Banded Wings and Postal Numbers Highlight Rural Letter
A Bloomfield Extension note reports banded birds and bats likely released by the U S Fish and Wildlife Service while a Washington Post item jokes about a universal multi digit mailbox number. Indiana and national officials provide tax booklets and postal code plans without taxing newspaper sales.
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Department of Agriculture Extension Service
Bloomfield
Linton Daily Citizen
Mes. Zetta
A. Anderson
Home Economics
Indiana University
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Patuxent
Post Office
Washington
Wep
U. S. Post Office
U. S
J. Edward Day
Robinson to join in On Demonstrations
Jackie Robinson announced he will join Birmingham Alabama demonstrations next week to support civil rights. The former Dodger executive said he would go despite personal risk to back Martin Luther King and urge President Kennedy to act against segregation.
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New York
Jackie Robinson
Birmingham
Ala
Brooklyn Dodgers
Martin Luther King
Kennedy
Floyd Cornett Returns Home From Robert Long Hospital
Floyd Cornett has returned to his home from the Robert Long hospital in Indianapolis where he was a patient.
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Floyd Cornett
Robert Long
Indianapolis
Free Cuba group forms in Washington with notable sponsors
A Citizens Committeee for a Free Cuba CCFC is nonpartisan and aims to press for a U S Cuba policy to end communism in Cuba and influence Latin America. Sponsors include Beirne Burke Gallagher Hook Morgenthau Teller and others signaling political muscle.
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Citizens Committeee For A
Daniel James
G. St. N.W
Washington, D.C
Cuba
Latin America
CCFC
U.S
United States
FINC
Thas
Rio Grande
Joseph Beirne
Afl-Cio Communication Workers of America
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Ernest Cuneo
North American Newspaper Alliance
Buell Gallagher
City College of New York
Harry Gideons
Brooklyn N.Y. College
Sidney Hook
New York University
Frank L. Howley
John LaFarge Sr
America
Clare Booth Luce
Hans J. Morgenthau
University of Chicago
John T. O'Rourke
Washington D.C. Daily News
John P. Roche
Brandeis University
Edward Teller
James A. Pike
California
Showers Possible in Indiana Central Section Tonight
The United Press International forecast suggests a chance of thundershowers in northern and central Indiana tonight and Thursday. Temperatures are expected to run about 10 degrees above normal across much of the state with highs in the 80s and only minor precipitation anticipated in most areas.
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United Press International
Indiana
Evansville
Ate
Truman Celebrates 79th Birthday With Birthday Calls
Former President Harry S. Truman marks his 79th birthday in Kansas City with a two hour lunch hosted by Friends of Harry S. Truman. He expects long distance calls from President Kennedy Chief Justice Warren and Jack Benny. He quips about aging after a recent hernia operation and indigestion.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Kennedy
Earl Warren
Jack Benny
Early Morning Fire Destroys Jasonville Home
An early morning fire destroyed a residence in Jasonville belonging to Rev. Loren E. Page. The 3 a.m. blaze engulfed the ivory frame dwelling while the Pores slept. fire crews held it to 6 a.m. with no injuries reported. The dwelling was leveled and cause remains undetermined.
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Loren E. Page
Jasonville
Telstar 2 in Orbit Amid Signal Weakness and Tests
New Telstar 2 satellite remains on course despite weak signals at Pleumeur Bodou France attributed to slant range and attitude. NASA and AT&T officials report near normal trajectory with transmissions tests canceled as antenna orientation improves. UK tracking station at Goonhilly Downs reports a good picture early today.
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New York
Telstar 2
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Pleumeur Bodou
France
Cape Canaveral
Robert H. Gray
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goonhilly Downs
England
Telstar
JFK Sees Birmingham as Key to Solving Racial Tension
President Kennedy urged Birmingham leaders to resolve the civil rights crisis locally without federal intervention. He said the most ideal solution would come from the people of Birmingham as he received updates from Atty. Gen. Kennedy and Burke Marshall. Officials noted no current federal legal grounds for intervention.
