AWOL Soldier Admits Slaying Shibe and Others
An 18 year old AWOL Army private pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the slayings of Gerald W. Shibe, a Seymour resident, and a Chattanooga taxi driver, after confessing to detectives in Chattanooga. He said robberies were the motive and claimed additional killings in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald W. Shibe
Seymour
Chattanooga, Tenn
Chattanooga
Robert Allen Jones
Jones
Jackson County
Shibe
McMillin
Harold E. Chambers
Lester E. Greathouse
Edward Earl Jones
Robert
Gadsden
Ala
Vernon Dantzler
Robert Jones
M. W. Upchurch
Chicago
Shire
Bakalar Air Force Base
Columbus
U. S. 50
Albert Sweazey
Ewing Street
Munich
Germany
Rev J Carleton Riddick Installed as Seymour Pastor
The Rev J Carleton Riddick was installed Sunday night as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Seymour in a service led by the New Albany Presbytery. Dr Arnold B Rhodes of Louisville Seminary delivered the sermon on the Incarnation and the gospel’s meat. The ceremony included charges to pastor and congregation, organ meditations, and a post service reception in the church basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Carleton Riddick
First Presbyterian Church
Seymour
Presbytery of
New Albany
Arnold B. Rhodes
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Rhodes
Christ
Jesus
God
G. Dewey Kimbel
Kimbel
George Clementson
Jeffersonville
Tomas Gonzalez
North Vernon
Riddick
Weather records from Seymour and Rockford official data
Official and unofficial readings show Seymour downtown and 2 PM temperatures while Ruth Everhart, government observer at Rockford, provides official figures. Sunday maximum 68 and minimum 36 with river level at 7 AM today reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Eesbauad
Grand Jury Called in Rice Murder Probe
Jackson County grand jury set for 9 a m Monday December 11 to investigate the murder of Mrs Marilyn Rosabelle Rice 31 Browns town. Her husband James H Rice 37 Seymour highway engineer was wounded in the groin and is improving in Indianapolis. Suspect Jack Thomas Cockrum 29 of Browns town held on robbery while armed to be arraigned Monday as double shooting and murder probe continues. Informal opening of the two mile highway linking New Albany and Clarksville was postponed after the slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Marilyn Rosabelle Rice
Brownstown
Jack Thomas Cockrum
Rice Home
Cockrum
Indiana State Farm
Seymour
Kocolene Station
Rice
Indiana State Highway Commission
Hayden RI Tractor Accident Injures Elderly Man
An elderly Hayden man, 70, suffered a fractured collarbone and possible chest injuries when a tractor overturned on him at his home Sunday afternoon. He was admitted to Schneck Memorial Hospital at 4 40 p m in fair condition after a quiet night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayden AI
John Gallamore
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Shirley Hamilton
Ralph Hamilton
Seymour R
Neil Ortkiese
Leon Ortkiese
Redding Road
Paul Allen Claycamp
Wilbur Claycamp
Seymour
Eddie Krebs
South
Beech Street
Parking meter receipts dip after two year high
Parking meter receipts for November totaled 1371.22 dollars, down from October and last year, with four weekly collections. Park meter fines also declined to 41 dollars. year to date meter receipts total 14128.16, undershooting 1960 by 625.54 dollars plus fewer collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynelle Moritz
Moritz
Medora Board Sets Year End Meeting
Medora town board of trustees scheduled a special meeting for Friday December 29 to clear up unfinished business and outstanding bills from 1961. No action was taken at Saturday's regular meeting beyond routine matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medora
Motorist Cited For Inadequate Muffler in Seymour
Alfred A. Catlin twenty two of Elizabeth town RI was cited to appear in Seymour City Court Friday on a charge of inadequate mufflers. He was cited at 1105 p m Sunday in the 400 block of North Walnut street by Officers George E Parker and Calvin W Theele and given a notice to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred A. Catlin
Elizabethtown Rl
Seymour City Court
Catlin
North Walnut Street
George E. Parker
Calvin W. Theele
Honor Roll At Seymour Senior High School Named
Sixty two students from grades 10 through 12 earned places on the high and regular honor rolls for the second six weeks ending Nov. 22 at Seymour Senior High School. Ten made the high honor list and 52 the regular list. 16 seniors, 23 juniors and 23 sophomores compose the roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Senior High School
