Flag Raising Marks Hawaii Statehood Ceremony at Iolani Palace
In Honolulu the 50th state flag was ceremonially raised at Iolani Palace marking statehood. Citizens, tourists, and 35 visiting officers from Japanese ships witnessed a formal program with military honors, choir, and a pledge led by Lt Gov Kealoha.
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UPI
Iolani Palace
Hawaii
Asia
Manipe
South Pacific
Honolulu
199Th
Hawaii Air National Guard
1Th Army Band
Hawaii National Guard
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine
Hawiian Society
Kamenhameha
James K. Kealoha
L. Roche Walter
Hospital Dismissals From St John’s Hospital
Dismissed from St John’s Hospital are Barbara Turcier Kathryn Mahoney Sharon Gill Rosa Gray Frances Levi William T Stephens Helen Hite Mary Tharp Percy Hill Elwood Lineberry Nancy Orebaugh Malcolm Romine Nelda Williamson Albert Weil and son Frank Fincher and daughter John McIntyre Virginia Stockting Dorothy Hendricks Robert Fitzgerald Walter Brown Freddy Cooper Evelyn Bates Kathryn Lambert from Muncie.
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St. John’s Hospital
Barbara Turcier
Vaal Buskirk
Kathryn Mahoney
Fouise St
Sharon Gill
Brown St
Rosa Gray
Shirley
Frances Levi
Oun
Percy Hill
Fletcher St
Elwood
Lineberry
Central Ave
Nancy Orebaugh
W. F
Malcom Romine
Middletown
Nelda Williamson
Afayette St
Albert Weil
Pendston
Robert Fitzgerald
Arrow
Walter Brown
North Crest
Freddy Cooper
Evelyn Bates
Kathryn Lambert
Muncie
Killefer Dies Suddenly
Bill Killefer died suddenly in a brief obituary note. The report references a jittery period with Independence Day traffic tallies and a Moscow space capsule mission involving dogs and a rabbit. Authorities noted two deaths in Indiana traffic and revised population figures.
Census Figures Revised For States Nation Unchanged
UPI reports revised census figures for states while the national total remains unchanged. Adjustments include lower estimates for Florida and California, with the revised California total at 15 530 973 and Florida down from prior figures.
Storm Damage and Injuries Reported in Alexandria Area
Ringer continues from page one as Elizabeth Rebuck and her ten year old son James suffer multiple wounds. Injured include Ringer, Karl Kyle, Davis and Strickler. Ambulances take victims to St. John's Hospital. Power outages affect Cross Street to Park Place with traffic lights out briefly. Storm inflicted its worst effects in the area.
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Elizabeth Rebuck
James
Karl Kyle
Davis
Strickler
Alexandria
St. John’s Hospital
Page One
Cross St
Alexandria Pike
Chesterfield
Park Place
Airport ceremony honors city leaders and donors
15 000 at Huggins and city councilmen aided airport plans. Cochair Roger Elpers Tom Funk and others including Charles Hardy Arthur Darlington, Russell Merritt, Ed Brant, Cmde Donald Densford and Navy officer Lindell Hale contributed. Mayor Ferguson praised community support for the 100 000 program with a 50 000 pledge and 23 sponsors.
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Page One
Huggins
Roger Elpers
Tom Funk
Charles Hardy
Arthur Darlington
Russell Merritt
Ed Brant
Cmde
Donald Densford
Navy
Lindell, Hale
Federal Aviation
Larry Riley
Ferguson
Roscoe Turner Appointed Adviser To House Committee
Roscoe Turner, noted aviator, named adviser to the House Science and Astronautics Committee for a study of aeronautical progress and government agencies. The announcement comes as Elwood and Terre Haute area storm damage and injuries from a fierce wind left churches and buildings damaged and power lines down.
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Elwood
1St Methodist Church
Canada Nanonine Cares
Cox
Stork Hospital
Huntingburg
Schum
John C. Schum
Dale
Qverton Brooks
U Lar Wasi
Richard M. Joseph
Terre J
Aureas
Roscoe Turner
Pioneer
Andjas
Terre Haute
House Committee
Ini
Het
George DeHarity
Bert W. Patton
Anderson Street
Turner
Indiana
Gary Brazzell
Olis
Russell Brazzell
Terres
Haute
Gov
First Methodist
Brooks
Ewart Talley
Cora Jean Jones
Anapolis
Infant Daughter of Marine Pilot Dies in California
Lisa Ann Jackson ten days old died at Palm Harbor Hospital Garden Grove California yesterday. She was the infant daughter of Capt Thomas B and Judith Ann Wiley Jackson stationed at El Toro US Marine Air Base. Survivors include parents a brother Scott age 2 a sister Julie Jo age 4 an uncle Michael Wiley and grandparents in Anderson and Niles Michigan. Private graveside rites will follow on body’s arrival at East Maplewood Cemetery Harold E Rozelle Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Lisa Ann Jackson
Palm Harbor
Garden Grove
Calif
Thomas B
Judith Ann Wiley Jackson
Jackson
el Toro
U. S. Marine Air Base
Scott
Julie Jo
Michael Wiley
Andeson
Fred Wiley
Anderson
L. F. Jackson
Niles
Mich
East Maplewood Cemetery
Harold E. Rozelle
Cuban Oil Ties Strain Cuban Air Service
Soviet efforts to extend influence in Cuba are met with practical hurdles as Cubana Airlines stockpiles fuel for Havana Miami flights and searches for credit fuel. A Cubana flight to Havana stalled in Madrid awaiting gasoline then departed after U S oil firms supplied fuel on credit just this once. Crew issues plus a 144 hour hold for a Mexico bound plane reveal broader logistical strain at Havana International Airport.
