Soviet plan to allow multiple candidates on ballots debated
Foreign Communist sources report Moscow weighing a shift to more than one candidate per race beginning at local Soviets and moving upward as part of a post Stalin drive to humanize the regime. Western diplomats note mixed effects on popularity since candidates would still be party chosen. Izvestia prints a call for broader parliamentary democracy amid a Senate Republican Policy Committee briefing accusing Communists of backing Democrats. Nationalist Chinese in Formosa reject a Communist proposal to abandon arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Izvestia
Moscow
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Claude Lightfoot
Timneis
Bear Boss Dominates Secret Radar Site Work Crew
In Halifax a 450 pound brown bear disrupts a hidden mid Canada radar station site. Immune to gunfire, the beast evades threats and chases workers who placed a can of garbage 100 yards offshore on thin ice. A helicopter attempt failed as the bear swam back and asserted control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N.S
mid-Canada
Want Ad Turns Quick Profit For Sellers
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Monroe Township Group Seeks New High School
A petition drive by 1,225 Monroe Township residents seeks a new township high school with funding via a holding corporation. The effort cites 70 percent of signed residents and outlines plans to retire bonds and use a building levy for Cunningham School improvements. No architect named. cost estimated around 500000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Township Group
Seeking New High School
Alexandria
Monroe Township
Jesse Biddle
Jason Grose
Raymond Davis
Orestes
Don Nash
John Ellis
Virgil Sparks
Clem Millspaugh
Herman Manning
Howard Hartwell
W. B Bryan
Otto Gaines
Harry Stevens
Davis
Gaines
Anderson Herald
New Township High School
Cunningham School
Alexandria High School
Indiana University
Grose
Cunningham
Page One
Tee
Most Herald Departments Closed For Holiday
The Herald announces most departments will be closed today with newsroom hours curtailed. Society, accounting, classified and display advertising and circulation are shut all day. News staff will be on duty after 7:30 p.m. calls to the news department should wait until then. The Thursday edition will be delivered on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Society
The
Indiana Guard Units Prepare for Camp McCoy Training
National Guard detachments from Anderson Alexandria New Castle and Richmond will convoy to Camp McCoy Wisconsin to join main bodies for two weeks of field training with the 151st Infantry and the 38th Infantry Division. Over 10 000 Indiana Guardsmen will participate in the exercise with staggered departures beginning Saturday morning and lasting into Sunday night.
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National Guard
Anderson
Camp McCoy
Wis
Alexandria
New Castle
Richmond
Wisconsin Training Center
New Milford
Ill
Battlion
Company D
151St Infantry
38Th Infantry Division
Indiana
Lions To Present Club History at Noon Meeting
Anderson Lions Club members will present a history program at the noon meeting in the YMCA. Luther Elsen, the new president, will preside, with William Watson serving as program chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Lions Club
YMCA
Luther Elsen
William Watson
Home Girl Was Top Choice For A June Bride
County records show 134 marriage licenses issued in June at the office of County Clerk Joseph H. Armington. Of these, 61 grooms chose brides who worked at home, followed by 38 brides employed in offices or retail, 15 in factory work, 11 students, 5 shop workers, and 4 in professional fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Armington
Dan Cupid
Rain Halls Permits Crowds To Attend Free Fair Offerings
Mid afternoon rain dampened attendance at the Anderson Free Fair but by early evening clearing skies drew several thousand people. The fair runs all week and July 4 is expected to set a record with midway shows and a substantial race track bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Free Fair
Collision Of Two Airliners Before Crash Disclosed
Collision of two airliners before their crash is disclosed in a report. Dulles, in a congressional hearing, says Russia’s chances of starting a war are lower than a year ago though its economic capacity grows. He notes Soviet aid and a new look policy while Yugoslavia remains supported by the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
Russia
U.S
Yugoslavia
Tito
Soviet Union
Secretary of State
House Appropriations
Subcommittee
Otto E. Passman
Dsa
Closings And Holiday Plans On Independence Day Observed
No formal observance was planned in Anderson as the 180th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence led to widespread closings of banks offices and retail shops. Thousands planned to attend the Anderson Free Fair and family picnics at Shadyside Park and Mounds State Park with traffic safety warnings from authorities amid warm weather. Fireworks were scheduled at the Anderson Country Club as officials prepared for resumed activity on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Area
Anderson
Weather Bureau
Anderson Country Club
Nixon to visit Chiang Kai-shek in Formosa
Vice President Nixon will fly to Formosa on July 7 to meet Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in Taipei. President Eisenhower asked Nixon to accept during a Far East trip, with plans to also visit Manila for Philippine independence anniversary and Saigon for Ngo Dinh Diem’s government anniversary.
