Railroads face opposition to proposed 7 percent freight hike
The National Coal Assn and Midwestern meat-packers protest a plan to implement a 7 percent freight rate increase via accelerated ICC procedures. Coal interests warn the hike would shift about one eighth of the burden to consumers, costing $85 million yearly. The industry seeks hearings after a February 9 effective date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Coal Assn
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Mystic Islands radio tower toppled for resort plans
The 763 foot Mystic Islands tower near Tuckerton New Jersey famed as one of the world’s tallest structures was wrecked in seconds to clear way for a resort development. Built in 1912 13 it was once the continent’s most powerful transmitter and had tied to a 1915 German message order to sink Lusitania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuckerton
N. J
Mystic Islands
Lucy
Lusitania
U. S
Baltimore Makes Dog License Mailout Amid Tax Debate
Baltimore authorities continue issuing 1956 dog license applications as tax concerns rise. Atty Hyman Pressman mocks city officials while William Kinnersley Jr notes taxpayers face pressure from spiraling city taxes and housing limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Hyman Pressman
Bureau of Receipts
William Kinnersley Jr
Baltimore City
Kefauver to Oppose Adlai in Florida Primary May
Sen Estes Kefauver plans to challenge Adlai E Stevenson in Florida's May 29 Democratic primary. Sources say he will announce during a New Year visit to Florida. The move sets up a head on contest with Stevenson, who targets several key states for convention support.
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Kefauver
Adlai
Washington
Estes Kefauver
Adlai E. Stevenson
Florida
Tennessee
Stevenson
California
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Illinois
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Sibelius season honors from 400 orchestras worldwide
More than 400 orchestras honor Jean Sibelius as he nears his 90th birthday. The Philadelphia Orchestra organizes the plan with Jussi Jalas guest conducting the Sibelius cycle alongside Ivry Gitlis and Anshel Brusilow. Also featured are the New York Philharmonic Symphony and orchestras in Detroit, Cincinnati, and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jean Sibelius
Serge Koussevitzky
Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Detroit
Cincinnati
Boston
Philadelphians
Jussi Jalas
Sibelius
Eugene Ormandy
Anshe] Brusilow
Cleveland Orchestra
Ivry Gitlis
George Szell
Jalas
Carnegie Hall
Little Orchestra
George Kleinsinger
Joe Darion
Berlioz
Local Resident's Father Expires in Minnesota
Mr and Mrs John Oughton and daughter of River Forest are summoned to Parker's Prairie Minnesota by the death of Mrs Oughton's father A T Nelson. Mr Nelson died Wednesday morning in Parker's Prairie. Funeral services will be held there Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Oughton
River Forest
Parker’s Prairie
Minn
Export Sale of Surplus Butter Opens
Washington reports the government offers for export sale 10 million pounds of surplus butter, part of the farm price support program amid dwindling stocks. The surplus dropped from a peak of 461 million pounds in mid 1954 to about 50.6 million now, with cheese and dried milk also in storage and Sen Humphrey criticizing the price support program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ezra T. Benson
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Benson
Humphrey
Congress
Reuther Urges Shorter Work Week and Guaranteed Wage
Walter P. Reuther, head of the AFL-CIO industrial union departments, called for shorter work weeks and a guaranteed annual wage for all workers. He urged less government interference in labor disputes and regular labor-management talks beyond contract topics, in a piece for American magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
CIO
Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers
American Magazine
Dulles Promotes Polio Drive With Balloon Ceremony
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles officiated by inflating a large red balloon at the State Department to launch the 1956 March of Dimes fund drive. The event, timed with the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis campaign, featured balloons labeled polio Fighter and marked the public release of more Salk antipolio vaccine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
State Department
National Foundation For
Foundation
Public Health Service
Anderson Obituaries Highlights Local Deaths and Services
Obituaries for Guy Frederick Hanger 64 of 2002 Jackson Sr. died at his home after a years long illness. Services at Harold E Rozelle Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Surviving family includes widow Mabel Kenny Hanger and three sisters. Also reported are deaths of Edith M Clem 51 and Martha A Bilyeu 78 with funeral plans in flux, and Anthony Tony Parisi 58 from Orchard Lane who died at St. John’s Hospital in Anderson. Funeral arrangements pending word from relatives.
