Almanac Notes and Crane Depot Local Update
The almanac marks Monday May 20 1963 as day 140 with 225 to follow and notes Taurus births. Crane Naval Ammunition Depot remains Greene County’s top employer with over 2 500 civilian staff and a $15 700 000 payroll this year. County payroll figures show Greene 2 909 488 60 and surrounding counties benefiting. Navy League forms for Crane area and a Fourth of July bell ringing program planned nationwide with local parade expectations in Linton.
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Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Christopher Columbus
Spain
Lincoln
Cuba
Charles de Gaulle
Crane Naval Ammunition Depot
Greene County
Fowler
Navy
Greene
Martin
Lawrence
Daviess
Monroe
Orange
Knox
Sullivan
Owen
Dubois
Pike
Vanderburgh
Vigo
Clay
Morgan
Gibson
Harrison
Jay
Madison Counties
United States Navy League
Crane Area
Naval District
Adm. Yeager
Linton
Navy League
Philadelphia
Salvation Army Week Observed In Linton
The Linton Post announces National Salvation Army Week May 19 to 26 led by Major Mable Cox. The theme is With Heart to God and Hand to Man. The Army highlights youth and community services and invites residents to visit centers and view a display at 87 South Main Street.
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Linton
Salvation Army
National Salvation Army
Mable Cox
United States
Major Cox
The
Army
Daily Citizen
South Main Street
Scout Troop 50 to Meet at Scout Hall Tonight
Boy Scouts of Troop No. 50 will hold a meeting at the Scout hall at 7 pm tonight. An Order of the Arrow election will be held and all Scouts were urged to attend, the announcement said.
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Boy Scouts of
Order of the Arrow
Canaveral Welcomes Cooper Home After Space Flight
Maj. L. Gordon Cooper returns to Cape Canaveral amid a hometown style celebration. A 10 mph parade along Main Street drew about 15 000 spectators after the 11 04 a m Patrick AFB arrival. Cooper, his wife Trudy, and daughters greeted by a NASA official as he recounted crossing miles and days in space and the Faith 7 mission.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Kay Spruill
Cocoa Beach
Oklahoma
Robert Markshe
Maj. L. Gordon Cooper
Cooper
United States
Trudy
Patrick Air Force Base
Officers Club
Robert Seamans
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Aloha
Gordo
L. Gordon Cooper
Hickman Air Force Base
Honolulu
Camala
Hawaii
Evansville youths held on serious case charges
Two Evansville men aged 21 and 18 with a cousin, Julius Sloan, admitted taking a sharp object to a man in a halted car. Ernest Dortch, 29, was stabbed in the hand and chest during the incident sparked by a dispute over a girl. Authorities said Dortch had threatened them with a knife earlier.
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Evansville
Ind
Wupr
Ernest Edward Dortch
Kenneth Eugene Sloan
Julius A Sloan
Ftme
Dortch
Julius Sloan
Radcliffe and Harvard Panty Raid Demonstration Turns Violent
In Cambridge 2000 students staged a panty raid style demonstration with Radcliffe girls marching to Harvard Yard and Harvards replying with water bombs and underwear throwing. Police broke up the disturbance and eight Harvard men were arrested for disturbing the peace and property damage. No injuries or major damage reported.
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Cambridge
Mass
Radcliffe College
Harvard
Radcliffe
Harvard Yard
Winthrop House
Harvards
Nathan Pusey
Indiana Sees Cool Rainy Pattern Through Week
United Press International reports continued below normal temperatures across Indiana with a forecast of up to half an inch of rain in two patterns. Five day outlooks show central and southern areas 3 degrees below normal and northern areas 3 to 7 degrees below normal, with a cool week and gradual warmup at week’s end. Weekend highs ranged 69 to 80 across cities like South Bend and Evansville, while overnight lows fell to 39 to 50 degrees.
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United Press International
Indiana
South Bend
Evansville
Louisville
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Chicago
Farm Bureau backs No vote in grain referendum
The Farm Bureau urges a No vote in the grain referendum on the upcoming Tuesday ballot. About 1.5 million wheat farmers nationwide could vote, with Agriculture Department officials predicting record turnout for the farmer referendum on Kennedy's production control plan.
