Cutover For New Dial Telephone System Here
The Indiana Telephone Corporation announces the cutover to a new automatic dial system in Seymour on Sunday December 16 with the change taking place after midnight on December 15. The North By Path Crossbar system promises faster switching, more reliable calls, and easier expansion. New subscriber numbers and directories will be mailed before the changeover, as crews from North Electric Company install the equipment.
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Seymour
Indiana Telephone Corporation
United States
North Electric Company
Galion, C
Indiana
Police Report Shows Increase in City Traffic Mishaps
Seymour city records through November show a sharp rise in property damage from auto accidents due to icy streets. November property loss reached 5224, up from 4165 in October, with 21 reportable crashes, six non reportable, six injuries, and six arrests.
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Seymour City
Directors Plan Columbus Meeting On North Vernon Club
Seymour Boys' Club directors Edwin A. Blish Herbert Dukes E S Bill Cummins Tom Graessle James T Thompson and Glenn H Seward attend a three city meeting in Columbus to aid North Vernon officials in forming a new Boys' Club. North Vernon shows strong interest and will seek plans methods and guidance from Seymour and Columbus leaders.
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Edwin A. Blish
Herbert Dukes
E. S
Bill” Cummins
Toms Graessle
James T. Thompson
Glenn H. Seward
Seymour Boys’ Club
Columbus
North Vernon
Seymour
Tax Distribution Sent for State Approval in Jackson County
Jackson county auditor Lynn Roberts Jr and staff prepared the full tax distribution to be checked by the Indiana State Board in Indianapolis. The 1956 year total tax collections reached 1,616,713.84 dollars, with fall payments totaling 703,519.36 and spring 913,194.48, the largest on record.
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Jackson County
Lynn Roberts, Jr
State Board
Indianapolis
Roberts
Omer Owens
Seymour Library Elects Officers and Sets Holiday Closings
Seymour board of library trustees elected 1957 officers Tuesday night with Tom Voss as president, Tom McGinley as vice president and treasurer, and Mrs. Paul Cooper reelected secretary. Members include Hobbs Miller, Katherine Faulkeoner, Mildred Davis and Harvard Nolting. The library will close for Christmas weekend from 8:30 p.m. December 22 to 8:30 a.m. December 26, and for New Year from 8:30 p.m. December 31 to 8:30 a.m. January 2.
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Seymour Board of Library Trustees
Tom Voss
Tom McGinley
Paul Cooper
Hobbs Miller
Katherine Faulkeoner
Mildred Davis
Harvard Nolting
County Agent Explains Effect of Corn Referendum
County agent Ragsdale presents scenarios for farmers on December 11 referendum choices. He outlines Soil Bank base, acreage allotments, and payments under Soil Bank and conservation programs, plus price supports and nonparticpation outcomes.
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Smith
Soil Bank
Ragsdale
Congress
County Fair Dates Set for August 4 to 10 1957
Jackson countys 1957 fair will be Aug 4 through Aug 10 following a county fair board meeting. Edgar Hackman fair association secretary treasurer announced committee assignments with first named as superintendent and second as assistant. He noted plans include more 4-H livestock and a full schedule for daily programs and attractions.
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Jackson County
Edgar Hackman
Fair Association
Fair Board
Hackman
Kenneth Ball
Richard Robertson
Clifford Osterman
Herschel Rotert
Walter Wischmeier
Holmes Thompson
Fred Krumme
James Cummings
Omer Owens
William Bobb
Claude Alliman
G. R. Gillespie
Henry Fountain
William Schiefer
John Gillaspy
Thomas Kieffer
Wilbert Eggersman
Wilber Eggersman
John Zickler
Herbert Trimpe
Ziba McMahan
Leland Bundy
Charles Yeager
Virgil Klosterman
Claude Allman
State Fair Association
Indianapolis
Showers Forecast For Indiana Area Tonight
Mild weather continues in Indiana with a chance of scattered showers tonight as the Indiana Weather Bureau notes a cooler Thursday. Highs reach around 65 with a 28 degree low, and the five day outlook calls for near normal temperatures 30 to 48 in the south and cooler in the north, followed by a warming trend and more showers by Friday or Saturday.
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Indiana
Indiana Weather Bureau
Police Seek Owner Of Keys Found On North Chestnut Street
Seymour city police hold a leather case containing house and automobile keys found in the 200 block of North Chestnut Street. Owners may claim the keys at the police department.
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Seymour City
North Chestnut Street
Weather records for Seymour show official and unofficial readings
Official and unofficial weather figures for Seymour list a 2 p.m. downtown thermometer reading as unofficial. All other observations come from Mrs Ruth Everhart, government weather observer, as official. River reading at 2 p.m. shows 0.8 feet.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Hungarian police disperse crowd before U S Embassy in Budapest
Hungarian police acting on Russian orders broke up a mass demonstration outside the U S Embassy estimated at around 400 people. Police used rifle butts and carted away at least two truckloads of demonstrators as women mourn insurgents killed in the anti Communist rebellion.
