Government Fights Bomber Sale In Scout Surplus Case
The government files a federal civil suit over a 1947 B2 bomber sold to a Piedmont Scout Council affiliate for scrap use. It alleges the plane was resold by multiple parties, earning profits, and seeks $90,000 plus costs, naming Frank J. Mott and Clarence Goodrman among others in Winston-Salem and High Point.
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Mexico Sphere
Agar A
Ue Scout Council
Frank J. Mott
Winston-Salem
Clarence Goodrman
Dia
Mott
Benson to unveil site for 13 million animal disease lab
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson said he would announce a site for the proposed 13 million dollar animal disease research laboratory in Washington in a few days after meeting with a Kalispell one man site committee. Nine prospects were narrowed by the committee including Ames Iowa Madison Wis East Lansing Mich Columbia Mo Manhattan Kan Stillwater Okla Athens Ga College Station Texas and Tort Collins Colo Purdue Lafayette Ind was also offered. Public service action in Indiana declared Clinton County open territory for the Manson exchange with continued bus and rail connections and schedules to Noblesville Indianapolis and other points.
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Kalispell
Mont
Ezra Taft Benson
Washington
Benson
Agriculture Department
Aames
Iowa
Madison
Wis
East Lansing
Mich
Columbia
Manhattan
Kan
Stillwater
Okla
Athens
College Station
Texas
Tort Collins
Cola
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
National Debt Hits 272 Billion After Fiscal Year
The government reports the total national debt at 272 750 813 649 for the year ended June 30 195 fiscal year, about 1 623 per person based on 165 million population. Debt neared the 275 billion ceiling and briefly touched 280 31 billion prior to year end.
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Washington
Treasury
Soviet Says Muzzle Cold War Propagandists to Ease Ties
Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepitov urged muzzling cold war propagandists in the United States as essential for reducing misunderstandings with the United States. He spoke at his first news conference for Western reporters and called increased US-Soviet contacts crucial steps toward detente.
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Moscow
Dmitri Shepitov
United States
Soviet Union
Congress
Treasury
Jean
tolUnion
Lisent Ower
U.S
Dag Hammarcskjold
Two Children Die In Trailer Fire in Indiana
In Qreencastle Indiana two of five children died in a Friday house trailer blaze investigators say the fire trapped two youths asleep in a bunk. Harold Rumsey owned the trailer where three adults also lived.
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Qreencastle
Ind
Harold Rumsey
Roumnley
Bay Fatally Burned At Gary
Evansville UP Dan Simmons reports a Gary man died Friday from burns after a parked car with seven Gary residents burst into flames Thursday night in Gary Indiana.
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Bay
Gary
Evansville
Dan_ Simmons
Gary Persons
Pigeon Dust Cleared From Wisconsin Church Attic
Rev Stephan Rankin says pigeons in a Columbus Wisconsin church attic caused histoplasmosis among twenty parishioners including the pastor's wife and three trustees. Workmen removed the dust and health officers report the danger ended with the attic cleaned.
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Columbus
Wis
Stephan Rankin
Chow
Rankin
Trial to start on street use case in Indiana blaze incident
A fatal fire on U.S. 41 near Bluffton area injures several including Dan Simmons who dies at Dunes Park Hospital. His parents Mr and Mrs Henry Simmons and three siblings survive with others in fair condition. Police report gas tank switch and a heated dispute over street use preceded the blaze during a two year court battle.
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Dan
Henry Simmons
Ealing
U.S
Indiana
Allen Su
George Simon
Ergeant
Bluffton Street
Indianapolis
Indianapolis (f—State Police Assn
Hofer P. Scott
State Roadsite
Porte
Dunes Park
Stevenson says GOP defeated school aid bill in House
Bedford Iowa Adlai E Stevenson said Republicans must take responsibility for the defeat of the Federal aid to education bill in the House during a midwestern drought tour. He warned the crisis could worsen and urged action, noting Democrats voted for it more than Republicans.
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Bedford
Iowa
Adlair EB. Stevenson
Fi Stevenson
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Hhe
Hoosier State Press Association names new officers
Hoosier Pre Richard t Blacklidge elected president of the Hoosier State Press Association taking office July 1. He succeeds Ware Edgar, publisher of two Knox weeklies. C Richard Johnson of Boonville named vice president. William A Dyer Jr of Indianapolis re-elected treasurer. Virgil M McClinic of The White County Times Monlivelle is new secretary.
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Hoosier
Richard T. Blacklidge
Kekoma Tribune
Hoosier State Press Association
Blacklidge
Ware Edgar
Knox
C. Richard Johnson
Boonville
William A. Dyer Jr
Indianapolis
Virgil M. McClinic
White County Times
Monlivelle
Injury Helps Girl Survive After Car Crash
Jean Margetis, 9, survived 215 hours trapped in a wrecked car after a collision on a Wasatch mountain highway near Sunnyvale California. Rescuers found her in the improvisational space, conscious at times, with a skull fracture. Doctors reported her condition as satisfactory amid ongoing evaluation.
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Vu UP
Jean Margetis
Miss Margetis
Latter - Day Saints Hospital
Sunnyvate
Calif
Hixon's
Margelis
Revolt Suppressed in Prague Seizure Plot Unveiled
Prague security police disclosed a 1933 plot to seize the radio and post office and burn Pankrac prison. Blotters were liquidated in a single day with no gunfire. several details remained undisclosed as officials sourced the tale from the security police.
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Bist
Poznan
Poland
Prace
Fhe
Iprace
Associated Press
Vienna
Security Poliice
Pankrac
Treasury ends fiscal year with large balance drop
The statement on Thursday shows the Treasury closing June 30 with a balance of 8 541 184 868 compared to 8 215 665 047 at the end of fiscal 1955, indicating a sizable change in finances.
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Treasury
Three Indiana Defense Projects Approved by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee approved three military construction projects for Indiana. The tentative allocations include Fort Benjamin Harrison at 4,600,000 dollars, Tus? and Tinker Hill Air Force Base with 1,661,000 dollars.
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Washington
House
Indiana
Indir Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Rakalar Air Force Base
Tinker Hill Air Force
Peru
Nine Year Old Receives Middle Name On Birthday
A ninth birthday gift, a middle name, becomes Victoria Suez for a girl who urged her parents James and Me to add a baptismal and birth certificate with the new name. Her father calls it the perfect present for this milestone.
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Byanstiuib Sui
Tey
James Fey
Sor
Victoria Suez
Control Tower Team Planned for Terre Haute Field
The National Guard Bureau will send a team to operate a temporary control tower at Terre Haute Hulman Field after Governor Craig grounded jets, citing safety hazards from air traffic. A permanent tower crew is being organized by the Civil Aeronautics Administration with instruments due in 10 days and full operation slated around July 24. Local authorities note the move aims to stabilize military and civilian flight paths.
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National Guard Bureau
Washington
Indiana
Terre
Nante
Hulman Field
Craig
Harold Doherty
Doherty
Verre Haute
Civil Aeronautes Administration
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