Bill to ease U S gas control faces uncertain fate in Congress
The House Commerce Committee approved a measure to ease federal gas price regulation while keeping rate oversight. Supporters say it protects consumers and reduces burdensome rules, but opponents warn it could let producers charge what traffic bears. President Eisenhower vetoed a similar 1956 proposal. A second item notes International Harvester Co seeks $1.32 million in state gross income tax refunds for 1950 55.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
House
Rayburn
Dtex
Senate
Commerce Committee
Rules
Harris
D-Ark
Federal Power Commission
Congress
Eisenhower
Elwood Boys League Dinner and Preparations Reviewed
Elwood The Elwood E Men and parents of the Little League Pony League and Minor League players meet at Mangas cafeteria annex at 7:30 p.m. A 6:20 p.m. dinner is optional. Topics include second Little League round, 1957 All Star teams, Pony League second Tauach, and starting the Minor League program for about 180 boys. Carl Renner urges large attendance. Smith Rites for Earl Smith 66 held at Copher and Fesler Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial in Elwood City Cemetery. Memorials held by Elks and Eagles Tuesday night.
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Elwood
Elwood Emen
Mangas
Carl Renner
Smith
Earl’Smith
Et Mercy Hospital
Copher
Chinese student complaint denied at Mercy Hospital review
A red Chinese student’s complaint alleging mistreatment while at Purdue University is dismissed amid hospital notes and statements. Mercy Hospital admissions are listed and several local residents are named in the fragmented record as part of the case review.
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Red
Mercy Hospital
William. McPhearson
Larry Frazee
Washington
State and Baby
Frankton
Cole
Pet H.jed
Bethay
Fairmount
Char jChinese
Jes Humphries
Purdue Univer“Mercy
Hasa
Howard CiJones
Charles F. Davis
Tseng Juan-Chih
Leo Peitz
Canton
Copher
China
Carl J. Miller
No.c St
John Mattwell
Earl Barksdale
David Miller
Elwood
Son
Missing Ex Opera Singer Located After Mystery
Mrs. Ruby Graham 78 former opera singer and widow of Ernest R. Graham was found in Terre Haute Indiana after being reported missing on a trip from Chicago to Vero Beach Florida. She said floodwaters delayed her southbound journey and that a car transmission failure led to the hotel stop.
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Graham
Lake City
Fla
Indiana
Tseng alleges mistreatment in Indiana hospital
Quoted by Communist officials Tseng claims handcuffs and a 14 hour confinement at Logansport State Hospital. State Department officials and Purdue University figures dispute mistreatment and provide hospitalization details including dates and grounds privileges. Police reports link unrest to mail firecracker incidents in North Anderson. Evansville railroad worker Schaefer to receive Medal of Honor for 1954 rescue of a child.
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Peiping
Indiana
Lincoln White
State Department
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
A. H. ‘Tichenor
Purdue
Tseng
John Southworth
Logansport State Hospital
State Hospital
Superior Court of
North Anderson
Wendell Hollingsworth
Broadway and
North Sts
Hollingsworth
Evansville
Herman
Schaefer
Chicago & Eastern
Timothy Robertson
University of Maryland
Johns Hopkins
Ohio State
University of Illinois
United States
Indiana Hospital
Church Plans Improvements In Alexandria
St Marys Catholic Church in Alexandria will receive a new roof repairs to the driveway and court areas. The basketball court will be restricted with chains and parts used for tennis and volleyball under the pastor Rev Robert Sorgs supervision.
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Alexandria
St. Mary's Catholic
Robert Sorg
George Scholt
Haney
Basha Heney
Dorothy Gough
Summitville
Davis
Courtroom Docket Shows Dozens of Divorce and Contract Suits
A long list of circuit court complaints and divorces spans multiple cases. Filers include Norman, Poney, Quinn, Cessna, Riley, and many others. Proceedings cover divorce, contract actions, real estate possession, and custody findings with several dismissals noted by the court.
