Bids Accepted On Obsolete City Equipment
The Seymour Board of Public Works and Safety approved bids for obsolete street and fire department gear. Franklin Brothers Junk Dealers won on items totaling 364 dollars, while a separate road grader bid by Gus Lambling was rejected. The 32 year old American LaFrance fire truck sold for 500 dollars to R E Hunter.
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City Street
Seymour Board of Public Works and Safety
Franklin Brothers Junk Dealers
Gus Lambling
Seymour
Franklin Brothers
R. E. Hunter
Elizabethtown
Ind
Woman Killed In Edinburg Traffic Mishap
A pedestrian, Mrs. Lorene Harrell, 59, of Edinburgh, died from multiple injuries after stepping into a northbound 1955 station wagon on U.S. 31 near Durham Road. The collision occurred at 4 40 P M Wednesday two miles north of Edinburg. The Indy driver Thomas P Newett Jr was not charged. Troopers and local officials investigated. The year’s toll in the eight county Seymour post area rose to 71, with December deaths marking a first for the month.
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Edinburg
U.S
Seymour State Police Post
Bloomington
Lorene Harrell
Edinburghi
Seymour State Police
Johnson County
Walker McGuire
Seymour Post
Jennings County
Sand Creek
Legion Post Here Opens Annual Christmas Fund
Seymour Post 89 American Legion launches its Christmas Basket Fund with Thomas A. Plunkett as general chairman and Robert Lucas as treasurer. The drive funds food baskets and toys for needy families, with local Legion Auxiliary support and daily contributor names published in the Seymour Daily Tribune.
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Seymour Post
American Legion
Thomas A. Plunkett
Robert Lucas
Seymour Daily Tribune
The
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Fund
Seymour
Lucas
Seymour National Bank
Tribune
Post Office Gears For Christmas Rush
Seymour postmaster W H Droege urges extra care with Christmas mail to ensure on time delivery by Christmas Eve. Citizens should include clear addresses and return labels, use free cent postage for prompt service, and mail out of town cards early. A Wildlife conservation stamp is highlighted and business mail should delay catalogs until after Dec 25.
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Seymour
W. H. Droege
Jackson County
Droege
Ostmaster
Stamps Fail to Adhere Prompt Replacement Sought
Seymour postmaster Walter H. Droege said customers report stamps sold recently do not stick to mail. He contacted Indianapolis officials then the Washington post office department and awaits a replacement response.
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Post Office Department
Walter H. Droege
Seymour
Droege
Indianapolis
Post Office
Washington, D. C
Bloodmobile to visit Seymour on Dec 17
The Red Cross bloodmobile arrives in Seymour December 17 from 10 am to 4 30 pm at the American Legion Home. The Louisville Regional Blood Center appeals for donors with negative A B and O blood as these types are scarce while all types are needed. Jackson county set a record turnout at the Sept 20 visit with 145 donors, but the Nov 29 Crothersville stop collected only 69 pints of the 103 pint quota. Members receive free blood when needed. nonresidents pay about 25 per pint. Donors under 18 require parental consent.
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Seymour
Red Cross
Louisville
Jackson County
Crothersville
American Legion
Burning Truck Saved By Police And Firemen
On patrol at 1 28 a m Seymour city officer Walfred J Kleimola found a parked asphalt tank truck on fire near the South O Brien street crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad The fire department quickly quelled the blaze Likely origin was timber beneath the trailer wheels No damage estimate or vehicle owner identified
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Seymour City
Walfred J. Kleimola
South O'Brien Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Weather Records for Seymour Day Report
Official and unofficial readings show Seymour weather with an unofficial downtown thermometer at 64 degrees on Wednesday. Official minimum recorded by government observer Ruth Everhart and a river height of eight feet at 2 pm accompany the data.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Trial draws to mid day as defense rests in Hattabaugh case
Evidence continued on the second day in Jackson Circuit Court in the state vs James Hattabaugh case. Brownstown woman prosecutes while James L Laupus handles the state case and Willis Mead appears for the defense. Two new divorce filings surface in circuit court: Gladys Copeland v Jason Copeland and Monnie L Brown v Louis M Brown with respective attorneys listed.
