4H Fair Opens at Beulah Park in Alexandria Tonight
The annual County 4 H Fair starts this evening in Beulah Park Alexandria with four nights of acts and exhibits. Events include an open air concert by the Anderson Eagles and a Kelro Whitman led amateur show with about 25 acts.
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Alexandria
Beulah Park
Anderson Eagles
Kelro Whitman
Kathryn Gregory
Albert Zukunft
Harry J. Reed
Purdue Agricultural Extension Service
Walter Hays
Madison Cone 4H Club Association
Kelro Whiteman
Alexandria Kiwanis Club
Earl Daugherty
Madison County Council
Paul
Eisenhower and Dulles hold 40 minute Suez talk
President Eisenhower conferred for 40 minutes with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles as Middle East tensions rose over the Suez crisis. The Sixth Fleet began routine exercises in the central Mediterranean while Britain moved aircraft carriers toward the region and Arab nations publicly backed Nasser.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Navy
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Middle East
Britain
Egypt
Abdullah Al-Khayyal
State Department
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Iraq
Nasser
White House
Floods threaten Monongahela region as cleanup begins
Heavy weekend rains across the Ohio Valley left at least seven dead and caused widespread damage in West Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland and Ohio. In Monessen searchers hunted for a missing Pascarella family and Red Cross shelters housed hundreds. Debris removal and utility repairs will take days as floods recede in Pittsburgh suburbs and Canonsburg.
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Associated Press
Ohio Valley
Monongahela River
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Monongahela
Youghiogheny
Monessan
James Pascarella Jr
James III
Carnegie
Chartiers Creek
Red Cross
Canonsburg
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Baltimore and Ohio
California Governor Refuses Endorsement in Nixon Talk
Gov Goodwin Knight says he would support whomever the President and the national convention select. Senator Knowland urges backing Nixon for a second term at the California Republican state convention. The Syrian ambassador warns the US risks war over Suez policy and canal nationalization. Air Force Secretary Quarles says US atomic airpower can deter small and large wars.
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California
Goodwin Knight
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
William F. Knowland
Knight
AIR Force
Donald A. Quarles
United States
Quarles
Air Force Association
New Orleans
Crow Seeks Mate for Loneliest Pet at Cincinnati Zoo
Mrs Esther Bright of Fort Wayne Indiana writes to Cincinnati Zoo seeking a mate for her lone pet crow. Her second crow died at 28 leaving a 10 year old survivor needing companionship. zoo public relations director Ned Hastings notes possible spare crow at the facility.
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Cincinnati
Ned S. Hastings
Frisky Returns To Owner Through Bulletin Herald Ad
A black and white female cocker spaniel and terrier mix named Frisky strayed from west Anderson. A two day Bulletin Herald Classified Ad offering a reward led to her identification and return. The ad described Frisky as having a white throat and answering to Frisky. The owner notes the value of Classified Advertising in solving such cases.
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Bulletin-Herald Ad
West Anderson
Bulletin-Herald
Bulletin- Herald
Nasser Meets Ambassadors Over Suez Crisis Changes
President Nasser held a fourth Suez crisis talks with Soviet Envoy Evgueny Kisselev and met Indian Ambassador Aly Javar Jung. He then summoned his cabinet for an urgent meeting to finalize a reply to the Big Three on a world conference. The move signals coordinated Egypt Russia and India stance ahead of August 16 date.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Evgueny Kisselev
Aly Javar Jung
Russia
India
Canal
Nasser
Elwood City Council Eyes Tax Cut With Final Vote Soon
Elwood residents may see a 14 cent cut in the 2.03 tax rate after a second reading of a 1.89 per 100 valuation. The plan totals 327 898.65 with allocations to general, sinking, street and park funds plus pensions and social security. Annexation of the city farm and new parking meters were also approved.
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Felwood
Elwood
Robert Fortson
General Fund
Robert Wilson
Fortson
Bank
Proposed Israeli canal parallel to Suez route
A diagram shows a canal from the Mediterranean coast of Israel to the Red Sea at Eilat, stretching about 150 miles through desert. The plan would provide an alternate Mediterranean to Red Sea link and implies a massive cost compared with the 103 mile Suez Canal completed in ten years.
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Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Israel
Eilat
Area Promised Cooler Weather
A cooler trend after Sunday's heat eased to a high of 76 and a low of 66 at Anderson. The official station noted temperate conditions with cloudy skies forecast for the area and a chance of showers tonight as a broader state forecast calls for below normal temperatures for several days.
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Old Sol
Hoosier
Evansville
Hoosierland
United Press
New Traffic Light Opens at Hazardous High Street Corner
A new automatic traffic signal began operation yesterday at the High St and Milton Ave intersection under Police Chief Robert Morgan and the Board of Traffic Safety. The East Side Community Club pressed for the device to ease the hazardous corner. City water facilities have been installed at Ringwood Park Meadowbrook Horne Park 7th and John St Hubbard Park W 10th St Babe Ruth Park and Fairview Park per George Slinkard and Donald Gwinnup.
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High St
Milton Ave
Robert Morgan
Board of Traffic Safety
East Side Community Club
George Slinkard
Ringwood Park
Meadowbrook
Horne Park
7Th and John Sts
Hubbard Park
W. 10Th St
Babe Ruth Park
Fairview Park
Donald Gwinnup
Cole
C I Rail Sabotage Attempt Report Grows Cold
Police and FBI continue probe into a sabotage attempt on an east bound 21 car freight near Anderson. Charles Hanlon Lebanon reports a switch tampered with and lock broken enabling an open line. Detectives Heiden and railroad officers pursue new angles.
