Local Residents to Attend Indiana Governor's Education Conference
Two Anderson residents Mrs. Stanley Buerger and G. E. Ebbertt were chosen to serve at a statewide Governor's Conference on Adult Education at the Indiana University Medical Center Union Building in Indianapolis. They join educators and citizens to discuss post high school education needs and directions while Anderson Public Schools highlight active adult training programs and the Apprentice School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Stanley Buerger
Woman’sess Club
Indiana
G. E. Ebbertt
Buerger
Anderson Herald
Ebbertt
Indiana University Medical Center Union
Indianapolis
Harold W. Handley
Woman’s Press Club of
IU Medical Center Union
Navy readsies Vanguard launch for world orbit
Cape Canaveral reports an 11 hour countdown to launch the Vanguard missile carrying a 6 inch satellite. Aiming for an orbital height of 300 miles at 16 000 mph the test seeks a successful orbit while observers await confirmation across Caribbean and South America.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
United States
Vanguard
Space Center
J. Paul Walsh
S.t
Caribbean
South America
Russia
Sputnik
Walsh
America
Bleak Cape Canaveral
U.S. Navy
Republicans Named To Key Highway Posts
Two Madison County Republicans will take control of the county board January 1 as Clifton B. Paddock and John Hershberger announce the appointments of Mrs. Clarence Welsh as assistant county road supervisor and Paul Swaim as county highway garage clerk. Howard M. Turner will become county road supervisor, replacing Tru man Swain in the south district. The piece also notes a winter storm with accidents and travel disruption across Indiana, but emphasizes the highway posts and leadership changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton B. Paddock
Middle District
John Hersberger
Clarence Welsh
Hartman Rd
Paul Swaim
Boone Township
Welsh
Mary Lambertson
Alexandria Democrat
New County Planning Commission
Madison County Welfare Department
Madison County
Swaim
Howard M. Turner
Lapel
State
Paddock
Hershberger
Hersberger
Truman Swain
Soviet Culture Calls For Fewer Jokes In Vaudeville
Soviet Culture criticizes Moscow music hall operators for emphasizing box office over propaganda. It laments loss of serious subjects and sharp political satire, noting too many clichés about romance and family life.
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Moscow
Soviet Culture
Boxer Puppies for Sale in Bulletin Herald Ad
A. K. C. registered boxer puppies are available for sale. Halford listed with phone contact for placing ads. Multiple children set to be happy this Christmas as daddies read the bulletin for the sale.
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Bulletin- Herald
County Bids Accepted By Commissioners
The Madison County Board of Commissioners accepted bids for 1958 office supplies and printing. Haywood Printing Company of Lafayette won class 1 2 and 4 supplies. Miller Huggins Anderson won class 3. Taylor Printing Company Anderson won class 5 printing. Contracts will be signed for all county offices.
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Madison County Board of Commissioners
Haywood Printing Company of
Lafayette
Miller Huggins
Anderson
Taylor Printing Company
Truman Swain
Guy Lewis
Clifton B .Paddock
Jesse Biddle
J. Bayne Burton
Snow Sweeps Midwest As Storm Heads East
A storm dropped one to three inches of snow across the Midwest on Tuesday and moved into the East. Snow depths reached three inches in Indianapolis and Rantoul Illinois, and two inches in Springfield Michigan as the system progressed from Iowa and Missouri into northern Illinois and Indiana, then Ohio. The Chicago weather bureau forecast 3 to 6 inches in northern Indiana and Ohio and parts of southern Michigan before tapering to flurries.
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Indiana
Sheriff's Office
Anderson
Logan Stark
Detroit
Mich
Carrie Mason
Mason
Associated Press
Midwest
Rantoul
Ill
Indianapolis
Springfield
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio
Chicago
Michigan
Eisenhower Eyes Expanded Defense and Aid Budget
President Eisenhower and aides preview a space-age program urging heavier defense and foreign aid, aiming to outpace Soviet advances. The plan seeks about 39 to 40 billion for defense and around 3.94 billion for foreign aid, with offsetting savings a key uncertainty.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
White House
Snow Delays Track Resurfacing at Athletic Park
A snowstorm halted the Ath letic Park track resurfacing with 300 loads of clay hauled, about two thirds done. Park official George A. Slinkard said roughly 1 000 more loads would complete the tract and Grandview Clubhouse remodeling is near finish with interior painting finished and an opening planned.
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Athletic Park
Park Dept
George A. Slinkard
Grandview
Slinkard
Two Indicted In Womans Death
Grand jury indicted Markleville men in Hancock County Circuit Court over the fatal beating of Sarah Rebecca Adams on November 9. Fred Rector faces first degree murder charges, while his brother Robert Rector is charged as an accessory before the fact. Both are jailed in Madison County. Additional notes list witnesses and the cause recorded as a subdural hemorrhage from a blunt head blow.
