Second Meet Set On Police Copy Of Charter Sought
Seymour board of public works and safety considered routine matters in council chambers. Mayor Isaacs directed two board members to locate a copy of the city charter for codification. A meeting with the police advisory committee was scheduled for next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Board of Public Works and Safety
Common Council
John C. Isaacs
Riley
Card of Works Police Advisory Committee
Isaacs
Board of Works
Edward S
Lustig
Clarence Moenning
State Historian
Indianapolis
Claude Divan
James H. Drew
Building Committee
Roy Newby
West Second Street
London Smog Toll Mounts With Forecast For More
London smog deaths rose to 66 as authorities warned the toxic fog could worsen after dusk. Officials compared the crisis to the 1952 disaster, noting power outages, closed airports, and hundreds of emergency beds filled. Weather officials said the haze was thinning in many areas but likely to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Cmdr
John Langeworthy
Yorkshire
Weather Bureau
London County Council
Parole Violator Surrenders at Seymour Police Station
Roy Lester Benson, 68, of Illinois, turned himself in at Seymour police after spending Tuesday night in a Louisville boxcar. He served time for burglary, was paroled to the Salvation Army in Indianapolis on November 18, and has never reported to his parole officer. He will be taken to Jackson County jail to await Illinois authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Louisville
Seymour
Roy Lester Benson
James F. Flynn
Benson
Menard Penitentiary
Salvation Army
Indianapolis
Charles W. Freeman
Jackson County
Brownstown
Illinois
Snowstorm Hits Indiana Hampering Travel Across State
The season's first big snowstorm slowed traffic statewide with icy roads on interstates. Four inches fell in South Bend while Indianapolis saw an inch. roads stayed slick through the morning as officials spread sand and salt. Freezing temperatures lingered with more snow forecast locally and a hint of winter ahead. White River reported one foot at Rockford with trace precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Seymour
State Highway Department
U. S. 50
South Bend
Indianapolis
White River
Rockford
GSA Approves New Federal Building in Seymour
The General Services Administration approved the design for a new Seymour post office and federal building, to be placed at Fourth and Chestnut streets. The $455,000 single story structure will span about 22 000 square feet and serve multiple agencies after replacing the 1918 post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Seymour
Washington, D.C
General Services Administration
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Fourth and
Chestnut Streets
Lennox, Matthews, Simmons and Ford, Inc
Indianapolis
Fourth Street
Third
Fourth Streets
Chestnut Street
Walnut
U. S
Agricultural, Labor and Treasury Departments
Civil Service Commission
Public Library Receives Christmas Carols Record
The Seymour Public Library received a new Christmas record titled Christmas Carols featuring the Lutheran Hour Choir conducted by Carl Schalk. It includes three medleys and is donated by the Witnessing for Christ Committee of Jackson County and available for checkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Public Library
Lutheran Hour Choir
Carl Schalk
Witnessing For Christ Committee
Jackson County
One N. Vernon School Board Member Resigns
One of three North Vernon school board members resigns after city council pressure. Mrs. Gene Eaton announced resignation effective next Monday. presidents Johnson and Skinner plan to choose successors. The board seeks to halt Jennings County school reorganizing into a single unit by January 1 amid a court challenge and restraining orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Vernon
North Vernon
Jennings County
Gene Eaton
Charles E. Johnson
Presidnt
Joseph W. Skinner
Eaton
Johnson
Lloyd H. Wagner
Scottsburg
Robert B. Railing
Railing
Fred S. Matthews
Jennings
November traffic accidents rise in Seymour city
The Seymour police report for November shows 30 accidents investigated up from 26 in October and 29 in November 1961. Ten people were injured in eight crashes, nine people were arrested on accidents, and property damage totaled 8810, with several traffic violations recorded. Criminal arrests fell that month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Police Department
Charles W. Freeman
Department
Drive-In Bank Opens on East Second Street in Seymour
The Jackson County Bank opened a new drive-in and walk-up facility at 106 110 East Second Street in Seymour. Two drive-up windows and one walk-up window serve motorists and pedestrians, with access from Second Street and Indianapolis Avenue. The bank offers deposits, check cashing, cashier checks, bank drafts, Christmas Club deposits, and a night depository, with hours matching the main bank plus 4 to 6 p.m. Fridays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Bank
East Second Street
Seymour
Second Street
Indianapolis Avenue
Louise Vierling
Mary Lou Rittman
William J. Abraham and Sons, Inc
Mosler Safe Company
Second and
Chestnut Streets
G. B. Bottorff
Thieves Loot Branaman Cafeteria in Second Break-In
Freeman Field police investigated a burglary at Branaman Cafeteria 916 A Avenue East. Thieves escaped with 20 dollars in quarters and five cartons of chewing gum after prying a west door, unlocking the entry, and damaging a cigarette machine. No cigars or cigarettes were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branaman
Freeman Field
Vivian Branaman
Jackie R. Nowling
Nowling
Weather Records for Seymour and Rockford Observer
Weather readings list Seymour downtown and 2 PM temperature as unofficial. Official values come from Ruth Everhart government weather observer at Rockford with maximum and minimum for Wednesday and trace precipitation along the river at 7 AM indicating 1 foot snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Trace River
Kennedy backs Stevenson as UN ambassador amid Cuba crisis
President Kennedy declares he has fullest confidence in Adlai Stevenson and will keep him as United Nations ambassador. He says the Soviet missile withdrawal has eliminated the nuclear threat from Cuba and notes the ongoing value of Stevenson’s advice. The Dear Adlai letter was released after speculation about Stevenson’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
U.N
Adlai
Stevenson
White House
Saturday Evening Post
Stewart Alsop
Charles Bartlett
Cuba
Pierre Salinger
United Nations
Soviet Union
U.S
Santa to Visit Seymour Friday and Saturday
Santa Claus returns to Seymour this weekend at the Newby Dairy Building office 115 South Chestnut Street. He will be downtown Friday from 6 to 8 p m and Saturday 3 to 5 p m with a first hour roaming the streets to visit retailers and a second hour in his office to speak with children individually. Stores will stay open Friday night and every Saturday night until Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Seymour
Newby Dairy
South Chestnut Street
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Moenning
NEA Radio
John Finn
Old Baily
Midlands
Santes Helper
GSA
Federal
Public Library
John M. Lewis
Jackson Circuit Court
Tribune
Santa
NEA
Redondo Beach
Calif
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