TEMPO Government Meddling Geneva Talkathon Texas Favorite Son A Soviet Triumph
Parker NAM president criticizes federal meddling and security excesses before 3,000 industrialists in Dallas. He warns reliance on government harms self-reliance and freedom while urging Americans to reject the Great White Father.
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TEMPO
Geneva
Talkathon
Texas
Cola Wrants
Anderson
National Association of Manufacturers
Parker
Police to Issue Parking Tickets During Christmas Rush
Police will issue tickets for parking meter violations in downtown during Wednesday afternoon shopping hours. Meters will be checked until 5 p m as stores close. Extra traffic policemen will patrol downtown to ease jams and safeguard pedestrians during the holiday season.
Deligh tful Twin Houses For Sale In Times Ad
London report notes an advertisement in the Times offering a “delightful pair of twin houses” for sale. The copy says ideal for a young married couple wishing to have mother in law close at hand.
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London
The
Times
Many Names Used For Brooklyn Dodgers History
A note on the Brooklyn baseball club shows it bore several names over the years including Trolley Dodgers Dodgers Brooks and others. In 1889 it was briefly called the Bride due to six marriages among players during that period. A separate tidbit promotes the Bulletin Herald Want Ads as fast and effective for sales campaigns with several example lines and a contact phone number.
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Prooniyn
Trolley Dodgers
Dodgers
Want
West Berlin Police Crack East German Communist Riot
A crowd of East German Communists clashed with West Berlin police near a French sector beer hall. Police regrouped a force of riot police, repelled more than 1500 demonstrators for about an hour, and arrested 373. Women were among those detained as two officers were injured. The riot stretched over nearly a square mile before authorities redirected traffic and ordered dispersal.
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Lin
West Berlin
Fa Red
Stahlhelm
Steel Idea
Bober's Tavern
Appointments Announced For City Departments
Mayor elect Ralph R. Ferguson announced two city appointments effective January 1. Louis Madden of Pearl Street becomes purchasing agent for the Guide Lamp Division based city department, while A. E. Hollenbeck of West 12th Street, a former chemist, is named superintendent. A traffic collision near Perkinsville injured eight, none seriously, as a car driven by Cecil Adney and another vehicle led to injuries including a broken nose for one person.
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Lelect
Ralph R. Ferguson
Louis Madden
Pearl St
Guide Lamp
A. E. Hollenbeck
12Th St
Elwood
Perkinsville
Madden
Cecil Adney
Madison County Council
Anderson
Robert Wilson Toling
Department of Guide Lamp
Dayton
Qhio
Jay Frakes
Kokomo
Delco
Oppor
Abney
Remy
McKinnon Oes Aeer
GM of Canada
Ney
Yuletide Mail Starts To Mount In Indiana
Indiana warm spell boosts post office activity as crowds flood the Post Office to mail packages. Five extra clerks and three carriers were added to handle the heavy incoming mail while temperatures steady near freezing. Regional readings ranged around 9 to 40s, with higher mail totals in Fort Wayne and South Bend as the Christmas rush began. In Yugoslavia Yugoslavia and Poland sign to open regular air service, with agreement to run flights by January 14.
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Hall
Ira G. Davis
Grees
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Evansville
Fort
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Poland
Warsaw
Anderson Post Office
Davis
Herald
Ford Foundation Grants Boost Indiana Colleges and Hospital
Anderson College and Theological Seminary received 140,400 dollars, along with Butler University 360,000 Indiana Central College 104,700 and Rose Polytechnic Institute 155,600. St Johns Hospital earned 138,800 to expand or modernize facilities. The funds come from a 10 million national grant to private colleges hospitals and medical schools over 18 months.
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Anderson College
St. John’s Hospital
Indiana
Ford Foundation
New York City
Anderson College and Theological Seminary
Butler University
Indianapolis
Indiana Censtral College
Rose Poly Technic Istitute
Terre Haute
St. John's Hospital
Truce observers rush to Syrian border amid Galilee clash
U N truce monitors speed to the Syrian border to probe a four hour battle near the Sea of Galilee. Israeli forces claim 55 Syrians killed and 29 captured with 4 Israelis dead and 12 wounded, while Damascus cites higher Syrian losses and missing.
