Protests Grow Over Dismissal Of Negro Leader
In Nashville, protests over Vanderbilt Universitys dismissal of James Lawson Jr. intensified as three Negro divinity students resign and ten faculty members quit in protest. Lawson plans to attend Boston University if reentry seems unlikely, while Branscomb discusses board input and a memorandum to trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Vanderbilt University
Vanderilt
Divinity School
J. Robert Neilson
Harvie Branscomb
James Lawson Jr
Lawson
Nashville
Boston University
Vanderbilt
Branscomb
University
Board of Trust
Vandy
Coal Underlies About Eleven Percent of U S Land
The article notes that approximately 11 percent of the continental United States is believed to rest on coal deposits. It highlights the geographic spread and potential energy significance of these coal-bearing regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental
United States
First Indiana Aluminum Smelter Starts Operations
Alcoa Aluminum Co. of America began operations at its Warrick Works near Yankee town Boonville Indiana, the state’s first aluminum smelter. About 300 workers will produce 35 000 tons yearly as the plant powers up one of five pot lines with carbon lining baking three days before initial aluminum cast into pigs of 50 and 700 pounds. Construction began in 1956 but was slowed by market glut and delays on other lines. Alcoa also runs a Lafayette tube and extrusion factory and a Richmond bottle cap plant.
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Boonville, Ind
Ap)—Aluminum Co. of America
Warrick Works
Indiana
Yankeetown
John R. Ibach
Alcoa
Lafayette
Richmond
States Rights Democrats Lead in Alabama Runoff Balloting
With 418 of 3319 precincts reporting in Alabama's presidential elector runoff, States Rights Democrats led in seven of ten runoff seats. Bruce Henderson of Prairie had already won a seat in the May 3 primary, as the slate seeks a majority of the state's electoral votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
UPD
Alabama
Bruce Henderson
Prarie
Prairie
4-H Membership Across the United States
About 2.5 million youths participate in 4-H clubs nationwide, reflecting wide enrollment and outreach across states. The figure underscores the program’s reach in youth development and agricultural education.
Gephardt Named To Newspaper Post In Cincinnati Enquirer
The Cincinnati Enquirer names Thomas Gephardt editor of its editorial page succeeding Joseph Sagmaster who resigned to join the University of Cincinnati. Gephardt has edited The Anderson Herald for eight years and joined Cincinnati as an editorial writer last March.
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Cincinnati
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Thoma. Gephardt
Anderson Herald
Enquirer
Gephardt
Joseph Sagmaster
University of Cincinnati
YM Toastmasters Meet Last Night
Anderson YM CA Toastmasters Club held a regular session with Ray Hopfner as toastmaster and Harold Corbin as topicmaster. H Cox won golden gavel on Headlines of History and M Perlman earned golden goblet. D Dinsmore, W Watson, and R Cutler spoke. six guests from Elwood and Anderson attended.
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Anderson
R. Cutler
John Pentenburg
Ralph Elliott
Marvin Ebbert
Andy Belokopitsky
Don Dinsmore
Elwood
James Quinn
VFW Sponsoring Boys in Anderson Soap Box Derby
The VFW sponsored Boy Scout Troop reports on a Poppy Sale held in downtown Anderson last Friday and Saturday. Cmdr. Clarence Boaz announced that the VFW and Military Order of Cooties will sponsor a boy in the Anderson Soap Box Derby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
VFW
Cmdr
Clarence Boaz
Military Order of Cooties
Halleck Favored For Chairmanship
Washington AP Thruston B Morton says he will recommend Indiana Republican Charles A Halleck be permanent chairman of the party national convention. This role was once filled by Joseph W Martin and would mark Hallecks second long time post succeeding Martin. Halleck won GOP House leadership over Martin at the start of the current Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thruston B. Morton
GOP
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Martin
Hospital Dismissals List and Christmas Tree Trade Note
A compiled list shows multiple hospital dismissals including Miss Lillie Rodecap and Mrs. James Powell among others with addresses. A separate note states Christmas trees constitute at least a $70 million annual trade, with some firms becoming major producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Rodecap
Lafayette St
James Powell
Madison Ave
Billy Ray Morris
Four Killed as Bus Crashes Into Parked Trailer Truck
A westbound Greyhound bus rear ended a parked trailer truck on a four lane interstate near Evanston Wyoming killing four women sitting in the front of the bus and injuring six others. The driver Henry Everts 42 of Bountiful Utah was seriously injured as investigators seek the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Wyo
Greyhound
Uinta County
Gilbert Bills
Loraine Murdock
Salt Lake City
Mae Nelita Roholt
Minneapolis
Julia Ravas
Chicago
Corrine George
Cincinnati
Ohio
Stantly
Bills
Henry Everts
Bountiful
Utah
Everts
Ogden
aSit Lake City
Wyoming
Interstate Motor Lines
Jeff Wallace Matthews
James Buckley
Fillmore
Matthews
Buckley
Eichmann Trial Proposal Rejected by Israel
Justice Minister Pinchas Rosen rejected Nahum Goldmann's plan for an international tribunal to try Adolf Eichmann. Goldmann urged an international panel of judges from nations that endured Nazi persecution including the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Pinchas Rosen
Nahum Goldmann
Adolf Eichmann
Oidmann
World Zionist Federation
Goldmann
Haboker
Soviet Union
Queen Mother Returns Home After Foreign Tour
Queen Mother Elizabeth arrived in London with a three week tour of the Federation of Rhodesias and Nyasaland completed. She was greeted by her daughter Queen Elizabeth on arrival. The World Court in The Hague will issue its June 7 opinion on how to measure a nation's merchant fleet. Liberia backed by the U.S. and Panama argues for tonnage under each flag. Britain and others say investment and ownership should matter more than registration.
