Parke County Extends Plans At Annual Meeting
Parke County Extension Committee discussed four projects including a state vocational training center opening 1968 for 200 students, the Little Raccoon watershed program covering 93 000 acres with lakes and dams, a Billy Creek Village tourist site, and county zoning changes.
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Rockville
Ind
Parke County
Parke County Extension Committee
Randall Thompson
Charles Taylor
Warren Crooks
Beulah Mull
Myrtle Coleman Clyde Spencer
Cy Harbison
Lawrence Bradburn
Vigo County
Bradburn
John Stryker
Little Raccoon
Putnam
Montgomery
Parke
Waveland
Stryker
Richard Collings
Covered Bridge Tourist Association
Billy Creek
Mutilated Money Studied By Technician
Margaret Litowski oversees the Treasury Department’s Mutilated Currency branch which investigates damaged money and reimburses about $20 million yearly. The unit handles some 40 000 cases annually and has processed cases from dog chews to buried bills. One recent case involved a Navy airman killed in a helicopter crash.
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Washington
Margaret Litowski
Currency and Redemption Division
Treasury Department
Litowski
Navy
Negotiations Break Down in Phone Strike
In Mattoon Illinois negotiators for about 300 Illinois Consolidated Telephone Co employees and management failed to reach a new agreement after a Friday night session. IBEW Local 399 cited an insulting counter proposal while ICT negotiator Westrup warned of potential cost surges above 20 percent in one year. The strike began November 16 over wages and fringe benefits and no new talks are scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westrup
J.B.E.W. Local 399
Pontiff to Visit Stricken Florence for Christmas
Pope Paul VI will travel to flood damaged Florence on Christmas Eve and celebrate Christmas midnight Mass in the damaged Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral. He will return to the Vatican after the ceremonies. the visit is described as private and without pomp.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Florence
Vatican
Sistine Chapel
Florentine
Arno
Santa Maria Delle Fiore
Italy
Church Council Presents Many Challenges
Miami Beach AP reports Protestant Orthodox and Roman Catholic leaders map joint strategy. Dr Arthur Flemming says the council must both preach and act with compassion while Hubert Humphrey urges pragmatic evangelism and social reform. Action includes UN supervision of Viet Nam peace efforts and expanded ecumenical dialogue.
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Arthur S. Flemming
Assembly
Hubert H. Humphrey
Council
125 Year Old Ex-Slave Seeks Divorce in Hattiesburg
Sylvester Magee formally files for divorce from Marie Magee in Hattiesburg claiming desertion in 1953. Magee, who is widely believed to have been born in 1841, says he loves his wife who now resides in Poughkeepsie New York and refuses to return home. He recently stayed in Jackson Hospital for pneumonia treatment after claiming Civil War Union Army service.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
Sylvester Magee
Hattiesburg
Miss
Magee
Marie
Veterans Administrator
Jackson Hospital
Thomas Street Heads Program on Poverty
Now chairman of the Vigo County Economic Opportunity Act Program for the coming year is Thomas Street Jr. of the Vigo County Labor Council. He succeeds Dr. H. M. S. Bristol. New board members seated include Shirley Ward NAAC, Mrs. Geraldine Bradford, Mrs. Pauline Ellis, and Kermit Nees. Jim Ray is executive director.
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Vigo County
Shirley Ward
NAAC
Geraldine Bradford
Warren
Pauline Ellis
Hyte Center
Kermit Nees
Virgil Cesinger
Merl Lucas
Cesinger
Ralph Tucker
Guy T. Harris
Lieber Thomas
Pfizer and Co
Richard Bergmann
United Fund
Malcolm Francis
West Terre Haute
Bettie Davis
Hyte
August Montgomery
Charles Beazley
Jim Ray
Congressmen Elect John Myers To Speak At Kiwanis Night
Congressman elect John Myers and his wife Carol will be special guests at Kiwanis Club of Greater Terre Haute Ladies night at the Terre Haute House on Tuesday December 20. Myers won the 7th district seat in the November election.
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John Myers
Carol
Kiwanis Club of
Greater Terre Haute
Terre Haute House
Myers
Great Lakes Drive-In Conference Heads to Bloomington
About 250 school administrators from Indiana and Illinois attend IU for the third annual Great Lakes Drive-In Conference in Bloomington. Wendell H. Pierce, superintendent of Cincinnati schools, delivers the keynote on bridging gaps in administration.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Indiana
Illinois
Wendell H. Pierce
Cincinnati
Ohio
Traffic fines and charges from West Terre Haute list
A compiled notice lists multiple individuals and fines for offenses in West Terre Haute and Marshall counties. Violations include speeding, improper registration, no license, expired registration, muffler laws, unsafe vehicle, red light, and no plates with fines ranging from 3.25 to 120 dollars. The piece ends with a political aside about a 1968 presidential bid causing a heavy head cold.
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Paul Dillingham
West Terre Haute
Silberman the Gambler Behind Tropical Park Riches
Saul Silberman controls Tropical Park assets and ferries winnings through parimutuel bets. He owns 92 percent of Tropical stock, owes about 5 million, and donates to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. His betting exploits at Havre de Grace fund philanthropy while wife and horses ride the profits.
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Silberman
Florida
Gold Coast
Gene Mori
Hialeah
Jim Donne
Gulfstram
Saul
Havre de Grace
On the Line Continued From Page 4
A fragment shows a political stance denouncing communists in disguise and a resolve to refuse any such office. The snippet reflects tension in partisan rhetoric and opposition to perceived subversion.
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Munist
NAM elects Grolimund to NAM board from Elkhart
The National Association of Manufacturers elected Joseph H Grolimund of Elkhart Indiana as a director at its three day convention. Grolimund is board chairman of H and A Selmer in Elkhart. The NAM board sets national policy positions and programs.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers
Joseph H. Grolimund
Elkhart
Ind
Grolimund
H. & A. Selmer
NAM
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Parke Co
John Mace
Parke County Plan Commission
Ken Schelkie
Indianapolis
Adams
Union
Jackson
Greene
Mansfield Dam
Raccoon Lake
Mace
Leonard Breen
Purdue
Columbus
Pontiff
Carla Hammond
Middletown High School
Church Council
George W. Cornell
Miami Beach, Fla
United Nations
College Avenue Florists
College Avenue
Mikkelson Poinsettias
Nytime
Thomas Street Heads
Kiwanis
Donie Ray Childers
Dean C. Moore
Wabash Ave
Finer
Bert Moore
Seelyville
Dean Moore
Thomas Lewis
Roy E. Robertson
Maple Ave
Marsha Weir
22Nd St
David E. Hamilton
Lexington
Edgar E. Judson
Rosedale
Vernon Matlock
Joseph V. Correal
Marshall
Emery Bracken
Clinton
Ernest S. Phillips
Farrington
Jim Bishop
Plaza North
Fort Harrison
Lafayette Avenue
Meis Plaza
LBJ
Viet Nam
Thich Tri Quang
U. S
America
North Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Haiphong
Russia
North Korea
General Telephone
Cinema
Gtse
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