Connie Anderson Recovers After Open Heart Surgery
Connie Sue Anderson of Brownstown is on the road to a normal life after open heart surgery at Riley Children's Hospital Indianapolis. The 13 year old, who faced a 50-50 chance, is regaining strength and plans to begin the eighth grade in the fall.
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Brownstown
Riley Children’s Hospital
Indianapolis
Connie Sue Anderson
Connie Sue
Effie Anderson
Brownstown Consolidated Schools
Connie
Board Of Review Nears Halfway Mark In 1961 Session
The Jackson County board of review at the county courthouse has completed reviewing mortgage exemptions soldiers' exemptions and old age property tax exemptions filed by residents before the May deadline. No exemption totals will be available for several weeks as the data is tabulated. The board also reviewed new building assessments with few taxpayers proving to complain. The group will finish remaining equalization work this month and likely stay in session until July 6. Members are Stanley Switzer and William Forgey with officials Louis Schroer Rosa Lane Allman and Claude McCrary.
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Jackson County Board of Review
Jackson County
Board of Review
Stanley A. Switzer
Seymour
Republican
William R. Forgey
Freetown
John M. Lewis
Jackson
Louis H. Schroer
Rosa Lane Allman
Claude R. McCrary
Brownstown youth injured in tractor mishap
A 17 year old Brownstown youth Arton Maxie suffered back and pelvis injuries when he fell from a tractor and a wheel passed over him. He was admitted Friday for X rays and spine evaluation at Schneck Memorial Hospital in Seymour in fair condition.
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Brownstown
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Arton Maxie
Burchell Maxie
Ariz
Seymour
Paul Wineinger
Thomas Pickron
Drew Pickron
Weather Records for Seymour and Rockford Observer Readings
Weather notes show Seymour downtown and 2 PM temperatures as unofficial. Official readings from Ruth Everhart at Rockford include maximum Friday, minimum Friday, 10 AM, and river level at 2.4 feet.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Demos Head For Capital And State Convention
Thousands of Democrats gather in Indianapolis for the state convention to nominate a gubernatorial candidate and draft a platform. Albert Steinwedel and Matthew Welsh lead the race with 1,184 votes needed from 2,366 delegates. Marion County looms large as delegates split between the candidates.
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Indianapolis
Fairgrounds Coliseum
Albert A. Steinwedel
Seymour
Matthew E. Welsh
Vincennes
Senate
Jackson County
Steinwedel
Welsh
Brownstown
Sen
Harold W. Handley
Crawford F. Parker
Bloodmobile to Visit Seymour and Jackson County Thursday
The Louisville Region Bloodmobile makes its final 1959-60 visit to Seymour and Jackson County on Thursday June 23 at American Legion Post No. 89 from 10 30 a m to 4 30 p m The quota is 110 pints but officials hope to collect 150 pints to meet local needs.
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Louisville Region
Seymour
Jackson County
American Legion Post
Red Cross
American Red Cross
United States
Minor collision on U S 50 east of Seymour
No one was injured in a two-vehicle rear end collision on U S 50 about six tenths of a mile west of the junction with U S 31 east of Seymour. Arthur Burns 39 of Cullman Alabama drove a 1955 model coach west and struck the rear of a 1953 model pickup driven by Vallee Bohall 28 of Seymour after trying to pass. Trooper J K Miller investigated.
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U.S. 50
U. S. 31
Seymour
U. S. 50
Arthur Burns
Cullman
Ala
Vallee Richard Bohall
Circle Street
Burns
J. K. Miller
Eisenhower denounces Red China over Quemoy shelling
President Eisenhower addressed a half million Chinese supporters in Taipei pledging US backing for Quemoy defense. In a private talk with Chiang Kai-shek, he condemned Peiping’s shelling as aggression and urged peaceful solutions while warning against weakness that invites war.
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Taipei
Eisenhower
Communist
China
Defense Ministry
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
U.S
Quemoy
China Island
Formosa
New Delhi
Ike
Kinmen
Generalissimo
Madame Chiang
Pacific
Peiping
Chilly Morning Winds Down to Forty-Six Here
Cool Canadian air lowered local temperatures to 46 degrees this morning while forecast calls for low 50s tonight and 80s later today. Sunday should be partly cloudy and warm with highs near 80. Friday’s high reached 65 with no weekend rain. White River at Rockford stood 2.4 feet at 7 am and was dropping.
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White River
Rockford
Japs Rally in Tokyo as Kishi Faces Ratification Fight
Tens of thousands of leftists massed around the Parliament in Tokyo in a bid to block the U S Japan security pact. Demonstrators demanded Premier Nobusuke Kishi quit as police deployed armored cars and crowds surged toward the Diet in the largest postwar protest.
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Tokyo
U.s.japan
Japan
United States
Nobusuke Kishi
White Stone
Parliament Building
Kishi
Communist Party
Michiko Kamba
Seymour Man Loses Car In Stolen Vehicle Wreck
A 1959 four door Ford sedan stolen from Seymour was found in a ditch along Indi 58 near Spraytown and Freetown after striking a telephone pole. Juv enile suspects believed. no injuries reported. telephone service disrupted for about 2.5 hours.
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Spraytown
Jackson County Sheriff’s Department
Indiana Telephone Corporation
Gene Applewhite
Seymour
Columbus
Allen Bane Harbaugh
Freetown
Harbaugh
Sheriff's
Applewhite
Second Street
Indianapolis Avenue
Lester E. Greathouse
Maurice L. Wright
J. K. Miller
T. L. Schlegelmilch
Fire Department To Hold Pumping Classes
Seymour Fire Department sponsors two pump operation classes for volunteer firemen in Jackson County and Hayden. Classes run 7 to 9 p m Tuesday and Saturday at the fire station with instructor Bud Kline of the Columbus Fire Department guiding the program.
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Seymour
Jackson County
Hayden
Nelson Waldkoetter
Bud” Kline
Columbus Fire Department
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Connie Anderson
James Robertson
Robertson Farm
Tribune
Demos
Handley
Parker
William N. Ferguson
Norma Fettig
John C. Isaacs
Clarence Brethauer
Taylor Hoffar
Clarence H. Moenning
Thomas C. Stewart
Walter W. Stradley
Athol P. Woolls
Millard Topie
Jackson-Redding
Osa Martin
Jack Mullen
Jonathan J. Robertson
Grassy Fork
James M. Hall
Lake County
Marion County
Marion
Quemoy Isles
NEA Telephoto
Jotaro Kawakami
Socialist Party
Diet
Seizaburo Toma
Toma
Kawakami
Bulletin
Etsusaburo Shiina
U.s.-Japan
Tokyo University
Hibiya Park
Hawaii
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Honolulu
Korea
Parliament
House of Representatives
Kanichiro Ishihara
Crane Naval Depot
U. S. Naval Yard
Charleston
Seymour Man
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