Fifty Students From State To Speech Conference
Indiana high schools will send fifty students to the 11th Annual Speech Conference at Ball State Teachers College on January 12. Events include debating radio announcing humorous and dramatic interpretation original oratory poetry interpretation and extemporaneous speaking.
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Indiana
Ball State Teachers College
Alan Huckleberry
Upil
Ball State
Arsenal Tech
Indianapolis
Ben Davis
Buck Creek
Bunker Hill
Carmel
Central
Fort Wayne
Cherubusco
Clay Township
Columbia City
Concord
Elkhart
Cortland
Delphi
Dunkirk
Elwood
Emerson
Gary
Eminence
Fairmount
Gerstmeyer
Terre Haute
Howe Military
Huntington
Jac-Con-Del Corporation
Napoleon
Jefferson
Lafayette
Kokomo
LaPorte
Mars
Merrillville
Crown Point
Mill Creek
Mississinewa
Monticello
Montpelier
Newttle
New Haven
Owensville
Peru
Plymuth
Portage
East Gary
Portland
Reitz
Evansville
Rensselaer
Rushville
South Western
Knightstown
Swayzee
Thomas Carr Howe
Union Township
Valparaiso
Whitestown
Wiley
Terre Heute
Yorktown
Four Children Die In Flames In Montecito House Fire
In Montecito California a fast moving blaze trapped four of James L Free Jr s children James L Free III Robin Sara and David aged 6 4 2 and 1 respectively. The parents escaped with minor burns and Martha 7 alerted them allowing the others to flee. Free attempted to reenter the house but could not reach the children.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Montecito
James L. Free Jr
James L. Free III
Robin
Sara
David
Martha
Free
Water Ink Fountain Pen From Kharkov Invented
Moscow News reports a Kharkov invention of a fountain pen using water as ink. A special paste inside the pen converts water to ink for several years of use.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Moscow News
Bell-Ans claims faster relief for stomach acidity
Certified laboratory tests show Bell-Ans tablets neutralize three times as much stomach acidity in one minute as leading digestive tablets. Advertises fastest known relief with price of 25 cents.
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Bell-Ans
U. S. India Relations Improve Amid Wariness
Washington reports closer U S India ties than since independence though both sides warn disagreements remain. Nehru's meetings with Eisenhower fuel mutual understanding while India opposes military pacts and foreign troops and favors China at the UN. Officials say gains include better grasp of U S views on security treaties and China policy.
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Washington
United States
India
New Delhi
Nehru
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
Middle East
New York
Ottawa
China
United Nations
Fisenhower
Peiping
Vanilla Beans Flavor Extracted In Long Process
In Madagascar vanilla beans undergo a lengthy curing to develop flavor. The process, nearly months in the sun, turns green beans to dark brown and shriveled. Modern extract is produced by percolation with chopped beans in baskets in a glass-lined vat and warm alcohol and water circulated to extract flavor.
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Tananarive
Madagascar
Fish Scales Reveal Growth and Age
Milwaukee science notes explain that fish maintain a constant scale count from hatchling to death. Scales widen as the fish grows, and growth slows create rings similar to tree rings. These annual marks allow age estimation.
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Milwaukee
New Zealand Drainage Scheme Planning on Ruawai Flats
The Raupo Drainage Board approves a £311,750 plan to remodel drainage over 20 000 acres of dairy country on the Ruawai Flats. The area lies one to two feet below mean high tides of the Northern Wairoa River, bounded by stopbanks and hills.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Raupo Drainage Board
Ruawai
Wairoa
Many Business Records Drop Boom Goes On
1956 showed soft spots yet overall business activity hit record highs and set the stage for 1957. Spending by firms on new factories and by consumers on goods drove growth, while tighter credit and higher interest rates, plus Middle East tensions and Suez uncertainty, affected markets. Auto sales rebounded late 1956 with 1957 forecasts for a banner year. employment reached new highs and wages rose after a steel strike settlement. The 1956 box score shows GNP near 412 billion, retail at 193.5 billion, steel at 115.5 million tons, housing starts 1.1 million, with construction spend around 210 billion.
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Walter Breede JR
New York
John Q
Federal Reserve Board
Middle East
Suez Canal
Wall Street
Detroit
Highly Versatile Mexican Rebozo Inspired Stole
Stoles inspired by the Mexican rebozo, linked to Spain and European shawls, showcase fringes as time consuming crafts. Santa Maria origins yield the finest rebozos often drawn through a wedding ring. The garment serves as coat blanket cradle shade bag and hat.