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James Hattabaugh
Washington County
Jackson
Brownstown
James L. Laupus
Willis Mead
Salem
Gladys Copeland
Jason Copeland
Branaman
Markel
George H. Gossman
Monnie L. Brown
Louis M. Brown
Edward S. Lustig
Indiana Weather Sees Mild Warmth Prolonged Weekly Pattern
Indiana experiences unseasonably mild conditions with a low near 53 and a high around 64. Forecasters expect only slight cooling tonight and similar near term changes, with scattered showers possible. A second cold wave appears to be headed off as milder air from the Rocky Mountains moves east across the Great Lakes.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Great Lakes
District Officers at Elks Meeting in Seymour Lodge
Franklin Calloway the District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler of the Indiana South east district attended Seymour Elks Lodge No. 462 to inspect the lodge and records and witness initiation ceremonies while presenting the Grand Exalted Ruler's program for 1956-57. T. W. Loveland accompanied him as guest of honor at a pre meeting dinner. Six candidates were initiated and M. Eugene Sparks announced the New Year's Eve party for Dec 31. The Graytones quartet sang during the ceremony.
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Franklin Calloway
Jeffersonville
Indiana Southeast
Seymour
M. Eugene Sparks
Seymour Lodge
Elks Quartet
Graytones
Sixteen accused of violence that closed Clinton High School
Ninety-sixty. Six of the prisoners including W H Till were arraigned with all denying charges as federal warrants target contempt for violating court ordered school integration. Fifteen remained in custody and a sixteenth was sought as the Anderson County School Board eyed reopening next Monday amid prior racial clashes and violence surrounding the August 27 admission of twelve Negro students.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton High School
U. S. Dist
Robert L. Taylor
Knoxville
W. H. Till
Presegregation White Citizens Council
Taylor
John
Kasper
Anderson County School Board
Paul Turner
Lawrence J. Brantley
Alonzo Bullock
William Brakebill
Clifford Carter
Jimmy Pierce
Clinton High
Carter
Hungary Defies U N Over Hammarskjold Visit
United Nations delegates reacted with shock to Hungary’s refusal to admit Dag Hammarskjold on December 16 as proposed. The incident spurred pushes to strip Budapest’s delegation of credentials if it rejects U N observers by December 7 and underscored Budapest’s messy stance on UN relief efforts amid revolt in Hungary.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Hungary
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Budapest
Janos Kadar
Hammarskjold
Imre Horvath
Horvath
Officer Wounded Fatally by Gunman in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis a liquor store shooting preceded a hotel confrontation that left Inspector Albert A. Kelly fatally wounded and two other officers seriously hurt. James B. Baker, age 22, was killed by Sgt. Edward L. Clark after Kelly and Beaumont were ambushed during the room search.
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Indianapolis
Albert A. Kelly
General Hospital
York Hotel
James B. Baker
Whitinsville
Mass
Edward L. Clark
Clark
William Beaumont
Morris Epstein
Baker
Sgt
Kelly
Beaumont
Epstein
Eden Faces Vote as Britain Weighs Suez Crisis Fallout
London reports split on Anthony Eden's fate as Commons readies a confidence vote amid Suez debate. Conservative divisions surface over invasion strategy and withdrawal timing, with R A Butler, Alan Lennox-Boyd, and Duncan Sandys named as potential successors.
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Eden
Times of London
Commons
Suez
Suez Canal
Egypt
United States
Nasser
Canal
R. A. Butler
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Winston Churchill
Duncan Sandys
First SHS Music Concert Opens Season Sunday
Four choirs join Shields High School in the first 1956 57 concert. Stewart Williams directs a Christmas themed program of carols from the 15th and 16th centuries. Concert choir girls and seventh and eighth grades from Shields Junior High join in.
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Shields High School
Stewart Williams
Shields Junior High School
Clashes on Budapest Boulevard Kill Two in Pro Red Rally
Pro Kadar and nationalist demonstrators clashed in Budapest with about 100 in each camp. Two people were killed and several wounded as Russian armored cars and tanks moved in. A sniper was reported, and crowds protested as ambulances and arrests followed.
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Budapest
Janos Kadar
Great Boulevard
Marx Square
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