Space Rocket Fizzles Out At Start At White Sands
A Navy Aero rocket failed to ignite its motor and crashed at about 10 000 feet during a test at White Sands Proving Grounds New Mexico. The booster carried the rocket to 142 feet before detaching and the unexploded motor left a 15 by 10 foot crater. Chief Gunner's Mate A D Weav yer attributed the fizzle to an oxidizer cut off likely from a valve failure.
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White Sands Proving Grounds
N.M
Navy
A.D. Weavyer
Sarah Johnson Dies Wednesday in Anderson Nursing Home
Mrs. Sarah Bell Johnson 76 wife of John Johnson died at 6:30 p m Wednesday in Rahbek Nursing Home Anderson where both had been patients Their home was 102 S West St Alexandria She was a Church of God member Born August 2 1879 Survived by husband four sons Maurice Elkhart Omer Alexandria and C V California Funeral arrangements are being made at Gipe Williams and Kyle Funeral Home Alexandria.
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Alexandria
Sarah Bell Johnson
John Johnson
Rahbek
Anderson
S. West St
Williams and Kyle
Johnson
Church of God
Maurice
Elkhart
Omer
C. V
California
Marion pastor elected to Methodist Judicial Council
The Rev. A Wesley Pugh of Marion Indiana was elected on the first ballot to the nine member Judicial Council of the Methodist Church The council acts as supreme court for church law and constitutional questions with eight year terms Pugh has served as pastor of First Methodist Church in Marion and as Fort Wayne district superintendent for six years
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Minneapolis
Wesley Pugh
Marion
Ind
Methodist Church
Judicial Council
Supreme Court
General Conference
Pugh
First Methodist Church
Fort Wayne
Helps You Overcome FALSE TEETH
An ad promotes FAH an improved non acid alkaline powder to sprinkle on denture plates for firmer fit and comfort. It claims to reduce embarrassment from loose plates and urges buying PASTEETH at drugstores.
Cubs Upgrade at Wrigley With Conveyor System
Chicago Cubs plan a 250000 project at Wrigley Field adding eight moving belt conveyors to shuttle fans from ground level to grandstand and to the upper deck. Jim Gallagher, the Cubs general manager, notes four units will serve each of two sections. Bill McKechnie posted a .523 career managerial win percentage over 24 NL seasons.
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Chicago
Chicago Cub
Wrigley Field
Cubs
Jim Gallagher
Grandstand
Indiana to Report Bond Sales as Series E Turns Fifteen
John Kollege, chairman of the Madison County U S Savings Bonds Committee, notes that the Indiana U S Savings Bonds Division will publish special reports on the sales and holdings of Savings Bonds in the county and state. The coverage marks the fifteenth anniversary of the Series E Bond during May and recalls Indiana’s role since World War II in leading War Bond rallies and high sales.
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John Kollege
Madison County
U. S. Savings Bonds Committee
Indiana U. S. Savings Bonds Division
Treasury Department
Indiana
Indianapolis
City plans discussed on water program and airport site
City officials review water system expansion plans with the Citizens Advisory Committee led by James Lansberry while reports from Cole and Son on larger mains are awaited. The Anderson Aviation Commission formed by the mayor discusses a possible municipal airport with officers Mathern Brown president Charles Humphrey vice president Lester Farren secretary and Miller Huggins as member. Raymond Millholland 62 author of Blue Chip Haggerty stories died of a cerebral hemorrhage in a VA hospital in Indianapolis.
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Ralph R. Ferguson
Citizens Advisory Committee
James Lansberry
Cole and Son
South Bend
Anderson
Anderson City Aviation Commission
Anderson Country Club
Mathern Brown
Charles Humphrey
Lester Farren
Miller Huggins
Indianapolis
Raymond Millholland
Haggerty
Saturday Evening Post
Veterans Administration
Langlie enters Senate race in Washington
Olympia Governor Arthur Langlie announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U S Senate seat held by Democrat Warren G Magnuson. The move sets up a high profile contest in the upcoming election.
