Social Security Bill Nears Passage After Conferees Agree
Washington AP reports a Social Security bill with the largest cash benefits and tax hikes to date nearing congressional passage. Senate House conferees reached final agreement after a marathon session, with benefits rising for 24 million Americans and the minimum to 55 dollars, plus tax base increases and welfare controls.
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Washington
Senate House
Congress
Johnson
House
Senate
Marker honors Indian Treaty Corner on U S 50
The Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission authorized a marker for Indian Treaty Corner. State highway workers erected it near the old cemetery west of Hangman’s Crossing on U S 50. Dedication is planned for next spring with Muscatatuck Chapter DAC and other leaders.
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Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission
U. S. 50
Hangman’s Crossing
Tribune
Muscatatuck
Daughters of America
Bernadette Robertson
Brownstown
Leroy Garrigus
Indianapolis
National
DAC
Donald L. Herwig
Air Cavalry Pursues Battered North Vietnamese Battalion
American helicopter gunships chase a 600-man North Vietnamese battalion in Binh Dinh Province along the coast. The battle leaves about 159 dead in the last count with more fighting reported, plus concurrent clashes on other fronts including Con Thien and Bo Duc with 45 enemy killed and U S casualties.
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1St Air Cavalry Division
Binh Dinh
U. S
Con Thien
Mekong Delta
Bo Duc
22Nd
Saigon
Seymour Christmas Basket Fund falls behind early drive
The 1967 Christmas Basket Fund lags behind last year with $74 raised in three days, $192 short of the prior total. Fund treasurer LeRoy Pollert notes slow individual donations but expects larger gifts from Seymour factory workers. drive chair Thomas A. Plunkett urges early contributions and requests for baskets, with toy donations welcomed at the Seymour Boys Club before December 20.
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LeRoy Pollett
Seymour National Bank
Seymour
Pollert
Seymour American Legion Post No. 89
Seymour Daily Tribune
Seymour Boys' Club
Boys’ Club
Harry Cherry
Pollett
Daily Tribune
Thomas A. Plunkett
Calvin Boulevard
Plunkett
Three-Unit School Plan Presented At Brownstown Hearing
About 100 people from Carr and Owen townships attended a public hearing in Brownstown on a proposed three unit reorganization of Jackson County schools. The committee endorsed sending the plan to the state commission for feasibility review with a likely early 1968 hearing.
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Carr and
Owen Townships
Brownstown
Jackson County Committee
State Commission
A. W. Osipe
Seymour
Crothersville
Vernon Township
Carr
Driftwood
Grassy Fork
Owen
Pershing
Salt Creek
Medora
Christmas Card Weekend Urged by Post Office Officials
Postmaster V. Thomas Fettig and the Post Office Department warn that a mailing weekend is missing this holiday season. Officials urge the public to set aside time this weekend to prepare gifts and greetings for mailing. Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien calls Saturday and Sunday Christmas Card Weekend.
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Seymour
V. Thomas Fettig
Post Office Department
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Shields Junior High Honors Roll Totals 104 Pupils
Shields Junior High School lists 104 seventh to ninth graders on the regular and high honor rolls for the second six weeks. Principal C H Englehardt announced 13 students made the high honor roll and 91 the regular list. Names include Douglas Lange, Diana Sterling, Ann Miller, Joe Conner, and many others across grades nine, eight, and seven.
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Shields Junior High School
C.H. Englehardt
Douglas Lange
Doug Richardson
Mark Emkes
Carolyn Anderson
Lovella Reichenbacker
Sandra Monroe
Pam McMillan
Brenda Russell
Diana Sterling
Ann Miller
Joe Conner
Mark Greaves
James Lawton
Seymour Weather Records Report
Noon today in downtown Seymour measured 43 degrees as an unofficial reading. Official measurements from Ruth Everhart in Rockford corroborate and list river stage at 5.6 feet at 7 am. Sunset is 5:20 pm EST today and sunrise on Saturday is 7:04 am EST.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Woman Walks Along Tracks Struck by Train in Seymour
A 66 year old Seymour woman Gertrude N Alvey escaped serious injury when struck by a southbound passenger train on Pennsylvania tracks near the B and O crossing. She was treated for abrasions and released from Schneck Memorial Hospital. Police said she told them she did not know what happened and witnesses were unavailable.
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Seymour
Gertrude N. Alvey
North
Chestnut Street
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Fire Department
Alvey
Pennsylvania Tracks
Maurice A. Rose Jr
First heart transplant patient improves in Cape Town
Mrs Louis Washkansky visits her husband at Groote Schuur Hospital after the pioneer operation. The 55 year old grocer tells a radio crew he feels fine as doctors monitor for rejection while planning possible next transplant steps.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Washkansky
Groote Schuur Hospital
Mr. Washkansky
Bertie Bosman
Christian Barnard
Barnard
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