Elwood Area Girl Drowns and G I Killed
Jacqueline Lee Cole 14 of Elwood drowned at Stilwell pit while swimming with her sister Patricia 16 lifeguards on duty David Starr and Billy Dean Switzer aided. Funeral arrangements announced, burial in Elwood City Cemetery. Specialist William J Mort 28 of Elwood fatally injured in a traffic crash near Leghorn Italy. three other service members injured. Mort native of Elwood and army veteran of eight years.
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Elwood
Jacqueline Lee
Wendell L. Willkie High School
Cole
Andlyin Elwood
Howard Cole
Rt. 4
Tipton
Fish
Stilwell Graveljee
Pit
Orestes
Wood
Cale
David Starr
Billy Dean Switzer
Patricia
Milton York
Jacqueline
Alexandria Fire Department
Joe Brogdon
Alexandria
York and Wright Memorial Home
O. C. Stroup
Frankton Christian Church
Elwood City Cemetery
Curtisville School
Robert
Jimmy
Michael
Holly Ann
Carol Joy
William J. Mort
Edith Mort
Leghorn
Italy
Eini
Fred Mort
Mort
Ellwood
The
Temperature Rise Expected During Week
Fair weather returns as a brief Aug chill lowers Indiana temps to record lows. A Canada sourced cool breeze may keep readings cool today with a gradual warmup through the week. The five day outlook shows near normal to four degrees below normal in the south, with showers likely Saturday.
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Indiana
Canada
U. S
FHA Eases Home Loan Requirements and 4-H Fair Opens
The FHA reduced down payments for government insured home loans while increasing interest rates, aiming to stimulate the housing market. New schedule lowers minimums to as little as 3 percent for the first 10,000, with caps on the rest, and regional discount limits set. In Alexandria the 4-H fair kicks off at Beulah Park with the Gold Medal Calf Show and a full week of exhibits and programs, including a concert by the Eagles Band of Anderson and multiple 4-H projects judged today.
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Washington
LLP
Congress
Alexandria
Beulah Park
Madison County
Treasury
Budget Bureau
Kathryn Gregory
County I
Herre Anenaneten
House
Senate
Eisenhower
FHA
Cole
Wagatimueleamn Arcil
Herschel Kilgore
Auburn
Eagles Band
Anderson
Joe Beaty
Robert Taylor
Elwood Hikes Budget Levy for 1958 City Services
Elwood City Council passed a second reading budget ordinance setting a $1.87 tax rate per $100 of property for 1958, raising $381 887.89, a 3 cent increase to fund city employee pay raises and operating costs amid a low working balance. The Navy also announced it will discharge 60 ships from Atlantic and Pacific fleets as part of a manpower and cost reduction plan.
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Elwood
Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Indiana
House
Senate
McElroy Meets Wilson as Defense Post Rumors Rise
Ohio industrialist Neil H. McElroy known to Eisenhower and Wilson spent about two hours at the Pentagon with Secretary Wilson amid reports he is a top candidate to succeed the defense secretary. Administration officials note the post may go to someone other than defense head, while Wilson plans retirement but has not set a date.
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Washington
Neil H.mcelroy
Ohio
Pentagon
Wilson
McElroy
Wilson McElroy
Proctor & Gamble, Co
Cincinnati
Capital
Defense
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
General Motors Corp
Boy saves for Shaw play then attends as guest
In Wilmington Ohio eleven year old Jay Birmingham saved two dollars from his paper route to buy a ticket for Man and Superman. Theater officials bought his admission as a guest after learning the play had little to do with the comic book hero.
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Willmington
Ohio
Jay Birmingham
Wilmington
George Bernard Shaw
Jay
Anderson Public Service Panel Ends Study on Sewage and Annexation
Anderson Public Service Committee Led by James Lansberry completes a study on the Sewage Disposal Plant sanitary sewers and storm sewers. The report to Mayor Ralph Ferguson says further study hinges on annexation or its absence and outlines funding implications for the greater Anderson area.
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James Lansberry
Anderson Public Service Committee
Ralph R. Ferguson
Mem
Lansberry
John Buehler
George Taggart
Edward Turnquist
Miller Huggins
Ferguson
Ralph R Ferguson
Anderson
Indiana
City of
Capehart To Leave For South America
Senator Homer E Capehart will depart Friday for a Latin American Economic Conference in Buenos Aires Argentina and will then visit three Iron Curtain countries He returns August 24 and leaves again August 28 for Russia Poland and Czechoslovakia Tibor Kozma named Indiana University music professor in Bloomington Indiana成为 associate conductor of the Metropolitan Opera Co since 1948.