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Cubana
Havana-Miami
U. S
Miami
Havana
Madrid
U. S. Oil Company
Havana International
Earhart Flight Mystery Tied To Prewar Plane Parts
Howard McKee 55 of 1212 St. Rd. 67 East died after a week in St. John's Hospital. He worked at Delco Remy and served as a plant protection captain. The report mentions artifacts from a Saipan salvage tied to an old American-made plane, amid broader Earhart theories and travel changes easing passport needs among Nordic nations.
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Howard McKee
St.Rd
St. John's Hospital
Mr. McKee
Butler
Ern
Jess
Minnie
Burdett
McKee
Coffeeville
Kansas
Delco-Remy
D-R
Yof
Mt.Moriah
Investige- Lodge
Indianapolis
Against Aviation
Saipan Harbor
Mantz
KCBS
U.S
Annabelle (Steiner) McIsilver
Kee
Rebels Halt Algerian Talks in Tunis amid Deadlock
Algerian nationalist rebels based in Tunis refuse to continue peace talks with France without concessions. The move prolongs the six year war that has caused over 154000 deaths. Rebels demand contacts with imprisoned leaders and the world press, and say a main delegation to France could begin only if France revises its stance. Reports from Algiers hint at increased French military activity as Paris awaits De Gaulle’s Normandy tour remarks.
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Tunis
Imondey
France
Algeria
Fcom
Paris
Charles Dé Gaulle
Normandy
Ari
de Gaull
Red China Fits Ship To Carry Cuban Oil
London reports that the Communist Chinese vessel Peking, described as one of the world’s largest tankers, is being outfitted to transport Soviet oil to Cuba. The ship, about 15,500 tons, previously carried oil from Russia to the Far East at reduced cost and is believed to be at Odessa in the Black Sea.
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London
UPI
Radio
Moscow
Peking
Cuba
Russia
Far East
Black Sea
Odessa
County plan notes and storm toll in Elwood area
In Elwood a storm caused widespread damage with downed power lines and debris cleanup led by Street Department crews under Luthe Stockdale. One death reported and another feared drowned on private property amid several highway fatalities across north central Indiana during the Memorial Day period.
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Elwood
Elwood Street Department
Luthe Stockdale
Indiana
Lake Shafer search for missing boy continues
Authorities dragged Lake Shafer for the body of Charles E. McNulley a 13 year old from Buffalo presumed drowned after his cap sized boat was found post storm. In nearby tragedy Mrs Fred Sellers 35 was killed when a tree crushed her house trailer during the weekend storms. The Weather Bureau forecast expects no new flooding in southern Indiana with Wabash River below flood level to Vincennes and falling by Tuesday at New Harmony. The 18 mile Wabash levee in Gibson and Posey counties reinforced by volunteers National Guard and Army engineers held up saving 40000 acres of farmland. East Fork White River crest at Seymour stayed well below flood stage and Pet ersburg Hazleton are forecast to fall below flood levels by midweek.
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Lake Shafer
Charles E. McNulley
Buffalo
Fred Sellers
Indiana
Wabash
Vincennes
Former baseball catcher Killefer dies in Wilmington
Killefer died last Friday night at his Wilmington home after a long illness tied to a leg injury from baseball. Survived by sister Miss Ola Killefer of Paw Paw a son Lt Commander William Killefer of San Diego and two daughters Nes Jane Allison of Willow Grove Pa and Margaret Ann Killefer of Wilmington. He caught Alexander on the National League champion Chicago club in 1915 and also caught for the pennant winner against the Cubs in 1918.
