Christmas Spirit Shines in Indiana Towns Across Clay County
Tribune report from Brazil Indiana highlights Yuletide warmth in small towns. Carillon chimes at First United Methodist Church in Clay County echo holiday spirit with carols and nativity scenes. Across nearby communities, plays, tree lighting, and carol sings unfold with Santa visits.
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S. Buck
First United Methodist Church
Clay County
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Briley Chapel
Montezuma
Civic Center
Shelter House
Mrs Whitcomb Issues Greeting From Indianapolis Hospital
Mrs. Pat Whitcomb, wife of Indiana Governor Edgar Whitcomb, recovering from surgery to remove an intestinal tumor described as malignant, issued a Christmas message from the hospital thanking well wishers and praying for a joyous holiday for all.
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Indianapolis
Edgar Whitcomb
Pat
Hoosier lawmakers bow out of re election decisions loom
INDIANAPOLIS UPI Several Indiana legislators announce they will not seek re election. House Speaker Otis Bowen R Bre men aims for governor while Sen David Rogers D Bloomington retires from the senate. Reps Robison Pratt and Hayes also retire amid rising legislative demands and possible redistricting changes threaten four Senate incumbents.
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Bremen
Monroe County
David Rogers
Dbloomington
Rogers
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Legisla‘ure
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Frankfort
Donald C. Pratt
Rockville
Legislative Branch
Joan Gubbins
Fugitive Found Unconscious in Indianapolis
A Kentucky man, Ronald Lee Clark aged 23 of Louisville, was found unconscious in his car by a state trooper along U.S. 31 in south Indianapolis. He was in critical condition with an apparent depressant overdose and hemorrhaging at Marion County General Hospital. Clark was wanted in Louisville and Elizabethtown, Kentucky for assault robbery disorderly conduct and six counts of breaking and entering.
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Kentucky
Ronald Lee Clark
Louisville
Marion County General Hospital
Clark
U.S. 31
Elizabethtown
SIU to Host Mine Hearings In February
The Illinois Pollution Control Board will hold four hearings in February on proposed mining regulations. Topics include mining permits, safeguards for mine waste, and preventing water pollution from abandoned mines. Hearings are set for Carbondale, Bloomington, Peoria, and Urbana.
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Mattoon mayor declines state office run in 1972
Mattoon Mayor Morgan F. Phipps announced he will not seek election to the Illinois General Assembly in 1972. He cited illness and a family death, noting he also will not run for another term as mayor in 1973 but will seek precinct committeeman status to stay involved.
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Morgan F. Phipps
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Democratic Party
State Senate
House of Representatives
Hanrahan vows to stay on ballot despite indictment
Chicago State's Attorney Edward V. Hanrahan declares he will run for re election despite being indicted. Daley and party leaders dropped him from the ticket to unite the party. Hanrahan says the courts and voters will vindicate him and cites black voters as a reason some push him off the ticket.
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Cook County
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Donald Page Moore
C. Bernard Carey
Daley-led
Fred Hampton
Mark Clark
Hartke Signals Serious Bid for Democratic Nomination
Indiana Senator Vance Hartke said he is seriously considering running for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination and would decide by January 6. He indicated a possible New Hampshire primary bid, criticized Nixon policies, and urged stronger job help for returning veterans.
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UPI
Vance Hartke
Hartke
Wfbm-Tv
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New Hampshire
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Washington
Charles Roche
John and
Robert Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Hartke Committee
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Vietnam
America
Groundhog Bounty Set by Clark County Board of Supervisors
Clark County will pay 50 cents per groundhog tail as a bounty, an action approved at the December meeting. County Clerk Lester E. Litteral notes the bounty has been in effect for at least four years as groundhogs become a countywide nuisance.
Workers Return At Effingham Norge-Fedders Plant
Workers at the Norge-Fedders Corp. plant in Effingham Illinois returned to their jobs after Local 105 of the Store Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union ratified a new two year contract. The pact provides 7 percent wage and fringe benefit increases and awaits approval by the Pay Board. The plant had been closed by a strike since November 25 when the old contract expired.
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Effingham, Ill
Norge-Fedders Corp
Store, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union
Probe into gangland style murder continues in Indiana
Hancock County authorities say 24 year old Susan K Dancer an Indianapolis divorcee was found south of Fortville Dec 11 shot nine times. The body was badly decomposed and three boys hunting rabbits found it. Sheriff Sebastian says six more .32 caliber bullets were removed. No arrests yet. Dancer had been missing six months after withdrawing a large bank sum to buy a car.
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Ind
UPI
Hancock County
Susan K. Dancer
Indianapolis
Fortville
Robert Sebastian
Dancer
Fatal One Car Crash Near Moline Claims Geneseo Man
Raymond L. Speckhart, 27, of Geneseo died in a one car accident on Interstate 280 south of Moline. Authorities say he was thrown from the vehicle when it overturned and crushed him.
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Raymond L. Speckhart
Geneseo
Interstate 280
Moline
Speckhart
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