Sappenfields Visit Fort Wayne Area After Move South
Vance Sappenfield former editor of the Daily Citizen and his wife Nonz with son Marc spent a day in town and reported life in Fort Wayne’s northern Indiana area. Vance edits the morning paper in Fort Wayne while Marc has grown, and the family recalled local friends and shared reminiscences. The column also notes local bowling talent heading to a state finals tournament in Indianapolis and muses on historical place names and the origins of newspaper carrier systems.
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Vance Sappenfield
Daily Citizen
Nonz
Marc
Sappenfields
Frankfort
Indiana
Vance
Indianapolis
Lucille Keller
Marsha Trinkle
Bob Sellars
Richard
Wabash Valley Group to Attend Congressional Hearings
One hundred fifty members of the Wabash Valley Association from forty eight county chapters will travel by charter to Washington to testify June 11 and 12 before Senate and House appropriations committees. They seek funding for a comprehensive water resources survey and local flood protection projects totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. President Henry J. Wallace praises the large delegation and urges united effort to develop the watershed.
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Wabash Valley Association
Public Works
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
WWA
Washington
Wabash River
Departments of Agriculture, Interior and Health, Education and Welfare
Army Engineers
White Rivers
Huntington
Salamonie
Mississinewa
Monroe
Henry J. Wallace
Wallace
America
Community Blood Program Seeks Greene County Donors
Applications for the Community Blood Program are rolling in at Freeman-Greene County Hospital. Members can call Mrs. Hallett at 847-4227 with questions, and applications are available at doctors’ offices. Each household should list members to gain automatic coverage. one donation per household per rotation.
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Freeman-Greene County Hospital Laboratory
John Hallett
Greene County
Jury Trial Begins in Greene Circuit Court
Evidence is presented in the case Netta Martin administratrix of Paul Martin v Irvin Qster for 100000 damages. The accident occurred two miles west of Loogootee in August 1959, killing Paul Martin. Jurors listed include Nadene Britton James Livingst on Ethel Bonham Elmer Hockman Dewey Hixon Mary Pickard Emil Mullis Marshall King Marcella McDaniel Robert Denman and Cletho Summervill e. Earlier the court found for Seaboard Finance Company in costs against John Sherman.
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Netta Martin
Paul Martin
Irvin ‘Qster
Greene
Bloomfield
Loogootee
Nadene Britton
James Livingston
Ethel Bonham
Elmer Hockman
Dewey Hixon
Mary Pickard
Emil Mullis
Marshall King
Marcella McDaniel
Robert Denman
A. C. Edwards
Cletho Summerville
Seaboard Finance Company
John Sherman
Negro Picket Demonstrations in Indiana Cities
National NAACP led protests in Evansville and Indianapolis against segregation. Evansville pickets target seven firms including Mead Johnson and Whirlpool as 220 members allege discriminatory hiring. Indianapolis planned repeat at Woolworth in downtown protest of racial discrimination in Jackson Mississippi.
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United Press International
Indiana
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Solomon Stevenson
Evansville
NAACP
Stevenson
Charles King
Mead Johnson
Ideal Milk
Southern Indiana Gas and Electric
Bucyrus Erie, Swift and Co
Whirlpool Corp
Bendix Westinghouse Co
Indianapolis
Woolworth
Jackson
Miss
Virgin G. Davis
The
Washington Street
Jasonville Begins Secretarial Training Grant Program
Twenty one Greene County residents enroll in a 16 week secretarial course in Jasonville Indiana funded by an Area Redevelopment Administration grant. The program covers typing filing shorthand and bookkeeping with a $32 weekly subsistence and 480 total trainee hours. Trainees will be job ready for positions in Terre Haute Vincennes Bloomington and nearby areas under Donald A. Padgett and instructors Sandy Stevenson and Mrs Earl Row.
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Jasonville
Indiana
Greene County
Area Redevelopment Administration
U. S. Department of Commerce
Mittee
ARA
Terre Haute
Vincennes
Bloomington
Points
Donald A. Padgett
Shakamak
Sandy Stevenson
Earl Row
Jasonville School
Jasonville High School
Janet Kay Barrick
Linda Ann Boston
Sherron Sue Wade
Beverly
Karen Scott
Sondra Louise Miller
Ruby M. Hatley
Ethel Elaine Griffith
Iris Goble
Shirley Ann Edelman
Richard Eugene Faught
Linton
Wilma Ruth Canada
Beth Baughman
Mary N. Curry
Karen Elaine Gibbs
Helen Louise
Soldier on furlough visits family in Lyons
Soldier GN Ralph Fulford stationed at Fort Belvoir Virginia spends his furlough visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Fulford in Lyons and other relatives and friends.