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London
Elizabeth
Federation of the Rhodesias and
Nyasaland
Queen Elizabeth
World Court
Hague
Netherlands
Liberia
U.S
Coffee Drinker: U S Per Capita Use At Nineteen Pounds
U S per capita coffee consumption stands at about 19 pounds annually. This figure reflects average coffee intake across the population, illustrating persistent nationwide demand for the beverage and its place in daily routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Supreme Court acts on gulf lands case and other items
The court agreed to rule on submerged lands ownership tied to a 1953 act affecting five Gulf states and Florida’s post Civil War status. It also will decide if eavesdropping evidence led to guilty verdicts for three Washington DC men, granted a hearing for union official Maurice Travis, and set Maurice Carbo to face extortion charges in Los Angeles.
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Congress
High Court
Paul
Frankie) Carbo
Denver
Gulf States
Florida
Harlan
Washington, D.C
Julius Silverman
Meyer Schwartz
Robert L. Martin
Maurice E. Travis
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Carbo
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Los Angeles
Degrees Due as 1959 60 graduates conferred by School of Theology
The School of Theology grants 52 coeds with bachelor of science degrees while nine earn A B degrees. No women graduate from the School of Theology this year. States listed include Indiana and many others with Georgia, Idaho, Nebraska and Texas added. Final exams prepare for the 1959 60 school year. The bachelor of arts and science graduates are named with hometowns and states.
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School of Theology
Reardon
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Florida
California
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Tennessee
West Virginia
Missouri
Illinois
Minnesota
Kentucky
South Dakota
New Jersey
Kansas
Arizona
Louisiana
Oregon
Wisconsin
Alabama
Oklahoma
Maryland
Colorado
Georgia
Idaho
Nebraska
Texas
Helen Eunice Martin
Anderson
Frederick Lee Baird
Creston
Larry Eugene Beaty
LaGrange
Ind
Carol Sue Brady
Orlando
Fla
Carl Duane Brewbaker
Robert Browning
James Edgar Burgin
Miami
Kenneth Frederick Chesher
Madera
Calif
Charles Lloyd Dale
Hamilton
Richard Lee Daudert
South Haven
Mich
Don Merrill Dawson
San_ Jose
Ruth Arlene Flack Dudgeon
Lansdale
William ’ Otto Dudgeon
Petersburg
Maria Lee Emley
Huntington
Arlene Faye Wright Foley
James Morris Fox, Jr
James David Grubbs
Cleveland
Miss
Layman Eugene Hall
Ingalls
Carol Ruth Harting
Greenfield
Carl Bennett Hopper
Sardis
Tenn
Joel Irvin Hall
Lake Placid
Bettye Ann Jones
Lewis Gregory Kujawski
Toledo
James Simmie Moore
Eustis
Thomas Leeroy Morgan
San Diego
Ronald David New
South Charleston
W. Va
Charles Liona] Smith
Beckley
Lowell Dale Smith
Winfred Joseph Smith
Detroit
Richard Elvin Tandy
Farmington
Nellie May Tharp
Sugar Creek
Kenneth Alvin Tinsley
Rockford
Walter Victor Truex
Elkhart
Joyce Elaine Weaver
Piqua
William Arthur White
Roger Carl Williams
James A. Winters
Bingham Lake
Minn
Twyla Mignonne Yoder
Springfield
Jack Stanley
World Council of Churches role in Evangelism and theology studies
A roster of speakers and topics from the conference covers roles of churches in evangelism, universalism, baptism, personal ethics of Jesus, and modern church ethics. Participants include Andersons, Beckmans, Kings, Scott, Sperow Wolfe, and others presenting at sessions in multiple states and nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Sue Moore
Eustis
Fla
Shirley Gene Morton
Winslow
Ind
Ormand Ernest Niehaus
Hill City
Kans
Cleo William Norris
Sand Springs
Okla
John Gordon
Palmer
Charleston
W. Va
Florence Irene Kanyuck Randolph
