Time Issue Explained In ICC Report
The ICC moved the Eastern Standard Time zone line westward into Indiana and Kentucky following a five year old refer endum. Indiana counties in the eastern third plus Marion County and Jefferson County in Kentucky joined EST while 17 Hoosier counties remained on Central Standard Time. The 1956 vote favored central time, influencing the ICC decision and a future boundary mostly north to south across Indiana.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Kentucky
Indiana
ICC
Hoosier
Marion County
Indianapolis
Jefferson County
Louisville
Jackson
Brown
Bartholomew
Monroe
Washington
Orange
Lawrence
St. Joseph
Marshall
Fulton
Cass
Miami
Carroll
Howard
Tipton
Clinton
Crawford
Yindiana General Assembly
Tate
Jackson County
Ohio
Michigan
Weather Records Downtown Seymour Watch
Weather data for Seymour shows Wednesday high 88 and low 50 degrees. River gauge at 7 am reads 4.8 feet with 2.10 inches precipitation recorded. 2 pm today temperature 66 and humid conditions noted.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Seymour Eyes Largest City Street Improvement Year
Board of public works and safety reviews six major Seymour road projects with a total 117 139 53 dollar estimate. City share 27 428 12 with 77 605 09 to property owners and 12 106 32 to Seymour Community Schools. Public hearings set for June 28 to approve financing and bids.
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Board of Public Works and Safety
Seymour
George A. Crowder
Seymour Community Schools
Community Drive
Tipton Street
Gerwin Shoe Company
West Second Street
von Fange Ditéeh
Freeman Field Road
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
South Park Drive
South Poplar Street
Freeman Avenue
Manent
Ninth Street
Euclid Avenue
South Broadway
Seymour Community Schools Trustees Sign Contracts
School trustees signed contracts with new teachers and bus drivers at the June board meeting in the administration building. They discussed renaming Shields High School to Shields Junior High, approved a class gift concrete walk with a commemorative plate, and named the 1961-62 staff including Charles W. Asmus mathematics teacher and Judith Schmidt elementary teacher. Salary adjustments for custodians and secretaries were voted.
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Board of Trustees
Seymour Community Schools
Shields High School
Shields Junior High School
Seymour Senior High School
Charles W. Asmus
Judith Schmidt
Asmus
Murray State Teachers’ College
Murray
Shields
LaPorte
Ind
Schmidt
Seymour
Lincoln School
Aviation Commission Budget Committee Named
Hamilton Seymour aviation commission names its 1962 budget committee at Freeman Field with Harry B. Fox as chairman and Dr. H. Lett as vice president. Budget review ahead of July meeting. current budget set at 82 925 and May profits total 2 128.50.
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Seymour Aviation Commission
Freeman
Harry B. Fox
H. Lett
Ralph J. Hamilton
Glen C. Manion
Aviation Commission
Rain totals over two inches in Seymour area
Shivers of blackberry winter hit Seymour as thunderstorms dumped 2.10 inches of rain overnight. Winds cooled lows to the 40s with 48 degrees in the morning and rivers rising in White River at Rockford. Rain totals across Southern Indiana topped 2 inches in several towns.
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Seymour
Jackson County
Weather Bureau
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Bedford
Indiana
Petersburg
Edwardsport
West Baden
Austin
Elliston
White River
Judge Halts Intervention In School Case
U S District Judge Oren R. Lewis rejected the Kennedy bid to let the federal government enter as a plaintiff in the Prince Edward County desegregation dispute. Lewis said intervention would delay rights and noted contrasting federal actions in Little Rock and New Orleans.
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U. S
Oren R. Lewis
Seymour
Jackson
John M. Lewis
Prince Edward County
Associated Press
the Tribune
Richmond
Virginia
Lewis
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Prince Edward
Justice Department
Washington
New York City
U.S. Supreme Court
Little Rock
New Orleans
Free Diving Lessons At Seymour Pool
Qualified swimmers at Seymour Municipal Swimming Pool in Shields Park receive free diving lessons each Wednesday at 5 p m. Joe D. Gill, pool manager, announced. Robert Terry of Seymour teaches the classes. he has guided divers at the local pool for three years. Instruction continues each Wednesday afternoon through the 1961 season.
