NAM president assails federal meddling over security
Parker, newly elected head of the National Association of Manufacturers, urged Americans to resist big government at a NAM convention. He warned reliance on government robs self reliance and freedom while addressing 3,000 industrialists. The piece also notes Senate critiques of auto monopolies and Geneva talks between US and Red China envoys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cola G. Parker
Anderson
National Association of Manufacturers
Parker
SEN
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
General Motors Corporation
Harlow H. Curtice
O'Mahoney
Curtice
Senate
General Motors
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
Geneva
United States
Formosa
Red China
Park Meters Targeted in Downtown Wednesday Rush
Police will issue parking tickets Wednesday afternoon for meter violations in the downtown area. Police Chief J. D. Coen says meters will be checked until 5 p m as stores close, with extra traffic officers downtown during the Christmas shopping rush to ease jams and protect pedestrians.
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J. D. Coen
Advertisement Swims Through Time Twin Houses for Sale
London. An advertisement in the Times described a delightful pair of twin houses for sale. It said the property is ideal for a young married couple wishing to have mother in law close at hand.
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London
the Times
Names Matted Brooklyn Dodgers Through The Years
The Brooklyn baseball team carried several nicknames including Trolley Dodgers Dodgers Brooks and Bums. In 1889 six players married leading to the Bridegrooms tag. A Bulletin Herald Want Ad note boasted quick sales and urged readers to place ads with fast results.
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Brooklyn Baseball Tea Hag
Hardhitting Bulletin
Herald
Want
West Berlin Police Break East German Communist Rally
East German Communists clashed with riot police during a Red march on a French sector. Dozens were clubbed as more than 1,500 demonstrators faced 930 officers for about an hour near a beer hall. Two policemen were injured. eight women among the injured. The protest targeted the Stahlhelm veterans group, calling it fascist.
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Berlin
West Berlin
The
Stahlhelm
Steel Helmet
Rober
Appointments Announced For City Departments
Mayor elect Ralph R. Ferguson reports two Democrats will head city departments after Jan 1. Louis Madden of Pearl Street becomes purchasing agent for the city and A. E. Hollenbeck of W 12th Street will supervise the Sewage Treatment plant. Madden is former Madison County Council member and Guide Lamp Division buyer.
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Ralph R. Ferguson
Louis Madden
Pearl St
Guide Lamp Division
A. E. Hollenbeck
W. 12Th St
Madden
Madison County Council
Purchasing Department
Guide
Dayton
Ohio
Delco
Delco- Remy
McKinnon
Canada
Eight Are Injured Near Perkinsville In Sunday Crash
Eight people were injured in an automobile collision one mile north of Perkinsville Sunday evening. Cecil Abney of Anderson, 55, and Jay Frakes of Kokomo, 51, were said to be involved as both drivers veered to avoid a head on crash. Mrs Abney sustained cuts and abrasions while Abney suffered a broken nose and facial injuries. Elsie Alexander, 23, Anderson, also injured with head and facial injuries.
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Elwood
Perkinsville
Cecil Abney
Anderson
Robert Wilson
Jay Frakes
Kokomo
Abney
Frakes
Warmer Weather Forecast For Indiana State Regions
Indiana expected a warming trend with highs around 36 upstate and 45 in the south on Tuesday. After a cold snap, Lafayette dipped to nine degrees Monday morning while Indianapolis logged 12, Evansville 15, Fort Wayne 18, and South Bend 20. Overnight lows may fall to about 5 Tuesday, with Wednesday bringing increasing cloudiness and highs near 40 north and 53 south.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Upstate
Lafayette
Evansville
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Yuletide Mail Rush Expands at Local Post Office
Christmas mail flow is expected to peak around December 15 as the Post Office in the city handles a heavier inbound and outbound volume. Postmaster Ira G. Davis added five extra clerks and three carriers to ease congestion, with a sliding board and scale in the lobby to speed packages. An extra three cent stamp is required to enclose letters with Christmas parcels. AIR PACT SIGNED BELGRADE Yugoslavia and Poland signed an agreement to open regular air service between Warsaw and Belgrade on January 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira G. Davis
