Cavett Firm Awarded Seymour Street Repair Project
The L. P. Cavett Company of Lockland Ohio won the Seymour street improvement contract in a sealed bid process after the Seymour board of public works announced the award. The project estimated at 11900 dollars covers seal coating of about 100 blocks and resurfacing Shields avenue from Ninth Street to the city limits and East Ninth 120 feet east of the Pennsylvania railroad. The total cost is not yet fixed as bids were itemized by material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Cavett Company
Lockland
Ohio
Seymour Street
Seymour Board of Public Works
Ralph J. Lucas
Cavett
W. W. Stradley
Ohio Company
Lucas
Shields Avenue
Ninth Street
East Ninth
Pennsylvania Railroad
Paul A. Teegarden
Columbus
Indiana
Ari Doty
Greensburg
Smith Named to National Publications Committee
Granger H. Smith of 408 Lee Boulevard, Buhhner Fertilizer comptroller, was named to the National Publications Committee for 1951 52 by National President L D. Duncan. The association publishes Credit and Financial Management and the Manual of Commercial Laws and awards prizes for letter writing, with Smith winning the grand prize after two prior contest placements at the Boston convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granger H. Smith
Lee Boulevard
Buhhner Fertilizer Company
National Association of Credit Men
L. D. Duncan
Credit and Financial Management
Mr. Smith
Boston
Mass
Miss Boswell Named to Transylvania College Honor Roll
Miss Nina May Boswell of Cortland Alabama earned a perfect spring quarter honor roll at Transylvania College Lexington Kentucky. She is a senior majoring in English and a member of Lambda Omega sorority and the Association of Women Students at Transylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina May Boswell
Charles Boswell
Cortland al
Transylvania College
Lexington
Miss Boswell
Lambda Omega Social Sorority
Association of Women Students At
Transylvania
Dixie Four to Sing at Cortland Sunday Show
The Dixie Four will perform at the Cortland gymnasium Sunday afternoon June 24 at 2 30 o clock DST. Local talent also appears and admission is free. Crowds from across southern Indiana have welcomed previous Cortland shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Four
Cortland Gymnasium
Cortland
Indiana
Local Residents Hurt in Denver Car Accident
Mrs. Jake Smith and Mrs. Ruby Hughes were seriously injured Tuesday night when their car struck gravel and overturned near Denver Colorado. Driver Floyde Terry of Denver assisted by minor injuries to Edna and Floyde Terry. Others in the car escaped injury as two families visiting near Denver. The two women are hospitalized in Colorado Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Smith
Ruby Hughes
Rockford
Denver
Colo
Floyde Terry
Smith
Hughes
Edna Terry
Fay Terry
Floyde
Gene
Wayne Terry
Junior
Lynda Hughes
New Civil and Divorce Filings in Jackson Circuit Court
Two new civil suits and a divorce suit were filed in Jackson Circuit Court at Brownstown. Charlies L. Bickenheuser and Nell D. Bickenheuser sue Calumet Paving Company for damages. Arrowa Service Corporation sues George Ledbetter Jacqueline Ledbetter and Kathryn LaMunyon to foreclose a chattel mortgage. Alverda Hall sues Fred Hall for divorce. The State of Indiana v T Volney Carter Helen S Carter and Federal Land Bank of Louisville was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Brownstown
Charlies £. Bickenheuser
Nell D. Bickenheuser
Calumet Paving Company
Lawrence County
Gordon Henderson
Clark and
Plummer
Arrowa Service Corporation
George Ledbetter
Jacqueline Ledbetter
Kathryn LaMunyon
C. M. Montgomery
Scott County
Alverda Hall
Fred Hall
Leland West
State of Indiana
T. Volney Carter
Helen S. Carter
Federal Land Bank of Louisville
Police Post Grounds Inspected by Indiana State Police
The Seymour state police post grounds and equipment were inspected Wednesday. Capt. William Thompson from the Indianapolis headquarters post, in charge of field operations for the state police, led the inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour State
Summer Officially Arrives in Seymour
The summer solstice arrives Friday at 12 25 DST marking the longest days as the sun peaks over the horizon. Forecasts show a bright morning in Seymour with cooler nights and scattered thundershowers for Friday and tonight with a high near 83 in southern Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Sol
Mid-West
Kansas
Indianapolis
Indiana
Murder Case May Go to Jury Soon
Marvin Gordon King, 16, of Jennings county, admitted slaying his four year old half sister Doris Jean Daniels April 19 at the family farm. The case opened Tuesday with jury selection from 100 names and was nearing closing arguments before the jury was to hear the verdict in Jennings Circuit Court Vernon. Indicted April 24 on second degree murder, King is represented by Earl Wolfinger and prosecuted by Joe Carson.
