Children Sought for Adoption After Desertion in Iowa
In Clinton Iowa inquiries flood Municipal Court over possible adoption of seven children left by Francis John Smith and May Jean Schaefer Smith in a DeWitt motel. The couple, jailed on charges of child desertion and wanton neglect, faced arraignment delays.
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Clinton
Iowa
DeWitt
Francis John Smith
Jean Schaefer Smith
Keokuk
Kahoka
Smith
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Peacock Worth 150 Stolen From Floral Shop
Leon Brown reported a break in at his floral shop in Salt Lake City. A thief took the prize display piece, a live peacock valued at 150 dollars.
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Salt Lake City
Leon Brown
Gogg
YMCA Schedule for Boys Swim Classes Today
At the YMCA today a 9:00 boys beginners swim class, a 10:00 boys progressive swim, and an 11:00 boys life saving swim class are listed.
Mary Eppard Dies in Moonville Home at 68
Mrs. Mary C. Eppard 68 died at her Moonville home Friday night after six years there with husband Charles Eppard who ran a local grocery. Born November 26 1888 in Huntington County she leaves a daughter Delbert Boundy of Anderson two sons Grayston Eppard Hammond and Meredith Eppard Gaston a sister Mrs. Clifford Mt Etna and four grandchildren. Burial in Jones Cemetery east of Alexandria after funeral at Karl M. Kyle Funeral Home Monday afternoon.
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Alexandria
Mary E. Eppard
Moonville
Mt. Etna
Huntington County
Joseph
Lucinda Cook Lewis
Charles R. Eppard
Huntington
Eppard
Funeral
Buriatowitl
Jones Cemetery
Bride Elect Is Showered In Frankton
Miss Shirley Anne Pennington bride elect of John Hull was guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Miss Mary Jo Smock at the Pennington home with twenty one guests in attendance. Scoutmaster Forest Waymire announced the 1957 Westward Ho will be in New Castle Memorial Park Oct 12 13. Troop 98 will attend and plans require all Scouts to attend meetings to prepare. The Garden Club met at Mrs John Marsh home with Pauline Frank presenting a lesson on house plant exhibiting and reading a pa d by Mrs William Fes er titled Color Magic of My Garden. seven members and one guest Mrs Willard Reynolds of Florida attended. The next meeting will be Sept 27 at Mrs Roy Coopers home.
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John Marsh
Pauline Frank
William Feser
Willard Reynolds
Florida
Roy Cooper
Novak Suspended Over Loan to Paramount Standoff
Columbia Pictures Friday suspended Kim Novak for refusing to report on a loan to Paramount Studios to co star with Jimmy Stewart unless her contract was revised.
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Hollywood
Columbia Pictures
Kim Novak
Paramount Studios
Jimmy Stewart
Teen-ager kills father with switchblade in Lombard home
Clyde Walker a 14 year old with an urge to kill fatally stabbed Arthur Capitanelli 37 in his Lombard Illinois bedroom after entering through a lighted open door. Walker said he could not sleep after a party with Capitanelli daughter Connie 13 and claimed the scream forced the stabbing. Capitanelli a hospital administrator died as Walker was restrained.
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Lombard
Ill
Clyde Walker
Arthur Capitanelli
Capitanelli
Connie
William Guild
Walker
John Biehl
DuPage County
Wheaton
Joseph Lovallo
Mount Tron
Minn
Michael
Gina
DuPage Memorial Hospital
Biehl
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
Frankton Class Plans Rummage Sale In Elwood
FRANKTON The Christian Workers Class of Frankton Christian Church will hold a rummage sale next Friday and Saturday at 1336 S A St Elwood. Sale hours are noon to 5 p m Friday and 9 a m to noon Saturday. Donations asked Wednesday.
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Frankton Class
Elwood
Steam Vessels Use Key Waterways in East Pakistan
Steam vessels rely on three main arteries in East Pakistan the Ganges Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers.
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East Pakistan
Ganges, Brahmaputra
Maghna
West Still Has Edge In Arms Norstad Says
Gen. Lauris Norstad told Paris that NATO holds a strategic advantage despite Soviet claims of testing an intercontinental missile. He said an operational ICBM is still far off, and NATO remains superior in manned aircraft while Western long range missiles are developing. He noted Soviet boasts were similar to past threats during German entry and the Suez crisis.
