Roadside Weeds Create Problems For Motorists
An Indiana spring brings rapid roadside weed growth that reduces driver visibility at intersections. State officials cite wet ground and funding shortfalls delaying mowing, with some spot mowing and contractor work to maintain safety as districts trim the program.
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Jackson County
Indiana State Highway Commission
Indiana State Highway Executive
Roger F. Marsh
Indiana
Highway Department
Marsh
Youth Corps Set At Refuge
Twenty Seymour youths aged 15 to 18 begin an eight week Youth Conservation Corps camp at Muscatatuck Wildlife Refuge east of Seymour. Commuter program runs 8 a m to 4 30 p m with daily work and conservation education under refuge manager Charles Scheffe and camp director Dan Henkle. Participants will be tested at start and end to measure learning. this is one of 36 such camps run by the Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife.
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Seymour
Youth Conservation Corps
Muscatatuck Wildlife Refuge
Here
Charles Scheffe
Dan Henkle
Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Weather records for Seymour include official readings
Downtown Seymour noon temperature unofficial. other readings from Mrs. Ruth Everhart Rockford weather office are official. Friday maximum and minimum noted with precipitation .27 inch. River level at 7 am 4.7 feet. Sunset 8 11 EST. Sunrise Sunday 5 17 EST.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Judge lifts secrecy on Nixon Watergate papers
A federal judge revoked the secrecy order on grand jury papers naming Nixon as an unindicted co conspirator in the Watergate cover up The Supreme Court will decide when material becomes public Sirica lifted the order at St Clairs request as the case remains under Supreme Court review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Grand Jury
Nixon
Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
James D. St. Clair
Leon Jaworski
US District Court
Gerhard A. Gesell
Ellsberg
U. S. Circuit
Infant Killed in Bartholomew County Auto Crash
A seven month old child, Thomas Powers, died from massive head injuries after a one car crash in Bartholomew County. Parents Lyndel and Mrs Powers, and siblings Lyndel Powers Jr and Chary Powers, were hospitalized. The car struck multiple trees after veering off Bartholomew County Road 750 South near Columbus. Police and sheriff deputies investigated.
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Bartholomew County
Thomas Powers
Lyndel R. Powers
Elizabethtown
Lyndel Powers, Jr
Chary Powers
Columbus
Powers
Stewart C. Smith
Seymour State
Cicadas to swarm in Indiana in large brood XIV
Purdue entomologist warns brood XIV cicadas will emerge in Jackson County and 36 other Indiana counties this month. Males sing loudly while females damage young trees by laying eggs in twigs, spoiling shapes. spring pruning should wait until after they disappear.
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Jackson
Indiana
Great Num
Purdue
Swarms Cause Devastation in Countryside Scene
Large swarms fill the area and leave the countryside barren, breaking brown branches where green foliage should be in midsummer. The scene evokes widespread damage to vegetation and landscape in the wake of the insects.
Postmaster Offers Vacation Mail Tips
Seymour Postmaster V. Thomas Fettig urges travelers to mail early, avoid weekends, and deposit cards in early pickup boxes. He advises buying stamps before leaving, using correct postage, and applying zip codes. Tips include labeling addresses ahead, requesting mail hold, and safeguarding the home from theft during trips.
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Seymour
V. Thomas Fettig
Water Rate Hearing Set In Indianapolis
A public hearing on a rate increase petition by Seymour Water Company will be held at 1 30 p m Tuesday in Public Service Commission Room 907 State Office Building Indianapolis. The company seeks a 14 8 percent overall rise to fund system improvements and rising operating costs and to finance doubling of water treatment capacity to 1 500 000 gallons per day.
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Seymour Water Company
Public Service Commission
State Office Building
Indianapolis
Public Hearings Set by Seymour Planning Commission
Public hearings on the Jackson Park subdivision section E and Sky Haven Mobile Home Park addition headline the Seymour city planning commission agenda for June 13 at 7 30 p m in council chambers. A revised Snyde Acres plat will be reviewed in executive session followed by budget, claims and other business before adjournment.
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Jackson Park
Section E
Sky Haven
Mobile Home Park
Seymour
Hearst says she loves SLA captive and watched shootout death
Patricia Hearst in a taped message from the underground says she fell in love with an SLA member, watched the May 17 gun battle with Los Angeles police, and mourns as six SLA members died. She vows to continue and renounces her family calling them pigs while City Watchers report Wolfe and Harris survivors spoke on the tape.
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Los Angeles
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Underground
Sybionese Liberation Army
Los
Cujo
54Th Street
SLA
Tania
William
Emily Harris
Harrises
Wolfe
Donald
Four more candidates file primary campaign expenses
Four candidates who sought office in the May 7 primary filed expense statements with Loyd R. Jones, clerk of Jackson Circuit Court. Arthur R. Jones reported 15 dollars, and George W. Teipen 12.50 dollars. Two candidates reported no expenses: Harry L. Johnson and Francis Trueblood. All primary campaign expense statements must be filed before June 15.
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Loyd R. Jones
Jackson Circuit Court
Arthur R. Jones
Seymour
George W. Teipen
Seymour R
Grassy Fork Township
Harry L. Johnson
Wallonia
Advisory Board
Driftwood Township
Francis Trueblood
Medora
Carr Township
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Tribune
Sirica
Atty
John N. Mitchell
White House
Gordon Strachan
John D. Ehrlichman
Kenneth W. Parkinson
Charles W. Colson
Gesell
Ehrlichman
G. Gordon Liddy
Daniel Ellsberg
Lewis
Fielding
William Frates
St. Clair
James L. Burchett
Norman
Ind
Norman Hill
Burchett
William A. Leadens
Seymour State Police Post
Ewing Street
Jerry D. Hercamp
South
Walnut Street
William R. Nichols
Stanley England
Nichols
Hercamp
England
Bers
Donald L. Schuder
Purdue Extension
Hearst
Seymour High School
Indiana State University
Terre Haute
Scot Sunbury
Brian Brock
Jeff Laupus
Kent Heagin
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