State Police Cancel Days Off For Holiday Weekend
Indiana state police cancel all days off for Friday through Monday to have 420 cars on duty for the New Year weekend. Seymour Post reports 31 highway fatalities so far in the seven county area, with three deaths in December. Officials urge careful driving and restraint with alcohol, noting uncertain winter weather and possible snow or ice delays.
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Seymour Post No. 7
Indiana
Indianapolis
Seymour Post
Local Post
Post
Frank A. Jessup
Boys Club Announces Night Time Restriction and Movie Change
The Seymour Boys' Club announces changes after January 1. Children under eight cannot attend night sessions 6 30 to 9 30 p m and may attend 3 to 5 p m weekdays. Saturdays are all day. Movie night moves from Thursday to Friday after school at 4 p m.
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Seymour
Mike Kreshka
Kreshka
Daily Tribune Carrier Price Hiked to 30 Cents Weekly
The Daily Tribune by carrier will cost 30 cents a week starting the first week of January, up from 25 cents. The increase covers part of higher newsprint and supplies costs, with Seymour Tribune among the last in the state to retain a lower rate. The paper highlights AP service, local features, and a five station TV schedule. Carrier deliveries will share in the new rate.
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Daily Tribune
Seymour Tribune
the Tribune
Associated Press Service
National Picture — Service
Seymour Stores to Close Early Saturday for New Year
Seymour stores will close Saturday afternoon at 5 or 5:30 to avoid New Year’s Eve work, per Seymour Chamber of Commerce retail division policy. They remain closed Monday January 2 for the New Year holiday. most business and mail service are suspended. The Daily Tribune will publish Monday on page 4.
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Seymour
Seymour Chamber of Commerce
The
Daily Tribune
Temperature Drop Forecast Tonight
Indiana weather bureau predicts a cold wave moving south tonight with temperatures dropping to the 20s statewide. The chilly spell should last through Saturday, New Year’s Eve, as a front reaches the southern half tonight. Wednesday’s high near 50 and a 25 degree low marked the period.
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Indiana Weather Bureau
Indiana
Chauffeur License Renewals Based On Birth Month In Indiana
Seymour area residents with 1955 chauffeur licenses must renew by the last day of the birth month in 1956. The new rule requires expiration at the end of the birth month, not February only, and a stamp on the 1955 card will note the extended date.
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Seymour
Bruce K. Combs
Indiana State Auto License Bureau
Morris J
1955 Seymour pool season nets 7290 in receipts
Seymour Municipal Swimming Pool in Shields Park reported 1955 summer receipts of 7 290 20 and attendance of 46 795. Alfred W. Bobb chaired the pool commission meeting noting repairs and filter concerns and that the season ran June 1 to August 28 with free swim lessons and various instructional programs.
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Seymour
Shields Park
Swimming Pool Commission
Council Chamber
Alfred W. Bobb
City Park Board
Joe D. Gill
Bobb
John C. Isaacs
Clyde D. Hill
Indiana State Board of Health
Gill
Bloomington-Seymour
Columbus
Bloomington
Hamilton
County Veterans Seek State Bonus
Jackson county veterans service officer George Snider reports 147 applications filed for the state bonus. Disabled veterans with 10 percent service connected disability may receive $600. Korean War veterans may receive $15 per month for service in Korea from June 27 1950 to July 27 1953. About 280 Korean War veterans in Jackson county are eligible.
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George Snider
Jackson County
Veterans Service
Snider
Korea
Driver Fined After Auto Damages Bridge
Ellis D. Peeples, 23, of Headquarters Battery AAA Gun Battalion at Skokie MI, was fined 1 dollar plus costs in Brownstown justice court after his 1953 sedan struck a bridge on Clearspring road. Trooper Samuel Kruse said loss of control on loose road material caused the accident. vehicle damage about 400 dollars and bridge damage about 200 dollars.
