Evidence Heard In Grassy Fork Trustee Contest
Judge John M. Lewis heard all evidence in the Grassy Fork township trustee election contest and will rule Wednesday on whether nine disputed ballots should be counted. Cunningham and Mellencamp each claim several ballots, with totals showing 217 to 220 before the contested votes. A new trustee is to be sworn in New Year’s Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Lewis
Grassy Fork Township
Jackson Circuit Court
Charles E. Cunningham
Curtis Mellencamp
Cunningham
Branaman
Markel
James F. Hillis
Montgomery and
Montgomery
Mellencamp
Grassy Fork
Grassy Fork East
Grassy Fork West
Lewis
Jackson
Fred Cunningham
Gerald Goecker
Leland Ault
Traffic Victim's Rites Wednesday
Diana Kay Gates 16, a Clearspring High School junior, died in a Sunday car-truck collision near Brazil. She was a 4-H Club member from Jackson County. Funeral rites set for 10 a.m. at Bedford and 3 p.m. at Anderson Church of God with burial in Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
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Diana Kay Gates
George K. Gates
Norman
Clay County Hospital
Brazil
Jackson County
Gates
Jack Stout
Stout
Green
Nancy Ferry
Fabricast Division
Bedford
Norman al
Miss Gates
Anderson
George K
Alice Gillispie Gates
Carter Mortuary
Albert Evans
Omer Fisher
Anderson Church of God
George Skinner
Memorial Gardens
Carter Funeral Home
Burglars Loot Medora School And Restaurant
Burglars struck twice in Medora on Monday night or early today looting Persinger's Restaurant and Pool Room and the Medora School. They took pennies and cigarettes at Persinger's and an unknown amount of change at the school. Deputy Harvey Green and Marshal George Hanner led the investigation.
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Medora
Persinger
Persinger's
Harvey Green
Jackson County
George Hanner
Green
Persinger’s
Marshal Hanner
Pol Rom
Hillis seeks emergency appropriation for prosecuting attorney office equipment
James F. Hillis, prosecutor-elect for Jackson County 40th circuit, asks the county council to provide emergency funds for a secretary desk, typewriter, filing cabinet, and Burns Indiana Statutes Annotated. He urges furnishing by January 1, 1959, to ensure proper operation of the office in the Jackson County Court House.
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Jackson County
Hillis
Cil
County Council
Court House
Jackson Circuit Court
Holiday Schedule Set At Post Office
Seymour post office will follow a holiday schedule for New Year's Day. Special deliveries and perishables will be delivered Thursday Jan 1. Mail will be dispatched on a holiday schedule with one outgoing collection at 3 pm. Lobby hours 6 am to 7 pm for lockbox patrons. no window service. Regular schedule resumes Friday at 8 am.
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Seymour
Chester C. Droege
T. P. Cordes
Key Chairs Named For 1959 Polio-Arthritis Drive
Norman Lightner of Seymour announces chairmen for county polio arthritis and birth defects campaign running January 2 to 31. Focus shifts to expanded health program with arthritis and birth defects aid, while polio aid continues. County and town leaders named for school collections, dime distribution, Mothers March, and local drive coordination.
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Norman
Lightner
Seymour
Jackson County
National Foundation
Harry Horning
Karl Hackman
Pat Downey
E. ©. Stark
Charles R. Hunterman, Jr
Paul Tormoehien
Brownstown
Lebert Walker
Crothersville
Harry B. Fox
Bob O'Hara
Jaycees
Glen Walter
Rebels Sabotage Near Havana Amid Santa Clara Battles
Rebels intensified actions near Havana as heavy blasts struck Guanabacoa and rumors spread of soldier deaths at a Cuban arms warehouse. In Las Villas onslaughts continued with fierce house to house fighting and thousands fleeing Santa Clara as Castro presses the campaign against Batista.
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Havana
Santa Clara
Cuba
Guanabacoa
Havana Bay
Fidel Castro
Las Villas
Batista
Camp Columbia
Oriente
Castro
Santiago
Ernesto Guevara
Guevara
Camaguey
Manuel Urrutia
Fomento
Three Die In Frankfort Plane Crash Near Killmore
A C A investigators probe a Cessna crash that killed J Wood Collins 31 Dwight Parker 29 and pilot Ernest Dege 32 of New Castle. The single engine plane went down in a fog shrouded clover field near Killmore five miles NE of Frankfort shortly after takeoff from New Castle airport en route to Iowa City.
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J. Wood Collins
New Castle Products Corp
Dwight D. Parker
Ernest Dege
Western
New Castle
Killmore
Frankfort
Iowa City
Iowa
Harry Hammond
Chalmer Stevens
Collins
Marion
Indiana University Alumni Assn
Henry County
I. A. Alumni Assn
Parker
Dee. 22
I. A
Knightstown
Dege
Weather Records and River Reading Summary
Readings show maximum Monday at 64 degrees and minimum Monday unspecified. River level at 2.5 feet with 57 18 noted. forecast mentions 2 p.m. today with Annie and paras, unclear values for river and temperatures.
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Annie
Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Liberal GOP Seeks Candidate State Agreement on Tactics
A small group of liberal Republicans in the Senate seeks agreement on candidates to challenge current leadership. Key figures include Sen. Prescott Bush proposing Sen. John Sherman Cooper as a floor leader candidate, while Sen. Thomas Kuchel urges focusing on adding a liberal member to leadership rather than toppling conservatives.
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Liberal
GOP
Washington
Senate
George Aiken
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
William Knowland
Rcalif
Thomas Kuchel
Calif
Aiken
Everett Dirksen
Dirksen Long
Ruchel
Bridges
Saltonstall
New England
Cooper
Dirksen
Middle West
Far West
Medora Board Wraps Up 1958 Business
Medora Town Board met Monday night to finish 1958 business. They approved December claims and installed six ton load limit signs on the Poplar street bridge after November repairs from a corn truck collision. Gerald White cited safety. The board granted a truck trailer parking permit to Paul Schiller on David street and reviewed 1958 projects including street repaving and drainage work. William Butler was named deputy town marshal.
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Medora
Poplar Street Bridge
Gerald White
Paul Schiller
David Street
William Butler
Poplar Street
Atlas May Orbit 10 Days Lighting Possible Invite
The Atlas satellite is expected to stay aloft over 20 days initially predicted, with the radio beacon still active for a possible 10 days. Defense officials note the 8,000 pound craft may orbit until about February, while Smithsonian Moonwatch teams report brightness may rival the brightest star. Visible passages across Florida, Central America, Texas to New York and California to North Dakota are forecast at specific dawn times.
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Washington
America
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
United States
Smithsonian
Florida
Central America
Texas
Great Lakes
New York State
Pacific
Mid- California
North Dakota
New Mexico
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Ault
Goecker
Clearspring Junior
Fulgencio Batista
New Orleans
Delta Air Lines
Jamaica
Louis F. Brantley
James W. Reid
Atlanta
Brantley
NEA Telephoto
Ind
New Castile
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Chicago
Wat
Ceed Knowland
Sen
Styles Bridges
Leverett Saltonstall
Atlas
New York City
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