Mellencamp Declared Trustee in Grassy Fork Township Fight
Judge John M. Lewis ruled Mellencamp the Grassy Fork township trustee after a recount and disputed ballots. Cunningham, the Democratic challenger, plans appeal as final vote stood 221 to 220.
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Curtis Mellencamp
Wallonia
Grassy Fork Township
John M. Lewis
Lewis
Mellencamp
Charles E. Cunningham
Indiana Appellate Court
Thomas H. Branaman
Branaman
Markel
Cunningham
Gerald Goecker
Fred Cunningham
Leland Ault
Grassy Fork
GOP
Jackson Circuit Court
Ault
Jackson County Election Board
Hillis
New Phone Books Distributed in Seymour and County
Indiana Telephone Corporation released its 1959 Seymour city and Jackson County directory in its old format. The 72 page book adds more listings for Seymour Acme Brownstown Cortland Crothersville Freetown Medora Reddington Wallonia and Clearspring along with rural areas. The directory includes long distance service details inside front cover and a calendar for 1959 and 1960 inside back cover. The yellow pages remain in this edition.
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Indiana Telephone Corporation
I.T.C
Seymour City
Jackson County
The_ telephone’ corporation
Seymour
Acme
Brownstown
Cortland
Crothersville
Freetown
Medora
Reddington
Wallonia
Clearspring
Telephone Rate Hearing Delayed in Indiana
Indiana Appellate Court postponed a Jan 21 hearing on a proposed rate increase by Indiana Telephone Corporation based in Seymour. The PSC had granted a $500,000 refund order after opposition from Seymour Citizens League, city of Seymour, Hanover and Madison areas, while the company appeals to keep higher rates. The increase affects 23,000 customers across 33 southern Indiana communities.
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Indiana
Indiana Telephone Corporation
Seymour
Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Seymour Citizens’ League
Thomas R. Haley
Edward S. Lustig
Hanover
Madison
North Vernon
Bicknell
Salem
Huntingburg
Jasper
Brownstown
Mitchell
Paoli
Scottsburg
Worthington
Loogootee
Fatality in Brown County Raises Seymour Toll in 1958
Indiana reports its safest year since World War II but the Seymour post area records 65 deaths in 54 crashes for 1958, up three from 1957. One fatality occurred near Bean Blossom on Ind 135 when a car and a truck collided after fog and wet pavement, injuring four others including two of Norman's children. Authorities plan extra trooper coverage tonight to curb drunk driving and rising deaths.
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Indiana
Seymour State Police Post
Brown County
Seymour Post
Ind
Bean Blossom
Joseph Leonard Norman
Morgantown
Seymour
Bloomington
Norman
Glen Yoder
Helmsburg
Chester Inlow
Roy Jacobs
Jack Bond
Yoder
Johnson County Memorial Hospital
Franklin
Downtown Yale Display Ends Tonight in Seymour
Tonight is the last night of Seymour’s downtown Christmas display announced by Robert H. Judd Seymour Chamber of Commerce executive manager. The gaily trimmed utility poles will be lit late for New Year’s Eve revelers. Removal begins Thursday. The display is praised as the most colorful ever in Seymour and among the finest in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Judd
Seymour
Violent Winter Storm Forecast For Indiana Tonight
A violent winter storm was set to hit Indiana from the southwest bringing hazardous driving on New Year’s Eve. Snow 2 to 4 inches may coat the north central region while freezing rain and sleet threaten southern roads. Temperatures fall to the low 20s in the north and low 30s in the south with a rise into the 30s by Thursday as 1959 begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Indiana
Hoosier
Nanes
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Seymour
South Bend
Lafayette
Indianapolis
White River
Rockford
Reporter Named As Secretary By Rep Earl Hogan
Columbus journalist Kent Nixon, a Marine veteran and great grandson of former congressman George W Cooper, was named secretary for Rep Earl Hogan of Indiana s Ninth district. Nixon joins two other Hogan staffers and will take the oath in Washington on January 7, bringing Hogan s office staff to three.
