Kokomo Boy Accuses Stepfather of Four Years of Abuse
A 17 year old Kokomo boy describes four years of beatings and torture by his stepfather Frank J. Holecek in Florida and Indiana. He shows scars from a broken nose jaw cauliflower ear and back and stomach wounds. Prosecutor seeks extradition from Jacksonville Florida. The boy ran away and returned to Kokomo to live with his father.
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Kokomo
Ind
Arthur
Hank) Wright
Earl Palmer
Logansport
Frank J. Holecek
Jacksonville
Fla
Galveston
Cass County
Holecek
Lamar Winegeart
Florida
Winegeart
Indiana
Ray Skelton
Skelton
Kokoma
Ray S. Wright
Wright
Truman era safety concerns shadow Ike Japan trip
Congress members urged firm guarantees from Japan to protect President Eisenhower during his upcoming visit after anti Ike mobs in Tokyo attacked White House aides. The White House released itinerary details as a debate over whether to proceed continued in Washington.
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Washington
United States
Orient
West Pacific
White House
Anne Wheaton
Eisenhower
E.d.t
Alaska
Senate
Yndon B. Johnson
Hagerty
Babys Death To Get Study
Wabash County grand jury to meet Wednesday to investigate the death of four month old Marcy Lynn Easterday after her father Jack Easterday admitted beating her. Sheriff Paul Benson cited a lie detector test confirming the confession and noted the infant died from a cerebral hemorrhage with body bruising.
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Wabash, Ind
Wabash County
Grand Jury
Paul Benson
Jack Easterday
Marcy Lynn
Easterday
Indianapolis
Wabash
Two Indiana Boys Stabbed and Robbed in Chicago
In Lincoln Park Chicago two 17 year old Indianapolis youths Kenneth L Schellie son of a former Indiana Economic Council director and David Bailie were stabbed and robbed by teens. Schellie lost 35 dollars Bailie 235 dollars. Schellie was struck with a screwdriver and Bailie suffered back cuts.
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Chicago
UPI
Indiana
Indianapolis
Lincoln Park
Kenneth L. Schellie
Indiana Economic Council
Kenneth L. Schelleie
David Bailie
Lawrence Central High School
Schellie
Bailie
Mrs Willkie backs Nixon in bid for GOP nomination
The widow and son of Wendell L. Willkie, the 1940 GOP presidential candidate, pledge support to Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Willkie
NIXON
New York
UPI
Wendell L. Willkie
Richard M. Nixon
Chick-Inn Smorgasbord Announces Weekend Hours
Smorgasbord at Chick-Inn runs Friday and Saturday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at one dollar per person and Sunday at one dollar fifty. The compact schedule highlights discounted meals for weekend diners.
Troop 151 BSA Sets Court of Honor Event
Members of Boy Scout Troop No 151 will honor Tyle Turner Richard Jones and Tom Jones as new Order of the Arrow members during a court of honor at Grandview Park Tuesday evening at 6. Scoutmaster James Spall presides with George Seulean assisting and Leonard Jackson chairing the troop committee.
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Boy Scout Troop No. 151
Tyle Turner
Richard Jones
Tom Jones
Order of the Arrow
Grandview Park
James Spall
George Seulean
Leonard Jackson
Howard Stinson
Horace Jones
Bernard Lavelle
Fred Turner
J. L. Ward
Dan Clymer
Ray Morgan
Leslie Foster
Ray Coulombie
Taylor Porter
Spall
Senate panel boosts military budget with large increases
The Senate Military Appropriations subcommittee added 125 million for Army modernization and 10 Fairchild F-27 planes, pushing the bill well above the subcommittee total by 218.8 million. It funds B 70 reactivation, Bomarc bases, nuclear submarines, a new carrier, and armed forces totals of 870k Army, 825k Air Force, 619k Navy, and 175k Marines.
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Senate Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Air Force
Oregon
Washington
Navy
Dennis Chavez
D-N.m
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Army
Indiana Delegates Brace For June 21 Nomination Vote
Steinwedel claims 1500 delegate strength ahead of the 2366 delegate Democratic state convention with 1,184 needed to nominate. He expects at least 19 Marion County votes as district splits shift support away from Welsh. Welsh criticizes the Republican administration and promotes reforms including a state agriculture department.