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Daily Citizen
Farm Bureau
Kennedy
Agriculture Department
VFW Protests US Move to Reopen Hungary Ties
The Veterans of Foreign Wars protested Sunday against restoring normal relations with Communist Hungary. The statement follows reports that U S officials were considering dropping opposition to giving the Hungarian regime a United Nations seat.
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Washington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
United States
Hungary
U. S
United Nations
Kennedy to Visit Ireland on June Tour
The itinerary released shows President Kennedy will tour Dublin Cork Galway and Dunganstown in County Wexford from June 26 to 29. Galway mayor Patrick Ryan and Cork mayor Sean Casey welcomed the visit with ceremonies possible in Dublin Cork Galway and nearby towns. Ernie Davis former Browns draft pick and 1961 football player died after a 13 month leukemia battle.
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Dublin
Ireland
Kennedy
Cork
Dunganstown
New Ross
County Wexford
Galway
Patrick Ryan
Sean Casey
Ernie Davis
Cleveland Browns
Lakeside Hospital
Cleveland
Linton Qualifies Two For Indianapolis Track Finals
Randy Lynch and Jim Johnson of Linton earned advancement to the Indiana High School Track finals in Indianapolis by placing in the Linton regional. Lynch competes in the broad jump and Johnson in the high and low hurdles as Reitz of Evansville won the meet with 21 points.
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Randy Lynch
Jim Johnson
Linton
Indianapolis
Lynch
Johnson
Reitz
Evansville
Gene Lockyear
Bosse
Bob Crick
Sullivan
John Oliver
Ladoga
Educator and Banker Alvin Keller Dies at 74
Funeral services were held today for Alvin E. Keller 74 longtime Greene County schools superintendent and former Federal Land Bank official. Survivor list includes mother Mrs Emma Keller three brothers Ralph preceded in death and others. Services 2 pm Jenkins Funeral Home Bloomfield with burial at Prairie Chapel Cemetery officiated by Rev Robert Richards Lyons Christian Church.
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Alvin E. Keller
Fomer
Greene County
Federal Land Bank of
Bloomfield
Freeman-Greene County
Elks Lodge
Linton
Newberry
Emma Jane Keller
Oscar
Clarence Keller
Claude Keller
Lyons
Ralph
Jenkins Funeral Home
Prairie Chapel
Robert Richards
Lyons Christian Church
Linton Woman Dies at 89 in Nursing Home
Myrtle E. Welch, 89, of Linton, died Sunday at Daniel Fennimore Nursing Home in Terre Haute. Born September 29, 1873, in Worthington, she lived most of her life in Bloomfield and Linton and was never married. Surviving nieces and nephews include Julia Welch Vincennes Kay Welch Dolon Langhorne Pa Frank C. Welch Terre Haute C H Welch Plymouth. Funeral arrangements at Welch and Cornet Funeral Home with services Wednesday at 2 p.m. Burial in Grandview Cemetery Bloomfield.
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Myrtle E. Welch
Daniel, Fennimore
Terre Haute
Worthington
William H
Elizabeth Yeager Welch
Blooomfield
Linton
Julia Welch
Vincennes
Kay Welch Dolon
Langhorn
Frank C. Welch
DDS
C. H. Welch
Plymouth
Alva
Charles
Frank
Will Welch
Linton Methodist Church
Welch and Cornet Funeral
William T. Murphy
Grandview Cemetery
Bloomfield
Earthquake Strikes Ljubljana Noted by ADN
ADN reports a light earthquake in Ljubljana the Slovenian provincial capital of Yugoslavia. Tremors damaged some roofs and chimneys but no casualties were mentioned and felt within about 60 miles.
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Berlin
ADN
Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
Candy Spots Triumphs In Preakness Over Chateaugay
Rex C. Ellsworth’s Candy Spots won the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico by three and a half lengths over Kentucky Derby winner Chateaugay in a $180 000 headline event.
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Baltimore
Rex C. Ellsworth
Pimlico
Weekend crashes injure fourteen in Greene County
Greene County records fourteen injuries from six weekend wrecks. A three car pileup near Switz City left ten hurt with one flown to Indianapolis Methodist. drivers include Gume Mata of Toledo and Calvin Smith of Spencer. Other accidents involved Timothy Crane, Mike Brandstetter, William Allen and John Lucas, with several injuries and no arrests. A later report notes two suspects tied to a separate Jasonville breakin being investigated by Trooper Kenny Wolfe and Jasonville Chief Guy Parr.
