Christmas window art and 1904 store catalog notes
Mrs Jack Miller paints festive store windows freehand in downtown and has turned hobby work into a business. Alden Tucker recalls a 1904 Linton Supply Company catalog with prices for shoes coats clocks and toys. Mrs Mary Bowers cites a Bloomfield Democrat 1898 murder report and a Traffic Safety slogan on envelopes.
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Jack Miller
Alden Tucker
Linton-Stockton
Busiess
Linton Supply Company
Paris
New Jersey Senate Bill Draws Obscene Attention
In Trenton the New Jersey Senate bill deemed obscene by its own definition has sparked a surge of public interest. Citizens lined up for copies as lawmakers described outlawed acts in detail provoking gallery removals. Counsel says hundreds of requests flood the governor's office while questions arise about mailing the bill to readers and a postal ruling is sought.
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Trenton
N.J
UPI
Fanny Hill
Lady Chatterley
New Jersey
Senate
Garden State
Statehouse
David J. Goldberg
State Library
John Dawson
U.S
Washington
Highway Workers To Get Pay Raises
The Greene county Board of Commissioners in a special session approved raises for highway department workers effective Jan 1. Hourly pay rises by 10 cents an hour while monthly salaried staff gain up to $20 monthly. An insurance committee was formed to study coverage and placement with members Warren Rowe Herman Criss William Haseman James Clayton and county attorney William Hendren. The board retained all current county employees including the highway staff Veterans Service Officer Valis Bingham County Nurse Annetta Martin and County Attorney Hendren. The meeting also appointed Mrs Bedwell to fill the assessor vacancy created by the death of Harry Bedwell with the term through 1966.
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Greene County Board of Commissioners
Highway Department
Warren Rowe
Bloomfield
Herman Criss
Jasonville
William Haseman
James Clayton
Linton
William Hendren
Veterans Service
Valis Bingham
Annetta Martin
Hendren
Harry Bedwell
U.S. Officials Watchful Over Viet Nam Christmas Ceasefire
Washington officials kept a wary stance on the 30 hour Viet Nam Christmas ceasefire. With memories of past bloody pauses, U.S. authorities monitored the lull for any emergency overruns or breaches as the truce began.
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Washington
UPI
US S
Viet Nam
Army officer receives two year sentence for Viet Nam protest
Lt. Henry Howe of Boulder Colorado was sentenced by a five man court martial to two years in prison with a dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay for demonstrating against U S policy in Vietnam. His defense attorney called the sentence too harsh and expected an appeal if not reduced.
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EL Paso, Tex
UPI
Henry Howe
U.S
Viet Nam
Howe
Boulder
Colo
P. E. Cross
Thomas Bigley
San Jacinto Plaza
Johnson
Army
Judge Advocate General
Washington
Court of Military Appeals
Supreme Court of the Military
Wreckage Found of Two U S Transport Planes
Search planes located the wreckage of two U S Air Force transport aircraft missing since December. One C123 carried 81 Vietnamese paratroopers and a four man American crew. No survivors expected. The crash occurred 40 miles north of Nha Trang on a Pleiku to Tuy Hoa flight.
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Saigon
UPS
Air Force
U.S
Nha Trang
Pleiku
Tuy Hoa
37 Indiana colleges named state scholarship recipients
Indiana's Scholarship Commission approved 37 higher education institutions as eligible for state scholarships. The list includes major universities and religious colleges such as Ball State University, Notre Dame, Purdue University, Indiana University, Butler, DePauw, Hanover, Valparaiso, and Wabash, among others.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana Educational Institutions of Higher Learning
Indiana Scholarship Commission
Ancilla Domini College
Anderson College and Theological Seminary
Ball State University
Bethel College
Butler University
Concordia Senior College
DePauw University
Barham College
Evansville College
Fort Wayne Bible College
Franklin College
Grace College
Goshen College
Hanover College
Huntington College
Indiana Central College
Indiana Institute of Technology
Indiana State University
Indiana University
John Herron Art Institute
Manchester College
Marion College
Oakland City College
Purdue University
Rose Plytechnic Institute
St. Benedict College
St. Francis College
St. Joseph's College
St. Mary’s College
St. Mary of the Woods College
St. Meinrad Seminary
Taylor University
University of Notre Dame
Valparaiso University
Vincennes University
Wabash College
Racial clashes erupt in Natchez Mississippi
In Natchez Mississippi a citywide security buildup followed street clashes among Negroes whites and police. National NAACP leader Charles Evers said several people were cut and warned of Ku Klux Klan harassment while crowds were moved to a church for safety.
