Two Die In Rail Bridge Crash Near Edenton North Carolina
A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed a half century old swing bridge near the tidal sound, sending two diesel engines and two boxcars into deep water. Engineer W. M. Muden and Conductor Shirley Bray died, Fireman C. E. Jones survived after leaping free. Two other crew escaped bruised, while Navy divers retrieved the fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edenton
N.C. Yee Ge Eas
Casey Jones
Norfolk Southern
Tidal Sound
Navy
W.M. Munden
Norfolk
Shirley Bray
Raleigh
N.C
C.E. Jones
Pantego
Ded
305th Hurricane Victim Found as Cameron Parish Reels
In Cameron Parish Louisiana cleanup crews identified the 305th hurricane Audrey victim as missing lists shrink to 85 names. Sheriff Henry Reid confirms two more deaths Veronica Theriot 60 and John B Theriot 62. Officials warn toll could reach 500 to 700 with property damage around 100 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
Audrey
Cameron Parish
Veronica Theriot
John B. Theriot
Henry Reid
Louisiana
Earl Long
Calcasieu Parish
Harry Snatic
Cameron-Lake Charles
Converse Man Hurt In Auto Accident
Elwood man James P. Davis, 71, of Converse, sustained an arm injury when his car veered into a creek on Ind. 19 about 74 miles north of Elwood at 10 45 p m Friday. He was taken to Mercy Hospital by Robert L. Jackley ambulance. State Police Trooper William Howard investigated. Davis said he was blinded by the glare of an oncoming car approaching a bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
James P. Davis
Converse
Ind
Davis
Mercy Hospital
Robert L. Jackley
William Howard
Truman Library Dedication Draws Nation’s Notables
INDEPENDENCE MO public figures past and present gather for the dedication of the Harry S Truman Library and Museum. Truman will host the corner stone laying and official handover with Herbert Hoover, Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and Chief Justice Earl Warren among speakers and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Harry S. Truman
White House
Hayes
Fremont Ohio
Hoover
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N.Y
Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Supreme Court
U. S
Cereus Bloom Excites Mrs Grover Martin at Grand Ave
Mrs Grover Martin at 917 Grand Ave reported her Night Blooming Cereus has bloomed to saucer size. She says the cactus blooms yearly at night for a few hours and expects the blossom to fall by Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Martin
Grand Ave
Driver Hurt In Wreck With Baler
Stanley Joseph Sokol age 36 Rt. 5 suffered head lacerations when his car collided with a baler behind a farm tractor north of Cross Street Road on the Florida Pike at 8 55 p m yesterday. Deputy sheriffs said neither Raymond Neff driver of the tractor nor Richard Mabbitt aboard the baler were hurt. Sokol was taken to St Johns Hospital and released. His car was a total loss. Belmont Parks spring meeting netted 8 117 585 to NY state with wagering 86 655 166.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Joseph Sokol
Rt. 5
Cross Street
Florida Pike
Jack Castor
Howard Gilmore
Raymond Neff
Richard Mabbitt
Hill St
Sokol
St. John's Hospital
Senate May Meet Nights On Civil Rights Bill Fight
Sen Knowland signals possible round the clock Senate session next week if a filibuster blocks the civil rights bill. He plans to move Monday to take up the measure passed by the House and aims for a vote by week’s end, with pro Southern opposition ready for a broader attack. Debate could stretch into mid September as the chamber faces long proceedings and potential cloture votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
House
Russell
D-Ga
South
NEA Distortion Charged Over Gary School Data
H G Pope of Public Administration Service charged an NEA committee distorted a PAS Gary Indiana school survey report. He denied any advance agreement to dismiss staff and said a full analysis of the NEA report would follow after preliminary statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Gary
Philadelphia
H. G. Pope
Public Administration Service
PAS
National Education Assn
Ind
Pope
Gary Board of School Trustees
Commission For the Defense of Democracy
Board of Trustees
Chicago
Program Planned A Pega Of Magic At Home
A magic program will be presented this evening at the Madison County Children's Home by Bob Lakey and Dan Imes of Madison Heights High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison County
Bob Lakey
Dan Imes
Madison Heights High School
Congress Orders No Scaling Down On Soil Outlay
