Seymour Residents Aid Sister City Flood Relief
Seymour Indiana residents urged support for Seymour Connecticut after severe floods. The Daily Tribune launched a Red Cross funds drive with Jackson County Chapter coordinating donations to aid the sister city, starting with a $10 contribution by the paper.
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Seymour
Conn
United States
Ind
The
Daily Tribune Today
Red Cross
Jackson County
American Red Cross
L. H. van Voorhies
Daily Tribune
Credit Group Names Directors At Annual Meet
The Production Credit Association held its annual meeting at the Jackson county fairgrounds with about 700 attendees. Two directors were elected for three-year terms: Floyd Arnholt defeating Donald Baldwin for one seat, and Roy Schneck defeating Grant Comer for another. The group, now at 1988 members across 15 counties, plans a reorganization after Baldwin’s upset ends his presidency.
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Production Credit Association
Jackson County Fairgrounds
Floyd Arnholt
Bartholomew County
Donald Baldwin
Roy Schneck
Scott County
Grant Comer
Kelso Wessel
Brownstown
Bolivia
International Farm
Scottsburg
Jackson County
Baldwin
Arnholt
Paul Otting
Seymour
CC. L. Baker
Julia N. Babb
Lucille Rogers
Woman Slightly Hurt in U S 50 Crash Driver Cited
A woman sustained a nose abrasion and Bufford Fee was cited after a Sunday morning collision on U S 50 Brownstown near South Ewing street. Fees 1951 sedan struck by a 1950 model truck driven east by Berlin Cracraft. Damage totaled about 350 to the car and 200 to the truck. Fee faces a failure to yield right of way charge.
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Brownstown
South Ewing Street
Bufford Fee
Sterling Auto Sales
Seymour
Berlin
Ailess Cracraft
Bloomington
Epsie Cracraft
Fee
Robert O. Stanley
Rev Maddex Speaks At Park Sermon For Community Service
The 1955 Seymour summer series ends with Rev Edgar F Maddex of Bethel A M E Church delivering The Christians Warfare at Shields Park shelter house. He traced Bethel Church history and noted his relatives among its charter members.
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Seymour Ministerial Association
Shields Park
Edgar F. Maddex
Bethel A.M.E
Bethel Church
Mr. Maddox
William Smith
Blanche Maddox Smith
Thomas G. Scott
Trinity Methodist Church
George L. Florence
Central Christian Church
Ministerial Association
Association
Shelter House
Seymour
Second Street
Indianapolis Avenue
Brownstown
Freetown
Hayden
Crothersville
Fire Wrecks Garage On Quiet Sabbath Afternoon
A Sunday blaze at 709 East Third Street destroyed a former garage and its contents including two bicycles and a small bed. No cause determined. Firemen battled flames from 4:49 PM as bystanders watched and a boy on a bike collided with a parked car amid the commotion.
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East Third Street
Arvin Industries, Inc
Denton Lashes Ike Attack At Jackson County Picnic
More than 400 hear Winfield K. Denton denounce what he calls a scheme to elevate President Eisenhower beyond criticism. The Evansville congressman spoke at the Jackson County Democratic picnic in the 4 H Building at the county fairgrounds. The event, sponsored by the Jackson County Democratic Central Committee and the Jackson County Women’s Democratic Club, featured a Brownstown High School Band concert and the Star Spangled Banner.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Winfield K. Denton
Evansville
Congress
Jackson County
Democratic Central Committee
Jackson County Women’s Democratic Club
Madison Avenue
Joseph F. Lutes
Houston
Charles Es £Killen
Logansport
Brownstown
W. W. Stradley
Seymour
Denton
Skillen
William Herschel Skinner
Democratic Commurn
Arrest Warrant Issued For Youth In City Court No-Show
A 17-year-old North Vernon boy faced a pick up order after missing his city court appearance following a Sunday morning altercation with a Seymour youth. Irvin French, 18, appeared as scheduled and remains free on bond. Others arrested for disorderly conduct over the weekend include Richard E. Gerkin 22 of Columbus and Kenneth L. Robbins 24 plus Wilfred Woodson 25. Woodson pled guilty and paid fines.
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North Vernon
Seymour
Donald L. Herwig
Dale Short
Irvin French
North Chestnut Street
Richard E. Gerkin
Columbus
Walton Hotel
Speckner
Kenneth L. Robbins
Wilfred Woodson
Woodson
Robbins
Jackson
Quincy Graves
Springfield
Warren Carl
Weather records for Seymour report official and unofficial readings
Official readings come from Mrs Ruth Everhart government weather observer with downtown 2 PM reading unofficial. Other readings are from local records and reflect recorded weather data for Seymour, noting contrasting sources and a reference line about a poem fragment.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Reading Forecast Note for River Sunday
Official maximum forecast for Sunday shows river at 0.7 foot and reading at 2 p.m. Indicates seasonally low water conditions with no major flood risk for the area.
New Seymour Schools Set to Open Friday Despite Incomplete Work
Seymour prepares to open two new elementary schools for the 1955-56 year as superintendent Robert B. Bullett notes classrooms will be ready though playgrounds, driveways, and sidewalks remain unfinished. Traffic plans urge limited street access and bus transport安排 for students.
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Seymour
Robert B. Bullett
Bullett
Bulleit
610 Swim Sunday Final Day Pool Is Open For 55
A total of 610 swimmers entered the Seymour Municipal Swimming Pool in Shields Park on Sunday, the final day this season. The pool closed at 6 p.m. after more than 12 weeks of operation since June 1. Joe D. Gill said Sunday attendance topped recent days and receipts exceeded $75. State health officials will test the water before draining it to assess the filters.
