Anderson Chamber Directors Meet to Discuss Summer Programs
Members of the Anderson Chamber of Commerce board held a regular monthly session at Farris Cafeteria last evening. They reviewed the Mayor's Advisory Committee water program report and welcomed new members including Ralph M Gardner and Herbert A Kallenberg. The directorship will convene next on August 27 at an unannounced location.
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Anderson Chamber of Commerce
Farris
Ralph Ferguson
Ralph M Gardner
Griffith Jones
Jones Manufacturing Company
Herbert A. Kallenberg
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Harold E. Norris
Norris
Leo Provence
Provence and Son
Don H. Skeech
Skeoch Roofing Company
R. H. Bowsher
Terre Haute
State Security Life Insurance Company
Holiday Observance Delays Herald News Desk
The Herald will be closed all day Wednesday for the holiday with news staff on duty after 7 30 p m Wednesday. Calls about news items should wait until after that time. Both Wednesday and Thursday editions will be delivered as usual.
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The
Herald
News Department
Handley Fired Key GOP Aide Amid Indiana Faction Turmoil
Handley removed William B. O Connell Chicago publicity man paid 800 dollars monthly by the GOP State Committee as Craig s press agent and a leading figure in the stop Handley campaign. Thomas Mahaffey Jr of Indianapolis also faces ouster as treasurer while Ralph F Gates appears secure for national committeeman and Cecil Harden s future is in doubt. Millis may be offered a post as Handley weighs keeping or replacing revenue chief, with two Indianapolis workers dismissed as jobs were abolished.
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William B. O'Connell
Chicago
GOP
State Committee
Craig
Thomas Mahaffey Jr
Indianapolis
H. Dale Brown
Handley
Ralph F. Gates
Columbia City
Cecil M. Harden
Covington
Millis
Frank Millis
Justine Carpenter
Olive Bowers
Gross Income Tax Division
State Revenue Department
John Peters
Youth Sunday Vespers Planned by Local Churches
The Rev. Joseph Espegh and Rev. Philbrook lead youth services on July 15 with choir and Eagles Band performances directed by Raymond Rencenger. A cooperative effort includes numerous area churches and a committee of named volunteers coordinating the event.
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Fifth Street Methodist
Joseph Espegh
North Anderson
Indiana budget shifts raise salaries and fund state institutions
Philip L. Conklin was named deputy budget director at 8660 a year after King becomes director. The budget committee boosted welfare director salaries in Lake and Marion counties to 600 825 monthly and raised librarian scales by 25 to 90 monthly. Allocations fund Reformatory repairs 29000 and road work 18000 at Ball State and 100000 at Indiana State Teachers College plus staff housing at Logansport Hospital and 2100 for the School for the Blind residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip L. Conklin
King
Donald H. Clark
Indiana University
Lake and
Marion Counties
Indiana Reformatory
Ball State Teachers College
Indiana State Teachers College
Logansport
Canyon Crash Witnesses Describe Difficult Rescue Operation
Acting Coroner Shelby McCauley and a team of 13 including four medics and a CAB inspection crew survived in canyon shelter as rescuers retrieved bodies from the two plane wrecks. Capt Walter Spriggs noted the retrievable bodies and bad winds complicating helicopter lifts while CAB planned a public hearing on cause, possibly in Los Angeles.
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Anderson Herald
Shelby McCauley
Joe Whatley
Civilian Aeronautics Board
Walter Spriggs
Byrd Ryland
Grand Canyon National Park
CAB
Washington
Los Angeles
National Guard
Flagstaff
Ariz
TWA
United Air Lines
UAL
United Airliner
Air Force
James Spearman
Clovis
N.M
United
Chicago
Kansas City
Jack Gandy
Mission
Kan
CAA
Gandy
Local Boy Dies in Modoc Family Honors Library Fund
David Rice, a young neighborhood carrier for The Anderson Herald, died in Modoc Indiana from accidental electrocution. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Ensley Vanderburg of West Point Indiana announced a floral fund supporting a David Rice Library Fund for the new 25th Street School building to buy library books. The boy’s father works at Delco Remy Plant Three.
