Senate report proposes tougher lobbying curbs
Senate subcommittee questions a Defense directive on Air Force purchasing and financing practices. Officials contend the order blocks unobligated funds and could delay more than 32 billion dollars in equipment. Mahon asserts over programming and Congress pushback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofense
Omes
Defense Department
Air Force
Pentagon
Senate
Len Symington
D-Mo
Congress
Rep. Mahon
D-Tex
Mahon
House
Symington
Wilson
Defense
Donald A. Quarles
Wilfred J. Mneil
James H. Douglas
Quakes
McNeil
House Appropriations Committee
Investigators Propose Tougher Election Funding Rules
Senate investigators urge new laws to curb pernicious lobbying and modernize election financing. A proposed Legislative Activities Disclosure Act would require full publicity to expose attempts to influence Congress, with felonies for forged or spam communications and higher penalties for failing to report money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Sen
McClellan
South
Government Operations Committee
Anderson considers annexing townships for growth
Mayor Ralph Ferguson proposed annexing the rest of Anderson Township plus parts of Lafayette and Richland Townships. Council empowered City Attorney Jack B. Campbell to start the legal steps. Ferguson urged timely action to support a comprehensive future development plan and improved services for residents inside and fringe areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Ferguson
Anderson Township
Lafayette
Richland Townships
Jack B. Campbell
Ferguson
Anderson
Mae Roberts
Louie Dietzen
Roland Maine
Jesse Huntzinger
Ronald Fletcher
Lawrence Munsell
Farrell Wilson
Melvin Biddle
Earl Martin
Uegon
Campbe
Lafay
Chesterton brawl at Dunes State Park leads to mass arrests
In Chesterton Indiana a gang fight at Dunes State Park picnic area prompted overnight jailing of six Gary residents and nine Chicagoans. Seven state police officers responded after groups exchanged beer bottles and began violent clashes.
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Chesterton
Ind
Dunes State Park
Bathing Suits Tax Sparks State Revenue Debate
Harrisburg pa Ger ald Gleeson state secretary said he was shocked by the bathing suit situation in Pennsylvania. He stressed he was upset that the state 3 percent sales tax was not being paid on bathing suits which he terms athletic equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Gerald A. Gleeson
Pennsylvania
Rug Sold Fast After Want Ad In Classifieds
A Southview Drive family sold a 9x12 green twist rug like new after placing a Classification 32 want ad in Bulletin and Herald. Early calls and a quick sale show readers are ready to buy. contact Classified Salesgirl at 3-5371 for ad placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southview Drive
Bulletin and Herald
Southview Dr
Chamber Body Sets Monday Meeting on Annexation Plan
Anderson Chamber of Commerce directors will meet at 5 30 p m Monday at Eastmans Cafeteria for a dinner session to discuss the mayoral annexation program. Carl Cleaver will lead the meeting as chamber president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Chamber of Commerce
Eastmen
Broad City
Ralph Ferguson
Carl Cleaver
Chamber
Killbuck Park Opens For Local GM Workers Today
Killbuck Park near Anderson opens at 1 p.m. for Guide Lamp and Delco Remy workers to kick off a two day summer program. Activities include cooking demonstrations boat and sports show trap shooting and Delco Remy Chorus entertainment with exhibitions and archery bait casting and horseshoe pitching scheduled. Everett J Dietzer and William K Mitchell lead the organizing committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delco-Remy Division
Killbuck Park
Anderson
Delco-Remy Chorus
Everett J. Dietzer
Guide Employe
William K. Mitchell
Delco- Remy
Violent Storm Heads East From Gulf to Great Lakes
A widespread storm system moved from the southwest toward the Great Lakes bringing windstorms heavy rain and hail. Funnel clouds were reported in Minnesota Kansas Colorado Iowa and Texas with an unconfirmed tornado in south central Kansas. Bracketville saw 18 inches of floodwater and Uvalde County faced near inundation as thunderstorm activity rose across north central Texas.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Kansas
Colorado
Iowa
Texas
Bracketville
Uvalde County
San Antonio
del Rio
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Cooler Weather and Showers Forecast for Indiana
The weatherman predicts a showery start to June with cooler weekend conditions. Heavy rains yesterday may be followed by up to an inch more today in some sections, with scattered showers in southern Indiana Sunday. Highs 60s north to 80 south, lows 45 to 55, Sunday highs 65 to 75. The five day outlook shows 5 to 8 degrees below normal highs, 73 north and 84 south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Britain Explodes Second Hydrogen Bomb in Pacific Test
London reports Britain detonated its second hydrogen device at Christmas Island area in the Pacific. A Valiant jet dropped the air burst as 33 year old Lt Kenneth Lewis, a decorated bombardier, witnessed from HMS Alert. Scientists say fallout will be small but spread worldwide. one more test is expected amid Tokyo protests.
