Search for 2 Airmen Halted in Western Pacific
An intensive search for two Marine airmen was abandoned after eight days due to fog. Capt. H. P. Mon- son and Lt. W. Bell were aboard a Skynight that vanished near Oshima Island. Dozens of planes and ships scoured 85 000 square miles. two other airmen died in the search and three crewmates were rescued.
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Western Pacific
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Jackson
Miss
W. Bell
Wayzata
Minn
Charles H. Bell
Z ‘al Mills, Inc
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Cuntain
Alan ‘M McAneny
Yonkers
O Shima
James R. Day
Minneapolis
4 H Premiums At State Fair Are $38 014
Indiana state fair 1955 runs Aug 31 to Sept 9 with 4 H premiums totaling 38014 dollars. The booklet features 4 H work and champions. Facilities on fairgrounds host classes and daily judging of divisions including clothing crafts and homemaking. Entry closes Aug 15 via County Agriculture Agent.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Fair Board
Indiana
Ft. Knox Commander Transferred to Pentagon
The Defense Department announced Maj. Gen. George W. Read Jr., commander of the Armored School Center at Ft. Knox, Ky., will be moved to the Pentagon within the month for new duties. A spokesman could not specify his future Army role and a formal transfer and Read's Ft. Knox successor will be announced soon.
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Washington
Defense Department
George W. Read Jr
Armored School Center
Ft. Knox
Pentagon
Read
Middletown High Enters 1955 State Fair Band Parade
Middletown High School will participate in the Indiana State Fair band parade and contest at the fairgrounds on Sept 1. The Middletown band, directed by James Osman, will be No 68 with 56 members in the contest. Nancy Redding, Jr. will perform horn in the Mid Summers Music Festival at Ball State in Muncie.
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Middletown
Middletown High School
Fairgrounds
James Osman
Nancy Redding
Ball State
Muncie
Redding
Harry Miller
Joe Shoemaker
Cincinnati
Ohio
Turncoat Yanks Leaving China
Three American former Korean War prisoners who chose to stay in Red China will return to U S control and be handed to British Red Cross at the Hong Kong frontier on July 9. Lewis Griggs Otho Bell and William Cowart will receive passports for return to the United States and may receive transportation funds if needed. The Defense and Justice departments will decide their fate while seventeen other Americans remain in Korea.
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India
Indian Red Cross
Red China
Hong Kong
Red Cross
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
Otho Bell
Olympia
Wash
William A. Cowart
Dalton, Ga
British
Roger Devriendt
Louis Verdyk
Communist
China
U. S
Washington
State Department
Griggs
Bell
Cowart
United States
U. S. Defense and Justice Departments
Defense Department
Interpreting the News on Red China at Geneva Talks
AP News Analyst notes the United States expects the Soviet Union to raise Red China at the Geneva Four conference. Proposals to ease tension include freeing airmen and POWs, and the withdrawal of Chinese forces from North Korea, but no official sanction has followed.
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Soviet Union
Peiping
United Nations
U. N
North Korea
Stricken Lyndon Johnson Improves at Bethesda Medical Center
Washington Senator Lyndon Johnson of Texas, recovering from a heart attack, was reported late Monday to be making satisfactory progress though his condition remains serious. The Naval Medical Center at Bethesda issued a bulletin noting improvement and said no further reports would be released until Tuesday morning. Johnson is not expected to return to work before Congress adjourns on July 30, with Senator Clements to fill as majority leader.
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Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Senate
Johnson
Congress
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Clements
Vacation Bible School Closes and Local Reunion Reported
The Sixth Street Christian Church Vacation Bible School closed Friday with a public program by the children. A 1914 Middletown High School reunion was hosted by Mr and Mrs Earl Gustin of Anderson. Attendees included Mrs Marcella Hopes and Mrs Rachel Showalter of Middletown and many others from nearby towns.