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Budapest
U. S
AVH
Secret Police
Seymour CAP Names New Officer Staff In CAP Reshuffle
Seymour CAP announced an extensive reorganization at CAP headquarters with Fulton Meyer named squadron commander. Marvin Waggoner remains commandant of cadets and Robert E. Tatlock becomes deputy commandant and public information officer. The roll includes Everett E. Conn chaplain Orel Morrison adjutant John D. Timbers civil defense coordinator Melvin Schwein supply officer C A Seibert operations and training officer Roland Eggersman aircraft maintenance and Theodore Hinkle communications officer. Vacancies exist for legal fiscal medical and women’s activities coordinators. Meyer urged CAP’s community level work and aviation education for teens noting 100000 members serve without pay. Next Tuesday’s meeting is canceled due to Shields High School game. next regular meeting December 18.
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Seymour Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Fulton Meyer
Marvin Waggoner
Robert E. Tatlock
Everett E. Conn
Orel Morrison
John D. Timbers
Melvin Schwein
C. A. Seibert
Roland Eggersman
Theodore Hinkle
Meyer
Shields
Judge To Decide On Contempt Warrants In Clinton Violence
A federal judge in Knoxville planned to decide whether to issue contempt of court warrants for participants in Clinton Tennessee racial violence that led to Clinton High School's closure. The unrest included Beaten pastor Rev. Paul Turner and jeering white crowds as six Black students returned to class. Local figures faced election backlash amid calls for federal action and state police deployment.
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Clinton, Tenn.p
Knoxville
Clinton
U. S
Paul Turner
First Baptist Church
Clinton, Tenn
Clinton High School
Turner
James C. Meredith
Citizens Council
Seeber
Herbert Brownell
Anderson County
Medora Board Approves Four-Way Stops and 20 MPH Area
Medora town board, led by Alva B. Earley, voted to install four-way stop signs at Jackson–George and Main–Jackson intersections and set the entire Medora residential district to a 20 mph limit. Signs will be erected this coming week at appropriate locations. The board meets the first Tuesday each month.
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Medora
Jury Drawn In Jackson Circuit Court Case
A noon jury selection completed in Jackson Circuit Court for the state versus James Hattabaugh on a statutory offense. Defense lawyer Willis Mead. state prosecutor James L. Laupus. Jurors include Nehrt, Rorig, Brewer, Fosbrink, Reichenba, Anderson, Hackman, Harbaugh, Ray, Kovener, Pearson, and Hennessy. Arson defendant James Amos had Edgar Whitcomb appointed to represent him. State's second burglary case against Coomer, Glover, Holland, and Barrett was dismissed. Columbus Finance Company versus Henry Ross and Fred Thixton forecloses. judgment for $338.41 plus $41.55 interest against Ross only.
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Jackson Circuit
James Hattabaugh
Willis Mead
Salem
James L. Laupus
Jackson County
John L. Nehrt
Crothersville
Edgar Rorig
Driftwood Township
Eldon Brewer
Carr Township
Kenneth L. Fosbrink
Whitcomb
Ray Coomer
Alvin Glover
Cash Holland
Ernie Barrett
Columbus Finance Company
Henry Ross
Fred Thixton
Ross
Ships Leave Port Said With Units Going Home
Port Said swarmed with ships as British and French troops hastened withdrawal from Egypt. Canadian General Burns and General Keightley met to discuss the schedule while the UN force prepared to move on. Officials believed the two to three week withdrawal period was accelerated to prevent demonstrations.
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NEA
United Nations Police Force
el Cap
Egypt
Malta
Cyprus
Suez Canal
Port Said
E. L. M. Burns
U. N
Cairo
Charles Keightley
Burns
Israel
Sinai Peninsula
Port
London
Paris
Selwyn Lloyd
Suez
Hugh Stockwell
Dag Hammarskjold to Visit Budapest Amid UN Pressure
United Nations in New York adopts a U.S. backed resolution urging Hungary and the Soviet Union to admit additional UN observers by December 7 to investigate conditions in revolt-torn Hungary. Dag Hammarskjold plans a December 16 visit to Budapest for relief distribution and talks with Hungary's pro Moscow government.
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United Nations
N. Y.P
Dag Hammarskjold
Budapest
U.N. Assembly
U.S
Hungary
U.N
Soviet Union
U. N
Hammarskjold
Philippe de Seynes
Cause Of Brooklyn Pier Blast And Fire Sought
Police and fire officials probed a Brooklyn pier after a Monday blast and fire. Army bomb experts doubted known cargo on the pier caused the explosion. Fire Commissioner Cavanagh said the cargo listed could not have produced the blast and estimated damages at 15 million dollars.
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Brooklyn
Pier 35
Brooklyn Pier
New York
Edward F. Cavanagh Jr
Cavanagh
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NEA Telephoto
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