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C. L. Rice
Modoc
Ind
Ensley Vanderburg
Westpoint
Delco-Remy
Fred Hiday
David Rice
25Th Street
David
Anderson Herald
Storm delays rescue at Grand Canyon wreckage
Search teams recovered five bodies as fierce winds halted rescue work near Grand Canyon National Park. A helicopter and a civilian plane narrowly avoided collision above the canyon while winds rose to near gale velocity. Survivors had reached wreckage before the storm intensified.
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Grand Canyon National Park
Anderson Indiana Traffic Ordinance amends parking and signals
Ordinance No 2293 updates traffic control for Anderson Indiana. It requires automatic signals at Third Street Madison Avenue Milton Avenue High Street Twenty Ninth Street Meridian Street. Parking bans apply on Madison Cedar 20th Lincoln streets. One way south Meridian and north Main extended to 23rd Street. Yield signs added at multiple intersections. Effective after passage, mayoral approval, and publication.
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Anderson
Indiana
Madison County
Third Street
Madison Ave
Milton Avenue
High Street
Twenty Ninth Street
Meridian Street
Madison Avenue
Hazelett Street
Nichol Avenue
Cedar Street
West 16Th Street
West 19Th Street
20Th Street
Central Avenue
Main Street
Lincoln Street
14Th Street
New York Central Railroad
West 23Rd Street
Crystal Street
Iroquois Drive
Seminole Drive
Appache Street
Dakota Street
City of
Jesse L. Huntzinger
Common Council
Ernest Coburn
Indiana Gross Income Tax Revenue Rises in 1955-56
Indiana gross income tax collections for the 1955-56 fiscal year reached a record $118,297,907, up by more than $12.6 million from the prior year. April through July receipts exceeded last year’s quarter by over $1.6 million, totaling $19,172,716.
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Indianapolis
IIP
Indiana
Hoosier Hydrangea Heat and Pool Hours
Mrs Lulu Lind of 703 West 6th Street was taken to St Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis by Albright ambulances. About 700 people enjoyed swimming at Anderson municipal pool Athletic Park with daily hours 1 pm to 8 45 pm and no supper hour closings. Free swim for girls on Fridays 10 am to noon and boys on Tuesdays same hours. Weather notes report heat with a high 93 and low 73 at the Anderson Sewage Treatments plant station.
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Lulu Lind
W. 6Th St
St. Vincent's Hospital
Indianapolis
Albright
Anderson Municipal Pool
Athletic Park
George Slinkard
Anderson Parks
Indiana
Anderson Sewage Treatments Plant
U.S
Ticket Sales Arranged by Club for Grandstand Event
The Andersons Men's Club will run admission ticket sales for the grandstand while infield parking and community ticket duties are managed to ensure safety for plant personnel.
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Anderson's Men's Club
Wilson Defends U S Military Edge Amid Defense Debate
General defense row follows Eisenhower signing a 34.6 billion defense bill at Gettysburg where Hagerty notes no comment. Wilson, speaking to a Senate panel, rejects claims the U S is losing the air power race to the Soviet Union and asserts the B52 outruns and outperforms the Russian Bison bomber in speed radius and ceiling.
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Wilson
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
James C. Hagerty
Congress
Senate
America
Riteeia
Snowver Supreud
Curtis E. LeMay
Strategic Air Command
LeMay
Riot at Indiana Reformatory prompts statewide probe
Madison County Sheriff Joe Brogdon led ten deputies to the reform school after a Sunday riot wounded eight prisoners and two guards. Wounded were treated at St. Johns and Robert Long Hospital as the State Board of Correction opened a full inquiry into ringleaders and possible transfers, with possible loss of good behavior credits and penalties to be set by the disciplinary board.
