Shop Anderson Week Opens With 1116 Retailers
The Anderson Retail Association announced plans for Shop Anderson Week starting Monday, with 1116 local retailers participating. The event aims to showcase Anderson merchandise, attract shoppers, and distribute 8000 gifts totaling $23000 via mystery envelopes daily, in a 68 page Anderson Herald issue.
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Anderson Retail Association
Anderson Business
Anderson
Anderson Herald
Sanday
SAW
One Dies As Violence Flares In Rail Strike
In a 54 day Louisville and Nashville Railroad strike violence flared with pistol fire. A striker was killed in Tennessee and another seriously wounded in Kentucky as tempers boiled over during the ongoing labor action.
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Nashville, Tenn
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Tennessee
Kentucky
Labor Disputes Stir U N Debate and Arbitration Talks
In a broad labor scene 25 000 workers across 14 states seek settlement as a CIO arbitration offer is rejected by Southern Bell Telephone employees totaling about 50 000 in the South. Rail unions press for negotiated settlement while U N veto and charter issues draw attention from Henry Cabot Lodge Jr and United States policy observers. The Navy agrees to modernize Spain’s fleet under aid-for-bases terms, and West Germany’s Adenauer shelves a Madrid state visit while Berlin dismantles the Soviet tank memorial marking a key World War II era event.
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Ed Killing
South
Southern Bell Telephone
CIO Communications Workers of America
Senate Foreign Relations
U.N
Lodge
Japan
Italy
United States
United States Navy
Madrid
Four L and N Workers Held After Mt Pleasant Shooting
Charles E. Wright a 32 year old L and N carman was shot to death near Mt Pleasant Tennessee 65 miles south of Nashville Four L and N workers were arrested and one man Roy Van Brindley 28 a locomotive fireman admitted firing the fatal shot in self defense Brindley hired after the strike began faced murder charges along with James E Horton 1st R L Bibb 65 of Nashville and Norris G Adams 45 also listed on the case Continued on Page 2 Column 7
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Charles E. Wright
L&n
Mt. Pleasant
Tenn
Nashville
Tennessee Bureau of Identification
Roy van Brindley
Wa Luttrell
Brindley
Clean Up Week Ends With Paint Blitz at Camp Tanglewood
More than 30 AFL union painters with donated materials will finish Clean Up Week by painting a large Girls Scout Camp Tanglewood building at 9 a.m. today. The event caps a week organized by the Anderson Chamber of Commerce Clean Up Committee led by O. C. Clark and Art Fontaine. City firemen handed out Sparkie books to over 60 first grade pupils as awards in the color book contest and thousands of home inspection forms were collected from city and Anderson township schools.
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AFL
Anderson
Tanglewood
Anderson Chamber of Commerce
O. C. Clark
Art Fontaine
Sparkie
Fire Prevention Bureau
Anderson Fire Department
Fire Department
Anderson Township
Soviet Farmers to Visit U.S. for Agricultural Study
Moscow reports an official Soviet delegation of farmers and agricultural experts will travel to the United States to study Iowa corn and hog farming methods. The group will not require fingerprints for visas, contrasting with earlier editor visits rejected over fingerprinting. Number of delegates not yet fixed.
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Moscow
U.S
Iowa
Soviet Union
United States
Conservancy Plan Opponents Set Meeting Next Wednesday
A group opposing the Greater Meadowbrook Conservancy district plans a public meeting at 7 36 am next Wednesday at Franklin School, spokesman says. A Madison Circuit Court petition for the district is pending with a tentative June 1 hearing. proponents seek the district to fund a sewage and drain system in south Anderson and nearby areas.
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Greater Meadowbrook Conservancy
Franklin School
Conservancy District
Madison Circuit Court
Anderson
Anderson Township
Legion approves Iceland post charter amid Florida unit aid
The American Legion national executive committee approves a charter for a new legion post in Iceland. The move is tied to the Florida department assisting with administrative support.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
Iceland
Florida Legion Department
Viet Nam Proclaims Republic as France Backing Debated
South Viet Nam debates rapid move to declare a republic with Bao Dai possible in Paris talks. Ngo Dinh Diem’s government seeks Western backing while stressing non communist alignment. Dulles cited as influencing stance toward Bao Dai and colonial ties.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Fris
Rcal
Paris
Bao Dai
France
Britain
United States
United
Nam
Nguyen Bao Toan
Diem
Japan
Philippines
China
South Korea
Cambodia
Thai
Ilond
U. S
Dulles
Brodie Siamese Twin Survivor In Grave Condition
Rodney Brodie, sole survivor of a head joined 1952 separation, is in grave condition with brain hemorrhage at University of Illinois Research Hospital. He arrived Tuesday aged 34 after an ex- lab operation Thursday failed to halt bleeding. He has been comatose since the incident.
