Cayuga Man Dominates Horseshoe Pitching Scene
Karl Van Sant of Cayuga Indiana a carpenter and father of two is a top horseshoe pitcher with an 80 percent ringers rate and a busy schedule including winter events in Florida. He credits fitness and practice discipline noting wind affects accuracy and that he can toss up to 500 shoes in tournaments.
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Cayuga
Ind
Karl van Sant
van Sant
Florida
National Horseshoe Pitchers Association
Larry Griffin
Paris
Ill
Indiana- Illinois
Hoosier Mother Freed in Carmel murder acquittal
Ruth Pearson, once given six months to live, was acquitted of first degree murder in the death of her husband at their Carmel home. After a seven hour jury deliberation, doctors later said her cancer was in remission and psychiatrists found her sane at the time of the shooting.
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Noblesville, Ind
UPI
Ruth Pearson
Pearson
Dage Butler Jr
Wesley A. Kissel
Frank Countryman
Mrs. Pearson
Butler
Kissel
Carmel
Daley Delivers Lecture on Matrimony at 40th Anniversary
Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley, 74, marked his 40th wedding anniversary to Eleanor Sis Guilfoyle by sharing marriage advice. He quoted his mother and urged couples to talk through differences before sun down, praising stable families amid rising national divorce rates.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Eleanor
Sis” Guilfoyle
Sis
Indiana Misses First Phase of Federal Solar Grants
Indiana failed to win phase one of a multimillion dollar HUD solar energy grant program for heating and cooling. Indiana will have another chance in phase two with an eight week application window. Eligible applicants include builders developers engineers and universities with state offices assisting and information available from HUD and the Indiana Energy Office.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Indiana Department of Commerce
HUD
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Energy Office
Suzanne Fortier
Commerce Department
Robert Henderson
Indiana Center For Advance Research
Indiana University- Purdue University
F.C. Tucker Co
Energy Research and Development Administration
Henderson
ERDA
Wisconsin
Illinois
Hoosier
Robert Orr
Orr
RFGA
Washington, D.C
Indiana Energy Office
State Office
Ind
Illinois Senate passes malpractice reform to cut lawsuits
The Illinois Senate unanimously approved a reform package aimed at reducing medical malpractice suits by encouraging arbitration between patients and providers and tightening the statute of limitations from five to four years. Critics call it watered down and unlikely to lower insurance rates, while supporters hail it as a major step forward amid pressure from doctors, lawyers, and insurers.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois Senate
Daniel Walker
Sen
Cecil A. Partee
Chicago
Senate
Illinois Supreme Court
Indiana awards contracts for 46 projects totaling at least 22 million
The Indiana State Highway Commission will award bids Thursday totaling at least 22 million for 46 projects. The largest is a 6.4 million U.S. 30 relocation in Allen County, with 4.3 miles of road and bridges over Flatrock creeks. Additional major bids cover U.S. 33 27 work in Adams County, I-275 connector near Lawrenceburg, and multiple Indianapolis road and bridge upgrades.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana State Highway Commission
Allen County
L.W. Edison Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Sampson Road
Indiana-Ohio State Line
Big Flatrock
Little Flatrock
Adams County
Decatur
Adams-Allen County
Benning Creek
Hipskind Asphalt Corporation
Fort Wayne
Lawrenceburg
Brewer Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio State Line
Emerson Avenue
Gordon Johnson, Inc
Pendleton
39Th Street
Laurel Hall Drive
Michael Construction Company
Frankfort
Central and
College Aves
10Th
South Sts
U.S. 30
Bourbon
Marshall County
Phead & Brown, Inc
Milford
Kosciusko County
Warsaw
U.S. 24
Saint Mary’s River
Dailey Asphalt Products
R.L. Schutt Company
Montgomery County
Sugar Creek
L & N Railroad
Penn Central
Delaware County
R.J. Berns & Associates
Rochester
Spy Run Ditch
Penn Central Railroad
Low Kidder Prime Construction Company
Becketts Run
U.S
Boone
Clinton
Tippecanoe
Russell F. Davis, Inc
White and Jasper
Ind. 38
Ind
International Bridge Corporation
Gary
Marshall
Jaycees Kick Up Heels at Indianapolis Convention
About 8 000 Jaycees gathered in Indianapolis for their annual convention. Delegates swapped pins and trinkets including Hawaiian warrior pins Alaskan walruses and miniature Coors cans while Gerald Ford was named Outstanding Young Man of 1949.
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Indianapolis
Hoosier
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Ford
Kansas City
Jaycees
Tennesee
Louisiana
Viking
Minnesota
Secret Service
Uni
Tom Welch
Florida
Robert Blair
Masa Shinsato
Honolulu
Colorado
Rich Kempf
Meath Colo
Clay City Phone Changes Announced
Clay City Indiana residents must submit name and address changes for the September 1976 telephone directory by July 1. T S Merritt General Telephone Southwestern Division manager urged customers to contact the General Telephone Business Office and report any business address changes before the directory issue date.
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Clay City
Ind
General Telephone Co
T. S. Merritt
GenTel Southwestern
General Telephone Business Office
Plaque Honors Revolutionary Soldier in Effingham County
In Effingham Illinois a plaque was unveiled to honor Thomas Brockett the only Revolutionary War Soldier buried in Effingham County The unveiling was conducted by members of the Ann Crocker St Clair chapter Daughters of the American Revolution The ceremony included welcomes from Mrs T S Gravenhurst and a response by Mayor Clyde Martin Mrs David Coslet of Altamont read Brockett war record.
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Effingham, Ill
Thomas Brockett
Effingham County
Ann Crocker St. Clair
Daughters of the American Revolution
T. S. Gravenhurst
Clyde Martin
David Coslet
Altamont
Brockett
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Tribune
the Tribune
Terre Haute, Ind
Clay County
House of Photography
Indy Concern
United, Inc
Columbus
Bartholomew, Shelby, Johnson and Marion
Taylorsville
United
Clinton County
Prairie Creek
Wayne County
Jacksonburg Road
Beaty Construction Company
Boggstown
Fountain County
Veedersburg
Decatur County
U.S. 421
R. L. Schutt
New Point Road
Mid State Paving Company
Jeffersonville
Lake County
U.S. 41
Munster
Midwest Construction Materials
Bloomington
Hovey Lake Fish and Wildlife Area
Walsh and Kelley, Inc
Griffith
Kingsbury State Fish and Game Area
Mohr Construction Company
Kokomo
Lost Bridge
Salamonie Reservoir
Rockville
Wabash Valley
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