Altimeter Said Wrong in 65 Deaths Crash
Co pilot Frank Hlavacek testified at a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing that the turboprop airliner struck East River near LaGuardia on Feb 3 while approaching in rain. He said the new altimeter showed 500 feet high at impact, contradicting earlier readings. Capt. DeWitt was among the eight survivors of 73 aboard.
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New York
UPL
East River
la Guardia
Pilt
Frank S. Hlavacek
Wilmette
Civil Aeronautics Board
R Albert H. DeWitt
DeWitt
Hiavacek
Ne- Wilt
Indiana farmers plan bigger corn plantings in 1959
Indiana farmers plan larger corn plantings and smaller soybeans and oats for 1959, with the Agriculture Department releasing expected acreages. Corn is pegged at 1,520,000, and soybeans at 1,500,000, reflecting shifts from soybeans to corn. The report notes changes by crop type and regional variations across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indiana
Agriculture Department
Nicholas
Teel
Weyear
California
Haggerty
Clean-Up Week Continues Across Anderson Community
A lengthy list of local organizations and groups participates in Clean-Up Week activities in Anderson. Entities include Anderson Public Schools, Police Department, City Street Department, Chamber of Commerce committees, service clubs, and youth organizations, all contributing to the civic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son High School
Ansy
Anderson Insurance Agents’ Organization
Anderson Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Anderson Outdoor Advertising Company
Anderson Police Department
Anderson Public Schools
Anderson
Board of Realtors
Anderson Rei ‘Hall Association
Anderson Urban ‘League
Ark
Boy Scouts
Davis Dairy Farms
Delta-Remy Division
General Motors
East Side Jefsey Dairy
Eagles
Fragmentary political note on Mexican presidency terms
A jagged OCR fragment references the Mexican president being elected by direct popular vote for a six year term, noting constraints on reelection. The text includes stray figures like 924,000 and 7,200 with percentages, but the core idea concerns the term length and direct vote mechanism.
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Toolsco
Rece Oe
Mexico
Style in Plymouth Glamour and Modern Luxury
Plymouth's 1959 model features a clean progressive silhouette from a massive grille to a rear Sport Deck. The design promises a modern luxury look not found in low-price field this year, with emphasis on tasteful styling and go.
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Plymouth
Plymouths Torsion-Aire Ride Delivers Sharp Handling
The ad touts a low price and superb ride with no rail or sway, no front-end dive on stops, and V-8 power. It highlights an optional New Garden Commando 395 as the largest engine in Plymouths lineup, promising strong performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Plyrmouth
Plymouth wins Mobilgas Economy Run in low-price class
Plymouth triumphed in the Mobilgas Economy Run low-price division for two consecutive years. The 2949 Plymouth models boast a Fuel-Saver Choice and a new 3-stage carburetor for best fuel economy. All standard Plymouth V-8 and 6 engines run efficiently on regular grade gasoline.
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Plymouth
Unclear text about price differences and car models
Fragmentary passage mentions paying the difference and comparing models with a Pryanaith field Cot. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent facts, making a precise summary difficult.
Tragedy at Beaver Creek morning crash kills students
Tragedy unfolded near Beaver Creek as an eight car freight train struck a station wagon carrying 11 year old sixth graders from Beaver Creek Township School. The crash killed several girls and injured others. Railroad officials and law enforcement joined the investigation amid anxious relatives and school staff. Names of victims and more details were released by authorities as they reassessed the scene and outcomes.
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Beaver Creek
Mirse
Columbus
Ohio
Richmond
Ind
Swabian BR. Murray
W. J. Jacobs
J. K. iStvartak
Cincin ‘Nati
Mille
Jeannette Randall
Paulnette
Linda Ward
Cindy Mogrman
Ann North
Patricia Lapinski
Cornie la Prise
Anna Wilvert
jSharon White
Deaths In Madison And Nearby Counties
Madison area obituaries detail Opal Hoppes 54 of Summitville and Robert Yancey 67 of Noblesville with multiple survivors, service details, and burial plans. Other notices cover Lucy Riddle Pendleton and several area residents including Gail Alexander Frankton, with funeral arrangements and receiving hours listed.
Funeral services set for Chris Razor at Mt Summit church
Funeral services for Chris H Razor 71 of Middletown area will be held at 2 pm Thursday at Mt Summit Church and Cemetery. Burial will follow in Mt Summit Cemetery with the Macer Funeral Home handling arrangements. Educators will attend a later program at the church, while local schools will dismiss at 1 34 pm for staff to join topics on discipline curriculum trends and counseling.
