County Roads Get Ice and Snow Safe With Sand Spread
Reader Arla Lester praises the County Highway Department for sanding icy hills and curves, notes sand piles with tin cans at needs spots, and observes good state road conditions. The piece also covers ice skating locally and Peabody Coal Co. recreation work in old stripper pits, plus a county divorce rate comparison and national trends with 1962 data.
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Arla Lester
Linton
Jim Dean
Boonville
Peabody Coal Co
Buck Sawyer
Peabody
Indiana
Tin Miners to Release Americans Held for 10 Days
Bolivian tin miners near Catavi and Siglo Veinte ready to release four Americans and 17 other hostages after nearly ten days. Juan Lechin, Bolivias leftist vice president, arrived to oversee the release as the miners discuss a troop withdrawal with the government. The hostages include Thomas M. Martin and Michael Kristula, both U S Information Service officers, plus Bernard Rifkin and Robert Fergerstrom.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Catavi
Juan Lechin
National Miners Union
Siglo Veinte
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Lechin
Fidel Castro
Thomas M. Martin
New York
Michael Kristula
Cadillac
Mich
U.S. Information Service
Bernard Rifkin
Montclair
U.S
Robert Fergerstrom
Honolulu
Peace Corps
Alliance For Progress
Clay City Man Hit Monon Train At Crossing
William Junior Freeman, 29, of Clay City, was injured when his station wagon struck the side of a Monon Railroad engine at an unguarded Hawesville crossing. He was hospitalized with lacerations a possible concussion and back injuries. The wreck is the seventh known this officer has investigated and one was fatal. Freeman was not wearing a seat belt.
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William Junior Freeman
Clay City
Clay County
Brazil
Monon
Kenny Wolfe
Freeman
Hawesville
Wolfe
Worthington Girl Hurt in Mishap
Polly Baynes twelve daughter of Mr and Mrs James Baynes of Worthington was listed in good condition at Freeman Greene County hospital after sledding into a utility pole injuring the left side of her abdomen. The accident occurred at 3 p m Sunday while Polly sledded with her brother a sister and a neighbor friend.
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Polly Baynes
James Baynes
Worthington
Freeman- Greene County
Polly
Commodities to be Issued in Linton This Friday and Saturday
Commodities will be issued from the office of Murl Cullison township trustee at 146 South Main Street Linton on Friday and Saturday December 20 and 21. Those expecting to pick up should call between 9 a.m. and noon on both days.
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Murl Cullison
South Main Street
Linton
Christmas pass talks stall on West Berliners visit
East German leader Walter Ulbricht reported in a telegram that negotiations on Christmas passes for West Berliners to visit relatives in East Berlin have failed. He blamed West Berlin officials for blocking progress over political reasons and urged West German Socialists to press the city government.
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Berlin
WpPi
Walter Ulbricht
East Berlin
Ulbricht
Socialist Party
theWest
West Berlin
ADN Today
Peacetime Budget Outline For Soviet Union Two-Year Plan
Moscow reports a record 212.3 billion dollar peacetime budget for the next two years with military spending cut by 4.4 percent to 14.6 percent of the total. Khrushchev watches as 27.1 billion is set for agriculture and a chemical industry buildup to aid farms and consumer goods.
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Moscow
Russia Today
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Grand Kremlin
Vasily Gorbuzov
Khrushchev
Defense
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Supreme Soviet
Pyotr Lomako
United States
Bloodhounds Hunt For Alabama Killer In Texas
Texas rangers FBI agents and local police with bloodhounds sweep Buckholts door to door for four carnival workers sought for murder in Alabama. Officers set roadblocks and warned residents the armed suspects may hide with hostages while authorities pursue leads.
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Buckholts
Tex — ‘Pi
Texas Rangers
FBI
Texas
Alabama
Huntsville
Oklahoma
Clarence Cecil Coon
John Lucas
John Edwards
Harold Leroy
Gerald Eaton
Dennis Woods
Leonard Culpepper
York
Ala
Supreme Court to Rule on Indiana Sales Tax Vote
Indiana AFL-CIO appeals to the Supreme Court after a 25-24 vote to pass a 2 percent sales tax in the state senate. Lloyd DeWester says a transcript will be sought. Marion Circuit Judge Niblack had blocked collections, a ruling then reversed by the Indiana Supreme Court. The union contends a violation of Article 4, Section 25, and also fights a Marion County Wheel Tax. DeWester expects a decision in months if the court accepts the case.
