Tax season notes and local postal figures in 1963
A year end update covers United Fund pledges due by December 31 and tax deduction tips. It cites Indiana Chamber 1964 work days, clock changes, and school start times, plus post office 1963 mail totals and parcel post decline. Deer hunting totals at Crane over three days are reported with hunter estimates and a foggy Thanksgiving morning.
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United Fund
Linton - Stockton United Fund
P.O
Chamber of Commerce
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Esther Wolford
Crane
Legion Posts Plan New Year’s Eve Dance
The Elnora Legion Post and the Linton Legion post announce a New Year’s Eve dance at the Linton Armory on Tuesday December 31. Fern Duvivier and his band provide music, and hats horns and noisemakers will be supplied. Advance tickets are available at the local American Legion Post or by calling 847 9020. proceeds go to the local post.
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Linton Armory
Elnora Legion Post
Linton Legion Post
Fern Duvivier
American Legion Post
Legion
Deadline Jan 31 for 1963 wool applications
Farmers have until January 31 1964 to file 1963 wool and lamb marketing year payment applications under the National Wool Act. C Ralph Anderson acting chairman Greene County ASC urges prompt filing with completed sales to avoid confusion.
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Ralph Anderson
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Greene County Committee
Anderson
LBJ Plans Texas Music Welcome for Chancellor Erhard
President Johnson organizes a Texas musical cast for Chancellor Ludwig Erhard's visit with Cactus Pryor as emcee at a ranch dinner and a Stonewall barbecue. Fredericksburg students will perform German songs, while Mrs Johnson personalizes menus and decor. Lynda Bird Johnson curates Texas folklore volumes for display at the LBJ ranch. Erhard will stay in the number one guest room with river views.
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Johnson City
Tex
Ludwig Erhard
Johnson
Texas
van Cliburn
Cactus
Cactus Pryor
Texas White House
Central Texas
Johnson’s Ranch
Stonewall
Fredericksburg
Erhard
Pedernales
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lynda Bird
LBJ
California Leads Holiday Death Toll in Christmas Travel
National Safety Council and United Press International report 226 national deaths during the holiday period with California recording 33 highway fatalities from 6 p.m. Christmas Eve to midnight Christmas Day. The total toll reached 288 including Charleston fires. but highway deaths were over twice normal and below the 1946 one day record. The year end count period will run from 6 p.m. New Year Eve to midnight New Year Day.
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National Safety Council
United Press International
California
Charleston
S.C
Safety Council
Baby Derby to Shower Gifts for First 1964 Baby in Linton
The first baby born in 1964 in the Linton trading area will receive gifts from 25 local merchants. Rules require birth at Freeman Greene County Hospital or a local home, with parents as residents. Applications due by Jan 9 and winner announced Jan 10. ties at judges’ discretion.
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Linton
Linton Merchants
Freeman - Greene County
Office
The
Daily Citizen
Derry
Hostetler’s Market
Gerber
Oehlers
Walgreen Agency
G. C. Murphy Co
Linton to Enter Central Daylight Time This Weekend
Bulletin reminds residents Linton will switch to Central Daylight Time on Sunday December 29 at 2 am. Citizens should set clocks forward one hour before bed Saturday to avoid confusion.
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Linton
Stassen Weighs Presidential Run Urged by Eisenhower
Former Minnesota governor Harold E. Stassen said he is considering a Republican presidential bid urged by Dwight D. Eisenhower. He plans to decide next month after talks with state GOP leaders and may enter some primaries if he runs. He favors Eisenhower policies plus civil rights and nuclear test limits.
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Philadelphia
API
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stassen
Eisenhower
GOP
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
U. S
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
John F. Kennedy
United Nations
Gettig America
Bulgarians Stage Demonstration Outside U S Legation
More than 500 Bulgarians gathered outside Sofia’s U S Legation to protest alleged U S involvement in the case of Ivan-Assen Georgiev a former Bulgarian diplomat on trial for spying for the United States. Demonstrators smashed windows and overturned cars as police protection was sought. The trial resumed with Georgiev facing possible death for allegedly selling Bulgarian secrets for 200000.
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Vienna
U.S
Sofia
United States
Ivan-Assen Georgiev
Georgiev
Legation
Break-in Reported At Mullis Grocery Scotland
Deputy Sheriff Jess Martin reports a break in at Mullis Grocery in Scotland. Entry likely via rear door with a key, 60 cartons of cigarettes and a carton of gum taken along with about $181 in change. Break-in reported at 8:05 a.m. and under investigation.
