Anderson group aids sit-in demonstrators for racial equality
The Anderson Community Service group raises funds to provide legal aid for Negro students jailed during peaceful sit-ins at southern lunch counters. They back organizers promoting orderly protests and seek support for appeals against fines and jail terms. The effort follows college students and references the 1957 Little Rock integration and Central High School graduation.
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Summer safety for children as schools close
An editorial warns that summer brings joyous activity and rising drownings risk for children. It urges parents to supervise, swim only at guarded beaches, wait after eating, and avoid risky behavior to keep kids safe while enjoying the season.
Bomb Hoax Charge Faced by California Teen
The FBI charged 16 year old Sanderson Robertson of El Cajon with starting a hoax bomb report on United Airlines flight 573 from San Diego to Los Angeles. He is the 16th person charged since a Justice Department crackdown began two months ago. Robertson, a former student at El Captain High School in Lakeside, was seized by San Diego County probation officials after false bomb reports were made in calls to multiple high schools.
U S tensions and reactions over U-2 incident cited
Quotes from Senator Fulbright on Eisenhower responsibility for the U-2 affair. President de Gaulle on Khrushchev using the incident to block talks. Louisiana Atty Gen. Gremillion condemns Supreme Court denial of tidelands oil claims as “robbed” and hard to swallow.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Jack Gremillion
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Tidelands
Railroads Warn Of Massive Layoffs If Wage Hikes Granted
CHICAGO UPI railroad attorneys told a presidential fact finding board that any wage increase, no matter how small, would force thousands of layoffs to keep carriers solvent. SUNA president Speirs urged a 36 cent per hour raise for 7,500 switchmen, while Neitzert argued for a 15 cent cut highlighting payroll disparities since 1950.
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UPI
Howard Neitzert
Western Carriers Conference Committee
Speirs
Neitzert
Lodge on the Ticket United Nations View
Roscoe Drummond argues Khrushchev’s U N security council move boosts Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge as a potential Republican running mate in 1960. Lodge’s foreign policy experience and steadiness are highlighted as assets for Nixon or Rockefeller, with the West’s approach to Moscow shaping GOP choices.
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Mr. Khrushchev
Mr. Nixon
U. S
New York Herald Tribune Inc
State Funds Lined Up for Local Construction Projects
Indiana state loan funds advance planning for sewer extensions and a treatment plant in Sellersburg. The Postwar Planning Revolving Fund provides $6,500 to support design work while a School Fund Building Commission caps loans to eight districts for new classrooms, excluding gymnasiums.
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Indianapolis
Sellersburg
State Board of Finance
Clark County
State School Fund Building Commission
Private Rites For Slaying Victim Held
VINCENNES IND UPD says George Albert Williams 40 was buried after being killed Friday night by blows from a stove shaker in the family’s country yard. His three teenage stepchildren Marjorie Donovan 17 Ruth Donovan 14 and Robert Donovan 13 are jailed in Knox County pending grand jury action. They admitted beating Williams but did not attend his funeral. Prosecutor Ernest Tilley said a grand jury would meet Thursday. Services were held at a Vincennes mortuary with the casket closed.
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Tuegday
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Marjorie Donovan
Ruth Donovan
Robert Donovan
Williams
Photographers Capture Millions of Photos in a Year
Photographers, many amateurs, take about five million pictures daily across the year. The peak period arrives during the summer vacation months.
Read 1st Kings 19 to Lean on
The speaker notes a friend’s distress and thoughts of drastic life changes. He advises turning to scripture, specifically 1st Kings 19, as a source of comfort and support during a blueout phase. The reference to Elijah frames the guidance as spiritual solace.
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Elijah
Pop Up Sunday School Attendance and Party Games
Treats the case of a church seeking higher engagement through psychology led methods. Recommends a 10 minute educational film at 9 30 each Sunday, competitive Sunday School teams, a block census with Minute Men, vocational and marriage clinics, nursery operations, and church run employment and housing directories to boost attendance and revenue.
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Alan
Evanston
Illinois
Home birth advocacy letter from the Deep South
A reader endorses home delivery of babies praising Dr. Brady and a relaxed, personal atmosphere at home. The letter argues many doctors lack home birth knowledge and urges canvassing local physicians, offers a maternity booklet, and critiques hospital paternalism.
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Deep South
Brady
Cartoonist Knecht Named Emeritus at Evansville Courier
Karl en Knecht, 76, who drew about 18 000 editorial cartoons for the Evansville Courier since 1908, was named cartoonist emeritus. He will continue to draw an occasional cartoon. Knecht came to Evansville in 1906 via the Chicago Art Institute and served as drama editor and cartoonist 1908 to 1932.
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Evansville Courier
Robert C. Falon
Far Shaw
Knecht
Chicago Art Institute
Courier
Circus Fans Assn. of
America
Iroquois
Dakota Territory
Freeport
Illinois Central Railroad
Coal at Mines Priced About 4.91 per Ton in 1935
The average price of a ton of U S bituminous coal at mines in 1935 was about 4.91 dollars. This figure reflects the era's energy market and mining costs affecting industry and consumers.
Personal health letters answered by Dr Brady
Brief letters on health and hygiene addressed to Dr Brady are to be sent with a stamped self addressed envelope. Due to high volume only a few will be answered. Include only content conforming to instructions and mail to Mr William Brady 265 El Camino South Beverly Hills California.
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Brady
William Brady
el Camino
Beverly Hills
Calif
Smoking laws in Connecticut colonies 1738 39
In 1738 to 1739 Windsor Hartford and Wethersfield passed rules restricting tobacco use to those with proof of medical knowledge and a court license. The piece notes a remembered rhymed admonition warning that tobacco soils hands clothes and fuels a smoky nose.
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Connecticut
Windsor
Hartford
Wethersfield
Quotations on Smoking From Matthews Hart and Kettering
A historical fragment cites Brander Matthews on smoking as bondage yet a range of opinions exists with P W E Hart praising cigars and pipes. It includes a quote on the cigarette as the choicest sip and ends with a note from Charles F Kettering about an open frontier.
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P.W.E. Hart
Charles F. Kettering
Personal advice requests to Dr Crane require stamped SASE
In Mellor Indiana readers seeking personal advice or one of his psychological charts should enclose a stamped self addressed envelope and 20 cents to cover typing or printing costs. The notice instructs correspondents to include return postage and payment with their inquiry.
Driving incident and police clash in early dawn
A car hits a trench on Jackson Street near 14th Street as a driver ejects a metal piece and drives away. Two teenage drivers are stopped by Chief John Heiden after a drag past his car, taken to the police station, and released to their parents. County offices may close Saturday mornings for the summer per the Board of County Commissioners. The National Safety Council links road accidents to billions in losses and potential public works.
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Madison County
National Safety Council
Jackson St
John Heiden
Board of County Commissioners
Three Indonesians Executed Over Sukarno Assassination Attempt
Three men connected to the November 1957 Sukarno assassination attempt died before execution by firing squad after being sentenced in Jakarta. Eleven people were killed and over 100 injured in the bombing and grenade attack, Indonesia’s first death penalty carried out since sovereignty in 1949.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
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