Thorne death not normal says coroner
Coroner Dr Harry Leon reported traces of alcohol morphine and barbiturates in the body of Monty Thorne a 20 year old heir to nearly two million dollars The coroner said the death was not by normal means but offered no ruling on the exact cause The case raised suspicions as Thorne had revised his will shortly before his death and left most of his fortune to Maureen Ragen and her mother while his mother Marion received one eighth The youth had previously been under scrutiny after a medical kit theft and threats of blackmail involving his mother and a Catholic school contact The mother testified she feared for her life and vowed to spend every dime to uncover what happened
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Cannyon
Montgomery Ward
Thorne
Harry Leon
Young Thorne
Maureen Ragen
Aleen Ragen
Marion
Leon
Michael J. Murphy
Young
Tius Johnson
Murphy
Monty
Miss Ragen
Calvary
Senator Fears Farm Support Hit in Election Belt
GOP Senator warns a 28.170 vote for flexible farm price supports will harm Republicans in farm states. Senate debate looms as factions clash over flexible versus rigid parity for wheat cotton corn rice and peanuts. House approval spurred by surpluses and administration push, with Mundt urging extension of current supports.
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Oecen
RND
Young
Senate
Aiken
Senate Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
Sen. Mundt
RSD
F Mundt
Farmer Ainst Farmer
Nixon
Benson
State Guard Units Go To Camp July 18
A city report notes State Guard units scheduled to depart for camp on July 18. The Board of Works awarded Ralph Reed and Son Inc. a contract for 8,203.40 for sidewalks and gutters on W 18th St. bids for F 7th St resurfacing were rejected and remade.
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W. 18Th St
Arrow Wye
Board of Works
Ralph Reed and Son, Inc
F. 7Th St
Chesnut and
Walnut Sts
F. Lynn St
Ind
Osc Ar Felson
Fain St
Cancer expert persuades wife to smoke pipe
In Los Angeles the Yale cancer expert Hammond and his wife Mrs Hammond discuss switching to a pipe as a potential trend. He notes heavy cigarette use links to lung cancer and heart disease while his wife says she reduced to about half a pack daily and may try the pipe herself. The couple, on vacation, entertain the idea of pipe smoking catching on among women.
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Yale
Cam
Hammond
American Cancer ‘Society
Board To Rule On Minister Montgomry Return Mystery
Sheldon Tilly The Elders of the First Presbyterian Church met to decide whether to retain Rev William Montgomery after his six week absence He returned claiming nervous fatigue and a urge to drive his car He is 41 and married with three children The board weighs his position following his return Paris buses use numbered slips to determine boarding order with slips torn from signpost slots
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Sheldon
Tilly
First Presbytrian Church
William Montgomery
Montgomery
Mr. Montgomery
Cincinnati
Bealls Chapel Group Meets for Services and Meetings
Bealls Chapel Church hosts Women’s Society of Christian Service meeting at Mrs Joah Richwine’s home south of Hamilton. Bealls Chapel Methodist holds prayer service Thursday at 8 pm. first official church board meeting Saturday evening. Perkinsville session convened Monday. Good Samaritans gather Thursday at the church. Local families hosting and visiting relatives span Perkinsville to Indianapolis and Anderson.
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Joah Richwine
Hamilon
Women's Society of Christian Service of
Perkinsville
Herbert Gentry
Bealls Chapel Methodist Church
Bealls Chapel Church
Good Samaritans
Frank Conn
Raymond Conn
Fort Wayne
Clifford Conn
Myrtle McClintock
Sandra McClintock
Don McClintock
Carl DeSpain
Indianapolis
LeRoy Brown
Kenanna
Ford Spaulding
Anderson
Lee Birton
Ed Wise
Virginia Wilson
Mary
Benson Blames High Price Aid For Surpluses
WARSAW MA Benson secretary of Agriculture told Warsaw’s Lakeland festival that high support prices for basic commodities cause overproduction. He cited a 19 point drop in the farm income index from February 1951 to January 1953 and warned current policies keep production at peak levels while farmers face surpluses and market squeeze. Britain Got Guiana Britain’s only colony on the mainland of South America was ceded to Britain by the Dutch in 1814, with an area around 83 000 square miles.
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Tevel
Indiana
Benson
Britain
Guiana
Georgetown
British Guiana
South America
Farm Agency Uses Planes For Fire Fighting And Spraying
A Department of Agriculture aviation program operates 30 planes with 16 used to transport personnel and supplies including smoke jumpers, conduct large fire reconnaissance, detect fires in remote areas, and perform routine post lightning inspections. The remaining 14 planes focus on crop spraying dusting fertilizing and seeding research and development.
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Department of Agriculture
A and B together finish in 40 days problem
A and B jointly complete a task in 40 days. B alone takes 18 days longer than A. Let A take X days, B take X plus 18 days. Then daily work sums 1 over X plus 1 over (X plus 18) equals 1 over 40. Solve for X to find A’s time.
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Paul White
General Hospital
Howard Filis
Nege
GOP
Washin
Board
Paris
Bealls Chapel Group
Chesterfield Camp
Arthur B. Henning
Chesterfield
Chester
Cathedral of the Woods
Lyle Sensasone
Warsaw
Ma. Uy
Secretar of Agriculture
Lakeland
Ford
Nolaal Arated
Fearmad
Nial Twins
R & H Motor Company, Inc
Farm Agency
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