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Seymour Municipal
Shields Park
Joe D. Gill
Indiana State Board of Health
Gili
Local Man Breaks Ankle At Work Sunday
Ralph W. Baurle age 43 of 404 East Third street was treated at Schneck Memorial Hospital for a broken right ankle after a stack of equipment at a local Arvin plant gave way Sunday morning. He was in fair condition and a cast was to be applied.
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Ralph W. Baurle
East Third Street
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Baurle
Budgets and Levies Set for Four Jackson County Towns
City and town boards in Seymour Crothersville Medora and Brownstown meet to approve 1956 budgets and tax levies with shifts from last year. Seymour proposes 125 tax levy Brownstown 69 cents Medora 119 for a large drop Crothersville 149 and township advisory boards will follow Tuesday night.
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Jackson County
Seymour
Crothersville
Medora
Brownstown
Seymour Business College Fall Term Opens Dates
The Seymour Business College announces day classes start September 6 to 13 and night classes begin September 6 for the fall term.
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Seymour Business College
France Aims To Forge Moroccan Rule Through Talks
Paris reports the French government will negotiate to form a representative Moroccan government by September 12 to calm violence in French Morocco. Premier Faure and Tunisian Moroccan minister Pierre July said cabinet approval covers continued talks with nationalist leaders. Disagreements over exiled Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef’s status and a regency delay progress, while French casualties and violence persist along the Tunisian frontier.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
Morocco
Pierre July
Faure
Aux Les Bains
Aix Les Bains
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Istiqlal (Independence) Party
Democratic Independence Party
PDI
Ben Youssef
France
Madagascar
Sultan
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Gilbert Grandval
Rabat
French North Africa
Tunisian
Kasserine Pass
Tunisia
Algeria
Survey Approved For Walnut Street Widening In Indy
State Highway Commission in Indianapolis approved a survey to widen Walnut Street also State Road 111 from McDonald Street to 3/4 mile south. R H Harrell said the plan awaits placement in a work program to qualify for federal funds. Commission staff surveyed the area.
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Walnut Street
State Highway Commission
Indianapolis
R H. Harrell
Seymour Highway District
McDonald Street
Harrell
Commission At
County Democrats At French Lick Meeting
At least 15 Jackson county Democrats attended the state Democratic gathering in French Lick on Saturday where former President Harry S. Truman was the principal speaker. Attendees from Seymour and Brownstown included Lutes Spray Lyskowinski Prime Thompson Hackman Love Spur geon Greathouse Spurgeon Cummings McOsker and Hanner.
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Jackson County
French Lick
Harry S. Truman
Joseph F. Lutes
Houston
Democratic Central Committee
Maurice Spray
Seymour
Edwin Lyskowinski
George Prime
J. Ralph Thompson
Karl Hackman
Ivan R
Jack” Love
James W. Spurgeon
Lester E. Greathouse
H. Jack Spurgeon
James Cummings
Harry McOsker
Bruce Hanner
Brownstown
UN to Cut Korean Truce Inspection Teams
United Nations Command agrees to reduce the four nation inspection setup in Korea amid Communist obstructions and South Korean protests. Maj. Gen. Parks called the move temporary as the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission dissolves under pressure.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations Command
UNC
U.S
Harlan C. Parks
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Syngman Rhee
State Dulles
United States
Showers Forecast For Local Area Tonight And Tuesday
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are predicted for tonight and Tuesday with warm weather continuing. Meanwhile the Indiana weather bureau notes mostly fair conditions for Wednesday. Sunday's high reached 97, up from Saturday's 92, with Saturday night’s low 57 and Sunday night 58, per official records.
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Indiana Weather Bureau
Big Refinery Blaze Burns Into Third Day at Whiting
Standard Oil Indiana refinery fire in Whiting enters its third day with two large storage tanks burning. Company officials say containment and safety measures are in place as rehab begins. About 500 families in evacuated zones await permits to return as outrage over damages prompts a local claims office. The blaze has already claimed two lives and injured 45, with losses around ten million dollars. Firefighters report slow progress, the fire now focused on two tanks under heavy smoke.
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Standard Oil of Indiana
Whiting
Ind
Whiting, Ind
Standard Oil Company
Inediana
Mile Square
Standard Oil
Edith turns away from Bermuda as hurricane paths over open water
Miami forecast office says Edith has shifted to a north northeasterly track with 80 to 85 mph winds over open sea. The East Coast and Bermuda appear in the clear as the storm moves away, posing a shipping threat only.
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Miami
Fla
Bermuda
Edith
Gordon Dunn
Dunn
Daytona Beach
Wayne County Hires 50 Deputies to Bolster Richmond Strikes
Fifty special deputy sheriffs reinforced Wayne County officers to curb violence amid three industrial strikes in Richmond. Violence spread from the Perfect Circle strike to the Crosley plant after an exchange of gunfire near foreman A W Nelson’s home. County officials approved $10,000 for the extra deputies as the CIO Auto Workers urged arbitration to settle disputed issues. The New Castle Perfect Circle plant is also on strike.
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Richmond
Ind
Wayne County
Perfect Circle
Crosley
A. W. Nelson
Nelson
International Harvester
Indianapolis
New Castle
UAW
Hagerstown
Raymond H. Berndt
UAW Region 3
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Maddex
Smiths Sing
Fire Wrecks
Burl
Ike
Brame
NEA Telephoto
Poplar Street
South Park Drive
Seymour- Redding
U. S. Highway
Albert Taskey
Elm
Eighth Streets
Kenneth Miller
Ninth Street
Woodstock
Chestnut Street
Mr. Miller
Redding School
Shields High School
George Booker
Tenth Street
Sixth Street
Broadway
Ewing Street
Seymour-Redding School
Corporation
Arthur Howard
Harry Foist
Seymour- Jackson School
O'Brien Street
Clarence Kasting
UN Command
CIO Auto Workers
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