Beating Death Prize Linked to Chicago Gunman Sought
Nelson Elwood a 67 year old Comstock Michigan town clerk died from a severe head beating after being found unconscious on a near downtown street. Police suspect Charles Hanna a 25 year old Chicago man wanted for a police officer killing in Ludington may be connected. Hanna wounded by bullets was last seen fleeing toward Chicago in a stolen car. Elwood identified himself before regaining consciousness and died at Method ist Hospital. Police search for Elwood's green 1950 Plymouth sedan as possible getaway car.
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Charles
Chuck) Hanna
Chicago
Ludington
Hanna
Comstock
Kalamazoo County
Glenn Hamil
Two Recovering From Injuries In Sunday Crash
Mrs Harrrll Van Natter of Mechanicsburg and her granddaughter Beth Ann Zirkle four months old are recovering at St John s Hospital Anderson with rib and head injuries and a skull fracture after a Sunday crash near Miller Cemetery east of Middletown. Harrell Van Natter and Stephen Ritchie seventeen of Sulphur Springs were not injured. The Ritchie car was totaled. the Van Natter car damaged. The parties were traveling on Honey Creek Road and Middletown Road when the collision occurred. State Trooper Skull from Pendleton observed the scene shortly after.
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Rchanicsburg
Harrll van Natter
Mechanicsburg
Beth Ann Zirkle
St. John's “Hospital
Anderson
Harrell van Natter
Stephen Ritchie
Miller Cemetery
Middletown
van Natter
U S Opposed To Soviet Bid For Conference
The United States resists Khrushchev’s call for a summit on the Middle East arguing it would bypass the UN and place the US and Britain in a defensive position amid charges of aggression. Officials expect August as the earliest feasible date and favor UN-led action over a separate summit. A separate item notes Helen Garber, 33, fractured her right ankle after a Monday fall and was treated at St John’s Hospital.
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Kita S
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
White House
Khrushchev
United Nations
Mideast
Middle East
United States
Britain
Rustsia
Iraq
Turkey
Jordan
Faisal
Russia
Lebanon
Charles del Gaulle
Helen" Garber
St. John's Hospital
City Emercy
Kiwanis Club Hosts Mayflower II Film Program
Kiwanis Club members gathered at the YMCA Monday noon for a film program focusing on the Mayflower II construction and ocean voyage. Jack Hoyt chaired, Brooks Short led the meeting, with guests Phillip Rossin Lewis Mendanhall and Robert Seybert in attendance.
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Aowers
YMCA
Ocean Ronge
Jack Hoyt
Brooks Short
Phillip Rossin
Lewis Mendanhall
T Robert Seybert
Acquires loan offices from Chevron Finance in Texas
Allentown based General Acceptance Corp announced it has acquired 14 installment loan offices in Texas from Chevron Finance Co of Denver. The deal covers total receivables outstanding of about $2.7 million and expands the lender’s regional presence. The move follows ACC’s recent growth strategy and signals continued consolidation in consumer finance.
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Allentown, Pa
UPI
General Acceptance Corp
Texas
Chevron Finance Co
Denver
Iraq Premier Protests Regime Friend of U S
London reports Abdul Karim Assem, premier of the new Iraqi republic, telling the Iraqi Embassy by phone that Iraq remains Western friends. An embassy spokesman said Kassem favored continuing former relations with the West and safe foreign presence, as he named Abdul Malik Daibak acting chief diplomat. Prince Zaid, ambassador, had avoided the embassy since the July coup but returned to London from Italy. his whereabouts were unknown.Հայ
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UPD
Abdul Karimassem
Agi Republic
Emassy
Baghdad
Abdul Kadir Faik
Kassem
Iraq
West
Sual
Abdul Malik Daibak
Prince Zaid
Italy
Princeaid
Faisal
Temperature Figures Given in Baghdad Embassy Remarks
A spokesman for Iraqi nationalists stated that everyone in the embassy backs the movement and rejects communism. He urged the West to seek terms with Iraq and Arab nationalism, expressing sorrow over the British Embassy in Baghdad being sacked and offering compensation.
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al-Askari
Sussex
Iraq
Baghdad
Indonesian Rally Denounces U S Britain in Middle East
About 1,000 Indonesians gathered in Jakarta to denounce the United States and Britain as loud calls for withdrawal from the Middle East resounded after a rally intended to mark the end of Dutch colonial rule eleven years earlier.
