East German Detains Chicago Writer Then Frees Him
East Berlin authorities detained Chicago Daily News veteran George Weller for about 30 hours accusing currency violations after a highway toll incident. He described strip searches and seizure of notebooks and manuscripts before he was released with most items returned. He criticized lack of contact with American officials.
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Berlin
East Berlin
George Weller
Chicago Daily News
Weller
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Teason
Toastmasters Hold Session in Anderson YMCA Meeting
The Anderson Toastmaster's Club met in regular session at the YMCA with Erle Peck as toastmaster. Ned Stephenson gave the invocation. Speakers included Kenneth McClure Charles Price Lowell Cochran John Jenkins George Lorenz and Garland Hines. Golden Goblet winner John Mainguy and Golden Gavel winner John Jenkins. Guests from Anderson Shelbyville Muncie Bloomington and district governor-elect Joe Ellis attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Toastmaster's Club
YMCA
Erle Peck
Avening
Damon York
Harold Corbin
Carl Young
Jim Andrews
William Wesley
Lewis Jones
John Mainguy
John Jenkins
Charles Watson
Robert White
Anderson
Charles Price
George Lorenz
Shelbyville
Mike Dennis
Muncie
Joey Ellis
Bloomington
Hearing Held For Suspect In Arms Robbery
Joseph Eugene Baxter of Yorktown freed on a suspended Indiana Reformatory sentence after pleading guilty to grand larceny. He had been jailed 15 months on charges tied to an arms and ammunition robbery near Alexandria in November 1955. A co defendant, his brother James Baxter, remains free on bond.
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Joseph Eugene Baxter
Yorktown
Madison County
Alexandria
Indiana
Baxter
Melvin Biddle
Russell E. Stewart
James
Mary M. Robinson
Esther R. Robinson
Johnson and Austin Law
Anderson
Washington
Harrison St
Shirley Ann Barton
Jsuit
Esther Or
Robinson
Johnson and Austin
State of Indiana
Clarence E. Cooper
Vivian M. Cooper
Kiwanis Club Holds Regular Meeting With Students
The Mounds Kiwanis Club met at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the YMCA with president Bob Chesterfield in charge. Maurice Fisher of Muncie presented four Tech High School students from Indianapolis who belong to the Key Club and spoke on club projects and community service at the school. A survey notes 85.5 percent of vacation trips are by car and national parks attract five million cars carrying 17 million visitors yearly to 24 parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mounds Kiwanis Club
YMCA
Bob Chesterfield
Icharge
Maurice Fisher
Muncie
Kiwanis Clubs
Indiana
Tech
Indianapolis
Martin Joacheim
Michael Reyman
Michael Sites
Allen Maxwell
United States
United
Terre Raute
Ind
Judy States
Russia
Ann West
Martins Tis
Tolville
Union
Lake Baikal
Siberia
Zorin
Irkutsk
Kra‘ Noyarsk
Siberian
Moscow
Zorin Sug
China
Soviet Union
Britain
Tax Deadline Approaches as Payments Top 2.59 Million
County Treasurer Walter Hays reports 2 589 588 06 collected so far for spring real estate personal property taxes. Most payments arrive via courthouse, banks, or mail with Anderson County experiencing delays. He expects a sizable total increase before next Monday evening deadline.
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Walter Hays
Anderson
Hays
Strange New Comet Sightings From Anderson Residents
Residents report a naked eye comet with a spike nose visible in the northwest sky for several evenings. The Arend-Roland discovery on November 8 by S Arend and M Ro from the Belgium Royal Observatory is noted. observers compare its brightness to a faint Big Dipper star while some chatter links to Halley’s comet.
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S. Arend
M. Ro
Belgium
Royal Ob ‘Servatory
Tof
Boston
Ravs
Prisoner Reveals Second Woman’s Body At Airport
Gary Indiana police confirm a prisoner led investigators to a shallow grave at Cole Sky Ranch near Hobart where Mildred Grigonis 29 was buried after being strangled and robbed. He also linked to Lana Brock 16 found earlier at the same runway site with strangling marks.
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Gary
Ind
Hobart
Sandor Singer
George Robert Brown
East
Mildred Grigonis
Grigonis
Brown
Miss Grigonis
Singer
Deaths in Madison and Nearby Counties
Multiple obituaries from Madison and nearby counties note deaths including Sherman Love of Summitville and Daleville resident Charles C. Hensley. Also listed are Delma M. Jones Wilkinson Isaac Wilkinson Elisha H. Caudell and Essie V. Hallowell with funeral details, burial sites, and receiving hours. Families named include Love, Jones, Wilkinson, Caudell, Hallowell, and related survivors. Services set in Syracuse Fortville Wilkinson Pendleton and Anderson areas.
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Sherman Love
Summitville
Syracuse
N. Y
Board and Carton Corporation
Love
Christian Church
Kathleen
W. Logan Love
Marion
Jesse W. Lwin
Tipton
Needham Funeral Home
Vinson Cemetery
Herbert Gearhart
Charles C. Hensley
Daleville
Rt. 1
Vermillion Friends Meeting House
Florence Lockwood
Highland
Park View Cemetery
Alexandria
Polhemus and Shirey
Elisha H. Caudell
Fortville
Grand Rapids
Mich
Melbourne
Fla
George McCarty
Gravel Lawn
Prohibition of Manufacture Probed in U S Delegation
The article notes a continued discussion on the prohibition of manufacturing certain devices. The U S delegation led by Herold Stassen declined immediate comment while the British critique labeled the proposals as not very practical.
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U. S
Herold Stassen
Obituaries and notes from Anderson area services
Funeral services are listed for N W Rinearson 87 formerly of Marion and Adeline Rambo Clark 58 of Anderson with burial plans in local cemeteries. Also noted are rites for Lloyd G Mitchell 145 athletic director at Winchester High School and several other memorials and funeral arrangements across the region.