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Indianapolis
Homer E. Capehart
Ind
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Capehart
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Senate
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
1.U
Bloomington Ind
Tibor Kozma
Metropolitan Opera Co
Indiana University
Ill Bet We Had Over 150 Calls in Want Ad
A local want ad boast claims over 150 calls for part time work such as handling pounds of bags two days a week. The operator notes the Want Ads' strong readership and easy use with 35371 as the dialing number to place an ad.
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Bulletin-Herald
McVay Nominated to Head Fortville Post Office
Fortville resident Virgil R. McVay has been named by President Eisenhower as postmaster of Fortville, a nomination awaiting Senate confirmation after 405 postmaster appointments were approved. Indiana nominees confirmed included Harlan Pedlow in Bridgeport and Raymond Steele in Connerville among others. Other Indiana picks awaiting Senate action include Leonard Landland Foreland?
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Virgil R. McVay
Fortville
Eisenhower
Senate
Indiana
Hoosier
Harlan C. Pedlow
Bridgeport
Raymond P. Steele
Connersville
Paul R. Wadsworth
Rising Sun
Gerald J. McCarty
Union Mills
Rex F. Harris
Farmersburg
Henry E. Rippe
Hobart
Victor J. Huberts
Chamber Directors Plan Annual City Farm Banquet
The Linders Anderson Chamber of Commerce directors meet at the Chamber office to discuss next year’s farm banquet. Floyd led the meeting with Stoelting as chamber manager and R E Simpson engaged for the dinner at the Alibi Restaurant. The International Harvest Co executive spoke, with LarI Cleaver presiding.
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City Farm
Linder’s
Anderson Chamber of Commerce
Floyd
Stoelting
R. E. Simpson
Alibi
The
International
Harvester Co
Chicago
Larl Cleaver
Kremlin power struggle shadows Bulganin in delegation split
BERLIN AP Soviet Embassy in East Berlin says Premier Bulganin is not being sidelined due to health as rumors swirl about his status. Mikoyan remains the top economic official in the delegation to East Germany, with talks centering on economic questions. Bulganin continues official duties in Moscow amid questions about his Kremlin rank.
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Bulganin
Kirita S. Khrushchev
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Kremlin
Mikoyan
Bulgaria
Moscow
Tokyo
Japanese Council For Prohibition of
Khrushchev
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Berlin
Two Die In Southwest Flood Near Las Vegas New Mexico
A flash flood from heavy rain northwest of Las Vegas New Mexico killed Rev. Emil LaPorte and his daughter Laura 10 as their car was swept from a road into a river gully. Three dams along the Gallinas River were destroyed and area residents evacuated while authorities warned others.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Emil LaPort
Laura
LaPorte
Southwest Bible Fellowship
N.M
Sapello
Gallinas
Jand
Dorothy Vejada
Tejada
Santa Fe Railway
Anderson College Moves 40 000-Book Library by Mechanical System
At Anderson College a novel book transport system moves 4000 volumes daily as 3 quarter horsepower motor driven carriers shuttle between Old Main and the Charles E Wilson Memorial Library. Maintenance engineer Chase Steirs leads with student Don Boze coordinating from the far end.
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Anderson College
Chase Steirs
Don Boze
Old Main
Charles E. Wilson Memorial Library
Charles E. Wilson Memorial
Herald
Judge Initiates Signature Review Over Anderson Annexation Remonstrance
Judge Henry P. Schrenker of Superior Court 1 began verifying about 2000 to 2700 remonstrance signatures opposing the annexation of all unincorporated Anderson Township into Anderson city. Each name will be checked individually for authenticity and property holding status, a lengthy process expected due to the long list.
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Henry P. Schrenker
Superior Court
Anderson Township
Anderson
New Arrivals From St Johns and Nearby Hospitals
Birth notices list several families in multiple locations including 2337 Broadway and 1402 W 11 St reporting newborn girls and boys. Hospitals named St Johns Ball Memorial in Muncie with parents Dale Seybert of Alexandria and others. Grandmothers Mace Clifton of Anderson and Cloe Gustin of Alexandria noted in report.
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Ball Memorial Hospital
Muncie
Dale C. Seybert
Rt. 2
Alexandria
Ims
Mace Clifton
Anderson
Cloe Gustin
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N. Hollywood
Calif
Vicki
Mike
Elwood Area
G.I
Alex
Local Public Service Committee
ES Ps ‘General Fund
Park Fund
South America
Wally Falk
McVay
Europe
Charles FE. Wilson Library
Jenner
William E. Jenner
Walter F. George
Vienna
St. John's Hospital
Aben Willis
Broadway
James Johnson
Claude Jones
Chesterfield
Neal Hinton
Main St
Clarence Chapin
Arthur Brown
Middletown
Nick Huntzingfer
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