Living Costs Edge Down in April Report
Washington reports consumer prices for autos and rents declined in April due to record auto and housing production. The Labor Department says the index slipped to 114.2, three tenths below last April, marking the lowest living cost level since May 1953. Food costs rose about one percent as overall spending remained steady and factory take home pay and buying power reached record April highs despite shorter hours.
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Washington W
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Young
Explorers Plan Park Visit In Brown County State Park
Madison County explorers from units join an outdoor weekend program at Brown County State Park under James Wagner Mounds District Exploring chairman. They will search for a lost parachutist and partake in other activities guided by Eagle Scout Terry Ward and John J. Mainguy with Post 2001 affiliation.
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Madison County
Brown County State Park
James Wagner
Mounds District
Se Boy Scouts of America
Wagner
Eagle Scout
Terry Ward
Meadowbrook Baptist Church
John J. Mainguy
Post
Bebebe OL
Southern Bell Strike Settled After 68 Day Walkout
The CIO Communications Workers of America and Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co ended a 68 day strike affecting about 50,000 workers across nine Southeastern states. Negotiators agreed at 9:45 p.m. EST on a new contract, the longest Bell system stoppage, with millions lost in wages and over 3,000 property damages reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone’ ‘and Telegraph Co
CIO Communications Workers of America
Bell System
Indiana Bell Co
IC alumni picnic set at Shadyside Park Sunday
Indiana Central College alumni from Anderson Muncie and New Castle areas invitees attend the fifth annual IC group picnic at Shadyside Park with a 1 pm basket dinner and program led by Rev. David Hancock of Lapel. Speakers include Miss Virginia Cravens and Dr. Parker Jordan. Rain plan moves event to Colonial EUB Church basement. Committees named. discussions include plans for golden anniversary observance and intercollegiate matters.
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Indiana Central
G. E. Ebbertt
L. L. Rapp
Harold Actor
H. L. Lanzhan
Lowell Lee
Gordon France
EUB
31St
Noble Streets
Hospital dismissals list at St John’s Hospital obituary
Dismissals reported for numerous patients and relatives from St John’s Hospital including Mrs Patricia Delph and family at 22 West Street and several other addresses across Middletown Markleville Pendleton and Anderson. Names include Mrs Delph Rev William Slater Mrs Larry Jackson infant son and daughter plus many others. Also mentions Gore bill proposals to fund interstate system with federal aid and possible gas tax increase while criticizing Eisenhower plan.
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St. John’s Hospital
Patricia Delph
Both St
William Slater
Catalnne
Mapumeara
Larry Jackson
Chippewa
Delores McLaughlin
Canaday
Lavonne Bishop
Mary Fredenberg
Middletown
Edith Woods
Southview
Betty Jones
E. Seventh St
Sally Ann Rile
Markleville
Roy Poore
Ellenhurst
Raymond Brandon
Jeffer
Virginia Hickerson
Burton St
Sarah Dowden
Ingalls
Jimmie Johnson
Alexandria
Cleo Werbe
Near
Anderson
Helen Ruggles
W.11th
Anna Zeller
Estle Hackleman
Vaccine Safety Talks Delay Is Backed By Officials
A conference in Washington on new safety standards may delay Salk vaccine distribution. Manufacturers plan to send experts, NFIP and health officials consider extended testing and possible dosage reductions to stretch scarce supplies for the infantile paralysis campaign. Jonas Salk among those present. other participants unnamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page Onsert Korms
New York State Health Rept
John R. Paul
Yale University Medical School
Thomas Rivers
Rockefeller Foundation
Albert Sabin
University of Cincinnati
Jona’ E. Salk
University of Pittsburgh
Joseph Smadel
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Thomas Turner
Johns Hopkins University
Hart van Riper
National Foundation For
Washington
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Indianapolis
JBK Lilly & Co
Public Health Service
New York
NFIP
Jonas Salk
Indiana GOP figures map 1956 city race plans
Indiana Republicans discuss national convention coverage and the 1956 campaign in Indianapolis. Cast and Craig plan Washington trips, attend a Republican fundraiser and lunch with the President. Cast predicts Republicans win about two thirds of Indiana cities’ mayor seats this fall, signaling support to Eisenhower at the city level.