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Ellis D. Peeples
AAA
Skokie
Clearspring Road
Clearspring
Justice of Peace Court
Brownstown
Samuel Kruse
Seymour
Jackson County Highway Department
Timber Damaged Fire At Indiana Highway Dump
Two acres of timber burned in a flash fire at the Indiana state highway dump eight miles west of Brownstown on U S Road 50. Fire wardens Allen L. Hubbard and Albert Reinbold spent five hours quelling the blaze. cause undetermined, blamed on debris and possible cigarette or match sparks from vehicles.
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Brownstown
Allen L. Hubbard
Jackson County
Albert Reinbold
Mr. Hubbard
Seymour Man Escapes Injury In Car Burns
Arley Gene Rayle, 21, of Seymour, escaped injury when his 1940 automobile overturned on a county road east of Seymour and burned after skidding into an embankment. Trooper James K. Miller investigated. car destroyed as flames leaped from spilled gasoline.
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Arley Gene Rayle
Centennial Street
Seymour
James K. Miller
Rayle
Ravyle
Reelection plans loom for Indiana Republicans in 1956
GOP leaders in Indianapolis initiate a survey to gauge how many Indiana Republican state legislators will seek reelection and who might replace those not running again. Senator T Volney Carter of Seymour has not decided his future, with a final decision due within a month.
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Republican State Gop Committee
T. Volney Carter
Seymour
Carter
Indianapolis
Alvin C. Cast
House
Senate
Eugene Bainbridge
Walter Bryan
Lake County
Leonard F. Conrad
Terre Haute
Mr. Carter
Roy Conrad
Monticello
D. Russell Bontrager
Elkhart
Robert Lee Brokenburr
Harold O. Burnett
C. Wendell Martin
Donald M. Ream
John G. Tinder
South Bend
Howard Steele
Knox
Tinder
Brokenburr
U. S
United Nations
Burnett
Wieneke Buys Fettig Insurance and Real Estate Agency
R J Wieneke of the Wieneke Insurance Agency announces the purchase of the J Edwin Fettig Insurance and Real Estate Agency from the Fettig estate executor. The change takes effect January 1 1956 and offices will combine soon. Elsie Callahan will join Wieneke to service existing Fettig policies. Offices closed December 19 to January 1.
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R. J. Wieneke
Wieneke Insurance Agency
Vehslagen
J. Edwin Fettig
Fettig Agency
Wieneke
Fettig
Eisenhower Exercises in Florida Sun During Vacation
President Eisenhower continues his Florida visit with golf practice on a base diamond and a stroll to view submarines, including the Amberjack. Accompanied by Cmdr. Edward L. Beach and aides, he appears relaxed as doctors urged more outdoor activity.
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Key West, Fla
Eisenhower
Naval Base
Naval
Cmdr
Edward L. Beach
Beach
Howard M. Snyder
Milton S. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Washington
Congress
Egyptian Force Driven Back By Israeli Clash
Israeli troops repulsed a band of Egyptian soldiers who crossed the armistice line and occupied a hill on the Israel side of the Gaza strip. The Egypt fighters used rifles machineguns and a heavy mortar in the exchange. No Israeli casualties were reported.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Gaza Strip
Foreign Ministry
Edson L. M. Burns
United Nations Truce Team
Walter Eyton
Israel Foreign Ministry
Palestine Truce Group
Egypt
Dag Hammarskjold
Tingle Seeks GOP Nomination for Secretary of State
Indianapolis Paul M. Tingle, secretary of the Public Service Commission, announced on Wednesday his bid for the Republican nomination for secretary of state at the state convention on June 29. A Connersville resident, he served two terms as Fayette County treasurer and led the Indiana County Treasurers Association for three years. He is a former Republican county chairman and has been with the IPSC since January 1953.
