Severe storms dump nearly five inches across county
Thunderstorms drenched the area with about 4.50 inches of rain as White River rises toward a crest near 17 feet in Rockford. Officials warn a second rise may follow Friday into Saturday, with extensive flood damage expected to crops and low lands and widespread service interruptions reported.
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Indianapolis
Jackson
Jennings
Weather Bureau
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
White River
Jackson County
Monon
New Albany
Stempel Inter Air Conditioner Co
Bloomington
Ernie Pyle
Indiana Daily Student
Tonight
Indiana University Union
I.U
Indiana Bell Telephone Co
Indiana
Spencer
Columbus
Shelbyville
Morgantown
Nashville
Madison
Centerton
Morgan County
Danville
Ill
Wabash
Montezuma
Lafayette
White
Eagle Creek
Speedway
Covington
Greencastle
Seymour
Cagles Mill
Crawfordsville
Whitestown
Frankfort
Joseph Carroll
Montgomery County
Carroll
Louisville
Mitchell
Borden
New Teachers Appointed at Brownstown High
Brownstown Consolidated Schools hire three new teachers for 1960 61. Robert Myers will begin July 1 as vocational agriculture instructor with a 12 month contract. Richard L Hanaway becomes head coach and social studies teacher. Donald Lewis named assistant coach.
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Robert Myers
Brownstown
Myers
Brownstown Consolidated Schools
Richard L. Hanaway
Donald Lewis
Hanaway
James Blevins
Brownstown High School
Spiceland
Lewis
Charles Denbo
Wallonia
Purdue University
Daviess County
International Farm
Greece
Indiana
Purdue
Franklin College
Flora High School
Burnettville
Tipton
Ellettsville
Unionville High School
Indiana University
Bloomington College
Navy
Oville Concert Rescheduled to August 30
Crothersville High School band director Donald E Burris announces the rescheduling of the June 30 concert to 7 30 p m August 30 in the new gymnasium due to band members being on vacation. A pitch in dinner follows with band members and families invited and a parents meeting to install new officers. Tickets dated June 30 will be honored on August 30.
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Crothersville High School
Donald E. Burris
Burris
Record Swim Attendance at Seymour Pool on Hot Wednesday
A heat wave drew 1,448 swimmers to Seymour Municipal Swimming Pool from 1 30 to 9 P M setting a new attendance high for the facility, with manager Joe D Gill stating it surpassed marks since 1952. Simultaneously, a severe lightning event caused scattered power outages across the district, knocking out major lines and burning a transformer near North Broadway, straining PSCI and ITC services as crews work to restore supply.
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Seymour Municipal Swimming
Joe D. Gill
Gill
Charles Lisman
Local Public Services Company of Indiana
Medora
Butlerville
Lisman
Seymour
PSCI
Surprise
Jackson County
REMC
Clearspring
Freetown
North Broadway
Vernon
Indiana Telephone Corporation
E. S. Welch
Local Telephone Company
ITC
Welch
Weather Records Show Record Highs And River Levels
Official weather data report records a Wednesday maximum of 96 degrees and a minimum of 94. Precipitation totals reach 3.70 inches, with the river measured at 6.2 feet.
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Nee Enenenee
Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Seymour Community Schools Board Discusses Insurance
At the June meeting the Seymour board reviewed a reappraisal of school property, selected items for insurance coverage, and approved a $150 annual raise for secretarial and janitorial staff. Donald H. Ernest reported on the Jackson County School Reorganization Committee. Bids for fuel oil, coal, bus service, and supplies will be solicited at the July 13 meeting. All trustees attended.
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Seymour Community Schools
Seymour
Jackson County Insurance Agents’ Association
Donald H. Ernest
Jackson County
Ernest
Everett Donica
Granger H. Smith
Lester W. Swengel
Herman C. Norris
Osgood Shoe Plant Ships 100 000th Pair
U S Shoe Corporation at Osgood shipped its 100 000th pair Tuesday morning. The firm also operates a Crothersville plant. Six month company sales rose to 27 198 375 from 26 097 528 last year. Red Cross daily production at Osgood increased from 200 to 1200 pairs. Net income after taxes totaled 1 542 466 versus 1 626 733 a year before.
