Keen Competition Expected at Rockville Pony Show
The third annual Rockville Pony Show at the 4-H grounds north of Rockville runs Saturday and Sunday with top exhibitors and a Class A Shetland halter rating and Class AA in Shetland Harness. Breeds include Shetland, Hackney, Welsh and Appaloosa with halter, showmen, and children under 10 categories. A Saturday night lineup features performance classes and a pony costume event while Sunday offers public-focused classes. Mecca Historical Society serves food. admission is free. event sponsored by Covered Bridge Saddle Club.
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Rockville
Ind
U.S
Here
Mecca Historical Society
The
Covered Bridge Saddle Club
AVCO PLANT WORKERS BACK ON JOB IN IND DISPUTE
Members of IBEW Local 1127 at the Avco Corp plant in Richmond Indiana returned to work under a restraining order after a wildcat strike over subcontracted maintenance work. Negotiators pursue settlement as federal mediators had previously failed to resolve the dispute.
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Richmond
Ind
UPD
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Avco Corp
Wayne
James C. Puckett
Research Man At Crane Wins Special Honor
Philip J. Smith acting director of the Research and Development Department at Crane Naval Ammunition Depot received the National Institute of Packaging Handling and Logistics Engineers Annual Achievement Award for leading packaging development. Since 1960 he has headed Crane’s Packaging Development Division designing containers for ordnance using plastics to cut weight and shipping costs. He lives in Bloomington with his wife Gloria and six children.
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Crane
Ind
National Institute of Packaging, Handling and Logistics Engineers
Washington, D.C
Philip J. Smith
Naval Ammunition Depot
Smith
Institute
Navy
Bureau of Ordnance
Research and Development Department
Gloria
Cabot Court
Bloomington
Layoff Hits RCA Monticello Cabinet Plant
In Monticello Indiana RCA laid off most of its 881 workers at the television cabinet plant due to inventory realignments. Production will pause Monday as cabinets are shipped to other RCA plants offline because of the IBEW strike that idled about 22 000 workers in Indianapolis Bloomington and Marion.
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Monticello, Ind
Radio Corp. of America
Monticello
RCA
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Indianapolis
Bloomington
Marion
Valedictorian Myra Gibson Honored at Elks Convention
Staunton High School valedictorian Myra Gibson, 18, daughter of H W Gibson, Brazil, was recognized at the Indiana Elks Convention in French Lick. She placed second in the State Youth Leadership Contest, received a trophy and a 75 dollar savings bond, and will attend Indiana University to major in physical therapy.
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Mary Kaye Stray
Brazil
Ind
Staunton High School
Myra Gibson
Elks
French Lick
Gibson
H. W. Gibson
U.S. 40 West
Indiana Elks Association
U.S
Indiana
Myra
Lebanon Junction
Indiana University
Indiana State Commission
Betty Crocker
Tomorrrow
American Legion
Who's Who
Muncie Police Nab Escapee Richard Cross
Richard Cross, 31, who escaped May 28 from an outside work detail at the Indiana State Prison, was arrested in Muncie on charges of attempted rape and aggravated assault. He allegedly tried to rape a housewife at knife point before being captured. she received minor injuries. Cross was serving a 10 year sentence for a 1960 Indianapolis supermarket robbery and had been paroled from a 1 to 10 year term for vehicle taking.
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Muncie, Ind
UPI
Richard Cross
Indiana State Prison
Muncie
Cross
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Youth Identified After Drowning in White River
The body of 14 year old Guy E Falk was found unclothed to waist in the White River on the north side of Indianapolis. Identified tentatively by his uncle David Edmunson, the youth had been missing since Monday after leaving for school. Police believe he visited relatives and went swimming before drowning in a debris dam. autopsy confirms drowning as the cause.
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Indianapolis
White River
Guy E.falk
David Edmunson
Ritz Theatre Leased for Covered Bridge Festival
The Ritz Theatre in Rockville Indiana has been leased by the Covered Bridge Tourist Association for the ten day Covered Bridge Festival from October 13 to 22. Entertainment will be held on Friday and Saturday nights with old fashioned movies shown during the week.
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Rockville
Ind
Ritz
Covered Bridge Tourist Association
Fairbanks Women Elected At Homemakers Conference
Mrs. John Kelly of Fairbanks Sullivan County was elected president of the Indiana Extension Homemakers Association at Purdue University during a three day conference. Offic ers named include Mrs Norman Swihart as vice president Mrs Floyd Howard recording secretary and Mrs Maurice Newby treasurer with a two year term for Newby and one year for the others. District representatives were chosen for Bedford Terre Haute Evansville Vincennes Indianapolis Lebanon and Wolcottville as the conference closed with about 2 000 delegates.
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Lafayette
Ind
John Kelly
Fairbanks
Sullivan County
Indiana Extension Homemakers Association
Purdue
Asana Purcell
Vincennes
Indianapolis
Jon Woody
Lebanon
Dale Schinbeckler
Wolcottville
Indiana Co-operative Extension Service
Purdue University
Sullivan and Dugger couple to wed at Shelburn Church of God
Miss Mabel Ann Pirtle of Sullivan will marry Paul Richard Walters of Dugger in a June 9 ceremony at Shelburn Church of God Mt. Assembly. Rev. Russell Bedwell to officiate. A reception will follow at the Rodger Wall home in Sullivan. Parents are Beverly Walters and John Henry Pirtle.
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Sullivan, Ind
Mabel Ann Pirtle
Sullivan
Paul Richard Walters
Dugger
Shelburn
Indiana 1967 traffic toll climbs to 536 deaths
Three deaths in separate accidents Thursday raise Indiana's traffic toll to 536 for 1967, down from 620 last year. Michael Whitley, 5, of South Bend, ran into a truck after darting into the street near his home. Edward Klepser, 49, of Indianapolis, died in a two car crash that left his wife Georgia, 57, injured. the other driver, Victor Wikle, 58, of Anderson, faces a charge of reckless homicide.
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Indiana
Michael Whitley
South Bend
Edward Klepser
Indianaplis
Georgia
Indianapolis
Victor H. Wikle
Anderson
Grant Helps Indiana Counties Plan Growth
The Indiana Department of Commerce received a $37,447 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist planning for growth in Fayette and Jennings counties and the city of Huntington.
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Washington
Indiana Department of Commerce
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Fayette
Jennings
Huntington
Jubilant 50th Tri Kappa Chapter Anniversary Planned
Mrs. Ruby L. Bicknell and Mrs. Paul Thompson of Linton will attend the 50th anniversary celebration of the Tri Kappa Sorority chapter in Clinton, Indiana, on Monday, June 12. Bicknell served as Tri Kappa Province Officer in 1917 and helped establish the Clinton chapter.
Clinton Airman Earns Promotion To Master Sergeant
Clinton Indiana Special Chancy J Yurchis son of Mr and Mrs Hubert McMasters of Clinton Ind has been promoted to master sergeant in the U S Air Force He serves as a communications technician at Hickam AFB Hawaii and is a member of the Air Force Communications Service which operates worldwide for USAF missions He is a 1948 Penn Township High School grad from Bloomingdale Ind and served in the Korean War His wife Joan is daughter of Joseph J Kipp of Red Hook New York.
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Clinton, Ind
Chancy J. Yurchis
Hubert MecMasters
Clinton
Ind
U.S. Air Force
Yurchis
Hickam Afb
Hawaii
Air Force Communications Service
USAF
Penn Township High School
Bloomingdale
Joan
Joseph J. Kipp
Red Hook, N.Y
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