Dragline christening marks shift toward coal pit
Muddy tour covered the Bucyrus Erie dragline christening with officials from Bucyrus Erie and Ayrshire Collieries on site. Key operators Willard Fry John Wubert Edwards and Lester O Smith discussed operation, while a GE motor powered the windshield wiper. Bill Hendren noted two Greene County appointees to Indiana official John Bottorff's team. Gene Friedman praised the Linton Miners. Rotary guests the Good twins sang for evangelistic services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Berg
Bucyrus - Erie
Robert K. Beacham
Ayrshire
Lester O. Smith
Mr. Smith
Linton
David Terhune
Sherwood- Templeton
Linton G. E
Bill Hendren
John Bottorff
Indiana
John
Bill
Greene County
Mike Riley
Rick Jackson
Bloomfield
LA. School of Law
Mike
Rick
Young Turks Press to Force Halleck to Open Leadership
House Republicans led by Gerald Ford plan a December strategy conference as pressure from a group of younger GOP lawmakers grows. Charles Halleck signaled approval, but dissidents warn a mid-December meeting could trigger moves to oust him if reforms are blocked. Halleck’s stance may ease opposition or provoke a leadership challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Charles A. Halleck
Halleck
Gerald R. Ford
Mich
GOP
Congress
Ford
Indiana
Two Men Convicted of Spying for the USSR in Newark
American engineer John Butenko of Orange New Jersey and Igor Ivanov a Soviet trade agency worker were found guilty of espionage for passing top secret SAC world wide alert system plans to Russian agents. Jurors deliberated about ten hours. sentencing date awaits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Wep
Soviet Union
John Butenko
Orange
Igor Ivanov
Amtorg
Strategic Air Command
SAC
U. S. District Court
Anthony T. Augelli
Butenko
Ivanov
Hudson County
Ayrshire and Bucyrus Christen Dragline at Dugger
Ayrshire Collieries Corp and Bucyrus-Erie officials christened the new 75 cubic yard dragline at Ayrshire Friar Tuck Mine north of Dugger. Ayrshire, a top coal producer in Sullivan County, has invested over 6.5 million in new equipment this year to boost output and reclaim disturbed land through Meadowlark Farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucyrus-Erie
Ayrshire Collieries
Ayrshire Collieries Corporation
Bucyrus-Erie Company
Ayrshire
Friar Tuck
Dugger
Sullivan County
Norman E. Kelb
Bucyrus - Erie
Kel
Meadowlark Farms, Inc
Sullivan
Kelb
Robert K. Beacham
Roy E. Dean
Richard Fine
W. A. Endicott
W. H. Hopper
E. P. Berg
AMA to Push Birth Control and Medicare Attack
The American Medical Association liberalizes birth control policy and plans a new drive against the Johnson administration Medicare program. President elect Dr James Z Appel says a December Chicago board meeting will solidify the Medicare attack and win support for Kerr Mills. Appel will become AMA president next June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
American Medical Association
AMA
James Z. Appel
Lancaster
Chicago
Appel
Johnson
Kerr-Mills Law
Kerr - Mills
House of Delegates
Doctors’ Group
Donovan F. Ward
Dubuque
Iowa
Man Escapes Injury In County Accident
Kenneth Ray Harder 23 of McKenzie Tennessee escaped injury when his tractor trailer left county road 57 near highway 54 in Greene County at 1 30 a m. The truck struck a guard rail then bridge abutment and caught fire after 65 feet on the railing. Vehicle total loss set at 6000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Ray Harder
Itc. 1
McKenzie
Tenn
Greene County
Sheriff's Department
Harder
Christmas Gift Drive Seeks Hundreds for Mental Health Patients
Gift collection boxes at both downtown Lin ton banks remain open for mental health patients. Civic leaders urge shoppers to donate as hundreds of gifts are needed to ensure every patient is remembered at hospital Christmas parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Brezhnev warns imperialists as U S aids Viet Nam
Brezhnev accuses the United States of imperialist air strikes on North Viet Nam and says the Soviet Union is prepared to render necessary aid to Hanoi. He denounces U S actions in Viet Nam Cuba and the Congo, calls for a decisive rebuff to Western Germany and opposes plans for a Multilateral Nuclear Force.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
U. S
North Viet Nam
United States
South Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Johnson