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Sion
Radio Committee
Republican National Committee
Washington
San Francisco
le Craig
Castrol
Craig
Cast
Indiana
GOP
Eisenhower
Honors Awards And Scholarships Recipients List
A long list of honors and awards announcements including American Legion awards presented by Catlin Whitehead to Janice Stagg, Jerry Kimball, Ruth Barr, Marilyn Faust, Debbie Hess, Janet Burris, Sara Hopping, Sharon Friend, Nancy Scott, Rosalie Girton, Ann Calvin, Phyllis Groover. Calabria Post honors Joan Lowry and Jack Coffin. second place medals to Nancy Ann Warner and Bob Loose. Band and Orchestra awards via John Rehm to Catherine Bowen and others. Sousa award to David Ball. Scholastic and college scholarships given to Marcia Barron, Rosada Shaw, Marcia Munsey, Jenny Pollard, Jerry Kimball, and more. Various university and corporate scholarships listed. Rotary, Tri Kappa, and VFW honors noted.
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Cular
David Hitchcock
Jerry Kimball
Bob McAllister
Jack Niece
MacMurray College Salk
Munsey
Indiana
D¢Pauw University
Eisenhower
Childes-Coal Company
Don
Childes
Richard Lee Williams
Boatman
Broughton
Donald Heacox
Dale A
Copeland
James Polling
Culture Club
Ovenin Shacklett
Mary
India
A. R
Rana
Ilinois
Sen
Forrest
D-Va
W. Freeman
Joan Lowry
William Davis
Joan
Ana
Page
VUE Ghoul
M. J. Eckert
David Goacher
Indus
Assn
J. L. Dye
Bill Maines
Jerry Cooper
Industrial Management Club
Edwin
Richard Wright
Kiwanis Club
Walter’ Haynes
Ack Coffin
Gordon Chastain
Marcia Barron
Jenny Pollard
Lion’s Club
Owen Wissing
Diamond
Mary Ann Warner
Ruby
Bily Joe Smith
Rosada Shaw
Thea Phelps
Dianne Actor
Lady Lion’s Club
Harold Anderson
American Legion
Catlin Whitehead
Janice Stagg
Craig Campbell
Jim Fleece
Ethridge Beauchamp
Ralph Gouldsberry
Tom Alley
Jack Ravage
American Legion Auxiliary
Quincy Bond
Eugene Lennis
Ruth Barr
Marilyn Faust
Debbie Hess
Janet Burris
Sara Hopping
Sharon Friend
Nancy Scott
Rosalie Girton
Ann Calvin
Phyllis Groover
Calabria Post
Paul Meagher
Jack Coffin
Nancy Ann Warner
Bob Loose
John Rehm Fo
Orchestra
Norma Brow
Joe Allman
David Ball
Don Burris
Catherine Bowen
Bob Holliday
al, Jackson
Harolyn Phillips
Leland Smith
Ronnie Wheeler
John Philip Sousa
Mary James
Janet Busby
John Pauli Huffman
Rosada’ Shaw
Marcia Munsey
Robert McAllister
Leandra Scott
Jon Lutz
Marty Ann Warner
Margaret Coles
Franklin College
Fred Moore
Earlham College
Mary Wishard
General Motors Tech
Don Ellison
Bob Gray
Keith’ Tracy
Anderson College
Ardith DeYoung
Sylvia Sterner
Ball State
Patricia Gouldsberry
Gerald Hodson
Karen Shaffer
John Mitchell
Jane Huntzinger
Butler University
David Goucher
DePauw University
Dianne Achor
Hanover College
Indiana University
Dan Davisson
Dick Monroe
Indiana State Teachers College
Linda Roby
Betty Stiner
Purdue University
Rotary Club
Ed Flanagan
Jr. Rotaryians
Billy Joe Smith
Karl Graddy
John Burke
James Quinn
Eddie Smith
Dick Ives
Jack Hollistand
Bob Doyle
Tuberculosis Association
Horace Jones
Marjorie Litten
Jack Stanislaus
Marilyn Hooper
Gerald Hodsons
Avis Clark
Tri Kappa
J. L. Dya
Connie Achar
Richard K. Williams
Dan Quickel
Shirley Schmaltz
Horace B. Wilson
Jim Waymire
Lizzie Glass
Indiana road survey plan revised for east of Indianapolis
Approval from Wedeking moves the new feasibility surveys to next week to consider routing the road east of Indianapolis rather than northwest. Original cost 67 300 dollars. cut to 50 000 dollars as survey of south to the Ohio River was dropped for now. Results will be weighed against the original plan to determine which route serves the most motorists.
