Obllong Man Crafts Expansive Yuletide Display Each Year
Cook, a 50 year old Ob long resident and ice cream stand operator, maintains a sprawling Christmas light display visible for miles. He replaces hundreds of bulbs annually and notes a huge electric bill, yet enjoys the crowd and letters from travelers across the United States praising Oblong’s holiday spectacle.
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Ill
Tom Cook
Cook
Nick
Santa Claus
U.S
Santa
Texas
Air Search Halted for Four Ohio Men
A search for a missing single engine plane carrying Joe Height, his father John Height, Joseph Height, and Frank Tomlinson from Lima to Brady Texas paused due to bad weather over Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas. CAP and Civil Defense teams scoured routes and potential crash sites with no concrete results. The last contact was after departing Williamson County airport in Marion Friday evening.
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Marion, Ill
Lima
Ohio
Illinois
Arkansas
Missouri
Thomas Wimberly
Illinois Civil Air Patrol
Brady
Tex
Williamson County
Marion
Charles Jefferson
Wimberly
Joe Height
John Height
Joseph Height
Frank Tomlinson
Civil Air Patrol
Texas
Civil Defense
Carb Orchard Lake
Jefferson
State Troopers Earn Awards For Kidney Donor Efforts
Four Indiana State Police pilots received AMVETS Distinguished Service Awards for aiding Indiana's kidney donor program. Troopers Foster, Lee, Merchant, and Prince were honored for air transport of donor kidneys to Indianapolis Veterans Hospital and for delivering serum to transplant centers.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Joe Lauson
Detroit
Amvets
Joseph B. Foster
Seymour
David C. Lee
Sellersburg
Donald E. Merchant
Mooresville
Charles L. Prince
Noblesville
Police Probe Kidnap and Rape Near Charleston
Charleston police investigate links between a 24 year old Eastern Illinois University coed’s kidnapping and rape incidents in Mattoon and throughout Illinois. A white male aged 20 to 25, about 6 feet tall with blonde facial hair drove a light blue or green car. The victim was injured and hospitalized after being abducted near the Clinical Services building on the EIU campus and dumped south of Charleston.
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Charleston
Ill
Eastern Illinois University
4Th St
Larson
Clay Health Center Names New Administrator
Brazil Indiana Mrs Wilma Ellison a Clay County native has been named administrator of the Clay County Health Center Inc in Brazil She previously managed offices and has worked at the center since it opened January 20 1970 The center has been under new management since June 10 of this year and Ellison and her husband Carroll live in Brazil with their four children
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Brazil
Ind
Wilma Ellison
Clay County Health Center, Inc
Ellison
Clay County
Bowling Green
Irvin Clingerman
Carroll
Clay County Health Center
Tribune Date Line Item From Terre Haute
Valley News by Tribune correspondents reports local happenings in Terre Haute Indiana on Tuesday December 12 1972 with brief notes on community events and notices.
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the Tribune
Terre Haute
Ind
Sheriff Declines Helicopter Ride for Santa in Indiana
Marion County sheriff’s department refused to transport Santa Claus by helicopter. After a 300 pound Santa was flown to Central State Hospital for a Christmas party the pilot had to taxi him home, as the craft could not accommodate him.
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Indianapolis
Marion County Sheriff's Department
Santa Claus
Ice
Santa
Central State Hospital
Ohio River Residents Watch Flood Rise Toward Crest
Ohio River communities along the river edge toward a crest near 53.5 feet as flood stages breach for the first time in four and a half years. residents in California and New Richmond prepare evacuation plans while Red Cross teams move in Dayton and nearby areas brace for rising water.
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John W. Chace
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio River
U.S. Weather Service
Catherine Scott
California
New Richmond
Harold Kennedy
Tree accident kills Crawfordsville man in timbering crash
Earl E. Trosper, 50, of Crawfordsville died Monday when a tree portion struck him in the head while he and Robert Quinlan were cutting timber on the James Shaver property two miles southwest of Crawfordsville. Quinlan, of Wingate, escaped injury.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Earl E. Trosper
Robert Quinlan
Rt. 1
Wingate
James Shaver
Bloomington attorney named to Indiana Public Interest Research Group
Solomon Lowenstein of Bloomington has been named executive board director of the Indiana Public Interest Research Group effective January 15. The consumer interest research organization operates on several Indiana campuses.
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Bloomington, Ind
Solomon Lowenstein
Bloomington
Indiana Public Interest Research Group
Indiana
Indiana Lifts Final Hog Cholera Quarantines
Indiana ends hog cholera quarantines after no cases since November 10. The last quarantines were lifted in Carroll and Wells counties on Monday, allowing hogs to be moved to market and producers to replace brewing stock, officials said.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Carroll
Wells
Fire chief reports no evacuations yet amid rising waters
Fireman Mike Oday said there have been no evacuations to date and crews are informing residents as they monitor the rising level. He added that the situation has not reached alarm status and responders are playing it by ear.
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Mike Oday
Cottage cheese as relish platter addition idea
Creamstyle cottage cheese serves as a base for relish with optional minced scallions and chopped pimento stuffed olives to customize flavor.
Bath Boutique Div Of City Plumbing And Heating Inc
A brief notice lists Bath Boutique division of City Plumbing and Heating Inc with a contact number 232 2177. The fragment provides no further context, date, or location.
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City Plumbing & Heating Inc
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