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Soriel
Madison County
Joe Brogdon
Reformatory
Anderson
St. John's Hospital
Brown and Butz
Baker Brothers
Albright
Robert Long Hospital
Indianapolis
St. John's
J. Urbahns
St. John’s Hospital
Pendleton
Ind
State Board of Correction
Indiana Reformatory
Board of Correction
Explosion at Sylvania lab claims no nuclear danger
W E Kingston of Sylvania's atomic division says explosions in the wrecked metallurgical lab were not nuclear in nature despite radioactive material present. AEC officials report no significant radiation outside the building and radiation inside matches normal operating levels as cleanup begins.
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W.E. Kingston
Sylvania
Atomic Division
AEC
New York
Chesterfield Annexation Deferral and Local Paving Bid Award
Commissioners deferred a petition to annex 17 lots to Chesterfield. They signed a contract with Acme Paving for E 5th Street paving from Nursery Road to Range Line Road at 39 952.15, the lower bid. Bids on a low boy trailer were led by Truck Sales and Service at 2 995 with Reid Holcomb 4 040 Fleick Miller 3 719 83 and Miller Machine 3 781 83 winning the Indianapolis bids.
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Copher Motor Company
Hunter Motor Company
Chesterfield
Acme Paving Company
5Th St
Nursery Rd
Range Line
Indianapolis
Reid Holcomb Company
Fleick-Miller Company
Miller Machine Company
Juke Box Vending Club Raid Yields Whiskey Theft
Sheriff Brogdon reports $100 recovered after a break in at Lapel Legion juke box and cigarette vending area. Four men aged 22, 22, 23, and 34 were captured. whiskey and cigarettes stolen, bottle consumed. One man is a federal parole violator from Nashville, Tenn. All held for interrogation and investigation.
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Brogdon
Nashville
Olson Shows largest carnival at fair history
Large crowd rents grounds for Olson Shows at the fair with free admissions to parking and grandstand. Fair Board members Walter Patton and Kenneth Foust supervise concessions and delivery. Louie Dietzen and George Laman oversee security and parking operations. Walter Hughes sets a four night harness racing program with $11,800 in purses, the largest ever for the event. Mayor Ralph R. Ferguson and Mr. McCarel oversee administration. Post time tonight is 7 p.m. Anderson Junior Chamber members participate.
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Olson
Walter Patton
Kenneth Foust
Louie Dietzen
George Laman
Walter Hughes
Ralph R. Ferguson
McCarel
Anderson Junior Chamber of Commerce
Steel strike halts vast US industry amid prestrike talks
Railroads announce furloughs affecting 5 000 B and O workers and 18 000 on Pennsylvania lines as unions strike to back a new contract. Tow boats and barges idle along inland waters while isolated pickets gather at steel mills. Negotiations with USW President McDonald and industry negotiator Stephens continue as TFG seeks a long term wage package.
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Finnegan
USW
David J. McDonald
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel Corp
Asst
Clyde Mills
Robert H. Moore
McDonald
Stephens
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York Central Railroad
Cold War Tensions Rise Across Europe and Soviet Policy Shifts
TEMPO marshjold notes Polish capital impresses him as Central Hungarian Communist warns against anti government rioting with a vow to use full force. Lenin accused Stalin of brutal bias toward minorities in newly released documents from the 20th Congress. State Department says hydrogen bomb era prompts a more subtle flexible Soviet foreign policy approach, described by C Burke Elbrick at an Indiana University conference.
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Communist
Hungarian Workers Party
Radio
Budapest
Poznan
Hungary
V. I. Lenin
Josef Stalin
Stalin
State Department
Communist Party
Moscow
Lenin
Bloomington
C. Burke Elbrick
Indiana University
Elbrick
Tallahassee Bus Company Plans Weekend Service Shutdown
The City Bus Co of Tallahassee Florida, strained by a five week Negro boycott, prepared to suspend service last weekend until Tallahassee voters decide whether Negroes or whites run the town. The city rejected demands to end segregated seating while Negroes rejected a plan to allow segregation on only three white reserved seats on a mostly Negro run line.