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Olympia
Wash
Arthur B. Langlie
U.S. Senate
Sen
Warren G. Magnuson
Last rites for Mrs Mamie A Julian in Anderson
Mrs Mamie A. Julian, 68, of 630 Chester Street died Monday. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 1 30 in the North Anderson Church of God with Rev William B Eddy of South Meridian Church of God presiding. The body will lie in state after noon. Burial is set for Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Mamie A. Julian
Chester St
North Anderson
Detroit Widow Named 1956 U.S. Mother
Jane Maxwell Pritchard a 67 year old Detroit social worker and civic leader was chosen as the American mother of 1956. She has 45 children by birth adoption and foster care through Detroit's Juvenile Court. Seventeen of the foster children still live with her in Detroit.
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New York
Detroit
Jane Maxwell Pritchard
Union Setups Cause Rail Complaints
Supreme Court heard that Congress allowed union shop agreements in rail, with terms to be negotiated by management and unions. Nonunion workers contend union shops restrict freedom of association, while unions defend legality under Railway Labor Act amid right to work debates.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Lester P. Schoene
Congressional
Edson Smith
Omaha
Neb
Schoene
Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks
Smith
Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad
LeMay details B52 production and acceptances
Gen. Curtis LeMay testified that 78 B52 bombers were built but only 47 accepted by the Air Force with potential for modifying rejects into service. He urged increased production amid Soviet bomber growth while answering Senate subcommittee questions seeking a clearer view of US air power.
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Washington
Curtis LeMay
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Soviet
Russia
LeMay
Senate Armed Services
Pentagon
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Administration
Boeing Aircraft Corp
Seattle
Renton
Wash
Wichita
Kan
Jackson
Symington
D-Mo
Earle FE
Patridge
Air Defense Command
Perkinsville Samaritans Plan Meeting
Perkinsville Good Samaritan Society will meet Thursday May 10 at 7 p.m. at the Perkinsville Methodist church. The article also lists various social visits and community events across Perkinsville and nearby towns.
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Perkinsville Samaritans Plan Meeting
Mule deer Thrive in Sequoia Kings Canyon Parks
In California's Sequoia National Park and adjacent Kings Canyon National Park researchers note thousands of mule deer inhabit the area. The findings highlight the parks as crucial wildlife habitat and underscore the species' regional abundance.
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Fresno—Sequoia National Park
Kings Canyon National Park
California
Local jeweler Harry Greyer dies at 81 in Anderson
Harry Greyer age 81 of 725 West 7th Street died at his home on Tuesday at 4 30 p m He was born in Cincinnati the son of George and the late wife He opened a jewelry store in Muncie in 1895 and moved to Anderson in 1913 to run his father’s firm retiring in 1949 He was an amateur golfer Elks Rotary First Presbyterian Church Funeral held at 2 pm today at Nuckols and Carmichael Burial in East Maplewood Cemetery Pallbearers named Surviving are wife Louise daughter Mary Louise Schneider Indianapolis grandson Edward Schneider Indianapolis granddaughter Mrs Dianne Trees Miami Florida and a great granddaughter
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Harry Greyer
W. 7Th St
Cincinnati
George Greyer
Greyer
Muncie
Anderson
Elks Lodge
Rotary
First Presbyterian Church
Nuckols
S. J. Grossnickle
John H. Schneider
George Hubbard
Louise
Mary Louise Schneider
Indianapolis
Edward Schneider
Dianne Trees
Miami
Fla
Anderson Obituaries: Leland Newby and Joyce Ann Jefferson
Leland Newby 55 of Noblesville formerly of Anderson and Yorktown died at his home Tuesday night after moving from Yorktown. Final rites Friday 2 p.m. at Hinkle Church with burial in Hinkle Creek Cemetery. Joyce Ann Jefferson 6 died Monday. service today 2 p.m. at Albright Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Leland Newby
Rt. 4
Noblesville
Anderson
Yorktown
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Sells and Rowe
Catherine
Mary Milnem
Muncie
Ruth Ann Carpenter
Indianapolis
Hinkle Creek Cemetery
Highland School Hosts Weekend Events and Activities
Highland School schedules a series of events in May including open house and concert May 3, prom and reception May 4 at Linders, dedication May 6, award day May 9, baccalaureate May 18, and commencement May 18. Farm Bureau meeting May 3 at Bethany Christian Church with Paul Jessup presiding and Clint Morgan as speaker. 4-H Girls meet May 10 with leaders Mrs Wean and Doris Myers. A trip to Columbus for Tri-District GAA Camp included several Highland students and chaperones.