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Indianapolis
Ohio River
Wedeking
Soviet jet bombers and NATO Paris conference plan
Defense Department reported Soviet intercontinental jet bombers over Moscow signaling hydrocarbon era capabilities and forced updated estimates of Russia's warplane output. Rep. H R Gross sought a NATO conference delegation with up to $30,000 expenses, while Austria readied troop withdrawals after a Big Four treaty. France pressed the Dulles aid recall amid Indochina tensions. Dulles offered no pledge, inviting French submissions of suspected hostile Americans.
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Defense Department
Moscow
Enctia
Russia
H. R. Gross
Iowa
House
Congress
Paris
Gross
Senate
NATO
James P. Richards
S.C
House Foreign Affairs Committee
France
United States
South
Indochina
Edgar Faure
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Tent Comes Down After City Fair Dismantling
Everett Boyer and William Havermale led the effort to dismantle the world’s largest tent as cleanup began at the fairgrounds under Charles Stiner and William Moore. Lestis Johnson 75 died at home after a year of declining health. survivors include Dora Johnson and several children and grandchildren. Johnson was a former county commissioner and a Lilly Creek Baptist Church member. The funeral plan is with Baker Brothers Funeral Home.
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Pare One
William Hammons
Everett Boyer
William Havermale
Fairgrounds
Charles Stiner
William Moore
Lions Club
Anderson Obits Chronicle Two Local Deaths And More
Marion E. Carter 44222614 Park Ave died yesterday at a Logansport hospital from a heart attack. Funeral services Monday at 2 pm at Sells and Rowe with burial at East Maplewood. survivors include widow Marguerite Carter, two sons, and a sister all of Anderson. Mrs Cecil P Branch 69 of 115 W Third St died yesterday at St John’s Hospital after 15 months illness. Body at Brown and Butz. services Monday 2 pm with Rev Gorman Pritchett. burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include Branch and daughter Georgiana Haney of Anderson. Mrs Alice E Ballard 81 of 942 Hazlett St died yesterday at St John’s Hospital after weeks of illness. Funeral Monday 2 pm at Harold E Rozelle Funeral Home with burial at K of P Cemetery. survivors include two daughters, three sons, a sister, two brothers, 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Harry Patterson 83 of Elgin IL and former Anderson YMCA secretary died recently at home in Elgin. Served YMCA secretary 1922–28. survived by son Paul of California. William I Hilligoss 87 of Frankton died Thursday. funeral Sunday 2 pm at Albright Funeral Home with burial Brennenheir Cemetery. Blanche Graham Lewis 74 of LaFontaine died Tuesday. services Saturday 10:30 am at Brenneman Funeral Home. burial Brookside Cemetery. survivors include widow, daughter Ann Hilligoss Isanogel, sisters Anna Hodson Kokomo and Milton Shelton Anderson. Washington notes: Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lewis L Strauss returned to DC after four weeks in Western Europe discussing Eisenhower’s atomic peace plan. visited installations in several European nations.
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Scott Rich
Fishersburg
Rich
T. M. Addison
Oscar Ahlbrand
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Brookside
Mary Rich
Cassel
Lapel
Edsel
Route 2
Noblesville
Margaret Whetstone
Lorene Coverdale
Kathleen
Anderson
Cleveland
Volney
Versailles
Vancex
Blanch Partain
Beryl Bridgeman
Geraldine Ford
Stony Creek
Marion E. Carter
Park Ave
Logansport
Chesterfield
Sells and Rowe Funeral Home
East Maplewood Cemetery
Marguerite Carter
ARS
Alice Ballard
Alice E. Ballard
Otto Stroup
Franklin Christian Church
Harry Patterson
Elgin
Anderson Ymca
Patterson
YMCA
Paul
California
William TF. Hilligoss
William Isaac ‘Hilligoss
Frankton
Albright Funeral Home
Blanche Lewis
Blanche Graham Lewis
Wabash
Brenneman
LaFontaine
Joseph Gilson
Mt. Etna Reer Eee
Ann Hilligoss
Anari
Samuel Isanogel
Washington
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Exergy Commission
Europe
Eisenhower
AEC
Strauss
England
Belgium
Denmark
France
Spain
Portugal
Two Men Sentenced for Jail Break at Kokomo
KOKOMO Ind two men Roy Boatman 23 Richmond and Elga Broughton 24 Kokomo who broke out of the Howard County jail held a motorist prisoner in his car for 12 hours while attempting to escape. They were each sentenced by Judge Gerald Rybolt of Howard Superior Court to life for kidnapping with waivers of trial by jury and additional 1 to 5 year terms for breaking.
