Redding School Plans Move Forward for August Start
Seymour Community Schools board heard architect William Schubert outline a six classroom addition to the Redding School on U S Alternate 31. Bids were opened for two 66 passenger bus bodies and two chassis, with two Wayne bodies at 4000 each and Chevrolet chassis at 553540 after trade in. New staff hired include primary teacher Elra Prohl of New Orleans and biology and coaching duties for Keith Hill of Mooresville.
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Seymour Redding
U. S
Seymour
William Schubert
Coordinate
Indianapolis
Board of Trustees
Seymour Community Schools
Schubert
Redding
Wayne
Imperial Equipment Corporation
Lafayette
Chevrolet
Jack Dunfee
Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, Inc
Jack Chaille
Retmier
Oneida Sales & Services
Oneida
Timperman Sales & Service
Seymour Motor Sales
GMC
Elra Prohl
New Orleans
Prohl
Valparaiso University
Keith R. Hill
Mooresville
Seymour Senior High School
Richard Mace
Hill
Walter Wintin
Aviation Commission plans sale of Freeman Field power system
The Seymour Aviation Commission at a Wednesday meeting approved seeking council approval to sell the electrical distribution system serving Freeman Field. The sale aims to have a public utility own and operate the system with proceeds used to fund aviation facility improvements, following FAA rules.
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Seymour Aviation Commission
Freeman Field
Edward S. Lustig
Seymour Common Council
Jackson Circuit Court
Glen C. Manion
Aviation Commission
Public Service Company of Indiana, Inc
Federal Aviation Agency
Commission
Ralph Hamilton
James Wsaedekin
FAA
Indianapolis
City to take Grassy Creek Ditch issue to engineers
City of Seymour officials plan a Louisville meeting with the U S Army Corps of Engineers to seek release from the federal maintenance agreement for Grassy Creek Ditch from Freeman Field to Grassy Fork Creek. The move follows a 1951 resolution accepting ditch maintenance and aims to reallot the ditch to allow dredging.
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Seymour
U. S&s. Army Corps of Engineers
Louisville
Grassy Creek Ditch
Board of Public Works and Gaiety
Allan H. Nierman
Jackson County
John C. Isaacs
Edward S. Lustig
Corps
Grassy Creek
Seymour Alumni Dance Set for Saturday Night
Seymour alumni plan a large dance at the National Guard Armory Freeman Field from 9 p m to 1 a m. Officials include Robert Weekly as president Max Ernest as vice president and Judy Ahlbrand as secretary. Mrs Virgil Russell urges renewed memberships and notes music by Bill Westrup and his band. Class of 1937 reunion dinner at American Legion Post Home 6 30 p m with 88 reservations and 114 graduates, 10 deceased, followed by tours of Seymour Senior High School at 3 p m.
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Seymour Alumni Association
National Guard
Freeman Field
Virgil Russell
Alumni Association
Robert Weekly
Max Ernest
Judy Ahlbrand
Russell
Bill Westrup
Lee Cummings
American Legion Post
Seymour Senior High School
Weather Records for Seymour and Surrounding Readings
Weather data show downtown Seymour and two company readings unofficial. Official figures come from Ruth Everhart government observer in Rockford with maximum and minimum temperatures for Wednesday and river level at 7 a.m. 1.8 feet.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Area Highway Meeting Held at Markland Manor Restaurant
County road officials from nine counties met for two days in Salem to discuss bridge programs and record keeping. Purdue HERPIC and the State Board of Accounts led sessions on inventorying bridges and maintaining reports, with plans to start a cumulative bridge fund in June.
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Salem
Markland Manor
Jackson County
Purdue University
Lawrence
Jackson
Orange
Washington
Scott, Clark
Perry
Crawford
Harrison
Floyd
Paul Martin
D. C. Spray
Arthur Spray
Cletus Sneed
Jack Mullen
Wayne Goble
Jean Hittle
Purdue
County Council
Hittle
Indiana
Don Shurig
Herpic
George Scott
Howard Swaim
State Board of Accounts
Irvin Sentenced To Life In Prison
Leslie Irvin, once condemned for a 1954 Evansville killing, was sentenced to life in prison on his second murder conviction in Sullivan County. He will be returned to Indiana State Prison after a brief jail stay. defense waived pre sentence investigation and no appeal was planned. Irvin previously escaped from jail and faced charges in multiple killings during 1954 and 1955.
