Unassorted notes on 4‑H, weights, and exercise
The column records a large garden tomato weighing 214 pounds and notes appreciation from 4‑H participants Ruana Newsom and Ellen Martin. It discusses Greene County adults overweight figures from Public Health Service and AMA studies and offers diet and exercise guidance with calorie estimates for foods and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Heaton
West
Vincennes Street
Ruana Newsom
Worthington
Ellen Martin
Bloomfield
Danish Vessel Signe Tholstrup Catches Fire Off Algiers
A Danish 186 foot tanker Signe Tholstrup loaded with volatile butane caught fire off Algiers Monday night. One crewman died while the captain and eight sailors were rescued. The incident occurred near the port city with authorities responding to the blaze.
Illinois Couple Dies In Two Truck Highland Wreck
An Illinois couple in a truck pulling a house trailer were killed near Warsaw in a crash blamed on traffic violations at intersections. The incident followed a Highland crash that killed four migrant workers in a separate collision.
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Illinois
Highland
Warsaw
Indiana
Delbert Warren
Wayne City
Ill
Lucille
Warren
U. S. 30
Indiana 19
Etna Green
U. S. 41
Jackie Cave
London
Ohio
Cave
Blast at Fort Wayne Copper plant leaves two dead
An explosion flattened a two story factory office building at the Phelps-Dodge Copper Products Corp plant in Fort Wayne Indiana. Authorities reported at least two killed and 14 injured with some in critical condition. Rescue workers searched debris hours after the blast collapsed the administration building.
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Fort Wayne, Ind
Phelps-Dodge Copper Products Corp
Temperature Dips Following Rains
Indiana experiences clear and cool weather after heavy weekend rain as a high pressure mass settles in. Highs ranged from 71 in South Bend to 82 in Evansville, with temperatures staying in the 70s through Wednesday and likely Thursday and nightly lows in the 50s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Weather Bureau
South Bend
Evansville
Nixon Reports On Asian Trip
Former Vice President Richard Nixon addresses Congress and the VFW on his Asian visit. He reiterates his hawk stance, warns of World War III if the Vietnam war drags on, and urges a military buildup in Southeast Asia to stop communism.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
New York
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Nixon
National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Southeast Asia
Pacific
Asia
U.S
Public Housing Board Appoints Five Members
City Clerk Harold Harbin announced the appointment of Sherman Anderson Jesse Correll Norm Singleton Tom Wall Jr and John Yaw to the Public Housing Authority board. The five will serve terms of varying lengths from one to five years and the chairman has not yet been named.
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Harold Harbin
Public Housing Authority Board
Sherman Anderson
Jesse Correll
Norm Singleton
Tom Wall, Jr
John Yaw
Area Young Democrats To Elect Officers
Greene county Young Democrats reorganize with a meeting set for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Linton City Hall council chambers. Officers for the year will be elected during the session and a political candidate will speak to complete the program. Current officers and members and all interested persons are invited to attend.
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Greene County
Young Democrat’s Club
Linton City Hall
Cost of Living Pressures Shrink Factory Workers Buyin'g Power
The July cost of living rose four tenths of one percent led by transportation and essentials such as mortgages and medical fees. The consumer price index for July reached 113.3, up 2.8 percent from a year earlier, eroding real wages as the Johnson administration faces inflation and wage demands. Transportation costs surged, with subway fares in New York cited among the main drivers.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
New York City
Murder suicide ruling in Cleveland couple deaths
MISHAWAKA Ind UP I reports a murder death by own action ruling in the deaths of Marshall Cleveland 30 Benton Harbor Mich and his wife Martha Jane 29. Mrs Cleveland shot in the home of her sister Mrs Robert Stalcup with a .22 gun. Cleveland died later at St Josephs Hospital after driving his car into woods and leaving a note call my brothers.
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Mishawaka
Ind
UPI
Marshall Cleveland
Benton Harbor
Mich
Martha Jane
Cleveland
Robert Stalcup
St. Joseph’s
Stalcup
Stalcups
Rebirth of American cities costs eyed by mayors
Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh testifies to a Senate subcommittee that a 10 year plan to rebirth U.S. cities could require about 522 billion dollars. He cites 113 billion beyond current authorizations and up to 242 billion in additional funding, with the National League of Cities suggesting as much as 140 billion.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Detroit
Jerome Cavanagh
Cavanagh
U.S. Mayors Conference
National League of Cities
New York
John V. Lindsay
Gary Youth Shot During Argument
Gary Indiana reports James Hoskins 21 was killed in a midtown street argument. Police seek James Ingram 19 in connection with the slaying. Hoskins died after being shot twice in the heart with a .25 caliber pistol. An unidentified material witness is being held.
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Gary Youth
Gary, Ind
UPI
James Hoskins
Gary
James Harold Ingram
Hoskins
Methodist Hospital
Toll of Turkey Earthquake May Reach Three Thousand
In Varto and surrounding villages the five minute quake left thousands dead and many unburied. Officials counted 2235 bodies in the affected area as aid arrived and disease fears rose while aftershocks rattled the region.
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Varto
Turkey
UPI
Carlisle Frontier Days Parade Opens by Lions Club
Carlisle Frontier Days runs Thursday to Saturday with the Lions Club sponsoring events. Rides are provided by Ernie Allen Amusement Co. A garden tractor pull Friday night and a parade Saturday at noon feature prizes led by a Midwest Homes Silver Trophy containing 100 silver half-dollars.
