Mobile X-ray unit aids Jackson county tuberculosis drive
A Indiana State board of health mobile X-ray unit operated at Arvin Industries and Crothersville High School in Jackson county revealing 1 001 people screened in two days. Most at Arvin were employees and several non employees with exposure were examined. results expected in a month. The effort stemmed from elevated TB cases, funded by the county tuberculosis association’s Christmas seal drive.
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Jackson County
Indiana State Board of Health
Arvin Industries, Inc
East Second Street
Crothersville High School
Crothersville
Tampico
Crothersville School
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
Walter Hallowell
State Board of Health
Margaret Horstman
Florence Ebert
Arvin
County Tuberculosis Association
Christmas Stories Set for Library Story Hour
The Children's Story Hour at Seymour Public Library will begin at 10 am Saturday. Librarian Mrs. E. N. Kestner will read Christmas stories to children at the library event.
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Library
Seymour Public Library
E. N. Kestner
Seymour Fire Truck Sale Bid Falls Through
The Seymour board accepted a $500 bid from Elizabethtown for a 1924 Ameri can-LaFrance fire truck but the seller asked to rescind after learning the truck has no water tank and only a 750 GPM pump. Elizabethtown officials misread the truck’s water capacity, needing hydrant supply. City officials released bidders from the contract.
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Seymour
American-LaFrance
Freeman Field
Board of Works
Elizabethtown
Ind
Seymour City
Medora Firm Submits Low Bid on County Project
The Mitchell and Stark Construction Company of Medora bid 5605 for clearing the Muscatatuck River channel paving side ditches and removing an old pier at Vernon near Ind 7 and 3. Other bids were opened on four state highway bridges and seven county road bridges with Winslow Salem Harold Tharp and Son Fountain City and Keith Riley Goshen among bidders.
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Mitchell and Stark Construction Company
Medora
Jennings County
Indiana State Highway Department
Indianapolis
Muscatatuck River
Vernon
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Winslow Construction Company
Salem
Harold Tharp and Son
Fountain City
Keith-Riley Construction Company
Goshen
Lawrence Kelley Hurt When Auto Hits Tree
Lawrence Kelley 24 of North Vernon R5 was admitted to Schneck Memorial Hospital after his car struck a tree northeast of North Vernon at 9 p m He sustained a deep facial cut and lacerations and remained for treatment and observation Ernie Campbell seven received a cast for a fractured right arm at 615 p m Thursday then was discharged Linda Horton four had an X ray of her left forearm at 1155 a m after her hand was run through a washing machine wringer results pending Mrs James Stepp 45 of 502 Fifth street had stitches in her hand after cutting it on a tin can Thursday afternoon
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Lawrence Kelley
North Vernon
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Ernie Campbell
Hubert Campbell
Linda Horton
Buford Horton
Norman
James Stepp
Fifth Street
Man Admits 20 Burglaries Including Indiana and Illinois Clu bs
A Missouri native, Charles Wolters, 29, fugitive from Michigan's Jackson State Penitentiary, confessed to burglaries of Elks and private clubs in 20 Indiana cities and several Illinois and Ohio locations. Police link one break in Seymour American Legion Post No 89 Home to an inside job. he claimed to hide money and a gun in Terre Haute.
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Jackson State Penitentiary
Michigan
Brazil
Indiana
Seymour
Illinois
Ohio
Seymour Post
Charles Wolters
Cape Girardeau
Wolters
Terre Haute
Valparaiso
Goshen
Kendallville
Huntington
Wabash
Frankfort
Kokomo
Marion
Ewood
Lebanon
Crawfordsville
Richmond
Connersville
Shelbyville
Columbus
Vincennes
Princeton
Bloomington
Michigan Penitentiary
Mar
Elks’ Clubs
American Legion
Three Jackson County Men Report for Induction Today
Three Jackson county inductees reported at Indianapolis for probable assignment to Fort Leonard Wood. Named by Mrs Pat Smith of the Jackson County selective service board are James Ora Powers James Franklin Kelley and Donald Lee Ray. Ten men will be called for physical examinations on Dec 20. The county office in Brownstown will close Dec 17 through Dec 26 for annual leave.
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Jackson County
Indianapolis
Fort Leonard Wood
Pat Smith
Jackson County Selective Service Board
James Ora Powers
James Franklin Kelley
Donald Lee Ray
Fender Skirts Stolen From W Grote's Auto
Seymour police logged a theft report from Walter Grote 739 West Second Street stating two fender skirts were taken from his blue 1956 Ford parked in front of his home Thursday night. The value was set at 30 dollars.
