Wet lager-lacker Jaguar Paint and small-town notes
A London style sign outside a Convent Garden shop reads Wet lager-lacker Jaguar Paint. The piece weaves in remarks about a lodge home fire in New Albany, a price hike for the Odon Journal, a Washington County school reorganization hearing set for December 17, and local political expense reporting deadlines. It also covers a deputy appointment in Linton, December salary funding, and light quips on manners and weather.
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London
Convent Garden
Driving Lesson Ends With House Gas Leak
Cedar Rapids Iowa Edward J Marek gave his daughter Suzanne 16 a driving lesson Sunday. The car jumped a curb and crashed through fences then into a house and kitchen. a gas line was ruptured prompting evacuation. Suzanne Marek faced a charge of driving without a license. Her father was charged with permitting an unauthorized person to drive.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Uph
Edward J. Marek
Suzanne
M. E Rowley
Miss Marek
Linton Merchants to Elect Officers at Roosevelt Hotel
Linton merchants will elect new officers at a Tuesday morning meeting at 9:30 o'clock held at the Roosevelt hotel. Jess Correll, association president, urged all merchants to attend.
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Linton
Roosevelt Hotel
Jess Correll
Association
State Trooper Shot During Routine Check Near Indianapolis
Indiana State Trooper Harold Archer, 33, was wounded in the head and arm when a car with four young white males ignored a red light on a routine traffic stop south of Indianapolis. Archer ducked as a bullet hit his patrol car. he was treated at St. Francis Hospital, Beech Grove, in stable condition. A statewide manhunt followed for the late model light green car, pursued after it swerved off U S 31 onto a side road. The chase began near U S 31 and Indiana 135 in southern Marion County.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Harold Archer
Here
U. S. 31
Archer
Hunt
Plane crash near Martinsville claims two lives
Martinsville authorities and Civil Aeronautics Board inspect a night crash eight miles northwest of the city on a Roy Richards farm. Pilot Benjamin Knoy, 40, and passenger Charles Slinkard, 20, were burned beyond recognition. Officials cite possible carbon monoxide effects and loss of control before the eight mile fall.
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Martinsville
Ind
Wmph
Here
Benjamin Leon Knoy
Charles Junior Slinkard
Camby
Morgan County
James Summers
Civil Aeronautics Board
Chicago
Roy Richards
Summers
Knoy
Slinkard
Kelly’s
Mooresville
Busy phones at American Airlines freight center
The American Airlines airfreight information center at LaGuardia Airport received an average of 15 000 customer calls each month. Thirty five employees are assigned to the center.
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New York
American Airlines
LaGuardia
Airlines
Idlewild Crash Kills 25 As Flight Fails To Lift
Investigators say Eastern Air Lines DC7B failed to regain altitude in fog at Idlewild Airport, killing 25 of 51 aboard from Charlotte. CAB notes weather factors and malfunctioning radar and visibility equipment, plus pilot Bechtold and co-pilot Wagner among the dead.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines
Idlewild
Charlotte
N.C
Civil Aeronautics Board
Edward Bechtold
Airlift
Bechtold
Edward Slattery
CAB
Eastern Airlines
Pitman Funeral Held at Newberry
Mrs Lula Pitman 83 of Newberry died at 2 30 Saturday after an extended illness. Lifelong resident born Nov 7 1879 to Alonzo and Cynthia Owen Quackenbush. Member of Newberry Christian church and Eastern Star. Survived by daughter Mae Baker, sisters Minnie Quackenbush and Mrs Evan Davis, brother Clyde Edwards, three grandchildren. Funeral at Jenkins and Sons Bloomfield with Robert Richards officiating. Burial in Newberry cemetery.
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Lula Pitman
Newberry
Freeman- Greene County Hospital
Pitman
Alonzo and
Cynthia Caroline Owen Quackenbush
Newberry Christian Church
Order of Eastern Star
Harry Pitman
Mae Baker
Minnie Quackenbush
Indianapolis
Evan Davis
Terre Haute
Clyde Edwards
Jenkins and ‘Sons
Bloomfield
Robert Richards
Bad Lands name tied to terrain not outlaws
North Dakota's famed Bad Lands earned their name from difficult rocky terrain that impeded travel, not from outlaws who fled there. Local history notes the descriptive origin of the moniker in contrast to outlaw lore.
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Bismarck
N. D
Dpi
North Dakota
Farmers barricade building over ACSC transfer in Mound City
Federal marshals plan peaceful removal of Agriculture Department records from a fortified ACSC office in Mound City South Dakota. Local residents accuse out-of-state agitators and warn moving the ACSC office could shift county seats to Herreid. Authorities caution against fighting and emphasize peace.
