Benson Denounces Import Curbs as Trade Barriers
Secretary Ezra T. Benson told Purdue delegates that import limits, not tariffs, form the major trade obstacles and decry world hunger as a moral issue. He said the U S will avoid a cutthroat race for markets and will not disrupt world markets. About 200 delegates from 20 countries attended the 10th annual World Farm Organization meeting, with dignitaries including the Duke and Duchess of Manchester of Kenya Colony.
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Lafayette
Ind
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
Purdue University
United States
World Farm Organization
Duke and Duchess of Manchester
Kenya
British East Africa
B. R. Sen
United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization
Dry Goods Market Steady as Mills Raise Cloth Prices
The cotton textile market in New York remained steady while wool goods were quiet. Mills boosted cloth prices due to higher raw wool costs as rayon acetate taffetas and nylon filament purchases for mid year periods were noted.
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New York
Bond Market Closes Lower Amid Broad Declines On Monday
The bond market ended the day lower in fairly active trading with industrials utilities and investment grade issues dropping. Rails were mixed while long term govies weakened and overall turnover remained thin with few bonds changing hands on the over the counter market. Corporate bonds on the Big Board rose to 4.53 million from 3.92 million last Friday.
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New York
U.S
Michael F Sexton Receives 1957 Lay Action Award
Indianapolis leader Michael F Sexton received the Catholic Lay Action Award from the Indiana State Council Knights of Columbus for his work with civic and patriotic groups.
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Indianapolis
Michael F Sexton
Monday
Indiana State Council of the Knights of Columbus
Shares Set High For Year
New York trading opened with a broad market push toward a 1957 high despite profit-taking. The Associated Press average rose 20 cents to 185.10, utilities led gains, rail and industrial sectors varied, and total volume neared 2.3 million on the NYSE while the American Exchange showed uneven results.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Associated Press
American Stock Exchange
Hogs Remain Steady as Market Reports Mixed Prices
Chicago market notes Monday demand strong for hogs with hogs and sows steady to firm. No. 1 to 3 190 to 225 pound hogs to 19.00. mixed grade sows 14.25 to 16.25. Cattle receipts 19,000. steers 5 cents higher, cows up to 25 cents. Lambs down 25 cents. 98 pound shorn lambs at 22.75. Salable hogs 8,500. lambs 1,000.
Supper Planned To Finance Purchase Of New Equipment
Chesterfield Boosters Club announces a chicken supper on Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Community Center to raise funds for new center equipment. The center, opened after last summer’s 125th anniversary project, has hosted Friday and Saturday dances with about 75 youths each night, supervised by two chaperone couples.
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Chesterfield
Chesterfield Boosters Club
Union Rejects Offer at Illinois Bell in 370 Communities
A union official said the proposed contract for Illinois Bell Telephone Co employees covering plant department craftsmen installers clerks and other workers in Illinois and Lake and Porter counties Indiana was rejected. The raise range was from 2.50 to 5 dollars for 12 188 workers.
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Chicago
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Illinois
Lake and Porter
Indiana
Highland High School Baccalaureate Honors 1957 Class
Sunday’s Baccalaureate at Highland High featured Rev H R Clark of Chesterfield Christian Church delivering the sermon. Organist Robert Minton led the processional, with Rev Kermit Pugh offering the invocation and benediction as the Highland Girls Glee Club sang Lift Thine Eyes and The Halls of Ivy. Class officers are Wayne Vogel president Donald Vanderluit vice president Wayne Weston secretary, with sponsors Donna Colvill and Thomas H Bradley.
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Highland High School
H. R. Clark
Chesterfield Christian Church
Robert Minton
Kermit Pugh
Bethany Christian Church
Ivy
Highland Girls’ Glee Club
Mr. Pugh
Sheila Armington
Haldon Ashton
Malcolm Barnes
Diana Brown
Dixie Browning
Jim Barnett
Loyneta Carlile
Janie Carter
Dale Cook
Jack DeHarity
Louise Edwards
Keith Fern
Larry Fricke
Helen Garrett
Donal Gilpatrick
Robert F. Harvey
Larry Hatfield
Robert Hines
Carolyn Hood
Jack Hoppes
Norman John
Donald Julian
Judy Keys
Donna Kreeger
Judy Lamber
Melinda Long
Francis Lucas
Carolyn Mabbitt
Linda Martin
Jim May
Dixie Montgomery
Joyce Mundell
Carol O’bryant
Norma Perkins
Douglas Pickering
Carol Reeder
Sue Richards
Kay Roberts
Mary Roland
Jayne Smith
Jack Stanley
Jim Teeters
Donald Vanderlust
Wayne Vogel
Wayne Weston
Mary White
Darrell Williams
Melvin Woods
Donald Vanderluit
Donna Colvill
Thomas H. Bradley
Herald
Hogs Advance in Indianapolis Market as Prices Rise
Animal market report from Indianapolis shows 15 cent gains across hog weight classes with many bids up 25 to 50 cents. Prices for No. 1 to 3 barrows and gilts range from 18.50 to 19.50, while 250 to 280 pound hogs push toward 18.25. Cattle and calf prices also lift, with steers 20 to 23.50 and cows 13 to 16, while spring lambs weaken slightly. Atomic tests at test site delayed again due to jet stream winds exceeding 150 mph in upper atmosphere.
