Swimming Lessons and Civic Plans Highlight Main Street Notes
Greene county Red Cross offers free swimming courses at Anexa Mak State Park from July 5 to 15, stressing safety and supervision. Linton Recreation Advisory Council weighs a public pool funded by local contributions amid community calls for improved water safety and future programs. Jasonville Tri County Fair shifts to a non agricultural format July 18 to 23 with the Baker Allen Shows.
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Blast at Plant Kills Indianapolis Man
An acetylene tank regulator exploded at Hetherington & Berner Inc. in Indianapolis killing Zechalee Brumley, 33, a welder, who was working on a frame for road-building equipment. Three metal fragments struck him as production halted and workers were sent home.
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UPI
Hetherington & Berner Inc
Zechalee Brumley
Brumley
Switz City Lyons Marco Set to Go Dial in September 1960
Smithville Telephone announces automatic dial service for Switz City Lyons and Marco starting in September 1960. The plan includes rural coverage and toll free extended service to Bloomfield and reciprocal toll free station with Indiana Bell at Linton. The three exchanges serve about 500 to 1000 patrons with one two and four party lines and underground cables except Lyons. Construction by Weikel for $296 767.14 will complete the system including a limestone veneer exchange building and wiring.
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Lyons
Marco
Smithville Telephone Company
Ellettsville
Jack MceIntyre
Smithville Company
McIntyre
Bloomfield
Linton
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Greene County Telephone Company
Grant
Fairplay
Washington
Stafford
Bell Company
Indiana
Weikel Construction Company
Fort Wayne
Ben-Gurion to Meet Frondizi Over Eichmann Case
Brussels upi bulletin reports Israeli Prime Minister Ben-Gurion plans a meeting with Argentine President Frondizi before week’s end to discuss the Eichmann case. In Minnesota a charter bus missed a curve and plunged into a cemetery injuring ten people, seven teenagers among them.
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UPI
David Ben-Gurion
Arturo Frondizi
Eichmann
Winthrop
Minn
Georgia Declares Tall People Week for Tall Clubs Meet
Gov. Ernest Vandiver proclaims Tall People Week to honor the 14th annual convention of the American Association of Tall Clubs in Atlanta. About 400 tall men from the U S and Canada attend with a Miss Tall America pageant among the events.
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UPI
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Ernest Vandiver
United States
Canada
Aaron Aaron Cuts Loose With Two Homers For Braves
Hank Aaron powered the Milwaukee Braves past the Los Angeles Dodgers 4 to 1 with two homers lifting his club to second place. The Athletics beat the Red Sox 9 to 6 as Andy Carey drove in four runs and Joey Jay earned his first win in relief.
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United Press International
Hank Aaron
Milwaukee Braves
Aaron
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San Francisco Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston
Kansas City Athletics
Boston Red Sox
Joey Jay
Andy Carney
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Athletics
Red Sox
Carey
Marty Kutyna
Tom Borland
Mrs Burch 69 Dies in Bloomfield Hospital
Mrs. Maude Ethel Burch aged 69 lifelong Bloomfield resident died at 3:30 this morning after a lingering illness at Freeman Greene county hospital. She born Sept 10 1890 in Center township daughter of John W and Margaret Neldon Johnson member Open Bible church. Survived by husband Francis three sons John Switz City Dale Bloomfield Kenneth Marion and one brother Jerry Johnson Bloomfield route four. Body to Jenkins and Sons Funeral home. Funeral at Open Bible church Thursday at 2:00 p.m. burial in Bureh cemetery.
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Maude Ethel Burch
Bloomfield
Freeman-Greene County
Bruch
Center Township
John W
Margaret Neldon Johnson
Open Bible Church
Kenneth Burch
Marion
Jerry Johnson
Jenkins and Sons
Fred Deckard
Bureh
Bodies of Mount McKinley rescuers linger on the peak
The body of William Stevenson 36 of Anchorage and Army T Sgt Robert Elliott Jr 34 killed in the May 21 plane crash on Mount McKinley remain on the mountain rescuers plan no immediate removal though a later effort is possible. Rescued from the 10000 foot level were twins James and Louis Whitaker 31 Mrs Helga Bading and John Day. An Anchorage Daily Times editorial condemned climbers calling them foolhardy and said they caused the deaths of two good men. Stevenson owned a construction company in Anchorage and was born in Linton. Survivors include his widow two daughters a brother a sister and grandmother Lula Jefferies of Linton.
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Bill” Stevenson
Mount McKinley
Alaska
Stevenson
Linton
Army
Robert T. Elliott Jr
James
Louis Whitaker
Helga Bading
John Day
Anchorage
Daily Times
Beulah
William Stevenson
Lula Jefferies
Sgt. Elliott
Air Force Advances Titan II ICBM for Rapid Global Reach
The Air Force says its Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile can fire in seconds and hit targets nearly 9,800 miles away, using Dimazane R fuel and a jam-proof guidance system. Martin Co. secured an eight million dollar contract as part of a roughly 400 million dollar program.
