Five Thousand Roar Approval At Jaycees Air Show
A Jaycees Giant Air Show at Freeman Field drew about 5000 spectators under a hot clear summer sky. The crowd watched Cole Brothers Air Circus and military and civilian aircraft including a Bakalar C-46 and an F-94C Starfire while enjoying parachute jumps, wing acts, and car to plane transfers.
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Jaycees
Cole Brothers Air Circus
Freeman Field
Bakalar Air Force Base
Herb Zumhingst
Seymour
Bakalar
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Air Force
United States Air Force
Zumhingst
Cole Brothers
Feld
Lynn Vandermark
Duane Cole
Seymour Chamber of Commerce Sets Special Meeting
The Seymour Chamber of Commerce will hold a special membership meeting Friday night June 29. Roy P. Whitton says the event is strictly business with a 7 pm dinner at the Seymour Elks Club and a 7 45 pm business session. Reports by committee chairmen on progress of the Chamber program are planned.
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Seymour Chamber of Commerce
Roy P. Whitton
Seymour
Work on City Sewers Resumed This Morning
After a nearly two week delay due to heavy rains and waterlogged ground, city sewer work restarted this morning. Russell Ritchey, chief inspector, said progress would be slow as pumps and well points handle wet conditions. East Second street sanitary sewer construction by M. E. Foster, Kokomo, plus subcontractors, is set to begin midweek, with prior rumors of immediate start unfounded.
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Russell Ritchey
Break-Ins Hit Three Seymour Area Merchants
State police report two weekend break-ins at Timperman Sales and Service and Davis Milling Company on U S 50 West of Seymour, with a third break-in at The Topic and Holle Service Station. Timperman’s safe was pried open, papers scattered, and cash amount yet undetermined. Davis Milling noted tampering but no monetary loss. A third merchant reported damage to the rear garage door and a pried cigarette machine, with no money taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Timperman Sales and Service, Inc
Davis Milling Company
U. S
Wayne O. Tolbert
Timperman’s
Tolbert
Henry Conrad
Timperman's
Richard Eglen
Davis Milling
Holle
Tipton Street
Jeffersonville Avenue
Weather Readings For Seymour Day Official And Unofficial
Official and unofficial temperature readings for Seymour are recorded for the day. The 2 pm River reading stands at 4.1 feet with other measurements from Mrs. Ruth Everhart, government weather observer, noted as official.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
George Abel ex officer dies at Jasper
George W. Abel 61 longtime law enforcement official and former Seymour chief of police and Jackson County sheriff died 9 45 pm Saturday at Memorial Hospital Jasper after five weeks illness. Funeral 1 30 pm Tuesday Voss Mortuary Rev Emery Parks First Methodist Church burial Riverview Cemetery. He served as state policeman conservation officer and sheriff of Martin County and led Seymour police 1940 four years and Jackson County sheriffs 1951 1955. He was a lifelong Republican and survived by wife Zora and four children Imogene George Floyd Dewey plus two brothers and three sisters and 11 grandchildren.
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George W. Abel
Seymour
Jackson County
Memorial Hospital
Jasper
Voss Mortuary
Emery Parks
First Methodist Church
Riverview Cemetery
Voss
Mr. Abel
Martin County
Shoals R1
Hiram Z
Sarah Helen Blagraves Abel
Zora R. Sherfick
Brownstown
Abel
Indiana State Police Department
Methodist Church
Indiana
Imogene Abel
Shoals
Floyd L. Abel
Freetown
Dewey E. Abel
Army Air Force
Ft. Bragg
North Carolina
Henry Abel
Illinois
Harrison Abel
Sophia Gammon
Clara Hayes
Alethia Blocker
Muncie
Rev Emery Parks to Speak at Rotary Meeting
The Rev. Emery Parks pastor of the First Methodist Church will address the Seymour Rotary Club at 6 15 tonight at the Elks Home R J Shepherd chairs the program.
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Parks
Rotary
Emery Parks
First Methodist Church
Seymour
Ike aide checks on president at Walter Reed
Sherman Adams arrives at Walter Reed Hospital to check on President Eisenhower who is recovering from surgery. Doctors report the president's condition as continuing to be uneventful and stable as he improves.
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Ike
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Man Receives 30 Day Sentences For Two Charges
Gail Howard Larkin 41 of Indianapolis pleaded guilty in Jackson Circuit Court to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated second offense and driving while license suspended. He received 30 days at the state penal farm on each charge to run concurrently and was fined $100 plus costs. license suspension recommended for two years. A separate 30 day sentence was given on the latter charge with $30 and costs. Judge John M. Lewis presided.
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Jackson Circuit
State Penal Farm
John M. Lewis
Gail Howard Larkin
Indianapolis
Lewis
Larkin
Dessie Robertson
Guy R. Robertson
Daniel N. Sutton
Minnie Thelma Sutton
Edward S. Lustig
Train Brings Emhuff Sisters Together After 43 Years
The Pennsylvania train brought together Miss Emma Emhuff of Redland California and her sister Mrs. Henry Klakamp of Seymour Indiana for the first time in 43 years. Emhuff left Seymour in October 1912 for California and is visiting indefinitely with the Klakamps. She is also sister-in-law to Mrs. Harry Emhuff and has many local relatives and friends here.