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Indianapolis
Spl
Multiple Auction Sales Announced For May and June in Indiana
A long list of auction events scheduled across Indiana venues including New Castle Alexandria and Muncie outlines sales of grocery stock and fixtures real estate household goods and farm items. Auctions led by bidders Egg M Hood Elbert Frazee H D Kirk and others cover May 22 through June 11 at locations such as 117 Madison Ave Egg M Hood 1227 South 18th St New Castle and 413 W Sth St Alexandria with times 1 PM 7 PM or 10 AM and various Saturdays and Mondays.
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Margaret Yale
Madison Ave
Egg M. Hood
William Earl Stigall
South 18Th St
New Castle
Elbert Frazee
Hillside Nursery
Anderson Sale Barn
H. D. Kirk
Frix Furniture Company
West Washington St
Alexandria
Ind
W. W. Byrne
Josephine Sullivan
South 21St St
Lawrence R. Gaither
W. Sth
Dorothy E. Hooper
E. 37Th Street
Bill Petty
Gerald P. Shine
Commissioer
E. Egg M. Hood
Arthur Hudson
Vivian P. Henry
Dorothy H. Tittle
Arkleville
Elbert .H. Whelchel
Muncie Livestock Market Prices and Honors
Hogs moved 25 to 3 cents higher with various weight brackets quoted for choice and rough hogs. Cattle ranges show prime steers at 22 to 25 dollars, up to cows and bulls, with calves and lambs also listed. John F. Pettibone of Muncie named as an alternate for a San Miguel de Allende scholarship competition.
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John F. Pettibone
San Miguel de Allende
Mexico
Madison County Board of Review to Meet June 3 1957
The Madison County Board of Review will convene at 1000 A.M. on June 3 1957 to review the assessment and valuations of real and personal property in Madison County for taxation. Dated Anderson Indiana May 9 1957. Jesse S. Biddle Auditor Madison County.
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Madison County Board OF Review
Bids Sought for Boiler Feed Water System at Anderson Light Plant
The Board of Public Works of Anderson Indiana invites sealed bids for labor only to install a boiler feed water system at the Municipal Light Plant. Bids due May 29 1957 by 7 30 PM CDT. Each bid requires a 10 percent certified check or surety bond and non collusion affidavits.
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Board of Public Works
Anderson
Indiana
C.D.T
City of
State Board of Accounts
State of
East Eighth Street
Willis Winkler
Grain Futures Rise Amid Weather Boost and Export News
Grain futures across wheat corn and soybeans climbed on the Board of Trade as weekend rain in the Southwest and Midwest lifted sentiment. May contracts advanced with weather supporting gains and export activity drawing fresh demand from Israel and Spain while distant soybean contracts fell on shifting crop intentions.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Oklahoma
Israel
U.S
Spain
Death Penalty May Be Sought In Slaying Case
Evansville prosecutor says Augustus Watson will face the death penalty for the 1954 murder of his mother Mrs Pearl Hard. Watson confessed killing and dismembering her. Human bones were found buried near a Crawfordsville farmhouse and officers will collect fingerprints for ID.
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Evansville
Ind
Augustus
Clifford) Watson
Paul Wever
Pearl Hardage
Watson
Crawfordsville
George Hansch
Trapped Miner Found Dead After Long Search
LYKENS Pa David Snyder 34 a coal miner was found dead Monday night deep in a central Pennsylvania mine near here He had been trapped 400 feet below the surface since Friday A five man search team found the body after continuous work since Friday afternoon Dr Samuel E Herrold deputy coroner said death was by suffocation but time of death was not determined.
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Lykens
David Snyder
Pennsylvania
Here
Samuel E. Herrold
Herrold
Snyder
Judge Orders Prison Term for Former U S Tax Chief Nunan
A federal judge in New York ordered Joseph D. Nunan Jr former U S top tax collector to begin a five year sentence for income tax evasion despite his lawyers urging suspension due to illness supported by medical affidavits. The report notes Eisenhower once coached the Third Corps army football team.
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New York
U.S
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Nunan
Tax Return Rise Seen as Justification for Early Tax Cut
Congressional tax experts expect a Joint Committee on Internal Revenue report to show higher 1958 revenues than Eisenhower forecast, possibly prompting an early tax cut push. The draft also signals spending may exceed budget estimates, complicating the effort.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue
House
Supreme Court Limits Deportation Case Over Communist Ties
The Supreme Court ruled the Justice Department cannot ban Communist activity by a deportable alien under six months’ supervision. The decision, affirming a St. Louis case, narrows the scope of government authority while citing possible need for further action in related rulings.
