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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1956
Page
15
In Poznan the first of a series of mass trials targets rebel workers from the three day bread and freedom uprisings. A West German observer notes Polish fear of retaliation while rumors of executions circulate without confirmation.
Communists say East Berlin will replace the obsolete Stalin statue with a new hotel to preserve face amid Moscow's anti Stalin drive. The statue was set up by Soviet forces after World War II.
Tennessee Senator decries recent remarks about the Supreme Court as subversive to government. He cites colleagues calling the court pro Communist insolent willful and irresponsible. Page 2 column continues.
The weatherman predicts a pleasant weekend with fair and warmer conditions in Indiana. Highs around 85, lows 62 to 68, with Sunday partly cloudy and slightly warmer, and a risk of light rain late Sunday and again midweek.
August Amundsen aged 80 wed Ruby Salsbury 74 at Misenke Nursing Home. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Wayne Grover after Amundsen, visiting friends at the home, decided he could not stand living alone.
An ad promoting the Want Ads as a fast simple way to find reliable tenants. It highlights housing listings for houses apartments or rooms and notes many readers watch the Want Ads daily for better living arrangements. The sample ad below shows quick tenant matching on first appearance.
Private entrance on the ground floor of a two room modern apartment at Xxxxx Meridian. Quiet setting with convenient access and compact layout suitable for singles or a couple.
Tokyo dispatch reports Japanese observers logged a hydrogen bomb test near Bikini Atoll. They tracked a blast at high stratospheric altitude around 22 miles, believed to be from a guided rocket. The sixth test in the U S series began May 5, with atmospheric concussions recorded in Japan.
Guide Lamp Division announces 46 800 square feet of new floor space taking total to 1 300 000 square feet with 32 000 added at the north end and 44 800 at the southwest corner. The 1956 Guide Lamp picnic is scheduled for August 11 at Riverside Park Indianapolis with events from 8 30 a m to 5 p m including games rides stage shows and attendance gift drawings.
Second Lt Stephen Brooks Bray 22 of Noblesville was identified as the student pilot killed when his T 33 jet training plane crashed during final approach at Webb Air Force Base Texas He was nearing completion of solo flight training. A separate note reported a kidnapped four week old baby Peter Weinberger taken from Westbury Long Island with ransom demands the note said.
President Eisenhower spoke with Sherman Adams and James Hagerty about politics after a month of silence. Hagerty did not reveal details and warned reporters not to read the grin, leaving whether he would run again unclear. Burd reports on the president’s informal reception.
Representatives of AFL and CIO locals will meet at the Labor Temple at 7 30 p m Monday to map preliminary plans for an east central Indiana Labor Day observance. Participants include groups from Connersville Richmond New Castle Muncie Hartford City Montpelier Marion Portland and other area cities. Harold Goehring of Anderson is general chairman. The event features a large parade a public meeting and a keynote speaker with regional activities surrounding the observance.
The Communications Commission approved Friday a channel substitution moving television channel 26 to channel 61 at Anderson Indiana and replacing channel 26 with channel 77 in Indianapolis.
The House passed a bill raising postal rates by 430.1 million annually, moving to four cents for a first class stamp. Vote 217 to 165, backing Eisenhower, opposed by many Democrats. Measure heads to the Senate amid lingering session uncertainty.
In Westbury New York the kidnapper of 34 day old Peter Weinberger raised the ransom from 2000 to 5000 dollars and claimed the child is alive. Morris Weinberger agreed to the terms and promised to deliver the money. The caller said he was calling from a Manhattan pay booth and would watch newspapers and a TV news hour for the response. Nassau County police will not intervene in any private effort to recover the child who has been missing since the abduction from a carriage.
Eight year old Leigh Evelyn Williams was injured when her bicycle collided with a truck on Winding Way. She was treated at St. John's Hospital. A separate two car crash near Ind 32 and 13 injured four others. both drivers and passengers were hospitalized.
The House the Women Asked For is planned as the house of the week in Sundays Anderson Herald. Rudolph A Mat ern designs include as many preferences as 103 housewives voiced at the Women's Congress on Housing in Washington.
Final inspection for Anderson youths soap box racers set for 1 p.m. at Hunter Chevrolet showroom with judging until 5 p.m. design and construction awards to be decided. winners attend Delco Remy picnic at Killbuck Park next Tuesday evening.
Twenty one inmates implicated in last Sunday's riot at the Indiana Reformatory will be transferred Saturday to Michigan City State Prison. Thirty inmates from the State Prison will move to the Reformatory to free space. The transfers, by bus at 6 a.m., follow a five day Board of Correction inquiry that labeled a small group of "muscle men" as responsible for challenging institutional authority. Ringleaders named include James E. Denton of Indianapolis and William White of Louisville and Madison.
Alpine climbers joined American crews in the Grand Canyon to recover bodies and wreckage from a United DC7 crash and a Trans World Airlines Constellation crash. Eight Swiss climbers descended to assist, with three ferried to a ledge and five sent to the wreck base. The disaster killed all 128 aboard both aircraft.
The 18th annual vesper series by the YMCA opens with a Sunday 7 p.m. service at Shadyside Park. Mark Ehman leads congregational singing, Rev Ernest W. Hamilton offers evening prayer and reads scripture. The congregation will sing Faith Of Our Fathers, with special music by Mr. and Mrs. Ehman. Rev Raymond Breaker of the First Friends Church delivers the sermon What Think Ye Of Christ.
GM divisions Delco Remy and Guide Lamp announce the opening of Killbuck Park a 210 acre employee recreation area near Range Line Road west of Bethany Church. The site will host picnics summer outings with roads parking toilets tables grills and playgrounds ready. All Delco Remy and Guide Lamp employees and their families may use the facility and guests may be admitted.
Vice President Nixon told cheering Vietnamese that the United States supports their republic in its fight against Communist encroachment. He carried Eisenhower’s message praising Viet Nam’s progress toward constitutional government and stability as he met President Diem in Saigon.
New arrivals include a boy born to Rex Alspaugh and wife in Sulphur Springs. Emerson Campbell and wife welcome a daughter at 3112 Mounds Road. Anson Tucker and wife greet a daughter at 205 East 35th Street. Dr William Baughn and wife announce a boy at 1517 Winding Way. Frank West and wife celebrate a boy at 3057 Nichol Avenue. Marvin Davis and wife welcome a boy in Wilkinson. In Logansport a girl born to Larry Highbaugh and wife. Paternal grandparents are Edgar and wife at 104 Denny Apartments.
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