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Marvin Gordon King
Jennings County
Jennings
Vernon
Earl Wolfinger
North
Joe Carson
King
Doris Jean Daniels
North Vernon
Madison
Seymour State
Talbott Named Church Delegate
Dr Norbert G Talbott superintendent of the Columbus district of the Methodist Church was named one of three ministerial delegates to the 1952 general conference in San Francisco at the Indiana Methodist Conference in Bloomington Others named were the Rev W T Jones and Dr Merrill McFall both of Bloomington Balloting for lay delegates and another ministerial delegate continued today The Rev C D Patterson pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church left for the conference while the Rev Amos S Bastin of the First Methodist Church attended conference meetings prior to opening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norbert G. Talbott
Columbus
Methodist Church
Seymour
Jackson County
San Francisco
Bloomington
W. T. Jones
Merrill McFall
C. D. Patterson
Trinity Methodist Church
Amos S. Bastin
First Methodist Church
Weather Records Show Warm Wednesday and Low River Level
Official maximum temperature reach 87 degrees and minimum 60. Reading at 2 PM recorded 80. River level stood at 2.8 feet.
Man Acquitted of Charge by Jury
A Jackson Circuit Court jury in Brownstown acquitted Pryse Colwell of Crothersville of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. The jury deliberated about 35 minutes after a morning trial that followed his May 12 arrest near Seymour by state troopers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pryse Colwell
Crothersville
Jackson
Brownstown
Colwell
Winfred Hollingsworth
Frank B. Gray
Seymour State Police Post
Seymour
Rockford
Lester Dittman
Jackson Township
William H. Lemp
Redding Township
Edward Hamilton
Pershing Township
Ollie S. Davis
Stanley Henderson
Carr Township
Mrs Janie Chandler Dies at Son's Home in Seymour
Mrs Janie Chandler 80 a Seymour resident for 16 months died early Wednesday night at her son William Henry Smiths home 729 West Brown street after a month of illness. Born July 25 1870 in Massie Mill Ky she was the daughter of Jeff and Esther Goodnight. She married Benjamin Smith March 25 1886 Gallatin Tenn he died February 1 1918. On July 11 1927 she wed John Chandler who died December 25 1949. She belonged to Bethel AME Church and was a seamstress. She was active in Eastern Star and Court of Caranthians Lexington and Lone Star Club Lexington. Survived by her son and a brother Garthar Goodnight of Pittsburgh. Funeral 2 pm Saturday at Bethel AME Church with Revs Har din and Collins in charge. Burial River View Cemetery. Visitation at Tower and Burkholder Funeral Home 7 pm tonight to 10 am Saturday and body in state at church until service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janie Goodnight Chandler
Seymour
William Henry Smith
West Brown Street
Chandler
Massie Mill
Jeff and
Easter Goodnight
Gallatin
Tenn
Benjamin Smith
John Chandler
Pittsburgh
Bethel A. M. E
M. F. Hardin
Cincinnati
Charles Collins
Anchorage
Riverview Cemetery
Tower and Burkholder Funeral Home
Jennings Lovett Club donation to X-Ray Fund reaches goal
A $15.93 check was received Wednesday from Lovett Home Economics Club of Jennings County for Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital X-Ray Fund. The donation brings total voluntary contributions to $29,150.07. Officials announced weeks ago that the X-Ray Fund goal had been reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Keyes
Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital
Lovett Home Economics Club
Jennings County
Allies Roam Far Beyond Their Lines On Western Front
Allied patrols roamed deep beyond lines on the western front as UN forces probed Red strength near Kaesong and Pyonggang. Chinese forces gathered behind outposts north of Pyonggang while no communist planes flew for the first time in five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
United Nations
Kaesong
Seoul
Pyongyang
North Korea
Pyonggang
Iron Triangle
Yalu River
Manchuria
Far East Air Forces
EAF
Major Lewis and Family En Route to United States
Major Harvey Lewis his wife and son sailed June 15 from Japan to return to the United States. He served on the Korean front lines and earned the Bronze Star with V device. The group plans to dock in San Francisco around July 4 or 5, with layovers at Hong Kong and Hawaii. They expect to visit relatives here during his leave before an assignment as an instructor in Nashville Tennessee.
