Lawyer Charged In Shooting In Milwaukee
A 29 year old Milwaukee attorney Burggraf was charged with negligent handling of firearms after a Christmas morning shooting wounded 13 year old Duncan Times delivering a Milwaukee Journal. Burggraf admitted the pistol fired accidentally and the boy remained in satisfactory condition with injuries to liver and kidney.
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Milwaukeep
John Burggersf
Dist
William J. McCauley
God
Duncan Times
Burggrat
Milwaukee Journal
Burggraf
Five of Family Killed in Oregon Mud Slide
A major mud slide near Remote Oregon crushed a farm home at about 4 30 am killing five members of the Neal family among eight. Marion E Neal 42 Acerena Neal 38 and children Mary 15 Tom 17 Becky 2 were killed. The toll in the region rose to 11 with four others missing.
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Roseburg
Ore
Oregon
Remote
Marion E. Neal
Acerena
Mary
Tom
Becky
Ham Fisher Dies Creator of Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher creator of Joe Palooka was found dead in a friend's studio on Tuesday night. Police say the death appears self inflicted after Fisher left a note citing failing eyesight and diabetes and mentioning he had swallowed pills.
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Ham Fisher
New York
Joe Palooka
Fisher
Rita Hayworth suit cites $50,000 studio loan to Haymes
The Rita Hayworth case against Columbia Pictures opened with evidence that the studio loaned $50,000 to her ex husband Dick Haymes and paid her $75,000 on December 26. Hayworth claims the payments are unrelated to her suit to end the film contract and seeks $150,000 in damages.
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LOS Angillies
Rita
Hayworth
Columbia Pictures
Les
Dick Haymes
Columbia
Miss Hayworth
Joseph
Women of Moose and Junior Police Aid Christmas Basket Drive
Women of the Moose and Anderson Junior Police members distributed eleven Christmas baskets to needy families. The effort was led by Mrs Lawrence Roberts Mrs John Ashbaugh and Mrs Darrell Richey with William E Bennett praising all helpers for the Operation Santa Claus project.
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Anderson Junior Police Organization
Lawrence Roberts
John Ashbaugh
Darrell Richey
William E. Bennett
Lodge
Berry: Rites For Bolland Berry Funeral Held Thursday
Funeral services for Bolland Berry 58 of 806 West 14th Street, died Monday at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis. Rites set for 10 a m Thursday at the family home by Rev Chailay. Final rites at Olive Branch Church Princeton Saturday. Interment in Princeton Cemetery. Survivors include wife Modena Berry a daughter Cloteal Means Muncie a brother Sylvester Berry Princeton four nieces two nephews and four grandchildren.
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Bolland
Berry
W. 14Th St
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Chailay
Olive Branch Church
Princeton
Sipe
Jack Bolen
Leonard P. Underwood
Anderson
Modena Berry
Cloteal Means
Muncie
Sylvester Berry
Vernon H
Red) Watkins
Batley Creek
Mich
Livingston
Tenn
Watkins
Eileen Watkins
Robert Watkins
Rt. 2
Alexandria
Clara Norris
Battle Creek
Twila Scott
Robbie Mitchell
Martha Dillon
Sally Watkins
Arlis Watkins
Perkinsville
Charles
Joe Watkins
Helen Badger
Helen White
Badger
Frank Badger
Sheridan St
Albright Funeral
HE. Boyer
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Jack Carlisle
Jack Summers
Paul Lee Lver
Arthur Kemple
Nolan White
Robert Griswold
Luther Carr
Livingston, Tenn
Sells and Rowe
Nettle Creek Church
Hagerstown
William Eddy
South Meridian Street Church
Robert Gray
Ben Means
Chicago
la Prarie
United Presbyterian Church
Nesbit
Ss. Wanes
Brothers Funeral
Lawn Ridge
Sheer
East Mapleswood
Presby
Francis |Terian
Kienly
St. Mary’s Cathe
Ohio
Princeton University Seminary
Sterling College
Kansas
Arlington
Texas
Winona Lake
L. L. Nesbit
Latha Nesbit
Miss Nesbit
Wiona Lake
Land
Preston Nesbit
Simon A. Nesbit
Greensburg
Imrs
Cora Bronnenberg
Cora Broninenberg
Hortense Baker
Baker Brothers
G.osborne
Daleville
Sarah C. Lacey
Columbus Ave
Baker Brothers Funeral Home
Harold Kennedy
Zula M. Mellon
Zula, M. Mellon
Harold E. Rozelle
Fred Graham
Portland
Tnd
Grovelawn
Pendleton
Golda Julian
Galda Julian
W. Birch St
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Boy Scouts Meet Tonight At YMCA in Central Indiana
Boy Scouts from four Central Indiana counties gather for the annual dinner at the YMCA at 7 oclock. Tom Alley of Kikihawen Lodge 222 outlines the session in the YMCA lobby before moving to the cafeteria Old Salem Room and announces 1956 officers.
