Indiana reports eight new polio cases in 1957 totals
Indiana State Health Board records show eight new polio cases added last week, bringing the 1957 total to 41 since Jan 1 with one death. Vigo County added three cases, three victims had Salk vaccine, and about 49 percent had two or three doses. four counties were added to the tally. The worst year was 1952 with 373 cases and 12 deaths. In a separate item, the Indiana Public Service Commission was asked to approve sale of 30 million dollars in first mortgage bonds by Public Service Co. of Indiana to finance part of a construction program including four 150,000 kilowatt units at a new New Albany station.
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Marion
Monroe
Delaware
Pers
Sale Oreh
Indianapolis
Indiana Public Service Commission
The
Public Service Co
Indiana
New Albany
State Police Raid s Restaurant Nab Gambling Goods
Police raid a local restaurant resulting in the seizure of gambling paraphernalia as authorities pursue illegal gambling activity. The incident follows earlier labor disputes and political tension reflected in surrounding community news.
Middletown Picnic and Local Events Across Town
Alpha Rho chapter Sigma Beta Sorority held a picnic at the cabin of Joe Van dergrift with husbands and guests including Grover Wood Gil Smith William Sturgeon James Griffis Tom Furnish William Parte and Vander ri families. Rev John Sparling to speak at Methodist Church service in absence of Rev Earl Cogan. United States news notes mention Indiana Whiting area dairy producers seeking state police aid amid a milk strike and a bus incident near Seymour with no injuries. Senate approves an $884 million public works bill funding Army Engineer and Reclamation projects including Markland Dam and Mansfield reservoir.
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Alpha Rho
Sigma Beta Sorority
Joe Vandergrift
Grover Wood
Virgil Smith
William Sturgeon
James Griffis
Tom. Furnish
William Parte
Vanderri
Robert Hall
Celina
Ohio
John Sparling
Earl Cogan
Sparling
Whiting
Ind
Ule Talianapolis
Jana
George Sandefur
Em- Dairy Producers, Inc
Seymour
John ‘Koncewicz
Greyhound
Prestoyta
Sabot
Rill Boepenteg
Tar 4Sh
SD. Cos
Schererville
U.S
Sandefur
Frank B. Kellett
Roy Lester
Mich Floyds Knobs
Ael Suranich
Twe Teamster Union
George J. Adams
Washington
Senate
Army Engineer and Reclamation Bureau
Markland
Ohio River
Mansfield
Rockville
House
Restaurant raid yields cash haul and gear
Officers seized 633 dollars in cash and a public address system during a raid at a restaurant at 1606 Lagth Street. Sutherlin accompanied by three detectives and five troopers reported 25 patrons inside.
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Sutherlin
Lagth St
Middletown Man Suffers Heart Attack
Middletown resident Woodrow Farmer suffered a severe heart attack early Monday and was taken to Henry County Hospital for treatment with reported improvement on Tuesday. The report notes a series of local visits and gatherings involving residents from Middletown and nearby towns.
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Woodrow Farmer
Henry County Hospital
Herbert Watkins
McFarland
Calif
Watkins
John Watkins
Claudius Pyles
Cleveland Clinic
John Wapp
New Castle
A. J. Hupp
Minnie Coffman
Georgia Biddinger
Anderson
Wallace Craig
Karen
Ingalls
Middletons
Glayne Johnson and Son
Terre Haute
Judge Allows Access To Two Page Confession In Watson Case
Evansville Indiana Circuit Judge Ollie Reeves allowed defense counsel to view a two page confession signed by Augustus Clifford Watson 42 in the high profile mother killing case. The judge withheld other state evidence including grand jury minutes and FBI files cited under Jencks. Watson faces trial October 28 for the fatal dismemberment of his mother Pearl Hardage 57 whose body parts were found under a Crawfordsville area farmhouse after his May 16 arrest.
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Ollie Reeves
Augustus
Clifford} Watson
Watson
U.S. Supreme Court
Jencks
FBI
Reeves
Cincinnati
Pearl Hardage
Crawfordsville
Signboard workers discover man's body in Richmond
Two workers repairing a signboard found a man hanging by a clothesline along U. S. 40 in Richmond. The deceased was identified as Stanley Pentella. Coroner Wayne D. Hill ruled it a self-inflicted death occurring during the night. An empty car with a California plate and a Hawaii license issued driver’s license were nearby.
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Stanley Pentella
U. S. 40
Wayne D. Hill
California
Hawaii
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Wisc
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Arford
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Smoky Mountains
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Fort Myers
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Phentlan
Aanderson’s Finest Furniture Store
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Hide-A
America
Life Magazine
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Meridian
Chie
Middletown Man
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YMCA
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