Log road near Newberry and pool fund prompt updates
Reports on a 1940 log road and cement mixer crossing a river for bridge work surface. Mention Mayberry bridge name and Andy Griffith link. Mayor Slim Risher donates 5200 to the swimming pool fund after last 1964 paycheck. plans for spring pool opening discussed. also notes on Stars and Stripes clippings from Nuremberg and a US Dept of Agriculture weekend food guide with beef poultry produce and fruit items.
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Newberry
Cam Smith
Milo Mitchell
Bill Sanders
Jim Hasler
Bill
Mayberry
Andy Griffith
Slim Risher
Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mediator Hopes to End Terre Haute Newspaper Strike
Federal mediator Edward Mansbury planned to bring Tribune-Star Publishing Co. and Terre Haute Newspaper Guild representatives together to settle the papers' shutdown since October 22. Earlier sessions with printers, mailers, and stereotypers failed. another round may occur after Christmas.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Edward Mansbury
Tribune-Star Publishing Co
Mansbury
Afternoon Tribune
Morning Ster
Sentence Upheld For Man Who Threatened LBJ
A 29 year old ex Marine named Michael V. Cramer will serve a five year prison term for threatening to kill President Lyndon B. Johnson. US District Judge Bruce Thompson reaffirmed the sentence, which was delayed for psychiatric treatment. Cramer mailed the threat from Reno on March 12 addressed to J. Edgar Hoover. He warned Johnson would die in August in Atlantic City and that he would kill him.
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Reno
Nev
Johnson
Bruce Thompson
Michael V. Cramer
Cramer
New Jersey
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Atlantic City
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Secret Service
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
Springfield
Abel launches bid to oust USW president in Chicago
Pittsburgh dispatch details a power struggle in the United Steelworkers as I W Abel, secretary treasurer of a 1.2 million member union, moves to topple President David J McDonald. Abel stages campaign events in Chicago with District 31 backing, while McDonald ally James P Griffin dismisses the effort as a dud amid holiday recess talks with major steel firms.
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Wep
United Steelworkers
USW
Big 11
I. W. Abel
Chicago
David J. McDonald
Abel
District 31
Joseph Germano
James P. Griffin
Rank and File Unity Committee
McDonald
Indianapolis
Griffin
United Steelworkers of America
American Spy Sentenced to 30 Years in Newark
Federal judge in Newark sentences John Butenko to 30 years and Igor Ivanov to 20 years for plotting to pass Air Force defense secrets to the Russian United Nations delegation. Judge Anthony Augelli calls the crime heinous and notes the defendants' denials of guilt despite a jury verdict.
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Newark
N. J
Wps
John Butenko
Igor Ivanov
United Nations
U. S
Anthony T. ‘Augelli
Butenko
Ivanov
Ivanof
Amtorg
Construction at Space Center Returns to Normal
Space construction resumes after carpenters Local 1685 withdrew pickets that halted key work at Merritt Island Moon base and the Titan 3 complex. About 3,500 workers refused to cross Thursday, with 80 to 85 percent of the 4,500 joining later today. Spokesmen expect full force by Monday.
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Wpp
Carpenters Union
Moonport
Air Force Building
Army Corps of Engineers
Carpenters
1685
The
Space Center
Patrick Air Force Base
Merritt Island
Moon Base
Corps
Speen
Brevard Building Trades Council
Mariner 4 regains fix on Canopus star for Mars flyby
Pasadena Calif ap Mariner 4 has reacquired a lock on Canopus the second brightest star and is aimed at Mars for a July 14 close encounter. Scientists at JPL say the fix corrected the spacecraft attitude after a dust particle caused a mislock and foresees 22 Martian surface photos during a 30 minute flyby, seeking clues about canals.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner - 4
Canopus
Mars
Red Planet
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Mariner-4
Earth
Space
Transferred to Union Hospital in Terre Haute
Mrs. James Headley of Linton was moved from the Free man Greene county hospital to Union hospital in Terre Haute on Tuesday.
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UNION
James Headley
Linton
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Salesman Held For Bank Robbery
James Branham a 22 year old bread truck salesman from Kokomo was arraigned on bank robbery charges after holding up the Sharpsville Union State Bank branch and fleeing with 2895 dollars. He was jailed on 10000 bond after failing to post. Branham remained with his pregnant wife and child when arrested near Westville along U S 31. He had about 600 in cash and additional money found in a shoebox in his car trunk. He had been sought since he began paying his employer 300 on overdue routes and requesting time off. Previously he faced a 2 year probation and a 50 dollar fine for stereo theft in Bartholomew County.
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Indianapolis
James Branham
Kokomo
Marion County
Branham
U. S
Thomas Gibson, Jr
Sharpsville
Union State Bank
Gibson
U. S. 31
Westville
Hamilton County
Marcus Passwater
Carmel
Rex Curry
Durr
New Albany
Bartholomew Circuit
Arvin Industries, Inc
Columbus
Chorus to Appear on TV Christmas Program
The General Motors Chorus of Anderson will present a Christmas music program on WFBM Channel 6 in Indianapolis at 6 30 p.m Sunday announced today Victor R Stalcup and his wife formerly of Midland sing with the chorus.
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General Motors Chorus of
Anderson
Indianapolis
WFBM
Victor R. Stalcup
Midland
Burch Seeks Support to Stay GOP Chairman
GOP National Chairman Dean Burch, fresh from a Phoenix meeting with Sen. Barry Goldwater, says a survey shows enough votes to keep him as chairman. He estimates support from more than half of the 132 committee members, while moderates aim to oust him at the Chicago meeting January 22-23.
