Farmer Bites Off Credit Agent's Ear in Georgia
In Rochelle Wilcox County an angry farmer Abner Wheeles bit off the left ear of Ray S. Stephens, a Farmers Home Administration supervisor. Wheeles, who had borrowed FHA funds, was jailed on a mayhem charge and later released on bond. Stephens, injured during a routine FHA inspection, was hospitalized in Hawkinsville with a skin graft procedure performed and reported in good condition. The incident occurred eight miles from Abbeville as part of a farm visit.
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Rochelle
F. FE. Jenkins
Ray S. Stephens
Farmers Home Administration
Abner W. Wheeles
Jenkins
Wheeles
Abbeville
Wilcox County
South Georgia
Stephens
Hawkinsville
Atlanta
F. F. Dowis
FHA
Dewis
Playtex Waterproofed Silk Panties Advertised
An ad touts Playtex Waterproofed Silk Panties as the smoothest and softest, claiming silk treatment prevents peeling cracking or stickiness after washes. Available in pink white or maize at $1.00 per pair from Giotern't'l Latex Corp. 19.
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Playtex
Giotern't
Latex Corp
Net Assessed Valuation Of Elwood Is Up
Elwood sees a $1.415 million rise in net assessed valuation this year bringing total to $12,031,730 from $10,616,510 with taxable polls at 1,855, up over 50. Increase mainly in commercial valuations. Fire department responded to a grass fire behind VenToura Corp at 1:20 p.m. Monday. no damage. Mercy Hospital notes cover dismissals admissions births and staff, including several local residents and newborns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Jesse Biddle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ventoura Corporation
Man Survives After Being Run Over by 22 Train Cars
GALAX Va A 35 year old North Carolina laborer James E Turner of Winston Salem survived seven hours in surgery in satisfactory condition after being run over by 22 freight cars of a Norfolk and Western train in Galax He lost his right leg and left foot and ankle and suffered extensive scalp lacerations and body injuries He was stepping from a truck onto rails when hit witnesses said Turner has a wife and one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galax
North Carolina
James E. Turner
Winston-Salem
Turner
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Obituaries Chronicle Elwood Area Residents Dying
Obituaries note the deaths of former Elwood resident Robert Ewart Richards 64 Gary Indiana after heart illness. Services set at Williams-Burns in Gary with burial there. Surviving widow Mary a son Robert a daughter Hyzinski five grandchildren and multiple relatives. Also Josia Hoover 65 of Elwood dies at Tipton Memorial Hospital from a heart attack with services at Shiloh Friends Church and burial in Elwood City Cemetery. Frances Carlson 67 mother of Don Carlson former Elwood Call Leader editor dies in Indianapolis Methodist Hospital with rites at Zimmerman Brothers Rochester and burial in Rochester Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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Elwood
Robert Ewart Richards
Gary
Mercy Hospital
Williams-Burns Funeral Home
Mary
Robert
Hyzinski
South Bend
David Richards
Philip B. Richards
Steubenville
Ohio
Harry House
Hoover
Josia Hoover
Rt. 1
Tipton Memorial Hospital
Copher
Roy Max Hoover
Madison County
Benjamin J
Lena Christ Bebout
Mr. Hoover
Shiloh
Carlson
Frances Carlson
Don Carlson
Niles, Mich
Elwood Call-Leader
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Zimmerman Brothers Funeral
Rochester
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Township Schools Open Fall Term August 30 1957
John Boone trustees Anderson township announced that schools will convene the fall term of the 1957-58 school year on August 30. All pupils must be registered by September 1 and be six years old before November 1 to enroll.
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John Boone
Anderson Township
Boone
Paris Fashions Spark Sexy Season Showcases
NADEANE WALKER PARIS reports on Paris fashion as shows open with short tight sheaths and Cardin's lasso line drapery. Lanvin and Castillo emphasize hip silhouettes and ultra short skirts while black dominates Lanvin casts with bold accessories and vivid color contrasts.
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Nadeane Walker
Paris
Pierre Cardin
Cardin's
Lanvin
Castillo
Pitcher
Citizens Committee Meeting Postponed
A meeting of the Township Citizens Committee and signers of remonstrance petitions opposing the city's annexation program, set for 7:30 tonight at Madison Heights School, has been postponed to Wednesday evening because gym floor work is underway. John A. Boone, Anderson Township trustee and committee member, announced the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Township Citizens Committee
Madison Heights
John A. Boone
Anderson Township
Citizens Committee
Incorrect listing in Sunday story on Madison Co GOP ag chief
The Anderson Herald notes an error in a Sunday story naming Richard Smith as secretary of the Madison County Farm Bureau. Smith is secretary of the Madison County Farm Bureau Co-Op Association. The secretary of the Madison County Farm Bureau is Blanchard Cochran. An unrelated line states Gen Douglas MacArthur was the youngest USMA head.
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Anderson Herald
Richard
Dick) Smith
Madison County Republican Organization
Smith
Madison County Farm Bureau
Madison County Farm Bureau Co-Op Association
Blanchard Cochran
J. Elwood
Douglas MacArthur
United States Military Academy
SONS OF RAILROAD WORKER BOYS CONFESS DERAILING TRAIN
Two young sons of a railroad worker confessed to tampering with a track switch that derailed the Continental Express near Nourse Manitoba injuring 86 and causing over a million dollars in damage. The 7 and 9 year olds were questioned by RCMP and CN authorities after sightings near the switch before the wreck 36 miles east of Winnipeg. Sixteen cars were piled in a V along an embankment as the westbound Montreal to Vancouver train lagged five hours. The incident prompted a major investigation into the derailment and the youths’ involvement.
