Gimco City to dissolve after Tuesday vote
In Gimco City Indiana the four registered voters face dissolution and annexation to Alexandria Madison County after the Tuesday referendum. Town leaders describe the move as a business decision affecting property ownership, police and fire contracts, and potential tax changes.
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Indiana
Gimco City
Alexandria
Madison County
Kenneth Patton
Esther
Pattons
Philip
Carol Friend
Friends
Gimco
Political killings shock Chicago Serbian editor and girl
The editor Dragisa Kasikovich 44 and Ivanka Milosevic 9 were found dead in the Serbian National Defense Council of America building after a dawn assault. Police blamed earlier reports of gunfire. Dr Urosh Seffer alleged Yugoslav secret police retaliation for the editor and fiancé’s daughter’s murder.
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Kasikovich
Urosh Seffer
Serbian National Defense Council
Seffer
Council
Seminar in Indianapolis to discuss police and fire pensions
Indiana launches a one day seminar on July 14 with Governor Otis Bowen as keynote on the new police and fire pension reform. Sponsored by the state chamber and safety groups, topics include funding, legislative history, and changes in required contributions. The measure opens 32 million in state aid via higher cigarette and liquor taxes and raises police and firefighter contributions from 3 to 6 percent.
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UPI
Indiana
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Indiana Chamber of Commerce
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Insurance Institute of Indiana
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Stouffer’s Inn
Car Train Crash Kills 1 in Indiana Toll Rises
A train hit a car in Anderson dragging it 500 feet, killing 17 year old Ronnie L Ball and injuring two others. The weekend toll included Virginia Kessler and Rex Wheeler in separate crashes, with Steven Smith charged in Richmond.
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Indiana
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Frank Bailey
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Virginia Kessler
Richmond
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Liberty
Steven E. Smith
Smith
Miles
Rex D. Wheeler
Seymour
U. S. 131A
Bartholomew County
Columbus
Wheeler
Steven Funkhouser
Zionsville
Indianapolis
Jasper County
Randy Aperton
Model prisoner Kiritsis called passive and friendly in jail
Tony Kiritsis, 44, held Indianapolis mortgage executive Richard Hall for 63 hours last February, is described by jailers as a model prisoner. Marion County Jail Commander Larry Koch says he is very passive and friendly. He studies legal texts and outlines a defense while seeking a lawyer as court date approaches.
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Ill
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Morgan County
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Morgan
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Calhoun
Greene
Jersey
Macoupin
Madison
Pike
Scott
Indianapolis
Anthony Kiritsis
Tony
Marion County
Larry Koch
Kiritsis
Richard Hall
Marion County Superior Court
Michael Dugan
Indiana
Dugan
Koch
Rainfall Shortage Threatens Indiana Crops This Summer
Purdue weather expert warns July and August drought could cut corn and soybean yields in Indiana if rainfall remains below normal. Subsoil moisture already low, farmers urged to conserve soil reserves as a moderate drought persists across the state.
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Ind
Indiana
Purdue University
Walter Stirm
National Weather Service
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Stirm
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Drownings in Cedar and Emma Lakes claim several lives
One man, Carlos Cruz 26 Chicago, and Dennis Meding 30 Hammond drowned in Cedar Lake within days. Pearman 19 Fort Wayne died in Emma Lake four miles north of Topeka after getting caught in weeds. A motorcyclist, Harold W. Myers 28 Terre Haute, was treated after a gravel crash near Stuckey Road.
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LaGrange County
Carlos Cruz
Chicago
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Hammond
Lake County Marine Recovery Squad
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Cruz
Topeka
David R Pearman
Fort Wayne
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Indiana
Harold W. Myers
Bono Road
Stuckey Road
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