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Washington
GOP
Dean Burch
Barry M. Goldwater
Burch
Phoenix
Goldwater
Chicago
William E. Miller
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Temperature Drops To Record Low In Indiana Region
Low temperatures in Downtown Linton fell to two degrees below zero with a broader cold wave bringing near zero readings across Indiana. Overnight lows varied from two above in Indianapolis and Lafayette to nine in South Bend, with light snow in South Bend and a forecast of 7 to 10 degrees below normal next Wednesday. A warming trend is expected Saturday followed by colder conditions Monday, with mostly fair weather persisting through Saturday. Winter arrives Monday after 2:50 PM.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Cincinnati
Terre Haute
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Louisville
South Bend
King Meets With Rocky Johnson in New York
Nobel laureate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. planned meetings with Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and President Johnson in New York and Washington after returning from Europe with the world peace prize. He called for a broad assault on poverty and renewed economic justice alongside civil rights, and would lunch with Rockefeller at noon before meeting Johnson at 5:30 p.m. at the White House.
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New York
Martin Luther King Jr
Johnson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
King
Europe
Hubert H. Humphrey
Gov. Rockefeller
President Johnson
White House
Popov wins 20 kilometer walk at Havana anniversary meet
Yuri Popov of Russia won the 20 kilometer walk in one hour 68 minutes during Cuba's sixth anniversary celebrations of the Castro revolution. Britain's Jack Hatson led early but was overtaken at the three-quarter mark and finished second.
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Havana
Cuba
Russia
Yuri Popov
Britain
Jack Hatson
Popov
Fire at Nursing Home Leaves Twenty Feared Dead
Indiana trooper Ronald White recounts arriving at the Fountaintown nursing home fire. He found five bodies in beds, struggled to enter the burning building, and helped firefighters transport survivors. The nurse Myrtle Donahue is praised for her efforts. White remained at the scene until daybreak.
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Nursing Home
Indiana
Ronald White
Fountaintown Nursing Home
United Press International
Fountaintown
Ind
Myrtle Donahue
Shelbyville
White
Wierna Everhart
Max McGraw
Ralph Keller
Carlos Jeffries
Indiana Legislature to study apportionment bills
Indiana lawmakers from the House and Senate will convene Monday to begin redrawings of legislative and congressional districts to meet a federal mandate. House Speaker-elect Bodine named an 11 Democrats 4 Republicans committee. Democrats hold the majority. Business follows the other news of a deadly fire at Maples Convalescent Home in Fountaintown where at least 16 bodies were recovered and 4 more were missing.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
House
Senate
Richard D. Bodine
Bodine
Charles K. Abshier
Evansville
William E. Babinesak
Munster
Robert V. Bradwell
H. Ross Brown
Campbellsburg
Leo F. Costello
Valjean L. Dickinson
South Bend
Thomas L. Essex
Columbus
Dennis H. Heeke
Dubois
George E. Stephenson
Yorktown
W. Wayne Townsend
Upland
William J. Bright
Terre Haute
Robert H. Bales
Danville
Ulrich H. Henricks
Demotte
Elmer MacDonald
Fort Wayne
Jack N. Smitherman
Mooresville
Fountaintown
Ind
Maples
Greenfield
Murphy Funeral Home
Shelbyville
City Photographer Beaten by Off-Duty Policeman
Detroit mayor orders full investigation after city photographer Edgar Taylor says off duty patrolman Joseph Michalski assaulted him during a fatal gunfight scene. Taylor alleges cameras smashed and a broken nose and jaw. Michalski admits smashing the camera but denies striking him. Police officials treat the case as criminal. no suspension without formal statement.
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Detroit
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Edgar Taylor
Joseph Michalski
Michalski
Taylor
Harold Tullke
Andre Rene D’artagon
Ray Girardin
Cavanaugh
Mercy Hospital
Lighting Contest Entries to be Judged in Linton
The Linton Civic Garden duo announced plans for judging the annual Christmas lighting contest. A panel will judge on Tuesday between 7 and 9 30 p m. Entrants registered for judging should have lights on during those hours. Unregistered entrants may register until 7 p m Tuesday by calling any garden club member.
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Linton Civic Garden
Garden Club
Chamber Board to Meet at Roosevelt Hotel
The Chamber of Commerce board and ex officio members will hold a noon meeting at the Roosevelt hotel on Monday, announced today.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt Hotel
Linton Masonic Lodge Elects Officers
Basil R. Tyree was elected Worshipful Master of Linton Lodge No. 560 F. and AM. Sherman L. Anderson Frankie L. Cox Albert R. Truitt Harry Bedwell John E. Shelton were elected officers. Installation set for Saturday at the Masonic hall with opening at 7 p.m. and ceremony at 8 p.m.
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Basil R. Tyree
Linton Lodge
Masonic Hall
Sherman L. Anderson
Frankie L. Cox
Albert R. Truitt
Harry Bedwell
John E. Shelton
Legion Plans Christmas Party For Children Sunday
The annual Legion Christmas party for children will be held at the local American Legion post Sunday afternoon starting at 2 pm. A visit from Santa is expected around 2 45 with treats for all children present. The upstairs hall will accommodate the affair and all children are urged to attend.
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Legion
American Legion Post
Claus
Santa
Venturi Named SI Sportsperson of the Year 1964
Ken Venturi wins the 1964 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year trophy in Washington D C. The overlooked athlete earned the honor after a remarkable comeback that included a U S win and widespread acclaim for his perseverance and determination.
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Washington, D.C
Ken Venturi
Sports Illustrated
Venturi
U.S
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