State police probe Gary vice crackdown escalates
Sixteen plain clothes state policemen moved into Gary to investigate vice at the Gary Crime Commission request. Governor Craig, who had hinted a permanent state detective assignment, declined comment. The commission announced a new vice survey and provided a list of 64 gambling vice sites, triggering fresh government action amid charges of political motivation by Lake County prosecutor Metro Holovachka.
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Gary
Ind
Gary Crime Commission
Craig
Lake County
Calumet
Metro Holovachka
Commission
Hartford City blast toll climbs to three
The Hartford City downtown explosion on July 28 killed three people. Barney Blakely, 40, died in Long Hospital in Indianapolis from blast injuries, joining Albert Creek, 66, and William Keeley, 25, Hartford City residents, who died in the explosion that wrecked a tavern and a cigar store blamed on leaking gas. Tea consumption in New England is found to be double that of the rest of the country.
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Hartford City
Ind
Barney Blakely
Long Hospital
Indianapolis
Albert Creek
William Keeley
New England
Kidney Slow-Down May Bring Restless Nights
When kidney function slows down, many suffer backache headaches dizziness and low energy. Cold stress or exposure can worsen symptoms. Minor bladder irritation may cause night calls. Try Doan's Pills a mild diuretic used for over 50 years to flush waste and relieve discomfort.
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Dean
Doan
Calabria American Legion Post Plans Monthly Meetings
Members of the Calabria American Legion Post Executive Committee met at the Conservation Club with Commander Paul Meagher to set monthly meetings on the first and third Tuesdays at the Conservation Clubhouse. A rebuilding program was launched and plans were made for the first membership meeting of the new year on August 17.
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Calabria American Legion Post
Conservation Club
Paul Meagher
Anderson Board of Public Works Approves Two Street Bids
The Anderson Board of Public Works met at City Hall with John Burton Sr. presiding. It accepted two bids for curbs and gutters: Rowe Engineering Company for E 6th Street from Chestnut to Walnut at 1 972.75 and Ralph Reed and Son for E 7th Street from Chestnut to Walnut at 1 250. The action followed recommendations from Clarence Windsor the city engineer and Harold Anderson the city attorney.
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Anderson Board of Public Works
City Hall
John Burton Sr
Rowe Engineering Company
E. 6Th St
Chestnut and
Walnut Sts
Park Place
Ralph Reed and Son
E. 7Th St
Chestnut
Clarence V. Windsor
Harold Anderson
4400 Smokers Will Get State Tax Bills
About 4400 Indiana smokers who ordered out of state cigarettes to evade the 3 cent per pack tax will receive bills from the state cigarette tax division. The March and April sales total an estimated 40000 cartons and billings amount to 12000 dollars. If ignored excise police and the attorney general will pursue.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Earl R. Pate
Pate
Attorney General's Office
Plane crash near Norwich injures physician and crew
A Paris to Shannon flight crashed six miles from Norwich with a crew of eight and 29 passengers, leaving Dr. Horatio Polanco paralyzed from the waist down. Survivors recalled a quick descent and a back-half rescue, while Pedro Pelaez Jr. and Denyse Hebert described calm reactions and a non panic atmosphere.
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Horatio Polanco
Aaron Rosenstein
New York
Denyse Hebert
Lonsueuil
Que
Pedro Pelaez Jr
Mexico City
Elizabeth Bennett
Paris
Shannon
Ireland
Norwich
New London
Figures On U. S. Weather Given
The Associated Press provides a summary of weather across the United States including temperature, precipitation, and storm activity. Data covers major regions, with brief notes on notable condition changes and forecasts for the coming day.
Guatemala Junta Maintains Control Amid Turmoil Demonstrations
A growing crowd of about 4,000 gathered in Guatemala City in front of the National Palace and Central Park after a speech claiming the junta held power. Protesters mourned Armas casualties and pressed against disbandment orders, marching to the cemetery and back despite appeals to disperse.
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Guatemala City
National Palace
Central Park
Armas
Polio Vaccination Use Explained by Health Officer
The report states a polio case was treated in Anderson. Dr. James Brown, the city health officer, said polio vaccine is for exposure treatment, not after disease is identified, and he withheld patient details.
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Cine
Anderson
James Brown
Brown
Coleman Daughter Dies At Hospital
Sandra Jean Coleman six day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Coleman 714 E 9th St died yesterday at Riley Hospital Indianapolis Graveside rites set for 1 PM at East Maplewood Cemetery Rev Thomas Porter to officiate Leonard Underwood Funeral Home handling arrangements Senate approves Earl L Butz of Lafayette Ind for Commodity Credit Corp director post
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Sandra Jean
Donald Coleman
9Th St
Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
East Maplewood Cemetery
Thomas Porter
Leonard Underwood
Washington
Senate
Earl L. Butz
Lafayette
Ind
Commodity Credit Corp
Get Pep and Vim with Ostrex Tonic Tablets
An old advertisement claims iron rich Ostrex Tonic Tablets boost vitality for men and women over forty. It promotes the product as improving energy and wellbeing with added vitamins Ay and By and a small “Get acquainted” 50 cent size available at druggists.
