New Bennett Ford Structure Planned Near Bell's Ford
Indiana officials plan a seven span built up steel girder bridge over White River on Ind 258 near Seymour to replace the 1869 Bell's Ford covered bridge. The new 760 foot structure will south of the old landmark, with a 31 foot six inch roadway and 13 ton load limit.
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Indiana State Highway Commission
White River
Ind
Seymour
State Highway Department
R. H
Bob” Harrell
State Highway Commission
Robert Patterson
Seymour and Cortland Area
Cortland School
Craig
Cortland
Training Sessions Set At ISP Post
Law enforcement officers from eight counties will gather at the Seymour post for two days of specialized criminal investigation training. Four sessions daily cover Homemade Bombs Recognition and Disposal Interrogation Techniques Plaster casting Moulage and Developing Informants taught by Seymour and Bloomington post staff. Attendance averages 30 to 35 per session.
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Seymour
Bloomington
Seymour Post
Wayne Hall
Seymour State Police Post
Hall
Maurice Wright
Donal Kuster
Larry Skerd
New Albany Presbytery To Meet At First Church
About 100 ministers and elders from 40 southern Indiana churches gather at First Presbyterian Church in New Albany for a 3 p m meeting of the New Albany Presbytery. Elder Donald E Wilkerson of Scottsburg presides. Rev A D Ellison Jr of Henryville is stated clerk.
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Indiana
First Presbyterian Church
New Albany
Don P. Kastner
Renewed Heavy Fighting In Central Highlands South Vietnam
In the central highlands heavy fighting surged as North Vietnamese regulars tested South Vietnamese forces at Dak To and the Ben Het Special Forces camp. Reports cite 60 NVA and 31 ARVN killed across four clashes, with US forces reporting no casualties though Blown shelling continued around bases near the Laotian border.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Ben Het
Dak To
Cambodia
Laos
U. S
U.S
Summer Begins Daylight Reigns in Indiana
The Associated Press reports Indiana enjoys its first summer with daylight extending sunlight to 9 22 p m on Eastern Daylight Time as the longest day of the year arrives. The sun will shine on parts of the state late into the evening marking the start of summer.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Indiana Time Reform Moves Boundary West Across State
A 1960s realignment shifted Indiana's Eastern Central Time line west to the Illinois border, with two pockets in northwest and southwest Indiana remaining longtime deviations. The 20th century effort aimed to align local clocks with national daylight time rules, yet many residents still followed personal choices rather than official decrees.
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Hoosiers
Ohio
Indiana
Washington
Indianapolis
Whitcomb Folt Set Parade Visit Here
Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb and Lt. Gov. Richard Folz will attend Seymour’s V J Day parade on August 17. Folz to speak. Ft Knox Army band to join. Local VFW Post 1925 sponsors the 23rd annual observance attracting groups statewide.
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Seymour
Morris Windhurst
Leslie - Arbuckle - Zimmerman Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Edgar D. Whitcomb
Richard E. Folz
John M. Lewis
Folz
VFW
Rockefeller Tours Latin America to Bypass Demonstrations
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller flies to Punta del Este Uruguay to avoid protests in Montevideo where student demonstrators clashed with police. He met Paraguayan President Stroessner in Asuncion and discussed a U S loan request. In Madison Indiana three youths and the utilities superintendent were hospitalized from sewer fumes.
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Montevideo
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Punta del Este
New York
Nixon
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Punta de Este
U. S
U.S
Rockefeller
Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
Stroessner
United States
Asuncion
Madison, Ind
Madison Utilities
Charles Keller
John Lewis
Steven Burkhart
Joseph Kelly
Madison
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Paul Houghland, Jr
James L. Laupus
City Hall
Tribune
Laupus
Delmar Pollett
Jaycee
Houghland
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Ford
Oral S. Craig
Bell's Ford
ISP
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Khe Sanh
U.S. Ninth Marine Regiment
Demilitarized Zone
Okinawa
Windhorst
Ft. Knox
Windhurst
Frank Ormsby
Tipton Street
U. S. 31
Kriete’s Corner
Reddington
Freetown
Dudleytown
Henry Knott
Brownstown
Wallonia
Medora
Hubert Spieker
Second Street
Chestnut Street
Ewing Street
Seymour Manufacturing
Shields Avenue
Edward Dannis
Walnut Street
H. A. Brooks
Freeman Field
General Motors
Organizat
By Leary
Bureau
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
James St. Laupus
Paul Houghland
United States Jaycees
Marlene
CIA
Paul Ili
Holiday Inn
Seymour City
Seymour City Hall
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