Congress Passes Temporary Debt Bill Amid Rush Toward Adjournment
Congress sent President Eisenhower a bill to temporarily raise the federal debt limit and extend four billion dollars in federal taxes. The senate approved 61 to 32 on a busy day marked by a push to adjourn and talk of a potential return after July conventions.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
House Rules Committee
House
Senate Finance Committee
Exchangites Win Highest State Award in Indiana
Ex change Club of Anderson received Indiana State Exchange Clubs' highest community service award for presenting Freedom Shrin es to three high schools. The club installed new officers for six months and reappointed O W Haven as editor of the state publication. Ann Waggoner won top Freedom Shrine Essay honors.
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Indiana State Exchange Clubs
Hoosier Exchangite
Exchange Club
Anderson
YMCA
Old Salem Room
William
Bill) James
Anderson Club
Elkhart
W. C. Hilligoss
Russell Willsey
Shelby County Club
O. W. Haven
Ann Waggoner
Madison Heights High School
Indiana Exchange Clubs
Wife dies after shooting by husband at home
Irene Conner a registered nurse 41 died after surgery from three chest wounds inflicted by her husband James Conner 37 during a family quarrel at their home 1737 Central Ave She was rushed to St John’s Hospital and died hours later The husband was jailed on assault and battery with intent to kill as detectives investigated and coroner Fred Hiday prepared a verdict awaiting confirmation.
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St. John’s Hospital
Irene K. Conner
James Conner
Central Ave
Conner
Madison County
Fred Hiday
Melvin Thornburg
Elmer Roush
Rockefeller Voter Cowardice Charged
Glacier Park Montana report on the 52nd annual governors conference where Gov. Cecil H. Underwood accused Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of political cowardice for opposing an enlarged defense budget while Democrats praised Rockefeller for urging immediate defense spending. Underwood declined to speak earlier. He criticized the discussion as beyond a governors conference on civil defense and noted his own presidential ambitions.
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Mont
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Eisenhower
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Rockefeller
Underwood
Richard M. Nixon
Governors’ Conference
Harold W. Handley
Indiana
Good Morning Start The Day With a Chuckle
Lincoln police face a humorous setback after a 16 14 softball loss to Nebraska Penitentiary inmates. Returning to headquarters they discover they have one too many softballs and plan restitution.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Indiana aide trial hears claim of perjury in bribery case
Attorney Carl M Gray argued before the Indiana Supreme Court that testimony by Arthur J Mogilner in the highway scandals trial carried a premium on perjury. Mogilner testified helping convict William E Sayer and Elmer Doc Sherwood who got 2 to 14 year sentences and 15000 dollar fines each while Mogilner received a suspended sentence.
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Indianapolis
George N. Craig
Carl M. Gray
Indiana Supreme Court
Arthur J. Mogilner
Mogilner
Grays
William E. Sayer
Elmer
Doc) Sherwood
Sayer
Craig
Sherwood
Gray
Davis Leads Burdick In North Dakota Senate Race
Republican Gov. John Davis held an early lead over Democratic Rep. Quentin Burdick as 223 of 2,310 precincts reported. Davis had 23,611 votes to Burdick's 16,883 amid wheat belt unrest and investigations by a Senate elections panel into anonymous pamphlets linking Burdick to leftists.
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Bismarck
N. D
Davis
Burdick
North Dakota
North
Senate
Fargo
N.D
Anderson Airport Dedication Plaque Installed
Visitors to the Anderson Airport dedication on Sunday will see a large metal plaque at the entrance marking Anderson Municipal Airport dedicated July 3 1960. The event aims to attract over 20000 people and caps years of effort for modern airfield facilities. The inscription lists Ralph R. Ferguson mayor and the Board of Aviation Commissioners plus 1958 1960 Common Council members.
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Anderson
Here
Anderson Municipal Airport
Ralph R. Ferguson
Board of Aviation
Mathern Brown
Charles R. Humphrey
Miller J. Huggins
Lester L. Farran
Jack B. Campbell
C. Keith Pettigrew
Common Council
Herbert W. Atkinson
Melvin E. Biddle
Harry R. Blake
von G. Cochran
Louie S. Dietzen
Tomas E. Dillard
Ronald L. Fletcher
Jesse L
Madison County 4-H Fair judges announced for Aug 8 start
Agriculture judges for the Madison County 4-H Fair at Alexandria 4-H Grounds were announced by assistant county agent Jim Jones. The fair opens August 8 with the Gold Medal Calf show judged by Ralph Duke of Richmond. Daily judging continues August 9 and 10 with Norbert Moeller among the officials.