Davis
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Poland
Warsaw
Anderson Post Office
Herald
Truce workers rush to Syrian border as Israel strikes posts
U N observers hurry to the Syrian border to assess a crisis in the Israel Arab flare up. Israeli forces attacked four Syrian posts by the Sea of Galilee and claimed to have blown them up before withdrawing. Damascus claimed heavier Israeli casualties. Witnesses place Leslie Irvin of Evansville near Kerr at a filling station before the decedent’s killing in Henderson Kentucky. Irvin faces charges in the Kerr robbery slaying with testimony tied to threats to witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ind
Leslie Irvin
Evansville
W. Wesley Kerr
William Maxey
Louisville
Irvin
Kerr
Maxey
Jerusalem
U.N
Israel
Sea of Galilee
Goehel
Duncan
Henderson
Damascusi
Syria
Damascus
Jcommando
I Ln
Jordan
Kursi Naquart
Beth Habeq
Gallee
Galilee
Ike Outlines Farm Aid and Balanced Budget Plan
President Eisenhower outlined a 1956 legislative program to Congress GOP leaders emphasizing a balanced budget and a farm program aimed at broad public support. Treasury and budget officials hinted at a possible election-year tax cut as part of the package and Hagerty reported wide backing from farmers and farm organizations for final farm recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
White House
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Rowland R. Hughes
James C. Hagerty
House
Senate
Fluoride Tested On Humans Shows Reduced Tooth Decay
A one year human test finds adding sodium fluoride to drinking water sharply lowers tooth decay and tooth loss in children by about 80 percent with no harm reported. The study, known as the Newburgh Kingston project, compares Newburgh, New York which added fluoride to its water with Kingston, which did not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton L. Blakreslee
Associated Press
New York
Newburgh-Kingston
Herman FE. Hilleboe
New York State
Newburgh
Kingston
Sequal Sige
County Commission Approves Two Bids in Office Machinery
The County Board of Commissioners met at the courthouse Monday and accepted two bids for office machinery. Haleid Company of Rochester bid 8500 for a photo recorder, with 3000 trade-in for the current machine, totaling 5500. Burroughs Company bid 3300 for an accounting machine and was accepted. A county dump privilege was arranged for Range Line Road near Ind. 67. Goodrich Tire Company was awarded tires for county vehicles.
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County Board of Commissioners
Haleid—Company
Rochester
N.Y
Burroughs Company
Range Line
Goodrich Tire Company
Madison County Men Inducted Into Army and Navy
Inductees from Madison County, listed by draft boards, include Jackie Earl Severn in the navy and multiple men in the army such as Franklin D. Closser and James Loyd Wilkerson. Most names were sent back to the draft board office in the Post Office, with remaining inductees to be received soon, per Mrs. Steila Ballinger.
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Madison County
Army
Navy
Jackie Earl Severn
Elwood
Franklin D. Closser
Alexandria
Ewell B. White
Thomas Allinson Bell
Anderson
Ralph Murel Sayre
Jackie Lee Summers
James Loyd Wilkerson
Delbert Paul Dubuque
Lapel
Donald Larry Montgomery
Harold Frederick Knotts
Jack Laverne Fite
Henry Dare Smith
Donald Eugene Crooks
Pendleton
Norman Lee Todd
James Lee Gwaliney
Draft Board
Steila. Ballinger
Merrill Famed Fighter Dies at 62 in Florida
Maj. Gen. Frank D. Merrill, 62, famed World War II jungle fighter leader and New Hampshire highway official, died of a heart attack Sunday night in a Fernandina Beach motel. He had just attended an AASHO meeting in New Orleans and was elected president. His body will be sent to West Point for funeral services. He is survived by his widow Lucy Wright Merrill and two sons.
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Fernandina Beach
Fla.1
Frank D. Merrill
New Hampshire
Richard Burnell
Burnell
American Assn. of
New Orleans
Merrill
Sherman Adams
White House
Merril
Burma
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Lucy Wright Merrill
Frank D. Jr
New England College
Heniiker
N.H
Thomas
Lebanon
Retailers Convene to Install New Officers in January
The Retailers group met at the Anderson Hotel in a dinner session to install A. W. Heckaman as chairman and Warren Marshall as vice chairman. John Kirkman heads the Dollar Day Committee with Clair Call Francis Creek and Morris Rossen as members. Garland Hines named to the directorship replacing Clay Riley as the organization resumes normal meeting schedules.
