Truck Driver Indicted in Death Crash In Goshen
A grand jury in Goshen Indiana indicted 29 year old truck driver Fred Gill of Detroit on two counts involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide in the highway crash that injured Adlai E Stevensons youngest son John Fell 19 and killed two companions. John Fell Stevensons injuries include a fractured jaw and facial lacerations with expected weeks in hospital. The elder Stevenson and aides say John has not yet been told of the other deaths.
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Goshen
Ind
ULP
Adlai E. Stevenson
Fred Gill
Detroit
Ff Gill
John Fell
Goshen Memorial Hospital
Passavant Hospital
Chicago
Passavant
Young Stevenson
Chesago
Stevenson
John
Adlai
Eisenhower
Harvard student in crash overpass injures son of Democratic leader
A telegram from the President expressed prayerful hopes for the speedy recovery of John, a Harvard student visiting home for the holidays. He was seriously injured in a rail overpass collision near Goshen when driver Gilligan attempted a pass, blocking the road. two Chicago youths, William North and William Boyden, were killed and James Gilligan was injured. The elder Stevenson traveled to his son's bedside in Chicago after the accident and doctors later planned transfer to a Chicago hospital.
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John
Harvard
Goshen
Gill
Stevenson
William S. North 111
Wiliam C. ‘Boyden Jr
Christmas Seal Drive Needs $3,500 More in Madison County
The Madison County Tuberculosis Association reports the 1955 Christmas Seal campaign is $3,500 short of its $20,000 goal. Campaign chairman Rev George E Taggart urged donors who received envelopes to mail contributions before Christmas to fund chest X rays patch tests school tuberculosis clinics and related efforts. In Peoria Illinois a goose strike caused a $100 windshield repair bill for Fred Vollmar on his Christmas dinner drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison County Tuberculosis Association
George E. Taggart
Peoria
Ill
Fred Vollmar
Vollmar
Ux Air Caperre
Alexandria Ladies Aid Christmas Party At Church Basement
Members of the Christian Congregation Ladies Aid met Wednesday evening in the church basement for a turkey supper and gifts around a lighted tree. Guest Mrs. Charles Ellingwood attended, with numerous members listed including Mesdames Fox Mohler Tuttle Blake Johnson Hurst Green Snodgrass and others. Cub Scout Pack 3061 hosted by James Arnold held a gift exchange and caroling to end the evening.
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Laamuiua
Christian Congregation
Ladies Aid
Charles Ellingwood
Mesdames
John Fox
Earl Mohler
Clarence Tuttle
William Blake
Edith Johnson
Charles Hurst
Milton Green
Gene # k
Orville ‘Smith
Ernest’ Johns ‘On
Earl Wilson
Lottie Draper
Merla Hupp
Joe Workman
Orville Nilson
Earl Lynch
Glen ‘Thomson
Robert Warner
Wallace Van‘rman and
Vaug x
Ray Hiatt
Wayne Ku James Frazier
Bernice Daugherty
Mary Tennell
James Arnold
First Methodist Church
Steven Hyeston
Steve Bailey
David Hobbs
Lilly Myers
Mike Hines
Jerry Aull
Steve’ Morris
Terry” Tee
M Michael Gaunt
Charles Ellis
Tom "Read
Ronnie Huffman
Ste ‘Ildow
Alexandria First Aid Car In Crash Town Collision Injures Vehicles
An Alexandria emergency first aid truck on its first run for the Fire Department collided with multiple vehicles at the Hatson and Washington Streets intersection. Fire Chief Marc Hitchens said no one was injured. damages to the ambulance and two cars were extensive and expected to total $700 to $1,000, with one vehicle insured.
