Senate Wages All Night Battle On Atomic Setup
Two U.S. planes on a rescue mission over the South China Sea shot down two Communist fighter planes after they were attacked. A Chinese gunboat opened fire but was not engaged. Admiral Felix Stump announced orders to quickly fire back when attacked. Secretary of Defense Wilson framed the scene as over 12 miles from Hainan Island. Three Americans died in the subsequent crash of a British Skymaster flight.
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Senate
Washington
South China Sea
Adm
Felix Stump
Ahhief
Pacific Fleet
Far East
State Department
High Seas
Wilson
Hainan Island
Catone
Philip Wrown
Skymaster Airlines
Hong Kong
Red-helc
Hainan
U.S
State Dulles
Indianapolis
Grand Jury
Dorothy Pore
Victor H. Lively
East St Louis
Albert Cohen
Lively
Fast
Bott
Cohen
Sats
Harold Goodman
Randolph Schbert
St. Louis
Schubert
Rhee Complains Of Korean Reds In Washington Visit
South Korea President Syngman Rhee arrives in Washington with a pointed complaint about Korea’s aid and warning that nerves are frayed. He thanks the Almighty for U S support and notes dignitaries heard poorly due to distance, while officials take no exception to the remarks.
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Washington
Jyngman Rhee
South Korea
Korea
State Department
Rhee
Aiport
Nixon
Arthur W. Radford
Lecrerary
State Dulles
Matthew B. Ridgway
James A. van Fleet
Knowland Pushes To Limit Debate On Energy Bill
Senate neared an all night session on the atomic energy bill as Majority Leader Knowland of California pressed to finish amendments and reach final reading. Morse and Langer signaled intent to speak. Gore predicted a Wednesday vote after accepting an amendment proposed by Gore to reduce delay.
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Knowland
California
Senate
Sen
Morse
Langer
Sen Tate
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Iist
House
Gore
Sen. Hickenlooper
Relowa
School Trustees Convene on New 14 Room Building Plan
School trustees meet to review a new 14 room building valued at 509000 with an Aug 1 turnover anticipated and a Sept 12 dedication. Ground grading to finish in a week or ten days, with maintenance work on varnishing and equipment to follow. Board also approves plans for Southside Junior High at Meridian and 29th Sts and will seek state approvals in Indianapolis with bids targeted by Aug 20.
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Ark “Place
Southside
Meridian and
29Th Sts
Hennings
Ebbertt
C. D. Rotruck
Indianapolis
State Board of Health
State Bid of Education
State Board Council
Wheat farmer referen dum vote sparks policy debate
Wheat farmers backed marketing quota controls on the 1955 crop in a turnout noted as a record low. Secretary Benson and Sen. Aiken praised the result as highlighting surplus problems and urged a shift to Eisenhower administration favored flexible price supports. The issue dominated a heated Senate debate on housing and defense plans.
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Ezra Taft Benson
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Senate Agriculture Committee
Benson
Aiken
Eisenhower
Senate
Homer E. Capehart
Good Morning Start The Day With A Chuckle
Rio de Janeiro report on the World Power Conference in Petropolis where 25 country delegates meet amid an electricity shortage at the Ocitandinha Hotel. Speakers discuss power problems as candles and lanterns replace lights.
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Rio DE. Janeiro
Brazil
Petropolis
Ocitandinha
Madison County Plans Road Projects and Directory Survey
The Board of Commissioners discussed county road projects and approved a survey to begin numbering roads for a new county directory. Acme Construction Co. completed repaving on Mair Street Road up to three miles south with a one mile section north, and started a two mile stretch at Gilman with plans to move to Summitville. A bridge on Pipe Creek south of Alexandria will be completed, widening Madison Ave Road between Anderson and Alexandria is planned, and a resurfacing proposal from the Delaware County line through Moonsville to Ind. was raised. Members present were Wilbur House, Dale Flora, and Fred Willetts.
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Madison’ Count Board of Commissioners
Acme Construction Co
Mair Street
Indi7
Acme Co
Gilman
Summitville
Madison Ave
Morday
Delaware County
Moonsville
Ind
Martin Milling
Pipe Creek
Alexandri
Anderson
Alexandria
State Highway Commission
Wilbur House Dale Flora
Fred Willetts
Mobile X Ray Unit Begins Five Day Visit
A mobile X ray unit funded by the Madison County Tuberculosis Association and the Indiana State Board of Health began a five day visit in Anderson on Monday. The unit offers free chest X rays to local residents during the stay.
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Anderson
Madison County Tuberculosis Association
Indiana State Board of Health
Youth Confesses Church Thefts and Drive-In Robbery
State Police report a juvenile confessed to multiple church thefts totaling hundreds of dollars and a predawn Bow and Arrow Drive In break in near the Ind 9 and 1 intersection with about 40 dollars in change stolen. The boy admitted entering St John’s Episcopal First Methodist Christian and Park Place of God churches and identified more sites. Three suspects from Indianapolis held on bad checks in Noblesville after confessions signed in several towns.
