Santa Fe Chief derailment injures 18 near Carrollton
A V shaped steel bar toppled from a freight train and derailed the Santa Fe Chief as it neared Carrollton Missouri. Eighteen injured hospitalized overnight, the most serious a skull fracture to 61 year old Nellie Sayre of Akron Ohio. Police logged 27 victims and a relief train from Kansas City aided the injured.
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Carrollton
Santa Fe
M. Landreth
Fastern
A. M. Thrasher
Fort Madison
Iowa
Kansas City
Nellie Sayre
Akron
Ohio
Discoverer Finds Blue Lustre Cleans Glass Windows
A department store saleslady on her day off tests Blue Lustre rug and upholstery cleaner sold at Fair Store Notions Dept. She cleans glass windows bathroom tile and chrome with remarkable gleam. Her daughter notes the glass looks out.
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Fair Store
Notions Dept
Indiana Retail Stores Decline Yet Sales Rise in 1954 Census
Indiana saw 1,565 fewer retail outlets in 1954 versus 1948, but dollar sales rose 29 percent. Total retail trade reached 4.5 billion, with food stores shedding outlets from 10,958 to 8,233 while per-store sales jumped from 67 657 to 119 146 dollars. Overall Indiana store sales averaged 108 415, up from 81 026.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Census Bureau
Legion Votes Down U N Withdrawal At Indiana Convention
Indiana American Legion delegates at their 38th annual state convention voted down a resolution urging U S withdrawal from the United Nations. The action backed UN support and followed a keynote speech by FBI subversion expert C D DeLoach. Reed Beard was elected state commander with Stephen W Rhathan conceding after most districts counted.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Indiana American Legionnaires
United States
United Nations
Legion
Richard S. Kaplan
Gary
Indiana Legionnaires
Lafayette
C. D. DeLoach
Washington
FBI
Reed Beard
Bedford
Stephen W. Rhathan
Fishers
Mrs Norton Hosts Sunday Dinner at Top Hat Yorktown
Mrs M C Norton was guest of honor at a dinner party given by Miss Dorothy Campbell at the Top Hat near Yorktown Sunday evening. The scene shows Mrs Norton seated center with Miss Bowen and Miss Campbell as hosts, while Mrs Harold Norton and Mrs June Hill stand nearby assisting in Sunday night entertainments at the Grand Hotel. Other guests included Mesdames Philip B O Neill E C Toner Elmer Goss Olive McGranahan Miss Nancy Hill and Harold Norton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip B. O'Neill
E. C. Toner
Elmer Goss
Olive McGranahan
Nancy Hill
Harold Norton
Union Head Arrives For Talks
Union leader President David McDonald of United Steelworkers arrives in New York to open bargaining as a 23 day steel strike continues. He cautions optimism and notes talks begin at 2 30 p m. in Pittsburgh plans and possible new offers remain uncertain.
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New York
David McDonald
United Steelworkers
McDonald
LaGuardia Field
Pittsburgh
John A. Stephens
U. S._ Steel
USW
Allied Industries
Mock Operation Alert Ends As Emergency Declared Over
Civil Defense reports that Operation Alert 1956 ended with the national emergency returning to normal. The mock nuclear attack simulated 125 weapons on 75 U S and 25 Canadian targets and involved about 10 000 officials moved to safe emergency sites. Mrs Earl Winner of Elwood was taken to St John s Hospital in Anderson after a sudden illness.
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United States
Civil Defense
Washington
U.S
Eisenhower
Panama
Western Hemisphere
Defense
Arthur S. Flemming Jr
ST. John’s
Earl Winner
Elwood
Anderson
St. John’s Hospital
Christian and Moslem Refugee Camps Face Living Gaps in Lebanon
Beir ut reporter visits Shatila and Jisr el Pasha camps near Beirut revealing stark contrasts. Moslem camp conditions are poorer with bare huts and outdoor cooking while Christian camp features neat concrete houses, beds, radios, and religious pictures. UNRWA reports high disease rates but good water and latrine access in both camps.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Shatila
Jisr el Pasha
UNRWA
Haifa J
Palestine
Michel Soury
Michel
Haifa
Unrwa Relief
Christ
Mary
Gamal Abdul Nasser
Jisr el Pacha
Baalbeck
Pattern 556 Slipcovers for Home Furnishings
Add beauty to your home with Hassock slip cover and other patterns in Pattern 556 for hassock radiator kitchen chair table footstool toaster and mixer. Send 25 cents for the pattern plus 5 cents for first class mail to The Anderson Herald New York NY. Include name address zone and pattern number.
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Anne Adams
Anderson Herald
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
Laura Wheeler
Ike's Brother Named Johns Hopkins President
Dr Milton S Eisenhower brother of the president was elected eighth president of Johns Hopkins University. He will take over this fall succeeding Lowell J Reed after resigning as Penn State president last month. Eisenhower has led Kansas State College and may still serve as US representative on the 21 nation hemisphere committee for economic and atomic energy development.
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Baltimore
Milton S. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Carlyle Barton
Board of
Eisenhower
Lowell J. Reed
Fisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
Servin
Kansas State College
Eigenhower
Committee For Economic and Atomic Energy Development
Eisen
Panama
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Associated of Atlanta
Bismarck
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fargo
Fort Worth
Jacksonville
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Moline
New Orleans
Omaha
Phoenix
San Diego
Seattle
Ampa
Winnipeg
U.N
Indiana Council On Children and Youth
Ralph R. Storm
Mooresville
George Yarling
Shelbyville
Donald W. Hynes
Whiting
Robert E. Gates
Columbia City
Ralph F. Gates
Carroll N. Odell
Tipton
Barney W. Breedlove
Peter LaRussa
M. C. Norton
Servel
Union Head
John B. Crane
By Casna Weer
Ike
Johns Hopkins
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