Indiana coal study funding and population trends note
A local column recaps service member mail from home, Indiana sesquicentennial plans for 1966, and a study on population shifts. It highlights a Purdue funded two year project by the Indiana Coal Association to examine strip mining effects from economics to reclamation with counties Clay Greene Pike Sullivan Vigo and Warrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Coal Association
Purdue University
Indianapolis
L. E. Sawyer
Midwest Coal Producers Institute
Association
Clay
Greene
Pike
Sullivan
Vigo
Warrick
Sawyer
Purdue
Airports expansion in Indiana proposed by FAA
Washington FAA Monday proposed 13 new airports for Indiana and upgrades at 67 existing fields in a program exceeding 20 million dollars. Indiana would receive about 20.8 million, with six new multi engine country airports planned including Indianapolis and Lake County, plus seven single engine facilities. Existing airports such as Weir Cook in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne Baer Field, and Evansville Dress Memorial would get expanded runways, taxiways, aprons, land, lighting, and related improvements over the next five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
API
Federal Aviation Agency
Indiana
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
FAA
Congress
Bayh
Indianapolis
Lake County
Clinton
Boonville
Lawrenceburg
Rushville
Columbia City
Martinsville
Nashville
Noblesville
Plymouth
Princeton
Versailles
Weir Cook
Fort Wayne
Baer
Evansville
Dress Memorial
St. Joseph County
South Bend
Accident Report North Greene County Saturday
State Police reported a Saturday accident in eastern Greene County near Little Cincinnati at 2 30 p m. Danny Davis 15 of Springville drove west as Danny Miller 16 of Bloomfield lost control of a pickup hitting Davis's car. Davis was with his mother Maudie E Davis and the teen carried a student driving permit. Miller received a ticket for driving left of center, with about 200 dollars damage to both cars.
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C. L. McIntosh
Greene County
Little Cincinnati
Danny Davis
Rto
Springville
Danny R. Miller
Rte
Bloomfield
Davis
Maudie E. Davis
Miller
McNamara scales back 620 million military building plan
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara set to release a list of projects deferred indefinitely as part of cuts to military construction. The move halves civilian and military housing and barracks work in the United States, none of it reducing weapons programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
U.S
Viet Nam
United States
Congress
Defense Department
Army Reserve
National Guard
Indiana builds stronger winter road defense for snow removal
Indiana highway chief F S Hill said the state allocates up to 5 million yearly to battle snow and ice on 11,000 miles of roads. The plan widens snow fighting fleets to 600 trucks and 650 radio units, expands training, adds 200 radios, stockpiles abrasives, and buys a forecast service used by Illinois.
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Indiana
Hill
State Highway Commission
Illinois
Kilmer Lodge Named Chairman of AAU Track Committee
New York UPI reports AAU President Clifford H Buck appointed Kilmer Lodge as chairman of the AAU Track and Field Committee. Lodge founded the Mt San Antonio relays and assumes leadership in the national track program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
AAU
Clifford H. Buck
Kilmer Lodge
Hilmer
Mt. San Antonio
General Assembly Adjourning After Four Months In Session
United Nations, N Y. The 20th General Assembly session plans to adjourn tonight after finalizing remaining items. The U S faced a setback on a major procedural issue while the body approved a resolution urging removal of military bases from non self governing territories. The vote on the base paragraph passed 49 to 37 with 18 abstentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
UPI
General Assembly
United States
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Train Crashes Kill 52 in Portugal and Spain
Portuguese and Spanish authorities opened investigations into three related train crashes within 60 hours that killed 52 and wounded 109. The incidents near Lisbon and near Salamanca involved a Paris to Lisbon express and a local train, with 13 survivors on a special returning from the earlier wreck. No Americans were among the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Spain
Sincra
Capital
Viaduct Struck In Dugger Two Tractor-Trailers Damage Dugger Viaduct
Dugger town reports two trucking accidents on Hwy 54 near the viaduct. George Tate, 26, of F and F Trucking Lines, struck the viaduct at 1:30 p.m. causing $1,500 damage to the truck and minor damage to the structure. Millard Turner, 30, of South Pittsburg Tenn., hit the viaduct causing $3,000 damage to his truck and received a ticket for disregarding a warning sign. No injuries were reported.