Washington
State Department
Laos
North
South
Viet Nam
Tokyo
Taylor
Moscow
Kremlin
Leonid I. Brezhev
Russia
Hanoi
Cuba
Congo
Brezhnev
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Antonin No«votny
U.S
White House
NATO
Germany
Rebels Weakening In Congo Says Canadian Official
Leopoldville reports quote Canadian Charge d Affaires Arthur Hicks saying rebels seem weakening as rocket planes pound the bush around Stanleyville in mop up operations. Premier Tshombe left Paris for Leopoldville after talks with de Gaulle. Military sources say white mercenaries led a column to rescue 40 whites near Poko, raising total saved to about 2,300 since the U. S. Belgian air mission. Estimates place whites still in the northeast at 400 to 700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
Congo
Charles de Gaulle
France
Poko
Stanleyville
U. S
Counsel Charges Senator With Telling Lie in Bobby Baker Hearings
In Washington the Bobby Baker hearings reopened amid a sharp clash as Democratic counsel Lennox P. McLendon accused GOP Senator John Williams of telling "an unalterable untruth." Senator Carl Curtis protested, while Senator Claiborne Pell defended McLendon. The debate followed Williams’s suggestion staff review other McCloskey contracts, including CIA HQ construction, which McLendon denied as untrue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Baker
Washington
Senate
John Williams
Carl T. Curtis
Neb
Lennox P. McLendon
Congress
Claiborne Pell
McLendon
Curtis
Pell
Williams
Baker
Don B. Reynolds
Matthew H. McCloskey
Delaware
Moe Lendon
McCloskey
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Virginia
Committee
District 7 to Meet With Jasonville Legion
The Jasonville American Legion will host the Seventh District meeting Sunday December 13 at the Legion home on West Main. A business session starts at 10 a.m. Auxiliary dinner follows at noon, with a free chapel planned. All Legion and Auxiliary members are invited. The Linton Frank Courtney Post seeks 37 renewals to reach its 1965 quota before the December 13 district meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasonville American Legion
Legion
West Main Street
American Legion
Linton Frank Courtney Post
Jasonville
Delphian Cub to Meet at Mrs Kirkham Home
The Alpha Delphian club Christmas party will be held Monday December 14 at the home of Mrs Clyde Kirkham, officers announced today changing the previously planned date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Delphian Club
Clyde Kirkham
Medical Aid to Aged Explained in Greene County
Editor notes the Kerr Mills Medical Assistance for the Aged program, outlining eligibility for residents 65 and older in Indiana. It details resource limits, financial requirements, and conditions such as residency, citizenship, and absence of harmful asset transfers to qualify for aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerry Mills
Greene County
Indiana
United States
Peron Returns to Madrid After Abortive South America Visit
Argentine ex-president Juan Peron, avoided from landing in South America, headed back to Madrid after being forced off in Rio de Janeiro. Spanish authorities indicated he would not be welcome in Spain, with possible further refugee prospects elsewhere.
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Madrid
Wpp
Juan D. Peron
South America
Spain
Peron
Egypt
Montevideo
Paraguay
Argentina
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Iberia
Atlantic
Uruguay
Masdrid
Plan for Project at Lyons Waggoner Coin Lab
The Lyons American Legion Auxiliary has completed planning for a 10 am Saturday event at the Waggoner Coin Lab in Lyons. Details are incomplete but indicate a local community project planning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons American Legion Auxiliary
Waggoner Coin la
Lyons
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Gene Friedman
Citizen
Gene
Linton Miners
Linton Miner
Ron Henwood
First Christian Church
Rotary
Good Twins
Christian Church
Young Turks
Reds
U. N
Taxpayers Meeting
Greene County Taxpayers Association
Linton High School
John B. Kohlmeyer
Purdue Extension
Norman Singleton
Taxpayers Organization
Kohlmeyer
Phil Stansfield
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnamese Foreign Office
Bagman
Jasonville Legion
S. America
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