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Opal Hoppes
Summitville
Marvin
Moppes
Fairmount
James
Mattie Love
Afr. Honnes
Townes
Suntitville Banlist Church
Loval Mothers Club
Dorothy Corn
Gas City
Donna Maynard
Carolyn Hensley
Alexandria
Jen
Robert Hopnes
Jack Honnes
Gilman
Floyd Lave
Kenneth Oakley
Marion
Inlaw
Laura Hoppes
Vinson
Summitvie Baptist Church
Jesse Squires
Minson Memorial Cemetery
Lucy Riddle Pendleton
Lucy Jane Riddle
A. Pendleton
St. John's Hospital
Anderson
Cornck Bright
William Knight
Pendleton Christian Church
Gravel Lawn Cemetery
Fortville
Friends’ Sre
Buayuripos
Kapel
George
Paul Metzing
Grossman
Sistant
Fisher Brothers
Gradvard Clark
Bethel Methodistate
Otterbein College
Brock
Ohio Side
Lapel
Friends State University
Gail Alexander
Frankton
Gail Mexander
Rush County
Battle Creek
George C. Harper and Son
Kpacof
Chris Razor
New Castle
Chris H. Razor
Middletown
Pske Morfin
Summit Christian
Were
Drumm
Arthur Bishop
Mt. Summit
Friends
Berkley
Macer Funeral Home
South Castle
Side
Central
Addifter
Educastion
Indiana
Ethel Hobine
S. J. Grossnickle
Roanoke
Ind
Lillie Martin
Lillie C. Martin
Main St
St. John's Boapital
Bakegy Brothers
Phillip Philbrook
Meadowbrook Church
Lark Rheads
Nola Short
Nola Louise Short
Loulee
Edward Pritchard
South
St. John’s Hospital
Harold BE. Roselle
Phillip
Philbrook
Meadowbrook Baye
Men ‘Smotal Park
Friends Jare
Frederick Herkomer
Frederick &. Horgomer
W. 38Th St
St. John’s
Christ Cotheran Church
E. ¥. Lorenz
Sremorial Park
Baker Brothers Funeral Home
Officials Discuss Comprehensive Master Plan Progress
IMoore could not be reached for comment. Donald Gwingup and other township officials voiced support for the programs as Col Sheridan noted half of Indiana counties are moving toward a master plan. President Sherman Vinson Clifton Paddock and Director Donald Spaid attended, with Spaid outlining needs for a new ordinance and criticizing weaknesses in the present plan that cause guesswork for the planning board.
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Imoore
Last Hight
Donald Gwingup
Anderson
Col. Sheridan
Indiana
Sherman Vinson
Clifton Paddock
Donald Spaid
Price
Indiannapolis
Lemnitzer Seen as Likely Army Chief After Taylor
The article notes reservations about the budget and Taylor as the top military voice. It mentions Eisenhower proposing 3,000 more in Army and Marine strength. Lemnitzer, then vice chief of staff, is viewed as the probable successor, a West Point graduate born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania.
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Quaee
Page One
Taylor
Congress
Army
Eisenhower
Marine Corps
Lemnitzer
Macmillan Faces Continued Pace Talks In May Meeting
The plan calls for a four to six week fast track with foreign ministers in Ge towa around May 11, followed by a likely summit in Tily. Formalities were minimal for Macmillan’s talks with Piefeshaker and the death of Canadian External Affairs Minister Sidney Smith added a somber tone as he was to attend. Macmillan to stay at Government House and then fly to Washington on Thursday with Gow Gen Vincent Massey.
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Macmillan
Ge- Towa
Tily
Macmillin
Piefeshaker
Sidney Smith
Alse
Smith
Government House
Gow
Vincent Massey
Washington
Anderson Obituaries Highlight Local Deaths and Services
Obituaries from Anderson report the passing of Hexamer at home on Main Street with burial plans and survivors listed including wife Mable and children. Other notices cover Horine of Roanoke and Emmett Lawson of Jefferson Street with service times at Baker Brothers and Rozelle Funeral Homes. George Risinger, Nola Short, Edward Pritchard, and Frederick Hor gomer feature additional funeral details, church affiliations, and burial sites.