Investigation into Rumors of Trusties Wild Parties
Indiana reformatories trusties alleged to have held wild parties with local teenagers in Wells County State Forest. State Board of Correction will report findings to Gov. Craig after completion. Conclusive evidence cited by two Wells County officials. Lincoln Neb reporting notes writer Aldrich died at 73, best known for A Lantern in Her Hand.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Reformatory Trusties
Wells County State Forest
State Board of Correction
Craig
Wells County
Lincoln
Neb
Bess Streeter
Aldrich
Dulles Presses Compensation for U.S. Losses in Air Clash
Dulles says six Americans were killed or wounded by red fighter planes and asserts Peiping errantly claims US involvement. He pledges Air Force and Navy protection for Formosa despite no defense treaty yet with Chiang Kai-shek. He notes potential progress on a British Iranian oil dispute and discusses Korea.
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Peiping
United States
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Persian Gulf
Korea
Dulles
Red China may move troops from Korea while boosting air power
The source notes that Red China has pulled substantial numbers of troops from North Korea into central China and moved in aircraft despite armistice rules. The speaker says these violations are not serious enough to end the armistice or restart the war.
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China
North Korea
County Officials Outline Welfare Cost Shortfall Plan
County officials project the 1955 county share at 177,496 dollars, up from 150,850 this year. A 40,000 dollar shortfall was covered by a prior year borrowing, and officials say welfare aid costs next year will stay roughly the same, with an added levy needed to cover the deficit.
City expands power grid with sixth substation project
The administration plans a sixth substation on 4 160 volt lines to improve city wide distribution. Existing stations include central plant Hazelwood Colonial Addition W 6th Street and Greer Steel Plant. New mercury vapor lighting on Jackson Street and Madison Avenue progress updates. Rehabilitation of municipal light plant generators advances with Westinghouse 10000 and Brown Boveri 10000 kv machines. A high power line on E 5th Street will supply current to 50 suburban homes.
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Central
Hazelwood
Colonial Addition
W. 6Th St
Greer, Steel
Jackson St
Madison Ave
14Th St
New York Central
Sept
Yarling
Municipal
Westinghouse
Brown Boveri
E. 5Th St
Plane crash in Connecticut injures several passengers
A Connecticut air range incident involved an automobile and a plane that demolished after coming to a stop. Flames erupted on a wing as passengers escaped the burning craft. Among the seriously injured was Captain Caboche with a compound fracture and dislocated hip. A 25 year old from Guatemala City was also affected.
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Rng
Caboche
Guatemala City
Strickler's Hardware Sale Ad
Strickler's Hardware at 1110 Madison Ave offers 10 to 50 percent off on over stocks and discontinued shop worn items. Look for orange tag. No junk. Come in and browse.
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Strickler’s Hardware
Madison Ave
Brewster plan sparks fight over staff role in McCarthy panel
TEMPO Andrews told a House Ways and Means Committee a plan to hire former Sen Owen Brewster as chief counsel to the Senate Government Operations Committee has triggered a dispute over whether he would replace Roy M Cohn on the Investigations subcommittee staff. Sen Joseph R McCarthy said there was a friendly difference of opinion and Brewster could be named as full committee counsel and loaned to the subcommittee. Democratic members warned against overlapping duties between the full committee and the subcommittee.
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Owen Brewster
Maine
Senate
Government Operations Committee
Roy M. Cohn
Joseph R. McCarthy
Brewster
McCarthy
Commerce Secretary Weeks Signals Early Government Spending Push
Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks said the administration plans a conscious policy to speed up procurement to aid the economy. He acknowledged uncertainty about military buying and noted aims to nudge growth by advancing already planned projects, especially in maritime and highway programs.
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Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Weeks
Deaths In Madison And Nearby Counties
Fortville Paul M Springer 42 manager at U S Rubber Co Indianapolis died at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis after two weeks illness. Survived by widow three daughters one son father mother and granddaughter. Funeral 2 p m Thursday Fortville Methodist Church burial Gravel Lawn Cemetery. Springer was a Fortville resident since 1942 and held Masonic and Eastern Star offices. Wilkinson Rev Franklin F Stoelting and Mrs Stoelting killed in auto collision near Pierceton funeral Wednesday Willow Branch Methodist Church. Bodies lie in state one hour prior. Interment Freedlandville south of Sullivan.