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Mound City
S.D
Agriculture Department
U.S
Leonard T. Heckathorn
Travis H. Lewin
Lewin
County Agricultural Conservation and Stabilization Service
ACSC
Herreid
Archie Gubbrud
Donald Herman
Rapid City
Oxford
Miss
University of Mississippi
Herman
Mississippi
Bedford Man Drowns After Car Plunges Into Creek
Everett Thomas Hisgen of Bedford died in a fishing trip accident south of Hymera when his 1958 model car ran off a road and sank in four feet of water. Coroner John Alexander ruled asphyxiation from drowning. His nephew Paul Prather, driver of the other car, could not see Hisgen in time to stop. The crash occurred on the Dugger Hymera road near Greenville, with Hisgen's body later moved to Hymera Funeral Home. He is survived by Aura Hisgen, a daughter Christine Meeks, a sister Emma Jobe, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Bedford
Dugger- Hymera Blacktop
Hymera
Everett Thomas Hisgen
East Eighth Street
John Alexander
Sullivan County
Bob Phillips
Don Stovenschulte
Alexander
Hisgen
Paul Prather
Sullivan
Busseron
Higsen
McHugh
Emma Jobe
Bicknell
$3,500 Holdup at Vincennes IGA Store
State and local police search for a 35 year old, dark complexioned bandit in a topcoat and dark hat who held up the IGA supermarket at 927 Wabash avenue Friday evening. He forced cashier Phoebe Croslow into filling a sack with cash while a customer stood nearby unaware.
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Vincennes
IGA
Wabash Avenue
Herschel Chanley
Phoebe Croslow
TIME ON THEIR MINDS NEW YORK HOTEL OPERATORS QUOTE
Hotel Edison operators report that 30 percent of guest questions relate to the time. The recurring inquiry reflects how visitors judge their stay and plan activities during business and leisure travel in New York.
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New York
Vpli
Hotel Edison
Record Warm Indiana Oregon Floods Hit West Coast
Heavy rains drenched Oregon and parts of Oklahoma and Texas as a Pacific storm pounded the coast. In Indiana, temperatures rose to record Dec 1 and 2 highs with near normal five day outlooks but cooler north. Rain and flooding forced evacuations in Rogue River and Medford area. Bear Creek overflows closes bridges and highways. a Portland lumber ship was beached at Coos Bay. A Canadian tow of a US fishing boat occurred near Vancouver after 70 mph winds battered the coast.
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Hoosierland
Indianapolis
Hoosier
United Press International
Oregon
Oklahoma
Texas
Athlantic
Rogue River
Eaglepoint
Shady Cover
Ore
Medford
Bear Creek
Alaska
Manavoids Tragedy By Steering Truck Into Ditch
Luther Cullison of Dugger avoided a school bus collision on state road 67 near Martinsville by steering his loaded diesel tractor-trailer into a ditch. The 24 ton coal hauler turned on its side, but Cullison escaped with minor injuries. The bus carried about thirty pupils. The Dean Brothers Co of Linton owned the rig valued at 32000 when new.
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Luther Cullison
Dugger
Martinsville
Cullison
Morgan County Hospital
Dean Brothers Company
Linton
Pope John Appears Much Improved
Pope John XXIII, 81, appeared to have won a temporary battle against illness. He told 30,000 cheering faithful that his health is returning, yet anemia and stomach trouble remained, with a suspected bleeding ulcer. He defied doctors by staying active and intended to resume more work.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Vatican
Civil suits on file in Greene circuit court Bloomfield
Two new suits are on file in Greene circuit court at Bloomfield. Alden's Department Store sues Paul and Mona Reed on account. Linda Sue Skomp sues Carl E Slomp for divorce.
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Greene
Bloomfield
Alden’s Department Store
Paul
Mona Reed
Linda Sue Skomp
Carl E. Slomp
Navy carrier Kearsarge collides in fog near Long Beach
Long Beach Coast Guard reports the Navy aircraft carrier Kearsarge collided with another ship in fog west of the harbor entrance. Separate dispatches note anger in Washington over a newspaper claim that Ambassador Stevenson favored swapping U S missile bases for Soviet sites during the Cuban crisis. In New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru reports Chinese troops withdrawing from rear areas while staying at front line posts in India's North East Frontier Agency.
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Long Beach
Calif
APD
Kearsarge
Coast Guard
Washington
Ton
White House
Adlai Stevenson
U.S
Turkey
Italy
Britain
Cuba
New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
North
Juror Chosen From Linton Panel Fails To Be Selected
Darwin Banks of Linton was among a panel of prospective jurors for US District Court in Indianapolis. He was not chosen this morning as one of the 23 regular jurors.
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Darwin Banks
Linton
US District Court
Indianapolis
Bloomfield golfer nets hole in one at Linton Municipal
A Bloomfield golfer, Jack Spice, scored a hole in one on the 105 yard No 1 hole at Linton Municipal while playing with Vernon Kidd. Witnesses included Phil and Don Russell and Bobby Hess. A spring like December drew a likely record crowd at the course. In Washington the Defense Department says Russia is shipping IL28 bombers home from Cuba. A Soviet ship Okhopsk was photographed near Cuba with fuselages visible. Dismantling of IL28s was underway at San Julian airfield on Nov 30. Khrushchev promised Kennedy the aircraft would be off the island by Dec 20.
