Census Shows Growth in Brown, Oville and Medora County District
Official 1960 census figures released by the Bureau of the Census report growth for Brownstown Crothersville and Medora in Jackson County and for Seymour and the Ninth District. Indiana totals rise to 4,662,498 with 18.5 percent growth since 1950.
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Brown
Oville
Medora County
Brownstown
Crothersville
Medora
U. S
Seymour, Jackson
Indiana
United States
Seymour
Jackson County
Bureau of the Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
Ninth
Brownswn
Brownstown Township
Driftwood
Grassy Fork
Hamilton
Jackson
Owen
Pershing
Redding
Salt Creek
Washington
Jackson Township
Redding Township
Seymour Corporation
Bartholomew
Brownstown Schools to Study Bids for Roadway and Field
Brownstown Consolidated Schools Corporation will open sealed bids at 2 p m on December 19 for excavation and grading of the roadway and athletic field at the high school site. Bidders may inspect plans at the superintendent's office, with documents available for $20. A 5 percent bid bond and State forms are required, with a 30 day bid withdrawal restriction and the right to reject any bid.
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Brownstown Consolidated Schools Corporation
William B. Sharp
School Corporation
Bids Opened For Bridges On I 65 In Indiana
Indiana highway commission opened bids for two new bridges on I-65 north of Seymour and three structures on the I-65 route in Bartholomew County. Low bids ranged from 83 361.17 to 428 772.18 with engineers estimates around 520 083.35. Work continues on Alter nate U S 31 overpass near Peters Switch as crews push ahead before bad weather.
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Jackson County
Seymour
Bartholomew County
Indiana State Highway Commission
Indianapolis
R. L. Schutt Compargy
Pennsylvania Railroad
U.5
Abel Ditch
U. S
J. L. Wilson G Company
Bloomfield
Ind. 58
Edgar H. Huyghes Company
Jeffersonville
R. C
Denois Creek
U. S. 31
Peter’s Switch
U. S. 50
Hearing Set On Dec 19 By PSC on ITC Proposal
Indiana public service commission sets a 2 p.m. December 19 hearing in the State House rooms in Indianapolis on a petition by Indiana Telephone Corporation Seymour to spend about 564000 to convert Salem exchange to automatic dial and expand Washington County. Respondent is Washington County Rural Telephone Corporation Inc. ITC seeks to eliminate toll service between Salem Campbellsburg and Fredericksburg and between Livonia Campbellsburg and Fredericksburg, replacing with extended area service among the four exchanges. It also seeks to eliminate toll service between Salem Pekin Chestnut Hill and between Livonia Pekin and Chestnut Hill, replacing with extended area service among the four exchanges. ITC requests reclassification of Salem and Livonia from Group E to Group F for rate purposes and reclassification of Burg exchanges from Group A to Group E.
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Indiana Public Service Commission
Indiana Telephone Corporation
Seymour
Salem
Washington County
Commission
Statehouse
Indianapolis
George G. Clime
Washington County Rural Telephone Corporation, Inc
Farmers Social Security And Income Tax School Is Tuesday
The annual Farmers' Social Security and Income Tax School will be held at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the REMC building at Browns town Roy E Beck Jackson County agricultural agent announced Richard Weigle Purdue University agricultural economist will direct the session The program is sponsored by Purdue extension US Department of Agriculture and county extension committee Topics cover Social Security amendments for farmers landlord leases farm income management for tax relief farm record summaries tax rulings depreciation and sale of farm assets The school offers potential tax savings and increased Social Security benefits for retirement to attending farmers.
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REMC
Brownstown
Roy E. Beck
Jackson County
Richard Weigle
Purdue University
Beck
Purdue Agricultural Extension Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture and County Extension Committee
Cooperative
State of
Indiana
Yule Basket Campaign Opens With 48 Donation
The 42nd annual Christmas Fund, run by Seymour American Legion Post No 89 and The Seymour Daily Tribune, started today with $48 raised. Donations flow to Seymour National Bank and the Daily Tribune as the drive aims to supply food baskets and gifts to needy families before Christmas. Letters from individuals are requested for each request, and discarded toys are to be refurbished at the Seymour Boys' Club for inclusion.
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Seymour American Legion Post No. 89
Seymour Daily Tribune
LeRoy Pollett
Pollett
Seymour National Bank
Daily Tribune
Calvin Boulevard
Seymour
Thomas A. Plunkett
Seymour Boys‘ Club
Boys’ Club
Assembly Of God Names Rev Badger New Minister
The First Assembly of God announces Rev Gerald Badger as pastor. His family resides in the church parsonage at 1005 South Poplar. He succeeds Rev Donald Patterson who now lives in Hope Ark and has served at Sullivan Princeton Sandborn and Jonesboro Assembly of God near Marion.
