Voters Assembly Names Elders and Committees at Christ Lutheran
The Voters Assembly at Christ Lutheran Church approved nominations for the Board of Elders and two congregational committees. Names include Hugo Schlensker as temporary chairman and Ernie Brunow on the elders plus a lengthy list on the Call Committee. Special collections for Valparaiso University on Jan 29 and the Lutheran Hour on Feb 26 were authorized. Rev Raymond A. Ernst announced the first Lent service on Ash Wednesday February 15 at 7 pm.
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Board of Elders
Voters Assembly
Christ Lutheran Church
21St
Main Sts
Charles W. Bailey
Hugo Schlensker
Fahrmel Warner
Clarence Nahrwold
Edward Graser
Joseph Koob
William Fouts
Ernest Brunow
Albert W. Heiman
Esmond Riley
Ben Schaefer
Gerald Schlensker
Edgar Luther
Robert Muller
Henry Pate
Jack Raper
Richard Merrill
Ed Tressel
Robert Jordan
Willis Brunow
Charles Muller
Vernon Needler
Robert Purdy
Raymond W. Raper
William Kleibecker
Harold Schakel
Raymond C. J
Valparaiso University
Lutheran Hour
501 More Prisoners Returned By Russia
In Herleshausen Germany the Russians repatriated 501 more World War II prisoners. The total freed exceeds 9626 promised last November. Red Cross officials say the operation may be near end though civilians may still be freed. Of the returnees 208 were sick and nearly 60 were on stretchers. one man died en route.
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Herleshausen
Germany
Red Cross
Russia
Billfold Loss Trips Burglary Suspect
Evansville Indiana report says a Kentucky man was charged with burglary of three billfolds after losing his own billfold at a burglary scene. Sheriff McDonald linked the billfold to James FE. Washington, 23, of Morganfield Kentucky, who admitted theft of the billfolds containing over $60. Washington waived extradition to face Circuit Court charges.
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Evansville
Ind
Frank McDonald
James FE
Washington
Morganfield
New Cherry Sue and Tomato Harrow Developed in Ottawa
Ottawa based Agriculture Department horticulturalists announce a new cherry called Sue and a new tomato named Harrow. Both varieties are described as more resistant to cracking than most existing varieties.
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Ottawa
Siamese Twin Girls Reported In Fair Condition
Siamese twin girls born to Mrs Leopold Marcotte of Hanover New Hampshire were placed in an incubator and listed in fair condition. The daughters weigh about seven pounds at birth and their mother, 25, is reported doing fine. No surgery plans were indicated by the physician.
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Hanover
N. H
Leopold Marcotte
Marcotte
Governor Craig and wife depart for Florida break
Governor Craig and his wife Kathryn leave Indianapolis by train for a two week rest in sunny Florida. The trip aims to help the chief executive recover from a virus lingering since before Christmas. Craig will address the Committee of 100 in Miami Beach Tuesday night.
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Indianapolis
Craig
Kathryn
Florida
Miami Beach
Cold Wave Devastates Florida Orchards Over Weekend
Mrs. Lucille Duprey aged 51 and her parakeet were found dead as gas from a kitchen stove and an electric heater burned in a single room. County Agent John Campbell notes farmers planned replanting with ground fertilizer while some abandoned fields until winter. Dade County losses reach 25 million dollars, Palm Beach and Broward total another 25 million, marking the era's worst farm disaster since 1895. Oranges and grapefruit escaped major damage though trees endure sub freezings nightly.
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Lucille Duprey
John Campbell
Dade
Miami
Palm Beach
Broward
Fort Lauderdale
Judge Orders Charged Him With Receiving Stolen Property
The judge ordered charges of receiving stolen property amid 42 alternative indictments rewording prior charges to close loopholes. McGinnis was not arraigned on the new indictments Monday, according to a district attorney spokesman.