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Mexico City
Spain
Santa Maria
Archerfish Uses Water Jets to Capture Insects
In Boston a notable aquarium fish, the archerfish or Toxotes, shoots water from its mouth to knock insects into the water from distances up to five feet. The fish shows high accuracy for at least four feet and then consumes the prey immediately after it drops.
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Boston
Oregon Study Links Most Traffic Crashes to Violations
A 1953 traffic collision study in Oregon finds 90 percent of the 68 000 reported crashes involve one or more driver law violations with about 61 000 cases tied to infractions.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Suffocation Cause Of Officer's Death
The Egyptian army reports British Lt Anthony Moorhouse died of suffocation after two days in a metal cupboard at Port Said during his kidnapping by Egyptian guerrillas on December 11. The UN relayed the finding to London and the body was with Egyptian forces as Col Cyril Banks traveled to Cairo to recover it.
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London
United Nations
Anthony Moorhouse
Port Said
Foreign Office
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Cairo
Guerrilas
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Col
Cyril Banks
Banks
Atomic Pioneer Urges Deep Shelters for Civil Defense
Washington AP Dr Edward Teller father of the H bomb advocates a network of deep underground shelters to protect civilians in a future nuclear war. He envisions 1000 person capacity shelters in populated areas with food medicine and communications to endure the biggest blasts and fires. Teller argues passive defense could deter attacks by reducing casualties even under severe bombardment.
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Washington
Edward Teller
United States
Teller
Atomic Energy Commission
Thermonuclear Laboratory
Livermore
Calif
Air Force Association
Air Force
Flying Fish Use Fins Like Glider Wings
Smithsonian curator Dr Leonard P Schultz notes flying fishes lack wing muscles. Fins function as glider wings, letting oceanic species sail over 30 seconds at about 35 miles per hour while freshwater varieties sail only a few yards. Fishes are thin and hatchet shaped.
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Washington
Leonard P. Schultz
Smithsonian Institution
Dye-Feed Tests Link Hen Diet to Egg Yolks Colors
Researchers at a feed company add vegetable dyes to hen feed to prove to farmers that a hen's diet changes yolk color. The dyed feed yields eggs with green purple or red yolks to illustrate diet impact.
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ST. Louis
Grace Kelly Tops 1956 Woman Newsmaker Poll
Grace Kelly crowned headline champ of 1956 as top woman news personality in Associated Press poll. The royal marriage to Prince Rainier and imminent heir birth fueled year’s coverage, with Babe Zaharias, Françoise Sagan, Clare Boothe Luce and Julie Andrews among other named winners.
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Grace Kelly
Hollywood
Associated Press
Prince Rainier
Monaco
Elizabeth II
Margaret of
Britain
Royal Air Force
Peter Townsend
Babe Zaharias
Galveston
Tex
Charles Ulrich Bay
United States
Norway
New York Stock Exchange
A. M. Kidder and Co
Francoise Sagan
Sorbonne
E. P. Dutton and Co
Pat Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Oklahoma City
Clare Boothe Luce
Italy
Eisenhower
Louise Seyler
Los Angeles
Julie Andrews
Eliza Doolittle
Shaw
New Year Firing Marks Budapest Start
Bursts of gunfire punctuated Budapest’s New Year as Soviet troops guard key sites. Rumors of casualties proved unfounded while revelry was dampened by a six hour curfew and tanks on the Danube. Western diplomats boycott Istvan Dobi’s reception amid a Russian backed regime.
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Budapest
Radio
Danube
Istvan Dobi
NATO
India
Argentina
Israel
Finland
Austria
Switzerland
Sweden
Juri Andropov
Soviet Union reports 1956 industrial gains in Russia
Moscow claims industrial production in the Russian federation reached eight percent above 1955 levels. An official report says all industries in the area exceeded their 1956 quotas.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Russian Federation
Soviet Russia
US Air Force moves Hungarian refugees under Operation Safe Haven
The operation nears completion as 232 refugees depart Munich New Year's Day, including expectant mothers and some wounded, bringing total shipped to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey to 9,547 of 21,500 planned for haven in the United States. Hungarians continue crossing the Austrian border with about 960 attempting the trek in icy winds on New Year's Eve.
