Escapee West Held On Fugitive Charge In Indiana
Robert West, 57, alias John Logsdon, aUniversity of Notre Dame Morris Inn cook, arrested by South Bend detectives for fugitive from Montana prison escape. He confessed to being the Montana State Prison warden’s former personal cook after escaping in November 1949. West, who previously served time in Kentucky and Alcatraz, faces $10,000 bond and fight to return to prison.
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South Bend
Robert
West
John Logsdon
Deer ‘Lodge
Montana
Robert L. Copeland
John E. Crawford
University of Notre Dame
Morris Inn
Kentucky
Alcatraz
Anderson Man Dies in Vermont May 13
Ralph P. Cochran Jr. husband of Judy Ireland of Anderson died May 13 in Vermont. Funeral services were held May 16 in Derby, Wisconsin. Mrs. Cochran will visit Anderson this weekend before returning to Vermont to teach in Derby schools in September. He was a Purdue Science staff counselor and had been slated to lead Guiding Eyes for the Blind in Yorktown Heights, New York this June. He became blind in 1952 and held numerous honors in psychology and education. He is survived by his widow, his parents, and a sister.
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Ralph P. Cochran Jr
Judy Ireland
Anderson
Vermont
Derby
Cochran
John Ireland
12Th St
Purdue University
Guiding Eyes For the
Yorktown Heights
N. Y
Alpha Sigma Phi Social Fraternity
American Psychological Association
Midwestern Psychological Association
State Will Open Bids on Highway Improvements and Bridges
The State Highway Department will open bids August 20 for four highway improvement projects across five counties and four bridge construction projects in five counties. Projects include repaving on Indiana 31, resurfacing on U S 31 to the Miami County line, widening of Indiana 18 near Marion, and a Patoka River bridge project on U S 41 near Fort Branch.
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Forest Park
Noblesville
Dorothy Ning
Rex King
Robert Humphrey
An-Jack
Berala
A.derson High School
Ar Ito
David -Math
Marshall and
Fulton Counties
Eagles
Biffle
Warren Stedham
Lee Bridge
Tippecanoe River
Handley
Robert’ Gibson
Jack Rector
Herald
Lee Handley
Whitley
Eel River
Columbia
Owen
Ind
Greene-Owen County
Indianapolis i
State Highway Department
Countie
Marshall
Fulton
U.S. 31
Howard
Kokomo
Howard -Miami
Miami
U.S
Howard-Miami
Peru
Grant
Mier
Marion
Gibson
Patoka
U.S. 41
Npewa
Defense funding bill wins House approval at $33.76 billion
The House passed a $33,759,850,000 defense measure amid GOP protests that Eisenhower requests were cut too deep. Rep Wigglesworth criticized the compromise while Rep Scrivner argued for further cuts. A Democrat warned the administration may not spend all funds. The bill, the session’s largest, now goes to the Senate amid civil rights tensions.
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Washington
Llp
House
Eisenhower
Richard B. Wigglesworth
R-Mass
Defense’ Appropriations
Joint
Senate
Errett P. Scrivner
Kan
Congress
State Traffic Takes 3 Lives and Airman Injured
A car crash west of Anderson on Ind 32 left Airman 3C Robert L. Howard seriously injured while three others died in Indiana traffic incidents. Robert Blankenship died in a burning gas truck on Ind 46 near Greensburg. Paul N. Calandrelli perished in a single car crash near Muncie. Clayton L. Cates died crossing a road near West Terre Haute. Police report 195 percent of traffic accidents through Sunday.
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Fort Benjamin Harrison Army Hospital
Indianapolis
Robert L. Howard
Howard
Anderson
Ind
Ardmore
Okla
Maryland Drive
St. John’s Hospital
Kenneth Shumway
Air Force
Robert Blankenship
Greensburg
Jesse Mathis
Columbus
Blankenship
Rushville
Batesville
New Point
Muncie
Paul N. Calandrelli
Clayton L. Cates
West Terre Haute
Violence erupts as London markets face weekly wage strike
A London walkout turns violent with police in Covent Garden as about 300 strikers try to surge city doors. Extra officers guard the market while arrests of men linked to arson are reported. Some 1,200 market porters walk out over new pay terms amid disruption to deliveries.
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London
Covent, Garden Market
Convent Garden
Philadelphia
Bulletin and Herald
Third Aerobee rocket launched from Fort Churchill site
International Geophysical Year scientists fired the third successful Aerobee from Fort Churchill in northern Manitoba. The rocket reached over 50 miles altitude at 3,850 feet per second with timed grenades in the nose cap aiding ground tracking. The current test series includes a larger Aerobee reaching 160 miles and a first flight of the week reaching 55 miles.
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Fort Churchill
Man
International Geophysical "Year
Manitoba
sub-Arctic
Clinton defendants given until August to seek retrials
U S District Judge Robert L Taylor set August 14 as the deadline for defense motions for a new trial for seven defendants from Clinton Tennessee and for segregationist John Kasper convicted of contempt of court for interfering with school integration. They face possible six months imprisonment and fines up to 1000 dollars. The judge plans to rule after arguments, likely in September or later due to an August vacation. The defendants remain free on bond.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Clinton “High School
U.S. Dist
Robert L. Taylor
Northlarn
John Kasper
Clinton Area
Kasper
Clintons
Taylor
Shock from compound fractures highlighted at safety congress
Mrs Frances Colwell R N chief nurse of Eastern Airlines Miami told the 44th annual National Safety Congress that traumatic shock follows serious injuries such as burns bleeding or fracture. She explained shock is a low in spirits state of all bodily functions due to circulatory failure.
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Chicago
Frances Colwell, R.N
Eastern ‘Airlines
Miami
National Safety Congress
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