Hoffa Faces Federal Inquiry Amid Teamsters Power Drive
A federal grand jury probes Hoffa's inner circle as he seeks re election at the Teamsters convention in Miami Beach. He already faces a Florida fraud indictment over a real estate scheme and a separate probe seeks records from Indiana and Mrs Sally Hucks linked to shielding Hoffa from a Senate Rackets inquiry.
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Teamsters Vocal
Indianapolis
Purdue professor named vice president of Purdue Research Foundation
Purdue University nuclear engineering head Prof. Philip N. Powers, a Terre Haute native, was appointed vice president of the Purdue Research Foundation while retaining his academic post.
Former Elwood Resident Helen Starr O’Brien Dies in Gary
Helen Starr O’Brien 57 formerly of Elwood died at Mercy Hospital Gary at 2 a.m. Sunday after a stroke. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Tuesday Copher and Fesler funeral home East Main Street Christian Church. Burial Elwood City Cemetery. Survived by husband Edward, son Victor Walsh Gary, five sisters and three brothers. Born Oct 28 1903 in Elwood she was active in Grace Methodist Church.
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Helen Starr O'Brien
Edward O’brien
Gary
Mercy Hospital
Copher and Fesler
J. E. McCoy
East Main Street
Baptist Men Set 23rd Indiana Conference at Camp Near Avoca
Indiana Baptist Men prepare for their 23rd annual conference at Indian Creed Baptist Camp near Avoca Indiana over the coming weekend. Attending are James Gray Orval Eubank Leonard Spelier Fred Van Ness Joe Lines James Lines the Rev Dale Green and William Breeden. Gray serves as second vice president and program chairman while Eubank acts as area chairman for Tippecanoe Harmony and Judson associations. Mrs Eubank will welcome members and guests.
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Indian Creed Baptist Camp
Avoca
Ind
James Gray
Orval Eubank
Leonard Spelier
Fred van Ness
Joe Lines
James Lines
Dale Green
William Breeden
Gray
Eubank
Tippecanoe, Harmony and Judson
40th Anniversary Open House for Rev and Mrs Sage
Elwood guests honored the Rev R W Sage and his wife on their 40th wedding anniversary at their home 1415 So E St. A lamp and pink decor highlighted the party arranged by their daughter and son in law Fred and Elizabeth Van Ness. The Sage family includes two children Elizabeth Lee and Robert Lowell and two granddaughters Deborah and Pamela.
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R. W. Sage
First Baptist Church
So. E St
Fred van Ness
Anderson
Sage
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James Ross Jr
H. W. McCammon
Walter Norris
Eugene Church
Paul
Indiana farmers warned against confusing grain program popularity
An Indiana Farm Bureau editorial urges lawmakers not to equate farmer participation with broad support for the 1961 emergency feed grain program. It notes Indiana’s high sign-up stemmed from wet planting, river floods, late corn planting, and generous per acre payments, which may have coerced cooperation.
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UPI
Indiana Farm Bureau
The
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Farm Bureau
Thespians to wed in Los Angeles
Actress Joanna Barnes aged 26 and actor Lawrence Dobkin aged 41 announced plans to marry on June 24 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The couple met while working on the Richard Diamond television series.
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UPI
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Fornay Surratt Wedding Planned
Announcement from Mr. and Mrs. Earl B. Forney of Elwood states the engagement of their daughter Ann to J Phillip Surratt of Tecumseh Michigan formerly Elwood. The wedding is set for Saturday August 26 at East Train Street Christian Church. Ann Forney is a Wendell Willkie High School and Indiana University Nursing School graduate and a Michigan University nursing instructor. J Phillip Surratt is a University of Michigan undergraduate and a senior in Law School.
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John J. St. Clair Dies At Elwood
John J. St. Clair, 55, of 152042 S. A St., died at home at 2 p.m. Monday. He was born December 2, 1905, and was a member of St. John's Catholic Church. Surviving are one daughter, five sisters, and four brothers. Funeral arrangements pending.
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S. A St
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Germany
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Anderson
Maria Walser
Tipton
Rosella Leckner
Kokomo
Jane Ann Rice
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Fort Wayne
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New York City
Dwellings Linked to Ulcers Study Reported in Quebec
Dr. Andre Lambling of Paris told a medical association meeting in Quebec that dwelling size may affect ulcer risk. He said smaller dwellings are associated with a greater chance of stomach ulcers.
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Andre Lambling
Paris
Medical Association
Farmers Union Plans Event At Frankton
The Madison County Farmers Union will hold an ice cream social at Frankton School on Saturday June 24 at 8 p m The state president John Raber will present pictures of his trip to Russia Clifford Drake and wife are refreshments chairs A cake contest will judge best white best chocolate and best decorated cake Hospital notes list admissions dismissals births at Mercy Hospital with local names and addresses.
