Travel advisory warns of more snow and freezing rain
Indiana and Louisville face a travel advisory as a low pressure system from the Rockies brings accumulating snow and a risk of freezing rain. Gusty winds and near zero temperatures create hazardous driving conditions with wind chills to minus 25.
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Indiana
Louisville
Crothersville
Brownstown
Seymour
Modorn
Jackson County
National Weather Service
Rockies
Plains States
Lake Michigan
Weather Records for Seymour Not Official Noon Temp
The Seymour noon temperature is unofficial while other readings are from Mrs. Ruth Everhart records at Rockford and are official.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Weather Update For Downtown Seyma
The report notes a noon maximum on Wednesday and a minimum on Wednesday with river level at 7 am recorded at 8.6 feet and falling. Sunset is at 5 20 p m EST and sunrise on Friday is 7 54 a m EST.
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Seyma
Plan Board weighs zoning for Rose Acre egg plant
Residents push Jackson County plan commission to decide if Rose Acre Farms egg processing plant at Cort Acres confinement operation needs a variance. Critics argue processing livestock products falls under light industry and requires a variance, while proponents claim it is part of the confinement operation. No action was taken as only four members attended.
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Jackson County Plan Commission
Brownstown
Rose Acre Farms, Inc
Cort Acres
Hamilton Township
Plan Board
Mike Hall
Citizens For Protective Zoning
Hall
Leonard Elsner
Christmas Basket Fund Tops $730 With Local Donations
Contributions totaling 410 were received by Christmas Basket Fund officials pushing the 59th annual drive over 730. Area citizens and business donations fund food baskets for needy families in Seymour. Checks may be sent to LeRoy Pollett at Seymour National Bank or to the Daily Tribune office.
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Seymour Daily Tribune
American Legion Post
LeRoy Pollett
Seymour National Bank
Second and
Chestnut Streets
Daily Tribune
East Tipton Street
Park Board Discusses Shelter in Seymour
The Seymour park and recreation board met at city hall to review plans for a new shelter house at Shields Park to replace the burned structure from an arson on Sept 1 1977. They tabled further talk until Jan 3 and heard winter sports program updates from Park Director Artie Robertson. Donations to a Christmas Basket Fund were urged to aid purchases and basket preparation.
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Seymour Park and Recreation Board
City Hall
Shields Park
Artie Robertson
Seymour Senior High School
Robertson
William Bailey
Park Department
Crothersville Board Hires Officer and Approves Water Well
The Crothersville town board hired James E. Nicholson, Brownstown, as a police officer under the CETA program and approved a new water well with two conditions before final signatures. Designers SIECO Inec of Columbus and builders Mitchell and Stark of Medora were noted. The meeting covered employee contracts, a fire department flag, and a prospective senior center, with decisions postponed to December 14.
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Crothersville
SIECO
Inec
Columbus
Mitchell and Stark Company
Medora
Jeffrey Nierman
Crothersville Fire Department
State Police Arrest 40 In Pre-Dawn Drug Roundup
State police from Seymour and surrounding counties arrested 40 suspects in a pre-dawn drug roundup across five counties Bartholomew Jennings and neighboring areas. Trooper Mickey Hudson and Radioman Steve Brown aided in locations and arrests as snowbound conditions lingered.
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Steve Brown
Seymour Post
Indiana
Brown
Mickey Hudson
Seymour
Bartholomew, Jennings
Col
FBI opens Kennedy files amid questions on Oswald solo act
The FBI released 40 001 pages about Kennedy s assassination with another 40 000 due in January. The material backs the Warren Commission finding of Oswald s independent act while detailing frantic investigations and widespread public confusion. Hoover quickly labeled Oswald a mean minded individual and pressured media while agents chased thousands of leads across the country.
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Washington
FBI
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Akron
Ohio
Ruby
Jack Ruby
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Seymour District
Indiana State Highway Department
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Seymour Auto Supply
Edward Plumer
Clarice Plumer
Jack
Glen
Janet
Gary
Cheryl Heideman
William Robbins
Wyatt Floyd
Grandpa
Grandma
Lisa
Gail
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Eugene Sparks
Shorty Junque
Connie Sue Olson
Jim Jaymes
Ore Renee
Ollie Farris
Farris
Madrigal Singers
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Civics Arts Guild
Robert T. Burton
Jan Schleter
Ann Miller
Robert Weekly
Pam Weest
Steven McGrew
John Jacobsen
Parvin Lambertus
Charles Moman
Earl Prout
Tribune
Park Board
O’ville Board
Craig Hardy
Brian
Gaiser Park
Kennedy Aftermath
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