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Indiana State Prison
Irvin
Gibson County
Princeton
San Francisco
Sullivan
Joe W. Lowdermilk
Evansville
Kentucky
George E. Taylor
Marion J. Rice
O.H. Roberts Jr
Vanderburgh County
Herbert Watson
Farmersburg
Sullivan County
U.S. Supreme Court
Several Hurt In Various Mishaps In Seymour
Six year old Lisa Reichenba suffered a knee laceration from a rock while Kimberly Hart burned hands on a go cart muffler. Craig Sparks and Mrs. Sophia Plumer received eye and wrist injuries from separate accidents. All treated at Schneck Memorial Hospital and released.
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Seymour
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Lisa Reichenba
Harold Reichenba
South Line Drive
Kimberly Hart
Arthur Hart
East Tipton Street
Craig Sparks
T. S. Sparks
Kessler Boulevard
Sophia Plumer
Seymour R4
Senate Approves Record $48.5 Billion Defense Bill
The Senate approved a massive defense measure totaling 48.5 billion dollars, sending the bill back to the House for conference. The vote was 88 to 0 with debates over RS70 jet development and Navy carrier funding. The measure also sets National Guard strength at 400,000 and Reserves at 300,000.
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Senate
Washington
House
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
Robert S. McNamara
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Robertson
McNamara
Proxmire
Navy
Army
National Guard
Pentagon
Three Jackson County Men Inducted for Service Today
Jackson County men Jackie D. Hill Fredrick V. Stuckwisch Jr and James W. Henson were to depart Brownstown at 5 45 a m today for induction at Indianapolis. No pre induction physicals were scheduled in the June call. Two more men are set for induction July 17 at Indianapolis.
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Jackson County
Vivian Smith
Jackson County Selective Service Board
Brownstown
Jackie D. Hill
Fredrick V. Stuckwisch, Jr
James W. Henson
Inducton
Indianapolis
Man Pleads Guilty To Driving While Suspended
Ellis Campbell, 29, of Seymour, was arraigned in Jackson Circuit Court on driving while suspended. Judge John M. Lewis kept sentencing under advisement until Saturday morning and remanded him to the county sheriff. Trooper Dale E. Swider arrested Campbell, who reportedly has prior identical convictions.
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Ellis Campbell
Seymour
Jackson
John M. Lewis
Campbell
Dale E. Swider
Talks End in Deadlock as Flight Engineers Union May Strike
Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg announced after a 21 hour session that negotiations with Pan American, Trans World, and Eastern Airlines over flight engineer disputes have failed. The Flight Engineers International Association may strike, despite Kennedy's proposal for voluntary arbitration.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Kennedy
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
Eastern Airlines
Flight Engineers
Flight Engineers International Association
Americans Celebrate 186th Birthday of the Flag Nationwide
Citizens across Seymour and all fifty states mark the 186th anniversary of the American Flag. Flags fly on homes and businesses as expressions of patriotism. The first flag was authorized by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia on June 14, 1776. Flags are raised sunrise to sunset with the national flag kept atop when flown with others.
Little Leaguer Faces Reattachment of Arm
Everett Knowles Jr., 12, has his right arm sewn back after a freight train incident near Somerville. Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital report progress and hope nerve reconnection will restore feeling and use, with a possible homecoming this week.
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Boston
Everett Knowles Jr
Knowles
Massachusetts General Hospital
Red
Somerville
Sandy
Saill
Everett
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Hanover College
U. S. Navy
Ind
Hanover
Everett Donica
Donald H. Ernest
Lester W. Swengel
Herman C. Norris
Granger H. Smith
Ray Altemeyer
Council
Manion
H. B. Steeg and
Clarence Terrell
West Eighth Street
Wesley R. Dixon
West Seventh Street
Dixon
Board of Works
Charles W. Freeman
W. M. Conner
R. J. Miller
Ida Ackeret
Third Street
Poplar
Walnut Streets
George A. Crowder
Mabit
John Roode
Cleveland
Ohio
Wesley Kerr
NEA Radio
Berlin
East Berlin
West Berlin
Senate House Conference
Massachusetts
New England
John J. Knowles
Robert Shaw
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