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Harvey Lewis
Japan
United States
Josephine Lewis
Maj. Lewis
Korea
8Th Engineer
First Cavalry Division
San Francisco
Hong Kong
China
Hawaii
Nashville, Tenn
Boy on Bicycle Injured by Car in Canapike Crash
Odevah Howard ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Howard Crothersville R2 is in Schneck Memorial Hospital with severe cuts to both legs after a bicycle crash Wednesday east of Uniontown. He swerved toward his home drive and rode into an eastbound car driven by Edgar Skaggs Crothersville R2. Trooper John Sime investigated. No bones were broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odevah Howard
Theodore Howard
Crothersville
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Uniontown
Daily Vacation Bible School
Edgar Skaggs
John Sime
Seymour
Wiley Seeks Yalta Testimony From Alger Hiss
Senator Wiley proposes subpoenaing Alger Hiss to testify about the Yalta conference as Hurley condemns the pact. Hurley confirms Hiss attended Yalta, but cautions Hiss might invoke a self incrimination protection, delaying further inquiry.
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Wiley
Hiss
Yalta
Washington
R-Wis
Senate
MacArthur
Alger Hiss
State Department
U.S
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Douglas MacArthur
Hurley
Mossadegh Wins Confidence Vote as Tehran Protests Grow
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh secured a 91 to 0 confidence vote in parliament amid Tehran street demonstrations against the Anglo Iranian Oil Co. Crowds smashed company signs as Mossadegh, healthy after a month in bed, urged another session after a lack of quorum blocked debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Iran
Mossadegh
Majlis Gower House
Freetown Veteran Returns After Korea Service
Private First Class Robert J. Deitz of Free town returns home for 30 days after ten months in Korea where he was wounded twice. He holds the Purple Heart and a cluster for wounds from shell bursts and shrapnel, and served as a message center clerk relaying troop movements. He was briefly reported missing in action, then hospitalized 72 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Robert J. Deitz
Robert Deitz
Freetown
Deitz
Pfc
Mass Crackdown on Reds Intensifies in Nationwide Roundup
New York June 21 authorities widened the crackdown on American communists after arresting 17 members of the party's second team. FBI agents seized 16 in Ohio and Pennsylvania while 21 leaders face criminal conspiracy charges for overthrow by force. Bail totals reached $191000 as 15 detainees, including four women, were jailed pending further actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
FBI
Pittsburgh
Supreme Court
Watermelon Juice Hope For Sick Boy In Michigan
Keith Pettay a 13 year old from Brownstown Al recovers from a rare kidney ailment after watermelon juice and three blood transfusions. Benny Liparote five of Moffice Mich shows parental hope as his doctors deem watermelon juice a risky but possible life extender. Pettay’s release June 8 follows a month in hospital and marks cautious improvement.
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Keith Pettay
Max Ridlen
Ridlen
Brownstown
Benny Liparote
Moffice
Michigan
J. P. Flanders
Benny
Senate Banking Panel Approves Wage-Price Control Bill
The Senate Banking Committee backed a wage-price control bill 12 to 1 denying the President broad new powers and restricting price rollbacks to the January 25 to February 24 average. Maybank said he will present the bill Friday with debate to begin Monday and Moody would push to remove the rollback limit. The panel also rejected creating a small business defense-contract agency and narrowly defeated extending the current law by one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Maybank
D-Sc
Dirksen
R-11
Senate
Moody
D-Mich
Douglas
D-Ill
Truman Avoids Comment on Korean Peace Proposals
President Truman declined to discuss rumors of Korean peace talks at a news conference. He said no peace proposal had been taken up with him by the United Nations and implied any action would come to him if contemplated. He offered brief replies on Iranian oil inflation controls and Senate spending cuts at his first press-radio conference in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
United Nations
Senate
James Warriner Promoted To Ford Central Region Manager
James Warriner of Detroit Michigan has been appointed manager of truck and fleet sales for Ford Motor Company Central Region. He will direct sales activities across Ohio Michigan Indiana Kentucky Tennessee and portions of four adjacent states. Mrs Warriner is the daughter of Lula Foster of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Warriner
Detroit
Michigan
Ruth Foster
Ford Divion
Ford Motor Company
Warriner
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Lula Foster
Conflicting A Bomb Statements Confuse Public Hero Truth
The public is confused by conflicting statements about A-bombs. The article lists four claims about danger duration, Bikini contamination, atmospheric radioactive clouds, and life extinction, noting radioactivity occurs in three stages and that truth varies by circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
Bikini
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Given Street Repair Project
Public Works Board
Dixie
NEA Radio
Paris
Margaret
Vincent Auriol
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Talbott
Ruth Everhtt
Arma
Janie Chandler
Son
Jennings Club
Lewis
Yalta Pact
Saltonstall
Bulletin
More
Banking Group
Michael V. DiSalle
Ford
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