Prizes Announced for Linton July 4 Parade Floats
Floats in the Linton Fourth of July parade compete for prizes starting with a $100 sweepstakes award. Categories include professional and non professional floats, business entries, comic and juvenile floats, and a special out of town float prize. Decorated bicycles, horse groups, and marching units also receive prizes.
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Linton
Chamber of Commerce Office
Chamber
Jesse Correll
Marion Bales
Four Accidents Reported in Greene County
Greene County Sheriff reports four separate wrecks. Linda Halliburton 17 and Eileen Campbell 15 were hurt when a car hit guard railing on the White River bridge. Walter Crysler 27 and Woodrow Clinthicun 51 sideswiped on McDaniel county road. no injuries. James Wolf 49 fell asleep on Hwy 57 and collided with Herold Miller 46. Wolf cited for driving left of center. Bert Hawks 50 ran off Hwy 67 near Switz City. cited for left of center and DUI.
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Greene County Sheriff Office
Linda Mae Halliburton
Bloomfield
White River
Miss Halliburton
Eileen Campbell
Freeman-Greene County
McDaniel
Walter Stuart Crysler
Hastings
Mich
Woodrow Clinthicun
Rte
Newberry
James F. Wolf
Des Plaines
Lll
Herold F. Miller
Evansville
Wolf
Miller
Bert S. Hawks
Ft. Wayne
Switz City
Hawks
Indiana Toll Road approves leases for gas stations along pay-as-you-go route
South Bend Indiana Toll Road Commission awards five year seven month leases to Gulf Oil Cities Service Sinclair Pure Texaco replacing Shell and others. projected revenue up about 200000 yearly. Burns Harbor interchange ahead schedule and highway bottleneck work near LaPorte to be finished soon. Also contracts awarded for herbicide spraying 1964 65 stone gravel pumping truck and portable air compressor purchases.
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South Bend
Ind
Indiana Toll Road Commission
Robert Tillett
Gulf Oil Co
Cities Service Co
Area 8
Shell Oil Co
Sinclair Oil Co
Pure Oil Co
Texaco Oil Co
Burns Harbor
Ind. 39
U. S. 20
LaPorte
Chemi-Trol Chemical Co
Gibsonbur
Ohio
Stone-Street Gravel Inc
Angola
Rieth-Riley Constructon Co
Goshen
International Harvester Co
Panke Machinery Corp
Indianapolis
Social Security Boost Blocks Johnson Medicare Plan
Congress moved to boost Social Security by about 5 percent and provide a $1 billion increase in benefits, aiming to derail President Johnson's proposed Medicare program. The House Ways and Means Committee endorsed the bill after two months of talks, a win for opponents of Medicare and a setback for the administration.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
House
Ways & Means
American Medical Association
John F. Kennedy
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Lodge to Depart Viet Nam as Scranton Campaign Enters
U S ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge prepares to leave for the United States after resigning to campaign for governor William Scranton for the Republican presidential nomination. General Maxwell D. Taylor succeeds Lodge, with Lt Gen William Westmoreland taking command of 16 000 American troops in Viet Nam and a tougher stance promised by the new commander.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Lodge
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Viet Nam
Paul D. Harkins
William C. Westmoreland
Army Troop Plane Crashes Killing Five at Fort Jackson
An Army troop carrier plane crashed and burned during takeoff at a war maneuver near Ridgeway South Carolina killing five soldiers and injuring 15. All aboard were with the 11th Air Assault Division at Fort Benning. Surviving crew were evacuated to Fort Jackson.
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Fort Jackson
S. C
Wpp
Public Information Office
Ridgeway
Wateree Pond
11Th Air Assault Division
Fort Benning
Eagles Auxiliary Holds Business Session
The Eagles Auxiliary met at the Eagles hall at 7 30 p m with Mrs Virginia King presiding The prior meeting opened with the flag ceremony led by Mrs Leia Stuppy and the pledge of allegiance Mrs Hazel Miller gave the opening prayer Mrs Lela Grey received the door prize and various business items were discussed
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Eagles Auxiliary
Eagles Hall
Virginia King
Leia Stuppy
Hazel Miller
Federal Lawyers Seek Passport Rule to Bar Communists
U S government lawyers draft a new law after the Supreme Court struck down 1950 Subversive Activities Control Act provisions banning passport use by members of registered Communist groups. The court said the measure was too broad, failing to consider intent, knowledge of affiliation, participation, and travel purpose. The aim is to distinguish innocent from knowing Communists while preserving travel liberty.