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Washington
API
Atlas
America
Cuba rejects U.S. protest over diplomat expulsions
Havana says the U.S. complaint about expulsion of two diplomats is groundless and accuses Washington of ties to anti Castro plots. Foreign Minister Raul Roa disclosed the protest details after detaining embassy attaches Edwin L. Sweet and William G. Friedemann at army intelligence HQ before ordering their 24 hour expulsion.
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UPI
Cuba
U.S
Fidel Castro
Philip W. Bonsal
Raul Roa
Roa
Roa Denied Among Other Things That Armed Forces
Raul Castro
Edwin L. Sweet
William G. Friedemann
Castro
Sweet
Friedemann
Army Intelligence Headquarters
Body of Boy 13 Found at South Bend
A 13 year old boy Denis J Gloster was found hanging by a belt from a closet door in his bedroom in South Bend Indiana. Deputy Coroner F Dale Nelson ruled the death self inflicted noting no note was left. Relatives said he had just graduated from St Josephs Catholic grade school and was healthy. The mother discovered the body.
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South Bend
Ind
UPI
Dennis J. Gloster
James M. Gloster
F. Dale Nelson
St. Joseph's Catholic
Eisenhower tour prompts mixed reaction in Asia riot fallout
State Department officials said Communist leaders scored a short term propaganda victory from Eisenhower’s aborted Asia trip while predicting a boomerang effect. Riots in Tokyo were seen as aimed at Premier Kishi and the U S Japan defense treaty. In Hawaii 200000 residents welcomed the President with aloha as he rested after the tour.
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Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
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Aloha
Linton Club Announces Bass Fishathon Rules
The Linton Community Conservation club outlines a bass fishathon for Saturday night ending at 6:00 a.m. Sunday with cash prizes for largest bass second largest and best string by weight. Entries require Thursday night club meeting registration and mandatory attendance. Two fishermen per boat allowed and a buddy system or solo fishing at will.
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Linton
Eight Die in Four Car Drag Crash in New Iberia
Eight people were killed and two seriously injured in a four car crash on a two lane highway inside New Iberia after dark Monday night. Police suspect drag racing may have caused the wreck which involved a Tupelo minister, local residents, and a Negro family from Patentville. State police call it possibly the worst Louisiana highway crash on record with no witnesses to determine the direction of travel.
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la Negro
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Lloyd
Roger
Aaron Jr
Patrick Henry
Jeanerette
Archie Alexander
Negro
Henry
Baton Rouge
Grace Kelly’s Father John B. Kelly Sr. Dies
John B. Kelly Sr. dies at 70 in Philadelphia after a life from bricklayer’s apprentice to contractor and civic leader. He was father of Princess Grace of Monaco and influential in business and sports circles.
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UPI
John B. Kelly Sr
Princess Grace of
Monaco
Welsh Is Man to Beat As Convention Is Begun
Indiana Democrats opened their biennial state convention with State Senator Matthew E Welsh the man to beat for the governor nomination. Welch claimed strong support from big city delegations and many rural districts as the race for the 2,366 delegates intensified. Senator Hartke opened with a biting critique of Eisenhower administration policy.
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Seiwedel
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John F. Kennedy
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Stuart Symington
Missouri
Kennedy
Hartke
Vance Hartke
Eisenhower
Tornadoes and floods sweep the East and South
A brutal spring season brings tornadoes to Colorado and Nebraska and heavy rains across plains states and Florida. A Peetz Colorado twister caused 50 000 in damage, while Sidney Nebraska saw uprooted trees with no injuries. A Stanton farmer presumed drowned and an Omaha area rescue delivered a birth after a flood. Florida reports heavy overnight rain in Tampa, while highways collapse under floodwaters.
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Indiana Democrats Blast Handley Era in State Platform
Delegates home from the Indiana Democratic State convention were expected to approve a platform attacking Governor Handley and the Eisenhower administration. It calls for repeal of the right to work law, reapportionment, a State Department of Recreation, minimum wage, and updates to unemployment and workers compensation acts. It also defends rural electric co-ops and expands agricultural education and marketing services.
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Future Farmers of America
Southern Route for Interstate 64 Approved
The Bureau of Public Roads selects the southern path for I-64 from Louisville to St Louis via Indiana and Illinois. The route runs north of Evansville and was favored over a parallel corridor through Vincennes. Indiana and Illinois highway departments endorsed the decision as best serving the interstate’s purpose.
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UPI
Bureau of Public Roads Today
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Vincennes
Robert H. Harrison
Chicago
Princeton
Ilinois
Highway Departments
Bureau
Jasonville Man Dies in Hospital at 3 A.M.
George W. Loveys 72 of Jasonville died at Freerman Greene county hospital after a brief stay. He spent most of his life in Chicago before moving to Jasonville in 1954 and worked as a supervising electrician for the Rock Island Railroad. He was born in Northern Illinois January 11, 1888. He is survived by his widow Estelle, a daughter Frank Strubbe of Miami Florida, a stepson Arthur Bauer of Crystal Lake Illinois, and four grandchildren. The body went to McClanahan Funeral Home in Jasonville with funeral plans to be announced.
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Freerman- Greene County
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Chicago
Rock Island Railroad Company
Ilinois
William
Amanda Cook Loveys
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