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United States
Britain
Middle East
Jakarta
Tax Assessors Report 1958 Values and Poll Totals
Figures prepared by Assessor Hartman show 20 877 persons listed for poll tax this year, a drop from 1957. County assessables total 63 000 685 with personal property 32 246 475 and commercial 30 126 475. Valuations in areas outside Anderson Elwood Alexandria include Adams Twp and many other townships, with Edgewood and Pendleton among listed centers. Motorists cautioned as Indiana National Guard convoys proceed to Camp McCoy for summer training. Major global voices urge Middle East de escalation, UN supervision proposed by Haile Selassie and Nkrumah, with widespread protests against US British troop deployments. Baby Karen Freckelton suffocates in Hammond.
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Elwood
Alexandria
Hartman
Umber
Anderson
Chesterfield
Pendleton
Edgewood
Anderson, Elwood
Lafayette
Pipe Creek
Richland
Stony Creek
Union
van Buren
Country Club Estates
Frankton
Gimeo
Ingalls
Markleville
Orestes
River Forest
Summitville
Woodlawn Heights
Adams Critics Charge in Congressional Aid Dispute
The record notes Merrow and Weeks defending Adams amid claims he accepted favors from Goldfine while denying special government treatment. A House Armed Services inquiry looms as Austin questions improper influence. the case ties to wartime penalties and pressure tactics, with broader federal funding and airport project debates in Metuchen and surrounding townships.
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Merrow
Congres
Marston Hurd
Amoskeag State Bank
Manchester
Weeks
Tose Association
Sherman Adams
Goldfine
Ada Ims
Adams
Mitchell
Scretary
Interior
Seaton
Iso
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals
Raylaine Torsteds
Sinier
Austin
House Armed Services
Wi House
Raylaine
Pearl Harbor
Hospital dismissals spark regional unrest and political questions
A chaotic report details hospital dismissals in Martinsville and Alexandria, listing multiple names and addresses amid clashes between rebel forces and government-backed units. A U.S. embassy note cites Lebanese rebel activity near Beirut and a Cairo charge, with comments from Rep. Bray on foreign aid and mill price supports. The piece ties local casualties and evacuations to broader Middle East tension during a tense election climate.
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Arines Apni
Tell McShirey
Suacetown
Roger Ag
Carolyn Owens
Laobit
Bent
Jean Herb
Lanevale Vines
Mace
Ray Dowden and Son
Teader State Rd
W. Saeb Salam
Sis
Donald Bell and Son
Myrtle Kennedy
Beirut
Cairo
U. S
Ann Addison
Fred Lane
Wanga Keesling
Middle
Martinsville
Ind
Ernest Phillips
Alexandria
Florence’ Bassett
William
Barbara Mercer
Bray
Rand
Mon Bray
Isabel Snook
Jack
Urvey
Flex
Son St. Pie Farm
Frank Goldsmith, Sr
Arthur Clary
Cart Flory
Walnut St
Daleville Woman Injured In Alley Collision
A Daleville woman, Margaret Grace Lockhart, sustained bruises and abrasions to her left arm shoulder and wrist in a two car crash at an alley intersection behind 223 West Street in North Anderson. She was treated at St. John's Hospital and released. The other driver was Charles Edward Martin, 51, of 909 Alhambra Drive.
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Daleville
North
Anderson
Margaret Grace Lockwart
St .John's Hospital
Foreign Teachers Tour Madison and Delaware Counties
A group led by Mrs. Raymond Newberry and Mrs. Cecil Ray hosted foreign teachers from Suan Sunandha College Bangkok Korat Teacher Training College and Maylah Kress in Kokomo for a Madison and Delaware Counties tour. They visited farms homes and a modern poultry house and concluded at the Robert Sutton farm Yorktown with dinner hosted by Mrs. Sutton. Susan B Anthony speech On Woman's Right to Suffrage 1973 noted with her 1873 arrest for voting.
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Sukond
Suan Sunandha College
Bangkok
Thailand
Peter Donyakhan
Korat
Robert Sutton
Yorktown
World Plea Is Peace Declared By Clergyman Sermon
Rev A C Marvin preached at Central Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance on peace in crisis times. He urged that faith keeps peace, citing Daniel and the fiery furnace and martyrs as examples, concluding that God’s peace will comfort hearts and quiet fears. Andley Manager Named Indiana politics: Lisle Wallace to head Handey’s campaign from Statehouse to Capitol Hill in Indianapolis.
