World's Largest Self-Propelled Mine Shovel Admired
The 3850-B Bucyrus-Erie shovel built for Peabody, staged in Kentucky mining, stands 220 feet high and 460 feet long with a 115 cubic yard bucket. It dwarfs Liberty and dominates Greene Sullivan counties, while a dog and duck tale from Linton adds local whimsy to the day.
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Kentucky
Bucyrus-Erie Company
Milwaukee
Peabody Company of
St. Louis
Greene
Sullivan Counties
Circuit Court Clerk Faces Tax Charges
Indiana Orange Circuit Court clerk Ward Hendrix, 39, of French Lick, surrendered to a U.S. marshal on income tax evasion charges. He was released on $1,000 bond after indictment alleging failure to file tax returns for 1958 and 1959. Hendrix owns an insurance agency and studied tax return preparation with IRS courses. alleged gross income for the two years was about $16,500.
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Indianapolis
Ward Hendrix
Orange
French Lick
U.S
Hendrix
Internal Revenue Service
Mariner-2 Makes Turn And Locks in on Venus
United States Mars mission Mariner-2 completed a midcourse manoeuvre to correct its path toward Venus. The 447 pound craft now heads for a Dec 14 close approach and potential Venusian life clues amid Cold War space prestige.
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Venus
Greene County Budget Groups Schedule Meetings in Bloomfield
Meetings for Greene county taxpayers include courthouse sessions in Bloomfield this week to review the county budget. The Greene County Council wraps up three days of budget talks Thursday, with the 1962 annual session of the Tax Adjustment Board starting Monday to examine 1963 budget requests from local taxing units. The seven member board includes Earl Schantz, P H O’Hern, Orville J Carter, and four appointees named by Judge Ed win B Long: Clell Sexton, Otto C Richardson, Oscar McCoy, and H L Hannah Sr.
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Greene County Council
Greene County
Tax Adjustment Board
Earl Schantz
Washington Township
P. H. O’hern
Orville J. Carter
Jackson Township
County Board of Education
Edwin B. Long
Clell Sexton
Jasonville
Otto C. Richardson
Newberry
Oscar McCoy
Worthington
H. L. Hannah Sr
Bloomfield
Echo urges inmates to pay income tax for 1961
Still paying Huntsville Texas. The Echo inmate publication at the Texas State Penitentiary reminds inmates with income in 1961 that they must file and pay taxes like others.
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Huntsville
Tex
the Echo
Texas State Penitentiary
Uncle Sam
Motorcyclist Injured After Swerving to Avoid PONIES
Anderson Indiana report states Donald Tabor, 27, Middletown, swerved to miss two ponies on Indiana 67 south of Anderson, striking and killing a third. He was taken to St. John's Hospital for observation. doctors say injuries not serious.
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Anderson
Ind
Donald Tabor
Middletown
Indiana 67
Here
Tabor
St. John’s Hospital
Farm Organization Claims Early Win in Withholding Action
The National Farmers Organization announces an early victory in its 16 state protest to keep livestock and crops off the market until higher prices are guaranteed. Reports of higher prices at some livestock markets contrast with widespread demonstrations and vandalism linked to the campaign across Missouri and Wisconsin.
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Chicagopi
National Farmers Organization Today
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Agriculture Department
NFC
Missouri
Wisconsin
Lewiston
John M. Dalton
Lewistown
Dalton
Hannibal
Palmyra
Air Moves In From Canada Cool Weather Arrives
A Canadian air mass brings comfortable temperatures to Indiana with lows in the 40s to 60s and highs in the 70s across the state. Overnight rainfall totals small, while the five day outlook trends cooler than normal with increasing dry spells and scattered showers. Storms in Dixie and the Plains produce 10 to 20 degree drops since yesterday. Temperatures fall to near 40s in the north and 60s in Texas and New Mexico. Kansas frost warnings issued.
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United Press International
Indiana
South Bend
Indianapolis
Louisville
Cincinnati
Evansville
Lafayette
Hoosierland
Great Lakes
Mexican
Dixie
Plains
International Falls
Minn
Lakes
Texas
New Mexico
Jackson
Miss
Kansas City
Midland
Tex
Kansas
Chicago
Needles
Calif
Mount Vernon Druggist Fined $450 in Nonprescription Sale
Federal Judge S. Hugh Dillin fined Theodore A. Wheaton of Mount Vernon $450 after he pleaded nolo contendere to dispensing non narcotic drugs without prescriptions. Wheaton did not contest the charge.
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Indianapolis
S. Hugh Dillin
Theodore A. Wheaton
Mount Vernon
Wheaton
U S team plans Everest flag-plant and science mission
An 18 member National Geographic Society sponsored expedition plans to plant the US flag on Mount Everest next year. The team will conduct extensive scientific research on the 29,028 foot summit, the highest point on earth.