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Markleville
Melvin B. Thornburg
Sarah Rebecca Adams
Hancock County
Fred Rector
Don Me.Laughlin
Rector
Robert
R. W. Kuhn
Wilkinson
Elmer Pasco
Sher
Iff
Joe L. Brogdon
Max Zent
Howard Gilmore
James Brattain
Madison County
Board Sets Plans for Indian Meadows School and Wing
Anderson School Board reviewed rough plans for Indian Meadows elementary and approved a four story wing for Anderson Senior High School with shops and a cafeteria. They trimmed the site to about 10 680 square feet and eyed a $3 000 cap for band instruments in 1958 as part of economizing. The board will visit Knights town with architect Arthur Henning to study a nearby completed elementary school for pattern guidance.
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Anderson School Board
Indian Meadows
Anderson Senior High School
Arthur Henning
Knightstown
Henning
Alexandria Advances Sewer Plan and Zoning Ordinance
The Alexandria City Council passed the sewer system and disposal plant ordinance at final reading with a projected cost of about 2.07 million dollars and a starting $3.50 monthly minimum sewer rate likely to drop to $3.25 later. A zoning regulation ordinance was also approved and sent to the city plan commission after three exceptions were carved in. The council referred Canal area parking issues to the new traffic committee and filled a vacancy on the Public Board of Works. A special meeting was scheduled for December 13 to consider department money reallocations.
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Alexandria
City of
City Plan Commission
W. Washington St
Harrison St
Nickel Plate Railroad
Monroe
Ted Donahue
Canal
Berry
Public Board of Works
Joseph Urban
Donahue
Department ‘Money
Nicholson staff named for Holland plant expansion
Nicholson File Company announces six local staff to move to s H ertogenbosch Holland to form a team with John H Burton to bring the new facility to full operation. The group includes Kenneth Hoard Robert Morris Joseph Clark Weldon Barkdull Paul Newbern and will operate with Anderson officials as management consultants.
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John H. Burton
Anderson
Nicholson File Company
Nicholson File Nederland, N.V
Nicholson
Holland
Kenneth K. Hoard
Robert C. Morris
Joseph A. Clark
Weldon Barkdull
Paul H. Newbern
Ralph B. Marsh
Burton
s-Hertogenbosch, Holland
Nicholson Company
Prince Bernard of the
Netherlands
Paul C. Nicholson, Jr
Windsor Way
s'Hertogenbosch
Hoard
Anderson Plant
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Management Club
Jackson St
Morris
Arcade
American Society For Metals
Fletcher St
Clark
Nicholson Fire Company
Helen Faux Clark
Weldon K. Barkdull
38Th St
Maxine Barkdull
Sheila Lynn Barkdull
Barkdull
United States
Louise St
Holland Plant
Newbern
Muncie Suspect Held Here For Bad Check Probe
Jon Smith, a 25 year old Muncie man, being held in county jail after admitting he drove the getaway in a check passing spree. The trio stole 84 signed checks from an elevator window in Saratoga Ind and cashed $65.32 each at Madison County markets.
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Jon Smith
Muncie
Madison County
Joe Brogdon
Saratoga
Ind
17Th
Jackson Streets
Mace’s Market
Marsh Foodliner
East 10Th Street
Chesterfield
Richard Ludwig
4 H Achievement Night Climaxing Madison County Program
The 1957 Madison County 4 H program peaks with Achievement Night at Highland High School at 7 30 pm. Medals and 4 H Key Club awards will be presented, along with charter and seal honors for Honor and Standard clubs. Named Indiana 4 H Key Club members from Madison County are James H Teeters Paula Stohler and Joyce Ann Baldwin for 125 point scorecards reflecting years of work leadership offices completed projects and more.
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Madison County
Highland High School
Daworth Foundation
Indiana
James H. Teeters
Richland Township
Paula Stohler
Markleville
Joyce Ann Baldwin
Summitville
New Arrivals at St. John’s Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hexamer of Middletown welcome a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oliver of 905 Moravian Street welcome a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Luis Saucedo of 2012 East 7th Street welcome a boy.
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St. John's Hospital
Francis Hexamer
Middletown
Robert Oliver
Moravian St
Luis Saucedo
E. 7Th St
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Pate
Atto Daniel Ferree
Nursery Rd
10Th Street
Pendleton Post
Central State of
Wilburforce
Anderson College
Chicago Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
Santa Claus
Em Trey
Tate
Ike
Congress
Strategic Air Command
Defense Department
NATO
Paris
Park Board
Alex Council
W. K. Barkdull
R. B. Marsh
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