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Washington
U. S
Supreme Court
State Department
Goldberg
Senate plans yearlong extension of excise taxes
The Senate moves to extend 1.9 billion dollars in excise taxes for one year and raises the temporary national debt limit to 324 billion. Finance Committee backed converting retail taxes on jewelry furs luggage handbags cosmetics to manufacturer taxes, a move favored by Sen Eugene McCarthy and supported by Sen Everett Dirksen.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Eugene McCarthy
Dminn
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Dirksen
Senate House
House
The
Treasury
Girls State To Open Sunday At Indiana University
Miss Sue Franklin Miss Lynne Stepler and Miss O Lee Long will attend Girls State on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington next week. The week long program gives practical experience in state and local government for high school seniors. It is sponsored by the Indiana Department of the American Legion Auxiliary with selections by school faculties. Mrs Marion Bales announced Tri Kappa sorority Miss Franklin and Delta Theta Tau sorority Miss Stepler sponsoring Miss Long.
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Sue Franklin
Lynne Stepler
O'Lee Long
State
Indiana University
Bloomington
Indiana Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
Marion Bales
Linton
Miss Long
Tri Kappa Sorority
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Stepler
Marines Join Search for Missing Civil Rights Workers
In Philadelphia Mississippi President Johnson sent 200 Marines to aid a widened search for three civil rights workers missing since Sunday night. The effort includes pond dragging and a door-to-door sweep of about 200 homes as authorities review leads amid doubts of the trio surviving.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Upp
Johnson
White House
Mississippi
George E. Reedy
Reedy
University of Mississippi
Arthur Winstead
Dmiss
State Highway Patrol
Owl Creek
Scranton Campaigns in Ohio and Florida Tour
Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton pivots to rally Ohio voters while on a six state swing. He outlines a Cuban policy arming exiles for guerrilla action against Castro and attacks Johnson on Cuban policy and Goldwater on power. Scranton touts Florida polls and Florida delegates as he tours for GOP nomination.
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Miami
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Florida
Fidel Castro
Scranton
Cleveland
South
San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Johnson
Goldwater
Vigo Court Finds Sparks Guilty of Second Degree Murder
A Vigo Circuit Court jury found Donald Sparks 19 guilty of second degree murder in the fatal shooting of his stepniece Brenda Fredericks 3. The nine man three woman panel recommended a life sentence matching a prior conviction overturned by the Indiana Supreme Court. Special Judge Joe Lowder did not set a sentencing date. Sparks attorney plans a new trial motion. The state contends the girl was killed during a dispute over sexual advances while he babysat.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Vigo
Donald Sparks
Sparks
Brenda Dawn Fredericks
Indiana Supreme Court
Joe Lowdermilk
Indiana’s strong position highlighted for convention delegates
Indiana delegates at the San Francisco rally receive data from the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce showing the state leads in popcorn, peppermint oil, limestone and other products. It notes population rank, highway and road mileage, urban share of residents, and extensive educational presence with 94,000 students in 44 colleges and 1.1 million in 2,573 public schools.
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Indianapolis
Republican State Committee
San Francisco
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Indiana
Ohio River
Panama Canal
Escaped Convicts Sought After Prison Break
Police from state federal and local agencies plus bloodhounds hunted near Terre Haute Ind for Melvin Henley and John Vincent two convicts who escaped Wednesday from a U S Penitentiary work detail Henley fled on foot after wrecking a stolen car Vincent remained at large both men were serving 3 to 5 years for interstate transportation of stolen vehicles.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Wpo
Here
U. S
Melvin Henley
Chicago
John Kenneth Vincent
Philadelphia
T. Wade Markley
Henley
Vincent
Markley
Johnson selects Chief of Staff for Army post
President named Lt Gen Harold K Johnson 52 as new Army chief of staff and appointed Lt Gen Creighton Abrams Jr. 49 as deputy. Johnson would be the youngest Army chief since MacArthur in 1930. he ranked 32nd in three star seniority and 43rd among eligible three and four star generals.
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Washington
Johnson
Army
Harold K. Johnson
É Johnson
Creighton Abrams Jr
Douglas MacArthur
Gen
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Switz City Band Boosters Elect Officers
The Switz City Central Band Boosters elected officers at a meeting held at the school Tuesday evening. Max Lawson was named president Estel Halt vice president Mrs Nancy Schantz treasurer and Mrs Betty Sullivan secretary. The Central band will march at Bloomfield Sunday June 28 and on the Fourth of July at Linton.
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Switz City
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U.S
Eagles
D'Lee Long
Wilmington
Del
Susan
Vigo Court
Switz
Dallas
Tex
George Wallace
Alabama
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
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