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N. W. Rinearson
Marion
H. McKinley
Grand Ave
Diges
JGOF
la Fountaine
Rinearson
Adeline- Clark
Adeline Rambo Clark
Jackson, St
Albright Funeral Home
George S. Taggart
First Presbyterian Church
East Maplewood Cemetery
Lloyd G. Mitchell
Winchester High School
Anderson
Armed Forces Day parade plans and court action
Monday deadlines loom for mortgage and veterans exemptions at County Auditor Jesse Biddle office. Hearings on petitions and parade details set for May 14 20 and 21. The Terre Haute area readies a Naval Reserve Center parade featuring units from Ball State Teachers College Air Force ROTC and local veterans groups.
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Jesse Biddle
Biddle
Yestern
Madison County
Naval Reserve Training
Anderson
Lemdr
W. B
Armed Forces
Jay Dennis
Boyle
Sullivan
Naval Reserve
National Guard
Army Reserve
25Th Army Band
Fort Benjamin Harrigan
Ball State Teachers College Air Force Rotc
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hospital Dismissals List Names from St Johns and Nearby Homes
Dismissed from St Johns Hospital are Norman Goodwin at 1815 Fulton Street Paul Vermillion in Alexandria Mrs Helen Henry at 1721 Sherman and I Mrs Orval Warren and son 4025 Andover Rd Mrs Jesse Altender Jr and son 1416 Alexandria Pkwy Mrs Donald Rigney and my 1515 Nelle St Mrs Egbert Hood and daughter 1139 Broadway Mrs Phillip Baker and son Chesterfield airst Howard Render and son 2 Mrs Donald Bergstrom and son 1732 W 12th St Mrs Dale Bouse and daughter 1124 Manor Ct Mrs Delorus Schoeder Orphans Home Floyd Hopper 507 Cottage Ave Mrs Golda Compton Frankton Mrs Patricia Jones 1554 Miller Ave Scott Waymire Frankton William Glazer 323 W 8th St Miss Carolyn Bailey Rt 2 Mrs Jane Hoffmann 116 Knoll Road
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St. John’s Hospital
Norman Goodwin
Fulton Street
Paul Vermillion
Alexandria
Helen Henry
Sherman &I
Orval Warren
Andover Rd
Jesse Altender Jr
Alexandria Pk
Donald Rigney
Nelle St
Egbert Hood
Broadway
Phillip Baker
Chesterfield
Howard Render
Donald Bergstrom
12Th St
Dale Bouse
Manor Ct
Delorus Schoeder
Floyd Hopper
Cottage Ave
Golda Compton
Frankton
Patricia Jones
Miller Avenue
Scott Waymire
William Glazer
W. 8Th St
Carolyn Bailey
Jane Hoffmann
Knoll Road
Resentencing Irvin for Slayings Ordered in Indiana
Indiana Attorney General Edwin Steers ruled that Judge A Dale Eby must resentence Leslie Irvin to death in Gibson Circuit Court Princeton after the U S Supreme Court refused to review his murder case. The high court previously stayed Irvin's March 29 execution date pending appeal. Judge Eby could not be reached for comment.
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Irvin
Indianapolis
Edwin K. Steers
A. Dale Eby
Gibson Circuit Court
Princeton
Leslie Irvin
U.S. Supreme Court
Monsday
Evansville
High Court
Eby
Auto Club Plans Pacers Road Rally at Anderson High
Members of the Anderson Pacers Rod and Custom Club mapped plans for a Pacers Road Rally to be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Anderson High School parking lot. The event features an auto safety inspection with the Anderson Police Department, a reliability run, and a rolling check. Prizes include a trophy for first place and gift certificates for runners up, plus an extra award for best club participation.
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Anderson Pacers Rod and Custom Club
Anderson High School
Harry Kirchenbauer
Anderson Police Department
Bill Norris
Joe Manis
Marion Cunningham
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Reds
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Michigan
Lansing
Albert Leon Hart
Violaawson
Eckhouse St
United States Naval Training Center
Bainbridge, Md
Naval Air Station
Norfolk, Iva
Anderson “Bluejacket
Navy
Superior Court
Joyce Dockter
Frank Nockter
Lawrence Robbins
Marie A. Rhorer
Frank E. Rhorer
Salyer and Woolbert
Court Minutes Circuit
Vic Wikle
America
Knickerbockers
York Nine
AKRON
Nash Ambassador
Nash
American Motors
ABC Herepete
Sales, Inc
Nderson
Sam Levine
Hollywood
Califf
Herman
Levine
Second Woman
Madison
Delma M. Jones Wilkinson
Delma Moore Jones
Memorial Hospital
Greenfield
Condo and Son Funeral
Wilkinson
Herman Lippert
The
Park Cemetery
Wilkinson Wilkinson
Isaac Wilkinson
Shirley
Condo
JSON
Mechanicsburg
Essie V. Hallowell
Pendleton
St John’s Hospital
Cornell Bright
T. R. White
Ralph R. Beckner
Grovelawn
Ike
Jules Moch
U. N
Eisenhower
Geneva
Sadie Vanest
Westport
Mae Reddick
E. 4Th St
Hostettle Funeral Home
Mrs. Ildra Jackson
Ildra E. Jackson
W. Ddth St
Harald E. Rozelle
Ting
Thomas A. West
Fort Worth, Tex
Patsy Sue
Ers
Germany
Zari
Security Council
8Th & Jackson St
Duane Sweeper
Auto Club
E. 12Th Street
Anderson Howerd H. Brown
Fred W. Bute
McDonald's Uptown Furniture
Meridian 10
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