State Bridge and Highway Plans Advance Near Anderson Indiana
State Highway Commission announced bids to open June 11 for several bridge and road projects in Madison and Tipton counties including new Ind 13 bridges over Lick Creek and Fall Creek. Plans for an Indianapolis Fort Wayne superhighway skirting Anderson and a Chicago Cincinnati route near Flwood Anderson and Middletown were discussed with local advisory groups.
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State Highway Commission
Indianapolis
Madison County
Tipton County
Lick Creek
Fall Creek
Fortville
Fair Creek
Foster's Branch
Pendleton
Cicero Creek
Anderson Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Committee
Fred Yelton
Linfield
Anderson
County Commission
R. N. Brown
Ray Wood
Earl Cassidy
New Castle
George Hees pauses campaign speech for Sask fire
George Hees, Conservative candidate for Parliament, paused his Saskatchewan meeting to witness a fire emergency. He resumed the speech after accompanying attendees to view the blaze.
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Choiceland
Sask
George Hees
Wanted To Buy Automatic Washer Brings Help
A Haverhill Drive family used Bulletin-Herald Want Ads to find a used automatic washer and received nine other calls. The newspaper reports over 500 want ads daily reach 36 000 subscribers, showing strong results. To place an ad dial 3-5371 and ask for the Classified Salesgirl.
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Haverhill Drive
Bulletin-Herald
Bulletin and Herald
Senior Day Observed at Anderson College Convocation
Senior Day marks the 1956 57 final convocation at Anderson College in Park Place Church of God. David Day reports four speakers including Delwin Brown Anderson and Lois Stephenson Ellettsville. John Morrison and Dean Olt lead the processional. the college choir sings twice. gavel passes to Fred Damaske as 1957 58 president.
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Anderson College
Park Place
Day
Delwin
Brown
Anderson
Lois Stephenson
Ellettsville
Ind
Robert Macholtz
C. W. Hatch
World Service
Church of God
Robert A. Nicholson
Adleine Friesen
Winton
Calif
Indiana professor named provost at University of Chattanooga
Dr. August W. Eberle of Indiana University has been named provost and acting dean of the College of Applied Arts and Sciences at the University of Chattanooga. Eberle has taught at Indiana since 1952 and is president of the Indiana State Institutional Teacher Placement Association.
Greene County selects Don Pope as county superintendent
The Greene County Board of Trustees elected Don Pope of Linton as county school superintendent. Pope will assume office on August 16.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Greene County Board of Trustees
Don Pope
Linton
Pope
Beck Inquiry Reveals $71,500 Profit Scheme Tied to Union Land Sale
Senate Rackets Committee heard that Teamster President Dave Beck and associate Nathan Shefferman sought a $71,500 personal profit from selling land for the union headquarters. Proposals to set up an intermediate company and resell at higher price were alleged, with payments to Shefferman and scrutiny of Beck’s use of union funds. Meany met with Teamster vice presidents amid questions about Beck. A missing witness trigger preceded further subpoenas.
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Beck
Washington
Senate Rackets Committee
Teamster
Dave Beck
Union
Nathan Shefferman
Teamsters
Shefferman
Farlher
Los Angeles
AFL - Cio
George Meany
U.S
Norman Gessert
Ellensburg
Wash
Raymond H. Fields
The
American Legion
Franklin Salisbury
the Legion
Capitol
Capitol Dome
Fields
Guyman, Okla
Salisbury
Legion
Parker Links Road Scandals to Cronyism in Indiana
Lt. Gov. Crawford F. Parker told the Indiana Bankers Association that highway scandals in the prior administration showed cronyism and unfitness for public trust. He praised Gov. Handley for steps to prevent repeats and defended the right to work against compulsory union dues.
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French Lick
Ind
Crawford F. Parker
George N. Craig
Parker
Indiana Bankers Assn
Handley
Statehouse
Highway Department
Indiana Senate
Ex Highway Aides Invoke Fifth in Indiana Fraud Probe
Virgil Smith and Nile Teverbaugh refused to answer questions before a Senate subcommittee probing Indiana highway dept fraud and land deals. Indicted with others for selling back lots for the Madison Ave Expressway, Smith cited the Fifth Amendment amid questions about land ties, finances, and profits.
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Virgil
Red) Smith
Nile Teverbaugh
Senate
Indiana
State Highway Department
Smith
Senate Public Roads
Teverbaugh
Madison Ave
Indianapolis
Milan
Ind
Filo Sedillo
The
Highway Commission
Andrew A. Lipscomb
Washington
Thomas Kuchel
Calif
Lipscomb
Indiana Highway Commission
Robert Peak
Harry Doggett
Ripley Finance Co
Brookhaven Lab Explosion Injures Four Amid Radiation Doubt
A chemical explosion at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Brookhaven New York injures four people with one in serious condition. The Atomic Energy Commission says no radiation was involved. The incident occurred in the hot laboratory where bromine and fluorine dissolve unirradiated natural uranium.