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Anderson Hotel
S Burton McCul ‘Lough
McCullough
A. W.heckaman
Edgewood
Warren Marshall
John Kirkman
Clair Call
Francis Creek
Morris Rossen
Rossen
Garland Hines
Jbeld
Clay Riley
St Johns And Anderson Get Ford Foundation Grants
The Ford Foundation announced grants of about 140000 dollars each for Anderson College and Theological Seminary and St Johns Hospital in Indiana as part of a 500 million dollar nationwide gift to private colleges hospitals and medical schools. Indiana recipients include Butler University Indianapolis 360000 Indiana Central College Indianapolis 104700 Rose Polytechnic Institute Terre Haute 155600 and St Johns Hospital Indianapolis 139800. Funds aim to raise salaries improve care and expand facilities 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 Central College
Rose Poly Technic Institute
Terre Haute
Six Awarded Trophies At Farm Dinner
Six trophies were awarded at a Madison County farm dinner as lawmakers and cabinet members attended. Walter C. Haynes emceed the Madison County event at the YMCA where governors and officials discussed farm policy and civil rights. Winners included Harry McKowen, Jack Davidson, Tom Clouser, Charles Noble, Arthur Kilgore, and E. E. Ferguson, with 162 corn show entries, and prizes for displays from Adams to Monroe Townships.
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Madison County
Kiwanis-Farmer
Albert Zukunft
Tom Clouser
Elwood
E. Ferguson
Lapel
Harry McKowen
Zukunft
Charles Noble
Chesterfield
Jack Davidson
Arthur Kilgore
Summitville
Herald
Havel
L. M. Busche
Way
Clarence Rogers
Pendleton
Rt. 2
YMCA
Alexandria
Charles
Harold Miller
Jackson
David Fox
Lafayette
Monroe
Dale Cook
Richland
Hoosier Robber, Killer Dies In Florida Chair
Sam Hornbeck of Evansville Indiana and Myron Peter Goldman were identified as gang members in a series of robberies and the 1953 Jacksonville killing. Hornbeck was executed in Florida after a 25 year federal sentence and a jail escape from Savannah Georgia. The pair were linked to a 1952 Indianapolis crime spree including a party guest robbery and a $83,000 bank holdup.
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Raiford
Fla
Indianapolis
Sam
Senuel Hornbeck
Evansville
Ind
Florida
Savannah
Hornbeck
Pobery
Ilice
Jacksonville
Myron Peter Goldman
Edwin G. White
Proposals Requested for North Anderson Tank Foundations
Bids for foundations of a proposed half million gallon elevated water storage tank in North Anderson will be received and opened by the Board of Public Works on December 20 at 3 30 p m during a meeting led by Mayor Noland C Wright. Proposals include foundations for the tank appurtenances and mains.
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North
Anderson
Board of Public Works
Noland C. Wright
New Arrivals In Anderson and Vicinity
Born yesterday or Sunday at St Johns Hospital to families in Anderson area. A series of newborns include girls for Earl Alger 2319 Central Ave Elmo Shell 2505 Hendricks St Durbin Modlin Alexandria Howard Lawson 2223 W 27th St Sherman Noel Pendleton Jack Gann Sunnycreek Charles Hulton 2503 EB 3d SL Herschell Taylor 2526 Monroe St Roscoe Brooks 4017 Feraway Dr Ernest White Ra 2 Wilbur Funk 3019 E 22d St a boy and a girl for Charles Pike Rt 1 Frankton Mercy Hospital in Elwood Grandparents listed 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
Charles Hulton
Herschell Taylor
Monroe St
Roscoe Brooks
Feraway Dr
Ernest White
Wilbur Funk
Charles Pike
Rt. 1
Frankton
Mercy Hospital
Elwood
Fred Hosier
Perkinsville
Lee Pike
Anderson
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Johnson
Adlai Stevensons
Ove Averell Harriman
J. Estes
Jefferson Caffery
France
Egypt
Rome
Middle East
American Club of
Brooklyn Dodgers
Yuletide
Robert Forlson
Joseph M. Hickey
S. 1 St
Harold F. Thomas
S. H St
Syrian
St. John's
Uruguay
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Hagerty
Herbert Brownell Jr
Soard
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