Greene County Survey Shows Strong Local Retail Year
A Greene County survey by Standard Rate and Data Service finds strong retail activity, led by food spending of 7.61 million dollars, with auto equipment and general merchandise also contributing significantly. The report notes a rebound after a brief early-year slowdown and highlights per-household food averages of 874 dollars. Local business sectors and community notices from Linton are included, with Kiwanis gum machines and a July 4 bell proclamation by Mayor O'Hern.
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Greene County
Standard Rate and Data Service
United States
Indiana
Former State Worker to Fight Her Dismissal
Alberta Rose Dowell of Brazil challenged her March 26 dismissal as a practical nurse at the Indiana State Sanatorium Rockville. The Indiana State Personnel Board set a Thursday hearing on the protest, Dowell claiming illness kept her from ward duty rather than refusal.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Personnel Board
Alberta Rose Dowell
Brazil
Dowell
Indiana State Sanatorium
Rockville
New York Boxer Jersey Joe Walcott Career Span Detailed
New Yorker Jersey Joe Walcott began his professional boxing career in 1 and retired in 1953 after two straight knockouts by Rocky Marciano in heavyweight title matches.
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New York
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Rocky Marciano
Countywide Emergency Vehicle Ready For Service
Greene County receives a newly purchased emergency truck to serve the entire county on fires, accidents, drownings and disasters. City of Linton employs qualified first aid personnel to operate it with two drivers on duty 24 hours.
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Greene County Rescue Uny’t
Linton
Mayor O'Hern Proclaims 8 AM July 4 Observance
City of Linton honors Independence Day with a proclamation calling for bells and sirens at 8:00 a.m. CDT on July 4 to mark the 1776 signing of the Declaration. The measure urges civic leaders to promote public participation during the morning observance.
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Linton
P. H. O’hern
O’hern
Independence ‘Hall
Philadelphia
City of
Humble Practice Marks Coronation of Pope
Vatican announces Pope Paul VI will honor coronation day by ordering special lunches for inmates in all Italian prisons and distributing sweets to patients at Rome’s Bambino Gesu hospital and to war wounded youths in Milan and northern towns Penssano and Inderive.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Tony
Italy
Algo
Rome
Child Children’s Hospital
Milan
Penssano
Inverige
Kennedy Era Aid Bill Faces Second House Try
The Senate approved a 455 million dollar expansion of the Area Redevelopment Agency to fund loans and grants for unemployed regions. The House previously defeated the measure 209 to 204, signaling a renewed push possibly after civil rights debates.
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Washington
WPI
Senate
Kennedy
House
Area Redevelopment Agency
ARA
Housers
Ohsio
Frank J. Lausche
GOP Urges Unions Included in Civil Rights Bill
House Republicans push to extend equal employment opportunities to labor unions. Rep. McCulloch of Ohio vows intense grilling of Labor Secretary Wirtz as Kennedy administration officials press civil rights measures. Kennedy backs a permanent commission on equal opportunity. Celler notes potential strengthening.
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Steven Gerstel
United Press International
Washington
Tpi
House
GOP
Wiliam M. McCulloch
Ohio
W. Willard Wirtz
House Judiciary Committee
McCulloch
Wirtz
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Permanent
Commission On Equal Employment Opportunities
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
William C. Cramer
Missing Gary Girl Sparks Overnight Search
Louise Sturgell, 14, of East Gary remains missing after two men in a red sports car abducted her from Miller Beach on a Wednesday night. Charlotte Olson, also 14, escaped when the car stopped for a sign. authorities and Porter County Sheriff William Seidel with Indiana State Police conducted a large overnight search with vehicle checks, but no trace of Louise or the car was found.
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Gary
Ind
Louise Sturgell
East
Lake Michigan
Charlotte Olson
Louise
Miller Beach
Charlotte
Porter County
William Seidel
Indiana
Prison coed jailed for hours after parole violation
Nashville officials reported that 23 year old Sarah Jean Johns, on parole to study criminal psychology at the University of Tennessee, returned home at 2 am four hours past her curfew after spending the night in local taverns. She had served four years of a 10 year armed robbery sentence. The corrections director said her conduct showed she should not be paroled.
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Nashville
Tenn
Sarah Jeannette Johne
University of Tennessee
University
State Corrections
Harry Avery
Wes
Miss Johns
Pardons and Paroles Board
Avery
Universiy
Steelers Sign Bobby Lance to 1963 NFL Contract
Pittsburgh signed quarterback Bobby Lance to a 1963 NFL contract as a likely successor to Un Ed Brown. Lance, a former college standout, joins the Steelers after a pro football career spanning one year.
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Pittsburgh
Ed Brown
Bobby Lance
Wednesday
Steelers
Cline Stenling
Patient at Hospital Gerald Edwards of Linton
Gerald Edwards of Linton is listed as a patient at the hospital with a brief update of status.
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Gerald Edwards
Linton
Rte
Kennedy Berlin visit boosts West morale in Cold War clash
Soviet reaction to President Kennedy's Berlin visit hardened as Khrushchev planned a counter trip to East Berlin. Pravda accused Bonn and Washington of forming an atomic axis and delaying plans for nuclear arming as Kennedy met Adenauer.