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Greene County
Indianapolis
Switz City
Gene Gastenau
Jess Martin
Gume Lindo Mata
Toledo
Ohio
Calvin Russell Smith
Spencer
Ind
Bruce Schnabel
Mata
Smith
Dorothy
Indianapolis Methodist Hospital
Celestina
Gume Sindo Jr
Elodia Mata
Jose Mata
Louis Mata
Yolanda Mata
Daniel Mata
Schnabel
Gastenau
Martin
Timothy A. Crane
Jesonville
Bloomfield
Hay
Crane
Robert J. Gray
Jasonville
Mike Brandstetter
Calvertville
Walter Dexter Cox
Worthington
Brandstetter
Paul Greenwood
William Tell Allen
Scotland
Kwy
Carolyn Kay King
Owensburg
Alien
Miss King
John Daniel Lucas
Terre Haute
Phillip Warren Fields
Coalmont
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Kenny Wolfe
Guy Parr
Fallowell Bro. Landramat
Wolfe
Parr
Demonstrations Across South Rally For Integration amid Arrests
Eleven demonstrators tried to duplicate the slain Baltimore postman’s march near Gadsden Alabama and many more were arrested in North Carolina. Birmingham remained tense under 1200 officers as Selma prepared for voter registration drives. Hartford and Englewood hosted pro integration shows while King and the SCLC planned a Birmingham return. Dick Gregory predicted lasting gains from Birmingham accords amid ongoing clashes and arrests.
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United Press International
Baltimore
Gadsden
Ala
North Carolina
Birmingham
Selma
South
Hartford
Conn
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Englewood
N.J
Lincoln School
Cleveland
Dick Gregory
Gregory
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
King
William L. Moore
Madeline Sherwood
Alabama Highway Patrol
Moore
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Col
al Lingo
Alabama Patrol
Durham
Raleigh
Fayettevile
Wilmington
Greensboro
Nut Growers Hear Talks At Indiana Meeting
About 147 attended the Indiana Nut Growers Association gathering at John Talbott's farm with 35 Indianapolis Nature Study Club guests. Talks were given by Prof. Edward W. Pape, Mrs. Ethel Wimmer, G Earl Huff, and others. grafting demonstrations by Dr. G Edward Marshall and professors from Purdue and Illinois. The fall meeting is set for Marion on September 22.
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Indiana Nut Growers Association
John Talbott
Indianapolis
Kentucky
Edward W. Pape
Marion
Ethel Wimmer
Alexandria
G. Earl Huff
John E. Talbott
Linton
Nature Study Club
Boston
G. Edward Marshall
U N Troops Move to Halt Congo Border Traffic at Dilolo
U.N. troops occupy the Congo Angolan border town of Dilolo to curb clandestine traffic. They report friendly relations with locals and control of Dilolo Airport. Unclear if part of a larger dragnet targeting Katangese forces.
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Leopoldville
Congo
iPpi
United Nations
U.N
Dilolo
Benguela
Elisabethville
Lobito
Angola
Katanga
Lattas Creek Hearing Opens in Court Today
Greene Circuit court in Bloomfield opens hearings on Theodore Hayes et al petition to establish a Lattas Creek Conservancy district. Judge Ralph Seal of Daviess County presides as evidence is presented this morning.
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Greene Circuit
Bloomfield
Theodore Hayes
Lattas Creek Conservancy
Ralph Seal
Daviess County
Supreme Court Meets Washington On Term's Ruling Day
The Supreme Court meets today to issue opinions on several cases under advisement. It has finished hearing arguments for this term and continues to decide which appeals to accept for review and which to reject.
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High Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Seventy Yugoslavs Seek Political Asylum in Germany
Seventy Yugoslavs were granted leave to leave their country to attend a fair in Germany and asked German authorities for political asylum on Saturday, signaling reluctance to return to their communist homeland even before arriving at the fair.
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Mernberg
Germany
Re Oeiyn
Politi
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