Record Cold Grips Indiana With Zero Degree Low
A severe cold wave across the Midwest brings zero degree readings to Seymour area on Thursday night the lowest since February and far below recent lows. Highs reach 23 with partly cloudy skies tonight into Saturday. Snow from Wednesday remains on the ground with slick highway spots and no reported accidents. Turn to page 7 column 5 for full details.
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Midwest
Indiana
Indiana Weather Bureau
Seymour
Indiana State Turn
Two Men Slightly Hurt In U S Road 50 Crash
At 10 10 this morning on U S Road 50 nine miles west of Brownstown two drivers suffered minor injuries. Patrick J Lucey 32 of Lawrenceburg and Daniel B Horton 73 of Brownstown R1 collided when Horton pulled onto Road 50 after stopping for traffic. Lucey blew a horn and swerved but could not avoid impact. Damages totaled about 500 to Lucey and 550 to Horton's car. Horton was cited for failure to yield the right of way.
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Brownstown
Clearspring
Patrick J. Lucey
Lawrenceburg
Daniel B. Horton
Horton
Joseph Normington
Jack Means
Seymour State
Lucey
Lacey
Tuberculosis Patch Testing Completed in Seymour Schools
Readings of patch tests for Shields Junior High eighth graders and Seymour-Redding students concluded today in Seymour Community Schools. Nurse Willma Rose Smith and Florence Ebert of the Jackson County Tuberculosis Association supervised the testing program.
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Shields
Seymour-Redding
Seymour
Willma Rose Smith
Florence Ebert
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
Teachers Ballot on State Retirement Plan Vote
Seymour and Jackson county teachers vote on integrating the state teachers retirement fund with Federal Social Security. Ballots cast at schools from 7 am to 6 pm, with final tally by three teachers and delivery to Indianapolis for a Monday count. About 32 000 ballots statewide. 99 eligible teachers in local schools and 177 in Jackson county.
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Seymour
Jackson County
Indianapolis
Statehouse
Robert B. Bullett
Bond Fixed at Two Thousand Dollars in Jackson Court
Arraignment for Gene Kre was postponed to December 21 and bond set at $2000. Columbus Finance Company filed against Emma Kreinhagen and Eugene Kreinhagen with a note, dismissed with prejudice at plaintiff’s cost. Three other actions by the Columbus Finance Company were dismissed without prejudice at cost to the plaintiff. Cases involved Therman Bunton chattel mortgage, and William Anderson and Anna R. Anderson note.
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Jackson Circuit
John M. Lewis
Gene Kre
Columbus Finance Company, Inc
Emma Kreinhagen
Eugene Kreinhagen
Therman Bunton
William Anderson
Anna R. Anderson
Largest Crowd Attends Jackson County 1955 Corn Banquet
The Brownstown Chamber of Commerce honored winners of the Jackson County 100 Bushel and 4 H Corn Club at the third annual banquet held at Brownstown Lutheran Church. A record 158 attendees heard the event climax with rose gold medals and certificates for Waldo Wischmeier 4 H and Robert Lahrman adult division, who yielded 162 and 157 bushels per acre on five acre plots respectively, plus wrist watches from Buhner Fertilizer Company.
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Jackson County
Brownstown
Robert Lahrman
Phil Smith
Buhhner Fertilizer Company
Seymour
Young Wischmeier
Lahrman
E. Turn
Edward A. Ragsdale
Waldo Wischmeiler
J. B. Peterson
Purdue University
Dr. Peterson
Brownstown Chamber of Commerce
Plans to Rebuild Freetown Mill After Contained Fire
Davidson announces reconstruction of the Davidson Grain Elevator at Freetown on the original site. The new concrete and steel mill will measure 48 by 82 feet and start immediately, with completion depending on weather. A 60 ton perishable feed sale will be held at 10 am Saturday in the saved retail room.
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Santa Claus
Seymour
Arvin Industries, Inc
Davidson
Freetown
Earl David
Bartholomew County Rural Fire Department
Jonesville
Nashville
Jackson County Hymn Sing Open To Public
The Jackson County Hymn Sing will be at Bethel A M E Church Tipton and Lynn streets Tuesday at 7 30 p m under Arthur Rucker. Readers choirs and community musical groups are invited to attend and take part. Cortland High School choir will perform several selections per Rev Edgar F Maddex.
