10 High School Juniors Attend Hoosier Boys State at IU
Ten Jackson County high school juniors will join 925 statewide participants at the 28th annual Hoosier Boys State opening Saturday at Indiana University. The program, run by the American Legion, runs through June 20 and educates on state government, parties, elections, and lawmaking with mock conventions and sessions.
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1.U
Jackson County
Indiana University
The
American Legion
B. W. Breedlove
Steve Schrink
Indianapolis
SSHS
Departments
Welcomes Await McDivitt White After Gemini 4 Flight
The Gemini 4 astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II finish their four day mission at sea and prepare for a string of homecomings. They will parade in Houston Chicago and perhaps visit President Johnson's ranch while officials coordinate press briefings and debriefings.
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THE
WASP
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Houston
President Johnson
Texas
Chicago
Ee of
Michigan
Ann
St. Petersburg
Fla
Space Center
New York
Newark
N.J
Miami
NASA official cites scheduling in arid region remark
NASA associate public affairs administrator Julian Scheer said the remark about the arid area was a scheduling matter. The comment reflected how project timelines influence public statements and fieldwork planning.
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Julian Scheer
NASA
Scheer
Solons Back Branigin On Research Center Bid
Indiana lawmakers moved swiftly through a one day special session approving bills to empower Gov. Branigin to condemn land for a $280 million atomic research center and to pay $10 million for the site at Eagle Creek Reservoir. The actions boost Indiana as a contender for the giant nuclear facility while also upholding vetoes on several minor bills.
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Indianapolis
Roger D. Branigin
94Th General Assembly
Branigin
Thow
Indiana
Atomic Energy Commission
Eagle Creek
Atomic Research Center
House
Senate
Earl F. A. R
Landgrebe
Melville E. Watson
Greenfield
John A. Shea
Amboy
Keith C. McCormick
Lebanon
Marvin E. Stewart
Monon
Five New Seymour Teachers Hired and Bids Awarded
Seymour Community Schools board hired five new teachers for Shields Junior High and elementary grades including Wen dell Higgs Arnold H Brames and Mrs Donald Hill with Neva Montgomery as elementary music teacher. Bid awards set for coal fuel oil and school bus supplies for 1965-66 with F F Buhner Co Inc and Allied Oil Co among vendors. Summer school enrollment reached 441 with eight-week sessions and 215 students signed for music instruction. Budget reviews covered sports and a May financial report was approved for June payments. Attending were officers James T Thompson Granger H Smith Lester W Swengel and others.
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Shields Junior High School
Wendell Higgs
Henderson, Ky
Arnold H. Brames
Jas- Paris
Ill
Donald Hill
Seymour
Neva Mont
Washington, Emerson, Lincoln
Riley
F. F. Buhner Co., Inc
Cortland
Sinclair Refining Company
Redding
Jackson
Allied Oil Company
Allied Oil Co
Jackson County Farm Bureau Co-op
James T. Thompson
Granger H. Smith
Lester W. Swengel
Bowman
Jack Cathout
Harry Schepman
Growth Of Seymour Highlighted At Chamber Meet
Seymour progress and growth over 15 years were outlined by the Seymour Chamber of Commerce industrial committee during a meeting. W J Hergenrader showed slides on population rising from 1 400 to 4 100 in 13 years and noted plans for a recreation director, planning office, county health department, and civic improvements including a master plan update and a new city hall from the old post office building. The airport at Freeman Field is a 150 by 5 500 foot lighted runway.
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Seymour
Seymour Chamber of Commerce
W. J. Hergenrader
Freeman Industrial Park
Glen Manion
Freeman Field
Engineers land at Cam Ranh Bay to build base in Viet Nam
About 2,500 U.S. Army combat engineers arrived at Cam Ranh Bay to construct an airfield port and supply center. The joint U.S.-South Vietnamese project includes a harbor bridge to connect to highways and rail, with more engineers likely to follow.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Cam Ranh Bay
U. S
U.S
Plan New Road at County Fairgrounds
The Jackson County Fair Board approved final plans for a new 60 foot right of way road from Walnuts street to the east end of the county farm and into the back part of the fairgrounds. Bids are open as the board expects summer use to ease east end congestion.
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Jackson County Fair Board
Loyd Jones
Norman R1
Wendall Hunsucker
Wallonia
Walnut Street
Hunsucker
Fair Board
Jonathan J. Robertson
Jackson Circuit Court
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William Darlage
Cortland High School
Carl Sweaney
Crothersville High School
Michael Kloppenburg
Joseph L. Goss
Brownstown Central
Elvis J. Stahr
Graham
Boys’ State
Otto Hughes
I.U. School of Education
Forrest Carmichael
Muncie
J. J. Bailey
Anderson
Melvin Taylor
Keuts
Ben Erwin
Roger Greenawalt
Howard Evans
West Lafayette
Grayson Mahin
Rushville
Vivian Simmons
North Manchester
J. B. Stephens
William Spradley
Salem
Fred Mills
John Ray
Bloomington
Houghland
Demske
Paul Houghland Jr
Robert Demske
Immanuel Lutheran
Chester
Richard Erickson
Lafayette
Jack Gary
LaPorte
Thomas Jacobson
Eugene Jones
Washington
Myron Knauff
Hebron
Roy McCormick
Fowler
Jesse Pitts
Brazil
Lewis Stone
Mitchell
Marion Townsend
Yorktown
Earl van Sickle Jr
Earl Whitecotton
Marion
Gary Nelson
North Liberty
Ronald Carter
Columbus
Robert Scheefer
Kedrick Fisher
Acton
Lee Perry
Martinsville
Vernon Zurcher
Monroe
McDivitt
White
Edward H. White
Gulf of Mexico
Kford
Solons
State Board of Finance
Jack L. New
Leland Allaway
Michigan City
Charles B. Howard
Roblesville
Gomery of
Scottsburg
By Jerry Graff
Saas S
Associated Press
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
Henry Cephas Leforce
Nash
Okla
Alton P. Blakely
Richmond
Calif
Pfe
Nelson Belengeri
Belleville
Leforce
John F. Kennedy
Moscow
Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
County Fairgrounds
Robert J. Brown, Jr
Jackson County Purebred Association
Don Norman
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