Monticello invites saucer pilots to land on Shafer Lake
Monticello Indiana invites spacemen to land August thirty first on Shafer Lake to establish friendly contact. Local businessmen and watch post supervisor Larry O’Conner developed geometric designs to signal peace while Tom Spackman notes advanced saucers could outrun planes and urges peaceful outreach.
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Monticello
Ind
Shafer Lake
Larry O’conner
Watch Post
Tom Spackman
Spackman
Sign proposal sparks roadside humor near Ithaca
Ithaca New York August 1 This sign may alarm truck drivers with a request to slow for children crossing to bathroom James Murphy devised the idea after state surveyors said a truck route would pass by his barn or his house He awaits more information before installing the sign.
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Ithaca
N. Y
New York
James Murphy
Murphy
State coal freight rate boost denied
Indiana coal producers win a PSC victory denying a 6 percent rate hike sought by railroads for intrastate coal movement. The ICC had allowed the increase for interstate hauls, but the PSC split decision kept it out for Indiana. Commissioner Abbott dissented, urging ICC oversight of interstate state inequities.
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Indiana Coal Producers
Public Service Commission
P.S.C
Indianapolis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Indiana Coal Trade Association
Association
Wendell Tennis
Crawford F. Parker
Hugh W. Abbott
I.C.C
Indiana Leads in Bond Sale Gains in June
Indiana led all states in the percentage gain in defense bond sales for June from 1951. Vigo county defense bond chairman Anton Hulman Jr. reported the gain exceeded 45 percent for all series, with E and H bonds rising 49.57 percent. Improved yields and volunteer bond groups were credited.
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Indiana
Anton Hulman, Jr
Vigo County
Delco-Remy Public Relations Chief Dies
Faust Childers 58 longtime director of public relations for the Delco-Remy Division of General Motors died in St. John's Hospital in Anderson Ind He had 34 years with Delco-Remy and was active in civic affairs Survivors include his widow a daughter his mother a sister and a brother
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St. John’s Hospital
Delco- Remy
Anderson
Crockett Estate Letters Issued For Katherine Crockett
Letters of administration issued Thursday for the estate of Katherine W. Crockett who died July 28. Lena Hogue of Terre Haute was named as administratrix with a $2,000 bond accompanying the application.
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Katherine W. Crockett
Lena Hogue
Terre Haute
Heirs Named In Terre Haute Property Matter
Listed heirs include a brother from Chicago and a half sister Olive Hogue of Terre Haute with connections to R. R. 1 West Terre Haute. Estate valued at about 1 000 for personal property and 2 000 for real estate. other relatives include Katherine Bon.
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Ters
Nema
Chicago
J. Howard Joseph Crockett
R. R
Westhew
Richard Meredith
Crosset
O’laughilin
Terre Haute
Olive Ark
Hogue
West Terre
Haute
Katherine Bon
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