A Senate House conference committee ordered the administration to keep 1958 soil conservation subsidies at 1957 levels despite plans to tighten eligibility. The compromise bill would fund $250 million annually for 1958, with strict limits on acreage reserve subsidies under the soil bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Jamie L. Whitten
D-Miss
House-Senate
Illinois Governor Vetoes Law Legalizing Jai Alai
Governor Stratton vetoed a bill to legalize jai alai in Illinois citing gambling concerns and near monopoly risks from allowing multiple frontons within 100 miles. He noted public opposition to extending gambling on skill games despite a 5 percent of betting revenue set aside for schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Illinois General Assembly
Stratton
Ava Gardner Divorces Frank Sinatra in Mexico City
Ava Gardner obtained a Mexican divorce from Frank Sinatra in Mexico City’s 13th Civil Court. The couple, married nearly six years and separated four, did not appear. the decree followed a six month abandonment claim and recognized a prior property settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Ava Gardner
Frank Sinatra
Hollywood
Austin Espinosa de la Pena
Miss Gardner
Sinatra
Mickey Rooney
Artie Shaw
New Jersey
Nancy Barbato
Philadelphia
United States
Spain
Britain
Mexico
Rome
London
Gardner
Smithfield
N. C
Darryl F. Zanuck
Ernest Hemingway
Walter Chiari
Raul de Villafrance Rabasa
Francisco Lopez Figueroa
Local wedding scene ends with guarded departure and quiet mood
Girard saw his fiancée Candy off at the bus stop with a military policeman present after a small party for close friends including maid of honor Kesa Okada. Two MPs stood outside the Saylor home and Girard returned to his quarters after bidding Candy farewell at 10 p.m. Candy offered no comment as she bowed her head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Candy
Kesa Okada
Save Girard
Gukuru Shimizu
Saylor
Girard
Kagehara
Bus To Take Phone Patrons To Hearing
A chartered bus will carry subscribers to the General Telephone Co Mechanicsburg exchange to a public hearing in Indianapolis Tuesday. It departs Mechanicsburg at 8 am and stops in Emporia at 8 15 am. Those attending should contact Mrs. Kenneth Ritchie or Mrs. Virgil Fattie or Mrs. John G. Jones. The College Corner Home Demonstration Club will skip this month and announce a future meeting time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsburg
General Telephone Co
Mechanicsburg Exchange
Indianapolis
Emporia
Kenneth Ritchie
Virgil Fattie
John G. Jones
College Corner Home
Colonial EUB Vacation Bible School Opens
Colonial EUB Church starts its Daily Vacation Bible School at 9 a.m. Monday for children three years old and up. Director Rev Rex E Wallace welcomes all. The program runs five days weekly through July 19 with a public 7 p.m. demonstration on closing day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial
EUB Church
Norman Ifert
Shellman Troyer
George Raines
Fred Wright
Rex Wallace
George Boze
Robert Poole
Paul Jones
Judy Griner
Sally Keller
Nelia Collins
Bill Brumfield
Bob Tucker
Rex E. Wallace
Atomic test exceeds 60 kilotons in continental blast
The Atomic Energy Commission reported a six hour American test whose detonation was larger than the 1953 plane drop of 60 kilotons. Marines in trenches described the blast as ear splitting, with initial fear turning to confidence as they pressed on with maneuvers. The test, the sixth in the current continental series and fifty first on U S soil, reached record force without being the largest overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Japan
Harvey C.tschirgi
Alan Jarlson
Tschirgi
Continental
United States
South Pacific
Notable Scout Names Gathered Across Indiana Towns
A list of eighty scouts from multiple Indiana communities includes Ted McCord Frankton Robert DeNeon Lapel Jim Gwynn Ed Win Layton Phil Rinker Johnathan Rodgers Randy Precup Larry Glaze Donald Bonner Ross Boyer Jerry Smith John Melson Carroll McCreary Daryl Travis Jimmy Williamson Andersons Michael Bakers Rick Fearherly George Mather Jr Bill Wyman Richard Peine William Campbell Larry Deckard John Peine Noblesville James Clark Westfield Fred DeWitt Sharpsville Bob Harshbarger Indianapolis Phillip Planck Mike Clark Steve Harrison Benny Planck Noblesville Tipton Carmel and others were named as participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted McCord
Frankton
Robert DeNeon
Lapel
Jim Gwynn
Edwin Layton
Phil Rinker
Johnathan Rodgers
Randy Precup
Larry Glaze
Donald Bonner
Ross Boyer
Jerry Smith
John Melson
Carroll McCreary
Daryl Travis
Jimmy Williamson
Anderson
Mike Baker
Rick Fearherly
George Mather Jr
Bill Wyman
Richard Peine
William Campbell
Larry Deckard
