Brick Mason Credited With Saving Teacher
Indianapolis authorities credit brick mason Roy G. Burris 40 with pulling teacher Sharon Roach 21 from a wall of flaming gasoline after a tanker jackknifed and overturned in a fiery crash. The collision killed five people including the truck driver Orval Hurley 51 who died from burns. The blaze evacuated thousands as firefighters contained the inferno and Burris assisted Roach to safety before being treated for burns.
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Indianapolis
Roy G. Burris
Sharon Roach
Miss Roach
Wallace L. Scheffee
Elizabeth Ann
Wendy
Dennis H. Carter
Orval Hulley
Burris Auto
Scheffee
Carter
UPI
Frank Fisse
Indianapolis Star
Hulley
County Schools Share of Tax Money Totals $65 282 97 Across Jackson County
County auditor Russell Goen announced a total distribution of 65 282 97 from the county wide school tax based on average daily attendance. Seymour Community Schools received 35 891 18 for 3 695 80 daily attendees. Other shares include Brownstown Central 14 414 55 and Vernon Township 6 829 41 with per pupil distributions of 9 71.
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Jackson County
Russell Goen
Seymour
Carr Township
Owen Township
Salt Creek Township
Brownstown Central Community
Metropolitan
Vernon Township
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Austin School Vacations Set For Christmas Break
Austin students will start Christmas vacation at noon Thursday and return to classes at regular times in January. Grades one to three dismiss at 11 30 am and grades four to six at 11 45 am. At noon seventh through twelfth grades dismiss. Bus schedules follow dismissal times.
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Austin
Christmas Basket Fund Nears $1000 Mark
The 48th annual Christmas Basket Fund in Seymour receives eight donations totaling 35 dollars, bringing the total to 956.75 with three days left. Donations support baskets of food and toys for needy Seymour families, sponsored by American Legion Post No. 89 and the Daily Tribune.
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LeRoy Pollett
Seymour
American Legion Post No. 89
Daily Tribune
Pollett
Seymour National Bank
Lock Out Thieves Residents Warned
Sey mour police chief Robert Gill urged residents to keep doors and garages locked during the holiday season and remove car ignition keys. He cited five overnight home entries and warned unlocked homes risk thefts and potential violence. a car theft in Indianapolis involved a missing key and linked to a murder case.
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Robert Gill
Seymour
Gill
Indianapolis
Marion Township Transfer Decision Delayed Until January
Western Marion township residents in Jennings County await a January Jennings County school board meeting to decide if students will transfer to Crothersville. A December referendum showed 160 favoring Jennings County schools and 142 favoring Crothersville, with split results by township and residency. A joint district board vote is needed to finalize the annexation plan.
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Marion Township
Jennings County
Vernon Township
Crothersville
Seymour Weather Records Highlight Noon Readings
Official Downtown Seymour Noon reading today shows 56 degrees as the maximum Monday reached 4 while the minimum 28 occurred Monday. The Rockford observer Ruth Everhart notes the 7 a.m. river gauge at 6.3 feet with sunset at 5 23 EST and sunrise Wednesday at 6 03 EST.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Fund Set To Aid Trooper's Family
A memorial fund is established in Greensburg to aid the family of slain Indiana state trooper William Ko Rayner 30. Rayner died after stopping a stolen car on Inter state 7 near Greensburg. The fund supports his widow Rhea Dawn Rayner who is due to have their third child in three months.
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Seymour State
William R. Rayner
Greensburg
APA
Indiana
William Ko Rayner
Interstate 7
James W Sprinkle
Newport
Rayner Sprinkle
James L. Collins
Erlanger
Collins
Rayner
Ots
Rhea Dawn Rayner
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Orville F. Roach
Duane Folzenlogel
Hurley
Steve Riddle
Riddle
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Brownstown Central
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Salt Creek
Kenneth M. Branaman
John F. Elkins
Terry
Joan
Nola Smith
Coulter M. Montgomery
C&a
Mary EF. Booth
Merle Engelking
Mark
Kurt
Paul
Marion
O’ville
Jennings
Crothersville East
Hristmas
Trooper
Greensburg Daly News
Union Bank & Trust Co
Decatur National Bank
James PoPevao
Superintendent of State Police
Sat Rayners
St Pauls Lutheran Church
New Milan
Walther League
The
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Bob Hinton
Mary and
Joseph
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