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Indianapolis
U. S. Supreme Court
Union
Marion
John Niblack
Indiana Supreme Court
Indiana
DeWester
Indiana Afl-Cio
Niblack
Lafayatte student to enroll at Oxford as Rhodes Scholar
Stephen Kendall Smith of Lafayette Indiana to study at Oxford University next fall as a Rhodes Scholar. He is among 32 Americans selected for 2 year scholarships valued at 2520 dollars per year. The award supports study and vocation expenses and promotes international understanding.
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Swarthmore
UPD
Stephen Kendall Smith
Lafayette
Ind
Indiana University
Oxford University
England
Smith
Courtney Smith
Rhodes
Swarthmore College
Cecil John Rhodes
United States
British Commonwealth
Body Found in Corn Field Near Evansville
John E. Watkins a 53 year old former Evansville man was found dead in a Posey County cornfield after a two day search. An autopsy was expected today to determine cause of death. Watkins had left home Friday afternoon with an old shotgun. the weapon was not found. Volunteers, state and local police, and Civil Defense personnel participated in the search. Authorities believe a heart seizure may have caused his collapse after crawling several feet.
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Mount Vernon
Ind
Evansville
John E. Watkins
Frank Smith
Watkins
Posey County
Smith
Notre Dame Names Ara Parseghian Coach. Terms Yet Unaccepted
South Bend bulletin reports Ara Parseghian has not accepted terms for the Notre Dame head football coach post after a conference with school officials. Parseghian, Northwestern coach for eight years, was announced Saturday as the new Irish coach and had been slated to explain details at a press conference today.
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South Bend
Ind
Ara Parseghian
Notre Dame
Parseghian
Northwestern
Cold Snap Grips Indiana as Fatalities Rise
A brutal Indiana cold wave kept Hoosierland in subzero depths with at least four weekend deaths, three of them children. Lows fell to 7 below in Lafayette and Indianapolis, with other spots around 6 below. highs mostly in the teens as forecasts warned of more bitter air and light snow.
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Hoosierland
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Mercury
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Evansville
Cincinnati
Louisville
International Falls
Minn
Tampa
Fla
Nebraska
Dakotas
Midwest
Ohio
County Treasurer Explains Ten Year Law on Licenses
Greene County Treasurer outlines the 1963 ten year delinquent tax law affecting license purchases. The policy requires searching ten years of records and clears those with red or stamped affidavits. taxpayers must resolve any outstanding delinquents before plates are issued.
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Indiana General Assembly
Greene County
Explosion Hurts Two in Montezuma as Building Burns
Margaret and Byron Paton are in good condition after a gas explosion in their Montezuma home touched off a fire that destroyed the former business building. Authorities say a ring of fire formed around the kitchen stove and when they turned off the valve the stove exploded. The couple were hospitalized at Vermillion County Hospital with burns.
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Montezuma
Ind
Margaret
Byron Paton
Vermillion County Hospital
War Mothers to Meet at Lyons Home on Tuesday
Mrs Bertha Brown will host members of the Lyons Switz City unit of Mothers of World War II at her Lyons residence at 1 30 p m Tuesday officers announced today
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Bertha Brown
Lyons-Switz City
Lyons
Sinatra Kidnapping Case Nears Closure
The Frank Sinatra Jr kidnapping case nears closure as suspects are in custody and most of the $240000 ransom is recovered. Sinatra Jr plans to resume his Lake Tahoe engagement with his return pending mother Nancy Sinatra’s timetable. The FBI disclosed three arrests Barry Worthington Keenan Joseph Clyde Amsler and John William Irwin and noted Irwin would be returned to Los Angeles.
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Sinatra
Barry Keenan
Joseph Amsler
FBI
Los Angeles
John W. Irwin
San Diego
William G. Simmons
Joseph Casper
Frank Sinatra Jr
Lake Tahoe
Frank Sinatra Sr
Stateline
Nev
Frank Jr
Barry Worthington Keenan
Joseph Clyde Amsler
Playa del Rey
Calif
John William Irwin
Hollywood
Imperial Beach
Teens Earn Over Ten Billion In U S Income
The Sales Marketing Today article reports that US teenagers have an annual income above 10 billion dollars with most spent. It notes teen boys receive 22 percent of their income from allowances and gifts while teen girls receive 40 percent from the same sources.
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New York
Sales Marketing Today
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