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Bow and Arrow
Ind
Robert Daubenspeck
St John's Episcopal
First Methodist
Park Place of God
Tater
Charles Epperson
Indiana ‘State Police
Pendleton Post
Ind. 9
Epperson
Noblesville
Jamestown
Shelbyville
Knightstown
Indianapolis
Recorder Notes Highlight Area Real Estate Activity in 1954
Madison County recorder Creagmue reports robust early 1954 development with 2124 deeds and 19 plats for home building in six months. Mortgages total 2,186 valuing 14.2 million, plus 4001 chattel mortgages amounting to 4.07 million, while mechanics liens total 143.
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Sugene Creagmue
Madison County
Recorder Cregmile
Chattel
Mechanic's
Elwood Attorney Critical After Fatal Frankfort Crash
Elwood attorney at Tipton Memorial Hospital in critical condition after an automobile crash eight miles east of Frankfort on State Road 28. He suffers a brain concussion, crushed right shoulder, cracked ribs, and other injuries. The accident also involved two Fairmount men who died at the scene or en route.
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Limuon
Cotton
N. D St
Elwood
Tiptor Memorial Hospital
Frankfort
Two Million Sought for State Hospital Projects
IRD notes budget demands from the State Department of Health amounting to about 3.7 million dollars for medical institutions, with 2 million slated for a Rockville building and 1.9 million for Soldiers Home at Lafayette. Health Director Dr Bertram Groesbeck Groesbeck trimmed several new construction requests, including New Albany tuberculosis hospital and Knightstown Soldiers Home, focusing on repairs and existing facilities.
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Rockville
State Department of Health
State Budget Department
Lafayette
Bertram Groesbeck J. Die ‘Tetor
Donald
Soldiers and Sailors Children
Knightstown
Groesbeck
New Albany
Police seize four Indianapolis holdup suspects in raid
In Indianapolis detectives trapped four men after a $55 finance office holdup near Victory Field. A sergeant was wounded in the ankle during the blitz raid as officers pursued five men seen heading toward the ballpark. Suspects Will Sarkozy and Joe Horay of Cleveland and Gerald Martin and Holas Martin of Chicago were booked on robbery charges.
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Indianapolis
White River
Victory Field
Joseph Chestnut
James Burford
Ballpark
Chestnut
General Hospital
Will Sarkozy
Joe Horay
Cleveland
Gerald Martin
Holas Martin
Chicago
Allpark
Raymond Gills
Security Chief Lured Into Red Germany Report Says
West Germany’s missing security chief Dr John was allegedly lured into Communist East Berlin and may have been drugged by a Red agent. Federal Interior Minister Gerehard Schroeder outlined the findings, stating John intended to return to Cologne and that motives for crossing the border were unclear. The report notes his July 18 trip to Berlin for presidential events and the abortive June 20 plot commemoration.
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Bonn
Germany
UDF
Ottyy John
West Germany
East Berlin
Jonn Tert
Berlin
Gerehard Schroeder
Goveernment
Comeritlizence
John
Schroeder
Cologne
Ber‘tin
Hitler
Hhe
Membership Dinner Of Commerce Set For Sept 16
The Chamber of Commerce plans a membership dinner on September 16 at the YMCA noon hour. A special meeting of the Public Relations Committee will precede discussions on the KRARACT Pakistan program. Charles Hardy will chair, with other Commerce officials present. Police recently raided Karachi Trade Offices and sealed them amid nationwide actions against the Communist party and allied groups. Evan Wilson of the Madison County Farm Bureau announced county farm activity.
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YMCA
Charles Hardy
Karachi
Mm -Committee
Commu. of Commerce Agriculture Comnist
Eimittee
Madisor
Communist Party
Walter C. Haynes
Evan Wilson
Madison County Farm Bureau
Caninord
GM President Reveals 1954 Second Quarter Employment Figures
General Motors reports an average 546 898 employees and 645 million dollars in payroll for the 1954 second quarter across 149 plants worldwide. Delco Remy division employs 13 500 workers. Excludes two foreign subsidiaries Vauxhall and Opel.
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Urtice
General Motors
Delco-Remy
Detroit
Harlow H. Curtice
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
England
Germany
Vauxhall Motors Ltd
Adam Opel
United States
St. John's
New Arrivals In Anderson and Vicinity
Birth announcements from 1954 list several newborns with parent names and street addresses in Anderson Alexandria and nearby areas. Details include a daughter for Mir and Mrs. Wayne Campbell, a son for Mr. and Mrs. James Spade, and other births with house numbers and family names.
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Anderson
Mir
Wayne Campbell
Fletcher Sr
James Spade
Alexandria
Tom Smith
E.th St
Charles Williams
Ralph Wilson
Ings
Eugene Camplin
United
Pearl St
States
David Tempie
Hill St. A
Roy V. Maxson
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Brown
Wadmvuion
Russia
France
Britain
China
European Defense Community
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Paris
United State
Spain
Defense Department
Secur
Tuberculosis Association
E. 10Th St
Loring B. Buzzell
Leta Ty
Lu Ann Simms
Arthur Godfrey
Barbara Ann Buzzell
St. Rapheal’s Church of New York
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