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Brookhaven
N. Y
Brookhaven National Laboratory
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Patchogue
Leland J. Haworth
Richard Johnson
Baldwin
N.Y
Leroy Jeffferson
Bellport
Bob Feindt
Lake Ronkonkoma
Walter Kalikowski
Haworth
Delco-Remy Man and Son Hurt in Auto Accident
James Stewart Garlic 47 production supervisor at the Delco-Remy Division and his son William 12 were injured in an auto crash on 38th St Road near Ind 9. Garlic’s car veered into a tree at about 7 40 a m and both were taken to St John’s Hospital. Garlic had a lacerated forehead and William a sprained left hand.
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James Stewart Garlic
Park Rd
Delco-Remy
William
38Th St
Ind. 9
Paul Ravage
Garlic
St. John’s Hospital
Plan Halt To Hub Cap Thefts
Det. Capt. John Heiden disclosed at detective bureau HQ in Anderson that a hub cap branding plan has been widely adopted in major U.S. cities to curb thefts and aid recovery, drawing an analogy to 1840s branding used to identify stolen cattle.
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Wooley
West
John Heiden
Detective Bureau
Anderson
United States
Herald
Shop Anderson Days Opens in 44 Downtown Stores
The Anderson Retail Association sponsors Shop Anderson Days opening today in 44 participating downtown stores. Thousands of regular values plus red hot specials at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. today, with repeats at 10 a.m., 4 and 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday.
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Anderson Retail Association
Retail Association
Mike Martin
Francis Creek
Warren Marshall
Ray Weiler
Anderson Herald
The
Daily Bulletin
House votes to end soil bank payments after this year
Only two Indiana representatives Madden and Brownson supported the majority as the House backed ending soil bank payments after the year. Denton Bray Halleck Harden Harvey Nimtz and Wilson voted against the bill. Adair and Beamer were not listed.
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Washington
Indiana
Madden
Brownson
House
Denton
Bray, Halleck
Harden
Harvey
Nimtz
Wilson
Utility To Open Bids On Telephone Exchange Buildings
Indiana Bell invites bids to build four dial telephone exchange buildings at Summitville Albany Eaton and Gaston Contractors may bid on any or all projects Bids due May 24 Contracts awarded and work to start soon with completion in midsummer Manager J E Flanagan stated.
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Indiana Bell
Summitville
Albany
Eaton
Gaston
J. E. Flanagan
Four in Family Slain in Indiana Home Massacre
In South Bend, husband George W. Conley returned to his ranch home to find wife Elizabeth 33 and three children Rebecca 4 Matthew 4 John 2 murdered with butcher knives. Police say no outside involvement and suggest possible self-inflicted deaths. Deputy Coroner notes mass murder possibility but cites no outside signs. The family home was found locked from inside, with a frantic call beforehand.
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South Bend
Ind
John Porte
George W. Conley
Rebecca
Matthew
Elizabeth
John
F. Dale Nelson
Conley
New Arrivals at St Johns Hospital
Birth notices announce a girl born to Mr and Mrs Curtis Ferguson of 2613 State St and a girl to Mr and Mrs Edward Hudson of Rt 2. Also listed are a girl for Mr and Mrs Clarence Carwile of 710 E 40th St and a girl for Mr and Mrs Larry Gibson of Fairmount. A boy is born to Mr and Mrs Donald Qualls of 1841 N Madison Ave and a boy for Mr and Mrs Carl Smith of 1015 E 6th St.
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St. John’s Hospital
Curtis Ferguson
State St
Edward Hudson
Rt. 2
Clarence Carwile
E. 40Th St
Larry Gibson
Fairmount
Donald Qualls
N. Madison Ave
Carl Smith
E. 6Th St
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Miami
Fla
Jiggs
J. Anderson
William Kuenzel
Miami Herald
Angola
Huntsville
Edgewood
White River
Alexandria
Marion
Huntington
Wally Falk
Walter
Adone Zoli
Rome
Gronchi
Antonio Segni
Bastille
International
Ammge
Kerry Dean Burton
Dean Burton
Robert L. Quinlan
Burton
Quinlan
Richard Worley
State Board of Accounts
Ray
Butch) Holcomb
Mishawaka
Brookhaven Center
Valgev
Long Island
New York
Open Shop
Adair and
Beamer
Jim Wood
Jim Goddard
South Broadway
Denver
Colo
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