Chamber of Commerce backs recreation and planning drives
The Chamber of Commerce board endorsed a year round recreation program and a county city planning commission and adopted a budget for 1957 58. It backs a city park and recreation board under a 1955 state statute and supports annexation of Harrison Township. The board created a fire prevention and safety committee and reviewed the Krusz long range development survey.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
General Assembly
Chamber
Harrison Township
Krusz
John K. Lamb
Richard C. Tuttle
Joseph L. Quinn, Jr
Indiana schools win funds for classroom construction
Twelve Indiana communities share 2 705 396 from the Veterans Memorial School Construction Fund approved by the State Board of Education. Loans total 250 000 for nine schools, with others receiving 232 200 112 400 and 110 000. funds to be repaid within 20 years.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
State Board of Education
Veterans Memorial
Highland
Lake County
Linton- Stockton
Greene County
Griffith
Richland
Madison County
Charlestown
Clark County
Union
Jefferson
Loogootee
Martin County
Barr
Daviess County
van Buren
Monroe County
Mississinewa
Grant County
Bloomfield
Farmers Use More Electricity Nationwide
An Agriculture Department survey shows farmers now use more than twice as much electricity than a decade ago. About 21 000 representative producers nationwide averaged 405 kilowatt hours monthly last year versus 196 in 1947 49, reflecting expanded use of electric power for farm chores.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Burglars Fail in City Motors Heist After Tear Gas
In Passaic New Jersey on June 28 two burglars bored through a three foot cement wall into City Motors Co offices and used a sledge hammer to force the safe. They set off tear gas and fled empty handed and sore eyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passaic
N. J
City Motors Co
Stolen Capsule May Bring Death In Midland
Midland police and state officers searched the oil city with geiger counters for a nine inch by one and a quarter inch radioactive capsule stolen from a parked truck. The capsule has no value to thieves but could be deadly if found and mishandled. The investigation involved police, highway patrolmen, and sheriff's deputies in a city of about 21 000.
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Midland
Tex
West Texas
Oil firm capsule theft under investigation by police car search
Police recovered a capsule missing from an oil well servicing truck and drive through the city with a public address system attached to a patrol car. Seeseeee returned the capsule but the handle was missing. Authorities could not confirm the capsule location or thief’s knowledge. Short contact could cause burns, longer contact could be fatal.
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The
Wabash Federal Savings and Loan Association
Crawford
Wabash
Savings and Loan Association
Arch R. Dunbar
Sec’y
Jimmy Harlo
Hell
Linton-Stockton School Aid
UP Bottling CO
Terre Haute
Hulman
Prescription
Ande Thrift Store
M. L
IVY League
Meis Basement Thrift Store
MEIS
Bermuda
Charmer
Meis Basement Thrift
Nek
MEN Basement Thrift Store
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