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U.S. Air Force
Munich
United States
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Hall Resignation Report Is Denied
Washington officials deny reports that Leonard W. Hall would resign as national chairman this month. GOP publicity director Richard Gaylay says there is no substance to the resignation claim based on a personal conversation with Hall. White House press secretary James C. Hagerty also denied knowledge of any resignation plan.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Leonard W. Hall
Hall
Richard Gaylay
GOP
Gaylay
James C. Hagerty
White House
Turkish Quads Win $860 Prize
In Izmir four siblings named Liberty Justice Fraternity and Equality, Turkey's only quadruplets, won a bank depositor prize of about $800. Born July 1950 to Ayshe Susuzlu, their family notes Liberty is a boy with the other three girls. The birth marked the anniversary of Turkey's constitutional proclamation.
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Izmir
Turkey
Liberty, Justice, Fraternity, and Equality
Ayshe Susuzlu
Liberty
Urkey
Record shows 16 women in 85th Congress
Frances Lewine reports the 85th Congress opens with 16 women members, the highest ever, including Sen. Margaret Chase Smith and Rep. Frances Bolton. The roster splits 1 senator and 15 representatives from Republicans and Democrats, with key committee roles and proposed equal rights measures highlighted.
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Frances Lewine Washington
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate
House of Representatives
Vera Buchanan
D-Penn
Congress
Sen. Smith
Armed Services
House Foreign Affairs
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
Marguerite Church
R-N
Edna F. Kelly
DNY
Katherine St. George
R-Ny
Veterans’ Affairs
Edith Nourse Rogers
R-Mass
Women In Congress
Skowhegan
House
Lyndhurst
Evanston
Ill
Cecil Harden
Covington
Ind
Post Office
Civil Service
Lowell
Mass
Veterans Affairs
Katharine St. George
Tuxedo Park
N.Y
Florence P. Dwyer
Elizabeth
N. J
Iris Blitch
Homerville
Public Works
Kathryn Granahan
Philadelphia
Martha W. Griffiths
Detroit
Mich
Edith Green
Portland
Ore
Elizabeth Kee
Bluefield
W. Va
Brooklyn
Coya Knutson
Okloe
Minn
Gracie Prost
Nampa
Idaho
Leonor Sullivan
St. Louis
Erskine Career Ascends From Danville to Dodgers Fame
Carl Erskine rose from Danville Illinois to the Dodgers organization and Fort Worth in 1948, then joined the parent club, winning six NL games that year. The Jaycees plan to honor him at an upcoming banquet. He lives at 1830 W 10th St with Betty and children Danny Gary Susan Diane. Mexico reports 1 800 000 invalids and Mars atmosphere is thinner than Everest summit.
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Page One
Erskine
Brooklyn Dodger
United States Navy
Danville
Ill
Dodgers
Fort Worth
Texas
Anderson Hurler
Dodger
International Baseball Fame
The
Jaycees
Carl
W. 10Th St
Betty
Danny
Gary
Susan Diane
Deaths in Madison and Nearby Counties
Nicholas J. Smith 84 of Daleville died Sunday at home. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Polhemus and Shirey Funeral Home with Rev. E. R. Osborne officiating. Burial in Sunderland Cemetery east of Daleville. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Daleville
Nicholas J. Smith
Polhemus and Shirey
E. R. Osborne
Dalevill
Sunderland
Christmas Highway Trends Highlight Fewer Cars and Caution
A slowed fee cessation campaign eased travel, resulting in fewer cars on highways than Christmas. Clear weather prevailed nationwide, contrasting with prior snow and sleet. Drivers drank less during the New Year period and exercised extra caution. The Christmas highway massacre's shock remains foremost.
East German crisis tied to looming Moscow visit
East German developments run in parallel with a January Moscow trip by Chinese Premier Chou En-lai. Western observers see a gathering of Communist leaders as a likely outcome, with Chou expected to discuss Hungary with the Kremlin. East Germans fear a Hungary style spark could spread to their country. Chou halted a Southeast Asian tour in New Delhi to return to Peiping for his Moscow mission.
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Moscow
Chou En-lai
Chou
Kremlin
Hungary
Poland
East Germany
New Delhi
Peiping
Khrushchev Shifts On Stalinism and Yugoslavia Policy
Khrushchev, quoted in Rude Pravo and echoed by neutral diplomats, has reversed his stance on Stalin and Yugoslavia. He warned that unilateral “different paths to socialism” will harm socialist fraternity. New Times questions Yugoslavia’s socialist status amid U S aid and a shift toward independence from Moscow.
