Balance of nature and paper in a rural Indiana note
Fragmented, yet vivid, notes from Indiana rural life include a labor market line on snap bean harvest, a Weather Bureau flood forecast for White River rising to 23 to 24 feet, and local incidents from Switz City. A boy reports a lost route book and money bag, while mental health pamphlets and films are offered through Greene County. Idle tomorrow, work Monday.
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Noble Lawtrip
U.S
Elliston
Weather Bureau
Indianapolis
White River
Owen
Greene
Knox
Daviess
Dixie Kline
Linton
Greene County
The
Mental Health Association
County Association
State Association
State Board of Health
Baby Baptized at Indiana Conference Service
Lori Jane Waltz daughter of Mr and Mrs Dale Waltz Worthington was baptized at the Indiana annual conference of Methodist churches in Bloomington. The ceremony took place during morning worship in the Indiana University auditorium with Bishop Richard C Rains as administering pastor.
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Lori Jane Waltz
Dale Waltz
Worthington
Indiana Annual Conference’ of Methodist Churches
Bloomington
Indiana University Auditorium
Richard C. Rains
Linton-Stockton School Board Lets Blacktop Contract
The Linton-Stockton School Board awarded a $11 144 22 blacktopping contract to D C Bituminous the sole bidder for driveways and parking areas near local schools to be completed this summer with no interest financed over three years. The meeting postponed June discussed a cumulative building fund for a music building and Home Economics rooms with a 50 cent tax plan yielding about 30 000 annually. no vote was taken.
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Linton-Stockton
D.C. Bituminous Company
Norman Ham
Isaac Hogg
Ham
Hubert Lynch
Linton-Stockton Corporation
Hogg
Harshell Withycombe
Alberta Harmon
Gerald Calvert
Betty Dierdorf
A.F. Allen
John Andrew
Ex-spouse Arrested After Hoosier Nurse Slaying
In Rensselaer Indiana an optometrist ex-husband Lawrence Bowman 44 shot and killed his former wife Betty Jean Bowman 32 a nurse in the hospital parking lot. He was arrested near Jasper County Hospital on a first degree murder charge.
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Rensselaer
Ind
UPI
Betty Jean Bowman
Lawrence Robert Bowman
Bowman
Jasper County Hospital
McCracken
Norman Beatty Hospital
Westville
Veterans Hospital
Danville
Ill
Softball Clash Planned At Linton High School Diamonds
Linton First Baptist softball team will face Jasonville Christian church on the Linton Stock ton High School diamond at 8:00 PM Monday. Kenneth Kline, coach, confirmed the game today.
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Linton First Baptist Church
Jasonville
Indiana Republicans Nominate Parker for Governor
Indiana Republicans named Lt. Gov. Crawford F Parker for governor alongside eight unopposed state ticket candidates as Governor Handley faced a challenged convention. Delegates prepared ballots for four contested ticket spots. Parker supported Robert Hughes of Greenwood in the three way race for state treasurer.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Crawford F. Parker
Handley
Parker
Robert Hughes
Greenwood
William W. Oberlin
Greencastle
James H. Trimble
Tipton
Charles O. Hendricks
Speed
Robert Fink
Oberlin
Ralph F. Gates
Railroads OK Contracts with Four Big Unions
The nation's railroads filed 16 month wage pacts with four large unions covering about 200000 on train workers and opened talks with 11 unions representing 600000 off train staff. The settlements include a two step 4 percent raise costing about 64 million dollars a year and a push to cut 35000 yard and freight diesel locomotive jobs.
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Chicago
UPI
Castro Threatens Seizure of U.S. Property in Cuba
Fidel Castro warned that Cuba may confiscate hundreds of millions of dollars in American holdings if Congress cuts Cuba's share of the sugar market. He cited the Cuban Telephone and Electric Companies, banks, sugar mills and mines as examples and followed Secretary Herter's push to curb Cuban sugar imports.
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Havana
UPI
Fidel Castro
U.S
Congress
Cuba
Castro
Christian Herter
United States
Cupid Keeps Busy During Year of '59
New York report states 1,505,000 couples wed in 1959 up 2.7 percent from 1958, ending a two year decline. Metropolitan Life says improved economy spurred the wedding surge after 1958’s low of 1,465,000 weddings.
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Cupid
NEW York
UPI
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Metropolitan
Coaching Assignments Reorganize Linton Stockton High Staff
R L Kelly named principal at Linton Stockton High School as six new teachers join the faculty for the 1960 61 term starting September 2 with classes September 6. New hires include Connie Dix Mary Ellen Powell Rose Wright N Eugene Powell Gladys Hogg and Lloyd Pearison.
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R. L. Kelly
Linton-Stockton High School
Isaac Hogg
Connie Dix
Jasonville
Mary
Ellen Powell
Hymera
Rose Wright
Sullivan Route Five
N. Eugene Powell
Gladys W
Handley Reasserts Control at Dull GOP Convention in Indianapolis
Governor Handley moved to quell a minor rebellion and tighten control at the Indiana GOP convention in Indianapolis. He denounced a aides bid to run for treasurer, backed Hughes to stay, and touted highway gains under his administration as delegates discussed school reform and party leadership.
Allen named principal of Montpelier Harrison schools
A. F. Allen has accepted the position of principal for the Montpelier Harrison schools in Montpelier Blackford County. He signed a two year contract with the Blackford County schools. The Allen family plans to move to Montpelier within weeks. He previously served as principal of Linton Stockton High School during the 1959 60 term and is active in the First Methodist church residing at 640 Fourth Street Northeast.
