Derailed freight car blocks Seymour crossings for hours
A derailed B and O freight car loaded with 70 tons of lime blocked Seymour streets for three hours early this morning. The 19th car left the track, damaging 300 feet of brick platform and track joints. Wrecker removals, two trains delayed, and no fatalities reported.
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Seymour Street
Brown and
O’brien
B&o
Seymour
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Brown
Chestnut Street
Pennsylvania
Frank Childers
Cincinnati
North Vernon
John C. Grouch Co
National Limited B & O
Childers
Stanley Rogers
Aurora
Orville Woods
Arnold Schneck
William Strickland
Flagzman
Paul Joehrling
Vallonia Farmers Begin Replanting Washed-Out Corn
Bright, sunny weather spurs Vallonia area farmers to replant corn washed out by a flash flood that dumped about four inches in an hour Saturday. Darrell Peters says gullies four feet deep need filling before replanting. Gates show three and a half to four inches. others report .12 inch in surrounding areas. Highs reached 75 with cooling showers forecast for weekend.
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Vallonia
Darrell Peters
Wallonia
Peters
Weather Bureau
White River
Rockford
Medora Creeks Plan Revised By Civic Club
Medora residents saw the planned 3000 bond issue for cleaning two creeks and raising Riley street bridge dropped after the town board voted to budget 4000 for the work in the next fiscal year. The board also budgeted 1800 for two baseball diamond lots per civic suggestion.
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Medora
Board
Civic Association
Nine City Candidates File Expense Declarations
Nine candidates for city offices in the May 5 primary filed expense declarations with Jackson County Clerk H. Jack Spurgeon. Eight more candidates have yet to file by the legal deadline Thursday. Republican filings include Herwig for mayor and others with small sums. Democrats Taylor Eckstein and Fields also filed for judge and council seat.
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H. Jack Spurgeon
Jackson
Spurgeon
Donald L. Herwig
James L. Laupus
Victor B. Everdon
Billy Ault
Willis A. Brown
William F. Herwig
Jesse J. Taylor
William Eckstein
John H. Fields
Schneck Memorial May Records Hit New Highs At Hospital
Bed patients and out patients set May records at Schneck Memorial Hospital with 270 bed patients and 741 outpatients. First five months totals rose to 1126 bed patients and 3364 outpatients. May births reached 74 with 74 babies born and 125 in March, while 58 tonsillectomies were performed.
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Audrey Spencer
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Irene Clacamp
Two Held At Bedford After Posse Capture
A truck driver James Everett Brown and his wife Nancy Joy were captured near Bedford after a gun battle with state police. Brown was shot in the hand and both were held without charge as a large search party pursued them across southern Indiana.
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Bloomington
Avoca
Bedford
James Everett Brown
Clinton
Wis
Robert Gillespie
Dunn Memorial Hospital
Stella Baker
Seymour Post
Indiana
Brown
Nancy Joy
Lawrence Conway
Seymour
Irwin Owens
FBI
Harold Manion
Cpl. Conway
Ray Galyan
Jackson County Celebrity Series Planned Here
Final plans set for a four program Jackson County Celebrity Series in Shields High School auditorium. The Seymour Chamber of Commerce will inaugurate the series with a sales drive within 10 days and a few weeks of organized effort. Tickets sold in sets of four, with prices varying by seat location.
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Jackson County
Shields Senior High School
Seymour Chamber of Commerce
Robert H. Judd
Seymour Chamber
Indiana
Judd
May Traffic Accidents Cause Rising Property Loss
Seymour saw sharp May increases in property losses from auto crashes and seven arrests linked to accidents. Vehicle damage totaled 6850 with eight arrests for traffic and related offenses, while April reported 4165 in damage and one arrest. Personal injuries declined from April and May 1958.
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Seymour
Jack Koerner
Four Prisoners Escape Iowa State Penitentiary
Four long term inmates at Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison held a guard and a cellblock captain at knifepoint and cut two bars from windows to escape through an outside wall. The men, Lloyd Woodson Albert Boerger Elon Girdler and Robert Jones, fled after tying officers and climbing an eight foot fence. Authorities from three states pursued them as the cellhouse 19 escape main clocked at about 12 25 a m.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
John Bennett
Lloyd Woodson
Quincy
Albert M. Boerger
Kansas City
Elon Girdler
Peoria
Ill
Robert Jones
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence W. Smith
Janes
Smith
Boerger
Larry H. Pickard
Woodson
Girdler
Bennett
Jones
Pickard
Illinois
Missouri
Penitentiary
Keokuk
Towa
Norman Juhl
Seymour Heights Elevation Noted at 604 Feet
A local note records Seymour as 604 feet above sea level. The fact highlights geographic measurement for the town's topography and potential impact on climate and construction planning.
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Seymour
Weather Record Summary for Seymour and Rockford Observer
Weather observations show unofficial downtown Seymour readings and a 2 PM temperature. Official data recorded by Mrs Ruth Everhart government observer at Rockford notes maximum and minimum for Tuesday and the River gauge at 6.5 feet.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Eisenhower urges Soviet willingness at Geneva talks
President Eisenhower said no progress at Geneva justified a summit and urged the Soviet Union to show good faith. He cited a clear Berlin rights pledge and other measures as needed. He also commented on bond rate questions and possible debt ceiling increases. He warned against rising anti Semitism in Senate confirmation fights.
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Geneva
Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
White House
Andrei A. Gromyko
Britain
France
United States
Congress
Straus
Senate
Lewis L
Louisiana Governor Declared Mentally Ill
Galveston report says Louisiana Governor Earl K Long, 63, is mentally ill and may need 90 days of observation in a mental hospital. A judge ordered hospital care for his protection while hearings determine validity of the commitment.
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Louisiana
Galveston
Tex
Earl K. Long
Associated Press
Titus Harris
John Sealy Hospital
Long
Texas
Gibson
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Seymour City
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Freeman
Walnut Street
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NEA Telephoto
Pottsville
Roy E. Beck
Beck
Ike
Russ
Khrushchev
Bulletin
Garland Leslie
Ranger
Leslie
John B. Truslow
Gov
Price
U.S
Russell Long
D-La
Lether Frazer
Frazer
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