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Jackson
Steinwedel
Marion County
Marshall F. Kizer
Indianapolis
Plainfield
State Department of Agriculture
Indiana
Indiana political clash over farmer aid and party nominations
Steinwedel attacked Lt. Gov Parker over lack of state agricultural help as two states without a department pursue counsel. Indiana’s Wilson files for renomination at Democratic headquarters after paying the convention fee. Frank R Beckwith, Indianapolis Negro lawyer, asserts he will be nominated for President at the GOP national convention with a second nominee expected.
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Steinwedel
Crawford F. Parker
GOP
Indiana
William E. Wilson
Jeffersonville
Frank R. Beckwith
Indianapolis
Nixon
Nixon and Rockefeller Meet At Coliseum Exhibit
At the Coliseum, Nixon and Rockefeller held a first post fall meeting with Prince Philip in attendance. The pair discussed issues before the GOP National Convention as crowds pressed around during the exhibit tour.
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Red Lion Inn
Hobbie Jean Morton
Philip
Duke
Hobbie Jean
Nixon
Rockefeller
Coliseum
Waldorf-Astoria
Prince Philip
Gov
Herbert G. Klein
Nelson
GCF
Eisenhower
Lord Rootes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Rocke’eller
Demonstrators attack Hagerty convoy as Ike visit panels Japan
Ten thousand leftists blocked the airport approach as Hagerty MacArthur and Stephens rode toward Tokyo. Stones, bricks, and a broken headlight marked the slammed limousine while police and soldiers dispersed the mob after a brief standoff.
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Gerty
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Nobusuke Kishi
Japan
United States
Hagerty
Tokyo
Stephens
Okinawa
Shinichi Kondon
Foreign Office
Toshio Tanaka
Tanaka
Ike
Kishi
Maj
Donn Foss
Sioux Falls
S. D
Foss
Anderson College Announces Monday Commencement Exercises
Dr. Lewis A. Henni gar, philosophy and psychology professor, announces Anderson College. Dr. W. Dale Oldham will give the morning prayer as the sanctuary choir sings Thy Word Is a Light. 119 candidates will receive bachelor degrees in arts science and divinity.
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Lewis A. Hennigar
W. Dale Oldham
Charles R. Stanley
Hayden Morgan
Miss Brooks
Mendelssohn
Handel
Oldham
School of Theology
Elwood Photographer M W VanBuskirk Dies at 68
Meredith W Van Buskirk 68 of 1631 So J St Elwood died at 6 40 pm Friday at home from a heart attack He was born Feb 29 1892 in Elwood a son of William and Ella Van Buskirk He married Thelma Patton March 28 1924 Survivors include Thelma two daughters Patricia Ann Etchison of Elwood and Winifred Kay Emmerling of Anderson seven grandchildren Body taken to Robert L Jackley Funeral Home Elwood Arrangements pending
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Elwood
Meredith W. VanBuskirk
So. J St
Indiana Photographers Association
William
Ella van Buskirk
Thelma Patton
Thelma
Patricia Ann Etchison
Winifred Kay Emmerling
Anderson
Robert L. Jackley
GMA Sessions Outline Radio and TV Commission Roles
The article lists leaders and staff of the Radio and Television Commission and Gospel Trumpet Company, including Chairman George Blackwell Anderson and Rev. R Eugene Sterner, with officers from Cincinnati Louisville and Anderson. It notes upcoming Board of Church Extension and Home Missions meetings and the National Woman's Missionary Society session at Park Place Church of God with officers and parliamentary details.
