Auto Crashes Decline Hope For Toll Out
United Press reports a Fourth of July travel spike slowed Friday night with 465 traffic deaths by 6 p.m. and a holiday total of 332. Ohio led with 17 fatalities, Copemish Michigan heavy crash killed seven. Ned H. Dearborn warned non holiday toll would be about 184 for similar hours.
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Safety Council
United Press
Ohio
Pennsylvania
California
Michigan
Texas
New York
Indiana
Copemish
Mich
Arkansas
Ned H. Dearborn
The
Stores Reopen After July Fourth Shutdown
Retail stores banks and many public offices resume normal hours after Independence Day. Most factories and several public offices stay closed until Monday. County courthouse and city hall reopen Monday along with auto license branch and Indiana Employment Security Division. Delco Remy and Guide Lamp divisions also return to regular schedules.
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Auto License Branch
Indiana Employment Security Division
Delco-Remy
Guide Lamp
Funeral mourners struck by car in Chicago leaves child dead
An out of control car plowed into a group of funeral mourners in Chicago on Friday. A nine year old girl Babette Parker died and nine others were injured. The driver and all victims are described as Black.
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Chicago
Babette Parker
Jets start cruise from Victorville to Hawaii
Four U. S. Air Force Sabre fighters of TAC departed George AFB in Victorville for a long range cruise to Hawaii.
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Victorville
Calif
U. S. Air Force
Tactical Air Command
George Air Force Base
Hawaii
Milwaukee man confesses to double tavern robbery
John Schubert 48 confessed Friday to robbing the same tavern twice in the past two months. He claimed the saloon owner should not be angry, noting he spent all the loot at the bar and bought drinks for everyone.
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Milwaukee
John Schubert
Schubert
Babysitter Lands Permanent Job With Want Ad
Classified ad in the Bulletin Herald notes a babysitter who cared for a girl for a few days and then secured a permanent position. The item highlights frequent Child Care ads in the Anderson Daily Bulletin and Anderson Herald, showing how such notices connect caregivers and families.
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Want Ad
Tov
Anderson Daily Bulletin
Anderson Herald
Belmont Area Street Paving To Start Next Tuesday
City paving work advances with Nichol Ave planing and resealing from Jackson to Madison. Arrow Ave seal coat due early next week after planning is finished. Belmont streets delayed until Water Department excavations end. Alleys graded. many main arteries to receive resurfacing.
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Belmont Area
Nichol Ave
Jackson St
Madison Ave
Arrow Ave
18Th
22Nd St
Belmont
Water Department
25Th
Dewey Sts
Belmont Addition
North
Anderson
Convict Caught Sawing Prison Bars In Escape Attempt
Stillwater State Prison guard detained an inmate seen sawing window bars at a cell block end. Warden Douglas Rigg said three men including a bank robber and two burglars were placed in solitary confinement during the investigation.
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Stillwater
Minn
Douglas Rigg
Inspection Of Derby Racers Planned Today
Today at 1 p.m. the Soap Box Derby cars will be inspected behind Hunter Chevrolet at 6th and Meridian. Cars must pass checks on brakes steering construction and safety to receive a number and heat for next Wednesday’s race. Entrants urged to transport by auto to reduce injury risk.
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Hunter Chevrolet
6Th
Meridian Sts
Jack Hunter
Hunter-Chevrolet
Joe Dye
Bob Earp
Ralph Brown
Buck Rice
Harry Kelly
Melvin Slick
Paul Whitecotton
Western Arms Plan To Test Russian Sincerity In Open Skies
London sources say the West backs a disarmament plan to photograph all East West territory from the Atlantic to the Siberian frontier to gauge Kremlin sincerity after recent Kremlin changes. Harold Stassen presented U S proposals on stockpiles and a shift from bomb fuel to international depots with peaceful reactor use.