Townville
David Engstrom Reynolds
Sharpsville
Winston Somerville Roberts
Kingston
Jamaica
British West Indies
Muriel Jacqueline Schrank Roeder
Lakeland
Barbara Lee Rue
Nitro
Ivan Dale Terrill
Cambridge Springs
Wanda Lou Wildermuth
Akron
Myrna Lou Williams
Chicago
Connie Joyce Sperow Wolfe
Beatyville
Juanita Violet Wollert
Lamar
Colo
Ruth Fliner Benjamin
Brownstown
Janet Elaine Wright
Anderson
Willie Amerson
Bartow
World Council of Churches
Jerry Brandon
Vinemont
Ala
Marvin Brunson
Eden
Idaho
Edwin G. Cherrington
Appleton
Iil
Philip Drake
Ontario
Calif
Leroy Fulton
Daytona Beach
Jesus
Carl Holm
Scottsbluff
Nebr
Ronald Jack
San Jose
Kenneth Renfrow
Delta
Javan Rowlett
Nacogdoches
Tex
Roger Spencer
Logan
Donald Tucker
W Va
Fulbright Criticizes State Dept Officers Over Policy Shifts
Fulbright accuses political officers in the State Department and White House of guiding controversial decisions rather than the intelligence agency. He notes it is unprecedented for a head of state to bear such responsibility. Dulles refused further comment after testimony and praised the committee.
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Dulles
State Department
White House
Fulbright
Municipal and county budget items balance per diem and supplies
The document itemizes per diem board of zoning appeals and election costs totaling 25 and 254 respectively, plus 84.52 advertising 1072 labels 625 absent voters 3225 supplies 400 registration officers 500 clerical help 50 postage 500 stationery printing 2000 assessor deputies 9131 insurance 2300 furniture 120 deep freeze 350 children’s home 200 coal 500 water softening 370 school supplies 200 dehumidifiers 400 circuit court reporter 310 equipment and 20000 repair of equipment 75000 aggregate 2000 tile sewer and pipe culverts 15000 calcium chloride 2000 new equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diem Board of Zoning Appeals
Anderson Township
Talks Seek To Avert Telegraph Walkout
Washington reports no progress in eleventh hour talks aimed at stopping a nationwide strike by 35,000 Commercial Telegraphers Union and American Communications Association members. Unions seek a two year deal with a 23 cent hourly pay raise and expanded pensions before contracts expire at midnight Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
D.t
Commercial Telegraphers Union
American Communications Association
Giant plastic sphere launches for satellite tests
A towering aluminum coated plastic sphere, about the size of a ten story building, rose 200 miles above the Virginia coast at dusk. The NASA device, folded in a 26 15 inch container, launched from Wallops Island to relay radio and television signals over long distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
Wallops Island
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Turkish leader invited to visit Russia amid coup aftermath
Reports say Menderes renewed invitation to Russia for July, but he was deposed last Friday. Goursel called the government temporary as work on a new democracy proceeds. Bayar reportedly attempted suicide by pistol and necktie while in custody, with unconfirmed rumors of further attempts as he faces trial.
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Russia
Menderes
Goursel
Bayar
Yeni Istanbul
Ankara Telegraph
Ankara War College
Namik Gedik
Holiday Highway Toll Tops 30 as Crashes Claim 15 Lives
The NSC warns holiday traffic demands extra care as three crashes kill 15 people. A Cambridge Ohio head on collision kills six, a Pottstown Pennsylvania crash claims four young adults, and near Evanston Wyoming a Greyhound crash fatally injures four women. The AP records 330 nonholiday deaths in a similar 78 hour span, with enforcement efforts and media safety reminders cited for the lower toll.