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Middletown
Lee Weed
Robert Keesling
William Graves
Fred D. Smith
Joe Hatfield
Daleville
Sixth Street Christian Church
Middletown High School
Earl Gustin
Anderson
Marcella Hoppes
Rachel Showalter
Mendail Hamilton
Near Cross Roads
Bob Greenlee
Connersville
Gordon Lewis
New Castle
Shirley Greenlee
Robert Gustin
Frank Smith
J. A. Able
Thelma
Near Prairie
Able
State Plagued Fatalities and Drownings Reported Across Indiana
A string of deadly accidents and drownings across Indiana is reported. Victims include Jess B. Vaughn on U.S. 31 near Uniontown and Joseph C. Houston in Lake County. Saturday's fatalities involve Billy and Ina Showmaker near Goshen. Drownings span several rivers and lakes from Logansport to White River and Lake Michigan. Additional incidents cover East Gary, West Central locations, and a Brownsburg 30 foot fall at Cataract Falls Park.
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U.S. 36
Honey Creek
Henry County
Jess B. Vaughn
U.S. 31
Uniontown
Joseph C. Houston
Florence
N.J
U.S. 41
Lake County
Kenneth Mandabach
Washington
White River
M.C. Jones
Rising Sun
Ohio River
Wesley Swanigan
Rushville
Flat Rock River
Roger Duff
Indianapolis
Shoals
Lavonda Smith
Muncie
Michael Otano
Chicago
Lawrence Grover
Brownsburg
Cataract Falls Park
Indiana
South Bend
Fishing Trip Leaves Middletown Group for Canada
Former Middletown High School teacher Frank Dietrich and Paul Graybiel travel with Buddy Dietrich aided by Harry Scherrer and John Kirkman of Anderson as they depart Friday on a fishing trip to Canada.
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Middletown High School
Frank Dietrich
Paul Graybiel
Buddy Dietrich
Harry Scherrer
John Kirkman
Anderson
Canada
Fatal crashes claim several lives in midwest area
A woman named Mrs Lois Martinusen aged 27 was injured fatally in Chicago Sunday when a car hit an elevated train pillar after colliding with another auto. Philip Kidwell a 3 year old from Rt 1 Vincennes died when his father’s overturned car crashed him nearby. Lawrence Ford, 26, of Benton County, was killed in a three car crash in Warren County.
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Lois Martinusen
Chicago
Philip Kidwell
Rt. 1
Vincennes
Lawrence Ford
Benton County
Warren County
Soviet leaders attend Fourth of July embassy party in Washington
Khrushchev and Bulganin appear with Malenkov at a Moscow embassy Fourth of July event. Khrushchev speaks on equal talks with the West, rejects fear of catastrophe, and notes strong agriculture and industry despite Western doubt.
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Russia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Khrushchev
Fife
Bulganin
Associated Press
Richard R. Kasischke
Walter N. Walmsley
Bohlen
Eisenhower
Walmsley
Britain
France
Mystery Disappearances Baffle Authorities
Officials say they are puzzled by several hose disappearances. The third case involves Mrs. Robert Breeze of Downey who stuck a hose in a hole to drown a gopher and found 15 feet vanished. Unable to pull it out, she cut the hose and filled the hole.
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Robert Breeze
Downey
Farley Defends Trademarks Against Monopolistic Charges
In a defense against monopolistic accusations Farley argues trademarks foster competition and opposes mandatory standardization and label laws as thinly disguised socialism.
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Farley
Obituary notices for Vest Zagorski Moreland Hyde and Mahan
Mary Eliza Vest 81 died at home of daughter Mrs Ralph Sheets near here born Aug 20 1873 came to Anderson 47 years ago widow of Charles West. Services Wednesday 130 pm Waltz and Hiday Funeral Home burial at Mrs Sheets and Mrs Edward An New Columbus Cemetery Survivors include two daughters a son brother and seven grandchildren. John Zagorski 70 died after six months illness born in Poland came here 54 years ago employed at Nicholson Fire Company 40 years member of St Ambrose Church Holy Name Society Polish National Alliance. Funeral tomorrow 9 am at St Ambrose Burial at St Mary's Cemetery. Moreland C H 74 retired Reynolds Gas Regulator Co employee died Saturday at St John's Hospital survived by wife daughter two sons brother and sister. services today 1030 pm East Maplewood Cemetery. G W Hyde 76 Connersville died Saturday in Cincinnati hospital funeral today 2 pm Smith Funeral Home. Nellie De Kamp Mahan 76 1015 W Third St services today 2 pm Fifth St Methodist Church burial Eden.