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Ralph Fulford
Fort Belvoir
Fred Fulford
Lyons
Civil Rights Issue Could Hurt Democrats Next Year
Analysis warns that organized campaigns to offer unpledged electors in five Southern states could tilt the electoral map as 270 votes are needed. If no candidate wins, the House would decide with one vote per state, boosting Southern leverage. Northern Negro disaffection complicates Kennedy’s Civil Rights push and risks more protests.
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United Press International
Kenney
Democratic Party
South
Kennedy
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
House of Representatives
New York
Pennsylvania
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR
Scout Camp Reminder for Parents in South Main Meeting
An announcement was issued for parents of boys attending Boy Scout Camp on June 23 by Scoutmaster W H Oaken. Parents should meet at 7 p m Monday at the Boy Scout hall on South Main to discuss camp arrangements and questions. The remaining $14 is due and will be refunded if attendance is not possible.
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United States
Obert Macklin
Benjamin Franklin
Hugh Gaine
New York Mercury
The
Mercury
New York Gazette
Weekly
John Campbell
Boston
Boston News- Letter
Charles Dickens
W. H. Oaken
Boy Scout Hall
South Main Street
Kennedy shifts through California Democratic events and Navy display
President Kennedy tours California, visiting China Lake and Beverly Hills after a naval demonstration aboard the USS Kitty Hawk. He attends a private Los Angeles dinner for top Democratic donors, plans morning meetings with Democratic women, then travels to Hawaii to discuss civil rights with mayors. A Chicago police report notes a violent gangland shooting, Kenneth Gordon, 40, found dead in a Pontiac after an interstate theft case linked to three men indicted in 1950.
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Uei
Kennedy
Mojave Desert
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Beverly Hilton
Beverly Hills
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Los Angeles
Democratic Party
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Cuba
Santa Monica Beach
Inlaw
Peter Lawford
Hawaii
W National Conference of Mayors
Chicago
Detroit
Kenneth Gordon
Gordon
Albert Schwartz
Schwartz
Hig Detroit
James I. Marshall
Ferndale
Mich
Qmordon
Kenneth McLeod
U. S. Supreme Court
McLeod
Unemployment for Teens at Peak Since War Times
The May teen jobless rate rose to about 18 percent the highest since 1940, while overall unemployment hit 5.9 percent with 4,066,000 jobseekers. Labor Secretary Wirtz urged broader training, better schooling, and ending racial discrimination to curb teen unemployment.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
U.S
Wiriz
Harold Goldstein
Wirtz
Youth Fellowship Officers to Be Installed
Officers of the Youth Fellowship at Jasonville Methodist Church will be installed during a meeting at the church at 7 30 p m Sunday evening. The announcement urged all members to attend the meeting.
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Youth Fellowship
The
Jasonville Methodist Church
Wallace faces federal clash over blocking Negro entry
In Tuscaloosa Gov George Wallace vows to resist a federal injunction against blocking Negroes from entering the University of Alabama. A Washington source warns federal troops could counter if he brings state troopers to the campus. Registration for the summer term proceeds with delays after talks between the students, lawyers, university officials, and the Justice Department.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Upp
George Wallace
University of Alabama
Wallace
Huntsville
Washington
Montgomery
Walace
Seybourn Lynne
Alabama
Justice Department
Flags Given by Lodge To Switz City Churches
Switz City Lodge No. 676 F and AM presented a new 50 star flag to the Switz City Baptist church at recent services. Past Master Qwen S. Ramsey announced the presentation noting the flag was donated after lodge members found the other churches also needed upgrades. He said the flag aims to inspire love for fellowmen purity of thought and fidelity to the church symbolized by red white and blue.
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Switz City
A.M
Ramsey
Solsberry Plans Volunteer Fire Department Formation
The Solsberry community organizes a volunteer fire department with help from the Indiana Firemen's Association. A county owned fire truck, shown to about 45 attendees in Solsberry, will join a mutual aid setup led by Vincennes officials. Training classes have begun with State Fire Marshal involvement.
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Solsberry
Indiana Firemen’s Association
Linton
Jack Allen
Vincennes
Louis Robins
Ralph Epster
Indiana Fireman’s Association
Indiana Sizzles Under Humid Heat Across State
Indiana endured a humid heat wave with highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s and the warmest night of the year. Temperatures varied from 86 in South Bend and Fort Wayne to 94 in Evansville and Chicago, with humid conditions expected to persist into midweek and a slow cool-down not until Tuesday in the northern third.
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United Press International
Indiana
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Chicago
Evansville
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Jasonville Methodist Youth Fellowship Meeting Planned
The Young Adult fellowship of the Jasonville Methodist church will hold a meeting at the church at 6 Saturday.
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Jasonville
The
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