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London
West
Kremlin
Atlantic Ocean
Siberian
Fri
Soviet Union
U.S
Harold E. Stassen
Russia
U. N
United States
Zorin
Stassen
Jules Moch
Europe
East
Ural Mountains
82 and 61 join in double wedding
Salem Illinois report: an 82-year-old mother Martha Jane Walker and her 61-year-old daughter Clara Mayfield embarked on a double honeymoon after their Tuesday double wedding. The mother wed William Haley, 82, and the daughter wed Walter Lowry, 63.
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Salem, Ill
Martha Jane Walker
Clara Mayfield
William Haley
Walter Lowry
Atomic Blast In U S Seen Felt Across West
The United States’ largest atomic test erupted at 6 40 a m c d t over the Nevada test site. The blast was seen and felt across most of the western U S as a man made sun lit the pre dawn sky. observers noted a mushroom cloud and a fire ball while fallout remained minimal. No injuries or glass breakage were reported and Marines near ground zero endured the blast with minor trench damage.
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Nev
United States
Earth
Rockies
Hawaii
D.t
Nevada Test Site
Proving Grounds
Ground Zero
Los Angeles
Rural School Plans Reached for Township Loans
Trustees learned the State Board approved loans from the Veterans Memorial School Construction Fund. Richland and Union Townships receive 20 year loans of 250000 each for elementary classroom additions. Advisory Board to meet to discuss preliminary plans and a possible public meeting for patrons. Damaged Summitville School to be repaired with bids received after a storm caused 25000 damage.
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State Board of Education
Veterans Memorial School
Richland
Union Township
Hector Lawler
Richland Township
College Corner
Robert Isanogle
Valley Grove
Joseph F. Best
Adams Township
Markleville
Dale Prough
van Buren Township
Summitville
Harold Forrest
Week's Largest Crowd Attends Anderson Free Fair
The Anderson Free Fair drew the week’s largest crowd last night as mild weather dried the midway and race track. Earl McCarel reported 46 horses entered thus far with eight in one race, grandstand at capacity, and parking reopened boosting infield access for Olson Shows.
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Anderson
McCarel
Fort Wayne
Weekend Weather Outlook Bright For State Area
Sunny skies and warmer temperatures are forecast for Indiana with highs from 82 to 87 across regions. Saturday night lows 60 to 65, Sunday highs 82 to 90, and Sunday remains partly cloudy. Widespread wind damage occurred Thursday evening, injuring 25 and knocking out power to many homes. Franklin area reports extensive tree damage and outages. White River rose to near flood levels then receded.
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Indiana
White River
Franklin
Girard and Candy wed in quiet post chapel ceremony
U S Army Specialist William S. Girard 21 married Japanese woman Haru Sueyama 29 in a Methodist service at CAMP WHITTINGTON Japan. He cannot reside with her due to guard restrictions over charges he killed a Japanese woman on a U S firing range.
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Girards
William Girard
Candy
Gilbert Saylor
Camp Whittington
Japan
Girard
U.S. Army
William S. Girard
U.S
Ottawa
Ill
Haru
Candy) Sueyama
80 Scouts and Leaders To Leave For Jamboree Next Tuesday
Final plans show 80 scouts and leaders to travel by bus from the Boy Scout office at 1023 Broadway Tuesday at 10 a.m. for the national Jamboree at Valley Forge Pennsylvania July 12 to 18. Pre jamboree training at Camp Kikihawenund is compulsory with troop assignments and job instructions planned.
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Valley Forge
Camp Kikihawenund
Boy Scout
Broadway
Kilihawen
Area Council
Allen King
New Castle
Leo Hudson
Robert Booth
Tommy Binder
Tom Burden
Stephen Lynch
Tommy Millican
Mark Broyles
George Haines
Local Man James Clevenger Killed by Train at Yorktown Station
James M. Clevenger 70 of 99 Main St. Anderson was killed instantly at 10 45 p m Thursday when struck by a New York Central passenger train at the Yorktown station. Investigators said he sat on the tracks as the train, about 70 mph, passed. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 p m at Richman and Prillman Funeral Home Yorktown with burial in Yorktown Cemetery. Clevenger, who had lived in Anderson, is survived by sister Mrs. Margaret Lumpke and brother Harry Clevenger.