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Otha M. ‘Norman
Margaret M. Norman
Len
Bagot
Free and Shearer
Joan’ M
Poney
Robert E. Poney
Daniel D_. Quickel
Betty
Joanne
Quinn
Jack B. Quinn
B. Fidler
Pendleton
Banking “Company
Board of Education of
Metropolitan ” School- District
Kunz
Kunz United
Interchange
Inc
Cof Ilinois
James D. Joseph
Eileen D
Joseph
Kuzin
S ‘Korner
Edward. Seranurg
Jerome. H. Leviton
Chicago
Superior Court
O Ae
Kathleen J. Howard
Keneth
E. Howard
Dearmid
Hooram and
DeArmond
Elsie J Céssna
Charles W. Cessna
Whitehead and
Whitehead
Orval Hinds
Robert Etchison
Gladys
Etchison
Michael E. Tencey
Viola Lillian
Huffman
Lester D. Huffman
Campbell, Anderson and Jones
Rita Reger
James J. Reger
John R. Walsh
Gentry
J B. Hall
Kelley
Arnold
Joyce
Ann Riley
Norman Lee Riley
Byer and
Gaus
Opal
Hastings
James Paul
Campbell
Reichard
Ronald Reichard
Howard G. Stout
Sandra’ S. Stout
Marthawell May
Max May
Betty G. Hanna
James EF. Hanna
Ada L.wilson
Robert Lee Wilson
Edna Ruth Quear
Eugene C. Quear
Lapel group meetings and community notes roll in
Local clubs schedule events this week including Lady Lions officer installation at 8 p m on Wednesday July 10 and Wayne Sisterhood ice cream supper with program. Youth Institute attendees from Methodist Church travel July 7–13 to Epworth Forest. Birth day dinner honors. Myrtle Huffman moved to New Haven Nursing Home. Copied traffic and crime items update Indiana entries.
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Lady Lions
Wayne Sisterhood
Brotherhood
Woman's Society of World Service
EUB
Bunnell
Methodist Church
Youth Institute of
Muncie
Epworth Forest
Bea. Williamson
Rena Woodward
Forrest, Williamson, Jr. and
Indianapolis
Jim’ Layton
Dwight “Anderson
Myrtle Huffman
Riverview Hospital
New Haven
Jon Beath
Elwood Social Clubs Hold Luncheon Bridge Meetings
Elwood clubs name officers and hostesses as members attend bridge events. Winners included Mesdames Lloyd Foland and Grover Reichart while guests featured Mrs. Loren Neese. The schedule lists July 22 meetings at Mrs Foland's and a Sept 9 chamber office gathering for the Visiting Nurse Board.
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Elwood
KAB
Glenn Buxter
Grover Reichart
Lloyd Foland
Lena Foland
David Richards
Anderson
Elwood Chamber of Commerce
Blair Sullivan
Robert Wesseler
Renart
Lapel WSCS Circle Meets with August Picnic Planned
Lapel Circle 5 of the Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service met at the home of Mrs. Virginia Smith with co-hostess Mrs. Vera Schuyler. Mrs. Edna Mc Clintock presided, devotion led by Mrs. Schuyler, and reports given by Mrs. Edith Woodward. Plans were made for an August 15 picnic in Delco Remy Park Anderson.
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Lappel Wscs
LAPEL
Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service
Virginia Smith
Vera Schuyler
Edna McClintock
Marie Anderson
Frank Anderson, Jr
Pendleton
Edna Mc
Clintock
Forest Park
Noblesville
McClintock
Edgar Wyant
Charles McGlacken
Howard McClintock
Larry Max Mills
Drivers Are Fined In Elwood Court
A large number of speeders were fined by Mayor Robert Fortson in Elwood city court Tuesday morning. Several defendants faced fines of $1 plus costs for speeding and related offenses, with larger penalties for reckless driving and other violations. A few trials were set for July 12, including James William Ross Jr. for reckless driving and Tom Whitaker for operator license issues.
