Committee May Meet Today Probers Check Votes Locally
House investigators who visited Anderson to probe alleged election irregularities last November have returned to Washington. The elections sub committee may meet today to receive a report on the probe into the Fifth District dispute. Investigators checked precincts with higher vote tallies than signatures, but counties or precincts were not identified.
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House
Anderson
Washington
House Administration Committee
Robert T. Ashmore
D-S.c
Mittee
George O. Chambers
Congress
J. Edward Roush
Chambers
Sam Still
Urban League Banquet Honors 60 Years of Service at Lin ders
The Urban League observes its 35th anniversary with Julius A. Thomas of the National Urban League as principal speaker at Lind er s tonight at 6 15. Dr. Robert H. Reardon, Anderson College president, introduces. Awards presented for 60 years of service.
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Julius A. Thomas
National Urban League
New York City
Linder’s
Robert H. Reardon
Anderson College and Theological Seminary
George A. Taggart
First Presbyterian Church
Ralph R. Ferguson
Carl T. Smith
Monroe G. Schuster
League
United Church Women’s Chorus
Arthur Hoffman
James Cochran, Jr
League Movement
Carl Carter
Earline Falker
No Trace Of Station Thief
A gas station attendant, Den Myer, 60, was slugged with a beer bottle and robbed of about 80 dollars near a deputy sheriff’s patrol car. The incident at Speedway Oil Station on Ind. 67 occurred around 3 35 a m. Myer was unconscious about an hour but continued work after awakening.
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den Myer
Rt. 1
Pendleton
Don Silvey
Myer
Speedway Oil Station
Here
Ind
Silvey
Myers
Nixon Criticizes Lack Of Action In 100 Days
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon accused the Kennedy administration of words over deeds during its first 100 days. He urged focus on foreign threats and warned against overpromising as he spoke at a Columbus fund raising dinner. Nixon also said Kennedy missed chances to strengthen military and economic power and questioned domestic leadership, addressing 1,100 attendees and Ohio State University students.
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Columbus
Ohio
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
America
Nixon
Ohio State University
Young Republican Club
Congress
French Rebel Talks Open May 20 in Evian for Algeria Peace
Paris reports say French government and Algerian rebel regime agreed to a May 20 conference at Evian les Bains to end a 65 year war. Past talks failed and the scene includes Moslem informants signaling demonstrations and European extremists opposing De Gaulle.
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Paris
Algeria
Evian-les-Bains
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson Starts For Viet Nam Johnson Starts For Viet Nam
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson began the second leg of his Southeast Asia mission, flying 7,500 miles via Wake Island and Guam to Saigon. He aims to reassure South Viet Nam, Thailand, the Philippines, and Nationalist China that the United States will provide needed support.
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Honolulu
Lyndon B. Johnson
Southeast Asia
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Wake Island
Guam
Johnson
Thailand
Philippines
China
United States
Francis L. O'Brien Former Auto Dealer Dies at 62
Francis Lloyd O'Brien Sr., 62, of 244 W. 5th St., a former Pontiac dealer in this city and Delphi, died at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. John’s Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born June 24, 1898 in Washington Ind., he was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Survivors include his widow Therese Manghelli O'Brien, six children Jimmy Mary Francis Mrs Ted Soccer Miami Fla Mrs Dean Crothers Mrs James Butler Lloyd O'Brien Jr Anderson and 18 grandchildren. Friends may call at Allbright Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today. Other arrangements incomplete.
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Francis Lloyd O’brien Sr
W. 5Th St
Delphi
St. John’s Hospital
Mr. O’brien
Washington, Ind
Francis L
Martha Moren O’brien
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Therese Manghelli O’brien
Jimmy
Mary Francis
Ted Soccer
Miami
Fla
Dean Crothers
James Butler
Lloyd O'Brien Jr
Anderson
Port Approval Seen for Lake Michigan Hoo Seaport
Fleming Indiana Port Commission chairman says he is confident approval will come for an $80 million Hoo seaport on Lake Michigan in Porter County. He notes district Army Engineers support and plans to seek congressional funding after final reports and land facility details.
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Chicago
UPI
Fleming
Indiana Port Commission
Hoosier
Lake Michigan
Fort Wayne
Ind
Journal - Gazette
Joseph A. Smedile
District Army Engineers
Burns Ditch
Porter County
Midwest
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Washington
Colonel Smedile
Port Commission
Matthew Welsh
Smedile
Congress
Division
Board of Engineers
Chief of Army Engineers
Indiana Sons
Homer E. Capehart
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Charles Halleck
Bohemian Embassy Listed as Consulate in New Phone Directory
In Toronto a new telephone directory places the Bohemian Embassy under Consulates and other foreign government representatives. The Embassy is described as a beatnik coffee house named the Embasy.
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Toronto
Edgewood Plans Hydrant Flushes and BB Gun Warning
The Edgewood Town Board announced hydrants will be flushed today and Friday. Police issued a warning about BB gun use after residents reported broken windows. The board said BB gun activity in town will not be tolerated.
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Edgewood
Contamination Found In Some Private Wells
City chemist H. P. Cook reports a few private wells contaminated where surface water stands. At the Anderson Madison County Health Board meeting he urged immunization against typhoid for water from questionable sources and testing for impurities. Indiana Board of Health instructions include standing and treating clear water with chlorine or boiling for safety. City drinking water tested 100 percent safe. March May supplies from city wells. Deputy health officer Earl McCarel outlined how to handle complaints and contact authorities for runoff, ditches, and road water. Please Turn to Page 3, Column 7.
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H. P. Cook
Anderson-Madison County
Earl McCarel
State Highway Department
Airliner Crash in Sahara Kills 79 Aboard
A French airliner crashed in the Sahara en route from Africa to Paris, under ideal weather, killing all 79 aboard. Included were five members of an American diplomat's family and his unborn child.