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Winnipeg
Nourse
Man
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadian National Railway
CNR
Continental Express
Here
Continental
Montreal
Vancouver
Felwood Social Activities in Elwood and Nearby Gatherings
Elwood hosts the Felwood Sun shine Class reunion picnic at Callaway Park with members Munster Anderson and El W attending. The Von Bora Society of St John’s Lutheran Church held a Sunday picnic at the Bohlander home with about 25 people. Birthdays celebrated include Mrs. Hiatt of Indianapolis and Marian Downs of Elwood with a large cake. Timothy Joe Davis’s birthday was observed at Harold Maines home with family. Harmony Church Missionary Department met at Leisure, planning a pre Christmas party and Philippines Living Link support. Reverend Dever discussed his Holy Land trip for the September meeting.
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Elwood
First Presbyterian Church
Callaway Park
Charlotte Sneed
Esther Koons
Munster
Anderson
el W
Calaway Park
von Bora Society
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Raymond Bohlander
Long Lake
Charles Hiatt
Indianapolis
Marian Downs
Don Land
Harold J. Maines
Thelma Ann Maines
Harmony Church
Missionary Department of Harmony Christian Church
Charles Dale
Loren Dickey
Holy Land
Dickey
William Dever
Merrill Hiatt
Philippines Living Link
Estel Frazer
Ed Crouch
Estel Frazier
Sea Fair Visitor Donald Fisher Set For Seattle Stop
Donald G. Fisher, gunner's mate second class USN, husband of Mary Whitney, and son of Carl Fisher of Anderson Indiana, will visit Seattle during Sea Fair August 9 to 12 aboard the escort vessel USS Rombach. Twenty two US Navy ships will open to the public for the 10 day event featuring sailboat regattas fish derbies races water skij shows and hydroplane racing on Lake Washington. A separate report notes biochemists isolating colo minic acid to study viral cell susceptibility and resistance mechanisms.
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Seattle
Wash
Donald G. Fisher
USN
Carl R. Fisher
Sherman St
Anderson
Ind
Mary J. Whitney
Terre Haute
U.S. Navy
Puget Sound
U. S
Lake
Washington
Bank Manager Charged in $22,600 Theft and Fire
Charles Norman Van Artsdalen secretary manager of Marconi Savings and Loan in Philadelphia is held on $2,500 bail after a hearing on charges he stole 22,600 from the vaults, set fire to bank records, and attempted suicide. FBI said he confessed and named friends who hid the money. His vault crime followed by a self-inflicted chest wound and a subsequent fire. His predecessor, Vincent Persichett, and wife faced a separate $150,000 shortage case with mixed outcomes.
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Philadelphia
Charles Norman van Artsdalen
van Artsdalen
Marconi Savings and Loan, Ass
U.S
Henry P. Carr
FBI
Charles E. Ganley
Carr
Association
Harriet
Ganley
Vincent R. Persichett
Martha
Loan Association
Three Jail Death Suspects Held in California
In Redwood City California three young prisoners dubbed judge prosecutor and executioner in an alleged kangaroo court were charged with murder. They admitted convoking Robert Young a 38 year old transient and executing him by strangling with paper stuffed in his mouth while accomplices watched.
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Redwood City
Calif
San Mateo County
Earl Whitmore
Robert Young
Whitmore
Young
Dan Lee Howard
Los Angeles
Joseph Delbert Weitenheimer
San Jose
Kangaroo Court
Vernon Clark Williams
San Francisco
Reformists Win 92 Argentine Assembly Seats
Moderate forces backing constitutional reform in Argentina won 92 seats in the new constituent assembly, with 11 more needed for control as ballots from Sunday's election were counted. The anti reform opposition held 49 seats, while Peronists, banned as candidates, cast over 1.9 million blank ballots from exile.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Constituent Assembly
Ricardo Balbin
Juan D. Peron
Arturo Frondizi
Peronista
Peronists
Venezuela
Peron
Pedro Aramburu
Balbin
Frondizi
Aramburu
Blind Scholar Accepts British Offer Of Guide
ROGERS Ark Blind Ful bright scholar Davis Duty said he would accept a British plan to provide a personal guide while his seeing eye dog Binney remains in quarantine. The six month quarantine blocks the dog from Duty, but a kennel near the University of London will host Binney. Duty will study international public law and visit the dog, aided by student volunteers as needed. He departs Sept 6 for London, hoping the setup preserves their partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duty
London
State Department cool to Bulgaria premier's renewal bid
Washington officials reacted coldly to Premier Anton Yugov's proposal to renew diplomatic relations with the United States. A State Department spokesman, Lincoln White, said there is nothing active on the subject at the moment, despite Yugov's comments in Sofia that renewed ties could benefit both nations.
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Washington
State Department
Bulgaria
Department
Lincoln White
Anton Yugov
Sofia
DIES OF INJURIES INDIANAPOLIS DETECTIVE AGENCY MANAGER
G. K. Smith aged 52, head of the Secret Service detective agency in Indiana, died from injuries after a July 19 traffic crash in his driveway. He was knocked against a tree when an auto started suddenly as he questioned driver Mary Helen Wells about turning around. Neighbors had complained about excess driveway use by motorists.
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Indianapolis
G. K. Smith
Indiana
Secret Service Agency
Smith
Mary Helen Wells
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