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Earl Hogan
Columbus
Bartholomew County
U.S
Kent Nixon
Republican
Rep. Hogan
Washington
Nixon
Indiana University
George W. Cooper
Cooper
Hogan
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
First Marine Division
Panmunjom
Korea
Richard A. Yeatman
Arlington
Donald G. Cummings
Washington, DC
Thor Polaris Missiles Explode After Takeoff
A Navy Polaris test rocket and an Air Force Thor launcher exploded after liftoff at Cape Canaveral ending a busy 1958. The incident caps a turbulent year for early space era testing and prompts investigation into launch failures and safety protocols.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cape
Ocean
Thor
Polaris
Navy Polaris
Air Force
Atlantic
Navy
New Year Quiet Start to 1959 in Seymour
Seymour observes a quiet New Year amid late-night bells and horns with businesses closed and many sleeping in. The Daily Tribune publishes early Thursday, mailings proceed, and worship services and watch parties mark the transition from 1958 to 1959. Police warn against drunken driving as festivities wind down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Daily Tribune
California
Weather Records From Seymour and Rockford Observers
Weather records for Seymour show unofficial downtown and 2 pm readings. Official observations come from Ruth Everhart government observer at Rockford with river stage at 2.6 feet and Tuesday high and low reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Ucnuse
Deputy to Open Trustee Office Downtown Here
James F Deputy the trustee elect of Jackson township moves the office from Clarence Brethauer’s residence to 1004 South Chestnut Street over Jones Drug Store in Room 8. He begins a four year term January 1 and will hold hours 2 to 6 Monday through Friday and 8 6 to 4 Saturdays, with longer summer hours. Brethauer did not seek reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F
Jackson Township
Clarence Brethauer
South Chestnut Street
Jones Drug Store
Jackson County
American Red Cross
Army crushes rebels in Santa Clara Cuba clash
In central Cuba, government forces assaulted rebel positions around Santa Clara with tanks artillery and air power. Authorities claimed about 3000 rebel casualties and that insurgents are being driven eastward as fighting spreads through Las Villas and toward Oriente.
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Havana
Cuba
Santa Cabra
Las Villas
Santa Clara
Cruces
Batista
Louisville teachers abducted in Havana by Cuban police
Lews F Brantley and James W Reid two Louisville educators returning from the British West Indies were pulled from a Havana bound flight after Brantley asked how far Fidel Castro was from the city. Swarthy men chased them and held them briefly before being released and flying to Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Louisville
Havana
Fidel Castro
Lews F. Brantley
Castro
Brantley
James W. Reid
Reid
British West Indies
Viva Castro
New Orleans
Big Three Send Notes To Russia
The Western Big Three urged the Soviet Union to discuss the German problem including Berlin at a new four power conference. They rejected talks under threat and warned they would keep forces in West Berlin to protect its 2 million residents. The United States said it is ready to discuss with the Soviet government as part of a wider framework for German and European security.
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Chicago
U.S
Batista
Fidel Castro
Washington
Soviet Union
Berlin
Khrushchev
East Berlin
West Berlin
West
United States
Tme
Germany
Youth Hurts Shoulder In Football Contest
Raymond Richart 16 son of Bernard and Bernice Richart North Vernon R4 received an X ray at Schneck Memorial Hospital at 11 50 a m Tuesday after a fall in a football game. No fracture found and he was released. Flood Wayne Carter 20 month old son of Bruce A Carter Jr received two stitches after falling from bed and hitting his head on the floor register. He was released after treatment.
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Raymond Richart
Bernard L. Richart
North Vernon
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Flood Wayne Carter
Bruce A. Carter, Jr
L A. m
World Celebrates New Year Around the Globe
The AP describes New Year celebrations from New Orleans to New Delhi. Fireworks at Pike's Peak and a Bangor bonfire mark 125th anniversaries, while Moscow and Tokyo plan major festivities and Eisenhower spends New Year’s Eve at Gettysburg.
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New Orleans
New Delhi
Berlin
Buffalo
Santiago
Shanghai
Pike's Peak
Bangor
Maine
Cherryville
N.C
Tokyo
Ning
Gettysburg
Pasadena
Miami
Dallas
AdAmAn Club
Colorado Springs
Germany
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Deborah
Marshella
Riley
Yale
Weather Bureau
Rep
NEA Telephoto
Early Tribune
America
Moon
Deputy
Brethaver
Oriente
Guantanamo
U.S. Naval Base
Russia
Britain
France
Nikita Khrushchev
East Germany
Nazi Germany
THE
Communist
China
Peiping
Tientsin
Europe
Moscow
Eisenhower
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