Farmers Vote For Marketing Quotas In Wheat Referendum
About 25 percent of the nation's wheat growers participated in Friday's referendum with 84 percent voting to retain marketing quotas for 1959 wheat. County results varied with light turnout and local ASC offices closed on Saturdays. The measure sets federal parity at about $1.81 per bushel, versus $1.21 if defeated.
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Jackson County
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Indiana
Harley Gruber
Cortland
Hamilton
Pershing
Salt Creek
Redding
Gruber
Dudleytown
Jackson
Washington
Vernon
Grassy Fork
ASC
Brownstown
Carr, Driftwood
Owen Townships
Jennings County
Summer Arrives In County Today Forecast Cooler Tonight
Summer officially arrives in Seymour and Jackson County at 4 57 pm with cooler temperatures in the 50s expected tonight. Partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms likely tonight and Sunday. Floodwaters receded slowly but Ind 235 east of Medora remains closed by high water and White River rose two feet after Friday rain.
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Seymour
Jackson County
Weather Bureau
Ruth Everhart
White River
Medora
Seymour District State Highway Department
Special Highway Meeting Tuesday On Interstate 65 Roads
Jackson County board of commissioners plans 11 a m Tuesday talks with an Indiana state highway department representative. The meeting seeks to revisit the June 13 decision rejecting nine county road closings proposed for the Interstate 65 limited access project.
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Jackson County Board of Commissioners
Indiana State Highway Department
T.E. Fountain
D.C. Spray
C.T. Cummings
Hallett
Harold Wilson
George Hays
Vernon
Jackson Townships
Highway Department
Cast Of 300 Chosen For Crothersville Centennial Pageant
Crothersville gears up for a seven day centennial celebration July 13 to 19 with 300 residents picked for the pageant covering the community history from indigenous times to today. James Egbert of the John B. Rogers Producing Company arrives to direct the event as general manager. A Miss Greater Crothersville contest drew 87 nominees as publicity plans and events are announced. Wooden money promotions expand with another issue set for Monday and bank redemptions nearing end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Crothersville Centennial, Inc
Crothersville
Free swimming lessons draw hundreds at Seymour Pool
Seymour Municipal Pool at Shields Park hosted first week of free lessons for children and adults under the Exchange Club sponsorship. About 350 people attended the initial sessions with 125 Monday 100 Tuesday 65 Wednesday and 60 Thursday.
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Seymour Municipal
Shields Park
Joe D. Gill
Exchange Club
Gill
Seymour Exchange Club
Red Cross
Dignitaries Inspect Freeman Field Armory Radio Site
Missouri officials and air guardsmen from several states toured the Freeman Field radio relay site at the armory. Major Samuel G. Norris reported the station’s work satisfactory as dignitaries viewed the Charlie site and learned of the 225th Radio Relay Squadron’s summer setup extending 749 miles Midwest network from Ottumwa Iowa to Nashville Tennessee.
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U. S. Air Force
Air National Guard
Freeman Field
National Guard
225Th
Alabama Air National Guard
Missouri
225Th Radio Relay Squadron
Seymour
Charlie
Camp Atterbury
157Th Technical Control Group
251St Communications Group
Samuel G. Norris
F. D. Kinkel
Norris
George W. Chunn
Raymond Hinton
138Th Tank Battalion
Indiana National Guard
Midwest
Ottumwa
Nashville
Tenn
157Th Tactical Control Group
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Tennessee
Ohio
Wisconsin
Iowa
Texas
Arkansas
North Carolina
Illinois
Complete Mailing Addresses Urged for Efficient Post
Seymour postmaster T P Cordes warns incomplete mailing addresses delay delivery and raise costs. Problems include missing street and route numbers on city and rural routes, use of Chestnut Street alone, writing City instead of Seymour, and missing zone numbers for outbound mail. He urges full street address, route and zone numbers, and state names spelled out.
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T.P. Cordes
Seymour
Cordes
Chestnut Street
Seymour RR
United States
New Scott Hospital Contract To Be Let
The new Scott County Hospital located between Scottsburg and Austin along U S 31 will be let next week. Raymond Swope says plans approved by the U S Government. He expects work to start the following week after the contract is awarded. Water mains will be laid soon from Scottsburg city water mains to the hospital site. Pipes have been distributed along U S 31 for ditching work.