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Ike Duffey
Anderson Meat Packer
Anderson To
Lebanon
Anderson
Duffey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles Hanlon
Dewey St
Hanlon
John Heiden
FBI
Reserves Buildup May Be Asked If Standing Armed Units Reduced
Washington sources say Congress may seek new legislation to bolster the military reserve program if the administration cuts standing forces. A modified Universal Military Training plan could be pursued next year to prevent the reserves from collapsing amid potential large manpower cuts by 1960. The draft’s role in feeding reserves faces risks if calls drop or the two year draft ends, as current enlistments remain far below goals.
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Washington
Congress
Congressional
Derailment Injures 14 On Knickerbocker Train
The Knickerbocker passenger train from New York derailed near Mitchell Illinois injuring 14 with no hospitalizations. Ten passengers and four crew were hurt as 2 coaches and 3 Pullmans left the track when a wheel assembly loosened at 43 mph. About 500 feet of track ruined and the train delayed about 1 hour before continuing to St Louis.
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ST. Louis W
New York Central
Knickerbocker
New York
Mitchell
Ill
Here
St. Louis
U S Steel to Raise Prices After Strike Settlement
U S Steel Corp and other major producers hike prices by about 8 50 per ton following a 34 day nationwide strike by United Steelworkers. Production resumes with 34 percent capacity and full recovery expected in 7 to 10 days.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel
David J. McDonald
U.S. Steel
Stassen Pushes Attack On Nixon Despite Brickbats
Harold E. Stassen pressed his dump Nixon campaign at a Washington news conference claiming Nixon is weak with labor minority and independent voters. He cited conservative businessmen backing him in Boston while avoiding names. Senator Joseph McCarthy called Stassen among the era’s most contemptible politicians.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Nixon
GOP
Richard Nixon
Boston
Stassen
Christian G. Herter
Massachusetts
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Detectives Probe Two Breakins On Ohio Avenue
Anderson City detectives continue the investigation of two Sunday night breakins on Ohio Avenue. A safe was not opened and change was stolen from a Rancho Grande drive-in cash register. A theft occurred at Quick Way Trucking Company, 1811 Ohio Ave, with tools stolen. Over the weekend police set up blockades to reduce accidents. 21 arrests and 21 warnings were issued for various traffic violations.
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Anderson City
Ohio Avenue
Rancho Grande Drive-In
Quick Way Trucking Company
Ohio Ave
Democrats May Bolster Civil Rights Stance in 1956 Platform
At Chicago headquarters the top Democrats Adlai Stevenson and Averell Harriman advocated a stronger civil rights plank than 1952 as the Platform Committee begins a full week of work. The panel faces reconciling liberal north and southern factions while Kefauver backs a Stevenson-Kefauver ticket.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Democratic Platform Committee
Kefauver
Stevenson - Kefauver
Sen
Estes Kefauver
F. Joseph
Curtiss-Wright to Acquire Studebaker Plants in long term deal
New York Roy T Hurley president of Curtiss-Wright Corp announced formal signing of contracts with Studebaker-Packard. Curtiss-Wright will take over three plants under a three year advisory management contract and pay 35 million dollars for leases on two plants and purchase of a third plus defense assets.
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New York
Roy T. Hurley
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Studebaker-Packard Corp
Curtiss-Wright
Curtis- Wright
Studebaker-Packard
Hurley
Utica
Detroit
Chippewa
South Bend
State agency opens branch office at Elwood
The Indiana Employment Security Division opened a temporary Elwood branch in City Hall to assist tomato canning growers and workers in Madison County. Cleo Fenstermaker will manage the office, with hours 8 to 10 am and 2 to 3 pm, and work is not expected to begin until late August. Officials urged registration at the Anderson or Elwood offices.
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Madison County
Indiana Employment Security Division
Elwood
Cleo Fenstermaker
Anderson
Anderson Or
New
County Commission Approves Courthouse Shelving Bid
Madison County Board of Commissioners met at the courthouse to conduct regular business and inspect roads and bridges. A shelving bid for the county recorder Eugene Craigmile’s office was awarded to Robert Thrawley for 152.67 dollars. The Chesterfield annexation proposal affecting numerous lots was approved. A survey contract with E. R. Hamilton Company of Indianapolis was signed to survey county road No. 300S over about 4.5 miles.
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Madison County Board of Commissioners
Eugene Craigmile
Robert Thrawley
Chesterfield
Chesterfield Corporation
E. R. Hamilton Company
Indianapolis
New Arrivals Born at St John’s Hospital
Newborns welcomed at St John’s Hospital include a girl to Mr and Mrs Lesley Jackson of 715 W 12 St a girl to Mr and Mrs Gerald Alley of 311 W 6 St a boy to Mr and Mrs James Hayes of 1536 Ohio Ave a boy to Mr and Mrs Charles Medler of Fairmount a boy to Mr and Mrs Fred Riddle of 2936 Fletcher St a girl to Mr and Mrs Myers of Markleville a girl to Mr and Mrs Don Schleuder of ae Ww r a boy to Samuel Alberts of Rt 4
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St. John’s Hospital
Lesley Jackson
Gerald Alley
James Hayes
Ohio Ave
Charles Medler
Fairmount
Fred Riddle
Fletcher St
Myers
Markleville
Don Schleuder
Samuel Alberts
Rt. 4
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Wally Falk
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