Handley seeks flood disaster aid for 66 Indiana counties
Governor Handley asked the federal government to declare 66 of Indiana's 92 counties a disaster area after a conference revealed about 1,334,666 acres were destroyed or unplanted by heavy rains and floods. He telegrammed Secretary Benson requesting aid for all but 22 northern counties and four eastern edge counties near Richmond.
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Indianapolis
Handley
Indiana
Hoosier
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Hoosierland
Richmond
Hoffa Loses Mistrial Plea
In Washington Judge Burnita S Matthews refused to grant a mistrial in the bribery conspiracy case of Teamsters Vice President James R Hoffa. Hoffa seeks a mistrial to allow a joint trial with co defendant Hyman I Fischbach. Fischbach was granted a mistrial due to his attorney illness and will have a separate trial later.
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Washington
LLP
Burnita S. Matthews
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Edward Bennett Williams
Hyman I. Fischbach
Matthews
Fischbach
Williams
Nationwide Civil Defense drill simulates a nuclear strike
President Eisenhower leads a coast to coast air raid drill with 100 cities imagined crushed by nuclear bombs. The four day exercise tests local Civil Defense and emergency measures with 15 minutes public participation and relocation planning at 80 centers across several states.
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Canada
Eisenhower
Washington
White House
New York City
Rockefeller Center
Times Square
New England
Massachusetts
Hill Air Force Base
Ogden
Utah
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Rapid City
S.D
Bay City
Mich
Mt. Clemens
Detroit
Four Delco Remy executives named to new assignments
Delco Remy announces a series of staffing changes. Paul Stayton becomes superintendent of Plant Six and Mark Brewer is named assistant superintendent there. Everett Foust moves to Plant Three as assistant superintendent and R E Dollens shifts to equipment engineer. Stayton and Brewer both have long tenures with the firm dating to the 1940s.
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Delco-Remy
Paul C. Stayton
H. G. Riggs
Stayton
Harry L. Whitfield
Riggs
Mark Brewer
Plant Six
Everett E. Foust
R. E. Dollens
Foust
Plant Three
Roy Dollens
Dollens
Purdue University
Brewer
General Motors Institute
Collens
Faust
Starting Motor Plant
Showers and Thunderstorms Forecast for Indiana
The Weather Bureau warned of possible tornadoes in northern Indiana as showers and scattered thunderstorms were forecast for northern and central regions. Sunday outlook calls for partly cloudy skies warm humid conditions with highs from 86 to 94 degrees and scattered storms inland.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Michigan
Illinois
Peru
Brooklyn library returns 32 fined books in 1935
32 overdue books returned to the Brooklyn Public Library after fines totaling 6621 dollars were paid. The titles were left in a box on the library steps.
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New York
Brooklyn Public Library
Renting a Daleville Home Sparks Classified Buzz
A Daleville resident recalls renting a six room modern house with utility room and fenced yard after placing a Bulletin-Herald want ad. The piece highlights a thriving rental market and the ease of reaching buyers through the newspaper's classified section.
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Daleville
Bulletin - Herald
Bulletin
Herald
Mock Atomic Air Raid Targets Six Indiana Cities
Imaginary enemy planes dropped make believe atomic bombs on six Indiana cities as part of Operation Alert. Governor Handley and state officials fled to temporary offices in Lebanon to simulate emergency government operations.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Handley
Gary
South Bend
Terre Haute
Muncie
Evansville
Louisville
Lebanon
John McConnell
McConnell
Civil Air Patrol
Atty
Edwin Steers
Harold Zeis
William Hardwick
Girard Expects Fair Japanese Trial in Maebashi
U S Army specialist William S Girard expressed confidence in a fair Maebashi trial for manslaughter over a January firing range incident. He thanked supporters and said American attorneys have done all they can, while his court position is expected to be sustained.
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Camp Whittington
Japan
William S. Girard
United States
U. S. Supreme Court
U.S
Girard
Maebashi
Juzo Kawachi
Ottawa
Ill
Army
Maj
Stanley Levin
Hollywood
Calif
Supreme Court
Louis
Maj. Levin
Levin
William Girard
Police Nab Driver Of Stolen Auto Seeking Directions
A 23 year old Indianapolis man was arrested on vehicle taking after asking detectives for directions to a service station. The 1957 convertible had 300 miles shown on its odometer and the license plate was stolen from a parked car in Indianapolis. The suspect and car were returned to Indianapolis yesterday afternoon.