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Khrushchev
Hospital Dismissals List From St Johns Hospital
Dismissed from St Johns Hospital were Mrs Mary Slick of 423 W 5th and Mrs Charles Kay and son Rt. Mrs Jack Summers and daughter of Alexandria. Mrs James Lippman and daughter 405 W 6th St. Mrs William Johnson and son of Alexandria. Mrs John Boone and daughter 123 W 16th St. Mrs Lois Clark of Alexandria. Mrs Eva Sullivan 1103 Broadway. Robert Estes Jr 125 W Oak St. Tom Hammond 320 W 9th.
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St. John’s Hospital
Mary Slick
Jack Summers
Alexandria
James Lippman
W. 6Th St
William Johnson
John Boone
W. 16Th St
Lois Clark
Eva Sullivan
Broadway
Robert Estes Jr
W. Oak
Cheshire Miller obituary and funeral notices
Chester L Miller 61 a former Anderson resident died at Gibbons Hospital Celina Ohio after six months illness He lived in Anderson 1923 1951 worked at Delco Remy Dietzens Bakery and D L Machine Shop He is survived by widow Lucy three sons Paul Donald and Carl three daughters Vera Dorotha and Betty and several grandchildren Funeral services set for 10 am Thursday at Vale Funeral Home Celina with graveside rites at Memorial Park Cemetery 2 pm Rev Wilbur Day to preside Also funeral services for Mary Greenspan 76 who died Sunday at daughter Dan Rossins home 1733 W 11th St will be held at 2 pm today at Harold E Rozelle Funeral Home Rabbi Maurice Davis to officiate Interment in East Maplewood Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Chester L. Miller
Anderson
Gibbons Hospital
Celina
Ohio
Mr. Miller
Delco-Remy
Dietzen’s Bakery
D. and L
Lucy
Paul L. Miller
Donald Miller
Marion
Carl Miller
Vera Blake
Chippewa Lake
Mich
Dorotha Havermale
Betty McElroe
Vale Funeral Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
Wilbur Day
Noble Street Methodist Church
Mary Greenspan
Dan Rossin
W. 11Th St
Harold E. Rozelle
Maurice Davis
Indianapolis
Rites for Mrs. Noltie F. Johnson Held Thursday
Mrs. Noltie F. Johnson 52 of 1326 Central Ave died Monday at St. John’s Hospital. Funeral services were set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Harold E. Rozelle Funeral Home with Dr. W. H. Bransford of First Methodist Church officiating. Burial followed at East Maple. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Noltie F. Johnson
Central Ave
St. John's Hospital
Harold E. Rozelle
W. H. Bransford
First Methodist Church
East Maplewood Cemetery
Funeral rites for Mrs Eunice Morrow set Friday
Mrs Eunice Elizabeth Morrow a 55 year old died Monday night at St John s Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10 a m Friday at Baker Brothers Funeral Home with Rev Kenneth Losh officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery with visitation after 7 p m this evening.
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Eunice Morrow
Eunice Elizabeth Morrow
St. John’s Hospital
Baker Brothers Funeral Home
Kenneth Losh
Memorial Park Cemetery
Nye Services for GM Official H E Nye in Tucson
Funeral services for H E Bill Nye a General Motors official die Sunday in Tucson Arizona will be at 2 PM Friday at the ee Funeral Home with Rev don Petry of the First Church of the Brethren presiding Burial is in East Maplewood Cemetery The body arrives in Anderson this evening and will be at the funeral home for visiting Thursday afternoon Final rites for John Gluck treasurer of the Anderson Labor Temple who died Monday at Mercy Hospital Hamilton Ohio will be at 9 AM Thursday at St Marys Catholic Church Rev Francis Kienly will officiate Burial in East Maplewood Catholic section The body goes to Waltz and Hiday Funeral Home for visiting after 1 PM today
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H. E
Bill) Nye
General Motors
Tucson
Ariz
Don Petry
First Church of the Brethren
East Maplewood
Anderson
John Gluck
Anderson Labor Temple
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Ohio
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Francis Kienly
East Maplewood Cemetery
Waltz and Hiday Funeral Home
Plane Silencer Reduces Plane Noise In Flight Tests
A newly developed 35 pound electronic device smooths and quiets air travel by synchronizing propeller pitch and speed in multiengine aircraft. The manufacturer claims cabin noise drops to levels that would need 800 pounds of soundproofing.
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New York
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Dick Hyland
Herald
Atomic Pioneer
Dorothy Roe
Associated Press Woman’s Editor
Carl Erskine
Mexico
Mt. Everest
Seles
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Massengill’s
8Th St
Madison
Stalinist
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