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Washington
United States
Mount
Everest
National Geographic Society
Sayer Up for Parole as Sherwood Remains Out
Indianapolis Indiana William E Sayer once in the governor s office was denied parole today for a 2 14 year bribery term tied to the Hoosier highway scandals His case will return next March while former highway chief Virgil Red Smith and Milan attorney Robert Peak face board action in October Sherwood once an associate is hospitalized and not on the parole agenda as other defendants’ cases move toward potential releases with several awaiting December or November dates
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Indianapolis
William E. Sayer
Indiana
Sayer
George N. Craig
Indiana Parole Board
Bert Radical
Virgil
Red) Smith
Robert Peak
Milan
Marion County Criminal Court
Indiana Highway
Rec) Smith
Moginer
Sherwood
Suademy
Searing
Fla
Florida
Norman Beatty
Westville
Sayers
American Legion
Craig
Smith
Mogilner
Cecil P. McDonough
Marvin Preble
Austin
Maurice Hutcheson
The
Carpenters Union
Ates
Two Women Hurt As Auto Demolished West of Stanford
Seven Springville residents, including Mrs. Irla Burnette and Mrs. Irene Brewer, were injured in a one vehicle crash on state road 45 west of Stanford. The 1957 car overturned after skidding on wet grass and striking a culvert. Both Burnette and Brewer received minor cuts and bruises and were treated and released at Bloomington Hospital.
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Springville
Stanford
Robert S. Kirk
Irla Burnette
Irene Brewer
Bloomington
Kirk
Audrey Bowling
Virginia Arthur
Geneva McMillan
Elizabeth Workman
Gladys Arthur
Burnette
Robert E. Keller
Keller
Keller Auto
Ex Blacksmith Edward Workman Dies At 86
Edward Ernest Workman 86 a retired blacksmith from Bloomfield and Lyons died at 12 15 AM at Combs Nursing Home Clear Creek after a long illness. He worked as a blacksmith in Lyons, later farmed near Tulip and was a Methodist in Lyons. Survived by two sons Dale and John E. six grandchildren seven great grandchildren with wife Charlotte deceased 1957. Funeral Friday 2 PM Tulip Church of God Rev Marion Noel burial Grandview cemetery. Body at Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home Bloomfield.
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Edward Ernest Workman
Bloomfield
Lyons
Combs
Clear Creek
Mr. Workman
Tulip
John B
Mary Calvert Workman
Workman
Charlotte Workman
Dale Workman
John E. Workman
Bloomington
Ella Shilkett
Bicknell
Lustie Spear
Fannie Rollison
Jenkins and Sons
Friends
Tulip Church of God
Marion Noel
Grandview Cemetery
Dugger Masons to Convene for Fellowcraft Work
A called meeting of Dugger Masonic Lodge No. 721 will be held at 7:30 PM Saturday at the lodge hall. Work in the Fellowcraft degree is to be performed.
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Dugger Masonic Lodge No. 721
Kennedy Warns U S Stand on Cuba Arms Surges
President Kennedy declared the United States will use whatever means necessary to prevent Cuba from expanding Soviet armaments. He framed the Cuba issue within a broader Cold War threat and warned Russia and Cuba against offensive use of weapons while detailing the armaments and Soviet personnel in Cuba. He issued the statement after meeting congressional leaders.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Russia
U.S
Caribbean
White House
Western Hemisphere
Opening Day School Enrollment Totals Across Area
The Daily Citizen reports opening day enrollments in area schools show gains over 1961 in most districts, with Linton-Stockton and L and M districts posting declines. Totals by school and grade are listed, including Linton-Stockton 1593 pupils and shifts by area like Worthington Jefferson and Switz City totals.
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Daily Citizen
Linton-Stockton
L and M
St. Peter's
Linton
St. Peter’s
Linton- Stocktough
Coelmont
Jasonville
Switz City
Newberry
Switz City Central
Burglars Take 19 Guns From Franklin Hardware Store
In Franklin Indiana police report 19 or 20 firearms including shotguns rifles and pistols were stolen from De Pressott Hardware Co downtown. The burglary occurred between 12 30 and 1 15 am and was detected soon after by officers monitoring suspicious activity.
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Franklin
Ind
De-Pressott Hardware Co
John T Waggoner Dies at 76 in Sandborn Community
John T. Waggoner 76, longtime Sandborn farmer and deputy Vigo township assessor, died at home after a heart attack. He served as Mc Ginnis Levee Commission president and was a Sandborn Christian church member and longtime Mason. Survived by widow Goldie and three sons. funeral Friday at 2 PM at Ives Poindexter Funeral Home with burial in Sandborn Cemetery.
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John T. Waggoner
Mr. Waggoner
Sandborn
Knox County
John
Sarah Manley Waggoner
McGinnis
Manley Waggoner
John L. Waggoner
Griffith
Robert D. Waggoner
Lafayette
Mary Alice Robbing
Sullivan
Charles Davis
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Ripley
Runner
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Mankind
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Cal. Tech
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Madison
Don Schmitt
WMTV
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