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Jackson County
Bethel A. M. E
Tipton
Lynn Streets
Arthur Rucker
Cortland
Seymour and Brownstown Honored in All-America Cities
Seymour and Brownstown won honorable mention in the All-America Cities contest by the National Municipal League and Look Magazine for community projects. Seymour was cited for hospital fundraising that raised 850000, oversubscribed by 12000, while Brownstown was praised for an Attendance Day that drew nearly every resident to church after Easter.
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Brownstown
Seattle
Wash
Arthur S. Kaufman
Joe Robertson
Phenix City
Ala
National Municipal League
Look Magazine
Bellevue
Bloomington
Cambridge
Ohio
Grand Island
Neb
Joliet
Port Huron
Mich
Reading
Riverside
Calif
St. Paul
Elmwood Park
Ill
Sidney
Ypsilanti, Mich
Official and unofficial Seymour weather readings reported
The weather record for Seymour lists the 4 pm temperature as unofficial while all other readings come from Mrs. Ruth Everhart, government weather observer, as official. Official maximum and minimum for Thursday are noted with 2 pm reading and trace precipitation.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
High School Sets Holiday Vespers at Shields Memorial Gym
Shields High School presents its annual Christmas Vesper program at 4 pm Sunday in Shields Memorial Gymnasium directed by R J Williams. Concert includes concert choir brass ensemble junior high choir beginning choir and girls ensemble with Judy Osterman as accompanist and Bill Cummins as narrator.
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Shields High School
Shields Memorial Gymnasium
R. J. Williams
Liams
Seymour
Frank Cofield
Charles Hunterman
Carroll Wright
Robert R. Bell
Judy Osterman
Bill Cummins
Ermadene Able
Charles Adams
Peggy Aiiken
Doris Arnholt
Dick Barth
Steve Turn
Christmas Fund Contributions Rise in Seymour Drive
Seymour residents boosted the Christmas Basket Fund for American Legion Post 89 with a total of 191.65 in gifts. The drive aims to raise 600 to support about 70 families, with donations counted by treasurer Robert H. Lucas and the Tribune office as of today.
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Seymour
American Legion Post No. 89
Robert H. Lucas
Tribune
Legion
Thomas A. Plunkett
Lucas
Legion Committee
Mr. Lucas
Seymour National Bank
Two Japanese War Criminals Freed From Sugamo Prison
Tokyo reports two major World War II war criminals released after ten years in Sugamo Prison. Marquis Koichi Kido aged 66, keeper of the privy seal, and Hiroshi Oshima aged 60, former ambassador to Germany, had been sentenced to life by the international military tribunal for conspiring to wage aggressive war.
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Tokyo
Sugamo
Koichi Kido
Privy Seal
Hiroshi Oshima
Nazi Germany
International Military Tribunal
NATO Ministers Hold Secret Meet in Paris Session
Fifteen NATO foreign ministers met in secret to coordinate policy on global danger spots. Discussions covered the Middle East, Turkish and British roles in the Baghdad Pact, Goa’s status dispute with India, and regional economic cooperation. Portugal signaled Article 4 consultations if Goa or Macao were attacked, though no obligation for allied military aid was stated.
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John Foster Dulles
Russia
Middle East
Asia
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India
Goa
Paulo Cunha
Portugese
Cunha
Macao
Red China
Two Nations Tied for UN Security Seat After Ballots
The Philippines and Yugoslavia remain deadlocked for a UN Security Council seat after multiple ballots. The General Assembly, with 11 new members, eyed a two-thirds majority as the United States backed the Philippines while Yugoslavia aligned with the Soviet Union.
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N. Y
Philippines
Yugoslavia
UN Security Council
General Assembly
UN General Assembly
Security Council
United States
Soviet Union
Assembly
Jose Maza
Chile
Britain
France
Vessels Towed Toward Safety as Newfoundland Mystery Continues
Two crippled ships are being towed toward Halifax as the salvage tug Foundation Frances makes slow progress with the Lord Church. A French government Galantry trawler towed toward Sydney after engine trouble, while a mystery unmanned schooner with no lights drifted off Surgeon's Cove, unidentifiable by a local lightkeeper.
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Halifax
N. S
Newfoundland
Foundation Frances
Lord Church
Galantry
Sydney
Columbia
St. Pierre
R. J. Randall
Transport Department
Surgeon's Cove Head
Seymour Shoppers Swell With Christmas Buying Urge
Seymour stores brim with holiday traffic as shoppers seek quality gifts from diapers to diamonds. Men favor colorful suits and unusual wear while kids request brainy toys and IQ style challenges. Sales rise with brisk furniture turnover and a surge in cameras and electrical appliances as stock dwindles and families gather around fires.
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Seymour
Second Treet
Chestnut Street
Second Street
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