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Ernie Allen Amusement Co
Terre Haute
Frontier Riders Club
Midwest Homes
Frontier Days Midwest
Jack McCoskey
Two Vehicle Crash Near N A D Crane Bloomington
Early today at 7 25 a.m. a two car collision occurred on Hwy 45 two miles north of the N A D Crane Bloomington gate State Trooper Gene Gastineau reported Richard Smiley 32 of Odon and Janice Kandig 33 of Bloomington were involved Smiley attempted to pass a truck and Kanzig slid into his car causing damage to the Kanzig car and Smiley s left front fender No injuries were reported and Smiley was cited for improper passing
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Gonzalez Vega
Gary
Texas
Max Riddelbarger
Roanoke
Robert F. Sherrard
Larry E. Weston
Marysville
Indiana
Weston
Clark County
Sherrard
Robert Seifreig
Vernon Judy
Lake County
Seifreig
Gary Methodist Hospital
Judy
Hwy. 45
N.A.D. Crane Bloomington
Gene Gastineau
Richard Smiley
Odon
Janice Kandig
Bloomington
Smiley
Kwy
Kanzig Auto
Smley
Branigin Seeks Aid For Eleven Indiana Counties
Indiana Governor Branigin asked President Johnson and Agriculture Secretary Freeman to declare 11 more counties drought disaster areas. If approved, 39 counties would receive grazing and haying relief. counties named include Blackford Boone Brown Hancock Madison Martin Monroe Morgan Putnam Shelby and Vigo, with many previously approved counties listed.
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Indianapolis
API
Branigin
Johnson
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Indiana
Blackford
Boone
Brown
Hancock
Madison
Martin
Monroe
Morgan
Putnam
Shelby
Vigo
Carroll
Crawford
Daviess
Dearborn
Delaware
Dubois
Fountain
Franklin
Jefferson
Hamilton
Harrison
Hendricks
Jennings
Knox
Marion
Ohio
Orange
Owen
Perry
Pike
Ripley
Spencer
Sullivan
Switzerland
Vermillion
Warren
Warrick
Washington
Accidents Blamed On Slick Roads Near Worthington and Newberry
State trooper Gene Gastineau reports two Monday crashes blamed on slick wet pavement. Robert Dougherty, 50, Washington, crossed the center line on K59 48 north of Worthington, colliding with Willard Padgett, 46, Worthington. No tickets issued. Roger Rollins, 22, Newberry, slid into a tree on the Odon Newberry blacktop near a curve, causing $250 damage with no injuries.
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Gene Gastineau
Worthington
Kwy
Robert Dougherty
Washington
Willard Padgett
Itc. 2
Dougherty
Padgett
Newberry
Roger Rollins
Rollins
Indiana urges changeover to schooltime driving
In Indianapolis the Indiana Office of Traffic Safety urged motorists to shift from summer to schooltime driving techniques to reduce accidents as children return to classes. Director Floyd A. Kline Sr. cited 321 school-age deaths and 111 injuries in Indiana traffic last year.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana Office of Traffic Safety
Floyd A. Kline
Indiana
Bill Prohibits Viet Cong Aid Heading To Floor Vote
UPI reports the House Un American Activities Committee moved toward approving Rep. Joe R. Pool's bill to bar Americans from sending money blood or any aid to the Viet Cong in an undeclared war. The measure carries 20 year penalties and would apply to those who counsel or urge such aid. Deputy Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark opposed the bill. The committee had held a contentious investigative phase last week with multiple arrests of anti war demonstrators.
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Washington
Clark
Justice Department
Pool
U.S
Viet Nam
A Street Closed for Repair Work in Linton
City officials close A Street for repair with motorists urged to use alternate routes. State Highway Department crews begin repaving on Highway 54 through Linton tonight. No parking along A Street Northeast tomorrow.
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William B. Carlton
Linton Utilities
State Highway Department
Linton
Carlton
N.E
Rev Peters Appointed Teaching Associate at Indiana Univ
Rev Russel Peters son of Mr and Mrs Carl Peters of Linton Indiana has been appointed as a teaching associate at Indiana University Bloomington for the 1936 67 academic year He is pursuing a PhD in adult recreation and serves as campus minister to the Bloomington Free Methodist Church students
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Russel Peters
Carl Peters
Linton
Itc. 2
Indiana University At
Bloomington
Peters
Bloomington Free Methodist Church
Ball State denies withdrawal plans
Ball State athletic director Bob Primmer said the university has not applied for Mid-American Conference membership and has not been approached by MAC officials. He noted the football schedule through 1968 and basketball dates full for two seasons while denying reports of ICC withdrawal or expansion links involving Northern Illinois and Southern Illinois.
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Muncie
Ind
UPI
Ball State
Bob Primmer
Primmer
Ohio
Indiana
Mac
Ohio Report
John Peterson
Two Muncie Men Injured in Separate Falls
Two Ball State University construction workers in Muncie were injured an hour apart. David Brasher, 33, and Clyde Mullins, 51, were hurt in falls at a building under construction near Ball State and were taken to Ball Memorial Hospital.
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Muncie
Ind
UPI
Ball State University
David Brasher
Clyde Mullins
Ball Memorial Hosptal
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