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Indiana
Order of the Arrow
National Campiing Society
YMCA
Tom Alley
Anderson
Kikihawen
Lodge 222
Madison
Henry
Hamilton
Tivton
Old Salem
Alley
David Telfer
Alexandria
Jeff Gill
Randall Gordon
Terry Ward
Dick Hyland
Dick Stephenson
Arcadia
Lonnie Young
Knightstown
Dick Heaton
Elwood
Norman Schuttz
Corral Zeabart
W. Shirell Fox
Death notices from Daleville Middletown Lapel and Yorktown
Bradley Lackey 68 died at his Daleville home after a long illness. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Friday at Polhemus Shirey Funeral Home with burial in Miller Cemetery near Middletown. Julius Lawson 73 died at Soldiers Home Lafayette after extended illness. Full military services by American Legion Post No 212. William Minnick 74 final rites at Ballard and Shirey Funeral Home Middletown. Joseph B. Curtis 79 Yorktown post office clerk killed at Yorktown depot by a eastbound railroad train.
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Bradley Lackey
Daleville
Polhemus and Shirey
Claude Kennedy
Middletown Nazarene Church
Miller Cemetery
Middletown
Alma Lackey
Odell Garrett
Vina Mae Lackey
Lloyd Lackey
Mervin Lackey
Kentucky
Lackey
Foltes-Eamson Lapel
Julius Lawson
Soldiers Home
Lafayette
John
Evaline Lawson
Madison County
Lawson
American Legion
Fisher Brothers
Oscar Davis
W. A. Minnick
William TH
Billy) Minnick
Yorktown
Muncie
Ind
Joseph B. Curtis
Southwestern Limited
New York Central Railroad
R. D. Madill
Farm squeeze noted as prices drop while costs rise
A farm price report cites a 16 percent drop from a year ago, with retail prices down only 2 percent. Farmer costs and handling charges cut the farmer’s share of a dollar to 39 cents in November, lowest in 35 years, signaling a squeeze between falling prices and rising costs.
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Benson
Cancer risk by age from National Cancer Institute survey
The survey shows low risk early, three in 100 by age 45, rising with age. Among those living to 65, 26 in 100 may develop the disease in later life. Findings were released by the National Cancer Institute in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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National Cancer Institute
Journal of the American Medical Association
U S Soldier Held by East Berlin Case Raises Tensions
The article details the capture of two U S soldiers Pvt Willie J Holden and Pvt Richard L Calbert by East Berlin police after a street fight. The Russians initially ignored requests for information before confirming the detention and later releasing them to U S custody. An Army court martial acquitted the men and East Berlin urged East German trials for Western soldiers in similar cases. The piece notes U S Army precautions for visits to East Berlin and mentions Kliman.
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East Berlin
Willie J.holden
Poplarville
Miss
Richard L. Calbert
Kansas ‘City
U. S
U.S
Kliman
East Germany
Suspect List and Court Actions In Frankton Case
Grand Jury names A F Everett and Edith Garringer among participants. Judge Stewart orders psychiatric examiners to evaluate Robert L Neff in a first degree murder case tied to Vera Rosalie Neff slain May 14 at the Frankton home. Robert Calhoun, a former Indiana Reformatory inmate, faces escape charges after leaving the Vanderburg County robbery sentence.