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U.S. Shoe Corporation
Osgood
Crothersville
Red Cross
Storms Cause Multiple Traffic Accidents Near Seymour
Severe weather floods roads and highways near Seymour with several crashes. Charles Richman and Percy Donnells Jr. collide on U S 31 leaving Donnells and Frederick Mellenbruch injured, while Dan Blankenship and Alfred Catlin lose control on Ind 11 and U S 31 respectively. Omer Rieckers later derails on a flooded county road. Damages range around 300 to 500 dollars.
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Seymour
Charles Perry Richman
North Vernon
Percy Cecil Donnells, Jr
Richman Auto
Donnells
Maurice L. Wright
T. L. Schlegelmilch
Lightning Breaks Window Injuring City Man in Storm
A lightning bolt during a Wednesday storm hit a house at 217 East 12th Street, shattering a window and injuring Jack Davidson 31. He was treated at Schneck Memorial Hospital and released. Two other children also suffered minor cuts in separate incidents, treated and released the same day.
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Jack Davidson
East 12Th Street
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Davidson
Doris Nichter
Lydia Nichter
Seymour
Dallas Burton
Lee Burton, Jr
Scipio
Raymond Claycamp
Floods sweep southern and western Indiana after storms
Severe thunderstorms drenched southern and western Indiana with five inches or more of rain, triggering flash floods that inundated roads, rail lines, and basements. Authorities reported fatalities, destroyed property, and widespread outages as rivers rose and weather alarms warned of continued storms through the week.
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Indiana
New Jap Treaty Put Into Effect
Tokyo AP reports Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi pushed the new 10 year U S Japan security pact into force and announced his resignation. The ceremony occurred amid leftist protests while cabinet members prepared to quit if a successor is chosen.
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Kishi
Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
United States
Japan
U.S
Douglas MacArthur II
Aiichiro Fujiyama
Fujiyama
Soviet Union
China
Eisenhower
Foreign Ministry
Hibiya Park
Michiko Kamba
MacArthur
Firemen Responded to False Alarm at 605 West Fourth
Seymour fire department was called about 7 30 this morning to 605 West Fourth street in response to a report of fire. No fire was found and the equipment returned to the station.
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Seymour Fire Department
West Fourth Street
U N Council Poised To Censure Israel Over Eichmann Removal
The United Nations Security Council is expected to approve an Argentine resolution censuring Israel for secretly removing Adolf Eichmann from Argentina. Argentina may drop its demand for Eichmann’s return as Israel admits illegality and expresses regret.
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Security Council
Israel
United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Adolf Eichmann
Argentina
David Ben-Gurion
Buenos Aires
Golda Meir
Council
Eichmann
Minor crash on U S 50 west near Seymour injures no one
About 8 20 a m Wednesday a 1955 coach driven by Howard Holle 43 pulled onto the berm on U S 50 two miles west of Seymour to left turn The left front of Holle s car struck the right rear of a 1959 station wagon driven by Willadean Hall 31 Browns Town Damages were about 35 to the wagon and 10 to Holle s coach Trooper J K Miller investigated
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U. S. 50
Seymour
Howard Holle
Chestnut Street
Holle
Willadean Hall
Brownstown
J. K. Miller
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O’ville
Ind. 11
Dan Roy Blankenship
West Seventh Street
Wright
Schlegelmilch
U. S
Azalia
Alfred A. Catlin
Elizabethtown
Bartholomew County
Dudleytown
Omer Rieckers
Virgil Klosterman
City Man
NEA Telephoto
Specks
O'Keefe
Joseph “Specks
O’keefe
Suffolk Superior Court
Boston
Mass
Associated Press
Terre Haute
Brazil
Martinsville
Charles Barnhart
Center Point
Clay City
Salem
Fredericksburg
U.S. 150
Indiana University Geography Department
Pennsylvania Railroad
State Highway Department
Coal Creek
Veedersburg
U.S. 31
Scottsburg
Sellersburg
Ind
Dupont
Jeffersonville
Naval Research Laboratory
Defense Department
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Christian A. Herter
White House
Hawaii
U.S. Senate
U. N. Council
Meir
Arkady A. Sobolev
Henry Cabot Lodge
Sir Pierson Dixon
Britain
U. S. 50 West
NEA
Princess Grace of
Monaco
Prince Rainier
Philadelphia
John B. Kelly
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