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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1954
Page
1
Fifteen Wilson Boys Club members from 1210 W 10th St sign up for Anderson Soap Box Derby on July 14. They’ll build cars at the club shop with inspection on July 16 at Derby Headquarters Hunter Chevrolet. Registration closes June 19 for ages 11 through 15.
The Anderson Junior Chamber of Commerce announced a campaign to remove abandoned ice boxes and refrigerators to prevent child deaths. At a YMCA meeting Charles B. Ainsworth chaired the project, with further planning sessions to map details of the effort.
Mary Hancock hosted a Junior Miss 4-H Club gathering with Darlene and Jayce Williams Judy Shulli Tat Lamey providing singing and devotions Eliza beth Hartrell leading recreation Pat Lamey teaching a lesson A wiener roast followed at Hildreth's Woods Visitors included Mrs Storms Tuymond Gordon and Jack Tugsley Next meeting set for June 24 at Whetstone Church
Secretary Dulles orders an overhaul of the State Department to boost morale and strength of the foreign service. Charles Salzman named undersecretary for administration to merge divisions, raise officers from 1300 to about 4000, and expand foreign postings. A bold 470 scholarship program for juniors and seniors in U S universities is proposed, costing around 20 million annually subject to approval.
Indianapolis article states a youth confessed to directing an armed robbery of his father with a companion, demanding shoot him and finish it. Police report the incident near a filling station and note arrests and statements by detectives. authorities filed armed robbery charges against 16 youths.
A 22 year old Decatur woman Elvera L Crosby died at Adams County Memorial Hospital hours after giving birth to a stillborn son following a head on collision with Robert Franks 2 Willshire Ohio. Crosby died several hours after the birth. Franks suffered only minor injuries in the Adams County crash at a county road intersection north of Decatur.
Anderson police report three men, two from Anderson and one from another town, were sentenced in Indianapolis Federal Court for bringing two women into Indiana for prostitution. Floyd Rabinalis and Claude Tanlor Zion each receive 31 1/2 year terms. Donald R. Wells gets an indeterminate sentence. Prostitution convictions in Anderson followed travel from Whichila after NKang.
Central Christian Church schedules its annual congregational meeting for Wednesday at 7:30 p m in Fellowship Hall. Deacons and elders will be elected, representatives to the administrative board chosen, and a committee will propose plans for a new educational and recreational building. Reports from church groups will be distributed after morning worship.
Indiana and Ohio investigators say Richard Filis Clark age 28 of Celina Ohio confessed to the May 2 Berne bank holdup after initial denial. Four bank employees identified him from a lineup, $4928 found at his home, a suitcase and trench coat matching the robber, and Clark jailed on a bank robbery charge in Adams Circuit Court at Decatur. Clark is married with three children and formerly had an armed robbery conviction.
County officials released a spring distribution totaling 4,714,692.79 across multiple funds and units. Schools received 2,225,292.70, county general 504,076.47, welfare 225.86, with Anderson city allocations including library and police and fire pensions. Distibution covers numerous townships and counties, listing payments to civil city entities, school corporations, libraries, and pension funds.
The Indochina phase of the conference was pared down as Western powers pressed for Communist led Vietminh forces to leave Laos and Cambodia. With France bogged down in a government crisis, debates continued on how long the talks would endure and what concessions might follow.
The exchange centers on Cohn defending the integrity of drafts and notes during questioning. McCarthy asks if Cohn has anything to add and Cohn declares himself a staunch American. McCarthy later greets Cohn with a warm handshake after the session.
The convention schedules an afternoon session at 2 45 with speaker W E Reed secretary of Church Extension and Home Missions. evening sermon at 7 30 on Within City Limits with Rev Lester Grose as chairman. General Ministerial Assembly opened yesterday at 1 15 with board member elections and ongoing sessions.
Augustus Wright, 45, died Tuesday in Frankton after a lingering illness. Survivors include two brothers and a widow. Funeral at Frankton Christian Church Friday at 2 PM. Burial not yet decided. Herman J. Doan, 58, died Monday at his Hammond home after ill health. Services planned in Hammond and Summitville with burial in Alexandria.
Obituary notes from Anderson list Helen Kramer 48, wife of William Kramer of 901 Marine Dr., died Monday at Ball Memorial Hospital and will have rites Thursday at Baker Brothers Funeral Home with Rev. Frederick Pothos officiating. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery. Also noted are Mrs. Elma C. Graddy who died recently and funeral plans pending, plus Horace L. Baker 85 and Mrs. Harriet Gross among other breve notices with survivors and service details.
The county civil defense organization would feed an estimated 12 001 refugees and handle traffic from the Indiana polis area. Red Cross volunteers Boy Scouts and amateur radio operators join police and civil defense staff in preparations for a 24 hour event. A meeting at Anderson City Hall will review activities and future planning. Churchill urging settlement of Indochina war discussed after Geneva conference.
Welch questioned a January memo from Carr to McCarthy and suggested it was drafted later than stated. The hearing examined memos about Francis Carr Mrs Driscoll and the Schine case amid disputes over Army influence and witness treatment in the McCarthy investigations.
The House Rules Committee blocks a move to televise congressional hearings including the Remy McCarthy row. Ley Allen reportedly with limited support, as opposition cites coverage concerns and potential political repercussions. Related political clashes involve Hatch Act implications and department salary exemptions.
Archaeologists uncovered ancient jewelry and cosmetics in an underground chamber during a Third Dynasty pharaoh's burial complex at Saqqara. The discovery, announced Tuesday, includes a cosmetics case used by Egyptian beauties and appears to be nearly five millennia old.
Two strong quakes centered nine miles beneath the Andes in northern Peru were reported by the California Institute. An archaeologist noted a magn 6.8 event and described unsealing a alabaster sarcophagus during debris clearing. Damage may appear in populated areas as the chamber was opened.
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