Greene County Red Cross drives for funds and members
The Greene County Red Cross chapter joins a nationwide, month long appeal under the slogan Always There with Your Help. The article defends the organization, notes past wartime charges, highlights local services in Greene County last year, and urges support for 1963 programs including first aid, swimming and boat safety, home nursing, and disaster response.
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Greene County
Red Cross
America
Shakamak
Linton
Jasonville
Bloomfield
Lyons
Welsh Shows Favorable Reaction to Problems
INDIANAPOLIS House Speaker Richard W. Guthrie said Governor Welsh showed a more favorable reaction than ever before to some Republican proposals for solving state problems. The governor favors parts of tax, budget, Lake Michigan port and reapportionment plans but details were not disclosed. The 61 day session has 10 days left and Republicans control both chambers, with Democrats needed for passage. Guthrie and Welsh discussed progress in a meeting. the House Apportionment Committee will move a Senate reapportionment bill, to be amended by the House. Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine and Senate President Pro Tem Russell Bontrager criticized the Democratic net income tax plan as an adjusted gross tax rather than the federal model.
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Indianapolis
wpPi
House
Richard W. Guthrie
Welsh
Guthrie
Michigan
Senate
Richard O. Ristine
Russell Bontrager
Bontrager
Bundesrat Approves Friendship Treaty With France in Fast Vote
The Bundesrat backed the French German friendship treaty in a rapid first reading. Seven of ten states voted yes while three abstained or did not vote. Adenauer urged quick ratification to benefit Europe and world peace, stressing it does not alter West Germanys obligations to NATO or the US alliance.
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Bonn
wUpi
Bundesrat
Senate
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Th Bundestrat
United States
Bundestag
House
Adenauer
Bundestrat
France
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
European Economic Community
NATO
Death of Albert Shake in Linton After Sudden Illness
Albert Shake 70 of 160 E St southwest Linton died suddenly at about 12 45 today after becoming ill in a downtown restaurant. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Freeman Greene county hospital. Shake a lifelong Linton resident, was re elected to the Greene county council in the November election last fall.
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Albert Shake
E” St
Linton
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
Shake
Greene County Council
Collision at E and Seventh Streets in Linton
Yesterday two autos, a 1950 driven by Mrs. Max Pirtle and a 1956 driven by Bill Sullivan, collided at the E and Seventh streets intersection in Linton. The 1950 car was totaled. the 1956 car sustained about 200 dollars in damage. Pirtle, driving north on Seventh, had brakes fail at the E street stop sign, was thrown from the vehicle with minor bruises. No charges were filed.
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Max Pirtle
Linton
Bill Sullivan
Seventh Streets
Pirtle
Seventh
E” Street
Sullivan
Plaintiff Awarded Seven Hundred Dollars in Trial
In Greene circuit court at Bloomfield Morris Hubble sued Curtis Todd Jr and Sr for damages. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 700. Norma Housier obtained a divorce from James Housier and custody of two minor children with child support set at 29 per week. The case was venued from Lawrence county.
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Morris Hubble
Curtis Todd, Jr
Curtis Todd, Sr
Greene
Bloomfield
Norma Housier
James Housier
Lawrence County
China denounces United States empire aims in Red Flag article
The Chinese Communist Party denounces U.S. efforts to build a vast empire across Western and neutral states. It criticizes Khrushchev and supports Stalin while accusing Moscow of soft policy and urging open policy debates. The piece cites Western bloc tensions, including the Common Market crisis and France's stance.
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Tokyo
China
United States
Peking
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Josef Stalin
Communist Party
Red Flag
Artice
Russia
Moscow
West Germany
Italy
Japan
Britain
France
Belgium
U. S
Four Fires Reported In Linton Area
Linton Fire Department reported four fires in two days. The largest blaze at Cliff Taylor’s residence at 2:30 a m destroyed two vehicles in the garage with about 8000 dollars in damage. A grass fire at Lester Packing Co caused no damage. A car fire in Brazil caused 150 dollars in damage. A clothing fire at Jim Schub’s home on Jay Bird road caused 20 dollars in damage.