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Washington
Kennedy
Birmingham
Ala
White House
Andrew Hatcher
Robert F. Kennedy
Alabama
Burke Marshall
Bar
Judge rules four-cent cigarette tax effective April 22
Marion Circuit Judge John Niblack ruled that Indiana’s four-cent per pack cigarette tax took effect immediately on April 22, retroactive to the new law signed by Governor Welsh. The decision, in a suit by Lee LeMay, determines the use tax provision replaced the repealed 3-cent tax, potentially costing smokers about one million dollars for the period April 22 to June 1.
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Indianapolis
Wpl
Indiana
Marion
John Niblack
Lee LeMay
Niblack
Welsh
James C. Courtney
Indiana Altty
Edwin K. Steers
Inman Wins Jasonville Mayoral Nomination in Primary
Incumbent Democrat Gene B. Inman topped John Brewer 468 to 322 for the mayoral nomination in Jasonville. He will face Republican William Rowell in November with no GOP ballot count. Other Democrats winning nominations include Jack Ridinger councilman second ward Ralph Faught councilman fourth ward Don Winters councilman at large.
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Gene B. Inman
Jasonville
John Brewer
Inman
William Rowell
Jack Ridinger
Ralph Faught
Don Winters
Gail Ketchem
John Wilkes
Lewis McQueary
Rowell
Court Imposes Sentence on Indianapolis Man
William L. Hunter 28 of Indianapolis pleaded guilty in Greene circuit court Bloomfield to driving with a suspended license and driving while intoxicated. He was fined 100 dollars and costs on each count and sentenced to six months at the Indiana State Farm, to be served concurrently. The court also found for John S. Cox and Son Inc in a 1370.71 dollar claim against Duff Followell dba Followell Brothers and Followell Buick and Pontiac.
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William L. Hunter
Indianapolis
Greene
Bloomfield
Indiana State Farm
John S. Cox and Son, Inc
Government Personnel to Send Dependents Home in Haiti Crisis
American government workers in Haiti began sending dependents home under a U S order citing worsening conditions. Port au Prince planned a charter flight for 85 with more planes available. The United States urged private Americans to evacuate as Haitian regime under Duvalier shows signs of disintegration while curfews and tensions rise.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Prn
George W. Ball
Washington
Francois Duvalier
Curacao
Duvalier
Negro Republic
2Port Au Prince
Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
Organization of American States Oas
United Nations Security Council
U. N
Two Critical In Auto Crash Near Bloomfield
Leona Ann Lechien twenty of Linton and Richard Skinner of Bloomfield were listed in critical condition after a head on crash on highway 54 three miles east of Bloomfield at 6 50 this morning. State Trooper Robert Kirk said Skinner traveling west struck Lechien on Blue Barn Hill. Both cars were destroyed and Lechien suffered a fractured pelvis. Both were taken to Freeman Greene County hospital and then to Indianapolis for further care. Neither driver wore seat belts.
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Leona Ann Lechien
Linton
Richard Skinner
Itc. 4
Bloomfield
Robert Kirk
Skinner
Blue Barn Hill
Miss Lechien
Bloomington
Freeman - Greene County
Indianapolis
Kirk
Greene County
Jess Martin
Worthington families mourn Niles death of Kathryn S. Bender
Worthington residents Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bender and their children returned from Niles Michigan after the death of Kathryn S. Bender 32 wife of Slavi ous L. Bender She died April 29 in Niles and services and burial were held there She is survived by her husband and two 11 year old twin sons Gregory and Jeffrey of Niles
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George Thompson
Gerald Bender
Carl Bender
Worthington
Niles, Mich
Kathryn S. Bender
Thompson
Hart Hart Hartmach? Linton Mayoral Primary Upset
A. M. Slim Risher defeated incumbent P. H. Ohern in the Linton mayoral primary, pulling 1,258 votes to Ohern’s 998 in a hard fought race. Risher will face William Hart in November, with Hart garnering 519 votes as the only Republican contest. Voter turnout was high with about 90 percent of eligible voters casting ballots, and many city offices were decided, including several unopposed council seats.
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A. M
Slim) Risher
P. H
Pat) O’hern
Linton
Risher
William Hart
O’hern
Robert Walters
Gerald Win
Roush
Harold Harbin
Les Bailey
Ora McCollister
Carl Hightower
Hart
Greene County
Bloomfield
Lawrence Blevens
Bothes
Hightower
Eva Myers
Richard Ora Phillips
Elmo Tincher
Leonard C. Baize
Fred Cheever
William F. Harting Jr
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