Permit Lacking For Explosives
A St Louis plant blast that killed five and injured 34 occurred without the firm obtaining a city hazardous materials permit. Fire Marshal Bergman notes the blast resembled a dust explosion. Coroner’s office hires an explosives expert as police and a grand jury also probe. An inquest into the deaths is set for next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louise
City Board of Public Service
Walter Bergman
Bergman
Leonard Finder
Universal Match Corp
Wilson Keith & Co
Finder
Patrick Taylor
Circuit Court Grand Jury
First Balloons Launched in 1783
The article notes the initial balloon launches occurred in 1783 marking a milestone in aerial experiments. It references the historic event and its significance in early ballooning history.
Rev O W Rees resigns from Goodwin Memorial Church
The Rev O W Rees resigns as pastor of Goodwin Memorial Nazarene Church after almost six years, effective at July end. He will lead Hartford City Church. District Superintendent Paul Updike will discuss the calling of a new pastor Sunday evening. Under Rees the church built a new auditorium and parsonage, expanded Sunday school space, and membership and attendance rose significantly.
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O. W. Rees
Goodwin Memorial Nazarene
Hartford City
Paul Updike
Rees
Church Extension Board
Ways and Means Committee
Man pays silver dollar fine after store window display
A Nashua man, told his name appeared in a store window display on sale day, drove to claim his prize silver dollar. He found a parking ticket on his car and paid the fine with the silver dollar, ending the inevitable clash between luck and legality.
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Nashua
N. H
Illinois to survey highway net with Knoerle firm
Illinois Toll Road Commission approved a survey of the proposed pay as you go highway net by Joseph K Knoerle and Associates. The project costs about 663000 with 465 miles of routes valued at 583 million dollars and should run from now to December. Evan Howell chairs the commission and says the study will analyze toll road merit into Chicago and routes planned to enter the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Toll Road Commission
Joseph K. Knoerle
Howell
Emens Elected President of Association for Higher Education
Dr. John R. Emens president of Ball State Teachers College is chosen as president of the Association for Higher Education at its Washington meeting. He succeeds Edward Kidder Graham chancellor of the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina.
Sgt and bride's honeymoon ends in crash near Marshall
Sgt. John H. Martin leaned to kiss his bride during their honeymoon in Marshall Minn when their car skidded into a curb sending her to the hospital. Martin paid a $10 fine and court costs for careless driving.
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Marshall, Minn
John H. Martin
Martin
San Diego Pedestrian Sought After Auto Collision
Police search for a pedestrian who bumped a car causing a 200 dollar dent and vanished before giving his name. The incident prompts local officials to seek the unknown man amid public fascination with his alleged actions and possible recognition.
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AN Diego
Rancor Lacking After Navy Probe For Three Midshipmen
Three young officers completed a week of waiting after Navy clearance in Annapolis and Washington. Ensign Paul Shimek Jr Harzen Pollack and Marine 2nd Lt Peter Yad lowski received commissions Friday night amid relief and pride.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Navy
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Charles Thomas
Ens
Paul Shimek Jr
RFD
Hazen
Ark
Harold I. Pollack
Hartford, Conn
Peter Yadlowsky
Jersey City
N.J
Yadlowski
Shimek
International Workers Order
Siberia
Poland
Stop Taking Harsh Drugs for Constipation Ad
Mild relief for temporary constipation with Dr Caldwell's Senna Laxative Syrup Pepsin. Gentle natural laxative, tastes good, eases cramps, helps restore regularity without repeated dosing. Money back if not satisfied. Mail bottle to Box 280 New York NY.
Douglas Defends Rural Electrification Funding Figures
Sen. Douglas of Illinois challenged Sen. Aiken of Vermont who charged that rural electrification funds rose by 35 million dollars using erroneous figures. Aiken cited a telegram urging farm cooperatives to press senators. Douglas said the 18 month period governed both the original and increased totals and that no deception occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Aiken
R-Vi
Senate
Clyde Ellis
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn
Ellis
Humphrey
Minnesota
Gillette
Iowa
Rural Electric Cooperative Group
Synod Delegates Named From Muncie Presbytery
Everett L. Fleck will serve as delegate to the 129th Synod of Indiana meeting at Hanover College with Frank K. Zoll and Dr. George Taggart among ministers and Ruth Bender Betty Taggart named as youth representatives. The Youth Synod follows the main meeting. The 1955 U S National Open golf championship is set for the Olympic Club Lake Course near San Francisco.
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Everett L. Fleck
Muncie
Synod of Indiana of the Presbyterian Church
Hanover College
Hanover
Committee On Christian Education
Youth Synod
Ruth Bender
Arthur Bender Jr
Muncie Presbytery Westminster Fellowship
Commission On Witness
Presbytery
Betty Taggart
George Taggart
Olympic Country Club
San Francisco
Penny trick nets bank teller down payment scam
In Benton Harbor Michigan two Southwestern Michigan bank tellers report a blonde suspect who converted eight dollars in pennies into a hundred by placing them in dime wrappers. Police investigate the unusual deception and potential theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Harbor
Mich
Southwestern Michigan
Kiwanis Plan Special Program At YMCA Meeting
The Anderson Kiwanis Club met at the YMCA for lunch and a regular meeting. Rex Fleenor, a former U S Air Corps officer, spoke with slides on Germany. Harold Campbell announced a special program for next Monday with arrangements by A T Hastings and Tom McMahan of Delco Remy for members’ children. William Mitchell planned the program Key to Progress in the YMCA gym. Half the Eskimos of the world never have seen a snow house.
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Anderson Kiwanis Club
YMCA
Alexandria Kiwanis Club
Rex Fleenor
Germany
Fleenor
U.S. Air Corps
Harold Campbell
A. T. Hastings
Tom McMahan
Delco-Remy
William Mitchell
Three‑car crash in Lafayette area leaves one dead
Ralph Waldo Bernhardt age 26 of Lafayette died after a Sunday three car collision at the U S 231 and county road intersection one mile north of Montmorenci. Five others were injured and treated at Home Hospital in Lafayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Ralph Waldo Bernhardt
Montmorenci
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Arening Phewees, Inc, Fanbylle
IMD Iam
Bennett Cerf
California
Peter Donald
Peter
King Features Syndicate
Fleck
Buick
Riviera
America
Jackson Sts
Heckaman
Buick, Inc
Anderson
Indiana
Kiwanis
D! Scholls
Michigan
Heiney’s Frozen Foods and Locker Service
East 23Rd St
Shell
TCP
Shell Research
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