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Guy Frederick Hanger
Jackson Sr
Mr. Hanger
Edwardsville
Ind
Evansville
First Methodist Church
Georgetown
U. S. Army
Harold E. Rozelle
W. H. Bransford
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mabel Kenny Hanger
Wilma Hanger
M. C. Beard
Carl Pfanmueller
New Albany
Edith M. Clem
Roscoe H. Clem
Nichol Ave
Wabash County
Huntington
Orestes
Anderson
Howard Haak
Milford
Bill D
Anthony
Tony
Parisa
Tony) Parisia
Orchard Lane
St. John’s Hospital
Indianapolis
St. Mary’s Church
Anderson Conservation Club
Anderson Chamber of Commerce
Mary Margaret
Jimmie
Cpl
Joseph Parisi
U. S. Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Julianne Parisi
Mary Pannunzio
Chicago
John
Long Beach
Joe
Emil
California
Services set for two local deaths and funeral details
A day in St Johns Hospital precedes rites at Nettle Creek Church for Jesse Johnson 38 of 3820 Andover Rd killed in a Huntsville area plane crash. Burial at Nettle Creek Cemetery. Funeral services for Johnson and a second victim will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at Baker Brothers Funeral Home with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery and graveside Masonic rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Johnson
Andover Rd
Huntsville
Baker Brothers Funeral Home
Monroe G. Schuster
Central Christian Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Middletown
Funeral services planned for Paul Hubert Thompson
Funeral services for Paul Hubert Thompson 41 of 1503 Laurel Street who died in a light airplane crash near Huntsville Monday will be held Friday at 1 30 p m at Waltz and Hiday Funeral Home The Rev George S Skinner pastor of Jackson Park Church of God will officiate Friends may visit after noon today the casket will not be opened
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hubert Thompson
Laurel St
Huntsville
Waltz and Hiday
Georges. Skinner
Jackson Park
Berry Services Slated Today
Funeral services for Rolland Berry aged 58 of 806 West 14th Street are set for today at 10 a.m. in the family home with Rev. C. Dailey officiating. A procession will move to Orchard Lane Church in Princeton for final rites Saturday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Jack Kellan. Burial will follow in Princeton Cemetery. The body is with Leonard FP Underwood Funeral Home for arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolland Berry
W. 14Th St
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
C. Dailey
Orchard Lane
Princeton
Jack Kellan
Leonard FP
Underwood Funeral Home
Former Anderson Resident Nelle Hunt Dies in Los Angeles
Mrs. Nelle Payton Hunt, longtime Anderson resident, died Tuesday at her Los Angeles home after several years of illness. Sister of Mrs. Clarence Stevens and aunt of Mrs. Sarah Fadely Mays of this city, she had lived in California for years. Services and burial will be in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelle Payton Hunt
Anderson
Los Angeles
Calif
Clarence Stevens
Sarah Fadely Mays
Taxpay ers vent at IRS office reception in San Diego
Taxpayers at the U S Internal Revenue Bureau office in San Diego voice their complaints to the receptionist Miss Nova Cain. The scene captures everyday friction as callers seek help and express frustration in a city bureau setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
U. S. Internal Revenue Bureau
Nova Cain
Deaths in Madison County Grattan A Busby Frankton
Grattan A. Busby 68 of Rt 1 Frankton died suddenly at home at 7 30 p m Wednesday. Funeral 2 p m Saturday at Frankton Methodist Church burial in K of P Lot Cemetery. Surviving widow three daughters one son four brothers and two sisters.
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Grattan A. Busby Frankton
Grattan A. Busby
Frankton
George C. Harper
Frankton Methodist Church
Gorman Pritchard
O. C. Stroup
Ploof
Busby
Madison County
Marilyn Robb
Hannah
Ind
John Busby
Lloyd
Fred
Ernest
Arthur Busby
Anderson
Lena Busby
Blanch Schell
Bradley Lackey Funeral Services Planned in Daleville
Funeral services for Bradley Lackey age 68 who died at his Daleville home Tuesday night will be held at 10 30 AM at the Polhemus and Shirey Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Lackey
Daleville
Polhemus and Shirey
Funeral arrangements for Middletown church member
Friday service led by Rev Glande Kennedy of Middletown Nazarene Church. Burial planned at Miller Cemetery. Friends may pay respects during visiting hours at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glande Kennedy
Middletown Nazarene Church
Miller Cemetery
Funeral
Last Rites Planned for Julius Lawson Army Veteran
Julius Lawson 73 a retired Army veteran of 40 years service died Sunday at the State Soldiers Home Lafayette. Funeral services set for 2 p m Thursday at Fisher Brothers Funeral Home with Rev Oscar Davis officiating. Graveside military rites to be conducted by Lapel American Legion Post at Brookside Cemetery Lapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LAPEL
Julius Lawson
State Soldiers Home
Lafayette
Fisher Brothers Funeral
Oscar Davis
Lapel American Legion
Brookside
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Clare Boothe Luce
America
Custom Tailors Guild of America
Aviatrix
Jacqueline Cochran
Nancy Chafee Kiner
Denis Lor
Orson B. Munn
Jayne Mansfield
Hammond
William Tittsworth
John Tramm
Richmond
Daniel T. Seer
Nazareth
Teachers Institute
McColgan
Genevieve Campbell
Union State Bank
William E. Steckler
South Bend
India
Connor F. Dale Nelson
Gentry Y. Freels
Justine
Nelson
Freels
Judy Fosher
Creve Coeur
Munich
Germany
Judy
Fontbonne College
St. Louis
Isa
Jutta Guether
Martha Bilyeu
Martha A. Bilyeu
Flora Gibbons
Columbus Ave
Whitson Funeral Home
Cookeville
Tenn
Bilyeu
Hilham
Alex Brown
Benjamin Bilyeu
Herman
Sherman
Ales
Rosa Gaw
Roxy Dittlinger
Gibbons
Cleo Farris
Ed Bennett
Lana Flemmons
C. C. Miller
Ohio
Layton Brown
Tol Brown
Leta Cochran
Ohio Ave
Ewing Funeral Home
Summitville
Cochran
William and
Elizabeth Stanley
Iva Thompson
Elma Conn
St. John's Hospital
Herschman Funeral Home
Brook
Herschman
Albright Funeral Home
Golda Julian
W. Birch St
Bert Julian
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Sells and Rowe
George W. Howell
Locust St
Nettle Creek Church
Hagerstown
Sells and Rowe Funeral Home
William Eddy
South Meridian Church of God
Nettle Creek Cemetery
Berry Services
Madison
Harry Small
Oregon
Portland
Ore
Small
Mt. Moriah
Quemoy Island
Tribei
Formosa
Amoy
Quemoy
Marxie Totes
Brand Shoes
Sam
Sandler
Sandler Sports and
Gillmanette
Mater
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Michelle Hosiery
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