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Natchez
Miss
UPI
Mississippi River
J. T. Robinson
Charles Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Evers
Mississippi
1-Y Draftees May Be Called
Washington reports that about 2 million men classified 1-Y may be re examined to see if they are now fit for service. Officials from Selective Service and Defense discuss upgrading some 1-Ys to 1A and possibly lowering standards to meet high draft calls. Such changes would modify executive order and could allow induction in war or national emergency.
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Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Johnson
FCC approves 3 percent Western Union rate boost
The federal Communications Commission clears the way for a 3 percent rate increase on Western Union telegrams and most services from January 1 to June 30. FCC officials note the public cost will be about the same due to reduced federal excise taxes on telegrams starting January 1.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Three More U S Planes Shot Down in Viet Nam
UPI reports three more American planes were shot down over North Vietnam on Wednesday. A Navy Skyhawk from a 7th Fleet carrier was hit by a Soviet supplied SAM while the other two fell to antiaircraft fire. The Yong Bi power plant near Haiphong was reduced to rubble, with about 15 percent of Vietnam’s power supplied from the site. A separate US Special Forces platoon near the Khe San outpost defeated a Communist battalion, claiming 25 Viet Cong killed with light American losses.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Viet Nam
Uong Bi
Hanoi-Haiphong
7Th Fleet
Yong Bi
Haiphong
Quang Tri
Khe San
Nearly 600 Expected to Die in Holiday Accidents
United Press International reports the National Safety Council projects nearly six hundred Americans will die in Christmas holiday accidents. Millions travel via air and bus terminals as churches plan Christmas Eve services and the public braces for holiday dangers.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Atom Smasher May Give Way To Viet Nam War
The Atomic Energy Commission may drop a $300 million atom smasher from its budget as the Viet Nam war draws funds. If abandoned, it ends a heated site competition with 100 communities in 43 states hoping for the project, which would employ about 2,000 people and boost local economies. President Johnson will be consulted on final site choice.
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Wiliam M. Moss
Bloomfield
Washington
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Budget Bureau
Detroit Free Press
Johnson
Yale Season Taking Shape at LBJ Ranch
AUSTIN Texas. President Johnson and family decorate the LBJ Ranch for Christmas as he reviews the year’s federal budget. The goal is to decide where to cut government costs to cover rising Viet Nam war expenses while Lady Bird and daughters Lyndia Bird and Luci join in the decorations.
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Washington
White House
Johnson
Texas Ranch
Austin, Tex
UPI
LBJ
Lady Bird Johnson
Lyndia Bird
Luci
Lighting contest to be judged tonight in Linton
The Christmas lighting contest sponsored by the Linton Civic Garden Club will be judged tonight. Jaycees representatives will judge those entries. Decorators should have lights on between 7:30 and 10 p.m.
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Linton Civic Garden Club
Jaycees Organization
Report Due on Dominican War
A three-man committee led by Vice President Joaquin Castillo is to report on the five hour air force siege of rebel leaders in a hotel at Santiago. The findings could spark uprisings depending on whether the government or rebels are favored. At least 26 killed in Santiago clashes and more in daily rioting through Tuesday. No American casualties despite sniper fire on a U.S. MP jeep.
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Santo Domingo
UPI
Santiago
Joaquin Castillo
U.S
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