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Jerusalem
U.N
Israel
Iraeli
Sea of Galilee
Damascus
Syria
Jordan
Kursi Naquart
Beth Habeq
Sea of
Gaz
Fluoride Tests Show Water Cuts Tooth Decay in Children
A 10 year human study finds adding sodium fluoride to drinking water is safe and effective. In Newburgh and Kingston, New York, decay and tooth loss dropped nearly 60 percent in the fluoridated town, with no harm to children.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
WPA
Chicren
Newburgh-Kingston
Herman E. Hilleboe
Newburgh
N.Y
Kingston
Madison County Men Inducted Into Army Navy
Renewed Madison County draft registrants were inducted into the army or navy. Names include Jackie Earl Severn navy El Franklin D Closser army Ewell B White navy Thomas Allinson Bell navy and others from Alexandria Anderson Lapel Pendleton Elwood and more. Inductees were sent back to the draft board office pending processing as officers note.
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Madison County
Army
Navy
Jackie Earl Severn
Franklin D. Closser
Alexandria
Ewell B. White
Thomas Allinson Bell
Anderson
Ralph Murel Sayre
Jackie’ Lee Summers
James Loyd Wilkerson
Delbert Paul Dubu
Draft Board
Stella Ballinger
Slaying Suspect Identified At Evansville Crime Scene
Witness William Maxey testified Monday that he saw Leslie Irvin at a Henderson street filling station shortly before Kerr was killed last December. Maxey, a 37-year-old Louisville resident, identified Irvin as the man he spoke to at the Kerr station. A threatened call to Maxey was reported as he testified.
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Ea Cel
Leslie Irvin
Evansville
W. Wesley Kerr
William Maxey
Louisville, Sry
Irvin
Kerr
Maxey
Louisville
Goebel Duncan
Henderson
Merrill the Jungle Fighter Dies at 52 in New Hampshire
Maj. Gen. Frank D. Merrill renowned for Merrill’s Marauders dies of a heart attack at a motel in New Hampshire at age 52. He led jungle combat units in World War II and helped steer the state’s early toll road program. Survived by widow Lucy Wright Merrill and two sons, Frank D. Merrill Jr. and Thomas. Burial will follow funeral services per his will.
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Jary James C. Hagerty
White House
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Uruguay
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Ninve No Nel Cocmans
Hagerty
Atty
Herbert Brownell Jr
Itrom
Wees
Frank D. Merrill
New Hampshire
Richard Burnell
Burnell
American Assn
New Orlean
Merrill
Sherman Adams
Merril
Newire
Burma
West Point
Lucy Wright Merrill
Frank D. Dr
County Commission Approves Two Bids On Office Machinery
County board meets at the courthouse with one bid on a photo recorder. Haloid Company Rochester bid $8500 minus $3000 trade in for a net $5500. Burroughs Company bid $3300 for an accounting machine. A county dump privilege was arranged on Range Line Road. A tire bid from Goodrich Tire Company was accepted.
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Freed MeMvers
Burroughs Company
Range Line
Ind. 67
Goodrich Tire Company
Retailers Convene to Install New Officers at Dinner Meeting
Members of the era merchants Division met at the Anderson Hotel for a year end dinner session. Buren McCullough presided as retiring chairman and installed A W Heckaman Edgeegod as new chairman with Warren Marshall named vice chairman. John Kirkman led the Dollar Day Committee with Clair Call Francis Creek and Morris Rossen. Garland Hines was named to the directorship, replacing Clay Ruley who left the city.
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Era Merchants Division
Anderson Hotel
Rossen
Garland Hines
Clay Ruley
Cit
Stores Open Late On Wednesday And Weekend Nights
Local stores will stay open until 5 p.m. on Wednesday and extend hours to 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday to accommodate shoppers.
