Arson Suspect Confesses Fire at Anderson Church
A 46 year old former church janitor, Boyde Allison Wachob, confessed to starting the First Methodist Church blaze in Anderson Indiana. He reportedly planned the act out of a grudge and aided firefighters before fleeing. He told detectives he had taken tranquilizers to calm himself and had learned he would be committed to a mental hospital the next day.
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Anderson
First Methodist
Boyde Allison Wachob
West 6Th St
Wachob
Andersonville
Ffice
Elwood
Alex
West Win
Andria
Muncie
Pendleton
Boyde Allison
East 6Th St
Anderson City
Kenneth Cage
Herald
Republican Women Plan Dinner Meeting Nominations Tuesday
Announcement states the Women’s Republican Club will meet Tuesday evening at 6:30 for a dinner session to elect new members and install them at a forthcoming January meeting. The event will be held at Three M's restaurant at the corner of 6th and Hendricks Streets with Mrs Rex Byrum and others in charge.
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Women’s Republican Club
M's
6Th and
Hendricks Sts
Rex Byrum
Byron Louise
Durbin Hollingsworth
Charles’ Harrold
Holiday Toll Hits Record Christmas Weekend Traffic
The Associated Press reports a 78 hour Christmas travel period ended with high fatalities and injuries. Estimated 510 highway deaths, 29 fires, and 105 miscellaneous deaths added to an overall toll of 609 across traffic, fires, and other accidents.
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Bye Gully
National Safety Council
Monay
le Poe
Associated Press
City Firemen Triumph In Bitter Cold Church Fire
Andersons fire department and surrounding units faced 7 to 8 degree winds as they contained a large blaze at the First Methodist Church. Dr David Jones aided the effort by hosting Red Cross supplies and tending frostbitten firefighters while local business and volunteers provided coffee, food, gloves, and socks.
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Anderson
First Methodist Church
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Farris
David Jones
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Bruce Gribben
Russell Johnson
Dr. Jones
George Anton
Nick Farris
Farris Cafeteria
Anderson Herald
Fires kill 23 across the United States before Christmas weekend
United Press International reports a spate of deadly fires from California to Rhode Island. A Hartford City Indiana home fire killed a mother and four children after a gasoline bottle exploded. In Chicago a basement apartment fire claimed a mother and four children, including Myrtle Brown and her kids. The toll included additional young victims across multiple states.
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United Press International
California
Rhode Island
Hartford City
Ind
Chicago
Myrtle Brown
Samuel
John
Rosemary
Debra
Agnes Coleman
Marsha
Myron
Tammy
Osa
Jimmy
Gloria
Ronnie
Fatal fires claim multiple lives and injuries
Reports detail several deadly blazes across states. In Beaver Falls a gas heater explosion followed by fire fatally burned Dallas Dalton and seriously burned Beaver Falls residents. In Poleet Texas an explosion and fire in a one room shack killed four children and left a fifth in critical condition. Other victims include Juan Jose and Lupe ages two to five, Adalena six critically burned, and a 68 year old woman burned in California. A University of Florida janitor died in a kerosene heater blast.
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Juan Jose
Carmen
Lupe
Catalina
Adalena
Antonio
Dallas Dalton
Beaver Falls
Bert Jr
Poleet
Texas
Mary Elizabeth Austin
Start
Fla
City Sertoma leader Garrity awarded for 1959 60 service
Garry William J. Garrity of Anderson received the Citation for Superior Club leadership from Sertoma International for his 1959 60 presidency. Lyle D. Knoll announced the honor in Kansas City Missouri. presentation occurred December 22 at the Anderson Conservation Club. A later item notes a fatal burn injury in Monument Kansas to Dennis Thrasher age 11 after gasoline was thrown on a trash fire.
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William J. Garrity
Redwood Rd
Sertoma International
Anderson Sertoma Club
Kansas City
Sertoma
Lyle D. Knoll
Anderson Conservation Club
Knoll
Muude Wlele
Monument
Kan
Dennis Thrasher
Hoosier Winter Toll Rises With Record Low Temps
Weather and traffic toll grim with at least five dead and several ex weather fatalities as a deep freeze blankets Indiana. Five deaths, five traffic, four ex weather incidents reported amid heavy snow warnings for Central and Southern Indiana. Temperatures fell to 16 below at South Bend and Goshen and 4 to 6 inches of new snow expected in southern areas.