John Peine
Noblesville
James Clark
Westfield
Fred DeWitt
Sharpsville
Bob Harshbarger
Indianapolis
Phillip Planck
Mike Clark
Steve Harrison
Benny Planck
Tipton
David Weisenberger
Paul Mosele
Carmel
Atlanta Man Dies Friday Rites Monday
Elwood Arle E. Carpenter 74 of Rt. 1 Atlanta died of a heart attack Friday at the Caylor Nichol Clinic Bluffton. Funeral at Aroma Methodist Church Monday at 2 p.m. with Rev. John D. Atkins. burial Aroma Cemetery. Survivors: widow Pearl two daughters Mrs Richard Mosbaugh and Mrs Harold Doversberger two brothers Clifford and Howard Carpenter four grandchildren. Carpenter served 28 years on Hamilton County Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Arle E. Carpenter
Rt. 1
Atlanta
Hamilton County Council
Caylor- Nichol
Bluffton
Copher
John D. Atkins
Aroma
Tipton County
George
Louisa Carpenter
Pearl Hiatt
Carpenter
Aroma Methodist Church
Elwood Masonic Lodge
Masonic Scottish Rite Temple
Indianapolis
Pearl
Richard Mosbaugh
Harold Doversberger
Clifford Carpenter
Howard Carpenter
Omega
Former Anderson Teacher Louise Webb Dies at 92
Louise S Webb 92 Benton Harbor Mich former principal Seventh Street School and longtime teacher here died Friday at Memorial Hospital St Joseph after months of illness. Born November 1865 Benton Harbor she came to Anderson in 1890 with husband H D Webb who died earlier. Survived by sister Jessie Hartley and several nieces and nephews funeral Monday in Benton Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise S. Webb
Benton Harbor
Mich
Seventh Street
Memorial Hospital
St. Joseph
Webb
Anderson
H. D. Webb
Seventh Street School
Business and Professional Women's Club
Trinity Episcopal Church
Jessie Hartley
Jane Chaddock
Louise Scrafford
Sacramento
Calif
Harry Eastman
Sherwood Brown
St. Cloud
Fla
U S Challenges Russia To Show Peaceful Aims
The United States urged Khrushchev to prove the Soviet Union seeks world peace after firing Molotov and other Stalinists. State Department officials expressed skepticism about the reasons, warning nations to wait and see as Eisenhower and Dulles were away on July 4 holidays. If removal signals new Soviet steps, it would indicate a shift in policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
V. M. Molotov
U. S
State Department
Lincoln White
Eisenhower
State Dulles
Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Lazar Kaganovich
Dmitri Shepilov
Derby on Meridian Street Hill Opens at Seven P.M.
The Meridian Street Hill Derby returns with a 7 p.m. start after staging the event in cooler evening hours. A large ramp will be built at 9th and Meridian with racers moved to the pit area behind it for final preparations. Anderson Police, Junior Police League, and others will manage traffic as thousands watch. Junior Chamber and Anderson Newspapers co sponsor Hunter Chevrolet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian St. Hill
9Th
6Th St
Meridian
Anderson Police Department
Junior Police League
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hunter-Chevrolet
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Holiday tolls rise as crashes claim four lives in Indiana area
Indiana tolls jumped through the holiday weekend with seven reported fatalities. In Gibson County a two-vehicle crash on Branch killed Sid Latham 68 and James Sawyer 17 of Pembroke Kentucky. Homer Etheridge Don Etheridge and Jerry Sawyer injured. On Ind 32 east of Selma Ralph Howell 40 of Muncie died when his car hit a utility pole after midnight. A separate crash also on Ind 32 killed a Muncie man. Douglas Sawyer reported Etheridge may have fallen asleep at the wheel. Two families were returning home from Illinois when the accidents occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Kentucky
Branch
Gibson County
Selma
Muncie
Sid Latham
James Sawyer
Rt. 2
Pembroke
Homer Etheridge
Don Etheridge
Jerry Sawyer
Illinois
Douglas Sawyer
Etheridge
Ralph Howell
Ind
Irvin to learn Monday if final appeal lifts death sentence
Evansville killer Leslie Irvin, 33, will learn Monday at 9 a.m. if his appeal for a new trial and a stay of execution is granted by Federal Judge W Lynn Partington. He faced the court amid gunited guards and a 4,700 page transcript as he awaits a ruling on whether to escape the electric chair for the fourth time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Leslie Irvin
Evansville
Indiana Electric Chair
W. Lynn Parkinson
Irvin
State
State Prison
Michigan City
Theodore Lockyear Jr
James D. Lopp
Princeton
Gibson County
Husky Pipe
Alfred Dowd
U.S
Robert Hock
Dowd
W. Wesley Kerr
San Francisco
Henderson County
Posey County
Arrow Heights DVBS Program Sunday P.M