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Gettysburg
White House
Nixon
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Taipei
Eisenhower
Far East
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Chiang
Taiwan
Saigon
Manila
Ngo Dinh Diem
Williams And Roby Named To School Board
In a special session the Anderson City Council approved Mayor Ralph R. Ferguson’s nominations of Sidney Williams and Wilbur Roby to the Board of School Trustees to replace expiring terms. Williams, a drug company district manager and longtime community member, and Roby are set to assume posts on or shortly after August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson City Council
Ralph R. Ferguson
Anderson Board of School Trustees
Ferguson
Sidney Williams
W. 8Th St
Wilbur Roby
Sheridan St
Williams
Madison County
Elwood High School
Purdue University
School of Pharmacy
The
Hook Drug Company
First Methodist Church
Rotary Club
Masonic Lodge
Scottish Rite
Shriners
Hocket Post of
American Legion
40 and 8 Club
Hooks
Bus Strike Not Effective For Anderson Lines
Indianapolis report says strike affects only Trailways interstate buses of Weston Company not local Anderson lines. Art W. Kimm of 3020 Main St. notes local city drivers under separate contracts. Greyhound and A B C lines unaffected. The nationwide strike targets Southeastern Trailways and Indiana Railroad crews, not local Anderson bus services, with 28 drivers and maintenance workers involved.
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Anderson City
Art W. Kimm
Main St
Trailways Interstate Buses
Weston Company
Chicago
Indiana Railroad
Greyhound
A.B.C
Indianapolis
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway and
Anderson College Receives Ford Foundation Grant
Anderson College has received an 85000 check from The Ford Foundation, first payment of an endowment program giving 13000000 to 630 privately supported colleges and universities to raise faculty salaries. The gift marks the largest single philanthropic act in history, surpassing earlier 350 million dollars given since 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson College
Ford Foundation
United States
Wilson Refuses To Apologize For Statement
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson refused to apologize to Congress for his "phony" remark and urged Sen. Henry M. Jackson to apologize to him. The row occurred during three days of Senate armed services subcommittee testimony on American versus Russian air power, with Chairman Stuart Symington warning against misleading statements by either side.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Congress
Senate
Wilson
Senate Committee
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Subcommittee
Symington
Defense Department
United States
New Arrivals at St. Johns Hospital Parents Named
At St Johns Hospital newborns include eight girls and two boys. Dr. and Mrs William Conrad welcome a daughter at 1307 West 29th Street. Mr and Mrs George Pursley greet a daughter from 508 Park Avenue. Merrill Bear and wife announce a daughter of 3907 Haverhill Drive. Richard Badgley and spouse welcome a daughter from 3613 Henry Street. Oscar Perry and wife celebrate a daughter at 1221 West 14th Street. Charles Roberts and spouse greet a daughter from 2315 Pearl Street. Stanford Falender and wife welcome a son at 2623 West 18th Street. William Jones and wife announce a son from 2003 West 18th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Hospital
William Conrad
29Th St
George Pursley
Park Ave
Merrill Bear
Haverhill Dr
Richard Badgley
Henry St
Oscar Perry
14Th St
Charles Roberts
Pearl St
Stanford Falender
W. 18Th St
William Jones
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Lions
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Homer E. Capehart
Harold W. Handley
Marilyn Monroe
Arthur Miller
Roxbury
Mass
White Plains
N.Y
Grand Canyon Village
Ariz
Grand Canyon
Trans-World
United
Colorado River
Byrd Ryland
Shelby McCauley
Flagstaff
McCauley
TWA
United Plane
Temple Butte
Cococino County
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ryland
CAB
Chaing
Williams and
Roby
A. C
Ford
Anderson and Vicinity
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