Flood news and county oddities from Greene 1958 data
A clip from a Clinton era column discusses flood risk rules from Walter Dick of Clinton for White and Eel river bottoms, contrasting with Bash area conditions. It cites Greene County 1958 Census of Business data for stores and sales, plus light humor notes and a Fourth of July parade prep in Linton. Major Mable Cox seeks World War I uniforms for a Salvation Army parade float.
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Greene County
Mable Cox
Linton
Salvation Army
U.S. Army
Maj. Cox
Sandborn Church Holds Dedication
The Sandborn Christian church dedicated new pulpit furniture in Sunday services honoring the late Mrs. Mary Troupa and Mrs. Mary Bauhard whose bequests funded the purchase. The minister Charles R. Davis made the furniture and a small pulpit and communion table for the Children's department.
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The
Christian Church
Sandborn
Mary Troupa
Mary Bauhard
Charles R. Davis
Children’s Department
Castro Threatens US Oil Firms Over Soviet Refining
Fidel Castro signed a decree to place Texaco under Cuban state control unless it begins refining Soviet petroleum. Texaco officials say they have received no official notice. Castro had already warned of seizing American assets in Cuba over sugar quota disputes.
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Havana
Cuba
UPI
Fidel Castro
Texaco Oil Co
Clifford Drake
Texaco
Santiago de Cuba
US. Navy
Guantanamo
Moscow
Castro
United States
U.S
Artemisa
Cua
Owensburg Man 68 Ends Own Life
James W. Lewis 68 of Owensburg was found dead at his home at 5:30 am from a self inflicted head wound with a .22 rifle. Coroner Delmar Hasler and Sheriff Jack Blakely ruled the death a suicide after an illness and despondency in recent weeks. Survived by widow Edith Lewis three sons Walter Russell Merle and a sister Davie Radcliff. Funeral arrangements set at Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home Bloomfield.
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James W. Lewis
Owensburg
Greene County
Delmar Hasler
Hasler
Jack Blakely
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Martin County
Grant D
Kathryn S. Sims Lewis
Edith Lewis
Walter G. Lewis
Russell M. Lewis
French Lick
Merle S. Lewis
Springville
Davie Radcliff
California
Jenkins and Sons Funeral
Bloomfield
Pamela Dee Hardisty Leads Linton King and Queen Contest
The four leading candidates were announced by the contest committee with Pamela Dee Hardisty in first place Debra Dawn Brewer second Raymond Joe Nickle third and Pamela Sue Dennis fourth A public ceremony will crown the king and queen Saturday in the downtown business district Photos of entrants are on display in participating merchants windows and votes can be cast in those stores.
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Linton
Pamela Dee Hardisty
Debra Dawn Brewer
Raymond Joe Nickle
Pamela Sue Dennis
Bredeweg Infant Dies in Hospital
Charles Leroy Bredeweg one day old son of Lee and Madeline Hazelrigg Bredeweg died at 7 30 this morning at the Freeman Greene county hospital. He is survived by parents three sisters Cynthia Catherine Karen Kathlee grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Hazelrigg of Linton and Mr and Mrs Roy Bredeweg of Linton rural route two great grandmothers Mrs Polly Coomes Milville and Mrs Ethel Boruff Worthington rural route. Friends may call at Welch and Cornett Funeral home after 7 this evening. Private services will be held at the funeral home at 10 o clock Thursday morning with Rev Roy den Rea officiating.
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Charles Leroy Bredeweg
Lee
Madeline Hazelrigg Bredeweg
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
Cynthia
Catherine
Karen Kathlee
Charles Hazelrigg
Linton
Roy Bredeweg
Polly Coomes
Milville
Ethel Boruff
Worthington
Welch and Cornett
Royden Rea
Former Linton Man Dies in Motorcycle Crash in California
Claude Kirby 43 of Santa Rosa California died after a motorcycle crash near his home Sunday. He skidded on gravel and hit a bridge abutment. He was a World War II Army veteran and diesel mechanic. He is survived by his wife Jean Kirby mother Mrs Trelia Baker sister Deleman Sullivan Indianapolis and brothers James Baker Paris Illinois Charles Kirby Paris Illinois Ronnie Kirby Paris Illinois grandparents Lon and wife Linton. Funeral and burial with American Legion honors held in Santa Rosa.