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Indianapolis
Rube Cox
Rex Toombs
Broadway
Vineyard St
Detroit
Annexation Meeting Set in Anderson Township Schools
Plans announced by the Anderson Township Citizens' Committee call for all township schools except Madison Heights to open from 1 to 6 p.m. for residents to sign annexation remonstrance petitions. Davis Stone and John A. Boone lead organizers who will meet next Wednesday at Madison Heights library to file petitions.
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Anderson Township
Madison Heights
Davis Stone
John A. Boone
Anderson
Ralph Ferguson
Jack Campbell
Mae Roberts
Muncie
Woodlawn Heights
Edgewood
Country Club Estates
River Forest
Civil Defense Groups Aid In Mock Bombing Attack
Local and county civil defense officials joined national groups in a state wide mock bombing drill. The Summitville county headquarters opened with Rob ert Shoemaker Jr. in charge and Zone One stationed at North Anderson Naval Reserve Center under James O. Cain. Whistles from 12 local factories sounded an 11 am air raid warning as missiles were depicted hitting Indianapolis Muncie and four other cities.
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Civil Defense
Naval Reserve Center
James O. Cain
Nick Martin
James Ray
Civil Defense Police
Harold
Mickey) Walker
Ernest Crull
Indiana
Herald
Summitville
Robert Shoemaker Jr
Anderson
Lafayette
Richland
Union Township
North Anderson
Indianapolis
Muncie
Ground Observer Corps
Civil Air Patrol
Nicholson File Plant Closes For Vacation
Nicholson File Company suspended operations for its annual two week vacation. General manager John H. Burton said normal production resumes August 4 with brisk business prospects for the rest of 1957. Vacation and regular payroll checks totaling over 100000 were distributed to 480 steady employees. Inventory for the year was completed this week.
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Nicholson File Company
John H. Burton
Burton
Nicholson
Beck and Son Indicted In Union Car Funds Case
Seattle grand jury indicts Teamsters Union President Dave Beck on one count for misappropriating 1900 from a 1952 Cadillac sale and charges Beck Jr. with two counts of larceny tied to 1951 1953 and 1955 car sales belonging to union bodies. Both indictments sealed. Beck Sr. surrendered to prosecutors. Beck Jr. surrendered later.
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Seattle
County
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Dave Beck Jr
Cadillac
Beck Sr
Charles C. Carroll
Western Conference of Teamsters
al Jege
Seattle Joint Council of Teamsters
Western Conference of
Charivari Ban Enacted In City After Wedding Demonstrations
Police issued a city wide ban on noisy charivari demonstrations in business and residential zones. Assistant Chief Nick Martin cited recent complaints and noted horns shouting and noise makers by wedding parties cause traffic hazards.
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Nick Martin
Martin
Eisenhower OKs FHA Down Payment Reduction
President Eisenhower signed legislation permitting lower down payments on FHA insured homes but effectiveness awaits next week. The measure frees new authority to cut down payments on the first 10 000 of a mortgage to 3 percent, with stepped rates above that, replacing 5 and 25 percent rules. The act authorizes 1.99 billion dollars for housing programs, though the president says it need not be spent in the current fiscal year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
Norman P. Mason
FHA
Audrey disaster toll tops 500 dead and missing
Sheriff Henry Reid reports that the total dead and missing from Hurricane Audrey surpasses 500 in Lake Charles Louisiana, as of Friday.
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Lake Charles
Henry Reid
Postal Pay Raise Pushed Through House Floor Action
Washington (UP) House backers used a discharge petition to bypass Rules Committee and send the postal pay raise bill to the floor. It would grant 518,000 postal workers a 546 dollar yearly raise, with passage expected a week from Monday. The bill, approved by the House Post Office committee despite Eisenhower and Tom Murray opposition, faces floor approval.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
T.A. Thompson
D-La
House Post Office Committee
Eisenhower
Tom Murray
D-Tenn
Countywide Indiana farm disaster area request grows
Madison County is named among 66 Indiana counties urged by Gov. Harold Handley to be declared a farm crop disaster area after a state survey showed 16 000 acres of cropland unplanted or destroyed by flood and standing water. Agricultural official Jesse Shuman cited 10 000 acres of corn 4 000 of soybeans and 2 000 of wheat affected.
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Madison County
Indiana
Harold W. Handley
Jesse Shuman
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
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New York State Civil Defense
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Lafayette Townships
Nicholson File
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St. John’s Hospital
William Harrison
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