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Dugger
Loren Wiseman
George R. Tate
Millard Turner
South
Pittsburg
Tenn
Turner
Death Toll Climbs in Indiana to 1432 This Year
United Press International reports Indiana’s highway death toll rose to at least 1,432 for the year, up from 1,342 last year, with three deaths on Monday. Frederick Hobbs of Detroit died when his snowbound car hit a truck on U.S. 421 near Westville. Wikky Schanee, the truck driver, survived. Also on Monday, Herbert Elei of Knox drowned after his car slid into a water-filled ditch on Indiana 8 near LaGrange, and Georgia Easterlin of Hobart died in a collision on U.S. 6 in Porter County with a truck driven by Donald Eckstein of Valparaiso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Frederick Hobbs
Detroit
U.S. 421
Westville
Wikky Schanee
North
Manchester
Herbert Elei
Knox
LaGrange
Georgia Easterlin
Hobart
U.S. 6
Porter County
Donald Eckstein
Valparaiso
U S Planes Hit Uong Bi Plant for Second Time
SAIGON UPI US planes attacked North Viet Nam's Uong Bi power plant near Haiphong for the second time this week. Five planes were shot down and five crewmen feared killed. A Navy reconnaissance plane was downed over Vong Bi with two crewmen lost while photographing the plant. A C130 transport was lost in South Vietnam for a two day total of seven planes and seven fliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Uong Bi
Haiphong
Vong Bi
Hanoi-Haiphong
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Titan 3C Rockets into Orbit With Four Satellites Aboard
Air Force Titan 3C blasted from Cape Kennedy at 9 a.m. EST with four piggyback satellites eight and a half hours of orbital maneuvers delivered them to a near equatorial path. Two experimental communications satellites, a do it yourself amateur radio moonlet, and a sun study craft rode the three stage rocket to a high orbit. The mission marked one of the most demanding unmanned launches by the United States, as the Soviet Cosmos 101 joined in satellite activity with an elliptical orbit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Robinson
Philippines
U. S. Air Force
Joe Robinson
Cape Kennedy
UPS
Air Force
U. S
America
Earth Control
Solomon Islands
Pacific
Earth
Soviet Union
Tass
Indiana Leads Nation In Corn Yield For Year
Indiana posted the top national average corn yield at 94 bushels per acre, with Illinois second at 92. Total Indiana corn harvest reached about 467.6 million bushels, ranking third nationwide behind Illinois and Iowa. National figures show a 73.1 bushel average per acre and a total corn yield of 4.171 billion bushels. Indiana's wheat output stood at 39.3 million bushels.
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Washington
UPI
Indiana
U.S. Agriculture Department
Illinois
Iowa
Auto thefts surge as U S thieves grab 48115 cars in November
The National Automobile Theft Bureau reports 48,115 cars stolen nationwide in November with about six of ten left unlocked. Officials foresee the year’s total surpassing 500,000 for the first time, signaling a record pace for auto theft.
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New York
United States
National Automobile Theft Bureau
Plane crash near Pleasantville during pipeline inspection
A single engine plane piloted by Leon Johnson 28 of Owensboro Ky crashed one and a half miles west of Pleasantville at 12 30 p m while attempting an emergency landing. The aircraft landed in a wheat field. soft ground caused it to flip. Estimated damage 100 dollars. Johnson was uninjured. The Texas Gas Transmission Co aircraft was inspecting pipelines when a drop in oil pressure forced the emergency landing.
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Leon Johnson
Owensboro
Pleasantville
Texas Gas Transmission Co
Giant radish pulled from Kansas garden shocks farmer
Goodland Kansas farmer Tallent unearthed a radish over 20 inches long weighing two to three pounds. The white icicle type radish surprised him as he dug through the garden soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodland
Kan
Tallent
Escapee Caught in Vincennes Monday
Knox County Sheriff Marion Youngstafel captured Larry Goldsberry 23 Newburgh at a family friend’s home after he escaped from an Illinois honor farm. He fled Sunday night and stole three cars in Illinois. the third vehicle was found wrecked on U S 41 near Oaktown. Goldsberry, a Boumington, Illinois burglary convict, was sentenced last June to 1 to 5 years.
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Vincennes
Ind
UPI
Knox County
Marion Youngstafel
Larry Goldsberry
Newburgh
Illinois
Youngstafel
Jackie Cornell
Goldsberry
Ilinois
U. S. 41
Oaktown
Cornell
Boomington
Ill
Soviets Launch 101st Secret Cosmos Satellite
Moscow reports Tass announces 101st Cosmos satellite placed in an elliptical Earth orbit. The instrument load aims to extend Russia's space exploration efforts with early data processing underway. The Cosmos series began with the 1962 launch, and the 100th followed last Friday.
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Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
Tass
Cosmos
Russia
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Lewis Steward
Linton U.S
Esther Wolford
Dispatch
F. S. Hill
United Press International
Jim Lovell
Frank Borman
Titan 3C
Fe Bao
Bulletin
Soviets
West Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Humphrey
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