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Madison County
Alexandria
Jim Jones
Ralph Duke
Richmond
Norbert Moeller
Kelly will leaves major share to wife in witty probate filing
The John B. Kelly will, signed in green ink and filled with humor, asks that his wife Margaret receive one third of his estate while the remaining two thirds go to his four children. He notes an estate value above 500000 for probate and pokes fun at legal jargon, aiming for simplicity and clarity in his final wishes.
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API
John B. Kelly
Grace of
Monaco
Kelly
Margaret
Chhildren
Kell
Baba
Grace
Liz
Quakes Rattle Valdivia Chile After May Disaster
Two earthquakes struck southern Chile near Valdivia, a port city where 60 percent of buildings were destroyed by quakes and tidal waves last May. Japanese seismologists warn aftershocks may continue for up to two years.
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Santiago
Chile
Valdivia
Western disarmament talks end in funeral silence in Geneva
Western delegates at the shattered disarmament conference met in funeral silence as they folded the talks after 48 meetings. They sent records to the United Nations for full debate and noted they had met. The Paris summit had failed earlier when the Soviet bloc walked out.
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UPI
United Nations
New York
Paris
U.S
Russia
Census Count Boost Pushes Anderson Toward 3,000 Mark
The Anderson Herald reports a coordinated effort by the Anderson Chamber of Commerce and city administration to push the local census count past 3,000. A special census form appears on page 7 and is also in the Anderson Daily Bulletin. residents are urged to mail completed forms to Robert D. Krook in Jeffersonville Indiana as of Thursday, with district supervisor checks underway to improve accuracy.
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Anderson Chamber of Commerce
Anderson Herald
Anderson Daily Bulletin
Robert D. Krook
Census Operation
Jeffersonville
Ind
Soviet announce new central Pacific rocket tests in July
The Soviet Union said Tass it will launch a new string of multi stage rocket shots into a central Pacific area about 1,000 miles southwest of Hawaii from July 5 to 31, near the zone used in January. The tests aim to develop rockets for Venus or Mars as Khrushchev and Malinovsky push military strength and a switch to rocket weapons.
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Soviet Union
Central Pacific
Mid- Pacific
Hawaii
United States
Cape Canaveral
South Africa
Tass
Venus
Mars
Nikita Khrushchev
Rodion Malinovsky
Edgewood Names Fire Chief Lloyd L. Boyce
Lloyd L. Boyce of 908 Longfellow Road Edgewood is named fire chief at a Town Board meeting. He works in the Safety Department at Guide Lamp Division and is a World War I and II veteran nearing retirement from the U S Army Reserve with rank lieutenant colonel.
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Edgewood
Lloyd L. Boyce
Longfellow Rd
Boyce
Guide Lamp Division
U. S. Army
Indiana 32 progress with new contract bids announced
As 3.5 miles of paving for the Chesterfield to Anderson relocation advances, bids were opened for 9.025 miles of Ind. 32 from east of Anderson to Yorktown. The $800,000 state highway program includes a 400 foot White River bridge. Vogel Company of Indianapolis handles the project with heavy equipment on site.
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Chesterfield
Anderson
Yorktown
Chesterfield-Anderson
Indiana State Highway Department
White River
John McDonald
Vogel Company
Indianaplis
New Birth Announcements From Anderson and Tacoma Hospitals
Born at St John s Hospital in Anderson a son to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Raper of 832 N Parkway and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Gerald Bobo of 33 Sherman St Also a girl born at Madigan General Hospital Tacoma to Capt and Mrs DeLeon Wilson Paternal grandparents listed for D L Wilson family details.
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St. John’s Hospital
Lawrence Raper
N. Parkway
Gerald Bobo
Sherman St
Madigan General Hospital
Tacoma
Wash
DeLeon Wilson
D. L. Wilson
Edgewood Dr
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