Record Christmas Basket Fund Reaches $2461.63 Total
Seymour American Legion Post 89 and the Seymour Daily Tribune report a new peak of 2461.63 dollars raised for the Christmas basket drive. Donations continued Friday and Saturday as volunteers prepared and delivered baskets to area families.
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Tribune
Charles Peters
T. A. Plunkett
Arthur Korte
Seymour American Legion Post 89
Seymour Daily Tribune
Seymour
Area
Legion
LeRoy Pollett
Pollett
The
Daily Tribune
Energy Bill Killed By House Logjam Over Energy Policy
The House rejected the Senate emergency energy bill 219 to 34 amid a logjam. Lawmakers balked at windfall profit limits on oil firms and adjournment refusals highlighted a partisan stalemate. Senate leaders planned to revisit after January, as Nixon aides urged tax action.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Nixon
Neuvers
United States
House Republicans
Brademas
Holiday Period Starts Amid Snow and Travel Delays
Indiana endures heavy snow and icy temps as Christmas holidays begin with many plans uncertain. Forecasts predict warmer Sunday and rain Monday with highs in the 30s to 40s. Officials warn of 18 traffic deaths before the period ends and several local factories announce four day weekends.
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Indiana
Amoco
Arvin Industries
Central Pharmacal
H. O
Two Below Zero As Hoosier Cold Deepens Across Indiana
Temperatures across Seymour and surrounding areas dropped to two degrees below zero marking a harsh start to winter. In Terre Haute the reading hit thirteen below, while roadways in Jackson County show patches of ice with travel slow. The National Weather Service predicts teens to 20s tonight, 30s Sunday, and a warming trend into Monday with possible showers. Statewide snow threatens Christmas Day and Wednesday as temperatures stabilize near 30. Reported weather fatalities include six heart attacks in Lafayette Indianapolis and near Fort Wayne, two Rochester deaths in a plane crash, a teen auto crash death, and a infant death from carbon monoxide in Richmond. Jessica Abner, nine months old, was found in a car trapped in snow.
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Terre Haute
Hoosier State
Jackson County
National Weather Service
Indianapolis
Indiana
Indianapolis Weather Agency
Pace
Lafayette
Fort Wayne
Rochester
Teena
Ger
Richmond
Jessica Lee Abner
Mari Abner
Abner
Weather records for Seymour and Rockford observer data
Unofficial downtown Seymour noon temperature and official readings from Ruth Everhart. 9 am today shows a high of 25 and Friday’s low, river level at 2.7 feet at 7 am. Sunset at 5:24 pm, sunrise 8:04 am Sunday in EST.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Rhide
Council Meeting Canceled for Holidays
Mayor Christopher D. Moritz announced no city council meeting on Monday due to holidays. City offices except police and fire will be closed, with trash pickups on a short week and crews deployed Wednesday to Friday to cover the routes.
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Christopher D. Moritz
Moritz
Red Cross Bloodmobile Visit Set Jan 10 at Seymour
The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit First United Methodist Church Seymour on Thursday January 10 from 1 to 4 pm. New policy allows malaria survivors to donate after three years post recovery, expanding eligibility for the fractionation program. The Regional Blood Center serves 59 hospitals and about 1.7 million people with 300 units needed daily.
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Red Cross
First United Methodist Church
Seymour
Red Cross Regional
Louisville
American Red Cross
American Association of Blood Banks
Tibor J Greenwalt
American Red Cross Blood Program
Lice problem cited as cause of Hawaii hairstyles
Lice resurgence blamed on longer hair and hygiene lapses among students prompts early school closures in Anderson for Christmas vacation. Dr. Raymond H. Van derhook notes nationwide rise. Seymour reports few cases in its schools, with swift action and home treatment.
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Anderson
Raymond H. Vanderhook
State Board of Health
Division of
Communicable Disease Control
Seymour
Willma Rose Smith
Miss Smith
Icy Roads Blamed In Traffic Mishaps In Seymour
Seymour police investigated three property damage crashes Friday morning blamed on ice. At 9:56 officers cite a collision on West Fourth Street involving Joseph T. Traylor and a Vierling station wagon. Earlier at 8:57 a.m. an alley crash on West Second Street damaged David McCameron and Richard Storey vehicles.
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Seymour City
Paul M. Cooper
West Fourth Street
Emerson Drive
Joseph C. Traylor
West Second Street
Michael J. and Co. A. Vierling
Seymour
Traylor
Cooper
David D. McCameron
Robin Hood Drive
Richard A. Storey
North Drive
Special License Plate For The Handicapped Approved
The Bureau of Motor Vehicles will issue a new handicap license plate in January. It is available to those permanently unable to use a leg or arm or severely disabled, with an affidavit required to prove eligibility. The plate bears an H, a central number, and the wheelchair symbol and conveys no special privileges.
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Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Ralph W. VanNatta
VanNatta
Browns Town Christmas Cheer Delivers Baskets and Help
About 115 Browns Town area residents receive help this Christmas through the Christmas Cheer program. One hundred fruit and nut baskets go to shut ins and elderly in the Browns Town School District, while 15 food baskets with toys and clothing assist needy families. Deliveries are by the Brownstown Lions Club and FFA. donors include Morgan Packing, Thompson Dairy, Rose Acre Farms, Colonial Bakery, and beverage bottlers.
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Brownstown
Brownstown Area
Larry McCory
Brownstown Lions Club
Brownstown Central
FFA
Kappa Kappa Kappa Sorority
Psilota Xi Sorority
Brownstown Exchange Club
Ambitious Young Farmers
Brownstown Baptist Church
Brownstown Central Progressive Young Farmers Chapter
Robert R. Myers
Morgan Packing Company
Thompson Dairy
Rose Acre Farms, Inc
Colonial Bakery
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Dr. Pepper Bottling Co
Barbara Willcutt
Doris Benter
Progressive Young Farmers Chapter
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Donald L. Thompson
Charles L. Kessler
Glenn M. Cro
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Massachusetts
O'Neill
White House
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Mike Mansfield
Montana
John Brademas
D-Ind
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
Commerce Committee
Canfield Co
Gardner Box
Harley Bag
Exceller Shirts
Lear Siegler
National Veneer and Swain Industries
Seymour Manufacturing
Talon
Textron
Travomatic Corporation
Weyerhaeuser Company
Marion-Kay Company
Exmconite Div
Amerace-Esna Corp
Medora
U. S. Shoe Corporation
Crothersville
Cummins Engine Company
Red Cross Bloodmobile
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