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Seymour Municipal
Shields Park
Joe D. Gill
Robert Terry
Seymour
REA Grants Largest Loan To Hoosier Cooperative
The Rural Electrification Administration announced a 60.2 million dollar loan to Hoosier Cooperative Energy Inc of Osgood Indiana to build a 198000 kilowatt plant near Petersburg and a 1552 mile transmission network for 16 co ops serving 44 counties and 72700 farms. The plan aims to save about 5.5 million over ten years while providing power to 72 thousand rural customers. Members include Bartholemew Daviess Martin Decatur Dubois Fayette Union Harrison Johnson Knox Morgan Orange Rush Shelby Southeastern Southern Sullivan Utilities District and Wayne with Butler Electric Co operative of Hamilton Ohio also listed.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Washington Today
Hoosier Cooperative Energy, Inc
Osgood, Ind
Indiana
the Tribune
Public Service Co. of
Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co
REA
Norman M. Clapp
Clapp
Hoosier Cooperative
Hoosier Energy
Bartholomew
Daviess-Martin
Decatur
Dubois
Fayette-Union
Harrison, Johnson
Knox
Morgan
Orange
Rush
Shelby
Southeastern
Southern
Sullivan
Utilities District
Wayne
Butler Electric Co-operative
Hamilton
Ohio
Jury awards 12000 in Medora traffic death case
Mary E. Shoults the special administratrix for Bert H. Shoults estate won 12000 in Jackson Circuit Court against Don Richard Stuckwisch and others after a three day trial. Shoults was killed in a two car crash on April 19 1959 on U S 50 near Medora. Reynolds and Anderson were injured. Stuckwisch was fined for reckless driving and license suspension was recommended.
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Mary E. Shoults
Bert H. Shoults
Jackson Circuit Court
Joseph E. Goss
Rita Allen
Seymour
Louise Ablert
Redding
Juanita Harrison
Owen
Russell Bell
Jackson
Alvin Toppe
Grassy Fork
Susie Moore Pruitt
Salt Creek
Harold A. Rees
Brownstown
Samuel L. Phillips
Fern E. Sprague
Pershing
Donald M. Davis
Perry Foster
Driftwood
Shoults
Lewis
Auto Damaged Today At U S 50 Ind 235
A 1956 two door sedan was damaged on the right side in a one car crash at 7 30 a m today at the junction of U S 50 and Ind 235 west of Brownstown Miss Lorean W Sigman 20 of Columbus R5 was heading west on U S 50 and turned left toward Ind 235 her car left the road into a ditch on its right side Sheriff Lester E Greathouse investigated
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Brownstown
Lorean W. Sigman
Columbus R5
Lester E. Greathouse
Tractors Proposal for Prisoners Drives Castro Talks
AP reports Castro proposes trading 1127 to 1200 prisoners for farm tractors. A four man U S negotiating group heads to Washington to present Castro's demand of 28 million dollars in tractors, with 1000 tractors of smaller size discussed and a potential release of 1167 captives. Committee led by Eleanor Roosevelt weighs fundraising viability as Castro shifts from heavy to smaller tractors.
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Havana
U.S
Washington
Fidel Castro
Eleanor Roosevelt
Castro
Roosevelt
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Milton Eisenhower
Cuba
United States
Spain
American Committee
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Ontes
Walnut Street
Poplar Street
Toonerville
Boston
Mass
Huntington Ave
Manion
Freeman Field
Commission
L. P. Cavett Company
Lockland, C
Oliver Conrad
Columbus
Manson
Robert Kennedy
NEA Telephoto
White House
Cincinnati
Hiss and Eisenhardt
Earl Wilson
Bartholomew County Remc
Jackson County Remc
John N. Hamer
Public Service Company of Indiana
Pike County
U. S. 50
Rome
Jacqueline Kennedy
King Paul
Queen Frederika
Greece
Tatoi
Athens
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