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Claude Kirby
Santa Rosa
Calif
Trelia Baker
Linton
California American Legion
Kirby
California
Lyons
American Legion Post
Jean Krby
Baker
Deleman Sullivan
Indianapolis
James Baker
Charles
Ronnie Kirby
Paris
Ill
Lon Stark
Linto
Sullivan County Road Contract Let
INDIANAPOLIS UP I The Indiana State Highway Department opened bids on road and bridge work totaling just over 10 million dollars with engineer estimates at 12 2 million. Bids cover three road projects including Sullivan county line items on Ind 54 from U S 41 to Dugger bids by R B Tyler Co 382 880 and bridge bids include Clay county over Billy Creek near Harmon by Robert H King 24 956.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana State Highway Department
Sullivan County
U.S. 41
Sullivan
Hickams Street
Dugger
R B. Tyler Company
Clay County
Billy Creek
US. 40
Harmon
Robert H. King
Danville
Tanker Sinks Off South Carolina Coast After Salvage Effort Fails
A 10165 ton Sinclair Oil tanker the George MacDonald sunk 60 miles off the South Carolina coast after a return to shore salvage attempt failed. Skipper Eldredge Burnthorn of Houston and two crewmen abandoned ship as a rupture flooded the engine room. The J E Dyer towed the MacDonald for hours before the tow line failed and the ship sank.
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Charleston
S.C
UPI
South Carolina
Atlantic
Sinclair Oil Co
George MacDonald
MacDonald
J. E. Dyer
Eldredge Burnthorn
Houston
Tex
Burnthorn
Dyer
Sinclair
Eldridge Burnthorn
Water Outage Planned for Part of Linton
The Linton water supply will be interrupted for a few hours after 6 PM due to repairs on a 10 inch main. Two new valves will be installed affecting area A Street southeast to Fifth Street southeast and areas south of there. Residents are urged to conserve drinking water until service is restored, expected before midnight.
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Linton
Jack Dale
Municipal Water Department
Dale
Fifth Street
Greene County Graduates Win College Scholarships
Six Greene county high school graduates will start college next September as scholarship students. They are among more than six hundred freshmen awarded scholarships based on Scholastic Aptitude tests and top high school rankings. From Greene county are Carolyn K. Badellet Linda E. Hanson Alice F. Helms Jack D. Holt Barbara Lidd Bloomfield and Jeffrey J. Kennedy of Linton. Roger A. Due of Sandborn is another winner.
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Greene County
Carolyn K. Badellet
Linda E. Hanson
Alice F. Helms
Jack D. Holt
Barbara Lidd
Bloomfield
Jeffrey J. Kennedy
Linton
Roger A. Due
Sandborn
County J.P. Courts Take Action on Cases
Greene county justice of peace courts considered two driving related cases. Leon Charles Duffrey Jr. of South Linton was fined 25 dollars plus costs or 42.75 dollars for driving while intoxicated and had his operator's license suspended for one year. Frances P. Killian of Linton was fined 1 dollar plus 18.75 dollars costs for driving with an expired operator's license.
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Greene County
Justice of Peace
Leon Charles Duffrey Jr
South Linton
Linton
Frances P. Killian
Banquet Planned By Sunbeams and Girl Guards
The Salvation Army Sunbeams and Girl Guards plan a 5 30 PM Thursday church banquet with Mrs Bessie Gillan of Linton as guest speaker and a special program.
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Sunbeams and Girl Guards
The
Salvation Army
Bessie Gillan
Linton
Floods Ebb as Midwest Storms Drop Off
The article reports receding flood waters along the Wabash and White rivers near Mount Vernon and Petersburg with crest forecasts and 15,000 acres endangered. Army engineers mobilize 50 earth movers to build levees while storms deliver damaging hail and tornadoes in Illinois and Kentucky.
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United Press International
Indiana
Evansville
Illinois
Kentucky
Indianapolis
Hoosierland
Mount Vernon
Mount Carmel
Louisville
White River
Petersburg
Leopoldville Sword Snatched From King Baudouin
An African nationalist demonstrator grabbed King Baudouin’s sword at his side in Leopoldville before security stopped the act. In Washington, congressional leaders planned a recess this week and to reconvene on August 8.
