Vaccine Output Changes Indicate Program Delay
Two U S senators warn that Russia may gain a temporary lead in intercontinental jet bombers highlighting fears over slowed military cuts. The antivaccine campaign faces new production rules as Parke Davis balks at standards. a watchdog panel will review methods across licensed firms and testing procedures.
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Senate
Russia
Eisenhower
Richard B. Russell
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Soviet Union
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Jackson
United States
Washington
Homer C. Fritsch
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Fritsch
U.S. Public Health Service
Public Health Service
E. N. Beesley
Eli Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
Rep. Klein
D-Ny
House Commerce Committee
California
Welfare Hobby
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Nixon
British Vote Today After Quiet Campaign
Britain heads to the polls after a calm three week campaign with weather forecasts predicting cloudy skies. Polls favored Conservative Prime Minister Eden though observers expect a close result with Labor leader Clement Attlee as a possible upset. Voters in 630 districts will determine the government as parties woo middle voters and defend existing policy stance.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
Eden
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Occupa
Austria
Italy
Memorial Day Closings and Ceremonies Outline Observance
Plans for the Memorial Day observance in Madison County include closures of local and federal offices and most businesses on Monday. A 9:30 a.m. ceremony at the courthouse square will honor all deceased service members with a naval service tribute at the 9th Street Bridge. The Women's Relief Corps leads services, Rev. Albert Byrne to speak, and 2,600 flags will be placed on graves by veterans groups.
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Courthouse Square
9Th Street
Memorial Day Committee
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United Spanish American War Veterans Post
Madison County
9Th Street Bridge
Women’s Relief Corps
Albert Byrne
Whetstone Congregational Church
Robbery Attempt Ends With 25 Cent Stop
In Louisville a would be bandit failed in a cafe holdup when 25 cents sparked the incident. Waitress Mary Cole 47 reported a young man asked to change a quarter and muttered a threat as he fled with a knife, leaving the coin behind. Manager W L Hall slept nearby and aided the alerting of authorities.
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Louisville
Mary Cole
Township Schools Set to Close Amid Transfers and Graduations
Anderson Township trustees announce closing activities and pupil transfers to ease crowding. Forest Hills Edgewood Franklin Roosevelt Lindberg commencements scheduled June 7 to 9 at Longfellow auditorium. Pupils from three Anderson schools will transfer to Highland School for one year until new Madison Avenue 57 classroom building opens in September 1956.
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Anderson Township
John A. Boone
Forest Hills
Longfellow
Edgewood
Longfellow School
Franklin and Roosevelt
Lindberg
Richland-Union Township
Highland
Anderson
Madison Avenue Road
Franklin School
Forts Hills
State Highway Director Quits in Indiana Shuffle
Indiana Governor Craig confirmed the resignation of Neil R. Godwin of Franklin as State Highway Commission chair. A successor will be named soon with Virgil Red Smith or Roscoe P. Freeman among candidates. Godwin cited health reasons. Smith would bring another Republican to the commission.
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Indianapolis
Neil R. Godwin
Franklin
State Highway Commission
Guv Craig
Godwin
Highway Department
Virgil Red Smith
Milan
Threeman Commission
Deane FE. Walker
Nabs Culver
Roscoe P. Freeman
Ralph F. Gates
Public Service Commission
State Board of Accounts
Smith
Commission
Craig
State Highway Department
Cloudy Skies With Moderate Afternoon Temperatures
Indiana expects partly cloudy skies and afternoon temperatures in the 70s after a chilly night. Gusty winds earlier gave way to a milder day with morning lows ranging from 45 in South Bend to 60 in Evansville as Indianapolis reported 53.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
South Bend
Lafayette
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Capehart Jenner Oppose Gore Highway Bill
Senators Capehart and Jenner of Indiana voted against the Gore highway bill late Wednesday. They pushed to recommit the measure but the Senate defeated the move. The bill then passed by voice vote.
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Capehart
Jenner
Washington (P
Capeshart
Indiana
Senate
End Of School Year Programs At Anderson High
Four hundred thirty seniors will complete their high school career during June 3 to 9 at Anderson High School. The week features a Junior Senior Prom June 3 in Linders Marine Room and Roof Gardens with Nancy Gentry crowned Prom Queen. A Moulin Rouge YMCA party June 6 precedes a senior talent show June 7 and a Senior Dinner Dance with Dr. Merrill McFall as after dinner speaker. Indiana University band led by Al Cobine will perform at the dance with a Noblesville Park picnic planned.
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Anderson High School
Linder
Marine Room
Nancy Gentry
YMCA
Linder’s
Merrill McFall
First Methodist Church
Bloomington
Indiana University
al Cobine
Noblesville Park
Neff Faces First Degree Murder Charge in Wife Fatality
Robert Lee Neff 31 a Frankton service station operator is indicted for first degree murder by the Madison County grand jury for the May 14 death of Vera Rosalie Neff 23. Evidence was presented by Sheriff Joe L Brordon coroner Fred Hiday and detective Filmore Davis. The body was found after Neff reportedly admitted killing his wife and fled. He is held in Madison County jail with arraignment and trial dates TBD by Circuit Court Judge Russell E Stewart.
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Robert Lee Neff
Frankton
Madison County
Grand Jury
Vera Rosalie Neff
Joe L. Brogdon
Fred Hiday
Filmore Davis
Ralph Page
Melvin Thornburg
Joseph H. Armington
Neff
Cincinnati
John Loser
Muncie
Circuit Court
Russell E. Stewart
Urban League Dinner Tonight Marks 29th Anniversary
About 250 people will gather at Linders Restaurant at 6 30 p m to observe the Ander son Urban League anniversary. Lt Comdr Dennis D Nelson USN Center San Diego will address Our National Trend Toward a Fully Integrated Society. A smorgasbord dinner invites public attendance. Reverend Kenneth Losh will give the invocation. Charles Greenwood will sing with piano accompaniment by Mrs Garretson.
