Christmas Requests and Local Subscriptions Reach Readers
Letters from readers in Orlando and Jasonville share holiday wishes and subscription renewals. Walter Mile comments on hospital visits by clergy, while Ray Thompson reports geese heard overhead. The Red Cross annual report notes expenditures over 120 million and 107 million in receipts with wide soldier and veteran support.
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Faye Rose Swarth- Out
Orlando
Florida
Ciizen
Walter Mile
Jasonville
American Red Cross
Pat Evans
Red Cross
United Fund
South Viet Nam
TRW Electronics opens Jasonville plant training staff
TRW Electronics Components Division started production in Jasonville on Dec 5 1966 with 51 workers and a plan to reach about 100 by Jan 15 1967. The plant will manufacture radio and television coils and employ about 90 percent women, with Jim Crowe as plant manager and ongoing job applications at downtown Jacksonville site.
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TRW Electronics Components Division
Let
Jasonville
Arthur Welch
Clinton Beel
Hoopston
Ill
Justin Black
Marshall
Shirley York
Jerry Moran
Ft. Smith
Ark
Jim Crowe
Marshall, III
Edgor
Daily Citizen
Jasonvile Development Corp
Chicago
TRW Electronics Components Divison
Robert F. Charles
Jasonvile
Cost of Living Rises Slightly in November
UPI reports the Labor Department’s cost of living index at 114.6 for November, up 0.1 percent. Food prices drop led by a 10 percent pork decline, offsetting higher housing costs and medical care. Housing, mortgage interest, domestic services, and homeowners’ insurance rose, while medical costs climbed with hospital and health insurance increases.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Ross
Accident west of Dugger leads to injury and charges
Frederick, a Carl’s Letter man, was charged with failure to yield after a two vehicle crash on highway 54 two miles west of Dugger at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Forma Lou Marauart, 45, of 369 Eighth St northeast London, was driving the other car. Mary Frederick, 69, wife of the arrested man, suffered a fractured knee and was taken to Mary Sherman Hospital in Sullivan. No other injuries were reported.
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Farl Frederick
Carl's
Dugger
Joe Fitch
Frederick Rea Redly
Forma Lou Marauart
Eighth St
Lon
Mary Frederick
Sust
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Police hunt gunmen after $200000 jewelry heist in Indy
Three masked gunmen robbed the William P. Nichols Inc. jewelry store on 15 E. Washington St. in downtown Indianapolis. Owner William Nichols, 32, and his wife Ethel, 33, were bound as four counters of diamond rings were stripped and packed into two black brief cases during daylight theft. Police describe the suspects as three men fled the scene.
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Indianapolis
UPI
William P. Nichols Inc
E. Washington St
William Nichols
Nichols
Ethel
Classified Ad Deadline for Monday Dec 26 Edition
Deadline notice for all classified ads to appear in the Monday issue. Ads must be in the Daily Citizen office by 4 p.m. Friday Dec 23. Includes clear cutoff time for submission and specifies the edition.
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Daily Citizen
Linton Daily Citizen
Linton City Holiday Hours Announced
Linton utilities close at noon Friday and stay shut through Monday for Christmas. Garbage service suspended Monday. Greene County Courthouse closes at noon Friday and reopens Tuesday morning. Post Office observes holiday hours Monday. Most Linton businesses close at 5 p.m. Christmas Eve and stay closed through December 26.
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Linton City
Greene County
U. S. Post
Linton
Legion Members Reminded of Service for Baxley
Members of the Linton Post of the American Legion are urged to attend the burial of George Baxley. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Anderson-Poinde ter Memory Chapel with burial in Stafford cemetery following a noon meeting at the Legion home on South Main Street.
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Linton
American Legion
Legion
South Main St
George Baxley
Baxley
Frank Courtney
Anderson-Poindeter Memory Chapel
Stafford Cemetery
Officials Urge Hoosiers To Drive Safely For Holidays
Indiana traffic safety chief Floyd A. Kline Sr warned nearly 50 people could die during the Christmas and New Year weekends unless motorists exercise greater caution. He noted 1965 set a high toll of 1,516 deaths and cautioned that 1966 holidays have longer weekends, urging personal responsibility among all road users.
Cold Front Brings Winter to Indiana State
The Weather Bureau reports scattered light snow flurries and a cold front ushering in the first day of winter in Hoosierland with no accumulation expected. Forecasters say snow may arrive later today and tonight with a chance of a White Christmas possible as skies clear Friday night and Saturday as a Canadian high mass moves in. Daytime highs will be in the 30s and overnight lows in the 20s through Saturday.
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Hoosierland
Weather Bureau
Utility Hours Set Meeting Date Reset
Jasonville's Utility Office will be closed all day Monday December 26 for Christmas and January 2 for New Year. A special council meeting moved from Thursday December 29 to Wednesday December 28 at 5 p.m.
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Jasonville
Gene Inman
Inman
Reds Launch Attacks In Vietnam Step-up
Communists with about 350 men attacked a U S Marine unit near Hue in monsoon rain but were driven back after an hour of fighting. US losses were light as Marines called in artillery and U S air strikes. nine enemies were killed bringing two day total to 68.
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Vietnam
Saigon
UPS
U.S
Hue
South Vietnam
Redroop
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Seventh Fleet
Pope pleas for Christmas peace and Vietnam truce
In a 1700 word message broadcast by Vatican Radio Pope Paul VI urged a merged 45 to 50 day armistice from Christmas to February 9 to allow peace talks in Vietnam. He warned that uncontrollable circumstances could trigger nuclear war and called for goodwill and an extended truce.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Vietnam
Vatican Radio
Paul
Bedford Planning Grant Approved
A $20 929 federal grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development funds a ten to fifteen year city planning study for Bedford. General Planners and Research Consultants of St. Louis will conduct the study under the Indiana Planning Division, with Bedford covering $6 000. A similar grant also went to Churubusco.
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City of
Bedford
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington
General Planners and Research Consultants, Inc
St. Louis
Indiana Department of Commerce
Churubusco
U S Casualties In Vietnam Told
Saigon reports five year mark of U S combat in Vietnam with 6,407 Americans killed in action since the first death. For the week to Dec 17, 88 KIA and 433 wounded. total wounded now 36,530. Allied and Viet Cong losses noted, strength up to 371,000 with records in air and helicopter sorties set.
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Saigon
UPI
Vietnam
James T. Davis
Livingston
Tenn
199Th Light Infantry
7Th Air Force
South Vietnam
State Receives Federal Highway Safety Grant
The Commerce Department announced a see-by state apportionment of 119 million dollars for highway safety funds over the next two years. Indiana will receive about 1.16 million next year and 1.77 million in the following year for projects including driver training and highway marking.
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Washington
UPT
Commerce Department
Indiana
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Formosa
Hoosier
Pope
Bedford Planning
Milwaukee Railroad
Elora
Latta
Ing
William Campbell
Terre Haute
Ed Watson
Rey York
Terre Naute
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