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NSC
Cambridge
Ohio
Pottstown
Evanston
Wyo
Greyhound
Associated Press
Deaths In Madison And Nearby Counties
Sylvia Pearl Rybolt 75 of Middletown died at St Johns Hospital after 10 days illness. Born April 38 1884 in Howard County she was widow of Earl Rybolt and lived in Middletown 19 years. Survived by two daughters Florence Harris and Mrs Robert Lewis and son Joseph L Mart all of Florida, six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Body to Ballard and Shirey Funeral Home Middletown. Friends after 1 p.m. Thursday. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Sylvia Rybolt
Middletown
Sylvia Pearl Rybolt
8Th St
St. John’s Hospital
Howard County
Rybolt
Earl Rybolt
Florence Harris
Robert Lewis
Miami, Fla
Joseph L. Mart
Miami
Fla
Ballard and Shirey
Obituary notices for Melvina Richardson and George M Bowers
Mrs Melvina Richardson 70 died Monday at her daughter’s Frankton home. Services 2 p.m. Thursday at Sims Christian Church Sims with burial in Wayne City. Arrangements by Richardson Funeral Home Wayne City. George Monroe Bowers 357 N 9th Middletown died at St Johns Hospital Monday. Services 2 p.m. today at Ballard and Shirey Funeral Home with burial in Miller Cemetery Middletown. Friends are being relieved in the funeral home.
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Frankton
Melvina Richardson
James Land
Sims Christian Church
Sims, Ill
Wayne City
Ill
Richardson
George Bowers
Middletown
George Monroe Bowers
St. John’s Hospital
Ballard and Shirey
Harold Clark
Chesterfield
Miller Cemetery
Carr and Cook Obituaries in Anderson Indiana
Services are set for Richard Alvin Carr 10 month old son of Thurman and Edith Carr at East Maplewood Cemetery with Rev. Oliver McCowie of Free Will Baptist Church officiating. Phil Cook 46 died Sunday at St Vincent Hospital Indianapolis. services at Brown and Butz Funeral Home with burial at Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Alvin Carr
Thurman
Edith Brooks Carr
Arrow Ave
East Maplewood
Oliver McCowrie
Free Will Baptist Church
Muncie
Harold E. Rozelle
Robert Long
Indianapolis
Phil Cook
St. Vincent's Hospital
Brown and Butz
George S. Taggart
First Presbyterian Church
Anderson Memorial Park
Police Safety Board Approves Portable Unit Purchase
The Safety Board and Police Department advised the purchase of a portable unit estimated at $700. The device can be moved between cars quickly for rapid citywide deployment. Other business was deferred to the next session in June. The board also approved routine police and fire bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
Heiden
Fire Department
Lake depth and navigation status in Lake Superior
Lake Superior reaches a maximum depth of 1,180 feet and sits 602 feet above sea level. The lake is closed to navigation by ice for four months each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Superior
Leap Year Adds Day Every Four Years
The calendar year is 365.2422 days long and an extra day is added every four years, creating a 366 day leap year to keep time aligned with Earth's orbit.
New Mines Opened in Kentucky 1946 to 1950
Between 1946 and 1950 Kentucky added 48 coal mines with a daily capacity of 11 200 tons. Local industry activity expanded as miners resumed work and production increased across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Jamaica Sees 50-Year Run For Bauxite Ore
Jamaica forecasts a half century of aluminum ore supply as officials assess reserves and mine output. The assessment suggests stable production prospects for Jamaicans and the regional aluminum industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
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Rey
1St Indiana Aluminum Smelter
RCA
Whirlpool Corporation
Whirlpool
Radio Corporation
Amenes
Terk
Central
Derby
St. John's Hospital
Grace Maag
Edward Reynolds
Ralph Rigsby
Garden Ct
Morrison Smith
Daleville
Donald Hill
Franklin Green
E. Cross St
David Jordon
Martinale St
Fredrick McCord
Jefferson St
Mary Kathern Baker
W. 26Th St
Oliver Keagy
Richard Sears
Club Rd
Rouse Hall
Broadway
North Carolina
Allen Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Allied
Menzies
SEATO
Western Alliance
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Couve de Murville
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Pakistan
Thailand
Eichmann
Public Finance
Caren
Flint
Mona Faye Egleston
West Middletown
Jack Eitelbus
Joseph Wesley Espey
Edna Eleanor Bentley Fox
Ashtabula
Harolyn Jean Mefford Fox
New Martinville
Pauline Lois Gray
Myrna Loise Gustafson Palco
Desmond Dale Hall
Independence
Robert Mason
Pontiac
Lawrence Samuel Leonard
New Castle
Roberta Ruth Lighty
Wichita
Norma Jean Lockhart
Morning View
Vera Marie MacKenzie
Peggy Davine Maddox
Hammond
William Charles Massie
Shirley Lou Masters
Covington
Melvin Eugene Miller
Eau Claire
Wis
Etta Mae Grantland Mitchell
Decatur
Sandra Glynn Moody
Pace
Madison
Safety Board
Howard H. Brown
Fred W. Butz
Mahony
Alexandria
12Th Street
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