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Mullis
Scotland
Jess Martin
Tom Mullis
Martin
Greene Circuit Court Records Marriage License Application
An application for a marriage license was filed today in the Greene Circuit court clerk Claude Story’s office in Bloomfield. Applicants Buddy Size more of Lyons rtc and Chanm ianne Dean of Linton seek license validity.
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Claude Story
Greene Circuit
Bloomfield
Buddy Sizemore
Lyons Rtc. 1
Chanmianne Dean
Linton
U S protests Russian guards over Berlin wall killing
The United States protested to the Soviet Union today over the Christmas Day shooting of a refugee scaling the Berlin wall by Communist border guards. The protest was sent by Martin Hillenbrand, charge d affaires at the U S Embassy in Bonn, to Pyotr Abrasimov, Soviet ambassador to East Germany.
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Berlin
United States
Russia
Berlin Wall
Martin Hillenbrand
U. S
Bonn
Pyotr A. Abrasimov
East Germany
East Berlin
Soviet Union
Cost of Living Reaches Record High in U S
The report notes consumer prices rose to a new peak in November, driven by higher food and shelter costs. Grocery prices climbed on fresh vegetables and sugar while housing costs advanced. take home pay also hit a record, but buying power lagged due to inflation.
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Washington
Pep
Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Labor Statistics
Chase
Highway Group to Open County Bids On Roads Bridges
Indiana highway officials will open bids January 28 for about seven million dollars in road and bridge projects. Major work includes 6.369 miles of I 74 in Montgomery County and 1.968 miles of Indiana 157 near Bloomfield, with several bridge replacements on county roads. Additional bids cover Goose Creek and Coal Creek crossings in Greene and Fountain counties.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Highway Commission
Montgomery County
Indiana
Remley Ditch
Spring Branch
Black Creek
Greene
North Corp
Bloomfield
Goose Creek
Calvertsville
Fountain
Coal Creek
Mild Temperatures End in Indiana
A brief spell of above normal warmth in Indiana faded as a new cold snap looms. Temperature readings reached the low 50s in the Louisville area and 50 in Evansville, while the five day outlook calls for below normal highs through mid next week. Snow flurries are possible with little precipitation, and South Bend reports six inches of old snow, though most of the statewide blanket has melted to about one inch. Highs will stay in the 30s to upper 30s through the weekend.
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Indiana
Louisville
Evansville
South Bend
Savings Bonds Sales Rise in Greene County
Arthur F. Snyder, chairman of the Greene County U S Savings Bonds Committee, reports November county sales at 81 744 versus 59 082 a year earlier. Statewide November sales total 10 739 413, up from 9 689 134 last November, a 10.8 percent gain. Fifty six of ninety two counties reported gains versus November 1962.
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Arthur F. Snyder
Greene County U. S. Savings Bonds Committee
Local Employment Office Sets New Monday Hours
The Linton office of the Employment Security Division will open at 8 30 a m on Monday Dec 30 and close at 4 30 p m due to daylight time changes. Office manager Lewis Goble notes the time difference will be split for Sullivan and Greene Counties.
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Linton
Employment Security Division
Lewis Goble
Goble
Sullivan
Greene Counties
Federal Team Plans Training for Studebaker Layoffs in South Bend
A three man federal team met with local and state officials in South Bend to map immediate steps for retraining 1000 to 1600 workers displaced by Studebaker Corp ending auto production. The plan, announced in Washington by Labor Secretary Wirtz and HEW Secretary Celebrezze, aims to speed up training across 21 occupations with labor shortages.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corp
Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Health, Education and Welfare
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Johnson
Studebaker
Indiana Employment Security Division
State Department of Public Instruction
HBW
Labor Department
William Spence
Indiana Department of Public Instruction
Robert C. Riley
Congress Meets But Holds No Business
The Senate and House held pro forma sessions in a holiday mood with no business planned. Proxmire warned the week could see a lengthy wrangle in the Senate over export import bank guarantees tied to a 3 billion foreign aid bill, while Goldwater accused the president of treating lawmakers as personal errand boys.
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Washington
Senate
House
William Proxmire
Dwis
U.S
Russia
Proxmire
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
Johnson
Congress
Letta A Anderson resigns as Greene County Home Economics agent
Letta A Anderson resigns as county extension agent for home economics in Greene County effective January 31 1964. She will become a part time instructor at DePauw University starting February 1 in the Department of Home Economics teaching merchandising foods for the family and a meal planning laboratory three days a week. Over four years the Greene County program grew to about 600 women in the program. Purdue University has not named a replacement yet. James P Stansfield County Agent offers best wishes to Anderson and her new position at DePauw.
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Letta A. Anderson
Greene County
Anderson
DePauw University
Purdue University
James P. Stansfield
DePauw
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