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City Bus CO
Tallahassee
Fla
Negro Inter-Civic Council
Anderson Obituaries Highlights From Local Notices
Obituaries report the deaths of Bessie Marie Price 58 of 907 Silver St died after a heart attack at the Anderson Free Fair and was taken to St John s Hospital then Baker Brothers Funeral Home. Survivors include her son George and two daughters with multiple relatives. Also Rose Rella Jones 82 of 2242 Broadway died at home and services will be in Sells and Rowe Funeral Home with interment in City Cemetery Columbus. Other notices list Charles Elgin Sexton William Smith Chester A Talmage Kenneth Leon Bennett Catherine Reitzel and relatives with funeral arrangements.
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Bessie Marie Price
Silver St
Anderson Free Fair
St. John’s Hospital
Albright
Baker Brothers Funeral
Rose Rella Jones
Broadway
Sells and Rowe
George Harris
East Lynn Christian Church
City Cemetery
Columbus
Ind
Jones
Anderson
A. B. Reeves
Reeves Manufacturing Company
Robert E. Jones
Indianapolis
Order of Eastern Star
the Home Demonstration Club
James R. Melson
Robert E. Jones Jr
Alabama
Charles Elgin Sexton
Rt. 1
Sells and Rowe Funeral Home
Morristown
Sexton
Huntsville
Delco-Remy Division
William Smith
Pearl St
Garfield Steedman
Lapel Methodist Church
Brookside Cemetery
Lapel
Chester A. Talmage
Meridian St
Rahbek
Brown and Butz
Waltz and Hiday
Monroe G. Schuster
Central Christian Church
Mt. Pleasant
Daleville
Talmage
Ruth Shawhan
Irene Talmage
Branch Purnell
Muncie
William F
Portland
Ore
Harry
Memorial Park
Kenneth Leon Bennett
James Bennett
Walton St
St. John's Hospital
Baker Brothers Funeral Home
Ivan Settles
Catherine Reitzel
Hamilton
Noblesville
B. 0. DeVaney
Harold Reitzel
Leatherman and Morris
Tipton
Harold Christman
Atlanta Christian Church
Yorktown
Earl Kennedy
Rt. 4
Harold Taylor
Orlando
Fla
Taylor
Richman and Prillaman
Beech Grove
Bonnie Harrath
Glen Cove
N.Y
Joe
Keith Duncan
Nadas
Fairmount
Marie Bernice (Strup) Jent
Deaths in Madison and nearby counties
Multiple notices report deaths in Madison County and nearby areas. Alvan B. Lawson of Fishersburg dies at 67 with funeral at Fisher Brothers. O Lemuel Clark 83 of Noblesville and Anna Mary Roberts 60 of Anderson are also remembered with services and burials planned in local cemeteries. Yorktown and Frankton figures are noted with services planned. updates include Harold Taylor of Orlando and Louisa Jane Foust of Elwood. Indiana State Police add 50 troopers to current force of 650 with assignments to East-West toll road area.
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Indianapolis
Monay
Traffic safety advice from highway captain
Traffic officials cite common causes of highway accidents and urge frequent rest stops. Motorists should not exceed average driving speed and cut speed by five mph on trips. Cars should be pulled off the road for picnics or sightseeing and not parked on narrow shoulders, curves, or hills. Before reentering traffic, check all directions, especially behind.
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Kline
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Madison
Alvan B. Lawson Lapel
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Marie Johnson
Alberta Dill
John and
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George McCarty
Duane K. Finch
Gravel Lawn Cemetery
Ann Mary Roberts
Anna Mary Roberts
Alexandria Pike
Coaltrin
M. E. Searles
Zimmer Cemetery
Mrs. Louisa Foust
Frankton
Louisa Jane Foust
Mercy Hospital
Elwood
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