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Train
Emhuff
Pennsylvania
Henry Klakamp
East Tipton Street
Emma Emhuff
Redland
Calif
Seymour
California
Brownstown Man Injures Ankle in Hay Wagon Fall
Lenna Jackson of Brownstown was moved to St. Vincent's Hospital Indianapolis after treatment at Schneck Memorial for a fractured right ankle. He suffered the injury in a fall from a hay wagon at his Brownstown home Saturday night.
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Lenna Jackson
Brownstown
St. Vincent's Hospital
Indianapolis
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Mr. Jackson
Aid Measure Up For Final House Action
The House passed a $3.8 billion foreign aid bill sending it to the Senate amid opposition to an overseas program as large as the $4.9 billion Eisenhower sought. Final passage vote was 273 to 122, with emphasis on loans and private enterprise over grants and flexibility in administration.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Europe
U.S
Yugoslavia
Accident Victims Treated After Two Sunday Crashes
Two separate Sunday auto accidents sent victims to Schneck Memorial Hospital. Leonard Miller 53 Scipio sustained head injuries possible fractured ribs and a broken knee cap after a truck collision near Grammer. Norman Barker 16 Paris Crossing and Catherine Stearns 16 North Vernon Ré suffered facial and head lacerations with Stearns also needing stitches and X rays.
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Schneck Memorial Hospital
Leonard Miller
Scipio
Grammer
Miller
County Line
Norman Barker
Woodrow Barker
Paris Crossing
Catherine Stearns
North Vernon Ré
Jennings
Barker
Miss Stearns
Local Knights of Pythias to Attend Brownstown Meeting
Members of Hermion Lodge No. 44 Knights of Pythias plan to travel to Brownstown Tuesday night to attend a lodge meeting and assist in conferring the Bank of Knight on two candidates. Clinton Quillen district deputy from Bedford and other dignitaries are expected. Cars depart the local lodge at 7 o'clock Tuesday night.
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Hermion Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
Brownstown
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Bank of Knight
Clinton Quillen
Bedford
K. of P
Argentine Revolt Leaders Sought After Rapid Executions
Argentina's military regime hunted leaders of a weekend revolt by Peronist followers. Security forces executed 38 rebels under martial law and promised more, as courts-martial operated around the clock. Police arrested hundreds in major cities including Rosario, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, and Corrientes.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Rosario
Santa Fe
Santiago del Estero
Corrientes
Mendoza
Warm June Heatwave Hits Indiana With High Temperatures
Indiana endures a heat wave with highs near 91 on Sunday and 95 expected by Tuesday. The forecast calls for low humidity to keep heat tolerable, with a five day outlook about eight degrees above normal and scattered thunderstorms Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Dudleytown Boy Hurt In Auto Bike Collision
Robert Lloyd Klosterman seven year old son of Virgil and Mrs Klosterman of Seymour R3 was injured Saturday morning when his bicycle rode onto the highway and was struck by an automobile driven by Mrs Tony Teipen. He was thrown about 15 feet and suffered a slight concussion and multiple bruises and abrasions. He is recovering satisfactorily at Schneck Memorial Hospital.
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Robert Lloyd Klosterman
Virgil Klosterman
Seymour R3
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Dudleytown
Tony Teipen
Klosterman
Ike's Doctors Say Condition Is Excellent
President Eisenhower took a brief walk and started resuming duties as doctors report his condition is excellent. He conferred 18 minutes with Sherman Adams and designated Vice President Nixon to represent him at upcoming events. The White House established a temporary staff hub at Walter Reed as Adams organized conference work.
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White House
Sherman Adams
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Ann Whitman
Adams
City police stop caps 500 drivers in two blocks
A two hour motor vehicle check by city police yielded four out of city drivers cited for lacking driver's licenses. Citations for Stanly G. Davis Terre Haute Charles Adams Indianapolis and Donald Carey and Dallas Coulter both of Columbus due June 14 in justice court. 500 drivers were checked in the 700 blocks of N Ewing and West Tipton.
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Walter G. LaMaster
Justice of Peace Court
Stanly G. Davis
Terre Haute
Charles Adams
Indianapolis
Donald Carey
Dallas Coulter
Columbus
N. Ewing Street
West Tipton Street
Plane Strikes High Tension Wire Killing Four Near Kokomo
Four people died when a light plane struck a 132000-volt high tension line near Kokomo Indiana and burst into flames. Pilot Paul F Eikenberry 35 of near Westfield. Roy Biddle 30 a Kokomo factory worker. Mr and Mrs Gwyn Williams 41 and 36 of Kokomo and their seven children.
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Kokomo
Ind
Paul F. Eikenberry
Westfield
Eikenberry
Roy Biddle
Gwyn Williams
Williams
Jane
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