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Scott County Hospital
Scottsburg
Austin
U. S. 31
Raymond Swope
Scott Hospital Board
Chicago
U. S
Swope
Capehart to Seek More Flood Control Reservoirs in Indiana
Senator Homer E. Capehart returns to Washington convinced Indiana needs additional flood control. He would work with Army Engineers and seek new reservoirs and levees, while disaster loans aid flood victims. Gov Handley urged support for Wabash Valley dam and Monroe County reservoir projects to curb future flood conditions.
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Washington ,Ind
Homer E. Capehart
R-Ind
Washington, D.C
Indiana
Capehart
Wabash
White River
Col
Roscoe Turner
Indianapolis
Clinton
Vincennes
Hubert Alexander
Farmers Home Administration
Earl Merry
Small Business Administration
Army Engineers
Harold W. Handley
Sens. Capehart
William E. Jenner
Wabash Valley
Monroe County
Senate
House
Bond Proceeds Paid On New Seymour High School Financing
Payment of 2 215 000 for first mortgage bonds on Seymour's new senior high school was received in Chicago from the winning bid sponsor. The sale was approved in Indianapolis and funds will be invested in government obligations with interest aiding the building fund. Treasurers and officials travelled to Chicago to complete the transaction.
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Seymour
Chicago
Indianapolis
Seymour Community Schools Building Fund
G. B. Bottorff
Charles Beatty
Seymour Community Schools Building Corporation
Edward P. Elsner
Harry B. Fox
Jackson County Bank
West Second Street
von Fange Ditch
Shields Alumni Dance At Armory Tonight
Shields High School Alumni Association holds its annual dance at the National Guard Armory Freeman Field. The event starts at 9 p m with a large crowd expected to attend.
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Shields
Armory
Shields High School Alumni Association
National Guard
Freeman Field
Weather Records Update
Official maximum Friday and official minimum readings listed. Reading at 10 a.m shows a river level of 10.5 feet with precipitation totaling .22 inches. The measured values appear to reflect a cool day with modest rainfall.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Nixon Urges GOP Calm on Adams Controversy
Vice President Nixon asks Republican leaders not to panic over the Sherman Adams issue and to close ranks. He delivered a pep talk Friday night to party officials in Washington.
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Meade Alcorn
Republican National Committee
Sherman Adams
White House
Republican Campaign
Washington
Adams-Bernard Goldfine
Nixon
Gop
Adams
Eisenhower
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Alphonzo E. Bell Jr
California
Thomas G. Judd
Utah
Richard M. Simpson
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Smith May Be Called In Scandal In Indiana Probe
AP report from Indianapolis notes prosecutor John G. Tinder undecided on calling Virgil W. Smith former State Highway Commission chairman as a witness in the highway bribery trial. He expects to finish his case against Elmer W. Sherwood and William E. Sayer this week. Mogilner testified for the state after pleading guilty.
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Indianapolis
John G. Tinder
Virgil W. Smith
State Highway Commission
Tinder
Elmer W. Sherwood
William E. Sayer
Sherwood
Sayer
Smith
Arthur J. Mogilner
Doxie Moore
George N. Craig
Mogilner
Robert M. Seastrom
East-West talks face disruption over parity in nuclear talks
Washington reports a Soviet push to impose bloc parity threatens to derail opening of a Geneva conference on detecting nuclear explosions. The plan calls for equal bloc representation, pitting Russia Poland and Czechoslovakia against the United States Britain France and Canada, with Dr. James B. Fisk leading the Western panel.
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Washington
Geneva
State Department
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States
Britain
France
Canada
U.S
Moscow
James B. Fisk
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Eisenhower
United Nations
Dulles
Soviet Union
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J.T. Hallett
State Highway Department
Commissioners’ Court
Foster
Tribune
Greater Crothersville
Rebeccas
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Main Street
Local Exchange Club
Alabama Air Guard
Sgt. Chunn
Hoyt C. Boswell
Don Wilson
Bobby R. Buie
Jerry M. Downey
New Scott Hospital
Senator Air Tours
Sence
NEA Telephoto
Arthur V. Watkins
Watkins
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Goldfine
Harris
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