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James M. Clevenger
Main St
New York Central
Yorktown
Richman and Prillman
Clevenger
Warren Bergwall
Delaware County
Jerry Spence
Robert Mercer
Jack Appleby
George Wagner
L. A. Smith
Beech Grove
D. A. Deatrick
Indianapolis
Anderson
Margaret Lumpke
Harry Clevenger
National Guard units prepare for two week field training
More than 275 members of three Indiana National Guard units in the 38th Infantry Division begin two weeks of field training at Camp McCoy Wisconsin from July 28 to August 11. Units from Anderson Alexandria New Castle and Richmond under Lt Col Gordon Geiger move by motor convoy and chartered buses with a 36 hour field exercise planned including night training. A August 3 review will occur with Gov Handley Maj Gen De Bard and visiting officers from 5th Army.
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Indiana National Guard
38Th Infantry Division
Camp McCoy
Wis
Anderson
151St Infantry
Alexandria
New Castle
Richmond
Gordon Geiger
John E. L. Dupony
Mark Williamson
Donald Welter
Harold W. Handley
Carl 0. DeBard
5Th Army
Chicago
Madison County
National Guard
15St Infantry
150Th Field Artillery
Elwood
New Arrivals At St John S Hospital And Mercy Hospital
Twins born to Mr and Mrs John T Christ on Lee Dr two newborns a boy and a girl. A girl born to Mr and Mrs Ernest Hutchens in Alexandria. A boy born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Hennis in Ingalls. A boy to Mr and Mrs James Beemer in Alexandria. A girl to Mr and Mrs Frank Stanley 2114 East Lynn St. A boy to Mr and Mrs Emil Peter 206 E 38th St. A boy to Mr and Mrs Lewis Falker 1923 Hendricks St. A girl to Mr and Mrs Norman Goddard 3825 Main St. A boy to Mr and Mrs Marshall Mee Graw Rt 1. A boy to Mr and Mrs Charles Taylor Shirley. A boy to Mr and Mrs Donald Terry Edgewood Trailer Ct. A boy born at Mercy Hospital Elwood to Mr and Mrs Marvin Skillman 527 Linden Lane Chesterfield.
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St. John’s Hospital
John T. Christ
Lee Dr
Ernest Hutchens
Alexandria
Ralph Hennis
Ingalls
James Beemer
Frank Stanley
East Lynn St
Emil Peter
E. 38Th
Lewis Falker
Hendricks St
Norman Goddard
Main St
Marshall Mee- Graw
Rt. 1
Charles Taylor
Shirley
Donald Terry
Edgewood Trailer Ct
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Lexington
Schoolman
National Education Association
NEA
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Yd Bulletin-Herald
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Red Army
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Georgi K. Zhukov
Defense Ministry
Communist China
Nikita Khruschev
Peiping
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Mikhal G. Pervukhin
Saburov
Communist Central Committee
Pervukhin
Lazar Kaganovich
Kaganovich
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Georgi Malenkov
Dmitri Shepilov
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Malenkov
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Pravda
Red Square
Lenin
Stalin
Khruschev
Bulganin
Czechoslovakia
Rude ‘Pravo
Albuquerque
N.M
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Bob Jarnecke
Steve Spurgeon
Larry Stohler
Eddie Townsend
David Worland
Mike Williams
Carl Booth
Vin Couden
Doug Redelman
Chuck Redman
Tom Schacht
John Brown
David Burns
Phil Gray
Walt Jennings
Butch Joyner
Jerry Stohler
Ralph Pressler
John Tyler
Don Vivian
Jon Williams
Norman Vogel
Marshall Noel
Spiceland
Cliff Harison
Tipton
Mike Baker
Noblesville
Earl Rinker
Keith Beaty
Tom J. Graham
Phillip Sharp
John Graham
Bill Mosbaugh
Wally Falk
Mercy Hospital
Marvin Skillman
Linden Lane
Chesterfield
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