifford
David Eugene
Glendale Sanitarium
Rebecca Bartley
William
Bartley
Dwight Galloway
JFK Divides Time Between Cape Cod And Washington
President Kennedy splits his week between family duties on Cape Cod and duties in Washington. He plans to visit Jacqueline at Otis Air Force Base, then fly to Andrews and the White House. He will meet with Dean Rusk and Robert McNamara about the nuclear test ban, hold breakfast talks with Democratic leaders, and travel to Cape Cod multiple times for family time.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Kennedy
Cape Cod
Washington
Jacqueline
Otis Air Force Base
Otis
Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
Cape
War I Veterans Plan Picnic Meeting at Worthington Park
War I Veterans Barracks 408 announce a picnic at Worthington park on Sunday. Commander Mike Marter and President Jesse Teague say a basket dinner starts at 12 30 p m with entertainment to follow. A speaker and Jim Fields of Lyons are featured. all World War I veterans are invited.
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Worthington Park
Mike Marter
Jesse Teague
Jim Fields
Lyons
Rusk Explains Loss In Badminton Match With Khrushchev
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said Khrushchev is a very good badminton player but noted he lost 4-1 on an oriental rug at Khrushchev's Ga gra Black Sea villa during a visit last week.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Mir
Khrushchev
Rusk
Black Sea
Gagra
Motion Picture Chief Remains in Critical Condition
Washington Mo tion Picture Association president Eric Johnston aged 66 remained in critical condition from a stroke. He was admitted to George Washington University hospital on June 17.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
The
Motion Picture Association
Johnston
George Washington University Hospital
Riot at Putnamville Prison Over Death of Inmate
Five hundred inmates at Indiana State Penal Farm rioted for nearly an hour over the pneumonia death of 18 year old Paul Hobbs of Indianapolis. They set fires, smashed windows, and hurled debris as 40 to 45 officers used shotguns tear gas and crowd control to quell the disturbance. Seven prisoners were injured two seriously requiring hospital care.
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Putnamville
Ind
UPD
Indiana State Penal Farm
Pnuemonia
Indiana University Medical Center
Indianapolis
Arthur Campbell
State Correction Board
Paul Hobbs
Campbell
Hobbs
Robert Long Hospital
Indiana State
Seven Accidents Cause Heavy Damage In Area
Police report seven weekend accidents across county and area causing about five thousand dollars in damage and injuring three people. Incidents ranged from a minor two vehicle crash in Linton on A Street to a three car pileup near Bloomfield and a late night rollover east of Bloomfield. One driver received a head injury and another a possible concussion. several vehicles were total losses.
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Ast. N.W
Second St. N.W
Marie Bridgewater
Jasonville
Loren Bowers
Itc. 1
Linton
Bridgewater
Bowers
Charles D. Stark
Rtc. 2
Bloomfield
Shawnee Summer Theatre
O Sheriff’s
Stark
Geraldine V. Pinkston
Petersburg
C. N. Personett
Vernon
Pinkston
Patricia Overton
Odon
Miss Overton
Cheryl C. Smith
Terre Haute
William Milton Baird
Baird
Smith
James Edgar Allen
Newberry
Allen
Joe L. Williams
Sandborn
Williams
Lois J. Weston
Switz City
Weston
Freeman-Greene County
Worthington
David M. Vowell
Washington
Roman Coleman
Preston
Miss
Coleman
Vowell
Traylor Grain Sales
Locgootee
Pickets disrupt mobile classrooms in Chicago area
Waves of integrationist pickets blocked a mobile classroom site at 73rd and Lowe in Chicago as police arrested 25 to 40 demonstrators. Among those jailed were Dick Gregory and two ministers with his wife also detained, while leaders vowed to persist with sit-down protests despite police actions.
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Chicago
Dick Gregory
Gregory
South
Five Couples Seek Greene County Marriage Licenses
Five couples applied for marriage licenses in the Greene Circuit Court Clerk Claude Story’s office in Bloomfield over the weekend. The pairs are Billy Autrey of Newberry with Nancy Kretchen of Linton, Harold Skinner of Linton with Beverly Girdsley of Scotland, Roger Clayton of Bloomfield Route Four with Constance Miller of Bloomfield Route One, John Raeburn of Indianapolis with Gillian Kimble of Salsbury, and Stephen Stefancik of Linton Route Three with Margaret Winters of Linton.
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Claude Story
Greene Circuit Court
Bloomfield
Entered Guilty Plea In Suspended License Case
Henry Abrell appeared in Greene circuit court at Bloomfield and pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license. The judge fined him 25 dollars plus costs and sentenced him to two days in the county jail.
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Henry Abrell
Greene
Bloomfield
Senator Estes Kefauver Dies in Tennessee
The body of Senator Estes Kefauver from Tennessee will be taken to Madisonville for a family funeral and burial Tuesday. He died Saturday during heart surgery preparations from an aneurysm bursting in the aorta, the main artery supplying blood to the body.
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Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Madisonville
Tennessee
Big Smoky Foothills
Roudebush Voices Caution On Test Ban Pact In Seymour
Seymour Indiana Congressman Richard Roudebush praised local V J day observance while warning that despite the test ban treaty the Communists seek world domination and a non aggression pact with Russia may be discussed. He voiced pessimism that capitalism and the free world will prevail.
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Seymour
Ind
Richard Roudebush
R-Ind
Roudebush
Shawnee Presents Taming of the Shrew at Summer Theatre
Shawnee Summer Theatre will stage a bonus production of The Taming of the Shrew from August 13 to August 17. Dr. H Adrian Rehner will direct a high quality version with special costumes. Tickets remain at regular prices and may be reserved at the box office.
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Shawnee Summer Theatre
Shawnee
H. Adrian Rehner
X15 Flight Aims for 68 Mile Altitude Record
At Edwards Air Force Base California NASA test pilot Joe Walker prepared for a renewed X15 altitude attempt nearing 68 miles after weather forced cancellations. Light rain earlier delayed the mission but a subsequent flight was rescheduled.
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Edwards Afb
Calif
Space Agency
Joe Walker
National Aeronautics and Arene Cerca
Bess
Cance. Ie
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