Remembering Switz City mine rescue and safety push
John Oniones recalls a Switz City mine disaster where 10 men and a pony were trapped. A four man rescue team used a winch to raise them and the pony. The mine was owned by Jules Cuvilier. Local safety drive includes urging daylight headlights and noting 19 Indiana traffic deaths over Labor Day. Also reports Nut Growers meeting near Fort Valley Georgia and a social security claim book under scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Oniones
Pennsylvania
Mr. Oniones
Switz
Eddy Rogers
Jack Hayes
John Inglemann
Themen
Switz City
Jules Cuvilier
Indiana
Cool August in Indiana Near Record Coldest Month
Five day outlook shows Indiana maintaining cool trend with August likely to be the third coldest in 93 years. Temperature averages run about four degrees below normal, Indianapolis already at 68.96 for the month. Highs reach 80s to near 90 with cool nights and scattered showers likely through the period.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Evansville
Legion Youth Baseball Team Hosts Postseason Party
Members of the American Legion Boys' League and their managers will be honored at a post season party at the Legion home at 6 30 p m tonight per today’s announcement.
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American Legion
Legion
Huave
Nine Mile School Reunion Set At Church
The annual reunion of former Nine Mile pupils and teachers will be at the Nine Mile church on Sunday. A basket dinner will be served at noon in the church basement, followed by an afternoon of visiting and reminiscing. Invites go to former teachers, pupils, and friends of the school.
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Nine Mile School
Nine Mile
Fiery Utah mine blast traps 25 workers underground
A multi million dollar potash mine near Moab Utah was shattered by a fiery explosion trapping 25 men 3000 feet below the surface. Rescue teams feared possible fatalities as carbon dioxide filled passages and contact with the crew had been lost since the 640 p m blast.
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Moab
Utah
Here
Frank Tippie
Exas Gulf Sulphur Co
Harrison International Co
Texas Gulf
Drilling Reaches Bova's Chamber in Rescue Effort
In Sheppton Pennsylvania rescuers drilled 305 feet to reach the chamber where Louis Bova, 42, has been trapped since August. A microphone and camera were lowered as Lt. Richard Anderson monitored for signs of life while crowds listened for any sound.
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Sheppton
Henry Throme
David Fellen
Hazleton State General Hospital
Louis Bova
Richard Anderson
U. S. Navy
Bova
David Fellin
Henry Throne
School Board Moves To End Go Kart Racing On School Grounds
The Linton-Stockton School Board ordered removal of a go kart track behind the high school after complaints from nearby residents. The track will be plowed under and grass planted, with police action to stop youth riding motorbikes on the driveway.
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Linton - Stockton
Jere Goodman
Linton
Goodman
School Corporation
Colonial
Holsom Spread
Wonder Bread Company
Hubert Lynch
Red and White
Katie Dunning
Marie L. McKee
Rhodenbeck
Jurors Named for Circuit Court September Term
Greene county circuit court drawn grand and petit jurors for the September term. Jury commissioners Kenneth Secrest Rex V Miller and Claude Story announced the list including Jefferson township residents Bernie Griffith Gerald Loffland Atta Goodwin Haldon Townsend Charles Lind Loretta Clifford Stafford Algar Baird Clarence Arthur Stockton John Brewer Mae Martindale for grand jurors and Warren Herstine Xolaf Kittle Garrett Hamilton Alfred Dyer Clara Foster Henry Hasler Betty Floyd Lee Neidigh Richland Arthur Bennett Mary L Gardner Ralph Bohnert Blanche Grabner Juanita Rowe Margaret Hastings Charles Borders Wright Virginia Bennett Taylor Lucille Gasner Elmer Burch Highland Dorothy Gillett Paul Edelman Ruth Graves Fairplay Philip Bredewegt Stockton Robert Brock Ovid Herold Ruth Kramer Grant James Ferguson Harry Asdell Cass Tilford Adams Beech Creek Laura Autrey Smith Ruth Sowder Center for petit jurors.