Joseph M. Cull
June Cooley
Barbara Osipe
Ray Shortridge
Frances Allen
Linda Hill
Mary Ann Bobb
Susan Kespohl
Sharon Ault
Gary Kovener
Jon van Seyoc
Robert Dixon
Barbara Ossyra
Beverly Emily
Stanley Garvey
Carol Simmons
Selinda Whitcomb
Michelle Belding
Essie Cheek
Leland Otte
Lou Ellen Churchman
Jim Roeder
Sara Welliver
Chuck Walls
Linda Akers
Earle Baughman
Sharon Brown
Jim Carter
Sharon Dieckmeyer
Donna Fish
Carol Haberstich
Phyllis Hinnefeld
Mary Hornung
Robert Judd
David Kasting
Joe D. Culi
Eric Nowlin
Patty Perrigo
Joyce Pfaffenberger
Ann Powers
Faith Roberts
Sarah Spurgeon
Regina Thieman
Connie von Dielingen
Dale Wichman
Nita Mitchaner
Joyce Otte
Hope Roberts
Mark Bevers
Sue Knoke
Joe Bottorff
Linda Moody
Dennis Kellermeier
Kathy Springer
Anita Peters
Nancy Carpenter
Gail Stahl
Doug Brackemyre
Ruth Eversman
Vera Rigsby
Becky Brackemyre
Brenda Krumme
Rita Mitchaner
Near-Record Warmth
A weekend of near record high temperatures gripped Seymour and Jackson County with readings in the 60s and a high of 64 degrees on Saturday. Officials forecast colder air tonight and Tuesday with rain spreading across the state and clearing by Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Jackson County
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Rio Grande
Gulf Coast
Russia Warns West as US Sets Off Nuclear Test
Moscow threatens to resume such nuclear tests if Western powers do not halt all testing including underground blasts. The United States announces a low-yield underground test and plans another next Sunday. Geneva talks remain deadlocked over inspectors and moratoriums as Kennedy signals possible atmospheric tests for Western defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
United States
State Department
Washington
Tass
Geneva
Kennedy
East Germans strengthen Wall around East Berlin during clash
In Berlin 2500 East German workers fortified the Berlin wall with concrete at seven crossing points while U.S. forces and allies monitored from the Friedrichstrasse checkpoint. Maj. Gen. Albert Watson II protested to the Soviet commandant, calling the action illegal and demanding assurances for unrestricted Allied traffic. Senators Goldwater and Cannon joined the tour of East Berlin, alongside off duty Soviet soldiers who greeted the visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
Interior Ministry
East Germany
West Berlin
Free World
Albert Watson II
U.S
Andrei I. Solovyev
Watson
Berlin
Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Howard Cannon
D-Ney
Jack Miller
East German People's Police
Miller
Senate
Indiana Gas Plans New Line To Boost Seymour Pressure
Indiana Gas and Water announces a project to raise gas pressure to Seymour and nearby areas by laying a 10 inch western loop from Columbus to Seymour. Officials will present plans December 7 to Bartholomew County plan commission for a conditional use permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Gas and Water Company
Seymour
Columbus
Bartholomew County Plan Commission
Plan Commission
William W. O'Laughlin
Indiana Gas and Water
O’laughlin
White River
Carr Hill Road
Third Street
Two Automobiles Demolished Here in Seymour Collisions
Two two car crashes Saturday in Seymour left two cars demolished and a fourth damaged. At 2 25 p m Sgt Jackie Nowling investigated a collision at Sixth and Ewing involving a 1950 two door sedan driven by Hubert A Doerr 79 Freetown IN and a 1958 convertible driven by Robert A Wolford 21 of 330 West Eighth Street Doerr was cited for failure to yield the right of way His car sustained 125 in damage and was a total loss Wolford s car had front bumper and right headlight damage worth 25 A separate crash on Walnut Street near Third injured Helen May Royalty 20 of Crothersville in a 1950 sedan colliding with a 1955 two door sedan driven by Jerry Dean Isaacs 17 Cortland Isaacs car was undamaged The Royalty auto rear end was damaged total 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Jackie R. Nowling
Sixth
Ewing Streets
Hubert A. Doerr
Freetown
Sgt. Nowling
Walford Auto
Helen May Royalty
Crothersville
Walnut Street
Third Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gerald Shibe
U.S. Weather Bureau
U. S. Weather Bureau
Presbyterian Church
Echo
Low
Hayden RI
Medora Board
Russia
U. S
U.S. Command
Coletta Pruitt
Ladonna Fish
Sue Ann Vierling
Cheryl Schneck
Jeanne Banta
Indiana Gas
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