Madison GOP meeting draws large Pendleton turnout
Madison County Republicans filled Falls Park Shelter House for the annual GOP Women’s Club picnic. Prominent leaders and candidates spoke on government issues with Fred J. Cook thanking supporters after being named a county treasurer candidate. County council and commissioner hopefuls, roads comments, and party officials attended, highlighting a broad field for the November general election.
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GOP
Republican Women's Club
Falls Park
Pendleton
Walter Hays
Helen Gustin
Maude Bollinger
Morris Manuel
Lawrence Smith
Robert Rhoades
Hubert Lee
Phillip Ritchey
Herald
Madison County Republicans
GOP Women's Club
Fred J. Cook
Madison County
Cook
Central Committee
Blanchard Cochran
Sam M. Litzenberger
Frank H. Allis
Garland C. Brookband
Robert Arnold
Wayne M. McMahan
Curtis W. Sparks
Clifton Paddock
Sherman Vinson
John Hershberger
G . Paddock
Vinson
Mae Hollingsworth
C. O. Davisson
Women's Club
Madison County Republican Central Committee
R. W H. Roberts
Fund Reports Bill Approved by House Labor Panel
Washington (UPI) The House Labor Committee backed a compromise bill requiring welfare and pension funds to report to employee members and the secretary of labor. Rep Ludwig Teller said final approval was likely Wednesday before sending the measure to the House. The bill expands reporting to all funds, with sworn statements and penalties for willful failure to file. The Senate version covered funds with more than 100 workers.
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Washington
UPI
House Labor Committee
Welfare and Pensions
Secretary of Labor
Ludwig Teller
D-N-Y
House
Senate
House Committee
125th Anniversary Service For Methodism In Elkhart
In Elkhart Indiana on Sunday a horseback reenactment marks the 125th anniversary of Methodism with ministers from five churches portraying pioneer circuit riders at an outdoor meeting. Worshippers will ride or drive to the event. Rev B Brooks Shake of St Pauls Methodist Church will deliver one of John Wesley sermons as Amens echo from the crowd.
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Elkhart
Ind
McNaughton Park
B. Brooks Shake
St. Paul's Methodist Church
John Wesley
Want Ads Boost Your Budget With Bargains
Read the Want Ads and find deals from baby beds to beach balls. Save money while shopping through the Want Ads. If you’re a stitcher or handyman, a good sewing machine can be found there.
Slight Tax Rate Hike For '59 Predicted
Madison County officials expect a small tax rate increase in 1959 despite an approximate 4 million dollar reduction in personal property valuations and fewer assessable properties due to old age mortgage exemptions. County auditor Jesse Biddle notes little change in budgets or tax rate from last year as 33 taxing units review 1959 levies. Anderson School Trustees will start budget study with state revenue loss prompting likely increases in the school levy. current rate is 3.12.
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Madison County
Jesse Biddle
Anderson Board of School Trustees
G. E. Ebbertt
State Traffic Deaths Drop 86 This Year
Indiana’s latest police traffic fatality report shows 472 Hoosier road deaths to date, 86 fewer than last year’s pace. Through Sunday midnight there were 47 traffic deaths this month, well below July 1957’s 80. Rural roads account for 364 deaths and city streets 108. 271 rural deaths occurred on state or federal highways and 80 on county roads.
Tax break for self employed to fund retirement funds
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill granting a tax deferral for self employed persons and others in Social Security to fund retirement. Individuals could defer taxes on up to 2500 a year with a 50000 lifetime limit, with tighter limits for under 50. The bill, opposed by the Treasury, awaits House floor action and may die in the Senate adjournment.
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Washingson
UPI
House
Ways and Means
Treasury Department
Wilbur D. Mills
Senate
Dan Thropp Smith
Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Indiana lawmaker accuses IU textbooks of socialism bias
Indiana Representative David R. Thayer charged in Indianapolis that seven books in Indiana University School of Education reading room promote socialism. He cited The Democratic Way of Life and Education Faces the Future as examples, urging stricter standards for teacher education. The Teachers Training and Licensing Commission postponed action.
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Thayer
T. W. Smith
Edward C. Lindeman
I. B. Berkson
Robert L. Nash
R-Tipton
Peace plan gets red veto and U N adjourns
Beirut fragment describes rebels predicting a government by their front and notes U S Marines and paratroopers likely to return to ships and bases as Middle East turmoil over Iraq eases. American envoy Murphy seeks compromise amid Lebanon presidential succession. Rebellion began May 10 with a general strike against pro-Western President Pinault.
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Lebanon
U.S
Middle East
Iraq
Hussein Oweini
National Front
Robert Murphy
Eisenhower
Murphy
Oweini
Pinase
Weather and Lebanon Crisis Highlight Grim Forecasts
A Marine was killed by his own sentry amid Lebanon tensions as U S forces carry on the buildup with Corregidor arriving from Naples bringing helicopters. Amid Iraq concerns officials suppress optimism about intervention while forecasts warn of lingering clouds and rain across regions.
