County Accepts Bids on Highway Supplies
Jackson County board of commissioners opened bids for highway supplies on Monday. Sinclair Oil Co. of Clermont won the gasoline and diesel fuel contract with rates including 14.34 cents per gallon for regular gas and 12.14 cents for diesel No. 2. Additional bids came from American Oil Co. of Detroit and Marathon Oil Co. of Indianapolis. All crushed stone bids were accepted from multiple vendors with prices by grade. General and heavy vehicle repair parts bids were also accepted from several suppliers.
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Jackson County Board of Commissioners
Sinclair Oil Co
Clermont
Sinclair
American Oil Company
Detroit
Marathon Oil Company
Indianapolis
Berry Materials Corporation
North Vernon
Ralph Rogers Company
Bedford
Hoosier Lime and Stone Company
Salem
Brownstown
Scott County Stone
Scottsburg
Meshberger Stone Company
Columbus
Timperman Sales and Service
Seymour
Seymour Auto Supply
Paper Calmenson and Co
St. Paul
Minn
Koehler Supply
Cable TV Franchises Discussed At City Hall Hearing
A Seymour committee held a public meeting to consider a cable TV franchise for Seymour. Two firms, Seymour Cable TV Inc. and See More Cable TV Inc. of Indianapolis, proposed similar systems with channels 3 4 6 8 11 32 and more. The panel plans a recommendation to the council after year start, with participation voluntary for residents.
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City Hall
James L. Laupus
Harvard William Nolting, Jr
Seymour
Thomas R. Haley
Seymour Cable TV Inc
James F. Theiss
Indianapolis
See More Cable TV Inc
Robert Luecke
Russell Williams
Harry Burbrink
Robert Baker
Derrell Boren
Haley
Theiss
Telephone and Electric
Cable TV Inc
Cincinnati
Seymour Teenager Hurt In Auto Crash Near Seymour
Rickie J. Burke, 16, of Seymour, listed in satisfactory condition at Schneck Memorial Hospital after a 6:15 p.m. collision on Ind 11 when a 1967 pickup driven by Floyd J. Stuckwisch struck the stalled 1958 sedan Burke and two passengers were pushing. Burke was knocked 75 feet into a fence as the car was totaled and the truck damaged about $400, per state police Trooper Robert Stanley.
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Seymour
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Ind
Rickie J. Burke
East Third Street
Burke
Floyd J. Stuckwisch
Robert O. Stanley
Airliner Crashes Into Frozen Lake in Alaska
An Alaska bound Wien Consolidated twin engine plane crashed into Spotsy Lake on a cold windy day killing 39 aboard. FAA and NTSB teams will investigate the crash site amid subzero temperatures and heavy winds.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Wien Consolidated Airlines
Air Force
FAA
National Transportation Safety Board
FBI
George Fay
Federal Aviation Administration
Spotsy Lake
Freetown Mail Delivery Program Expands
The Seymour Daily Tribune announces a new delivery route in Freetown by Motor Carrier Lawrence Ruddick starting Saturday. Boxes are being erected today and will be finished by Friday. Subscribers are urged to cooperate to speed service for Freetown residents.
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Seymour Daily Tribune
Freetown
Lawrence Ruddick
Lawrence Croucher
Tribune
Croucher
Whitcombs to Attend Republican Governors Conference in Palm Springs
Governor-elect Edgar D. Whitcomb of Seymour and his wife will join about 34 governors and governors-elect at a Republican Governors Association meeting in Palm Springs California. Nixon Agnew and Ronald Reagan host the event with sessions on federal state and local relations. The Whitcombs travel from Indianapolis Wednesday morning by air with aides, and a larger party follows on a second plane.
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Edgar D. Whitcomb
Seymour
Republican Governors Association
RGA
Palm Springs
Calif
Whitcombs
Indianapolis
Whitcomb
Whit
Agnew
GOP
California
Ronald Reagan
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
Tim Babcock
Montana
Yule Gift Drive For Mental Health lagging in county
Muscatatuck hospital gifts are behind quota with about 700 of 900 received. Jackson County Mental Health Association reports stronger support in Cortland and Medora, slower elsewhere. Gifts to be delivered to Jennings County facility Wednesday. Also notes donations from local groups and upcoming January 6 dinner at Colony Chef Restaurant. Officers and committees announced. executive board approves 35mm camera for Opportunity Center in Columbus.
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Muscatatuck State Hospital
Butlerville
Josephine Brock
Jackson County
The
Mental Health Association
Indiana
Colony Chef
Kenneth Baker
Willis Hobson
Opportunity Center, Inc
Columbus
Seymour Noon Temperature Report
Downtown Seymour noon reading unofficial at 47 degrees. Official readings from Rockford weather observer Ruth Everhart indicate other times show consistent cool conditions.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Suspect Held In Robbery Attempt
A 16 year old Seymour youth, Michael G. Adams, was held by juvenile authorities in Brownstown over an alleged attempted strong arm robbery of a 73 year old woman on Ewing street. He was arrested at 9 18 p m after police identified him and questioned several youths. The victim fell but avoided hospital care.
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Seymour
Brownstown
Ewing Street
Michael G. Adams
James E. Bullard
Max E. Pearcy
East Fourth Street
Fourth
Ewing Streets
Portedly
Bullard and
Pearcy
Adams
Jonathan J. Robertson
Light Snow Forecast For Local Area Tonight
Light snow flurries are forecast with no significant accumulations. Colder weather follows with partly cloudy skies and highs in the 20s despite above freezing readings this morning. Tonight’s lows are expected in the upper 20s north and around 30 in the south as Wednesday brings further cold air.
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Jackson County Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Johnny Ehringer
George H. James
Society
James
Johnny
William S. Ehringer
Bill Robinson
Tom Penick
Ehringers
Bethlehem
Norman B. Kamhoot
Forsyth
Mont
David Stanley
Jerry Svengard
Sally Lamar
Mak
Kamna
Big Mountain
King Salmon
Dillingham
Kamhoot
Board of Directors
Wien
Consolidated
Seattle
Wien Airlines
Northern Consolidated
Ray Peterson
Wien Consolidated
George Armstrong
John Owens
Dan Kiel
James Weasner
Ken Baker
Archie Sanders
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