Gas at Halloween Expo caused deadly Indianapolis blast
Witnesses testified top official for Discount Gas failed to train staff on handling liquid gas used in the perchance explosion that killed 74 during an ice show. Concession worker Wilbur Gauthier said he connected a heater to a gas tank and warned co workers as the danger escalated. Ensign faced involuntary manslaughter charges as his firm supplied the gas and deliveries were supervised by him. authorities seek Purdue engineer Solberg as a state witness.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Coliseum
Wilbur W. Gauthier
Richard Ensign
Elkhart
Ensign
Discount Gas Corp
Gauthier
Red James
West End
iGauthier
Pete D. ‘Streicher
Discount
Streicher
Ethel M. Reynolds
Harry Solpers
Deen
Engi
Sharett to Receive State Funerals in Tel Aviv
Former Israeli premier Moshe Sharett will receive a state funeral Friday and be buried in Tel Aviv's old cemetery per his will. He died at 70 after lying in state in Jerusalem at the Jewish Agency compound where he served as chairman. President Zalman Shazar led the honor guard.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Moshe Sharett
Tel Aviv
Sharett
Eariier
Jewish Agency
Zolman
Shazar
Biblical Subject Includes Eden News Cartoon Series
Rome AP reports producer Pino Zac is creating a series of cartoons on biblical subjects. One panel shows Adam in Eden reading the Teego News.
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Rome
Pino! Zac
Adam
Eden
Elwood engineer presents fatigue paper at major meeting
J I Lyst formerly of Elwood joined six Alcoa Research Laboratories engineers presenting five papers to about 4000 attendees at the American Society for Testing and Materials annual conference at Purdue University. Lyst heads fatigue testing in mechanical testing and coauthored work on coatings and fatigue strength of wrought aluminum alloys.
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Elwood
J. I. Lyst
Alcoa Research Laboratories
Aemrican Society For Testing
Purdue University
Lyst
Miriam Ertel
Beulah Pugh
G. W. Stickley
Elwood social clubs host ceremonies and picnics around town
Eleven new members inducted in a Kappa Kappa Kappa chapter ceremony at Elwood Federal Savings and Loan Community Room. Local groups plan cookery fundraiser at Elwood Theatre, charity drives for Riley Camp, and a July picnic season with multiple clubs meeting at Callaway Park and Stottlemyer’s Party House Frankton.
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Elwood
Lambday
Kappa Kappa Kappa
Elwood Federal Savings and Loan Bank
Kang Duntsinger
Rown Wingrove
Wits
Jack Fortson
Honert Veardorf
Wiliam Hooson
James Helm
Jerome Jonnson
Margaret Wingrove
Ann Fortson
Micheile Kennedy
Martha Qlday
Dodi Forst
Gene Vonard
Legion Allene Association
Michigan
Electriec
Elwood Theatre
Robert Linegar
Riley
Gene Mittchell
Richard Trowbridge
George Wershing
Jack Wright
Carolyn Mitchell
Art Noble
Welcome Wagon Club
Callaway Park
Michael McGinnis
Ray Converse
OPC
OPC Club
Stottlemeyer
Frankton
East Main Street
Charles Benedict Dies at 81 in Elwood
Charles Benedict 81 longtime Elwood resident died at 4 10 am Thursday after months of illness. Born July 1 1884 in Elwood he married Mattie L Anderson in 1909. she died in 1950. He retired from American Sheet and Tin Plate Co Elwood and Delco Remy in Anderson. Survived by son Garth Benedict and sister Miss Emma Benedict. Funeral Monday 1 30 pm at Copher and Fesler Mortuary with Rev. Percy Thomas. Burial Elwood City Cemetery.
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Elwood
Charles Benedict
Miramar
Mr. Benedict
Daniel
Mary Benedict
Mattie L. Anderson
East Main St
Christian Church
Odd Fellows Lodge
Garth Benedict
Dravasberg
Penn
Emma Benedict
Copher and
Elwood Mercy Hospital Briefs and Birth Notices
Elwood records list dismissals including Mrs William Lyons Mrs Nolan Watkins and Mrs Max Langford. Admits include Donna Slaton Mrs George Collier Mrs George Myerly and others of Elwood with births to Mr and Mrs John Kelich a boy and to Mr and Mrs Otis Hoppenrath a girl. An Indianapolis patient Iris Van Buskirk remains at Robert Long Hospital on Ward F fourth floor. ambulance transfers report Marion Danforth to Miramar Nursing Home and Merken Johnson to Mercy hospital Copner and Fesler ambulance. Ice Cream Social Emmanuel Methodist Church July 10 5 to 9.
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Elwood
William Lyons
Nolan Watkins
Max Langford
Alexandria
Donna Slaton
George Collier
George Myerly
Wilbur Perkins
Deborah Cannan
Lisa McFall
Keven Clark
Richard Cleaver
Jacklyn Allen
Harry Austin
John Kelich
Otis Hoppenrath
Elword
Indianapolis
Iris van Buskirk
500. S. 22Nd St
Robert Long
Marion Danforth
Washington St
Frankton
Miramar
Robert L. Jackley
Merken Johnson
Main St
Mercy Festital
Copner and
Fesler
Private cars drive work use most in U S
Among private cars in the United States about 73 percent are used for commuting to jobs conducting business or chores on the farm indicating a strong link between car ownership and productive activity.
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Detroit
U.S
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Humphrey
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Mexico City
U. S
Foster’s
Central Indiana
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Foster's Decorator
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Scott Campbell
Neil Waymire
Leo Jarrett
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Nell Waymire
Fantasia Club
Fern Hallowell
Ann Noble
Luzerne Hutcheson
Eva Conard
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Hollowwell
Maude Legg
Lucille Grizzell
Frankon
Regina Graham
College of Regents
Connersville
the Elwood Country Club
Lulu VanTine
Eunice Guisinger
Vanine
W.S. Hoppenrath
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Jean DeHority
YNI Club
Dorothy Stansberry
S. A St
Mary Stookey
Paul Mantz
Yuma
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Mantz
Elwood’s Mercy Hospital
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Main
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J. D. Rich
Frigidaire
Zenith
NEMA
Raible Ave
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