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District Attorney's Office
McGinnis
Budget Pages Open Debate On Tax Cuts And Prosperity
Secretaries and lawmakers discuss a balanced budget amid hopes of later tax cuts. Secretary Humphrey signals revenue may be conservative yet not designed to conceal tax slashing aims. Senate leader Johnson cautions realism while Arends lauds Eisenhower budget management and potential tax relief, as Mahon signals cuts to foreign aid.
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Treasury
Humphrey
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
House
Leslie Arends
Illinois
Eisenhower
Sen
Potter
R-Mich
Rep
Mahon
D-Tex
Eisenhower Budget Aims Higher Spending and Farm Reform
The budget projects a 1957 surplus and debt reduction while increasing security outlays. It trims agriculture spending by 12 million and proposes a 60 million dollar annual tax cut on farm fuel. It funds missiles, atomic energy, foreign aid, and disarmament efforts, signaling continued defense and allied support.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Treasury
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Korea
Formosa
Pakistan
Turkey
State Department
Foreign Service
United States
Bombay Riots and State Split Debate Sparks Tension
Police patrol in jeeps as Bombay fears riots after November violence that left 12 dead and 266 wounded. Marathi speakers seek inclusion in a Marathi State, while Nehru plans a northern Gujarati State and a federally administered Bombay. Communists and left wing Socialists oppose the plan.
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Bombay
Nehru
New Delhi
New Witnesses Linked to Rardin Wedeking Meeting
Investigators James Brown and Maurice Stafford of the prosecutors office attended Tinder's discussion with Rardin, adding testimonies about the timing relative to last April meeting.
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Rardin-Wedeking
James Brown
Maurice Stafford
Prosenter
Tinder
Rardin
California Flood Cleanup After Weekend Storm
Flood peril eased by Sunday morning giving way to sun and warmth Monday. Colder in the high mountains slowed snowmelt reducing runoff into soggy valleys. Coast cleanup crews worked in dozens of locations after weekend flooding, recalling Christmas week disaster that left 62 dead and property losses likely above 500 million dollars.
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Page
California
San Francisco
Wapehani Girl Scout Council Elects Officers and Directors
The Wapehani Council formed for regional activities elected Mrs. Floyd Stoelting as treasurer for three years and Mrs. Earl Cascadden as secretary for one year. The meeting drew adult Girl Scout members from four counties and parts of two others. Directors include Alton Potts Miss Lucille Gaetle Norman Bradway and others. District chairmen and membership committee members were named, with a rotation plan for offices. The next session is in May with meetings planned for September and January. The new president Mrs. Skinner announced officials will meet in Anderson in February.
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Page One Dent
Floyd Stoelting
Edgewood
Anderson
Earl Cascadden
Lapel
Wapehani Girl Scout Council
Kikihawen and
Boy Scout Council
Alton Potts
Muncie
Lucille Gaetle
Gas City
Norman Bradway
Charles F. Hardy
Alvin Hendricks
John Kirwin
Union City
Ida Mae Waid
Carl Sandburg
Winchester
F. K. Lurber
Tipton
Everett Thresher
Ira Emminger
Roger Green
David Meeks
Howard Lamb
Elwood
Jack Staggenburg
Harry Weaver
Alexandria
Wapeham
Skinner
Retail group names new standing committee posts
The organization announced its annual standing committee assignments with over 200 of 225 members allocated. John Kirkman as chairman and Clair Call as vice chairman outlined plans for Dollar Days, a special event scheduled later this year.
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John Kirkman
Clair Call
Weather update notes slick roads and cold highs
The article blames Pace One for at least five deaths on snow slicked highways and pavements. It reports highs from 30 in the north to 20 in the south, with overnight lows near 20 upstate and 11 above in the south. Wednesday highs are forecast 20 to 28. Snowfall ranged about one inch in the Midwest and about three inches in the northern state.
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Pace
Midwest
General Motors Forecasts Record 1956 Auto Year
GM president predicted 1956 will be a record year with full employment and a rising gross national product. He said the auto industry would achieve the second best production and sales in its history, aiming for 7.5 million U.S. vehicles and about 8.35 million worldwide with Canada and exports included.
