Plan Commission Funds Community Drive Project
The Seymour Plan Commission approved $9,600 from the thoroughfare fund to construct Community Drive from Second to Sixth streets near the new senior high and First Baptist Church. Mayor Isaacs urged listing next year’s projects including street connections to Community Drive and an underpass under the B and O Railroad, noting a bond issue may be needed for the underpass and costs could exceed $125,000.
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Seymour Zoning and Planning Commission
Council
First Baptist Church
Plan Commission
John C. Isaacs
Isaacs
O'Brien Street
Commission
West Third
West Fourth
West Fifth Streets
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Fourth Street
van Fange Ditch
Community Drive
Seymour Community School
von Fange Ditch
Enguurn
Firemen Extinguish Blaze In Car Motor
A 1953 sedan damaged when gasoline spilled on the motor ignited shortly before noon Thursday. City firemen responded at Lynn and McDonald streets to the Raymond Teulker owned vehicle and used chemicals to suppress the flames before the blaze spread. No damage estimate was available.
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Lynn
McDonald Streets
Raymond Teulker
South Lynn Street
Stage Coach Robbery Prank Becomes Centennial Parade Tale
In Corydon to Indianapolis centennial stage run, five Reno Brothers gang impersonators staged a mock hold up at Shields Park Seymour. Police and stage crew cooperated in a staged arrest, with loot returned and parade plans resuming to Columbus. The gag included a 1958 station wagon escape and a shifted shotgun rider.
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Harrison County
Wells Fargo Overland
Indianapolis
Columbus
E. A. Parks
Corydon
James Baylor
Floyd Knobs
Shields Park
Seymour
Jackson County
Reno Brothers
Wells Fargo
Robert Gill
Calvin W. Theele
Reno
Jesse James
A. J. Martin
Ramsey
Dudleytown Area Loses Power After Truck Crash
A truck crashed into utility poles near Dudleytown on Ind 250 causing about 20 minutes of power loss. The 1952 model truck, owned by Bertha Northcutt and driven by William Hall, was totaled with about 1200 dollars in damage. Hall was cited for no valid driver’s license.
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Dudleytown
William David Hall
Seymour
Bertha Northcutt
North
O’brien Street
Four-Inch Rain Drenches Brownstown and Nearby Areas
Torrential rainfall, unofficial 4.40 inches in Brownstown and official 1.51 in Seymour, plus 2.07 in Wallonia area, caused significant crop washouts. Many corn fields will need replanting as showers persist overnight, with cooler, drier weather expected this weekend.
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Brownstown
Seymour
Wallonia
Mad Bomber Sought After Boston Train Station Blast
Boston police hunted a mad bomber after an explosion at a Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authority elevated station injured 38 people. The blast, caused by a home made bomb in a coin locker, blew the waiting room and platform, with debris raining onto Canal and Causeway streets. Authorities tied warnings at North Station to the attack and recalled a New York City bomber case.
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NEA
General View
North Station
Boston
Mass
Joseph B. Fallon
Metropolitan Rapid Transit Authority
Canal
Causeway
Boston Garden
McGinnis
Patrick B. McGinnis
Residents complain over smoke at Seymour firm smoke
An official complaint about smoke and stench from burning refuse at the Seymour Tool and Engineering Company was made to the Seymour board of public works and safety. Pat Kane and others reported ongoing issues after failed attempts to Rodman C. Pruitt. The board took the matter under advisement pending a formal investigation.
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Seymour Tool and Engineering Company
Seymour Board of Public Works and Safety
Pat Kane
Twin Circle Drive
Rodman C. Pruitt
Seymour Couple Injured In Ohio Crash
A Seymour couple, Mr. and Mrs. William Davis of 520 West Sixth street, were injured in a head on crash near Plain City Ohio shortly before noon Thursday. Mrs. Davis suffered multiple fractures and is in serious condition at a Marysville hospital. Mr. Davis has a minor head injury. The pair were en route to Akron for a railroad business meeting in a demolished 1953 sedan. Their daughter Mrs. Herbert Disney and another daughter Mrs. Oren Schneck were en route to Marysville.
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Seymour
Ohio
Plain City
William Davis
West Sixth Street
Marysville, O
Herbert Disney
West Second Street
Davis
Disney
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Akron
Oren K. Schneck
Seymour R
Marysville
Weather Records Downtown Seymour
Downtown Seymour records a high of 86 degrees on Thursday with a low of 2 p m.
Attack Suspect Jailed In Lieu Of $20 000 Bond
A 38 year old Seymour man is held in Jackson county jail on a 20000 bond set in Jackson Circuit Court by Judge John M Lewis. Frank Lewis Smith faces three counts including inflicting physical injury in a robbery auto banditry and robbery for attacking an elderly Rockford woman at her home Saturday night and robbing her of 1. He was arrested in Grayson Kentucky and returned to Brownstown after waiving extradition.
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Seymour
Jackson County
Jackson
John M. Lewis
Rockford
Frank Lewis Smith
Lewis
Smith
William Combs
Grayson
Brownstown
Lester E. Greathouse
Donald E. Winn
Seymour State
Gromyko Opens Drive At Meet In Berlin Crisis Talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged a separate path from the current meeting to a summit, arguing the link is invalid while signaling flexibility on tone. Western powers pressed Moscow to drop threats and return to Berlin talks amid a tense five week council session.
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Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Soviet Union
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Eisenhower
Moscow
Palace of Nations
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Rockefeller Says He Is Not Running
Gov. Nelson A Rockefeller insists he is not a candidate for any office while visiting Washington and San Francisco. Reporters read his careful signals on the 1960 presidential nom and his final stance may depend on the New Hampshire primary. Nixon, in San Francisco, argues for talks with the USSR and notes war as a real risk if diplomacy fails.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
San Francisco
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Commonwealth Club
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Pat
Patricia
Julie
Hudson River
Virginia City
Nevada
Rockefeller
Capitol Hill Club
New Hampshire
Capitol Hill
Maine
Arm Fracture From Bicycle Fall In Seymour
John J Mellencamp seven year old son of Richard and Mellencamp treated for a fractured left arm at Schneck Memorial Hospital after a fall from his bicycle in front of Emerson Scholl. Delores Lacey five treated for injury to middle right finger from car door. Jana Leigh Hackman 15 month treated for a forehead cut from a soft drink bottle incident.
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John J. Mellencamp
Richard Mellencamp
West Fifth Street
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Emerson Schol
Delores Lacey
Don Lacey
East Third Street
Jana Leigh Hackman
Herman H. Hackman
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Spencer
Trooper Hall
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Elliston
Scottsburg
White River
Ruth Everhart
Dick Nixon
NEA Telephoto
Harvard
Karim Aga Khan
Dick Fisher
Buffalo
N. Y
Harvard University
Cambridge
Aga Khan
India
Pakistan
Middle East
Persia
East Africa
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