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Ralph Sheets
Ind
Here
James Rigney
Vest
Anderson
Yosemite
Charles West
Waltz and Hiday
Phillip Philbrook
Meadowbrook Baptist Church
Sheets
Edward
New Columbus
Areka
Calif
George Rigney
John Zagorski
Forrest Terr
Poland
Nicholson Fire Company
St. Ambrose Church
Holy Name Society
Polish National Alliance
Frederick Potthoff
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Brown and Butz Funeral
Eugene
Mary Whukowski
Alice Zagorski
Frances Roland
Virginia Dolinski
Chesterfield
Helen Clark
Pasadena
Mary Zagorski
H. Moreland
C. H. Moreland
Reynolds Gas Regulator Company
St. John’s Hospital
First Baptist Church
Georgetown
Harold E. Rozellé
George Skinner
East Maplewood Cemetery
Leona Moreland
Iva McFadden
Charles D. Moreland
William Moreland
Buford Moreland
Earl Brumback
North Vernon
G. W. Hyde
Connersville
Fred Jones
Crane Ct
Cincinnati
Smith Funeral Home
Lulu Hyde
Bess Hyde
Vera McDaniel
John
Birmingham, Mich
Jones
Nellie D. Mahan
Nellie de- Kamp Mahan
Third St
Fifth St. Methodist Church
Ray Burchfield
Eden Cemetery
Paste kills ivy in Mount Vernon gardeners’ weed control
A Mount Vernon concern developed a paintable paste for poison ivy that can be applied to leaves and stems. The product is claimed to kill ivy within 10 days, offering a targeted solution for homeowners facing ivy growth among their plants.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Iced Tea Sales Surge in U.S. Restaurants
New data show iced tea in American restaurants rising 250 percent over the past five years, reflecting changing consumer tastes and increasing menu variety.
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New York
Miss Frances McNamara Dies at 70 in Indianapolis
Miss Frances F. McNamara, 70, died at the Little Sisters of the Poor Home in Indianapolis. The Clark Funeral Home will receive the body for calling Tuesday evening. She was born in Chrystal City, daughter of Theodore and Mary McNamara, and lived in Elwood most of her life. She is survived by her niece Thelma McNamara of Warren Ohio.
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Elwood
Frances F. McNamara
Little Sisters of the Poor
Indianapolis
Clark
Miss McNamara
Chrystal City
Theodore
Mary McNamara
Thelma McNamara
Warren
Ohio
Dearborn Lawyer Delay in Jail Case Continues
Dearborn Circuit Judge Lester Baker ordered Atwell to obtain counsel or accept court appointment. Atwell seeks time to find a lawyer and opposes court appointment. The case was continued. A co‑defendant who escaped from the Dearborn County jail last October was recaptured and later appointed counsel, receiving a prison sentence.
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Dearborn
Lester Baker
Atwell
Child Found Alive After Bear Panic Near Montana Camp
A missing child near Lincoln County Montana was found alive amid a large volunteer search in driving rain. Authorities and townspeople initially feared a bear involved in the disappearance, but officials later confirmed no bear presence and said Ida May Curtis wandered away from camp near a woods worker family yesterday.
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Ers
Associated Press
Horn
Big J. Neils Lumber Co
M. E. Curtis
Ida May
Curtis
Here
Oslo Gymnastic Association marks its 100th anniversary
The Oslo Gymnastic Association the largest sports club in Norway celebrates a centennial this year with 3150 active members including 1300 under age 17.
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GYM Club
Oslo
Norway
Oslo Gymnastic Association
Coming Auction Sales Thain July 7 and 3 more sales listed
A series of real estate and household goods auctions scheduled. John Flsh administrator sale at 2119 Louise Street. Wm Peck administrator sale at 1907 South B Street Elwood. Mrs Willard B Van Matre household goods sale three miles east and fourteen south of Daleville. Paul C Moneyham estate sale at 2418 W 29th Street. Auctioneers Egg Hood Carl Bartlett Elbert Frazee.
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John Flsh
Louise Street
Egg M. Hood
Bill) Peck
South B Street
Elwood
Willard B. van Matre
Daleville
Carl T
Tom Bartlett
Paul C. Moneyham
Bertha Bear
29Th Street
Elbert C. Frazee
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