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Canada
General Motors
General Motors Motorama Set for Five-City Tour Debut
At a luncheon with 500 executives General Motors president spoke on 1955 earnings and sales, noting all time records with dollar sales above 12 billion. He announced the 1956 Motorama tour opening with its national debut at the Waldorf on January 19 through January 24.
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Curtice
General Motors Motorama
General Motors
Gun collector Robert Wilson damaged by hit and run loot loss
Police said Robert Wilson of Bethel Pike four miles east of Alexandria reported $3,000 in loot from his home Saturday night. Wilson, a gun collector with many hunting weapons, saw a strange car leave his property as he arrived. the vehicle allegedly tried to run him down, then struck a tree and sustained minor damage.
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Robert Wilson
Bethel Pike
Alexandria
Wilson
Neff Indicted for First Degree Murder in Wife’s Death
Robert Neff was returned on a fugitive warrant from Prosecutor Melvin Thornburg and Circuit Judge Stewart. Coroner Fred Hiday stated Mrs. Neff died of internal hemorrhage from blows to head and body, found in bed at the Neff home. After grand jury session, Neff was indicted for first degree murder and has been held without bond in the county jail.
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Melvin Thornburg
Stewart
Fred Hiday
Neff
Crashes on Ind 67 Cause Injuries and Vehicle Damage
Four men from Pade One were involved in a crash with one party at fault per State Trooper Paul Asa. In a separate Ind 67 collision west of Ingalls Virgo Dunn of Muncie suffered multiple injuries after skidding into a truck. Carl Schmitt of Muncie and Jean Wrigley of West 38th Street were injured in another icy pavement crash near the reformatory. Several minor accidents without injuries were also reported.
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Ingalls
Virgo Dunn
Muncie
Aubrey Snider
Dunn
Melcher
St. John's Hospital
Snider
Carl Schmitt
Jean Wrigley
W. 38Th St
St. John’s Hospital
Vatican and press clash as Hungarian court sentences reporters
A communique warns Catholics to avoid Communist support while a Hungarian military court jailed United Press and Associated Press correspondents in Budapest for spying and rebellion. Ilona Nyilas received three years and Endre Marton six years. two U.S. embassy members were also sentenced.
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Vatican News
Communist Party
United Press
Associated Press
Budapest
Radio Budapest
Llona Nyilas
Endre Marton
Dulles defended by Smith as election heat rises
Senator Alexander Smith (R N J) backed Secretary Dulles amid Democrats claims of a political dust storm. He said Eisenhower Dulles kept peace, inherited wartime tensions, and warned against misinterpretation harming U.S. standing. Nixon noted Dulles may adjust political speaking during the campaign if needed.
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Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Smith
Senate
Dulles
Secretary Dulles
Nixon
Other Defendants Also Given Prison Terms in Case
The report states that other defendants were sentenced to prison terms but did not name or identify them, signaling additional penalties linked to the case without listing individual names.
Army Secretary Brucker affirms strength of U S Army
Wilber M. Brucker told the National Sojourners that the Army remains essential to national security despite atomic era weapons. He asserted the Army can fight any enemy, anywhere, anytime, and will bear the war’s brunt. Governor George Craig predicted Republicans will elect a governor and re-elect Eisenhower this year at a Republican Veterans dinner.
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ARMY
Wilber M. Brucker
America
Brucker
National Sojourners
George Craig
Eisenhower
Craig
State Fairgrounds
Republican Veterans of
Indiana
Veterans’ Group
Mrs Marion R Cleveland Plans Petition Drive Against Knowland
Chicago widow Mrs Marion R Cleveland says she will file petitions to oppose Knowland before week’s end. She sues as a conservative Republican aligned with We the People and the Abraham Lincoln National Republican Club, though officials deny any club connection.