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Aleaanutua
Avenandria
Fire Department
Hatson
Washington Sts
Marc Hitchens
Archie Kent
Innisdale
Washington Street
Harrison Street
Frank Lambertson Jr
Alexsedria
Hara
Neal King
Ith St. Rd
Insur- Dince. Oe
Hospital Dismissals List From St John’s Hospital
Dismissals from St John’s Hospital include Dixon Green 2011 E sth St Mrs Nellie M Anderson 1100 W 4th St Jesse Ginder Lapel Mrs Eva Herktess Elwond Mrs Mary A Busby Anderson Rt G George J Greb 309 W 10th St Mrs Joyce Emerson 1231 Sycamore St Mrs James Johnson and daughter 1411 Cedar St Mrs Arthur Shaw and daughter 10 Rose St Mrs Roy D Falk and son 4202 Delaware St Mrs John S Haron and daughter Alexandria Mrs Lewis Perry and daughter 515 W 33rd St Mrs Mary Alice Dixon Rt 2 Thomas B Bookout 2335 Lafayette St Walter Munden 14264 Main St Harry Havens 1510 W 8th St Mrs Adiett Ruddell 524 Park Ave Mrs Sarah E Hensley Alexandria js Mrs Emma Lou Guill Rt 6 Herschell Whistler Pendleton Terence Chamberlain Pendleton Patch for Guns New York Veterans and others who possess souvenir weapons can turn them in to the police without red tape until Jan 31 Stephen P Kennedy announced the period of ace in a new campaign to get veterans to dispose of such weapons which may be dangerous Turning in a weapon requires approval of a magistrate
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St. John’s Hospital
Dixon Green
E. Sth
Nellie M. Anderson
Jesse Ginder
Lapel
Eva Herktess
Elwond
Mary A. Busby
Anderson
George J. Greb
Joyce Emerson
Sycamore
James Johnson
Cedar St
Arthur Shaw
Rose St
Roy D. Falk
Delaware St
John S. Haron
Alexandria
Lewis Perry
W. 33Rd St
Mary Alice Dixon
Thomas B. Bookout
Lafayette St
Walter Munden
Main St
Harry Havens
W. 8Th St
Adiett Ruddell
Park, Ave
Sarah E. Hensley
Alexanria
Emma Lou Guill
Herschell Whistler
Pendleton
Tarence Chamberlain
New York
Slice
Stephen P. Kennedy
Retired Glass Worker Dies in Elwood Nursing Home
William Romansky 73 a retired glass worker died Thursday in an Elwood nursing home after an illness. Born in 1823 in Warsaw Poland he came to the United States as a young man and married Josephine Durzinsky in Alexandria in 1909. He leaves two stepsons two stepdaughters a brother twelve grandchildren and several great grandchildren. He will lie in state at Gipe Williams and Kyle Funeral Home with rosary Friday evening and last rites Saturday at St Marys Church. Park View Cemetery. The Monroe Township Farm Bureau meeting was postponed to December 29 at 6 30 p m at the Home E Building 4H fair grounds and features a chili and oyster supper.
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Alexandria
William Ro Nansky
Elwood
Alex Tost
Warsaw
Poland
Romansky
United States
Josephine Durzinsky
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Even Durzinsky
William Durzinsky
Newton Falls
St. Mary's Church
Robert
Sorg
Park View Cemetery
Monroe Township Farm Bureau
Fairgrounds
Robbery Suspects Enter Guilty Pleas
Two of three men charged in the Dec 6 hold up of the Calumet Mercantile National Bank pleaded guilty. Thomas Ray Patrick and Walter Marcrom admitted guilt and received pre sentence investigations. The third defendant, Carl George Smith, had arraignment deferred as his attorney withdrew, leaving him awaiting new counsel. The trio were arrested in Tennessee and are held in Lake County Jail Crown Point.
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Aammany, Inc
Calumet
Mercantile National Bank
Thomas Ray Patrick
Salyersville
Walter. Marcrom
Viola
Tenn
Luther M. Swygert
Carl George Smith
Ontario
Calif
Fother
Barnard Tetek
Gary
Smith
Tennessee
Lake County
Crown Point
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American Cleaners
Wyrtlewood
Gospel Trumpet Company
East Std
Oldsmobile
Olds
Ike Jetaway
Hydra
Dela
Papiasrn
Mitchell Motors, Inc
East Ninth Street
Dave Garroway
Den
Tom and Jerry Batter
Sears Liquor Store
York
Boston
New
Helis
11Th Street
Decker
Sunbeam
Sunbeam Mixmaster
Finbeam
Merry Christmas
Cocker
Meridian
Mixmaster Junior
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