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Linton Fire Department
Cliff Taylor
Taylor
Lester Packing Co
Linton
Earl Pittman
Brazil
Jim Schub
Jay Bird
Two Found Dead in Indianapolis from Carbon Monoxide
National Guard warrant officer Charles H Gittings 41 from Cockeysville Maryland and Mrs Patricia West 43 of Indianapolis were found dead from carbon monoxide near a station wagon in the rear driveway of Wests home. Authorities said autopsy confirmed CO poisoning with bruises from exposure. investigations continued. West was president of the Indiana Audubon Society and had been seen with Gittings at Ft. Benjamin Harrison during a training period.
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Indianapolis
National Guard
Charles H Gittings
Cockeysville
Patricia West
Marion County
John Linehan
Linehan
Gittings
LD. Sexton
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Maryland National Guard
Ft. Harrison
Sexton
Indiana Audubon Society
West
Michael
YMCA
Breakins at Dugger Under Investigation
A quantity of silverware vanished from Union High School in Dugger and a typewriter disappeared from Buck Creek Coal company office on Highway 54 after Wednesday night break-ins. Sullivan county sheriff Les Daves and Dugger town marshal Ray King led the investigation.
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Union High School
Dugger
Buck Creek Coal Company
Highway 54
Sullivan County
Les Daves
Ray King
Draft extension sought by Hershey before House panel
Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of Selective Service, asked the House Armed Services Committee to support a four year extension of the draft as the current law expires July 1.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
House Armed Services Committee
Kennedy faces bankers on broken promises and deficits
President Kennedy urged tax cuts at the American Bankers Association centennial meeting, promising deficit reduction and eventual budget balance. The piece questions Parkinson's Law of Expenditures and warns voters to demand restraint and repeal of wasteful spending.
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Washington
U.S
Kennedy
American Bankers Association
National Bank Act
U. S
U.S. Treasury
Indiana House Defeats Right to Work Repeal Amendment
Republicans fend off Dem attempt to amend a labor bill with a right to work repeal. Pozgay's motion blocked by Speaker Guthrie who called the move a violation of House rules. The chamber then defeats the amendment and the bill 72 to 14.
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Indianapolis
Pih
Indiana
Otto Pozgay
South Bend
Richard Guthrie
Pozgay
House
Charles W. Edwards
Spencer
Guthrie
Allen
Ralph Waltz
Missing Ballots May Name Governor
A Minnesota court will rule on 625 disputed ballots in the governor election recount. Judges consider the largest group among about 1,500 challenged ballots from the November contest between incumbent Gov. Elmer L. Andersen and challenger Karl Rolvaag. Rolvaag leads by 43 votes, with a 133 vote margin when sessions began, after a canvassing board initially declared Andersen the winner by 142 votes.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
District Court
Elmer L. Andersen
Karl Rolvaag
Democratic-Farmer- Labor
Rolvaag
Andersen
Snowfall Delays In Indiana Central Region Braces For More
Snow blankets Indiana central zones with eight inches by noon and forecasts of four to eight more inches across the state. Schools close early, roads stay hazardous, and many events are postponed as the heavy snow disrupts Shelbyville, Linton, Jasonville, and surrounding areas.
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Linton
Great Northwest
Indiana
Jasonville
Council of Church Women
First Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
Linton-Stockton
Shelbyville
East Central
Indianapolis
West Central Area
Northeast
South
Parolee's tearful tale linked to teen slaying in park
Police questioned Ronald Steeves a 19 year old parolee who admitted being at the scene of 15 year old Mary Louise Bell's death in Minnehaha Park after a ride in a wooded lovers lane. He named an 18 year old companion as the killer and authorities searched for the other teens involved. Mary Louise Bell was found beaten and stabbed with her throat slashed not raped. Her sister Patricia urged Steeves to tell the truth.
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Lovers Lane
Lover’s Lane
Minneapolis
Minnehaha Park
wpPi
Police Today
Mary Louise Bell
Mary Louise
Ronald Leroy Steeves
St. Cloud State Reformatory
Mary
Patricia
Steeves
Elizabeth Beck Dies in Switz City
Mrs Elizabeth Beck died at her daughter Fay Hollands home in Switz City She is survived by two daughters Fay Holland Julia Beck and a son Charles of Switz City Services will be held Sunday at 2 p m at Jenkins Funeral Home with Rev Elmer Bose officiating Burial will be in Switz City Cemetery
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Elizabeth Beck
Fay Holland
Switz City
Holland
Julia Beck
Switz
Charles of
Jenkins Funeral
Elmer Bose
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