New Permanent Building for Young McDonald's Farm at Jackson County Fair
Three county FFA chapters led by Nelson Lewis and Robert Myers are building a permanent Young McDonald’s Farm structure for the Jackson County Fair. The cooperative project replaces a fragile tent with a sturdier facility to host multiple events and improve exhibit safety. Donations from businesses, individuals, and the Jackson County Farm Bureau Co op funded framing and siding. wiring and a concrete floor still seek funding.
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McDonald's
FFA
Nelson Lewis
Seymour
Robert Myers
Brownstown
McDonald’s
Myers
Lewis
Jackson County Farm Bureau Co-op
Lewis and Myers
McDonald’‘s
Jackson County
Ind 11 Set to Open in Seymour Ceremony
The official opening of Indiana 11 is planned for 3 30 p m Monday at Brown and Walnut streets. Richard A Boehning chairs the Indiana highway commission and will lead a brief ceremony with state and local officials. The one mile project from Seymour south city limits to U S 50 was awarded September 4 1973 to L P Cavett Company Seymour and Contractors United Inc Columbus for 304 333 80 funded entirely by state funds.
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Brown and
Walnut Streets
Richard A. Boehning
Indiana Highway Commission
Seymour
U. S. 50
L. P. Cavett Company
United, Inc
Columbus
Nixon Brezhnev Sign Ten Year Economic Cooperation Pact
Nixon and Brezhnev signed a decade long agreement to boost economic industrial and technical cooperation including machinery trade and annual information exchanges. The talks in the Kremlin covered health housing energy and patent rights while addressing missile defense limits and an underground test ban.
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Moscow
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
United States
Communist Party
Brezhnev
Kremlin
Crimea
Hospital Costs To Be Increased
Schneck Memorial Hospital administrator George James announced an approved cost justification increase effective July 5 1974 to offset rising supply service and labor costs. The Indiana Rate Review Committee must review all changes to ensure justification. The daily service charge would rise by 9 dollars with semi private rate moving from 42 to 51 dollars and other services approved accordingly.
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Schneck Memorial Hospital
George James
Indiana
James
Jackson County Fair Queen Contest Entries Near Deadline
About 24 Jackson County girls have entered the Fair Queen contest as of today. Co chairmen Mrs. John C. Ragland and Mrs. Larry Spurgeon announce that applications must be in by midnight Monday. The queen will be chosen August 4 by personality, a two minute speech, and appearances in swimsuits and evening gowns.
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Jackson County
Ragland
Larry Spurgeon
Lake and Forest Club
Brownstown
Freetown Prepares Four Day Fourth of July Festival
Freetown launches an 18th annual four day Fourth of July celebration in Freetown Park hosted by Pershing Township Volunteer Fire Department. Event chairs include Darrell Rucker Walter Wilson and Warner Burnside with gospel singing pony pulls auctions and a grand parade. Contests include a Penny vote princess pageant and garden tractor pulls complete the community fair.
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Jackson County
Freetown
Freetown Park
Pershing Township
Christian Cavaliers
Seymour
Cheek Sisters
Gary
Good News Trio
Terre Haute
Melcdaires
Madison
Loran Wilson
Guy Coleman
Delmar Ault
Jake Taylor
Gene Robbins
Rick Blaker
Ron Cornett
Paul Stogdill
Suzie Ballinger
Alvin
Goldie Sutton
Gerald Fleetwood
Doyle
Connie Lyon
Joe
Kenny Sherman
Gwen Gutting
Doxie McDaniel
Earl Stilwell
Joe Lucas
Bob Ferguson
Jim Gastineau
Larry Schryer
Parade
Vince Rucker
Mike Rudolph
Col
State boards names banks as state fund depositories
The State Board of Finance authorized Citizens Northern Bank of Elkhart and Carmel Bank and Trust Co to act as depositories for state funds. It approved distributing 29.04 million dollars in public school tuition support and 8.3 million dollars in transportation funds.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Finance
Citizens Northern Bank of Elkhart and
Carmel Bank and Trust Co
Weather Record for Seymour and Nearby Observations
Downtown Seymour noon temperature is unofficial while other readings come from Mrs. Ruth Everhart Weather Observer Rockford. River at 7 am 6.7 inches of rainfall 0.15 inch. Sunset 8 17 EST Sunrise Sunday 5 20 EST.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Holdup Suspects Captured Near Crothersville
State police in Seymour detain two black men after an armed robbery on I 65 near Crothersville at 4 20 p m Friday They forced Milwaukee resident James H Gore Jr from his car and fled with a 1970 Cadillac two door about $300 in cash and the stolen credit card The suspects were arrested in Clarksville and reportedly match the victim description Police continue the investigation
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Seymour Post
Milwaukee
Crothersville
James H. Gore, Jr
Wis
Clarksville
Gore
Wheat Allotment Applications Due in Jackson County
Applications for a new farm wheat allotment must be filed at the Jackson County ASC office in Brownstown by Monday July 1. New allotments for 1975 apply to farms without a 1974 allotment if eligibility criteria are met. automatic 1975 allotments will be set for most farms that had a 1974 allotment.
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Jackson County
ASC
Brownstown
John W. Spurgeon
ASC Committee
Right Turn on Red Rules Take Effect Across State
A new law allows right turns on red at intersections starting Monday with warnings to look for No Turn On Red signs. The state highway department prepared by inspecting 1,178 crossings and issuing 2,000 signs plus 1,000 more. Decisions on exemptions cited impaired vision heavy pedestrian traffic and left turn arrow conflicts.
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State Highway Department
Highway Department
Ellsberg Break-In Trial Began With CIA Ties Revealed
The Ellsberg break in opened with testimony linking the operation to CIA backers and the White House plumbers. Witnesses included Dr. Lewis Fielding Elisberg's psychiatrist and E Howard Hunt Jr. The prosecution framed the case as a violation of constitutional rights.
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Tinez
Barker
CIA
E. Howard Hunt
Merrill
Fielding
Beverly Hills
Calif
Hunt
White House
Charles W. Colson
Ehrlichman
Liddy
Ellsberg
Elisberg
FBI
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