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Kenneth Secrest
Rex V. Miller
Claude Story
Greene County
Bernie Griffith
Gerald Loffland
Atta Goodwin
Jefferson Township
Haldon L. Townsend
Charles Lind
Loretta Clifford
Stafford
Algar Baird
Center
Clarence Arthur
Stockton
John Brewer
Wright
Mae
Charles Borders
Virginia Bennett
Taylor
Lucille Gasner
Elmer Burch
Highland
Dorothy Gillett
Paul Edelman
Ruth Graves
Fairplay
Philip A. Bredewegt
Robert Brock
Ovid Herold
Ruth Kramer
Grant
James Ferguson
Harry Asdell
Cass
Tilford Adams
Beech Creek
Laura Autrey
Smith
Ruth Sowder
Central Plans Opening for Switz City School District
The Central school district of Switz City will begin the 1963 64 term with a brief orientation and enrollment on Friday August 30. Pupils return to classes at 8 am Tuesday for a full schedule.
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Switz City
Thousands March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Thousands of demonstrators from across the nation gathered in Washington for the March on Washington for jobs and freedom to urge passage of a strong civil rights bill. Organizers reported 40,000 on the monuments grounds with rail and air transport movements noted and no early incidents.
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Washington
America
Chicago
Hartford
Conn
Washington Monument
George R. Waldrodt
Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
A. Philip Randolph
Welsh to Explain Rising School Costs On Radio TV
Indiana Governor Welsh will broadcast statewide next week to explain why local school costs have risen. The nonpartisan program will air on radio and TV, coinciding with school openings, funded from the governor’s contingency fund. He will discuss state and local financing amid a 2 percent sales tax court case and potential legislative action.
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Indianapolis
Welsh
Richard Martin
Martin
Indiana Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Malone Named to FHA Committee
Dallas Malone of New berry has been named a three year member of Greene County Farmers Home Administration county committee. He succeeds Earl McIntyre. other members are Clarence Calvert and Theodore Hays. The panel reviews loan applications and advises on tailoring national policies to local needs. Malone is a longtime farmer active in community affairs.
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Dallas Malone
Ite
Newberry
Greene County Farmers Home Administration Committee
Emerson Coartin
Malone
Earl McIntyre
Bloomfield
Clarence Calvert
Theodore Hays
Worthington
Farmers Home Administration
Greene County
Martin
Notice Issued For Jasonville Pupils
Shakamak school district issued a notice for Jasonville students in Grades One through Five and Nine through Twelve to report to the Junior High at 8 a m Friday Aug 30 for bus instructions and transport to elementary and high schools. Junior High students should arrive at 8 20 a m for the first day orientation at the Jasonville school.
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Shakamak
Jasonville
Fairplay Reunion Plans Set for Worthington Park
Plans for the Fairplay school reunion are announced for Sunday at Worthington park shelter house. The event on Sept 8 features a basket dinner at noon and invites all interested persons to attend.
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Fairplay School
Shelter House
Worthington Park
House to Write Civil Rights Bill and Shelter Funding
Eleven House members worked on civil rights legislation responding to thousands of demonstrators near the Capitol. Chairman Emanuel Celler predicted Kennedy's civil rights bill would clear the first hurdle and emerge intact from the House subcommittee. Separately, the Armed Services Committee approved a $190 million fallout shelter program to stock 11 million spaces with food and supplies for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 1964.
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Washington
House
House Judiciary
Kennedy
Emanuel Celler
Dn.v
Celler
Civil Defense
House Armed Services Committee
Linton Stockton Pupils Get First Day Orientation and Books
Grade pupils at Linton Stockton Elementary are to assemble at 9 a.m. Thursday for orientation, book lists, and rental fee payments, with dismissal around 11 15 a.m. A faculty meeting precedes the session and changes in book fees are listed for grades two through eight, plus optional dictionary purchase for grade four.
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Linton-Stockton
A. M. Franklin
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Fort Valley
Georgia
Northern Nut Growers Association
John
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Magnolia
Franklin D
Magnolia Farms
Social Security Administration
Joseph F. Hesselgrave
Social Security
Hesselgrave
U. S
Bloomington
Social Security Office
West Seventh Street
Edison
United Press International
Matt Rauhala
Steve Hatsis
Hatsis
Louis Cassels
WPI
Newcastle
U.S
District of Columbia
D. C
Chary
Merriman Smith
FHA
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