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Saturda
Six Awarded Trophies At Farm Dinner
Six Madison County farmers and a vocational agriculture teacher received trophies for 1955 achievements at the Kiwanis Farm Dinner at the YMCA. Walter C. Haynes emceed. T. M. Busche and Clarence Rogers spoke. Pendleton Route 2 won the grand prize for the best 10 car corn display at the Madison County show. Trophy winners included Harry McKowen Alexandria for S acre corn, June Lapel for June division, Tom Clouser Elwood for 4H S acre corn, Charles Noble Chesterfield vocational trophy, Arthur Kil and Sons for herd trophies, and E. E. Ferguson dual purpose herd trophy. There were 162 corn show entries, up from 153. Other township winners listed include Shirley Marsh Adams Two, Clarence Rogers Fall Creek Two, Harold Miller Jackson Two, David Fox Lafayette Two, Harry McKowen Monroe Township, Dale Cook Richland Two, and Simserman Farms.
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Madison County
YMCA
Walter C. Haynes
T. M. Busche
Ledder
Clarence Rogers
Pendle Rt. 2
Harry” McKowen
Alexandria
S-acre
Tom Clouser
Elwood
Charles Noble
Chesterfield
Highland Pene
Arthur Kil and Sons
E. E. Ferguson
Shirley Marsh
Adams
Fall Creek
Harold Miller
Jackson
David Fox
Lafayette
Harry McKowem
Monroe
Dale Cook
Richand
Hoosier Robber, Killer Dies In Florida Chair
Samual Hornbeck of Evansville Indiana died in Florida’s electric chair following a 1953 killing of a Jacksonville police officer. He and Myron Goldman were linked to a 1952 Indianapolis party guest robbery that yielded money and jewels. The duo, once sentenced on bank robbery charges, escaped from Savannah prison in 1953 and were captured after an attempted Jacksonville bar robbery.
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Florida
Raiford
Fla
Samu Tel Hornbeck
Evansville
Ind
Electric
Hornbeck
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Myron
Peter Goldman
Edwin G. White
Savannah
Polce
Golde
Board Seeks Proposals for New Elevated Water Tank
The Board of Public Works will receive and open proposals December 20 at 3 30 p m for foundations and aids for the proposed half million gallon elevated water storage tank in North Anderson. Mayor Noland C Wright said the meeting will consider foundations appurtenances and mains related to the project.
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BGS
Hof Ie
North
Anderson
Board of Public Works
Noland C. Wright
New Arrivals In Anderson and Vicinity
Newborns announced from St Johns Hospital and Mercy Hospital in Elwood include a girl for Earl Alger and a boy for Howard Lawson both of Anderson addresses. births to Elmo Shell Pendleton Durbin Modlin Alexandria. Jack Gann Sunnycreek. Charles Hutton and Horschell Taylor. Roscoe Brooks Feraway Drive. Ernest White Rt 2. Wilbur Funk East 22nd Street. a girl for Charles Pike Frankton Mercy Hospital. grandparents Fred Hosier Perkinsville and Lee Pike Anderson.
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St. John's Hospital
Earl Alger
Central Ave
Elmo Shell
Hendricks St
Durbin Modlin
Alexandria
Howard Lawson
W. 27Th St
Sherman Noel
Pendleton
Jack Gann
Sunnycreek
Gil
Charles Hutton
E. 3d
Horschell Taylor
Monroe St
Roscoe Brooks
Feraway Dr
Ernest White
Wilbur Funk
Charles Pike
J. Frankton
Mercy Hospital
Elwood
Fred Hosier
Perkinsville
Lee Pike
Anderson
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Lapel
Harry McKowen
Zukunft
Jack Davidson
Arthur Kilgore
Summitville
Yuletide
Tnwaninae
Upstate
Robert Fortson
Joseph M. Hickey
S. 1 St
Harold F. Thomas
S. H St
Ike
St. John’s
GOP
Treasury
George M. Humephrey
Rowland R. Hughes
Syrian
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