May 1971 Climatological Data shows below normal temperatures
May 1971 yielded average daily temperature 58.8 degrees, five degrees below the long term mean, with 206 heating degree days and 11.94 inches total precipitation. The driest May in record occurred on May 6 and the wettest in 1945, while the Wabash River fluctuated. A deep low pressure system on May 23 24 produced 3.56 inches of rain, including a 0.71 inch downpour in 10 minutes. Magnets derive from the Greek city Viagnesia where lodestones were first found.
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Lada
Wabash
Tate
Two Local Suits Seek 1.4 Million in Damages
Damages totaling 1.4 million dollars are sought in two local suits. A 900 thousand dollar death claim is filed in Vigo Superior Court for the death of trucker Robert E. Sollars, killed May 7 in a two-truck crash near Clinton. Gibco Motor Express, Inc. is named as defendant. Separate 250 thousand dollar claims arise from a May 30, 1969 car train collision involving Joyce Moore and Joann Cobb Harkey. Penn Central Transportation Co. faces both actions.
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Vigo Superior Court
Ethel M. Sollars
Hendricks St
Robert E. Sollars
Clinton
Gibco Motor Express, Inc
Gibson Coal Co
Terre Haute
Sollars
Reed Whitesell
Brazil
Ind. 63
Washington Street
Fairview Park
Luther Johnson
Mann, Mann, Chaney, Johnson and Hicks
Robert Howard Brown
Joyce Moore
Penn Central Transportation Co
Joann Cobb Harkey
British Columbia
Canada
Gary teachers vote no strike in Gary Indiana
Gary Indiana. Classes resumed on schedule after teachers voted Tuesday not to strike. Local 4 AF of Teachers had planned a strike over a policy change that would suspend seniority and allow transfers for racial balance. Demonstrations by black and white students supported the teachers.
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Gary, Ind
UPT
Gary Public
American Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Bringhurst Boy Wins Scholarship
Jerry Moss a 17 year old from Bringhurst Indiana has won a 600 dollar educational scholarship from Western Electric Corp He was cited for a 4 H project in which he transformed his family s old kitchen into an all electric kitchen.
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Chicago
UPI
Jerry Moss
Bringhurst
Ind
Western Electric Corp
Moss
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