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Indianapolis
Paul M. Lingle
Public Service Commission
Connersville
Fayette County
Indiana County Treasurers Association
IPSC
Auto Stolen Here Found Abandoned on Road 50
City police chief Robert Gill reports a 1947 four door sedan stolen from in front of Ruddick's garage at 615 West Tipton Street was found abandoned nine miles west of Brownstown on U S Road 50 Wednesday morning. The theft was reported to city police at 10 o'clock Wednesday, about the same time the car was located. The garage said the vehicle was taken between 730 Tuesday night and 800 Wednesday morning.
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Robert Gill
Ruddick
West
Tipton Street
Brownstown
U. S. Road 50
Gill
Russian leader attacks Eisenhower signals tougher Soviet line
Washington officials viewed Khrushchev’s direct attack on President Eisenhower as signaling a harder Soviet foreign policy. The timing tied to Eisenhower’s Christmas message on freedom in Eastern Europe, with Moscow’s aim to maintain control in satellite states highlighted as a core concern.
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Washington
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Europe
Khrushchev
Radio Europe
Khrushchev Attacks Eisenhower and Dulles in Parliament
Khrushchev accused Eisenhower of crude interference in Communist affairs and dismissed U S arms inspections as military intelligence. He boasted the Soviet hydrogen bomb power can rise and criticized Dulles for backing massive retaliation. The Supreme Soviet heard the two hour session as Khrushchev argued Western disarmament goals clash with Geneva spirit.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Esenhower
Secretar
State Dulles
Communist Party
Supreme Soviet
Krushchev
Fisenhower
Geneva
Two Accidents Damage Vehicles on West Bruce Street
Police report two vehicle crashes on West Bruce Street around noon Wednesday causing damage to both cars. Otto Donhost, 61 East Seventh Street, collided with Alvin L. Trac Seymour Rl’s van as Trac tried to pass during Donhost’s left turn into an alley near South Chestnut Street. Tracey claimed no signal was given. A Tribune error misreported a separate collision involving William M. Amos and Marvin H. Isaacs. the door damage occurred when Amos’s car door was struck by the truck’s rear wheel as Amos opened his door near West Tipton Street and Chestnut Street.
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West Bruce Street
Otto Donhost
East Seventh Street
Alvin L. Trac Seymour
Tracey
Donh
Chestnut Street
Donhos
Tueday
Tribune
William M. Amos
Sou
Marvin H. Isaacs
Cortland
Isaacs
Amos
Repo
West Tipton Street
Chesta Street
Flood Area Relief Speeded Across Two States
Relief work surged in California and Oregon as floods, the most destructive in memory, left 40 dead in California and 12 in Oregon with 20 to 30 missing in California and three in Oregon. Damages initial estimates reach 150 to 170 million dollars for a floodplain covering about a million acres. Red Cross leader Ellsworth Bunker toured Stockton and Santa Cruz and planned further visits to Yuba City and Sacramento to coordinate aid with Governor Knight. With 161 disaster workers mobilized, the Red Cross seeks five million dollars for immediate aid to northern California and southern Oregon. Federal funds of one million dollars were pledged for Santa Cruz, and the Civil Defense administration opened centers in Eureka, Santa Rosa, Santa Monica, Stockton, Yuba City, and Reno to manage habilitation aid.
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California
Oregon
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Donner Summit
Sierra Nevada
Ellsworth Bunker
American Red Cross
Stockton
Santa Cruz
Frid
Yuba City
Sacraento
Gwin J. Knight
Uni
Red Cross
Humboldt County
Eureka
Federal Civil Defense Ministration
Pr Dent Eisenhower
Cel
Santa Rosa
Santa C Stockton
Yuba Cit
Reno
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Feather River
High Sierra
Ruth Everhart
Sale- Man
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Seymour Man
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R. Wieneke
I Fettig Agency
Seth W. Shields
Florida
Tingle
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Soviet Union
Nikolai Bulganin
Dulles
Molotov
Iron Curtain
Khrushche
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