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A. C. Marvin
Central Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance
Christ
Galilee
Daniel
Lion’s den
Shadrach
Meshach
Abednego
Marvin
Andley
Indianapolis
UPI
Handey
Statehouse
Capitol Hil
Lisle Wallace
Sheridan
William Jenar
Ohio
Robert Taft
Indictments Overturned In Oil Price Probe
Federal Judge voided indictments charging 14 major oil companies with fixing retail gasoline prices in the South Bend Mishawaka area, citing improper grand jury selection. US Attorney says new indictments will be sought this fall as previously indicted defendants are reconsidered. The probe involved firms including Socony Mobil, Gulf, Sun Oil, Phillips, Texaco, Shell, Cities Service and others.
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UUM Bene
South Bend
Mishawaka
Robert A. Grant
Phil A. McNagny Jr
Grant
Kenneth Lackey
Walter Pickert
Lackey
Pickert
Hammond
Oil Co
Indiana
Socony Mobile Oil Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Sun Oil Co
Ohio Oil Co
Phillips Petroleum Co
Cities Service Oil Co
Texas ‘Co
Shell Oil Co
Central West Oil Co
Tornado Oil Co., Inc
Hudson Oil Co
Gaseteria Inc
Pacer Oil Co
Runaway couple shot during police pursuit in Michigan
A 14 year old Millington girl Margo Hallwood died after a head wound from a policeman s warning bullet as she and 17 year old Del Whitaker fled in a car from Michigan. Officers Glen Schwartz and Winston Gidcomb were placed under suspension as investigations focus on who fired the fatal shot and why the unmarked car pursued the couple.
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Vender Farm
Michigan
Margo Hallwood
Millington
Mich
del ¢ Whitaker
Glen Schwartz
Winston Gidcomb
Ross Lane
Lane
Gidcomb
Schwartz
Whitaker
Summit debate over Lebanon withdrawal and UN role
Observers push for a UN backed settlement to end Lebanon crisis. Sobolev urges early U N assembly action if council stalls. Dixon supports a cautious UK troop withdrawal and joint steps to ease Jordan conditions. Khrushchev and Hammarskjold stress summit within UN framework to avert wider war. US and Soviet tensions persist over intervention and timing.
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Lebanon
Pierson Dixon
Britain
Jordan
Sobolev
Khrushchev
Middle East
Otto Ld
United Nations
U.N
Hough Hammarskjold
Dratend Sobolev
Soviet Union
Counc
Tabanan
Deaths in Madison and nearby counties
Margaret Weed 76 of Kempton died at home Friday born Aug 4 1881 Tipton County daughter of Martin and Julianette Beaver survived by husband C D Weed and others funeral set for 10 90 am Tuesday at Ralph McMullen Funeral Home Kempton burial Kempton Cemetery Frank M Hundley 76 Summitville banker died Saturday burial Tuesday at Summitville Methodist Church trustee for many years interment at See Memorial Cemetery services at 2 pm with Rev Lloyd Wyatt church viewing one hour prior Friends received at Ewing Funeral Home Summitville
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Margaret Weed
Kempton
Margaret, J.weed
Tipton County
Martin and
Julianette Comstock Beaver
C. D. Weed
Chester €. Weed
Anderson
William Walker
Lloyd
Lafayette Beaver
Chester C. Weed, Jr
Flint
Mich
Nancy Ellen Weed
Claudia Lee Weed
Ralph McMullen
Lester Howard
Kempton Cemetery
Emank Hundley
Summitville
Frank M. Hundley
Summitville Methodist Church
Lloyd Wyatt
Ysee Memorial Cemeny
T En ‘Ewing
Summit
Anderson Obituaries Tributes Across City
Obituary notices from Anderson list Pearl Stalcup born 1876 in Oaktown who died at home. Charles W Moulgen of West Sidestreet died at St Johns Hospital. Minnie B Van Winkle formerly of Pendleton died enroute to St Johns Hospital. Jesse Harlandwell 50 died at St Johns Hospital. Services scheduled in local funeral homes with burial at East Maplewood Cemetery.
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van Winkle
Minnie B. van Winkle
Bob van Winkle
11Th St
New York Central Railway
Robert C. van Winkle
Lakeland
Fla
Fred McDonald
Muncie
Anderson
Annette Anderson
Bartow
Christine Fan Winkle
Harold E. Rozelle
George Saggart
First Presbyterian Church
Eastaplewood Cemetery
Funeral services for Christ Kolins in Trinity Episcopal Church
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Episcopal Church conducted by Rev Kalistos Samaras of Indianapolis. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service. Burial follows at East Maplewood Cemetery.
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Christ Kolins
Funeral Home
Trinity Episcopal Church
Kalistos Samaras
Indianapolis
East Maplewood Cemetery
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