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Upi
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Nikitia Khhtuchchev
East Berlin
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United States
Communist Party
Pravda
Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
NATO
Bundeswehr Westman
Hot Weather Grips Indiana with 90s Readings Seen
United Press International reports Indiana faces continued heat with highs from 90 to 96 across Lafayette Evansville Fort Wayne South Bend and Indianapolis. Lows range 61 to 68 as thundershowers threaten northern areas and isolated sprinkles possible in the south.
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United Press International
Mercury
Indiana
Lafayette
Evansville
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Indianapolis
Former Indiana Farmer Aids Meo Tribesmen in Laos Airlift
Edgar Pop Buell, a former Indiana farmer, has organized 10 000 medical supplies for Meo tribesmen in northern Laos. Flying Tigers plan to ship from San Francisco to Bangkok then onward to Vientiane, with a stop 100 miles north to deliver items including an operating table and dental forceps.
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Laos
Flying Tigers
Sam Thong
Indiana
Edgar Pop Buell
San Francisco
Air
Bangkok
Thailand
U. S
Vientiane
Buell
Na Ane
Parke Davis and Co
John A. MacCartney
Wirtz seeks new tools to fight employment discrimination
Labor Secretary Wirtz urged Congress for new powers to curb hiring and promotion bias by employers and unions. He cited job shortages and racial bias as roots of Negro unemployment and backed permanent civil rights commissions and use of federal funds to combat discrimination, noting progress yet unfinished.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Congress
Wirtz
House Judiciary Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Committee On Equal Employment Opportunity
U.S
Wadros
No Hope for Wheat Bill Persists Secretary Freeman Says
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman warned there is little chance for new wheat legislation this year amid urban-dominated districts and a failed 1964 program referendum. He outlined possible administrative options including 50 percent parity, cross compliance, and flexible crop substitutions to shield price supports.
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Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Congree
Pope Paul VI Sets Sept 29 for Next Council Session
Vatican City announces the second session of the Vatican council will begin September 29. Pope Paul VI orders a re script notice of orders issued by John XXIII guiding the council’s work and commissions.
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Vatican City
UPI
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Aew
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Benitental Council
Giovanni . Car
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John
St. Peter’s Basilica
Kennedy
Pope Paul
Earl Warren
Prominent Jasonville Man W J Slough Dies
William H. Slough 85 prominent Jasonville businessman and former mayor died at Freeman Greene County hospital after a week as resident of Jasonville for over 60 years. He chaired the city and served on Greene County election board and was a Mason. Surviving wife Nessie two brothers and two sisters. Funeral at McClanahan Funeral Home Jasonville Saturday 2 p.m. Burial Lebation Cemetery.
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William H. Slough
Jasonville
Freeman Greene County Hospital
Coal City
Adam and
Ann Wall Slough
Slough
Greene County
Masonic Lodge
Nessie
Richard
Albert
Charleston
Amelia“ Leonard
Cambridge ‘City
Ind
Emma Reed
Burbank
McClanahan Funeral Home
Lebation
Democrat Club Meeting Planned at Shelter House
Dane Greene county Women’s club hosts a meet the shelter house event at the alia at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Shelby Meurer, president, announced the gathering with a covered dish supper and attendees asked to bring a dish.
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Dane Greene County Women’s Club
Alia
Shelby Meurer
High Winds and Flooding Hit Nebraska and Georgia
Eastern Nebraska faces high winds and over an inch of rain with flood threats easing as waters recede. Linwood suffers widespread home inundation and 65 of 72 houses affected. Norfolk reports funnel clouds and hail while Savannah records seven inches of rain and street closures. A 6 year old drowns near a canal in Savannah as the Southeast sees heavy rainfall across cities including Athens Jacksonville and Miami Beach.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Georgia
Wahoo
Neb
Norfolk
U. S
Omaha
Linwood
Platte River
Weather Bureau
Savannah
Athens
Jacksonville
Fla
Miami Beach
Man Tries to Kiss Princess at Sadler's Wells
An unidentified small, white haired man in a tuxedo and black hat attempted to kiss Princess Margaret at the Sadler's Wells Ballet Theater entrance. He was pushed aside by a theater official, waved his hat, smiled, and left as Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon arrived for the charity ballet. The incident lacked explanation and the man had no ticket.
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London
Wpp
Princess Margaret
Sadler's Wells Ballet Theater
Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Two Junior Leaders Named to Attend 4-H Camp
Rebecca Armour daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Armour Bloomfield and Gary York son of Mr and Mrs Owen York of Switz City were chosen to attend 4 H state Junior Leader training camp at Lafayette July 1 through 5 for their record in 4 H projects and Junior Leader work. Miss Jamie Street Miss Mary Nell Harrison and Tommy Jamison who have been at a camp at Lafayette this week will be counselors next week.
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Rebecca Armour
Carl Armour Bloomfield
Gary York
Owen York
Switz City
Lafayette
Jamie Street
Mary Nell Harrison
Tommy Jamison
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