The Vacation Bible School program at Arrow Heights Church of God starts at 7 p.m. Sunday. The theme is The Church and pupils will display handwork and refreshments will be served. The project helps children nationwide have daily VBS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrow Heights
Mrs Dessie Carpenter Dies After Illness at 68
Mrs Dessie D Carpenter 68 lifelong Madison County resident died at home on Chesterfield Rd after an extended illness. Survived by daughter Hazel Keesling and half-brother Davis Sullivan Markleville. Friends may call after 2 pm today at Sells and Rowe Funeral Home. Funeral Sunday 2 pm by Rev Homer Habegger at Church of the Nazarene Berne. Interment East Maplewood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dessie D. Carpenter
Madison County
Chesterfield Rd
Hazel Keesling. Anderson
Davis Sullivan
Markleville
Sells and Rowe
Homer Habegger
Church of the Nazarene
Berne
East Maplewood Cemetery
Funeral Rites Set for Lawson and Rahbek Victims
Funeral services are announced for Robert L. Lawson 21 of 516 W 21st St who died from accidental electrocution at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Services at Brown and Butz Funeral Home with military rites by Fort Benjamin Harrison detachment. Burial at East Maplewood Cemetery. Loren L Rahbek 38 of Dayton Ohio formerly of Anderson died at St John’s Hospital. Rites at Charles Moore Funeral Home Dayton with burial in Dayton. Body moved from Baker Brothers Funeral Home to Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Lawson
W. 21St St
Fort Leonard Wood
Brown and Butz
George Skinner
Jackson Park
Loren L. Rahbek
Dayton
Ohio
Anderson
St. John’s Hospital
Charles Moore
Baker Brothers Funeral
Deaths In Madison And Nearby Counties
Obituaries for Mrs Rebecca Tibbetts 87 Pendleton and Mrs Emma Barton 9 Wilkinson note funeral services set for Saturday. Tibbetts will be at Valorous C Rector Funeral Home Markleville with burial at Grove Lawn Cemetery Pendleton. Barton will be at Condo and Son Funeral Home and burial at Goshen Cemetery Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Tibbetts
Services for Mrs Hortense Coridan Fortville
Mrs Hortense Coridan 67 of Ingalls died Thursday in Hancock County Hospital Greenfield. Services will be at Union Chapel south of Windsor at 2 p.m. Saturday conducted by Elder H E Boyer. Burial in Union Cemetery. Friends may call at Paul C Cory Funeral Home Fortville until 10 a.m. Saturday and after 1 p.m. at Union Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hortense Coridan
Fortville
Ingalls
Hancock County Hospital
Greenfield
Union Chapel
Windsor
H. E. Boyer
Union Cemetery
Paul C. Cory
Hospital Dismissals List Torn from St John’s Page
Dismissals from St John’s Hospital include Grace Holler Alexandria Lela Halterman Alexandria Sybil Mills Rt 6 Patricia Burton 3029 Mounds Rd Sally Reed Alexandria Freddie Farlow and daughter 1025 Sheridan St George Astrike and son 1410 Fountain St Billy Haston and daughter 1204 Indiana Ave James Beemer and son Alexandria Bernard Bond and son 1213 E 35th St William Bledsoe and daughter Rt G Harold White and daughter 1211 W 11th St Glen Ehle and son 1031 Silver Ct Oscar Dunlap and son Summitville Carolyn Nash 2218 Nelle Eunice Messersmith Gaston Wanda Ballinger Daleville Barbara Adams Pendleton Denny Lyons 517 Central Ave Arthur Mattweiler 204 W 7th St Hazel McDonald Muncie Ruth Dwiggins Rt 6 Tokyo Rail workers win raise after big toot whistle event
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Hospital
Grace Holler
Alexandria
Lela Halterman
Sybil Mills
Patricia Burton
Mounds Rd
Sally Reed
Freddie Farlow
Sheridan St
George Astrike
Fountain St
Billy Haston
Indiana Ave
James Beemer
Bernard Bond
E. 35Th St
William Bledsoe
Rt. G
Harold White
W. 11Th St
Glen Ehle
Silver
Oscar Dunlap
Summitville
Harvey
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Bulletin-Herald
Jrar
ATH
Sun Valley
Maxim Saburov
Moscow
Truman Library Program
Charles A. Halleck
Rind
Franklin G. Fleete
General Services Administration
Earl Warren
Baler
Belmont Park
New York State
Joseph Newton
Family Weekly
Evelyn Lovter
Norman Weiser
Amilies
Anderson Sunday Herald
Mikhail Pervukhin
Glamorene
Durgan
Man
Fiancee
Buick
Heckaman
Buick, Inc
Russia
Strickler’s
Madison Ph
Arrow Heights Dvbs
Mrs
Dessie Carpenter
Madison
Emma W. Barton Wilkinson
Emma W. Barton
Kenneth Barton
Wilkinson
Condo and Son
James Barton
Goshen Cemetery
Richmond
Eunice Messersmith
Gaston
Wanda Ballinger
Daleville
Barbara Adams
Pendleton
Denny Lyons
Central Ave
Arthur Mattweiler
Tokyo
National Railway Workers Union
First Presbyterian Church
W. Ninth and Chase Sts
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