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The
Radio and Television Commission
George Blackwell Anderson
R. Eugene Sterner
Anderson
Chester Waddell
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cecil Baldwin
Louisville
W. Dale Oldham
Jack Odell
Lynden Station
Wis
Radio Hour
Board of
Church Extension and Home Missions
Gospel Trumpet Co
Gene W. Newberry
Church Extension Board
Roy Creamer
Alexandria
W. E. Reed
E. F. Adcock
Nora Angus
Gospel Trumpet Company
Oldham
Harold Phillips
Elmer Rich
Akron
Clara T. Hall
This City
Oscar J. Flynt
Steele C. Smith
Warren C. Roark
Hillery C. Rice
South Charleston
W. Va
Flynt
Dr. Smith
J. Leonard Helvering
Phillips
Earl L. Martin
E. E. Perry
Grand Rapids
Mich
National Woman's Misionary Society
Old Park Place
Division of Church Sevice
Knoxville Named for Gen Henry Knox in 1791
Knoxville Tennessee was named in 1791 in honor of General Henry Knox who served as U S Secretary of War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville, Tenn
Gen
Henry Knox
U.S
Deaths In Madison And Nearby Counties
Mrs. Almeda Scott, 89, of Daleville dies Thursday. Services at 2 p.m. today at Polhemus and Shirey Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Ronald Hurst of Daleville Christian Church. Burial in Saunders Cemetery east of Daleville.
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Daleville
Almeda Scott
Polhemus and Shirey
Ronald Hurst
Services for Mrs Lydia Fil burn to be held today
Funeral rites for 82 year old Lydia E Fil burn of Rt 2 Pendleton take place at 10 a.m. in the Old German Baptist Church near Pendleton with Rev. Herman Shuman presiding. Burial follows in Pleasant Valley Cemetery near Pendleton.
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Lydia E. Filburn
Pendleton
Old German Baptist Church
Herman Shuman
Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Scottish Curling Records of Early 17th Century Referencing Winter Sport
Scottish records from the early 1600s mention curling as a winter sport. The entries indicate the sport was practiced in local communities and linked to winter ice conditions and regional activities.
Richard H. Leitch 62 Muncie obituary listed in local paper
Richard Henry Leitch 62 of Muncie died at 6 30 p m Friday in Ball Memorial Hospital Muncie He was born in Monterey Ky and lived most of his life in Muncie He was a son of Mr and Mrs James Anthony Leach a member of First Baptist Church Survived by Cecil and sons Richard Robert Gene four grandchildren sister Patsy Hamilton and brother Charles Funeral arrangements pending with Meeks Mortuary receiving after 2 p m Sunday
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Richard Henry Leitch
Muncie
Patsy Hamilton
Anderson
Ball Memorial Hospital
Monterey
James Anthony Leach
Leach
First Baptist Church
Cecil
Richard
New Castle
Robert
Gene
Hamilton
Charles
Meeks Mortuary
Services for Mrs Roxie Comer Williams
Services for Roxie Comer Williams of Los Angeles and formerly Anderson will be held today at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles. Mrs. Robert C. Robertson of Anderson is a niece. Rick Heritage and Bruce Robertson of Anderson are great-nephews.
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Roxie Comer Williams
Los Angeles
Anderson
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Robert C. Robertson
Beauvoir Circle
Williams
Rick Heritage
Bruce Robertson
Orr Rites Held For Abie Bryan Orr
Abie Bryan Orr 62 of 1316 Pearl Street died Thursday. Services at 2 p.m. today at Sells and Rowe Funeral Home with Dr. H L Lanahan of First Evangelical United Brethren Church officiating. Burial in Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Abie Orr
Abie Bryan Orr
Pearl St
Sells and Rowe
H. L. Lanahan
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery
Neale N Peil 24 Dies in Fall at Joliet Roofing Job
Funeral services for Neale N Peil 24 of Joliet Illinois killed in a Wednesday fall while working for a roofing sub contractor on a new Delco Remy Division building on George Street will be held today at Blue Hill Nebraska. Arrangements are by Mertin Butler Funeral Home with Anderson arrangements by Waltz and Hiday Funeral Home.
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Neal Peil
Neale N. Peil
Joliet
Delco Remy
George St
Blue Hill
Neb
Mertin-Butler
Anderson
Waltz and Hiday Funeral Home
Indiana Winter Wheat Yield Forecast Sets Record
The USDA projects a statewide winter wheat yield of 33 bushels per acre for Indiana, beating the 1958 record by one bushel. The forecast calls for 43,494,000 bushels total, well below the 1906 record of 57,400,000 bushels.
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Washington
Indiana
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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