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Veatirenas Hexamer
Main St
Anderson
William
Margaret Welsh Hexamer
Delco Remys Employe
Hexamer
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
Iroside
Mable
Timothy
Patrick
Larry J
Evelyn Brown
Sandra Hexamer
Middletown
James
George
Mary Barrett
Baker Brothers Funeral Home
Emmett Lawson
Emamett
Garfield Lawson
Jefferson St
St.John's Hospital
Alfred
Maria Manis Lawson
Lawson
First Church of the Brethren
Inelide
Ettie May
Autha
Summithville
Charles
Kokomo
Virgil
Loran
Fresno
Paul Bagwell
Clarence Truchlood
Alexandria
Aes
Ella Pendergras
Farmers and firms choose tour site narrowed to nine
Farmers, Wives and Manufacturing Co., Nicholson File Co., and St. John's Hospital were named among nineteen firms asked to pick a site for tours. The list was narrowed to nine because interest in visiting the remaining establishments was too small to justify the tours.
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Page One and Manufacturing Co
Nicholson File Co
St. John’s Hospital
Russell Cave National Park unit in Alabama history note
Russell Cave in Alabama, once a Stone Age North American dwelling site, is identified as a unit within the National Parks system. This designation underscores its archaeological significance and protected status for future research and public education.
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Russell Cave
Alabama
Ional
Nicholson File Plant Expansion In Anderson Adds Jobs
The Nicholson File plant at Anderson now employs 615 workers, up after transferring staff from Providence. A new 35 000 square foot brick and concrete facility fronts 424 feet by 1350 feet, designed with modern factory layout. Construction continues as Providence operations move to Anderson, with Durkin and Sons as contractors and Johnson Ritchhart and Associates handling architecture.
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Nicholson
Providence
Anderson
Providence Opera
Ardersin
Nialson
Durkin and Sons
Johnson, Ritchdart and Associates
Woman Pedestrian Struck By Car At City Intersection
Sandra Sue Singleton, 18, of 3903 Morton Street, suffered lacerations to left hand and knee after being struck by a car at the intersection of West 29th and Morton Streets. She was taken to St. John's Hospital for treatment. Police identified the driver as George Burns, 54, of 1005 East 3rd Street and he was held.
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Sandra Sue Singleton
Morton St
W. 29Th
Morton Streets
St. John's Hospital
George Burns
St. We
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Naval Avionics Plant
Ruth Kirk
Veniremen
Diedy
Forrest
Frank al Symmes
Symmes
Thomas J. Faulconer
Charles W. Symmes
Frank Symmes
Faulconer
Demense
Heny
Air
Mina
Hildegarde Hayes
Lilly Enploye
Paul McItvaine
Belly Carson
Russell Cole
Indiana Chain State Council, Inc
Phillip J. Bayt
Miss Mowrer
Bayt
San Bernardino County
Calif
Francis E. Thomason
Charles Summmes
Jakarta
Indonesia
United States
Calvary
Richard Krueger
Wyckulf
N. J
Calvary Baptist Church
Pendleton Ave
Irvin Johnson
Discover
Aan Faye
Yor
Pryanaith
Swirei
Donna Joan
Rov
Earl Moore
E. 45Th St
Webmtv
Fou
Faith Temple Church
29Th
Fletcher Sts
Madison
Anderson College
Reading
Baltimore
Marbury
Marely
Reedville
Dimbar
New Boston
Springfield
Jesus
Leah
Prof. Grossman
Miss Stephenson
Croweh
Adcock
Lowell Stultz
Ghia
Judaz
Joba
Gary Wallace
Chicago
Joseph
Kathy Collier
Franklin
Martha
Milo. Myhre
Kerkhoven
Minn
David New
Hialeah
Fla
Andrew
Wydell Luko
Fargo
N.D
Rachel
Glen Koglin
Goodsridge
Beggar
Rose
Roark
Monroe
Mich
Carol Shultz
Kingston
Robert Yancey
Robert Raymond Yancey
Noblesville
Riverview Hospital
Hamilton County
Unt
Edgar
Marold
Wayne
Ruth Ammerman
Kate Fouch
Atlanta
Maxine Medsker
Marvin Weaver
George Metzing
Neetlelevy, Hagerstown
Teorge Risinger
George Risinger
Marg Iel R. Dazits
Ron
Dugger
Evans
Schiaparelli
Firshinn
New
Shortie
Ciepey
Amon
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