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Bethany
Highland School
Linder’s
Highland High School
Richland Township Farm Bureau
Bethany Christian Church
Paul Jessup
Clint Morgan
Farm Bureau Soil Conservation Department
Thelma Wean
Doris Myers
Barbara Rietrich
Columbus
Ind
Nancy Lawler
Lucretia Lawler
Rita Eshleman
Nita Eshleman
Dixie Browning
Frenki Tucker
Sue Morris
William Lawler
Walter Isanogle
Daleville High School
William Bradley Garner 68 Dies in Indiana
William Bradley Garner 68 died Tuesday afternoon at Henry County Hospital New Castle Indiana He had lived 33 years in Greensboro where he served as postmaster 30 years He was a Greensboro Masonic Lodge member Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 30 p m in the Church of the Nazarene Greensboro Burial in Hickside Cemetery Greensboro Amy his wife died 16 years ago Survived by three daughters Mrs Mary Travis Mrs Hazel Whitcraft and Mrs Lois Waden two sons Farl and Keith a brother Thomas Garner and 11 grandchildren
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Wilkinson
William Bradley Garner
Henry County Hospital
New Castle
Condo and Son
Church of the Nazarene
Greensboro
Hickside Cemetery
Albany
Amy
Darvivens
Mary Travis
Hazel Whitcraft
Marion
Ind
Lois Wa
Den
Farl
Clarksburg
W. Va
Keith
Thomas Garner
Knightstown
Attendance Tops The Century Goal
Sunday School attendance at Perkinsville and Bealls Chapel churches reached 103 and 54 respectively. Services are scheduled with 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and 10:30 a.m. worship at Perkinsville on May 6, while evening worship will be omitted. MYF and Intermediate classes plan district activities in Yorktown and Muncie. Local visits include family gatherings and birthday celebrations across the community.
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Perkinsville
Perkinsville Methodist Church
Bealls Chapel
Bealis Chapel
Muncie
First Methodist Church
Christian Church
Yorktown
Paul Downey
Here
Walter Mathews
Moorefield
Clarence Keller
Near Lapel
Earl Presser
Carl Carmichael
Sulpher Springs
Presser
Richard Barkalow
Anderson
James Baker
Near Perkinsville
Moyle Baker
Betty Baker
Frankton Club Ends Its Year
The Progressive Club held its final meeting of the club year at Hilltop Party House with a chicken dinner and a slide show of Mrs. William G. Evans’s European trip. Members present included Bessie Webb Ethel Layne Alice B. Rice and others. next year’s first meeting will be in September at Mrs. Rice’s home. The Wee Home Makers Four-H Club elected officers at the school house and held a regular April 30 meeting with demonstrations and recreation led by Doris Knight and Maria Mitchell, with Marilyn Bowers in attendance.
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Frankton
Progressive Club
Hilltop
Route 13
Elwood
William G. Evans
Bessie Webb
Ethel Layne
Alice B. Rice
Clifford Drake
Leslie Harper
Inez Free
William Miller
Clara G. Brandon
Pauline Frank
Lois FE. Feight
Wee Home Makers
Nancy Watkins
Sandra Conklin
Carol Davis
Mary Faye Richwine
Nancy Hays
Sue Foley
Carol Jean Mack
Ann Heath
Tressa Anderson
Doris Knight
June Sigler
Marilyn Bowers
Maria Mitchell
Nancy Mills
Janet Hudson
Joanna Marsh
Mary Gooding
Regina Aahton
Hawaii Statehood Backed by Leaders and Press
Hawaii support broad across both major parties and extensive national press calls Congress to grant statehood. The push emphasizes political unity and widespread public backing for Hawaii to join the Union.
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Washington
Congress
Hawaii
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