Strike closes all area coal mines in Midwest
Indiana 3000 active miners join nationwide UMW strike as minimal immediate impact. Utilities stockpiled coal. most homes heated by coal will feel effects in weeks. AMAX dominates Indiana output. 130000 UMW members nationwide strike amid stalled talks.
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Indiana
United Mine Workers Union
Old Ben Coal Company
Blackfoot
Petersburg
United Mine Workers
UMW
Arnold Miller
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Weather Outlook for Greene Sullivan Area
Clearing and cold tonight with near zero low. Increasing clouds and cold Wednesday. Teens highs Thursday to Saturday. Snow risk Thursday and Friday with teens lows. Monday forecast shows a high of 34 and overnight low around 15 with 7:30 a.m. reading of 17.
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Greene-Sullivan
Senator Birch Bayh Plans Greene County High School Stops
Senator Birch Bayh will visit three Greene County high schools on Thursday. He is scheduled at Bloomfield High School from 10:10 to 11 a.m. then Linton-Stockton from 11:25 to 12:10 a.m. and Shakamak from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
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Birch Bayh
Greene County
Bloomfield High School
Linton-Stockton
Shakamak
Indiana districts negotiate with no state aid as IEERB aids others
Indiana school districts continue contract talks without state help while 33 bargaining sessions remain under IEERB oversight. IEERB figures show 45 districts without contracts, more than double last year’s count, with 24 under mediation and nine with a state fact finder. Santa's Prison Workshop closed due to condemnation of the prison industrial building, ending years of inmate toy repair for needy children. Northwestern Jaycees sustain Christmas projects with 400 inmates involved.
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Indiana
Indiana Education Employment Relations Board
IEERB
IEERE
Jaycees
Santa
Daddy
Indiana Police crack down after Thanksgiving traffic toll
Indiana State Police Superintendent John T. Shettle warns motorists for stricter enforcement after 22 fatalities from Wednesday 6 p m to Sunday midnight, ranking Indiana among states with high traffic deaths. He cites driver error and urges caution, speed restraint, and courtesy through the Christmas weekend.
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Indiana
John T. Shettle
Shettle
County Board Lets Bids on Office Highway Supplies
Greene County Board of Commissioners approved bids for office and highway supplies at a Monday meeting. Several vendors won contracts for various classes of office and automotive items while four bids were rejected for new submissions. The board also heard ambulance insurance advice and reviewed a road remonstrance in Midland, deciding to keep the highway open.
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Board
Greene County Board of Commissioners
Commissioners Room
Moore-Langen of
Terre Haute
Evening World of
Bloomfield and
Washington Typewriter Co., Inc
O. J. Stephy Co
Sullivan and Bedford Supply Co
Russ Tire
Bloomfield
Wolfe
Linton
Calmenson Co
Deedes Equipment Inc
Summers
Ralph Rogers Co
Bloomington
John H. Kretz Co
Roger Lawrence
Midland
First planeload of U S prisoners to leave Mexico City
The first group of American prisoners will depart Mexico City on Friday for San Diego under a prisoner exchange treaty. Magistrates completed interviews, enabling 236 inmates to return home before Christmas. Over half of the 126 Americans in Mexico City swore to voluntary transfer to the United States.
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Mexico City
UPI
San Diego
Cailif
United States
Ers
Justice Department
U.S
Santa Marta
Ambulance Runs Reported for Greene County November
The Greene County Emergency Ambulance Service logged 127 runs in November 90 within the county and 37 outside 89 emergencies and 38 routine totaling 4185 billed and 4552.75 collected A year to date 49550 billed 46887.37 collected Worthington request discussed for a unit with building and utilities offered EMTs just certified. uncollectible bills 869.15 written off Next meeting rescheduled to January 2 date to be announced.
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Frank Foley
Worthington
Foley
Snowstorm Closes Schools and Strands Rural Indiana
A major winter storm battered Indiana with heavy snow and gusty winds causing school closures from Shakamak to Eastern and disrupting bus routes. Roads were drifting closed with 9 inch depths in the north, 2 to 3 inches in the south, and Gov. Bowen activated National Guard assistance as the Boswell Armory aided stranded motorists.
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Shakamak
Dugger
Bloomfield
Eastern
Central
Worthington
Linton
Linton Street Department
Greene County Highway Department
National Weather Service
Indiana
Northwest
NWS
United States
Otis R. Bowen
National Guard
Boswell
Newton
Pulaski
Jasper
Bayh to visit Linton for public town meeting
Senator Birch Bayh announced a 7:30 p.m. public town meeting on Thursday December 8 at the Senior Citizens Building in Linton. He aims to keep a dialogue with Hoosiers amid Congress time in Washington and restore the idea of government by the people.
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Birch Bayh
Senior Citizens Building
Linton
Bayh
United States
Indiana Senate files 18 bills threaten church state clash
18 bills filed in the Indiana Senate include a tax credit expansion for gifts to church related schools and a prohibition on public employee strikes. Proposals would also boost elderly utility tax exemptions, expand public defender duties for felony appeals, and seek constitutional changes to recall initiative and referendum and a state lottery.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Senate
National Christian School Education Association
American Association of Christian Schools
Joan Gubbins
Lawrence Borst
Indiana Legislative Council
Ronald Piper
D-Muncie
Bailey Seeks Democratic Nomination for Greene County Sheriff
Roy Bailey announces candidacy for Greene County Sheriff on the Democratic ticket, subject to the May primary. A lifelong Center Township resident and homeowner, Bailey is a Greene County native seeking election.
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S. Roy Bailey
Greene County
Bailey
Center Township
Bloomfield
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