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A. F. Everett
Anderson
Edith Garringer
Summitville
James 2
Calhoun
Vanderburg County
Rites Planned for Central Christian Church Leader
Burial with graveside services by Middletown Masonic Lodge set for Memorial Park Cemetery. County Coroner Fred Hiday and state and federal officials said investigation details remain unfinished after the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One Central Christian Church
Middletown
Club Directors and Nominating Committee Named
Cleveland officers include Mrs. Bertha Gray and Mrs. A Q Barnes along with directors Mrs. C C Davisson Mrs Jack Misner Mrs Marguerite Humphries and Mrs Grover McMahan The nominating committee features Mrs C J Stanley and others The dinner program included a paper on President Eisenhower read by Mrs Stanley and plans for the January 23 meeting were discussed.
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Cleveland
Bertha Gray
A. Q. Barnes
C. C. Davisson
Jack Misner
Marguerite Humphries
Grover McMahan
C. J. Stanley
Gray
Fletcher Misner
Adonna Wirt
Elsie Melrison
Eisenhower
Stanley
Madison County New Year Baby Contest Rules
Rules for the first New Year’s Day baby born in Madison County require a doctor’s statement to the Anderson News papers Baby Contest Editor by noon January 3. Include birth date time place parent names and addresses baby’s name sex eye color doctor signature and Madison County birth confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pegs Onewart Furniture
D. H. Miller Co
Anderson Federal Savings and Loan Co
Hank’s Mills
John's
Taylor
Frances Smith
Madison County
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Anderson
Dionne Quints Split Families Deepens Rift After Christmas
Dionne family tensions widen as the five Quints reportedly distance themselves from their parents Elzire and the four brothers and sisters. Marie and Annette reside in an exclusive Montreal apartment while Yvonne and Cecile study nursing. AnNine?ette receives hospital treatment in Nicolet. The Star notes Marie and Annette living in a high rent building as Marie, in frail health since Emilie’s 1954 death, remains in Quebec.
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Papa
Dionne
Elzire
Ontario
Yvonne
Cecile
Marie
Aninette
Montreal
Quints
Montreal Star
Annette
Quebec City
Annnette
Nicolet
Que
Star
Quint
Jth
Quinty Emilie
Notre Dame L'Esperance
Papa Dionne
Permit Activity Shows Seasonal Drop in County Building
The county reports a year over year drop in building activity with cold weather in December hampering permits. Eight new homes were issued during the month totaling 47.10 thousand dollars, affecting overall permit value for the period.
City imposes 4 PM curfew amid flood fears across two states
A large city enforces a 4 p.m. curfew after dark and bans travel without passes as floodwaters rise in the San Joaquin Sacramento delta. About 400 Air Force and civilian volunteers reinforce dikes while engineers warn of potential 10 foot tides threatening Bradford Island Webb Tract and Jersey Island.
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Two-State
San Joaquin
Sacramento River
San Francisco Bay
Bay
U.S. Army
Contra Costa County
Bradford Island
Webb Tract
Jersey Island
Construction activity compares with prior year totals
County records show 1955 construction activity at 367 permits totaling $4,514,200, with 1954 volumes at $4,274,000 for 498 homes. Funeral services are set for Jesse John son Jr., 38, of 3620 Andover Rd, killed in a light plane crash near Huntsville. Graveside rites follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Jesse Johnson Jr
Andover Ra
Huntsville
Baker, Brothers Funeral Home
Monroe Schuster
Central Christian
Memorial Park Cemetery
Jy. Ouuu
Middletown
Masonic Lodge
Hagerty
Paul Hubert Thompson
Augusta
Eisenhower
Washington
Irreversible Strains in Dionne Quintuplets Family Ties
The Dionne family faced growing rifts as the quints drifted from their parents around the 21st birthday on May 28. Dionne acknowledged guardianship would end, stating they had done their best to keep the quints happy while endorsements and earnings strengthened the family's financial footing.
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Dionne
New Flood Strikes City Amid Cleanup Delays
Officials waited for the water to recede while residents faced dislocation from a contaminated supply. Medical authorities prepared mass typhoid inoculations as Sacramento Governor Knight ordered 300 National Guard to Yuba City to guard against looting.
