Gravel Pit Death Warns Madison County Youths
A 16 year old, Thomas Earl Carroll, drowned at the Myers gravel pit on Alexandria Pike. The tragedy strengthens calls for parents to keep children out of unguarded waters and urge swimming only in guarded pools in Alexandria Elwood Pendleton and Anderson. Pit owners posted warnings and appealed to parents, but many youths still trespass, risking further deaths.
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Alexandria
Elwood
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Anderson
Franco-American Friendship in De Gaulle Era
The article surveys premier Charles de Gaulle’s early challenges including Algeria and constitutional reform, and outlines Franco American ties. It notes past tensions with Roosevelt Churchill and shifts to Eisenhower’s role in rebuilding cordial U.S. France relations as de Gaulle’s premiership begins.
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Eisenhower
United States
Indiana heats up 8000 Hoosier Jobs highway project
Indiana launches its most ambitious highway program, four times larger than any previous year. It will provide 8,000 jobs across 16.3 million man hours. By late May, 60 percent of a $120 million plan was active, with $19.6 million in contracts let and bids on another $31 million.
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Union
Loganport Taps Truck Loading Meters Downtown
Logansport installs loading zone meters for trucks with one meter for trucks during 8 30 to 11 30 am and 1 to 2 30 pm. Other meter serves autos at other times. System may not prove feasible but merits thought. Council friction over 25000 state aided Madison Ave road renewal, with calls to keep politics out of meetings. Auto bicycle near miss on Columbus Ave raises safety concerns. Rescue for drowned youth at Myer’s Gravel Pit praised Civil Defense units and workers, with thanks for coffee and sandwiches.
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Brogson
Summitville
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Gas City
Anderson
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Federal government must adapt for cold war needs
In a 1958 analysis, Roscoe Drummond argues Congress should empower the Executive with broader, multi-year authority to deter aggression, streamline defense spending, and develop a flexible foreign region aid framework. He suggests a National Security Council style approach, realigned budgeting, and expanded research to meet evolving threats.
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The Gase Records of a Psychologist Case Y-352
Ted B aged 18 and his father exhibit sexual anxieties linked to impotence and the masculine change of life. The piece contrasts a hypervigilant, possibly delusional husband with a menopausal wife, detailing accusations, platonic behavior, and the Ponce de Leon complex as men chase younger partners. It notes a detective stakeout and urges readers to seek Dr Crane Mellor for guidance.
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Folklore and language quirks pop up in Indiana tale
A study of sayings shows how terms like crab a holt persist and morph across regions. Tailholt’s origin links to calf catching by tails, while humor appears in bear antics. Language chaos and wit color American expressions as agents watch a Macmillan photo flash explode harmlessly in Indianapolis.
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Personal health column reveals old home remedies and prompts letters
Reader letters discuss sulfur and molasses tonics, cream of tartar laxatives, and senna mixtures once common in medicine. Dr Brady invites brief, inked inquiries to 265 El Camino, Beverly Hills, for answered questions, noting many letters can’t be addressed.
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De Gaulle Warmth Noted In Churchill Washington Talks
Correspondence reveals a cordial rapport among De Gaulle Churchill Eisenhower and Macmillan as Allied leaders seek postwar unity. Diplomatic observers cite warmth between France and Britain amid NATO ties and a shared hope for France under De Gaulle to strengthen Western alliance.
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Foreign travel costs under Iron Curtain rules noted
A dispatch from Bonn analyzes travel costs for Western visitors to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. It outlines daily lodging and meals, border controls, and state restrictions, noting price ranges in Hungary Poland Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Moscow. It reports reduced fares and limited personal mobility under state travel agencies and the growing appeal of seeing eastern lands.
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Stethoscope Made For Sick Motors
EASTON Pa An Easton engineering concern has developed an industrial stethoscope for diagnosing what's wrong with a sick machine. The device picks up sounds and amplifies them, aiding engineers to locate the source of trouble in vibrating or sputtering machines. Installment buying up Canberra Australians' debt averages about £100 per family compared with £4 in 1939. About 60 percent of furniture and 65 percent of refrigerators are sold on time-payment plans.
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Canberra
The Shepherd IDEAS EMPLOYE Job Ad Parable
A recruitment verse extols a model worker who is quiet, neat, courteous, grateful, punctual, steady, loyal, and honest. It notes the ideal candidate is already employed and deserving promotion, appealing to readers with a moral portrait and a call to merit.
Poor Relief Suspended in Gary Pending Bond Approval
Calumet Township Trustee Harold DeVault said aid for about 3000 Gary area families will be interrupted until the State Board of Tax Commissioners approves his petition for a 442000 bond issue. Tax board chair John Newsom said action depends on a field report from Crown Point after a hearing and East Chicago representative Al Zivich said he would mail the report Monday night.
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U S Leads World In Plywood Making
Washington reports the United States uses only a portion of the world’s forests yet accounts for 52 percent of the world’s plywood supply and significant shares of lumber wood pulp paper and paperboard. Packaged rice has been cleaned and needs no washing and should not be rinsed after cooking.
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