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Fortville
Paul M. Springer
U.S. Rubber Company
Indianapolis
Methodist
George McCarty
Fortville Methodist Church
Gravel Lawn
Barnetta Springer
Julia Ann Dunkman
Jo Marilyn White
Jeanette Springer
Douglas Springer
James Springer
French Lick
Hazel Kail
Watseka
Linda White
Seymour
Methodist Church
Eden Lodge
Eden Order of Eastern Star
Wilkinson
Franklin F. Stoelting
Pierceton
Willow Branch Methodist Church
Stoelting
R. W. Lawshe
Condo and Son
Freedlandville
Sullivan
Agreement Ends cilities for the Memphis area
The summary notes an agreement amends a Senate provision to bar direct payment of federal income taxes by the utilities in contracts of this type. It also records the conference action removing a House amendment that would grant the President authority to suspend exchanging nuclear data with allies, subject to congressional concurrence.
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Memphis, Tenn
Senate
Commission
Congress
Indianapolis man claims immunity and faces penalties
Melvin P. Lobb, 44, told officers he was a deputy coroner and deputy sheriff when arrested after a tavern disturbance on July 17. He was fined 1300 dollars and sentenced to six months on the penal farm for drunkenness drawing a deadly weapon and shooting inside city limits. bartender Lynn T. Pitcock said a revolver was fired before police arrived. County officials said they disavow any connection to Lobb.
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Indianapolism
Indianapolis
Melvin P. Lobb
Lynn T. Pitcock
Lobb
John Roseboom Dies In Florida
Summitville mourns John Roseboom a 76 year old former resident who died Sunday July 25 at his home in Orlando Florida He was the son of the late Allen Roseboom of Summitville and brother of Frank Roseboom a veteran of the Spanish American War and a member of the Summitville Methodist Church.
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Summitville
John Roseboom
Orlando
Fla
Allen Roseboom
Here
Frank Roseboom
Obituary notices from Anderson and nearby communities
Graveside rites for William A Braden 70 of Rt 5 Indianapolis burial at Crown Hill Cemetery. Warren M Schorey 39 of 3220 W 25th St Bluffton to be laid to rest at John Funeral Home. Mrs Eathel V Polk 60 of 105 W 16th St funeral at Brown and Butz with Rev Ferris. interment West Maplewood. John A Courtney 63 Chicago area former Anderson dies. rites at St Marys Cemetery officiated by Msgr Travers. Mrs Cecil Nila Props 73 Madison to Pasco Funeral Home Greenfield service 2 pm burial Memorial Park Marion. Herschell C Knupp dies July 30 in Tucson. funeral for his brother, Walter Knupp, in Fort Wayne. Mrs Jesse Dietzen Kokomo funeral 3 pm Main Street Church. Betty Smith dies after Lake Worth Fla crash. final rites in Florida. Gabrielle Colette 81 famed French novelist dies in Paris. Colette’s work popular worldwide.
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William A Braden
Rt. 5
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Philip Philbrook
Meadowbrook Baptist Church
Sells and Rowe
Braden
Hodgensville
Indiaapolis
Anderson
Warren M. Schorey
W. 25Th St
St. John's Hospital
The
John Funeral Home
Bluffton
Harold E. Rozelle
Eathel V. Polk
George F. Polk
W. 16Th St
St. John’s Hospital
Brown and Butz Funeral
Lloyd Ferris
Grace Methodist Church
West Maplewood Cemetery
John A. Courtney
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
Chicago
Thomas Travers
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Harold F. Rozelle
Cecil Nila Props
Madison
Ind
Props
Madison County
William Kindle
Pendleton
Pasco
Greenfield
Memorial Park Cemetery
Marion County
Frank Kindle
Arizona
Walter Knupp
Main St
Herschell C. Knupp
Fort Wayne
Knupp
Tucson
Betty Smith
William Dunbeck
Broadway
Monroe Smith
Lake Worth
Fla
Smith
Pete Smith
East German arrests target alleged agents after John defection
East Germany announced widespread arrests of alleged American and West German agents in the Soviet zone following Otto John’s defection to East Berlin. Willi Stoph disclosed the arrests but did not reveal totals as officials fear further identifications. In Michigan, Richard Caskey drowned after his outboard boat capsized on Birch Lake. his 3 year old son survived.
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James B. Conant
Eisenhower
East Germany
Georgi M. Pushkin
Conant
Berlin
Soviet Zone
West Germany
Otto John
East Berlin
John
Willi Stoph
Cassopolis
Mich
Richard Caskey
Mishawaka
Ind
Birch Lake
Cassapolis
Bobby
Oppose Aid Bill Votes Narrowly Across Senate
Senators Capes Hart Jenner and Indiana Republicans opposed the 2.61 billion dollar foreign aid authorization while supporting a Long amendment cutting half a billion. Earlier roll call aligned with the majority. Tea imports into the United States in 1953 reached 104,998,489 pounds.
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Washington
Capeshart and
Jenner
Indiana Republic Jcans
Senate
Sen
Long
D-La
United States
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