Local Officials Named In Anderson Board Of Works
The article lists Mayo r J H Mellett’s service on the Anderson Board, notes successors and long standing members including Eggman Bell and Cottom, detailing their careers in banking, groceries, and public service. It covers family details, fraternal affiliations, and community roles with extensive biographical notes. It also references local tax figures and Ike Eisenhower remarks amid bipartisan praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Mellett
Harry R. Baldwin
Mellett
Eggman
Madison Coin
City Wate Trust Company
Anderson Bank
Page One Anderson High School
de Pauw University
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Madison County Volture
Elks” Lodge
Methodist Church
Eileen
Anderson Banking Co
Bell
Alexandria
Anderson
A. and P
Broadway
Super Six
Alexandria High School
Kiwanis Club
Madison
Henry Counties
Red Cross
Masonic
Shrine
Eastern Star
Presbyterian Church
Lucille Cottom
County approves truck repairs and road equipment bids
County Boards accepted for repairs and service on county owned trucks. Bids from Miller Machine Company Flesch Miller Tractor Company Fred Mallotte Company Deeds Equipment Company Indiana Equipment Company accepted for service and repair of graders maintainers tractors and other road equipment. Various stone gravel tire and steel suppliers allocated to project tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller Machine Company
Flesch-Miller Tractor Company
Fred Mallotte Company
Deeds Equipment Company
Indiana Equipment Company
Era Indiana Gravel Company
Myers Sand and Gravel Company
Anderson
Piper Creek Stone Co
Armfield Stone [Co
J. and K. Stone Co
Eaton Stone Co
Stoney Creek Co
Muncie Stone Co
Standard Materials
Swing Materials
S. and L. Co
Marion
Manifold Co
Kelly Company
Goodrich and Co
American Steel
Supply Co
New Cold Wave Grips State with Frigid Lows
Cold air pushes into downstate regions with upper 30s highs and subfreezing lows from 12 to 20. A small warmup may arrive Friday or Saturday while precipitation totals about a tenth of an inch as snow on Wednesday. Readings reached the upper 30s in Evansville and Indianapolis Tuesday, Fort Wayne opened at 14, and overnight lows Wednesday dip to 27 to 36.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
County names sanitary inspector and tax receipts total
Robert Williamson now serves as sanitary inspector for the county health office with Cletis Barr as party worker. Tax receipts from county units total a record 2 in collections led by Treasurer Walter Hays and distributed by County Auditor Jesse Biddle with Adams Township 34026.34 and Jefferson area figures among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faga One
Robert Williamson
Cletis Barr
Summitville
Walter Hays
Jesse Biddle
Adams
Anderson
Boone
Duck Creek
Fall Creek
Green
Jackson
Lafayette
Monroe
Pipe Creek
Blizzard directs ships to distress boat off Shelburne
A search and rescue plane directed ships to a 45 foot fishing boat showing distress signals 50 miles southeast of Shelburne N S after being spotted on a training flight by four bombers. A Halifax tug battled heavy seas toward the British freighter Lord Church 330 miles southeast of Cape Race Newfoundland. its captain said steering gear and main engines failed and crew suffered injuries including a carpenter with a broken leg and engineers burned.
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Shelburne
N.S
Halifax
Lord Church
Cape Race
State GOP Topeka Rally Plan and Indiana Campaign Tour
The State GOP will Topeka organize a rally and sale. Committee Secretary John Sellers said the state organization is taking an active part and may organize caravans from other cities. Fort Wayne was one of the few major Indiana cities to attend the Republican War luncheon featuring talks by party leaders on campaign organization.
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Page One
Topeka
Sale Committee
John Sellers
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Sparty
Nuclear propulsion study planned for aircraft jet
Wilson delays before a formal request to Congress for funds. The Navy advances atomic energy work by preparing a contract with the Allison Division of General Motors for an exploratory study on the feasibility and design of an aircraft nuclear propulsion plant. The spokesman said the pact is a study agreement only, not building an atomic powered plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Navy
Atomic Energy
Allison Division
General’ ‘Motors Corp
Defense budget boosts fuel drive for new bombers
President Eisenhower outlined a defense budget near 344.5 billion dollars with Navy funds rising to 9.7 billion and Army to 8.6 billion, largely for air power including B52s intercontinental hydrogen bombers and guided missiles. Budget talks touched on possible tax cuts amid a 1956 election year.
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Page One
Navy
Army
House
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
If Big
Aggr
Martin Co
Cardace
Wee Ence Cannon
D-Mo
Frank Hockema III
Lafayette
Ind
Frank C. Hockema
Purd
University
Charles E. Wilson
Hockema
Eisenhower
West Lafayette
Indiana Society
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Chamber of Commerce
Richland
Air Force
Stoney Creek
Siles
Union
Wilson
van Bureau
Andersons
Anderson City-Lafayette
Chesterfield
Country Club Heights
Edgewood
Elwoods
Frankton Corp
Gimeo City
Ingalls
Lapel
Markleville
Orestes
Pendleton
River Forest
Woodlawn Heights
Gettysburg
Ferguson
Beneficial
West 12Th Street
YMCA
Meridian St
Personal Finance Co
Lincoln Loan Corp
Kentucky
Tris
Aber Vannd
Ve Bie
Ullard
National
Convenient Parks
Pendleton Ave
Wilson Delays
Lan Atomic Engine
Norge
Woods
Meridian
Next Paramount
FORD
Kroger
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