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Bloomfield
Linton
Jack Spice
Vernon Kidd
Phil
Don Russell
Bobby Hess
Bob Hess
Washington
Russia
Cuba
Defense Department
Defense
Arthur Sylvester
Okhopsk
Sylvester
U. S
San Julian
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kennedy
Fierce Storm Drifts Southward Off Atlantic Seaboard
A fierce Atlantic storm battered the East Coast with gale winds and high tides as it slowly drifted southward toward Myrtle Beach, with warnings from Cape Canaveral to Cape May. Winds reached 65 mph, rough seas caused beach erosion and minor flooding, and three crewmen were rescued near Manteo, North Carolina.
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Charleston
S. C
Atlantic Seaboard
Weather Bureau
Myrtle Beach
Virginia Capes
Cape Canaveral
Cape May
N. J
Virginia
Florida
Walter Hall
North Carolina
Ferry System
Pamlico Sound
Manteo
N. C
Crane Man Is Held On Burglary Charge
In Columbus Indiana police surprised three men attempting to enter the Veterans of Foreign Wars building. Roy Franklin Duncan 19 Crane Anthony William Kendrick 21 R R 2 Gosport were arrested and confessed to aiding their companion Johnny Wesley Sexton 21 Bloomington on probation for a robbery term. Duncan was captured after police fired a shot in the air Kendrick was found 15 minutes later after a homeowner reported a fuite through her yard.
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Columbus
Ind
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Roy Franklin Duncan
Crane
Anthony William Kendrick
R. R
Gosport
Johnny Wesley Sexton
Bloomington
Monroe County
Duncan
Kendrick
Two Are Sentenced By County Tribunal
In Bloomfield two men were sentenced after guilty pleas. Lawrence Padgett, 51, pled guilty to assault and battery on Nov. 1. six months at the Indiana Penal Farm was imposed but suspended except for ten days at Greene County jail. Charles Wiggins pled guilty to public intoxication in Jasonville on Nov. 27. fined 25 dollars plus costs and 90 days at the Penal Farm.
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Greene
Bloomfield
Lawrence Padgett
Padgett
Indiana
Greene County
Charles Wiggins
Jasonville
Apply for license in Bloomfield circuit court
An application for a marriage license has been filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court at Bloomfield by James Cox and Doris Dove, both of Jasonville.
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Circuit Court
Bloomfield
James Cox
Doris Dove
Jasonville
Oliver D. Bloomer Dies at 63 in Lyons
Oliver DeWitt Bloomer, 63, Lyons resident, died at 2:00 am Sunday at Freeman Greene County Hospital after a short illness. He had run a Lyons grocery, worked for Bloomfield Manufacturing, and served as substitute Lyons post office carrier. Survived by two sons Edgar and Andrew Bloomer, daughter LaVerne Roudebush, sister Mae Stuart, five grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at Lyons Methodist Church with Lyons Masonic lodge participation. Burial Prairie Chapel cemetery.
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Oliver DeWitt Bloomer
Lyons
Freeman- Greene County
Mr. Bloomer
Bloomfield Manufacturing Company
Bloomfield
Lyons First Methodist Church
Lyons Ma
Bloomer
Thomas
Ida H. Fields
Aubrey Bloomier
Edgar A
Andrew W. Bloomer
South Bend
LaVerne Roudebush
Mae Stuart
Keuts
Jenkins and Sons
Lyons Methodist Church
Brent Harden
James Boyle
Prairie Chapel
Lyons Masonic Lodge
Wabash Valley Group elects officers in Greene county meeting
Greene county Wabash Valley association officers were chosen at a Bloomfield meeting led by executive VP George Gettinger. Garvin L. Mitchell was re elected president with John Watkins, Curtiss Baker, and several directors named. A U S Army Engineers hearing on a White River flood control survey will be held December 11 at Spencer Armory to gauge public support.
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Greene County
Wabash Valley Association
Spencer
Bloomfield State Bank
Garvin L. Mitchell
Worthington
John Watkins
Bloomfield
Curtiss Baker
Jasonville
Robert Woodruff
James Skemp
Lyons
P. H. O’hern
Oscar Kramer
Linton
W. D. Whitaker
Thomas K. Ketchem
Plato Spencer
Switz City
Frederic Sloan
George Gettinger
Sullivan
Robert Vollmer
Loogootee
U.S. Corps of Army Engineers
Arcade and Attica Railroad Barbecue Benefit Scene
Employee of Aronson Machine Co paid extra for coffee but the event funded a beef barbecue for wives and children. The day included a ride on the Arcade and Attica railroad, a steam powered excursion said to be one of the few passenger lines in the nation that still pays its own way.
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Arcade
N.Y
Aronson Machine Co
Arcade and
Attica
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Odon
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Jack Blakely
Martin
Gene Dukes
Blakely
Arthur Pinkston
Yearbook of American Churches
Linton Merchants
ASC
Evansville
John
Bulletins
Oliver D. Bloomer
Wabash Valley
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