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West
Norstad
Paris
Lauris Norstad
Russia
Europe
United States
NATO
Washington
West Germany
Frankton Baseball Association Elects Wilson President
Frankton Baseball Association votes Lawrence Wilson as president with Kenneth Noble as Babe Ruth League vice-president and William Gordeon as Little League vice-president. Russell Hudson declines renomination after two years of leadership.
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Frankton
Lawrence Wilson
Baseball Association
Kenneth Noble
William Gordeon
Russell Hudson
Association
Ray Whetsel
Paul Davis
Claude Eden
Herbert Condon
Frankton High School
Beulah Park
Alexandria
4-H Showcases Parade and Contests At State Fair
4-Hers finish a week at the fair with a Saturday parade of champions in the Coliseum followed by a dress revue. The state baton twirling contest features 420 participants in 286 events in the 4-H auditorium. Other events include tractor operator, Farm Bureau amateur, sheep shearing, market barrow, and a harness racing card at the Grandstand. Star acts Guy Mitchell and Joni James perform in the Coliseum Saturday night as the Stars of 1957 close.
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Page One
Coliseum
Farm Bureau
Guy Mitchell
Joni James
Pat Boone
Georgia Gibbs
Clues Surface in Slaying of Judith Mae Andersen
Rusty hatchet with possible blood stains found near Montrose Harbor where Judith Mae Andersen’s body was dumped in two drums. Police also recovered a city directory bearing her name and noted a significant drum clue from the crime lab. Funeral services for Judith Mae were held at St. Peter's Church with cremation following.
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Robert T. Loughran
United Press
Chicago
Judith Mae Andersen
Montrose Harbor
Lake Michigan
Patrick Deeley
Deeley
Judith Mae
Dan Dragel
Police Crime Lab
Dragel
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Whiting
Ind
Harbor
St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
New Trap Ends Fur Animal Hunt Instantly
New York reports an invention by Frank Conibear of Victoria British Columbia a humane trap for fur bearing animals. The device resembles a reverse revolving door and kills instantly when triggered four steel bars slam toward the center. It prevents bird catches in marshes and remains effective in snow or slush.
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New York
Frank Conibear
Victoria
British Columbia
Conibear
Purdue Names Local Summer Graduates
Purdue announces 493 students completed requirements for bachelor and advanced degrees in the 1957 Summer Session. Robert J. Gaddis received a bachelor of science, Jon P. Hayes earned a B S in agriculture, and George R. Alexander earned a B S in mechanical engineering.
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Robert J. Gaddis
Orchard Lane
Jon P. Hayes
Circle Dr
Anderson
George R. Alexander
Rt. 1
Frankton
Purdue University
Gaddis
Hayes
Alexander
Boy dies of wound in Greencastle incident
Mark Miller aged 11 of Indianapolis died Thursday night at Putnam County Hospital after being wounded Tuesday by a cousin who was shooting at a rabbit. In Michigan, one third of prisoners work outside state facilities.
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Greencastle
Ind
Mark Miller
Indianapolis
Putnam County Hospital
Butler Expects To Keep Party Chairmanship
Democratic national chairman Paul Butler in Indiana said it is unlikely he and Claude Wickard will both run for Senate in 1958. Butler will not resign his post until state sentiment favors a successor, as party leaders discuss possible independents and strategies to stop Jenner. Senator Church of Idaho will headline Saturday night.
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French Lick
Ind
Paul Butler
Claude Wickard
U. S
Butler
South Bend
Indiana Democratic Editorial Assn
Wickard
Camden
Homer E. Capehart
State Committee
Delaware County
U. S. Atty
Marshall Hanley
Muncie
William E. Jenner
Leo Vossart
Charles Skillen
Vance Hartke
Evansville
Phil Bayt
Indianapolis
Bartel Zandstra
Birch Bayh
House
Bayh
Wisconsin
Jenner
Matthew Welsh
Welsh
Skillen
Skillen-Butler
Senator Church
Idaho
Senate
Local Girl Wins Ball Scholarship for Music Study
Miss Mary Marsh daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew C Marsh of 1019 Morton Street has earned a scholarship from the Ball State Alumni Association Federation. A freshman she will study music focusing on the cello at Ball State and attend the Freshman Camp run by the campus YMCA and YWCA at Camp Redwing near Muncie. Her sister Martha also won a state scholarship to the Muncie school to study home economics.
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Mary Marsh
Dughter
Andrew C. Marsh
Morton St
Ball State Alumni Association Federation
Miss Marsh
Ball State
YMCA
YWCA
Camp Redwing
Muncie
Martha
Muncie School
Plastics and Synthetic Resin Output Rises in 1956
Production of plastics and synthetic resin materials rose 19 percent in 1956, marking the first year in which output surpassed four billion pounds. The gain reflects expanding industrial demand and broader use across manufacturing sectors.