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Supreme Court
Justice Department
U. S. District Court
Antonia Sentner
St. Louis
Burton and
Clark
Congress
Burton
Sentner
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Lewis D. Barton
Immigration
United States
Memphis State College
Tennessee Board of Education
U. S. Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Memphis
Court of Appeals
State Board
Memphis State
Mystery Of Missing Purchasing Orders Solved
INDIANAPOLIS UP The State Accounts Board ruled that 1105 missing purchase orders in the office of purchasing director Clarence T Drayer were never received from printers due to a printing error No payments were made on the missing numbers Governor Handley ordered state police guards at the Statehouse after the initial report by Drayer
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Indianapolis
Clarence T. Drayer
State Accounts Board
Drayer
Handley
Statehouse
Tennant Elected President of Rotary International
Charles G. Tennant a horticulturist from Asheville North Carolina was elected president of Rotary International in Lucerne Switzerland on Tuesday.
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Rotary Internation
Bulganin proposes French Soviet talks on disarmament
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin proposes bilateral French Soviet talks on disarmament and other international issues in a personal note to French Prime Minister Guy Mollet. He warns France against atomic arms bases while noting Egypt's canal plan as a basis for settlement and urges non aggression pacts.
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Nikolai Bulganin
Guy Mollet
France
Russia
Bulganin
Mollet
Middle East
Egypt
Suez Canal
Suez
United Nations Security Council
Security Council
U.N
Europe
NATO
Chrysler to Pay Instead of Vacations to 102000 Workers
Chrysler Corp will pay 19.6 million dollars in lieu of vacation time for 102000 hourly workers across Indiana California Ohio Delaware Louisiana Georgia Kansas and Michigan. The UAW contract calls for cash rather than paid time off with a maximum 120 hours for those with 15 years seniority and a minimum 40 hours for those with at least one year.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
United Auto Workers
Indiana
California
Ohio
Delaware
Louisiana
Georgia
Kansas
Michigan
Warships to use Suez Port Said transit to Red Sea
A U S consulate says a group of U S warships will arrive Wednesday to transit the Suez Canal en route to the Red Sea. The units include two destroyers a supply ship and a troop transport marking the first U S passage since the British French invasion last November.
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Suez
Said
Egypt
U.S
Suez Canal
Red Sea
Formosa Death Court Martial Underway in Peeping Tom Case
U S Army master sergeant Robert G Reynolds pleaded innocent to voluntary manslaughter in a Formosa court martial over the shooting of Liu Chi jan a 33 year old Chinese man at Reynolds home after allegedly peeping at Mrs Reynolds on March 20 The five hour opening session drew 150 Chinese and American onlookers including Liu s widow and child The case carries political weight amid negotiations for a status of forces agreement and possible Chinese pressure to extend legal jurisdiction over American servicemen on Formosa The defense contends self defense citing Reynolds prior confession as evidence and highlights a maid s testimony about the seconds between shots The trial marks the first Army court martial opened to Chinese spectators here
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Taipei
Formosa
Robert G. Reynolds
Colora
Charles Steele
Okmulgee
Okla
Reynolds
Liu Chi-jan
U.S
Liu
Yao Li-mai
Mother of 14 foiled in bold bank holdup attempt
In Richmondville New York a stocky 50 year old woman Leona Williams aimed to rob the Bank of Richmondville after delivering a note for a bag of money. Her 47 year old accomplice Floyd Miller fled and later killed himself when police closed in. Miller and Williams had planned the robbery to fund a trip, with Williams living as a house keeper for Miller.
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Richmondville
N.Y
Leona Williams
Clapper Hollow
Bank of
Chaurtey H. Winters
Clinton State Prison
Williams
Miller
Graham Seeks TV Religious Extravaganza
Evangelist Billy Graham said he would like a national religious television extravaganza with Fred Waring's glee club and Roy Rogers discussing spiritual matters but acknowledged his associates disagree. He will stick to the evangelistic format for four Saturday night broadcasts from Madison Square Garden starting June 1, competing with Perry Como and Jackie Gleason.
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New York
Billy Graham
Fred Waring
Glee Club
Roy Rogers
Graham
Lord
Perry Como
Jackie Gleason
Madison Square Garden
Mama Bear Dies After Cubs Escape in Brooklyn Zoo
Two cubs escaped the Prospect Park Zoo enclosure in Brooklyn. Patrolman Alfred Johnson and officers recaptured the cubs, but the mama bear collapsed and died afterward from a heart attack.
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New York
Prospect Park Zoo
Brooklyn
Alfred Johnson
Mama
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