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Superior Court
Helen Blevins
Robert Blevins
Correne
L. Richardson
Fred J. Richardson
Edna L. Shores
Ross W. Shores
Kette Jean
Joan C. Bashaw
Wayne William Bearman Jr
Thelma Maxwell
Robert Maxwell
Twila Wohlfarth
Harold Wohlfarth
Twila Esther Wagner
Flora B. Williams
Tent
Williams
Inkster
Mich
Poe Ue
William’ Carl
Phearson
Ath St
Robert Eugene Leever
Mainter
Admiralty Islands
James William Ross Jr
Rt 3
Alexandria
Tom Whitaker
Elwood
Elvis Vanness
N. A St
Mildred Soloman
N. B St
Thomas Joyce
Elwood Hotel
John R. Moore
6Th St
Frank Arehart
Wie P. A
Pressure on Red China urged for missing Korean War servicemen
In Washington the House Foreign Affairs Committee urged President Eisenhower to press Red China for an accounting of 450 missing American servicemen from the Korean War. The panel backed a resolution to make this a priority of U.S. policy and strengthen talks in Geneva with Chinese negotiators.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
House
U.S
U. Alexis Johnson
Geneva
Clement J. Zablocki
D-Wis
Johnson
Defense
State Department
Red China
Red
China
State Police Veteran Will End Service
Indiana state police veteran Captain John J. Barton resigns after 22 years to join Midwest Tank & Manufacturing in Indianapolis. Barton, previously executive officer and head of the department of investigation division, leaves August 15 and cites career wealth while Supt Zeis laments the difficulty of replacing him. He trained at the first state police training school in 1935 and helped investigate the head hands murder case involving Harry Miller.
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Indianapolis
John J. Barton
Indiana State ‘Police
Barton
Department of Investigation
Midwest, Tank & Manufacturing Co
Abe Miller
Harold ‘S. Zeis
Zeis
Harry Miller
Cincinnati
Fire” Department
Alexandria Social Activities Spotlight Hillbilly Party
Alexandria social items highlight a Hillbilly Party hosted at the home of Mrs. Harvey Marquand with co hosts and sorority members present. Prizes for attire noted and gifts shared as Miss Bertha Mae Thias wins the door prize. The Loyalty Class of the First Baptist Church plans a Beulah Park picnic and a gift box to muscular dystrophy patients.
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Alexandria
Raymond Breese
Maranand
Hancher
Kappa Delta Phi
al I
Harvey Mar
Flock
Joe Besser
John Jacobs
Quand
Chestnut Rd
Nile Butner
Leon Cleaver
Bertha Mae Thias
Clarence Crouch
Florida
Janice Wilson
Stioning
West Palm Beach
Janet Cleaver
Ralphilla
Lynch
Ralph Biddle
J. H. Wilson
Anderson
N. C
Bill Hancher
Baptist Church
Beulah Park
California Hospital
Richardhouse
Benson
E. Second St
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Kittie Coes
Mao Paul Teeny
Tombstone
Heaven
Hell
Rhonda
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Ireland
Fon
Rhonda EL Dahl Fleming
Cleo Moore
Mbps
Cde
Fennelly
Quincannon
Frontier Eines
Roy Re Mul UO
Crin «Rednard
Hone
Dan Heston
Brynner- Baxter - Robinson
DE Carlo - Paget
Derek
Gur
Elwood Boys League
Paramount Theater
OAS
West
Wyatt Earp
Dec Holliday
Burt Lancaster
Kirk “Douglas
Clanton Gang
Hal Wallis
Ok: Corral
Shamiram
Turkey
Sweel
Tooles
Strickler's
Madison
Edgar
Army
Pueblo Corp, Ordnance Depot
Sunday Herald
He Shi
Hendrys
Pauline Steiner
Hendryx
Davis and Strider
George Calhoun
First Baptist Sharch
Park View Cemetery
Roy G. Hendryx
Delaware
Courthouse News
INO Meters
EI. ‘Jenberger Park
Crosley
Kokomo
Helen Revolt
Crawfordsville
Jeffersonville
William.g. Burns
Charles
Seaves
Brownsburg
Leo Ingersoll
America
James River
Virginia
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Malmoth Beeman
Gladys Sturtsman
Deloris Slattery
Loneline
Negreaes
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Jack
Cecily
Slattery
Fitzpatrick
Hart
Guy Gullic
Shidler
Okla
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Forge
Ak Leland
J. Fassero
Oak Park
Bobby R. Drummond
Hillard Hatn
Naial
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Roane i
Roof Coal and Oil CO
Anny
Prarae
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American Security Corporation
Curt Stephenson
Orgs Sauserman
Jean Mgr
Sears
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