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Sacramento
Goodwin J.knight
Yuba City
Glenn A. Gauche
President Seeks Convened Meeting After Conference With Dulles
The president held a second conference with Dulles within two days to discuss the subjects on the agenda. The session interrupted Christmas holidays as officials planned further talks.
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Dulles
Tae Ahankan
Anderson Obituaries highlights local passings and services
The Anderson area mourns several deaths including Leta Cochran 71 of 1338 Ohio Ave and Helen Badger 46 of 1021 Sheridan St. Vern on H Watkins 34 dies in a Batley Creek Michigan crash. Services and burial plans are announced for multiple members across nearby towns.
Largest Cave Safeways and the Floyd Collins Tragedy
The NSS reports on Floyd Collins a daring explorer pinned by debris nearly 30 years ago in a vast cave system near Cumberland Maryland. Explorers map about 32 miles of passages with chambers up to 30 feet high and 100 feet wide and note bats blind fish beetles and cave rats.
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Page One Safeways
Floyd Collins
Brother G. Nichoas
FSC
Cumberland
NSS
Brother Nicholas
Nicholas
Indiana Holiday crashes claim several Hoosiers on Christmas Day
A string of fatal and serious traffic crashes across Indiana on Christmas Day left multiple victims. Charles Garst 17 of Atlanta Betty Hooker 19 of Terre Haute Harly Embry Jr 42 of Indianapolis Logan Kosich 72 of Black Oak Samuel Forsell 37 of Munster Lillian Forsell 37 of Harvey Illinois and Marion Lotter 36 of Hamlet died or were seriously injured in two car and truck collisions. Police report 18 year old Harry Mathews a former LaCrosse athlete remained in serious condition at Starke Memorial Hospital. Sheriff On Neal announced that first warning ticket recipients will receive invitations to safety programs at the State Board of Health auditorium starting Jan 20 with topics on pedestrian safety ice and snow driving and holiday traffic. Paul Elton 63 of Munice was killed at the Indiana Steel & Wire Co. plant gates when struck by a car driven by Michael Hopping 22 of Selma.
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Indiana
Charles Edwards Garst
Atlanta
Tipton County
Betty Ellinger Hooker
Terre Haute
Harly C. Embry Jr
Indianapolis
Logis Kosich
Black Oak
Black Oak Road
Hammond
Lillian
U.S
Calumet City
Ill
Harry’Mathews
Starke Memorial Hospital
Knox
Marion Lotter
Hamlet
Mathews
Robert A. On'Neal
State Board of Health
Paul Elton
Indiana Steel & Wire Co
Muncie
Michael Hopping
Selma
Postman Wins $16,000 TV Prize After Delay
New York postman Roscoe G. Wright took two weeks to decide and on Tuesday night settled for the $16,000 he had won on The $64,000 Question. He sought to be an author and sent his decision as a sonnet after extra time granted due to the Christmas mail rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roscoe G.wright
New York Postman
Lon
Wright
New Year Eve Warnings Pace Times Square Layout
City authorities plan sober safety warnings in Times Square during New Year’s Eve celebrations. Five large traveling signs and three painted billboards will display cautions like Reckless Driving is Kid Stuff to deter risky behavior amid festive crowds.
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New York
Times Square
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Benet Ulins
Haymes
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Rener Son
Calvin Grosscup
Tulane Star
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National
Decker's
TRE
East German
Com Teunists
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Jary
United States
Grand Jury
Air Force
Leta Cochran
Leta L. Cochran
Ohio Ave
Norman Cochran
Iva Thompson
Dorothy Schultheis
Marion
Vernon
Elma Conn
Pren
George W. Howell
Margaret George W. Howell
Lo Bell
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St. East St
Ohn's Hospital
St. John’s Hospital
Conn
Steel and Wire Company
Salem, Ore
Brook
Albright
Hershman Funeral Home
Bell
Richard A. Con
John Nesbit
John Pratt Nesbit
D. D
River Forest
W. Bth
St. Rd
Esther Nesbit
Main
Jeffrey
John D. Main
Edgewood Dr
John's Hospital
Marilyn A. Miller
Ora G. Miller
Baker
Jue Church
Heckoman Buick, Inc
Sme Massengill
Ale W. Ath
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