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Indiana University
Mary Ellen Powell
Indiana State Teachers College
N. Eugene Powell
Indiana State
Powell
Sullivan County
Linton
Hogg
John Platt
Floyd Henson
Robert Hunt
Henson
Platt
Hunt
A.F. Allen
Montpelier-Harrison
Montpelier
Blackford County
Allen
Linton - Stockton
First Methodist Church
Fourth Street
Odorant Added to Linton Gas as Leak Warning
The Linton Municipal Gas Department will inject Captan into the gas supply around 9 09 Saturday morning to warn patrons of leaks. Superintendent Fern Duvivier said the odor may spread if wind comes from the southwest and could be smelled across the town during this safety measure.
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Linton
Fishathon Registration Opens At Local Bait Shop
Linton Community Conservation club officers announce registration for the Fishathon contest will be taken until noon Saturday. The registration book is at Minner's Bait Shop on South Main Street where rules questions will be answered. A breakfast for participants is planned from 8:00 to 9:00 Sunday morning.
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Linton Community Conservation Club
Minner’s Bait Shop
South Main Street
Flood Threat Cuts Indiana Crops as Rivers Rise
United Press International reports heavy rains push Indiana rivers above flood stage with widespread crop damage feared. White and Wabash floods threaten Greene Owen Knox and Daviess counties while two deaths occur from electrocution and road work accidents.
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Indiana
U S Cost of Living at New High in May
UPI reports U S living costs reached a new May high for the fourth straight month with the CPI at 126 3 in May 1 9 percent above a year ago. Higher grocery prices pushed the index up while declines in cars tires fuels and appliances kept gains smaller. Pay boosts of 1 to 2 cents an hour will affect over 200 000 workers tied to the index including 80 000 meatpackers, 79 000 aircraft workers, and 40 000 others.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
New Officers Serve Lions at Jasonville
Bill Raves is installed as president of the Jasonville Lions club along with several officers taking duties. Other officers include Earl Row as first vice president Jack Craig as second vice president Earl Sievert as third vice president Floyd Rush as secretary Wayne Nedden as treasurer Roger Cole as tail twister Pearson Wade as lion tamer and board members John Orr Richard Burcham Horace Houghton and Max McClanahan.
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Bill Raves
Jasonville Lions Club
Raves
The
Public Service Company
Jasonville Club
Earl Row
Jack Craig
Earl Sievert
Floyd Rush
Wayne Nedden
Roger Cole
Lion Tamer
Pearson Wade
John Orr
Richard Burcham
Horace Houghton
Max McClanahan
Pastor Takes Post at Dugger Church
Rev. Harry Holloway has assumed duties as pastor of the Christian church in Dugger and moved his family into the parsonage. Their daughter Beverly is 12 and son Ronnie is 11. He is a Johnson Bible College graduate and this is his first pastorate. he is a native of Mays.
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Harry Holloway
The
Christian Church
Dugger
Eisenhower to Present Side of Far Eastern Trip
President Eisenhower will address the nation Monday at 7:30 p.m. EDT from Washington to explain his Far Eastern tour. He plans to stress gains in the Philippines Formosa and Korea and will outline his trip’s aims to strengthen U.S. ties with the Orient. The speech will be carried by radio and television and shortwave by Voice of America.
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Honolulu
UPI
Eisenhower
Japan
Washington
Philippines
Formosa
Korea
United States
Oreiit
White House
Voice of America
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Christian A. Herter
James C. Hagerty
State Department
Republican district delegates chosen at Indiana 1960 state GOP convention
At the Indiana state GOP convention in Indianapolis district delegates for the Republican national convention in Chicago were selected. Seventh district picks were Sarkes Tarzian of Bloomington and Douglas Mac Donald of Princeton with alternates Tom Lakford of Sandborn and Stanley Byrum of Martinsville. An elector named Reid Dugger of Franklin was chosen with alternate Charles Sims of Washington.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Chicago
Sarkes Tarzian
Bloomington
Douglas MacDonald
Princeton
Tom Lakford
Sandborn
Stanley Byrum
Martinsville
Reid Dugger
Franklin
Charles Sims
Washington
Elks Ladies to Meet At Lodge Hall
The Elks Ladies will meet at the lodge hall at 7 30 Monday evening, officers said today.
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Elks Ladies
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Dictionary
Indiana Labor Market Report
State Employment Security Division
Cyanamid Magazine
Bob Boone
Switz City
Citizen
Greg DeVault
J.C. DeVault
North Main Street
School Board
Bulletins
Fred Teichman
Alameda
Calif
Atlantic City
N.J
San Francisco
Laurence A. Skinner
A. R. Patterson
Potomac River
Florida
Fairfax
Cockleshell Sailor’s Firm
Ohio
Barbara Moore
San
Theodore Short
H.E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
BLFE
Gilbert
Robert O. Boyd
National Railway Mediation Board
Uncle Sam
New Castle
State Highway Commission
John Peters
New Albany
Peters
Clyde R. Black
Logansport
Robert E. Hughes
Hughes
Pierre
William Randolph Hearst
Robert Webb
Avecadia
Public Service Commission
Webb
Richard Ristine
Crawfordsville
Marion County
Alvin C. Cast
Kentland
Tot Road Commission
Ristine
George N. Craig
Willkie
Philip H. Willkie
Rushville Bank
Wendell Willkie
Statehouse
C. Emmet Eiler
Walkerton
St. Joseph County
Gates
William G. Bray
Russia
Bray
Fishathon
United Press International
Wabash
White Rivers
Harry Oliver
State Highway Department
Clay City
National
Fredericksburg
Evansville
Noble Lantrip
Observer Lantrip
Elliston Station
Lantrip
White
Eel River
New High
Lions
Lhe
GOP
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