Record Cold Snap Warmed Slightly In Seymour Area
A mid afternoon reading showed 44 degrees in downtown Seymour marking the warmest daytime high locally since December. Officials expect temperatures to rise toward 40 as a warming trend continues, with widespread subzero readings earlier in the week and light snows in parts of the state.
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Seymour
Jackson County
Weather Bureau
the Tribune
South Bend
Goshen
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Evansville
White River
Rockford
Youth Hurt After Collision With Moving Car
Nine year old Larry Wayne Rude of 10844 South Chestnut street sustained a bruise on the right thigh after running into the side of a moving 1956 coach. He was treated at Schneck Memorial Hospital and released. Officer Jackie R. Nowling investigated the incident at the West Tipton Street intersection.
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Larry Wayne Rude
South Chestnut Street
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Jackie R. Nowling
Larry
West Tipton Street
Sanford Dean
West Oak Street
Ten year old wins thousand dollar Christmas spree
A 10 year old boy in Burlingame California receives 1000 dollars from a stranger in a rocket naming contest and spends the day shopping. He donates to the poor and church, buys gifts for family, a bicycle, two television sets and savings bonds, leaving little cash by day’s end.
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Burlingame
Calif
Six Days Left for Seymour Christmas Basket Fund Donations
The Goodfellows drive for Seymour’s needy families enters its final days with Dec 22 as the deadline. Contributions totaling 336.18 so far this year aid 40th annual American Legion Seymour Tribune Christmas Basket Fund, with gifts, foodstuffs, and a Dec 24 distribution.
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Goodfellows
Seymour
American Legion-Seymour Tribune
The
Tribune
Robert H. Lucas
Seymour National Bank
Arvin Industries
Calvin Boulevard
Boys’ Club
Majestic Theater
Santa Claus
Seymour American Legion Post No
Lucas
Economist Outlines Tax Cutting Tips for Farmers in County
About 50 Jackson County farmers attended a 7:30 p.m. forum at the county courthouse led by Purdue extension economist Gene McMurtry. He explained how to legally reduce income taxes, noted the difference between avoiding and evading taxes, and urged keeping farm income level by strategic purchases and sales across years. Roy E. Beck hosted the event, with leaflets on taxes and Social Security distributed to attendees.
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Jackson County
Gene McMurtry
Purdue University Extension
Roy E. Beck
Jennings County
McMurtry
Farm Account
Indiana Farm Record
Purdue University
Bethel Church Plans Ninth Annual Christmas Dinner
Bethel A.M.E. church hosts the ninth Goodwill Christmas dinner for Seymour’s needy on December 25 from noon to 5 p.m. Volunteers from nearby counties run the event with Santa Claus at 3 p.m. Donations of cash and food are requested, with deliveries to shut ins and a telecast planned by a Louisville TV station.
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Bethel Church
Seymour
Bethel A.M.E
Edgar F. Maddox
Goodwill
Ralph Lucas
East Second Street
Seymour National Bank
Goodwill Center
South Lynn Street
Maddox
Shutins
Tillie Booker
Lawrence
Jackson
Jennings
Bartholomew
Santa Claus
Arthur Rucker
Acme
Charles Fisher
Medora
William Smith
Bahamas
Commissioners Reject Hospital Elevator Bids
Jackson County commissioners rejected all three bids for a service and patient elevator at Schneck Memorial Hospital after a special morning session at the county courthouse. Two bids were rejected for lack of formalities, leaving one bid, prompting re advertisement after year’s start. Bidders included Chicago Elevator Company Louisville Service Elevator Company Indianapolis and Otis Elevator Company Indianapolis. The shaft is built but flooring removal bids will follow.
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Jackson County Board of Commissioners
Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital
Hospital Board
Chicago Elevator Company
Louisville
Service Elevator Company of
Indianapolis
Otis Elevator Company
Weather Record Sees River Rise to 3.4 Feet
The river reached 3.4 feet on Monday as records noted weather data. Maximum and minimum values for the day are reported but unclear from the fragment. The entry captures a single river measurement amid the day’s conditions.
Taxing Units Receive Record Distribution in Jackson County
Officials of Jackson County taxing units will receive mail checks totaling 898414.13 from the December settlement of real estate and personal property taxes. Auditor Louis H. Schroer reported state approval of the distribution figures and noted the Seymour Community Schools and the civil city led the allocations.
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Jackson County
Louis H. Schroer
Schroer
Indianapolis
Driftwood Township
Seymour
Civil
Brownstown
Seymour Public Library
Crothersville
Medora
State of
Indiana
Carr
Girl Dies After Drinking Antifreeze Mistaken For Liquor
In West Newbury Massachusetts a 17 year old girl Carol Curry died after a party incident. Four teens drank antifreeze they believed to be liquor. Richard Keller temporarily lost his sight. Gene Trafton and Thomas Bergeron listed as fairly good. Doctor's say antifreeze was in a whiskey bottle mistaken for creme de menthe.
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West Newbury
Mass
Carol Curry
Buell Curry
Boston
Richard Keller
Merrimac
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Gene Trafton
Thomas Bergeron
Newburyport
NATO Ministers Reaffirm Berlin Stand Amid Talks Hint
NATO foreign ministers reject Soviet pressure on Berlin and back high level talks for a European settlement. Dulles says Khrushchev won’t risk war. West insists on reunification talks with Berlin as capital and continued Allied access to West Berlin.
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Paris
Berlin
Soviet Union
West Berlin
U. S
Dulles
North Atlantic Council
Khrushchev
Hitler
Europe
Germany
NATO
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Britain
France
United States
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
West Germany
East Germany
Firemen Drain Town Water to Fight Hope Blaze
Hope town suffered a major fire that destroyed Daimbert's Department Store and Cook's Antique Shop and damaged a bowling alley and grill. Firefighters from multiple communities exhausted the 75,000 gallon reservoir, used tankers to shuttle water, and faced near freezing conditions. Captain Don Everroad was treated for smoke exposure and released from Bartholomew County Hospital.
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Columbus, Ind
Hope
Columbus
Taylorsville
Flat Rock
Elizabethtown
Edinburgh
Bakalar Air Force Base
Daimbert's Department Store
Cook's
Bob Herron Grill
Hope Fire
Don Everroad
Bartholomew County Hospital
Teenager Admits Slaying Of Five In San Diego Case
In San Diego a 16 year old runaway, Carl Eder, confessed to killing Lois Pendergast and her four children after a dispute over a noisy child. He described his motive as anger over Diane's noise and admitted the killings with details. Thomas Pendergast confronted him at the police station.
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San Diego
Calif
Thomas Pendergast
Pendergast
Carl Eder
Tom
New York
Eder
Lois Pendergast
Mission Beach
Diane
Allen
David
Santa
Thomas
Seymour Stores Extend Hours for Holiday Shopping
Seymour stores will be open Wednesday afternoon for holiday shoppers. Beginning Thursday night they stay open until 9 p m for the rest of the week and also Monday and Tuesday next week. Stores will be open again Wednesday afternoon, December 24.
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Seymour
Dee
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