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Seymour City
Walter Grote
West Second Street
Grote
Lions Honor 4-H Adult Leaders at Banquet
Jackson county 4-H adult leaders were honored at the annual recognition banquet sponsored by Seymour Chain Store Council and held with a Lions Club meeting at the Elks Club. Local managers from Sears Roebuck J C Penney A P Food Store Kroger and G C Murphy attended. Edna Troth Purdue 4-H worker spoke on Keys to Good 4 H Work and two trophies from G C Murphy were awarded to outstanding county 4 H boy and girl.
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Jackson County
Seymour Chain Store Council
Elks’ Club
Lions’ Club
Sears Roebuck and Company
J. C. Penney Company
A & P Food Store
Kroger Grocery
G. C. Murphy Company
Edna Troth
Purdue University
Don Henkle
Pearl Harbor Remembered Fifteen Years On
Visitors at Pearl Harbor reflect on the 1941 attack as seven battleships on Battleship Row were damaged or sunk and the Arizona remains entombed with oil still seeping from the wreck. Admiral Stump notes shifts to aircraft carriers and dispersed fleets shaping modern warfare.
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Pearl
Pearl Harbor
America
Pacific
Felix B. Stump
December Heat Breaks Local Record With 74 Degrees
A 74 degree high set Thursday as the warmest December reading in over 25 years, with 1.7 inches of rain that night. Evansville hit 70, and other Indiana towns logged 60s to 70s as a warm spell ended. Cold air and rain return with a mixed statewide forecast into next week.
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Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Evansville
Indiana
Newberry
Mercury
Richmond
Indianapolis
Weather Records Show River Level and Rainfall
Official data report Thursday readings with river at 1.1 feet and precipitation totaling 1.7 inches by 2 p.m. The snippet notes maxima and minima but is incomplete on context and location.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Ice Plant Razing Nears Completion at Polar Site
Demolition of the Polar Ice Plant boiler room at Broadway and Circle Streets progresses on schedule. A 76 foot smokestack will be torn down next week after a city permit to close Broadway, with methods to be set by the stack's insurer.
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Broadway
Circle Streets
Hugh Bryan
Brownstown
Ebner Ice and Cold Storage Company
Polar Ice Company
Bryan
Skillen Retains Democrat Post in Indiana Shuffle
Indiana Democratic State Chairman Charles E. Skillen will likely remain in his post through the 1957 legislative session after the state committee rejected his resignation offer. The committee also accepted the resignations of William Shaw and Mrs. Paul Jameson, naming successors later.
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Indianapolis
Charles E. Skillen
Skillen
State Committee
Indiana
Griffith Rees
Gary
William Shaw
Knox
Paul Jameson
Valparaiso
Marshall Kizer
Plymouth
John W. Stacy
Lawrence Burg
Elmer Hoehn
Evansville
Nixon urges U.S. aid to Britain over Suez crisis claim
Vice President Nixon told 1500 auto industry leaders at the Waldorf Astoria that the United States should grant financial aid to Britain amid the Suez crisis. He argued Hungary’s brutality signals a major defeat for world communism and praised U.S. posture in the Middle East for safeguarding the United Nations. He predicted bipartisan congressional support for aid and noted White House and State Department familiarity with his remarks.
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New York
Nixon
Britain
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Russia
Hungary
United States
Middle East
United Nations
Augusta
Eisenhower
White House
James Hagerty
Hagerty
Dulles
Egypt
France
Conservatives Hold Government Through Suez Crisis Fallout
Britain’s Conservative party retained control after a parliamentary clash over the Suez invasion. A 327-260 censure defeat and a 312-260 confidence victory kept Eden in place despite internal dissent. Acting PM Butler pledged the government’s staying power as Eden rests in Jamaica.
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London
Britain
Conservative
Anthony Eden
Egypt
Eden
Middle East
France
R. A. Butler
Jamaica
Butler
Eisenhower demands end to leakage of defense data
President Eisenhower urged Defense Secretary Wilson to stop leakage of military budget figures and manpower plans to the public during a Augusta conference on Pentagon plans for the next fiscal year. Wilson cited trouble from leaks affecting policy and operations, noting unexpected events in the Middle East and a steel strike.
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Eisenhower
Wilson
Augusta
Pentagon
James C. Hagerty
White House
Augusta National Golf Club
Charles Roberts
Newsweek Magazine
John Edwards
American Broadcasting Co
Roberts
Edwards
Possi Services
Middle East
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Curtis Ben'ter
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State Conservation Commission
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Stacey
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