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Crawfordsville
Logansport
Orpha Legg
Indianapolis
Tipton
Upstate
South Bend
Goshen
Plymouth
Huntington
Columbia City
Lafayette
Greensburg
Churchill Fires Up Cigar and Visits Home for Holidays
Sir Winston Churchill, aged 78, despite age, illness, and a back fracture from a November fall, fired a large cigar and drove to Chartwell for Christmas. He appeared pale but spry, delivering a whisper and a smile to reporters as photographers braved the cold. Doctors had urged rest and had prevented attending his granddaughter’s wedding in London.
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London
UPI
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Sir Winston
Chartwell
Gospel Trumpet Yule Event Aids Korean Bible Students
Fundraising at a Park Place Church of God dinner in the Fellowship Room drew 447 attendees. Funds raised will support ministerial students in the Korean Bible School sponsored by the Church of God in Seoul, with guest remarks from church leaders and editors.
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Gospel Trumpet Company
Korean Bible School
Church of God
Seoul
Korea
United States
Park Place
New Arrivals Anderson n anded Vicinity
National Board of Fire Underwriters warns that faulty decorations and defective lighting will cause deaths during the Christmas holiday period. The release lists families and newborns as part of local notices with addresses and names.
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Anderson N Anded Vicinity
New York
UPI
Tional Board of Fire Underwriters
St John’s
Harold Brandton
Woodlawn
Joe Philbert
St. Rd
Lewis A
Good Morning Start The Day With Chuckie
Anderson Police Chief John Heiden received a call questioning the traffic safety campaign. An elderly resident praised the drive against peep hole motorists who clear only enough snow to see.
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Chuckie
Anderson
John Heiden
Four Slaying Suspects Headed to Muncie for Charges
Four suspects in the slaying of cab driver James Tricker Jr. and car thefts were slated for transport to Muncie to face vehicle theft charges. Captured Thursday after a large manhunt, the men allegedly stole two cars, one from Gary and one in Muncie. They have not been officially linked to the Tricker slaying.
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Muncie
Valparaiso
Ind
Robert Beck Named General Partner at Thomson & McKinnon
Robert J. Beck will become a general partner of Thomson & McKinnon and an allied member of the New York Stock Exchange effective January 1, 1961. Beck, longtime local manager in Anderson since 1939, will stay as a resident partner and continue as Director of Training. The firm, with offices in 41 cities, moved its Anderson office in 1959 to 208 Anderson Loan Building.
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New Post
Robert J. Beck
van Buskirk Rd
Thomson and McKinnon
New York Stock Exchange
Anderson
Thomson & McKinnon
Henry Holt
Beck
United States
Canada
Citizens Bank
Anderson Loan Building
Winter Normal Returns After Subzero Holidays
Across the eastern half of the nation frigid conditions yielded a white Christmas for many regions as fresh snows moved in. The Northeast stayed cold while the Midwest warms toward seasonal norms, a blizzard isolated Buffalo and left 97 weather deaths in five days nationwide.
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United Press International
Middle West
Buffalo
N.Y
Illinois
Joliet
Ill
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Florida
Michigan
Missouri
Alabama
Kansas
Mississippi
New York State
North Dakota
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Camille Herb
Valley Stream
N. Y
Wichita
Kan
June Allan
Colima
Food Costs Push Living Index to Record High
Washington AP reports a CPI rise of 0.1 percent to 127.4 pushing living costs to a new peak. The October-to-November increase marks the eighth high in nine months with food contributing over half the 1.4 percent yearly rise since last year.
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Washington
Eisenhower Voices Against Racial Discrimination at Yuletide
President Eisenhower in his annual Yuletide message denounces racial discrimination as a breach of Christian ethics and urges self examination during the Christmas season. He cites the blemish in society and lights the Christmas tree near the White House as Mrs. Eisenhower looks on.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
White
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Anderson High School
Roy Roudebush
EK of
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Ann Arbor, Mich
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City Garry
William Baxter
Esther Kirkpatrick
Clara In Hall
Winston Roberts
William Southam
Carlton Jones
Angeline King
Flan
Gerhardt Klabunde
Il German
Gospel Trumpet
Church of God In Europe
A. T. Rowe
Ellen Crow
E. 29Th St
Jack Jones
Milton Ave
Mel Hornbeck
Ind. 9
Jones
Sheriff's
St. John’s Hospital
Keith Fern
Robert Beck
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