Secluded Knox Grotto Presents Strange Mystery
In Hazleton Indiana the Dicksburg Hills hide sandstone caverns with mysterious drawings. Harold Allison notes dated carvings possibly 250 million years old while locals guess whether Indians or prehistoric people carved them. A man named Manuel Lucas reports vandals and coyotes in the rugged site, which features niches and fading wall paintings from the early 1900s.
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Howard Stevens Tribune
Hazleton
Ind
Dicksburg
Knox County
Harold Allison
Valley Advance
Vincennes University
Allison
Walter Gilley
Washington
Manuel Lucas
Lucas
Mansfield
Reconstructed Face Aids Identification Of Unidentified Girl
In Sycamore Illinois medical experts recreated a young woman s face from clay to aid identifying the unidentified victim found shot to death last September near a collapsed shed. The FAA Aeromedical Institute in Oklahoma City produced the likeness using skull measurements and dental records.
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Sycamore, Ill
Illinois
Jane Doe
David Munch
DeKalb County
Federal Aviation Administration
Aeromedical Institute
Oklahoma City
Clyde Snow
Betty Gatliff
Snow
Miss Gatliff
Oklahoma
Civil Aeromedical Institute
Sycamore
Ill
Burial Vault Strike Strikes Chicago Funeral Industry
A week long strike of 120 burial vault workers in the Chicago area disrupts burials at some firms while others report no delays. Production halts at four companies. talks continue with Teamsters Local 786 before a federal mediator.
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Chicago
Louis Rago
John Rago & Sons Funeral Home
Sterling Concrete Vault Co., Inc
American Wilbert Vault Corp
Forest Park
Joseph O’ Leary
The
Association of Burial Vault Manufacturers
O’leary
Williams
Vangard
Association
Teamsters Local 786
O'Leary
John Ryan
Local 786
Know Your Indiana Weeds Sneezin Weed Name
Hay fever suffers are warned about a tall sneeze weed that grows 1 to 4 feet, with rough hairy stems and deeply lobed smooth leaves. Flowers appear at branch tips and at leaf bases, in wasteland or cultivated land. Purdue extension cites pre and post emergence herbicides for control, consult county Extension agent.
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Purdue University Extension
Nommo Gawrede Welent Clip and Save for Weed ID
A learning-at-leisure series from the Cooperative Extension Service offers guidance on weed identification through practical clips. It covers common weds and field methods to distinguish invasive species and useful native plants with simple steps.
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The
Cooperative Extension Service
Grigsby Remains in His Guinness Patience at 92
INDIANAPOLIS AP Six months after parole Johnson Van Dyke Grigsby 92 lives in a one bedroom northwest side apartment cared for by neighbors and a twice weekly parole visit He is listed in the Guinness Book for the longest prison sentence Having killed a man in 1907 after a tavern confrontation Grigsby keeps a clean apartment washes walls and floors daily and keeps two plastic bread wrappers as decorations He may live to 125 and has no plans for marriage or children to provide the high school and college paths for future preachers lawyers and doctors
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Indianapolis
Johnson van Dyke Grigsby
Grigsby
Alexandria
Johnny Cash
Illinois Firms Farmers May Get Tax Break
Illinois lawmakers consider a four year tax break totaling sixty million dollars for manufacturers and farmers. The measure would exempt purchases of machinery equipment fuel oil solvents and other direct production items from state sales tax and extend similar relief for agricultural materials. The bill passed the Senate committee 6 to 4 and faces full chamber votes amid budget concerns and opposition from several state agencies.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Senate
Chicago
William E. Dart
IMA
Senate Revenue Committee
Dart
Illinois
Illi
Nois
Leroy W. Lemke
House
Lemke
Robert Terzich
James R. Thompson
Illinois Municipal League
The
State Bureau of the Budget
Department of Revenue
Illinois Retail Farm Equipment Dealers Association
Great Lakes fall in water levels ease floods but hurt boaters
A dramatic drop in Great Lakes water levels brings relief from flooding and shoreline erosion yet creates hazards for boaters. Officials forecast near 1969 long term lows for Huron Michigan, with water still above normal in some areas and risks to shores and vessels due to exposing shoals and groundings.
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Detroit
Great Lakes
Ronald Wilshaw
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wilshaw
Coast Guard
Lakes St. Clair
Erie
Lakes Huron
Michigan
Lakes Superior
Ontario
Vincennes Trustee Owes State in Audit Findings
State Board of Accounts audit shows former Vincennes Township Trustee Otto W. Blabaum owes an additional 2100 after repaying 19442. Sullivan Circuit Court in March found him guilty of theft harassing a grand jury witness and ghost employee. He must restore 14386 for misused poor relief groceries and 5061 for unpaid salaries.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Accounts
Vincennes Township
Otto W. Blabaum
Sullivan Circuit Court
Blabaum
Blanford Woman Hurt in Auto Crash
A Blanford woman Kathy DeBolt was injured when her car left Powder Mill Road and struck a tree. She was admitted to Union Hospital with a fractured pelvis in satisfactory condition. A passenger James Benson, 20, Clinton, was treated and released. The mishap occurred at 4:30 a.m.
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Blanford
Ind
Powder Mill Road
Union Hospital
Kathy DeBolt
James Benson
Clinton
DeBolt
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Robert Williams
Vangard Vault Co
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Britain
Labor Department
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Holland
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South Korea
Communist Party
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Sportlight
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Chicago Cubs
Bruce Sutter
Tom Weiskopf
Charlotte
North Carolina
Kent Benson
Otis Birdsong
Ricky Green
WEC, Inc
Madison
Wisconsin
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Terre Haute
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