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Chicago
Rodney Brodie
University of Ilinois Research Hospital
Rodney
Street Department Reports Month of City Improvements
Oscar Melson presented a monthly review to the Board of Public Works and Mayor Wright detailing Anderson Street Department progress. The report cites 26 alleys graded, 42 gravel streets, two alleys graded and drained, 108 street cuts repaired, 95 blocks patched, 31 sidewalks repaired, and five major curb replacements. Crews also trimmed trees citywide as part of Clean Up Week with 44 alleys and work on 79 streets completed.
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Anderson Street
Oscar Melson
Board of Public Works
Noland C. Wright
Melson
Washington
Katt Red Cross
China
Chinese Red Cross
American Red Cross
Hong Kong
Red Cross
Silworth Bunker
U. S
Europe
Russia
Siberia
Former Elwood Banker and Dealer Fined in Misapplied Funds Case
Walter F. Busch a former Elwood banker and Cecil L. Slavens a bankrupt auto dealer were each fined 3000 dollars after a judge suspended prison terms and placed them on two years probation while ordering jail until the fines are paid. They were convicted March 26 of misapplication involving 47663 dollars from the First National Bank in Elwood. Indianapolis physician Dr Francis G Sheehan was fined 2000 dollars and given a suspended two year sentence for seven years of failing to file federal income tax returns.
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Indianapolis
Walter F. Busch
Elwood
Cecil L. Slavens
First National Bank
William E. Steck
Busch
Slavens
George Jeffrey
Francis G. Sheehan
Postal Class Gels Diplomas Postal Class Gels Diplomas
Members of the first postal refresher course in the United States received diplomas for completing studies in post office management. Some graduates were from Anderson and other Fifth District cities. Certificates were presented by Jay Binncle and others at a banquet in Anderson.
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United States
Anderson
Fifth
Muncie
Robert Carleton
Paul Barton
Cincinnati
Dela
YMCA_ ware
Elaine Keener
Portland
Ore
Gordon Gwinn
Barton
Joe Dye
Madison County
Cation
Anderson High School
Bill James
Delaware County
Ira G. Davis
YMCA
Biff James
Walter Summa
John Phillips
Herald
Suspect incriminates self in arson after car fire
Authorities report the suspect said the fire began near the manifold and, while beating it out with a floormat, the mat and vehicle caught fire. He claimed he tossed the burning mat into the car and watched it burn. Information is being turned over to the Auto Theft Bureau.
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Ihe É Nationa
Auto Theft Bureau
Blough Sees Business Good If Cold War Ends
Roger M Blough new United States Steel Corp chairman says even a sudden end to the Cold War would have little effect on booming steel demand. He notes current policies and capacity growth will continue, and that present business looks good despite military needs. Dulles in Paris with Eisenhower advisers discusses Europe and Asia ahead of NATO unity.
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New York
Roger M
Steel
Blough
Ef. Brough
New Board
United States Steel Corp
Fri
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel
Fairless
Pittsburgh Pirates
Washington
State Dulles
Europe
Gert
Tate 2
Many
North
Fire Damages Lincoln Street Home
A morning fire nearly destroyed Isah Weather’s small one room house at 1502 Lincoln Street. The roof burned away leaving only walls as autos in a front-yard wrecking lot owned by Pat Barnett Wrecking Company were damaged. Firemen, led by Assistant Chief Herb Johnson, returned in the afternoon to extinguish smoldering embers.
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Lincoln, St
Herb Johnson
Pat Barnett Wrecking Company
Pump Company
Delaware St
Johnson
Six Injured In Head-On Crash Near Daleville
Two Anderson men and four Yorktown residents were hospitalized in Muncie after a head on collision one half mile east of Daleville. Injured were Charles A. Brough Jr. and Charles Smith, both 27, plus Bennie Grimes 30 Geneva Grimes 43 and James McKillen and his wife. They were treated at Ball Memorial Hospital.
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Anderson
Yorktown
Muncie
Daleville
Charles A. Brough Jr
Elva St
Charles Smith
W. 7Th St
Bennie Grimes
Geneva
James McKiliten
McKillen
Ball Memorial Hospital
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