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Killefer
Wilmington
Del
Ola Killefer
Paw Paw
Cmdr
William Killefer
San Diego
Nes
Jane Allison
Willow Grove
Margaret Ann Killefer
Alexander
Drowning Tragedies Reported Across Indiana Waters
Police recount multiple drownings in Indiana from Monday to Sunday. A youth vanished in Fox Lake near Angola and was recovered soon after. Don Turner, 29, drowned when his boat capsized in Lake Freeman near Crawfordsville. three others survived. Stanley E Sawa, 11, drowned after leaping from a pier into a lake near Valparaiso. Carolyn Jane Allen, 3, drowned in Lake George near Coldwater Michigan after wandering from a pier.
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Page
Foxlake
Angola
Don Turner
Crawfordsville
Lake Freeman
Stanley E. Sawa
Merrillville
Liza
Valparaiso
Lafayette
Carolyn Jane Allen
Lake George
Coldswater
Mich
China and Soviet Shanghai Garrison Urge People's War
The Shanghai garrison of China and the Soviet allied forces call for a total people’s war against the United States. They argue that focusing only on imperialist atomic weapons misses the broader struggle and mobilization of the masses.
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Shanghai
United States
Police recapture suspect. loot recovered near escape site
Police held Smith on a fugitive warrant after a search yielded a cash register an adding machine and more stolen property at the scene. He may face charges for auto banditry vehicle taking and breaking and entering. Authorities hunt three other State Reformatory escapees Alvey Burdette Walter Houston and William Shipley all from Indiana facilities with prior burglary larceny and related sentences.
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Smith
Henry County
Melvin Thornburg
State Reformatory
Alvey Burdette
Walter Houston
Willam Shipley
Indiana School For the Blind
Indianapolis
Burdette
Vanderburgh County
Shipley
Tipton County
Houston
Harrison County
Deaths in Madison and Nearby Counties Reported
Multiple obituaries from Madison and surrounding counties note deaths of Mrs Della Holmes 79 of Elwood and Gilbert Jarrett 81 of rural route 2 plus Mrs Cora Gustin 81 of Anderson. Services set at Copher and Fesler and Rozelle funeral homes with burial in Elwood City Cemetery Memorial Park Cemetery and East Maplewood. Surviving relatives listed include children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Elwood
Della Holmes
Mae Gipson
Rt. 3
Copher and Fesler
R. W. Sage
First Baptist’ Church
Elwood City
Holmes
Anderson
Francis
Elizabeth (Brown) Jarrett
Linwood
Christian Church
Modern Woodmen
Jarrett
Janey
Nlent
Pendleton
Archie
Gladys Vorhees
Ruby
Cox
Lola Foust
An Jderson
Elva Nash
Lebannon
Alma McGinnis
Lafayette
Harald E. Rozelle
Rozelle
Don Fuller
Muncie
Wayne, Dolby
Linwood Christian Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
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William T. Stephens
Helen Hite
Mary Tharp
Rt. 5
Ander
Bill Killefer
Tassimens Agency
Ae J. Cara
Washington
Census Bureau
Fort
Wayne
Saint
Meinrad
Spencer County
Ithe
William
Bill) Killefer
Grover Alexander
Chicago Cubs
Sputnik I
Ecbutlary
Stomb
Mlinois
Chicago
Tass
Florida
California
Canelton
Ind
Walter Werners
Earl Howard
Joyce G. O'Barr
Fort Wayne
Howard
Port Wayne
Laura B. Cox
Louisville
David C. Schum
R. T. Ringer
Diana
Navoc
Country Club
N. Madison Ave
Forest Hills
van Buskirk Rd
1St
Madison
2Nd St
Thhe
Nichol Ave
Mt. Hope Methodist Church
iRoscoe Turner
Washington (Ap
Hlie
Ire
Earhart Flight
Warhart
Miss Earhart
Fred Noonan
Lae
New Guinea
Howland Island
Goerner
Sai[pen
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Iceland
Red China
Frank W. Moore
T Tbeauty Shop
Dorothy Burk
Raible Ave
North ‘Erest Ard
Cross Street
C. K. McCullough
Lotie Berg
Rensselaer
Crahes
Jasper
Streets County Hospital
Rensselger
Peru
al Enos
Newton County
Thomas L. Stanski
Ligonier
Raubieh T. Ringer
Max Nichols
Rt. 2
Rochester
Tracey L. Pickens
Indiana Office of Traffic Safety
Turkey
Befere
CAR Life Magazine
Best Buy
Stns
Olds
Oldsmobile
Mitchell Motors, Inc
East 9Th Street
Olds Quality
China
Harry
Eldon Petry
Church of the Brethren
Mt. Moriah
Cora Gustin
Cora Emma Gustin
Gustin
Madison County
John
Mary Davis
County
Wesley Gustin
West Side Holiness Tabernacle
Robert L. Gustin
Oliver Gustin
Oretta Havermale
Michigan
Heiney Frozen Foods
UES
Christmas
Gospel Trumpet CO
East 5Th and Chestnut
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