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Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
UPI
Baudouin
Washington
Castro Seizure of Texas Co Refinery Sparks Cuba Tension
Fidel Castro seized the American owned Texas Co refinery in Santiago de Cuba after the company refused to refine petroleum. The action reflects escalating Cuban nationalization measures amid oil politics and UPI reports from Havana.
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Havana, Cuba
UPI
Fidel Castro
Texas Co, Texaco
Santiago de Cuba
Elnora Telephone Deal Is Approved
The Indiana Public Service Commission approved El nra Telephone Co to buy assets and territorial rights of Elnora Cooperative Telephone Co. The utility may raise rates with dial service in the former area, borrow 75000 dollars, and set new monthly rates of 7.50 for business one party lines and 6 for residence lines.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana Public Service Commission
Elnra Telephone Co. Inc
Elnora Cooperative Telephone Co
Post backs Adlai Kennedy ticket for Democratic nod
The New York Post urged a Stevenson Kennedy ticket for president and vice president in the Democratic nomination race.
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Adlai, Kennedy
NEW York
UPI
The
New York Post Today
John F. Kennedy
Blast in Welsh mine costs 45 lives at Six Bells
In Six Bells Wales a gas explosion at Azrael Griffin Colliery killed 45 miners with rescuers pulling 30 bodies from the wreckage by early today. The disaster left many families grieving as 700 men worked underground when the blast occurred Tuesday.
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Six Bells
Wales
UPI
Azrael Griffin
Pithead
Lawmakers Balk at Finishing Bills Before Conventions
Congress debates closing for party conventions with lawmakers split on finishing legislation. Key items include appropriations, housing, elderly medical care, minimum wage rise, and school construction aid. House may vote on an increased wage floor from 1 to 1.25 dollars if picketing-curb relief fails.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
House
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
GOP
Johnson
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Los Angeles
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
House Rules Committee
Prisoner and car disappear from Putnamville prison
Putnamville Indiana Supt Walter Hock reported a prisoner and a cook vanished Tuesday along with the superintendent s car Eugene Hammond 38 who was serving time on a bad check charge apparently fled in the car while assigned as a cook at the superintendent s home officials said
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Putnamville
Ind
UPI
Walter Hock
Indiana State Farm
Eugene Hammond
Hammond
Hock
New Faculty Chosen for Linton Stockton 1960 61
The Linton Stockton district selects new faculty for the 1960 61 year. Mr Kelly becomes High School principal moving from Wolf Lake. New staff include Mrs Dix and Mrs Powell in home economics and Mrs Hogg in Junior High.
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Linton-Stockton
Kelly
Dix
Powell
Hogg
Pearlson
Wright
Wolf Lake
Hymera
Jasonville
Miss Wright
Sullivan
Mr. Pearison
Linton
Burdick Narrowly Overtakes Davis In North Dakota Governor Race
In North Dakota the race between Democrat Quentin Burdick and Republican Gov. John Davis tightens as 1,586 of 2,310 precincts report. Davis leads 81,514 to 8,729 but Burdick gains ground with rural votes, while Davis vows to stay in contention. The outcome remained undecided as observers awaited further returns.
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Bismark
N. D
UPI
Quentin Burdick
John Davis
North Dakota
Burdick
Davis
Greene County ministerial group urges second United Clothing appeal
Officials report 4411 pounds of clothing from Greene county churches for the May 15 appeal is mainly being sent to Chile to aid 2,000,000 people left homeless by earthquakes and floods. A second appeal is set for July 3 with four county collection centers.
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Greene County Ministerial Association
Greene County
Chile
United Clothing
Mrs Albert Hebb Visiting Relatives in Bradenton Florida
Mrs Albert Hebb of Linton is spending two weeks with relatives at Bradenton Florida.
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Florida
Albert Hebb
Linton
Bradenton, Fla
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Eel River
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Clintonian
Walter Dick
Walter
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Wabash
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Sullivan County Road
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Press International
Middle West
Charles Gause
Quincy
Mississippi River City
Rockford
Henderson
Sebree
Missouri
Louisiana
Clarksville
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Trucker
R. L. Kelly
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Gladys Hogg
L. D. Pearison
Rose Wright
Connie Dix
Mary Powell
N. E. Powell
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