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Assembly of God
Gerald Badger
Mr. Badger
John Mark
Brent
Kemuel
South Poplar Street
Donald Patterson
Hope
Ark
Sullivan
Princeton
Sandborn
Jonesboro
Weather Records Report for Tuesday
Official record shows maximum and minimum temperatures for Tuesday with a precipitation of 0.52 inch. River height recorded at 8 feet. Multiple illegible fragments reference weather observations and river data.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Planning And Zoning Commission to Meet
The Seymour Planning and Zoning Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting at 4 30 p m Thursday in the city building council chamber. Items include a preliminary hearing on the replat of lots at Fourth and O’Brien streets owned by Shirley McDonald with engineer George W Crowder and further consideration of the performance bond for the Tuggle subdivision.
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Seymour Planning and Zoning Commission
Council Chamber
Fourth and
O’brien
Shirley McDonald
George W. Crowder
Tuggle
Kennedy selects Udall as Interior Secretary
President elect John F. Kennedy picks Rep Stewart Udall of Arizona to lead the interior department. Udall age 40 will head a 50,000-employee agency with a 800 million dollar annual program and will oversee conservar tion and development of natural resources as the nation expands its commitments at home and abroad.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Rep
Stewart Udall
Arizona
Kennedy
America
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
State Department
U.N
David Ormsby Gore
Udall
Carlyle
Upper East Side
Voting for Yule Queen Described Today as Light
In Seymour the 1960 Christmas Queen contest sponsored by the Jaycees drew light vote totals as eight candidates vie for the crown. Judging and ceremony are set for 5 45 p m Saturday at Chestnut and Second with penny votes and merchant donations funding gifts for winners and proceeds benefiting local youth groups.
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Yule Queen
Seymour Jaycees
Seymour Jaycee
Chestnut
Second Streets
The
Jaycees
Seymour Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs
Owls Nest, Inc
Seymour Youth Foundation
New Cold Snap Hits Local Area Sees Freezing Temperatures
A fresh cold snap grips the region with morning readings down to 29 degrees and forecasts of 20 degrees tonight. Snow flurries are possible in northern Indiana tonight and across much of the state Thursday, with another snow system likely over the weekend and statewide freezing daytime highs.
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Indiana
U S Demands Zorin Quit U N Security Council Post
The United States demanded that Soviet delegate Zorin disqualify himself as U N Security Council president during Congo talks. Wadsworth accused the Soviet bloc of trying to undermine U N peace efforts and warned Zorin’s neutrality was compromised. The council postponed ruling as delegates debated broadening the Congo agenda.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Waverian
A. Zorin
U.N. Security Council
Congo
U.S
James J. Wadsworth
Zorin
Dag Hammarskjold
Joseph Kasavubu
Wads- Worth
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
Wadsworth
U.N
Security Council
Sir Patrick Dean
Egidio Ortona
Bitterness Over Integration Rises in New Orleans
In New Orleans authorities report renewed tensions over school integration. Vandals damaged a housing unit linked to critics of integration and police guard was posted. FBI investigations follow a threatening letter to Rev. Lloyd Foreman as William Frantz School sees a notable turnout of both white and Black pupils amid ongoing protests.
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New Orleans
Housing Project
James Gabrielle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lloyd Foreman
Foreman
Gabrielles
William Frantz
FBI
Justice Department
McDonogh No. 19
U.S
Train Gas Truck Collision Kills Five in Nashua
A passenger train and a loaded gas truck collided at a grade crossing in Nashua New Hampshire causing a blast and fire. Five people died including the truck driver his wife and two young children and several others were injured. Passengers and the truck's occupants were taken to local hospitals as authorities identified victims and conducted rites.
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Nashua
N.H
Boston and Maine Railroad
Laconia
Boston
Concord
Manchester
Robert Wrenn
Patricia
Jennifer
Christopher
John S. Wilder
Wrenn
Wilder
Arelington
Mass
Police Hero Probe Hit-Run Accident
Seymour city police investigate a hit and run reported after a 1958 coach owned by Francis M. Hanner of Mid City Hotel was struck while parked on Third Street near Indianapolis Avenue. The damage was about $40 to the left rear fender and the mishap occurred between 5 p.m. Monday and 5 p.m. Tuesday. Sgt. Joseph Schrink led the inquiry.
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Seymour City
Francis M. Hanner
Mid - City
Third Street
Indianapolis Avenue
Joseph Schrink
Hanner
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