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London
Britain
Pacific Proving Grounds
Christmas Island
Ministry of Supply
Royal Air Force
Christmas
Malden Islands
mid-Pacific
Air Ministry
Kenneth Lewis
H.M.S. Alert
William Cook
America
Japan
Tokyo
Bikini Atoll
Council Renames Two School Board Members in Anderson
Mayor Ferguson recommended the reappointment of Mrs. Margaret Knight and William F. Hav ermale for three-year terms on the Anderson Board of School Trustees. The City Council unanimously endorsed the reappointment at a special meeting, with terms expiring this summer.
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Anderson
Ralph R. Ferguson
Margaret Knight
William F. Havermale
Anderson Board of School Trustees
Havermale
Knight
Ferguson
Board of Education
William Havermale
Ralph Ferguson
Hospital Development Committee weighs fund raising and architecture bids
Anderson Hospital Development Committee met at the YMCA to hear a Chicago bureau report on a fund raising campaign. Letters of proposal from American City Bureau and Ketchum Company will be submitted early next week, with a June 18 meeting to decide which firm to hire. A June 13 session will review architectural proposals for the 125 bed hospital as bids are narrowed toward selection. The plan aims to raise 3 million dollars for construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber Agriculture Committee
John Charlie
Charlies Humphrey
YMCA
Chamber-Madison County Farm Bureau
Anderson Business
Madison County
Evan Wilson
Anderson
Insurance
W. H. Urban
Delbert Madren
Howard Webb
National Fire Protection Association
Chamber
Everett Fleck
Wilbur Martin
Anderson Hospital Development Committee
American City Bureau
Chicago
Robert A. Dobbins
G. B. Wilder
American City Bureau and Ketchum Company
Pittsburgh
Arthur Henning
Two American youths vanish on Europe hitchhiking tour
Myron Apel Gilbert and Warren Hair, both 20, from South Carolina, disappeared after reportedly crossing into Hungary near the Austro Hungarian border while friends said they only wanted a quick glimpse of the Iron Curtain. Jane De Pedro, who joined them in France, stated they planned to return. U S officials had no knowledge of the case.
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Els
Paris
France Soir
Casbah
Bara
Ben Mohamed
Vienna
South Carolina
Europe
Hungary
Myron Apel Gilbert
Walterboro
S.C
Warren William Hair
North Augusta
Jane de Pedro
Browne
West Australia
France
Italy
Yugoslavia
Austria
United Press
Iron Curtain
Miss de Pedro
Gilbert
Hair
Rust
Neusiedel Lake
U.S
Budapest
Building Contracts Rise 18 Per Cent
NEW YORK construction contracts in Indiana for April rose 18 percent from a year earlier per F W Dodge Corp. Residential contracts climbed 3 percent to 28 795 000, non residential up 37 percent to 27 171 000, and heavy engineering up 20 percent to 8 200 000. For January–April 1957 residential contracts were 4 percent lower at 81 344 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Indiana
F. W. Dodge Corp
New Arrivals Born at St John’s Hospital and Nearby Homes
New births reported for Pendleton and Noblesville families. A girl born to Mr and Mrs Robert Adams and a boy to Mr and Mrs George Zion at Pendleton and Main Street respectively. Additional newborns include a girl to Mr and Mrs John Morrow and a boy to Mr and Mrs Cleo Swallows. A girl was born to Mr and Mrs Carl Swift at Riverview Hospital Noblesville. The mother is Dorothy Gulmire formerly of Anderson, and the paternal grandparents are Cecil and Mrs Gulmire of 2402 West 30th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Russell Jones
William Donald Oshier
Leo Oshier
Ohio Ave
Ruby Jones
David Lee Jones
Kathy Lynn Jones
Ball Hospital
Muncie
Bruce Elmore
Larry Arthur Tatman
6Th St
Henry County Hospital
New Castle
Young Tatman
Arthur N. Tatman
W. 6Th St
Jim Butler
Randolph County
Oshier
St. Mary's High School
Tatman
Butler
Jones
St. Mary's School
St. John's Hospital
Robert Adams
Pendleton
George Zion
Main St
John Morrow
28Th St
Cleo Swallows
16Th St
Carl Swift
Noblesville
Riverview Hospital
Fromer Dorothy Gulmire
Anderson
Cecil Gulmire
W. 30Th Se
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William Oshier
John R. Jones
Losantville
Miller
Marilyn
Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Francis Case
R-Sd
Oil
U.S. 35
Larry A. Tatman
Ette
Richland
Anderson City
Wally Falk
Algiers
Algeria
Algerian Nationalist Movement
MNA
National Liberation Front
FLN
Tunisia
Tunisian
National Guard
Souk-el- Arba
la Melouza
Reb
Pacific
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