Congress trims 4.9 billion from Eisenhower budget requests
Official House figures show Congress cut about 4.9 billion dollars from President Eisenhower's new-appropriations requests for the fiscal year. The tally includes 16 bills totaling 59.1 million for 24 federal agencies plus about eight billion in permanent allotments. Different lawmakers cited varying totals before a final 4.9 billion reduction was approved.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
House
Senate House
John Scott speaks at Fiji Academy national session
John E. Scott of 322 W 8th St welcomed Phi Gamma Delta to Indiana University for its biennial Fiji Academy training course for fraternity chapter officers. Nearly 200 national and chapter officers attend through today with daily classes on finances scholarship administration graduate relations rushing and pledge training representing 82 chapters in the United States and Canada.
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John_E. Scott
W. 8Th St
Phi Gamma Delta
Indiana University
Scott
I. U
Fiji
United States
Canada
Senate Debates Civil Rights Fight as House Closes
Senate leaders clash over how fast to push the rights bill while Vice President Nixon faces pressure from the NAACP to enforce it. Russell attacks Thurmond filibuster strategy and warns of disaster from amendments. House closes amid protests, McCarthy rails at a Times article, Rogers offers sympathy for the president.
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House
Senate
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Nixon
Thurmond
Brownell
Naacp National Assn
Alaska
Hawaii
Rep
McCarthy
D-Minn
New York Times
Edith Nourse Rogers
R-Mass
Telephone Service Penetration Report
In New York data show about two thirds of U.S. households have telephone service reflecting growing nationwide access and usage trends across urban and rural areas.
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New York
U. S
Parkinson and Jeffries Obituaries Highlight Local Loss
John W. Parkinson, 72, longtime Delco Remy supervisor, died at home after a long illness. Surviving wife Marie. sons Howard and Marion. brother William. grandchildren Patricia Suate and Jack, Nancy Lee Parkinson. great grandson John William Suate. Mary Louise Jeffries, 47, died at St. John's Hospital after a life in Anderson. survived by husband Theodore William Jeffries, daughter Susan Elaine Jeffries, sisters Emma Edmunds and Mrs. William Haverly, niece Judith Ann Haverly, nephew Bill E. Haverly. Funeral services set for Parkinson Monday at 11 with Rev. George A. Burns. interment East Maplewood. Jeffries services Sunday 1:30 in First Presbyterian Church. burial following.
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John W. Parkinson
Delco-Remy
Mr. Parkinson
Saginaw
Mich
Charles
Susan Parkinson
Delco- Remy Division
Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge
George A. Burns
Trinity Episcopa Arch
East Maplewood Cemetery
Mary Louise Jeffries
Nichol Ave
St. John's Hospital
William Haverly
Indianapolis
Judith Ann Haverly
Bill E. Haverly
Baker Brothers Funeral
First Presbyterian Church
Robert Waller
East Maplewood
Richard Puckett dies after brief illness in Clinton Ind
Richard Puckett Jasonville died Friday morning in a Clinton hospital after a brief illness. Survived by Nellie his widow two daughters Mrs Kenneth Bledsoe Terre Haute and Mrs Clee Sinders Colemont three sons Luther D and Joseph Puckett both of Anderson Braun Puckett Brazil and several grandchildren. Body to remain at the family residence Rt 2 Jasonville lie in state until services Monday at 10 am in Colemont Baptist Church Colemont.
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Richard Puckett
Jasonville
Clinton
Ind
Nellie
Kenneth Bledsoe
Terre Haute
Clee Sinders
Colemont
Luther D
Joseph Puckett
Anderson
Braun Puckett
Brazil
Rt. 2
Colemont Baptist Church
Dismissals From St. John’s Hospital List
The hospital discharged residents and patients including Mae Steele of Alexandria Robert Hutton of 403 West 33rd Roger Thomas of 2007 West 23rd Nancy Bockover 2022 Pearl Street Harold Ponsler Chesterfield and others across multiple addresses. Names include Mrs. William Wilson and son 730 West 14th Mrs. Barney Maynard and son Summitville and several listed with addresses in Alexandria Daleville Middletown Frankton and Donnelly Dr. The list also mentions Mrs. Mabel Barron and Lt. Rev. Lloyd Lambert among several others.
