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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1954
Page
3
Elwood reported a muted Fourth of July with nearly deserted business districts and no major accidents. Fires works noises came from passing cars, no arrests noted, while three firms sold fireworks during the weekend and many offices and shops closed in observance.
Robertson told police at 3 90 a m Sunday he witnessed an attempted break in at the Hollensbe Insurance Agency 210 S 22nd St two men fumbling at the front door and fleeing when he approached He could identify them Police found $80 or $90 missing from Burnette furniture store next door and a gun reported stolen A safe was broken. prints checked at Pendleton lab An automobile driven by Kenneth Purtee struck a barricade on S 2nd St at 1 30 a m No injuries reported
Charles Dunn of Elwood and son of Mrs. Charles Dunn, 814 8 16th St, graduates from the University of Illinois Champaign receiving a Liberal Arts and Science degree in commencement exercises June 20. His major is Political Science and he will enter the Army Air Force as a second lieutenant after August. Relatives attended include Mrs. Dunn and several Stout Rollins Jenkins. Frank Jenkins, 65, dies. funeral set at York Memorial Home for Tuesday. Mercy Hospital notes show discharges and births. tip totals and painless jet injection for the Army are described.
Cecil Drake aged 72 and a retired Central Indiana Gas Company employee died at 6 am Monday at his home in Alexandria after a prolonged illness. He lived in the Alexandria area since 1928, born March 9 1882 in Scotch Bridge, Scotland, son of Henry and Isabelle Drake. He married Mary Poseé Gangloff on June 18 1919 in St Marie, Indiana. Last rites will be at 9 am Wednesday at St Mary's Church, burial in Park View Cemetery. Rosary at 8 pm Tuesday at Gipe Williams and Kyle Funeral Home. He leaves two daughters, Amelia Pauli and Hilda Hunter, and grandchildren, plus a sister Claudia Hartman. Funeral and ambulance notes appear in the local notices.
The article notes a birthday party for Eddie Gaines hosted by his mother Mrs Otto Gaines at their home south of Alexandria. Guests included Grayden, Bruce Jolliff, JB Oliver, Sandra, Stevie Prophet, Donnie Shaw, Robby, Gary, Margaret Swisher, Peg Reavis, and others with assistance from Mrs Sonny Clyn.
The Army has alerted city and state law enforcement about missing weapons. Officials in Leavenworth coordinate with police to locate the items and prevent unauthorized use while public safety guidance is issued.
The article outlines Anglo American plans to draft a path for German rearmament within an European Defense Community framework. It discusses eliminating the Allied High Commission and French voice in German affairs while keeping France in a narrow Rhine occupation zone. The piece probes France’s possible reaction and the risk of France feeling betrayed if Britain and the United States proceed without full French support.
Britain celebrates the end of meat rationing with the first free trading day at Smithfield market since World War I. A flash strike by about 100 meat handlers caused traffic jams as vans crowded the central arch. Traders claimed supply was adequate but prices were unpredictable.
A tidal seiche in Lake Michigan raised eight bodies along the Chicago shoreline on June 2. Coast Guardsmen recovered George Shoars, 49? a bookkeeper, at Montrose harbor, and Edward Gabriel, 49, a roofer, Sunday. Most victims were early fishermen. one bather was swept at North Ave beach.
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