Seymour Mayor Fires Aviation Board Manager Freeman Field
Seymour Mayor Christopher Moritz dismisses the four aviation commissioners and airport manager Glen Manion after an offi cial letter cites replacing board members to correct maintenance concerns at Freeman Field. Manion will take two weeks vacation and not return to duties.
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Seymour
Moritz
Gaynelle M. Moritz
Harvey W. Greemann
Robert Prather
Harry Fox
Lawrence Croucher
Airport Mana
Ger Manion
Manion
Aviation Board
Burns
Harvey Greemann
Freeman Field
Snowfall Forecast Prompts Indiana Travel Advisory
Far southern Indiana saw up to five inches of snow this morning while Seymour reported .02 inches by 7 a.m. The National Weather Service in Indianapolis warns of 1 to 4 inches more today across central and southern Indiana before ending tonight. A travel advisory remains in effect statewide as a slow eastward storm brings colder air and a drop to the mid to upper teens Sunday. Monday offers fair weather before more precipitation Tuesday with mixed snow and rain in central regions. Overnight lows will be in the 20s with daytime highs in the 30s and 40s.
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Indiana
Ruth Everhart
Seymour
National Weather Service
Indianapolis
Weather Agency
Hoosier State
Midstate
Indianapolis Weather Agency
Evansville
Weather records for Seymour and Rockford observations
Downtown Seymour noon temperature unofficial while other readings come from Mrs. Ruth Everhart Rockford weather records. Reported values include a maximum 26 Friday minimum 34 and 23 inches of snowfall 0.02. River at 7 am 3.1 feet. Sunset today 5:21 pm EST Sunrise Sunday 8:00 am EST.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Chee OR
Gaaogre Ce Savas
Liquor Raid Nets Dozens Arrested In Indiana Township
A coordinated raid at the Hamilton township conservation club west of Madden Hill led to 16 young adults and 36 juveniles detained. Suspects face fines for minors in possession and contributing to delinquency, with juveniles sent to detention and later released to parents. Additional underage detentions occurred in Brownstown and Crothersville.
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Brownstown
Crothersville
Russell Martin
Brownstown Central High School
Charles Gregor
Truckers End Protest at Boron Stop 50 Junction
Independent truck drivers ended their fuel cost protest Friday night at Boron Stop 50 near the U S 31 and U S 50 junction. Virgil Schulte, Stop 50 manager, said the blockade caused no trouble. Indiana State Police arrived around 2 30 a m and found no trouble. One gas island stayed open during the blockade. Nationwide reports described scattered gunfire and violence connected to the action.
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Boron Stop 50
U.S. 31
U. S. 50
Virgil Schulte
Stop 50
Indiana
Schulte
Freetown
Dayton Area Truck Boycott Sparks Interstate Tension
In Ohio near Dayton on Friday morning a pair of suspected boycott truckers with a rifle harassed driver Donald Wilson of Indianapolis by flashing a weapon and ordering him off the road. A Dayton judge issued an injunction, freeing Wilson, as protesters vow to extend a two day shutdown into Monday. The action disrupts deliveries across New England and the Midwest, raising fears for produce and gasoline shipments.
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State
Dayton
Ohio
Wilson
Washington
New England
Midwest
Florida
Donations To Yule Basket Fund Continue
Donations to the Yule Basket Fund continue with multiple memorials and in memory gifts. Donors include Mr and Mrs Otis and others in memory of Gary Findley Mary Booth Farrell McAdams Dorothy Jane George Hart and more through church circles and family tributes.
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Yule Basket Fund
Fred W. Luecke
Lillie Luecke
Grace Shannon
Ada Kovener
Ruth
Joe
Marty Hayes
T. P. Cordes
Cordes
J. F
Three Indianapolis men face preliminary hearing on burglary tools
Franklin C. Rance 36 Larry W. Thurstop 28 and William F E Silcox 41 were held for a Jackson Circuit Court preliminary hearing on possession of burglary tools by a convict Bond set at 2000 each with counsel demanded or pauper option After a three hour surveillance started by an off duty state police officer in Columbus the suspects were traced to Seymour and Brownstown where they allegedly scoped liquor stores Police recovered bank money bags from Danville and authorities said Moose Lodge in Danville had been entered with about 3000 missing Jackson County sheriff and Brownstown police aided in the arrests Wright 24 Beech Grove pleaded guilty after a not guilty plea and was fined 50 plus costs and ordered to two days in jail
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Indianapolis
Brownstown
Jackson
Franklin C. Rance
Larry W. Thurstop
William FE. Silcox
Robert R. Brown
Paul Jewett
Columbus
Seymour
Jackson County
Danville
Ind
Moose Lodge
Steven C. Wright
Beech Grove
Wright
Brownstown Elementary School Dedicated Sunday
The Brownstown Elementary School will be formally dedicated Sunday at 2 p.m. on Jackson Street with invocation by Evan Bolejack and performances by the fifth grade choir. Officials including Raymond Thompson and Russell Sherrill will present and address, followed by benediction and an open house until 5 p.m. Shuttle buses from the courthouse will transport guests due to limited parking.
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Brownstown
Harmon Baldwin
Indiana School Board Association
Jackson Street
William B. Sharp
Evan Bolejack
Brownstown Christian Church
Joseph Persinger
Sharp
Building Corporation
Raymond $. Thompson
James Associates
Indianapolis
Russell Sherrill
Ralph A Mitchell
Harry Spurgeon
Harmon A. Baldwin
Robert Riggs
Brownstown United
Pistol Club Awards Night At Sheriff's Department
Certificates of achievement and trophies will be presented at the annual Pistol Club awards banquet at the union hall on U S 31 south of U S 50. Members completing required range practice will receive course completion certificates with category certificates and top shooters in expert sharpshooter and marksman classes earning trophies. Distinguished expert qualifiers also receive trophies. Officers will be elected for the coming year. James Olmstead Indiana conservation officer has served as club president for the past year.
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Sheriff's Department Pistol Club
Union Hall
U.S. 31
U.S. 50
James Olmstead
Indiana Conservation Officer
Chief Gives Yule Safety Recommendations
Fire Chief Glenn Noblitt urges Christmas safety for trees lights and decora tions. He advises fresh natural trees kept in water away from heat and doorways. use only UL marked artificial trees. ensure indirect lighting. check frayed wires and replace with US labeled sets. use bulbs from the United States to avoid hot spots.
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Seymour
Glenn Noblitt
Als
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Hamilton Township
Larry R. Spurgeon
Joseph C. Gray
Conservation Club
Madden Hill
Justice of the Peace Court
Robert Whitsett
Gray
Lyman Goben
Indiana Conservation
Seymour City
Whitsett
Jeffrey Nierman
Tribune
First Presbyterian Church
Santa
Head Start
Donald Wilson
Commercial Motor Freight
Claude Brinegar
J. W
Edwards
Brown
Pistol Club
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