Area Students Prepare For Return To Classes
Two Jackson County districts begin student registration with Seymour and Brownstown schedules on Tuesday. St John’s Lutheran at Sayers registers 7 to 9 a m with remaining students tonight 7 to 9 p m. Crothersville seniors class 9 to 11 a m juniors 1 to 3 p m. Seymour High Shields Junior High register 8:30 to 9:30 a m. Elementary starts 8:45 a m Cortland 8:30 a m. Kindergarten staggered by last name A-H 8:35 I-P 9:00 Q-Z 9:25. Brownstown Lutheran Central enroll 8:30 to 10 or 10:30 a m. Crothersville sophomores 9 to 11 a m freshmen 1 to 3 p m scheduling. Regular classes start Wednesday in all listed schools. Friday registrations at Medora and Crothersville with Crothersville session 1 p m lasting about 1.5 hours and buses run.
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St. John’s Lutheran School
Sayers
Crothersville High
Seymour High School
Shields
Cortland
Brownstown
Lutheran Central
Crothersville
Seymour
St. Ambrose Catholic School
Immanuel Lutheran
Medora
Crossing Guard at Brown Street Rail Crossing Planned
Mayor Moritz announces a watchman guard house and traffic light signals for the Baltimore and Ohio crossing at Airport Road. Construction to begin soon with a yellow flasher from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. City to cover installation and watchman salary as work on a railroad bridge and underpass progresses. J L Wilson Co. Inc. of Bloomfield to commence work within days after bonds and contracts are approved.
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Airport Road
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Christopher D. Moritz
Brown Street
U. S. 50
Moritz
J. L. Wilson Co., Inc
Bloomfield
Desegregation Busing Begins in Memphis Schools
Desegregation busing starts for about 40 000 Memphis public school students under a May 13 order by U.S. District Judge Robert M. McRae Jr. One hundred fifty five buses cover 508 routes with staggered start times. Officials forecast a smooth rollout despite past tensions.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis Public Schools
South
U. S. District Court
Robert M. McRae Jr
School Board
John P. Freeman Jr
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Maxine Smith
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Jail Escapee Searched For In Seymour Robbery
State police seek Brownstown man Roger Dean Waggoner 22 in connection with an armed robbery Saturday at Kriete's corner south of Seymour on U S 31. A lone white male robbed J and L Market of $99 with a 20 gauge shotgun before fleeing on foot.
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Kriete’s Corner
Seymour
U. S. 31
Roger Dean Waggoner
Jennings County
Vernon
Robert Alexander
Waggoner
Jackson County
Muscatatuck
Robert Allen
Steward Smith
Seymour State
Missing Girl Teresa Osborne Searched Across County
State and county police and volunteers continue to search the Crothersville area and White River region for 18 year old Teresa Osborne missing since last Monday. Investigators say she would not leave voluntarily and have questioned many locals as boats and cars scour riverbanks and back roads.
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Teresa Osborne
Dale Swider
Seymour
Joseph C. Gray
White River
Crothersville Area
New Ford Bridge
Jackson-Washington County
Gray
Township Budgets Set For 1974 Tax Levies
Jackson County trustees vote Tuesday on budgets and levies for 1974 across all 12 townships. Proposals reflect 1973 tax freeze with some increases. hearings allow public comment. Levies target specific net property values in Jackson, Brownstown, Pershing, Vernon, and Washington townships with details for each.
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Indiana General Assembly
Lynn Roberts, Jr
Jackson County
Indiana
Brownstown Township
Brownstown
Pershing Township
Crothersville
Washington Township
Man Wounded While Hunting In Squirrel Trip
Seymour man Roger T. Ruddick, 29, was admitted to Schneck Memorial Hospital Sunday morning with a gunshot wound to the arm and chest from a shotgun while squirrel hunting near the Clearspring area. Additional details were not reported.
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Seymour
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Roger T. Ruddick
South Poplar Street
Clearspring
Weather Records for Seymour Downtown and River Levels
Downtown Seymour noon temperature marked unofficial though other readings from Ruth Everhart government observer at Rockford are official. Records include 2005 readings with maximum and minimum for Sunday, river height at 7 am of 2.3 feet, and sunrise and sunset times.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Hot Humid Weather Persists Across Region
The National Weather Service reports hot and humid conditions prevail in Jackson County and much of Indiana with highs in the mid 90s and lows in the low 70s. A slight chance of showers appears later in the week while livestock safety remains in the danger category. Snow-related reports come from California Nevada border areas with up to two inches on highways 88 and 90.
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Jackson County
Hoosier State
California- Nevada
National Weather Service
Indianapolis
The
Weather Service
Ruth Everhart
White River
Weather Agency
Mid-Continent
South Lake Tahoe
California-Nevada
California Highway Patrol
California
Carson Pass
Luther Pass
Sierre Mountains
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Exchange Club
National Exchange Club
Elks Club
Jim Phillips
Tribune
Warren
Doc” Voorheis
Jack D. Spurgeon
Two-State Exchange Club
Seymour Community Schools
Brownstown Central Community Schools
Hunter Lane Jr
McRae
NAACP
Alexander
Ver
Vernon Township
Seymour Municipal
Shields Park
Trudy
Tonda Wilson
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