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Page One
Eisenhower
Marion R. Cleveland
Chicago
Knowland
Anderson Obituaries Highlight Athens Death of Angeline Pancol
Relatives report Angeline S Pancol 92 died last Saturday in Athens Greece widow of Sophocles Pancol who died in 1947 She lived with daughter Frosini Tentoma in Athens since 1947 and is mother to Pete Nick and Gus Pancol of Anderson Surviving grandchildren number 16 with four in Athens and seven great grandchildren The Pancol couple first came to Anderson in 1936 returned to Greece in 1937 and visited Anderson again before World War II
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Athens
Greece
Angeline S. Pancol
Sophocles Pancol
Pancol
Anderson
Death of Ollie Roberson at 88 in Mt Summit
Joe Roberson reports his mother Ollie Roberson died Saturday night in Mt Summit at age 88. widow of Warren Roberson she had been ill months. Service set for today at 3 30 p m burial in Mt Summit Cemetery. She was Primitive Baptist Church member. Survived by daughter Mrs Lester Kern New Castle and four sons Harry San Antonio Leroy Washington D C.
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Joe Roberson
Mt. Summit
Ollie Roberson
Warren Roberson
Mercer
New Castle
Roberson
Primitive Baptist Church
Lester Kern
Harry
San Antonio
Tex
Leroy
Washington, D. C
Deaths In Madison And Nearby Counties
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Etta Gwinn 88 of Lapel will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at Fisher Brothers Funeral Home. The Rev Chester Grace will officiate with interment in Grove Lawn Cemetery Pendleton. She died Sunday at her Lapel home survived by son Ernest daughter Hazel Troutman seven grandchildren nine great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Pallbearers are Arthur Busby Herschell Ellingwood Edgar Turner Walter Wertz Howard Carpenter and Ivan Prather.
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Emma Jane Groves
Stephen Genda
Scatterfield
Albright Funeral
W. H. Bransford
First Methodist Church
East Maplewood
Walter Groves
Shoals
Mary Etta Gwinn
Lapel
Fisher Brothers Funeral
Chester Grace
Lapel Eub Church
Grove Lawn
Pendleton
Ernest Gwinn
Hazel Troutman
Arthur Busby
Herschell Ellingwood
Edgar Turner
Walter Wertz
Howard Carpenter
Ivan Prather
Final rites set for Mrs Kathryn Fausset Spiceland
Mrs. Kathryn Fausset 71 wife of Dr J K Fausset died Sunday in a New Castle nursing home after a lingering illness. Funeral services Wednesday at 10 a m at Moffitt Schweitzer Funeral Home with Rev Kenneth Pickering officiating. Burial in Gravel Lawn Cemetery Fortville. Survivors: husband two sons six grandchildren five great grandchildren and a sister.
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Kathryn Fausset Spiceland
Kathryn Fausset
J. K. Fausset
Here
New Castle
Moffitt- Schweitzer
Kenneth Pickering
Gravel Lawn
Fortville
Quartz Silicate Adhesives Spread Across U S and Canada
A Philadelphia based firm traces the history of silicate adhesives from early experiments to industrial use with corrugated boxes. It lists plants in Anderson Indiana, Chester Pennsylvania, and multiple locations including Baltimore Jeffersonville Kansas City Rahway St Louis Utica and a Primos laboratory. Associate operations include Philadelphia Quartz Company of California and National Silicates Limited with a new Valleyfield plant planned for 1956.
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Tory
S. 2Nd St
Philadelphia
Midwest
Anderson
Chester
Buffalo
India Begins Car Exports as Hindustan Lands New Tracks
India ends a 50 year import run and starts exporting autos led by Hindustan Motors. Five Hindustan Landmasters were shipped to Ceylon last weekend as the company eyes business in Colombo.
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India
Calcutta
Hindustan Motors
Ceylon
Hindustan
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Wilbur V. Day
Noble Street Methodist Church
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Oliver A. Bussell
Claude Bussell
Henry County Hospital
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Mt. Summit Christian
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Hiday
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