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Kokomo
Ind
Howard County
Prate
Gerald Rybolt
Howard Superior Court
Roy Boatman
Richmond
Elga Broughton
Rybolt
Soviet Union to exchange agricultural delegations with U S
The Soviet Union announced it would host American delegates at its Moscow Agricultural Fair and show farm academies, research institutions, and machine factories. It said the exchange of delegations would be a mutually beneficial measure between the USSR and the United States.
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Soviet Union
Moscow
Agricultural Academy
Ussr
United States
Indiana road survey halted over funding questions
Three firms began a survey two months earlier to study an alternate route in eastern Indiana. Funds were not provided to pay for the work, and the project stalled when the payment issue arose. Approval from the State Board of Finance was uncertain but Auditor Bardin and Gov. Craig supported the fund transfer despite Treasurer Wedeking having contracts ready for the attorney general.
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Indiana
State Highway Department
Ond Canine
State Board of Finance
Curtis E. Bardin
Gov
Craig
John Pe- Wedeking
Donna Preston Festival Highlights On East Campus
A campus festival day featured an exhibition of tumbling and a festival atmosphere on East Campus with food booths games and student participation. Malcolm Grossman led the college band while the choir women’s chorus and festival orchestra performed. Dr Robert A Nicholson served as general chairman with student committee chairs assisting.
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Malcolm Grossman
Robert A. Nicholson
Pretson
Betty Robertson
Novata
Okla
Lois Stephenson
Ellettsville
Ind
Toni Romana
Decatur
Ill
Elizabeth McGregor
Distant
Carol Jo Parker
Kendall
Fla
Delores Schrank
Plant City
Wilson Spending Furlough Here
Robert A. Wilson has completed basic training at Fort Ord California and is spending a one day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Horace B Wilson at 1812 Broadway. After the leave he will report to the Guided Missile School at Fort Monmouth New Jersey for advanced training. He graduated from Purdue University and was an aerodynamics engineer with North American Aviation at Downey California before entering service.
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Robert A. Wilson
Fort Ord
Calif
Horace B. Wilson
Broadway
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Purdue University
North American Aviation Company
Downey
Township Adopts 6-3-3 Education System Plan
The township will implement a 6-3-3 education structure with pupils receiving first through sixth grade at Forest Hills Lindberg Franklin Roosevelt Edgewood and the new 2Sth Street Road School. Junior high lasts three years followed by three years senior high schooling at the Madison Avenue Road building.
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Forest Hills
Lindberg
Franklin, Roosevelt
Edgewood
Pew Madison Avenue Road
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Southern Bell
Misa
Judith Wynn
James Wynn
Walnut St
Dennis Streaty
Mrs. Clifford
W. 14Th
IMR
Gore
Sen. Chavez
D-Nm
Public Works Committee
Fime
Michael Sheets
Rex Sheets
Pit
Nat Allen Hudson
Tional Safety Council
Sidney J.j
Carl Hudson
Wal- Ceee
Wiliams
Council
St. Jond
Robert Hofer
Maurice Hessner
Madison
Childs Ant Children's Home
John Jameson
Mr. Farm
William Jameson
Charles Roof
National Secretaries’ Association
Phama Martin
Sylvia Jones P
Martha Cobb
Phyllis Wheatley
Mary Christian
Janice Clevenger
Mary Day
Barbara Fisher
Phyllis Jolly
Barbara Leffel
Tee
Germany
Berlin
East Germany
al- Wed West Berlin
West Germany
Austria
Lestis Johnson
W. Lees and Sr
Wads
Federal Land Bank
Baker Brothers Funeral Home
Dora Johnson
Floy Alexander
Vernice Pence
Hardee Kerr
Lotus Johnson
Markieville
Thomas Jackson
Johnson
Lilly Creek Baptist Church
Edward Bolander
Fortville
Cecil P. Branch
Third St
St. John's Hospital
Joseph
Rachel Beck
George . Iraneh
City Water Plant
RVR
Brown and Butz Funeral Home
Gorman Pritchett
Peaktar Methodist Church
Chaeen
Memorial Park Cemetery
Georgiana Haney
Cora E. Griffee
Pende Wewe
John
Robert
Frank
Westfork
Ark
Maude Wyatt
Marion, C
Thurman
Fred Cooper
Wey
Laper
Donna Preston
Banks
Clarkston
Wash
Norman Vincent Peale
Gospel Trumpet Co
Wilson
Wibc 1070
Hodlona Kas
Durgan
Mein
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