Picture Maker Killed In Indochina
Robert Capa, famed Hungarian born photographer for Life Magazine, was killed by a Vietminh land mine near Phuly, 30 miles south of Hanoi while covering the Indochina war. Mecklin was uninjured. Capa had joined Life staff two weeks earlier.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Robert Capa
Phuly
Capa
Budapest
Life Magazine
Paris
Life
Phaly
John Mecklin
Time Magazine
Mecklin
U.S
Andrei
Helicopters Speed Moving Of Wounded In Laos Airlift
In Luang Prabang Laos helicopters and small planes shuttle wounded from Dien Bien Phu every 20 to 30 minutes as Vietminh workers clear bomb holes. French demining enables Dakota transports to land and speed evacuation. by Tuesday two thirds of the 1858 wounded released by rebels had been moved, with a record 150 airlifted Monday.
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Luang Prabang
Indochina
Laos
Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh
Foundations Inquiry Course Splits House Panel Over Foundations
A sharp party split on a House special committee emerged during a tax exempt foundations probe. Republicans backed continuing Aaron M. Sargent’s public testimony while Democrats decried it. Sargent, head of Fund for American Leadership, testified foundations favored the New Deal era and some supported Fabian socialism. He cited Ford Foundation funding refusals and linked Manion’s ouster to anti administration speeches. The session was marked by clashes over procedural rules and past absences.
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Washington
House
Rep
Hays
Ohio
Aaron M. Sargent
San Francisco
Sargent
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Committee
Fabian Society
London
England
New Deal
Fund For American Leadership, Inc
California
Ford Foundation
Clarence E. Manion
Law School
Notre Dame University
Eisenhower
Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Manion
Bricker
Col
Robert K. Mc
Cormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Reece
R - Tenn
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Gracie Prost
Didaho
Wolcott
Permit Lacking By Arms Ship
Havana reports the Swedish ship Alphen, leased to a British company, carried arms from Poland to Guatemala without permission. The Swedish mission informed Cuba's Foreign Ministry, and Swedish owners seek lease cancellation due to the shipment.
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Havana
Cuba
Foreign Ministry
Poland
Guatemala
Miguel Angel Campa
Bank Robbery in Paducah Takes $26000, Two Suspects Sought
In Paducah Kentucky two men with a sawed off shotgun robbed the West Kind Branch of the Paducah Peoples National Bank and Trust Co taking $26000. They forced manager B B Murphy and clerk Dorothy Bundy into a back room for five minutes before fleeing in a stolen car abandoned behind an apartment building. A witness named Densel Alzey reported seeing the bandits headed toward Highway 60 toward Wickliffe and Cairo Illinois as state police set up road blocks near Paducah and at an Ohio River bridge into Metropolis Illinois.
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Paducah
Paducah Peoples National Bank and Trust Co
B. B. Murphy
Dorothy Bundy
Densel Alzey
Alzey
Wickliffe
Cairo
Ohio River
Metropolis
IIL
Short To Teach In Summitville Named Vocational Director
Dale Prough announces Milton R. Short of Lynn as vocational director of Summitville Schools succeeding Richard Andrews who resigned to become a farmer. Short, 26, a Purdue University graduate, previously worked with the federal soil conservation department.
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Dale Prough
Milton R. Short
Lynn
Summitville
Richard Andrews
Mr. Short
Purdue University
Federal Soil Conservation Department
Courthouse Filings Include Divorces and Damages Complaints
Courthouse notices list multiple actions including Adam J. Fink versus Richard F. Newby for damages and Peterson Lumber and Coal Company against Dorothy Huffman on account. Also shows Naomi Hancock versus Burl Hancock and John R Walsh with Katherine Groos versus Carl Groos for divorce support and restraining orders.
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Adam J. Fink
Richard F. Newby
John R. Walsh
K. Denton Wilbur
F. Cassell
Peterson Lumber and Coal Company
Dorothy Huffman
Ralph Matfinolw
Neva Glen Walters
Henry D. Waters
Kelley
Arnold
Naomi Hancock
Burl E. Hancock
Katherine Groos
Carl Groos
Divorce and mortgage suits from Marion County docket
A batch of civil cases shows multiple divorce actions dismissed for want of prosecution. Several property and money claims are listed as dismissed on motions or due to plaintiff actions. The docket includes Edna Gosnell’s findings for divorce and a series of divorce dismissals involving parties such as Wheelwright, Hall, Hahn, Higgs, Snider, Watson, and Bennett, plus mortgage and subcontractor disputes dismissed.
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Washiner Realty Company Inc
George Martin
Louise Martin
Mortage
Harreld Brothers Inc
van Buren Township
Indiana
Michigan Surety Company
Marion Landes
Robert M Epstein
Edna Gosnell
David Gosnell
William Lutton
Frances E. Lutton
Richard A. Wilson
Carl McCord
Agnes McCord
Superior Court
Barbara Louise Clem
Roy Gene Clem
Martha Lou Wheelwright
James D. Wheelwright
Louise Ruth Hall
Howard J. Hall
Frances Hahn
Hillard Hahn
Madeline Higgs
Bethel Higgs
Fairy Joan Snider
Lawrence Snider
Nettie Watson
Robert J Watson
Glenna Jean Bennett
George J. Bennett
Divorce actions dismissed for want of prosecution
The list shows multiple divorce actions and related cases dismissed for want of prosecution. Names include John D. Douglas and Marjorie Marie Douglas, Eva C. Hedrick and Russell Lee Hedrick, Joann Buck, Gertrude Scott, Virginia I. Sells, Ervin O. Morris, Josephine Davis, and Vern O. Horton, with various dismissals noted.
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John D. Douglas
Marjorie Marie Douglas
Eva C. Hedrick
Russell Lee Hedrick
John F. Buck
Ralph Mattingly
Joann Buck
Gertrude Scott
Holly Scott
Virginia I. Sells
Robert Sells
Ervin O. Morris
Evalyn L Morris
Josephine Davis
Robert Davis
Vern O. Horton
Ruby Horton
Michael Pilipiak charged with murder in shooting case
Gary Indiana town marshal filed a first degree murder complaint against Michael Pilipiak, 67, who critically wounded himself after a shooting that killed his stepdaughter Irene Maddock, 33, in New Chicago.
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Gary, Ind
Michael Pilipiak
Irene Maddock
Paul Wolek
New Chicago
Identity Of Air Victim Revealed
The Air Force identified Staff Sgt. C. E Cross of Wesco Missouri as one of two victims in a C46 crash on a hilltop near San Antonio Texas. Lt. Col. Ralph L. Strean Jr an Indianapolis reservist was named the other dead. Cross served at the 2466th Air Force Reserve Training Center Atterbury Air Force Base near Columbus. The plane was returning to Atterbury from Riverside California. Two others were injured.
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Columbus
Ind
Air Force
C. E Cross
Wesco
San Antonio
Tex
Ralph L. Strean Jr
Indianapolis
Cross
2466Th Air Force Reserve
Atterbury Air Force Base
Atterbury
Riverside
Calif
Burglary and Robbery Ins. Call Joe O'Neill
Insurance call for burglary and robbery incidents lists contact Joe O'Neill and phone extension 6143 for reporting and assistance.
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Joe O'Neill
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Time
John Her Lshey
Spain
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Asia
J. Rehm
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Anderson
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Jack Ruegger
Long Island Agriculture School
New York
Blue Sunoco
Sunoco
Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation
Sun
Sun Oil Company
Mon
NBC
Bourne
Phiene
Short
Circuit Court
Baker’s How
Variety
Broadway
Arrow
U. S
Jackson
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