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St. John’s Hospital
Mae Steele
Alexandria
Robert Hutton
Roger Thomas
Nancy Bockover
Pearl St
Harold Ponsler
Chesterfield
William Wilson
Barney Maynard
Summitville
James Scarborough
E. 6Th
Thomas Bailey
W. 21St
Everett Mudd
Euclid
Beatrice Telfer
Norman Davis
E. 54Th
Paul Startzman
Nursery Rd
Arthur Petty
Daleville
Robert Imel
Sam Wilson
Miller Ave
Lessie Ford
Cedar St
Leo Clem
Delaware St
Marian Jenkins
Donnelly
Wanda Mason
Frankton
Robert Collins
Shirley Greenlee
Middletown
Mary Leffig
Dresser
Mabel Barron
Lloyd Lambert
Funeral Rites Today for Wilbur J. Lind
Funeral services for Wilbur Jefferson Lind 31 of 807 E 6th St will be held at 3 this afternoon at Shirley Brothers Funeral Home Indianapolis. Lind died in an auto crash early Thursday when his car skidded into a tree suffering a broken neck. He worked as a phone installer for Western Electric Co.
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Wilbur Jefferson Lind
E. 6Th St
Attica
Shirley Brothers Funeral Home
Indianapolis
Lind
The
Western Electric Co
Hooten Infant Dies Rites This Morning
Bonnie Louise Hooten two month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Murrey Hooten 1411 Locust St died Thursday at Riley Hospital Indianapolis Graveside rites set for 10 oclock this morning at East Maplewood Cemetery Leonard P Underwood Funeral Home in charge
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Bonnie Louise Hooten
Murrey Hooten
Locust St
Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
East Maplewood
Leonard P. Underwood
Deaths In Madison And Nearby Counties
Obituaries from Indiana communities note the deaths of Roscoe L. Bowers 74 of Middletown Lemuel M. Jones 81 of Wilkinson Mary Leoshia Setters 79 of Noblesville Jennie R. Bryson of Summitville and Roy Beery 72 of Noblesville Funeral details include dates venues and burial sites with church and cemetery affiliations and service times at Springport Wilkinson Noblesville Summitville and Crownland cemeteries.
License Bureau Closed for Labor Day Holiday
The Anderson Auto License Bureau at 27 W. 8th St. will be closed Saturday morning and all day Monday for the Labor Day observance and will reopen Tuesday morning.
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Anderson Auto License Bureau
8Th St
Seattle Rainfall Averages Just Over 30 Inches a Year
The article notes Seattle receives a bit more than 30 inches of rainfall annually, highlighting its wet climate pattern.
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Seattle
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Heiney
E. 23Rd St
Mary C. Eppard
Novak
Erin
Christian Workers
Frankton Christian Church
S. A St
Frankton Christian Church Women’s Organization
Ruth Wethington
Christian Crusaders Circle
Katherine McCord
Vella Walker
McDonald's Show Rooms, Inc
Anderson, Indiana
American Society of Tool Engineers
Fred J. Bryant
D-R
H. T. Burke
E. W. Bliss
Hastings, Mich
W. H. Cartwright
Kernamental, Inc
Latrobe
S. B. Fuerst
General
Columbia Tool Steel Co
Chicago Heights
Samuel Prisuta
Vulcan Crucible Steel
Aliquippa
W. R. Steers
Haddon Tool and Mfg. Co
Pennsauken
N. J
R. J. Gargrave
Dayton
Frankton Baseball Association
Wilson
Buick
Heckaman
Buick, Inc
Purdue
Michigan
John Scott
Naan Unils
Mary L. Jeffries
Peggy Breece
Glamorene
Durgan
Man
Wilbur J. Lind
Madison
Roscoe L. Bowers
Springport
Henry County Hospital
New Castle
Sulphur Springs
Isaac
Elizabeth Cummins Bowers
Bowers
Lemuel M. Jones Wilkinson
Lemuel M. Jones
Condo and Son
Wilkinson
Herman Lippert
Wilkinson Church of Christ
Park Cemetery
Greenfield
Mrs. Mary Setters
Noblesville
Mary Leoshia Setters
Riverview Hospital
Coaltrin
Loyd Hargett
Arvin Taylor
Crownland Cemetery
Jennie R. Bryson
Vinson Funeral Home
Lloyd Wyatt
Summitville Methodist Church
Vinson Memorial
Roy Beery
Evans, Godby and Trout
Noblesville Christian Church
Anthony
South Side Equipment Co., Inc
W. Morris St
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