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Algiers
Heart of Africa
Paris
Sahara
Amere
Pte
Col Crane to Review Armed Forces Day Parade May 18
Col Vincent M Crane commander of the 305th Combat Air Group will review the Anderson Armed Forces Day parade May 18 at 7 p.m. on Meridian Street. The event features four high school bands, National Guard units, veterans groups, and civic leaders with a parade route from 12th and Main to Meridian. Lt Col Harold Allen is parade marshal and deputy marshals include Cmdr R W George and Lt Col Clifford Brugger.
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Vincent M. Crane
305Th Combat Air Group
Bunker Hill Air Force Base
Anderson Armed Forces
8Th St
Meridian
Harold Allen
Army Reserve
R. W. George
Naval Reserve
Clifford Brugger
Air Force Reserve
Richard Williams
National Guard
Robert W. Shoemaker
Madison County Civil Defense
Highland
Madison Heights
Anderson and Markleville
Laos Cease-Fire Under Review By International Panel
In Xieng Khouang, three key commission executives seek confirmation that the Laotian cease-fire holds as surveys may shape the 14-nation Geneva talks. Members met rebels including Pathet Lao leaders and neutralists led by Souvanna Phouma, while fighting risked escalation.
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Vientiane
Laos
Control Commission
Xieng Khouang
Samar Sen
India
Geneva
United States
Sen
Plaine Des Jarres
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Wheat estimate raised for Indiana crop in May
The Agriculture Department on Wednesday raised Indiana's winter wheat crop estimate slightly above the April figure, predicting a 41,792,000 bushel crop. This May 1 projection compares with 41,844,000 in 1960 and 41,695,000 for April 1.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Indiana
Clark Urges Rule of Law for World Peace
UPI report of Justice Tom C. Clark addressing about 400 lawyers and judges of Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin in Indianapolis. He urged that permanent peace rests on the rule of law and equal justice under law upheld by the American Bar Association and the legal profession.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
Seventh Federal Circuit Bar Association
Clark
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
American Bar Association
Three Charged With Larceny in Bennett Theft
Three suspects face grand larceny charges over a $500 coin collection stolen from James O. Bennett of 2323 Walton St. Albert Bennett and Joe Bennett, both 21, and Harry Shultz, 21, all of local addresses, are jailed or held for arraignment with two juveniles charged with delinquency. Detectives also report tool thefts from automobiles on nearby streets.
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James O. Bennett
Walton St
Albert LeRoy Bennett
Fletcher
Bennett
Madison County
Bill Winkler
E. 38Th St
Donald Bullard
Central Ave
Eisenhower to Receive West Point Thayer Award
The United States Military Academy at West Point will honor former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, class of 1915, with the Sylvanus Thayer Award at Founders Day Dinner. He will travel from Gettysburg for the dinner and will be honored with a cadet corps review, the first graduate to receive the award.
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West Point
N.Y
UPD
U. S. Military Academy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Sylvanus Thayer
Gettysburg
Corps of Cadets
Final day of 1961 voluntary car check ends
The three day voluntary car check examined 5 320 cars with 1 923 tested yesterday at six local dealer garages Broadway Sales Hunter Chevrolet Mitchell Motors Fred Welker Ford Regenold Pontiac Heckaman Buick The day’s defects included bad head lamps 3 percent rear lights 168 tires 1 exhaust 4 glass 4 windshield wipers 1 no operator license 17 incorrect registration 10 Don Daven
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Broadway Sales, Inc
Hunter Chevrolet Company
Mitchell Motors, Inc
Fred Welker Ford Company
Regenold Pontiac Company
Heckaman Buick Company
Don Daven
Kennedy Aims to End Strikes Hurting Missile Base Work
Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg said President Kennedy will push executive action to halt strikes delaying U.S. missile base construction. A no strike pledge and a new grievances agency are among proposals discussed with labor leaders and contractors ahead of talks in New York.
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Washington
UPI
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
U.S
Goldberg
New York
John L. McClellan
Ark
McClellan
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Cape Canaveral
C. L
Neil) Haggery
Afl-Cio Building Trades Department
Organized Labor
Haggery
Afl-Cio Department
Labor
David Cole
Federal Mediation Service
John Dunlop
Harvard
Paul Herzog
American Arbitration Association
David Stowe
Industrial Union Department
Thomas Holland
Labor Department
Nathan Feinsinger
Presidential Commission
George Taylor
Afl-Cio
George Meany
General Electric Co
Valley Forge
Philadelphia
New Arrivals At St. John’s and Fort Harrison Hospitals
Newborns listed from St. John’s Hospital include a girl to Rex Seipel at 1422 Fletcher Street and a boy to Daniel Shrock on Rt. 5 Anderson, plus two girls to Jack Morris at 428 East 38th Street and Stanley Fisher of Alexandria. a girl to Harry at 1628 East 19th Street. a girl to the Rev Philli Blake at 2617 Fowler Street. a girl to Donald Jarrell of Indianapolis. Fort Benjamin Harrison Hospital reports a girl born to Airman 3C and Mrs. Rudy Martinez at 325 West Fifth Street, with maternal grandparents Loren McKay of 324 West Fifth Street and Lavon McKay of 218 Linden Lane.
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St. John’s Hospital
Rex Seipel
Fletcher St
Daniel Shrock
Anderson
Jack Morris
E. 38Th St
Stanley Fisher
Alexandria
Harry 1628
E. 19Th St
Philli Blake
Fowler St
Donald Jarrell
Indianapolis
Fort Benjamin Harrison Hospital
Rudy Martinez
W. 5Th St
Loren McKay
Lavon McKay
Linden Lane
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Russell Hulse
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