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Frankton
John Raber
Russia
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Mercy Hospital
Helen Etchison
West St
Alexandria
Andrew Heston
Gertrude Loy
Margaret Munns
12Th St
Lexeer Williams
A St
James Sumner
Anderson
Tommy Peason
Heart Victim William A. Linsmeyer Dies at 59
William A. Linsmeyer of Alexandria, 59, died suddenly of a heart seizure at 1:30 a m at his home. He worked 30 years for National Gypsum Company and was a St Marys Catholic Church member. Survived by widow Delores and several stepchildren, sisters, grandchildren, and a great grandchild. Funeral at St Marys Church with burial in IOOF Cemetery. Rosary Tuesday at final home.
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Fiona Thomas Rites Wednesday
Fiona Pearl Thomas 60 of Alexandria died at 7 a m Monday in a Logansport hospital after an extended illness. Born May 5, 1901 in Alexandria she was the daughter of Asa Calvin Edwards and Elizabeth Goodpasture Edwards. She was a Church of God member. Surviving are two daughters Helen and Mildred of Anderson, her mother Mrs Edwards of Alexandria, three brothers Francis Indianapolis Arthur Pendleton and Jacob J Trenton N J, a sister Mrs Ida Foust Canton Ohio, and four grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p m Wednesday at the Church of God with Rev Dwight McCurdy in charge. Burial Park View Cemetery. Friends may call at Karl M Kyle Funeral Home after 7 p m Tuesday.
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Mildred
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Edwards
Francis
Indianapolis
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Canton
Ohio
Dwight McCurdy
Park View Cemetery
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Frankton School appoints two new grades teachers
Waldo E. Canaday announces Miss Deanne Marie Cole will teach fourth grade and Miss Helen Fox will teach first grade at Frankton School. Cole replaces retiring Mrs. Kimmerling after 35 years of service. Fox succeeds Mrs. Grace Nash who had 17 years in the district.
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Pipe Creek Township
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Mildred Kimmerling
Kimmerling
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Brickyard Rd
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Tipton
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Elwood Church Groups Plan Activities and Meetings
The Home Builders Class of Wesleyan Methodist Church hosted a hamburger fry at Hobbs Rest Park with Rev. Lester Lockard leading prayer. Officers were elected for the coming year and an ice cream social is slated for July 15 at Fairmount Park.
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Wesleyan Methodist Church
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Roberta Brown
John Rott
Fairmount Park
First Baptist Church
The
Elks Home
Hal Fryer
Indianapolis
Kathy Kiser
Blaze destroys storage building in Evansville
A three alarm fire destroyed a foam rubber storage building in Evansville Indiana leaving only brick walls. Damage exceeded 100000 dollars. Fire units battled the blaze for over two hours at the Clark Foam Rubber Co facility as an adjacent concern sustained smoke and water damage. Cause not immediately known. PACT reached on students. Japanese firms agree not to recruit graduates publicly until July 1 each year.
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Clark Foan Rubber Co
Tokyo
Elephants in Kruger Reserve Consume Vast Daily Vegetation
In Kruger National Park South Africa elephants each eat about 900 pounds of vegetation daily as part of their large herbivore diet.
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Kruger Game Reserve
De Gaulle Faces Dual Violent Threats From Bombs and Farmers
Paris reports reveal two violent pressures on President de Gaulle’s government. Right wing terrorists detonated a bomb near the Elysee Palace injuring six at Afrique Action offices, while Brittany farmers intensified a price support protest with a dawn siege of La Roche-sur-Yon and threats of administrative strikes.
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Wisconsin Doctors Urged to Shun Birch Society
An editorial in Wisconsin Medical Journal urges doctors to shun the John Birch Society and its affiliates, calling membership to be a disgrace to the medical profession. The call appears in the month’s issue and reflects a nationwide backlash against the group.
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Divorcee Held In Wounding Of Labor Leader
Gary Indiana AP A Calumet City divorcee was held for questioning after a Union Local 1010 official James O Connor was shot and wounded in Gary. O Connor 52 a vice president remained in fair condition at Methodist Hospital. Genevieve O Connor's wife and Mrs Dale Burnette 36 the divorcee were found with a .32 caliber revolver in the O Connor home. Burnette allegedly said it was a triangle and he ought to have been shot. The shooting followed a domestic argument.
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United Steelworkers Union
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Dale Burnette
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Branums Return from Germany to Alexandria Residence
Frank Branum has returned from Hanau Germany and will live at 1120 West Monroe Street Alexandria where Mrs Branum already resides.
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Frank Branum
Hanau
Germany
Monroe St
Gift Is a Gem From Canberra Farmer Sends Chickens
Vern Forsyth, a New South Wales sheep farmer, sent two chickens to relatives in East Easter. One contained 140 tiny sapphires found at a mine near Forsyth's farm.
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Canberra
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New South Wales
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