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Navy
Corregidor
Naples
Iraq
London
Washington
Baghdad
Ike and Macmillan Submit Talks Bid at UN Session
Washington reports President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan proposed talks at a United Nations Security Council session to handle the Middle East crisis. Khrushchev, France’s De Gaulle, and U.S. officials weighed timing and venue as tensions rose over East-West at the UN.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Britain
Macmillan
Russia
Khrushchev
United Nations Security Council
France
de Gaulle
United Nations
New York
Anc
United States
Big 4 Diplomats Left To Attempt Mideast Pact
Soviet veto scuttled Japan backed Middle East peace plan in the UN Security Council. Western powers argued for a summit with Khrushchev, Eisenhower, de Gaulle and Macmillan to shape a potential bid for peace, while Hammarskjold warned time is of the essence and planned U.N. observer expansions in Lebanon.
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United Nations
WNY
Soviet Union
Japan
Mideast
Security Council
Nikita Khrushi
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Council
Lebanon
Jordan
France
de Gaulle
Middle East
U.N
Britain
Mac
Millan
London
Hat
Macmillan
USN Security Council
Moscow
United States
Dag Hammarskjold
U.S
China
Canada
Panama
Iraq
Jones
Arkady A
E. 10Th St
Range Line
Victory for trade bill passes Senate 72 to 15
United Press International reports the Senate approved a three year extension of the reciprocal trade program, defeating protectionist moves and setting tariff cut limits. The roll call was 72 for and 15 against, with 36 Democrats and 36 Republicans in support and 10 Republicans and 6 Democrats opposing. The measure advances to a conference committee to resolve differences with the House bill seeking a five year extension.
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William Theis
United Press International Washington
UPI
Senate
Hisenhower
Tariff Commission
U.S
House
Conference Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Allen J. Fear Jr
D-Del
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Edward Martin
R-Pa
Styles Bridges
R-N_H
Johnson
GOP Moves to Probe Adams Inquiry Meets Rules Panel
Washington AP report notes Rep. Curtis seeks a special committee to determine if a subcommittee’s inquiry into Adams and Bernard Goldfine defamed individuals on hearsay. House Rules chairman Smith calls the plan strange. vote expected to stall. A separate Armed Services subcommittee also studies Adams aide Hisenhower connections.
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Washington
Sherman Adams
House Rules Committee
Thomas B. Curtis
R-Mo
House
Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Boston
Curtis
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Rules Group
Smith
Rules Committee
Armed Services Subcommittee
Hisenhower
Roswell
Water Improvement Plan Nears Completion in Anderson
Mayor Ralph R Ferguson and water plant superintendent Edgar Jones said Anderson's $3 768 000 water improvement and expansion project is near completion and expected to be in service September first. The system, about 2 1/2 years in development, will serve industrial and residential users with enhanced facilities.
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Ralph R. Ferguson
Edgar Jones
Anderson
Burton Holmes Dies at 88 Father of the Travelogue
HOLLYWOOD AP The father of the travelogue Burton Holmes died Tuesday at age 88 after a long decline in health. Retired since 1950, he sparked the travel lecture idea in Chicago in 1904 and pioneered narrated photo travel shows using scripts and movies to illustrate far flung journeys from Europe to Asia. His camera work began with a European trip in 1886 and culminated in a career that popularized travel talks across the world.
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Hollywood
Burton Holmes
Francis X. Bushman
Holmes
Chicago
Europe
Chicago Camera Club
Presen
Milan
Omaha
New Arrivals at St Johns Hospital List of Newborns
Born at St Johns Hospital nine newborns to local families. Names include a girl for Mr. and Mrs. James Trosper 25 E Cross St a girl. Mr. and Mrs Mike Bright 1647 E 7th St a girl. Mr. and Mrs Bernard Kimmering 3015 E 27th St a boy. Mr. and Mrs Clovis Cravens 162014 Pitt St a girl. Mr. and Mrs Robert Jackson 4026 Gast Lynn St a boy. Mr. and Mrs Arnold Bodkin Edgewood Trailer Ct a girl. Mr. and Mrs Blyth Watkins 31742 High St a boy. Mr. and Mrs Richard Runyon 1900 Pearl St a boy. Mr. and Mrs Glen ONeal 207 W Cross St a girl. Mr. and Mrs Jack Orr Ingalls a boy. Mr. and Mrs Paul Dixon 909 Hickory St a boy. Born to Mr. and Mrs Warren Purcell West Palm Beach Fla a girl. Mrs Purcell is the former Barbara Lusher of Anderson.
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St. John’s Hospital
James Trosper
E. Cross St
Mike Bright
7Th St
Bernard Kimmering
27Th St
Clovis Cravens
Pitt St
Robert Jackson
Gast Lynn St
Arnold Bodkin
Edgewood Trailer Ct
Blyth Watkins
High St
Richard Runyon
Pearl St
Glen O'Neal
W. Cross St
Jack Orr
Ingalls
Paul Dixon
Hickory St
Cuts in Armed Forces Rejected By Subcommittee
A female appropriations subcommittee rejected administration requests to cut Army Marine National Guard and reserves. It cut nearly one third of base construction funds, deeming many items nonessential. The House committee accused armed forces of waste and poor planning. Page 2 column 9.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
United States
Senate
Defense Department
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Ark
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D-Ark
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Long Beach
Calif
Adalgisa Colombo
Brazil
Celine Mercedes
Aysala
Argentina
Raquel Molina
Chile
U.S.A
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Warren Purcell
West Palm Beach, Fla
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