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Linder
Anderson Urban League
Dennis D. Nelson
U.S. Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Kenneth Losh
First Baptist Church
Charles Greenwood
Ball State Teachers College
Sam Garretson
Thomas McMahan
USNR
Senate Committee Approves New Postal Pay Raise Bill
A Senate committee voted to approve a new postal pay raise measure offering about 8 percent average increases for roughly 500 000 postal workers. The bill, sponsor Sen Olin D Johnston, faced a party line clash with a Republican rival and may reach the Senate floor early next week. White House sentiment on the exact rate remained unsettled as Hagerty avoided specifics.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen
Olin D. Johnston
DSC
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Johnston
Carlson
White House
James C. Hagerty
Congress
Hagerty
Senate Approves Five Year Highway Plan Amid Clash With Eisenhower
The Senate passed a five year 18 billion dollar highway program by voice vote after rejecting President Eisenhower's 10 year plan. The Gore bill drew 60-31 opposition with 46 Democrats and 4 Republicans voting against a recommit. The measure heads to the House as Republicans aimed to block it.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Public Works Committee
Lincoln Club Sets Officers Election and Summer Plans
The Madison County Lincoln Club meets at 7:30 this evening in the Anderson City Court room to elect officers and map campaign help for Republican municipal campaigns in Anderson Elwood and Alexandria. William Chambers presides with Frank Swanfelt Robert Williamson and William Houchans as officers.
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Madison County
Lincoln Club
Anderson City
William Chambers
Anderson
Elwood
Alexandria
Chambers
Frank Swanfelt
Robert Williamson
William Houchans
Play Day At Bill Wilson Boys Club Launches Summer Activities
More than 200 boys joined the annual Play Day as the Bill Wilson Boys Club summer program began. A balloon release carried postcards with each club member’s badge number, and the farthest postcard sender may win a gift. Plans include club teams in City Park baseball and Auxiliary Police softball leagues, plus new leagues for members. Junior leaders for the summer are Joe Roberts, Bobby Schattner, Larry Merritt, Bill Enyeart, Charles Harding, Roy Ogburn, Larry Hamrickhouse, Rex Ogburn, Bill Couch, Jimmy Vaughn, Lee Quallo, Deryle Martin, Titus Henderson.
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Bill Wilson
John Graham
City Park
Auxiliary Police
Joe Roberts
Bobby Schattner
Larry Merritt
Bill Enyeart
Charles Harding
Roy Ogburn
Larry Hamrickhouse
Rex Ogburn
Bill Couch
Jimmy Vaughn
Lee Quallo
Deryle Martin
Titus Henderson
Wabash River Bridge Tolls Audit Voted In U S House
The House approved a resolution 205 to 166 directing the Government Accounting Office to audit toll records on the Wabash River bridge near New Harmony Indiana. Rep Denton cited three million in tolls over 14 years and $175,000 remaining on bonds as of now. The bridge, built in 1931, was taken over by the White County Bridge Commission in 1941 with talks under way to transfer ownership after debt retirement.
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Washington
House
Government Accounting Office
Wabash River
New Harmony
Ind
Winfield K. Denton
Evansville
Denton
White County
Ill
Commission
Congress
Indiana Highway
Indianapolis
Clippinger
Burke Named Navy Chief Over Carney In Surprise Move
President Eisenhower selected Rear Admiral Arleigh A Burke as chief of naval operations, passing over Admiral Robert B Carney who was linked to a war possibility discussion. Burke, 54, earned his nickname 31 Knot for WW II destroyer tactics while Carney remains a distinguished officer. The White House stated the timing was unrelated to any prior controversy and noted broader plans to refresh senior flag ranks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Robert B. Carney
Navy
Arleigh A
Burke
Naval Operations
White House
Carney
State Department
Navy Air Force
Pentagon
Secretary of the Navy
Charles S. Thomas
Thomas S. Gates
Senate
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
County IU Alumni Group Names Rex Fleener President
Rex D Fleener of Alexandria was named president of the Indiana University Club of Madison County at the Founders Day dinner held last night at Linder's He succeeds Russell Johnson who led the group for the past year William S Armstrong executive director of the Indiana University Foundation spoke on campus life and the annual Little 500 bicycle race to raise funds for special scholarships
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Russell Johnson
William S. Armstrong
Indiana University Foundation
IU Club
Madison County
Linder’s
Johnson
Herald
Rex D. Fleener
Alexandria
Indiana University Club
William S
Bill) Armstrong
Quartet Denies Staging Jewelry Heist At Tipton Store
Four adults held in Tipton County jail on suspicion of taking diamonds valued at 3199.50 from Foster Jewelry in Tipton. They entered the shop to repair a clock, two men and two women identified as married couples. A tray of diamonds was later found missing.
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Tipton
Paul Grimes
Foster Jewelry Company, Inc
Ray Cox
New Arrivals In Anderson and Vicinity
Birth notices from St. John’s Hospital list several newborns with parent names and addresses. Daughters born to Hahn Pierce Johnson Bunker Rush Boltes Morris Douglas Grigsby Goins and a son born to Goins in Anderson area with multiple Alexandria entries and street details.
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St. John’s Hospital
James Hahn
Shawnee Dr
Paul Pierce
W. 22Nd St
Donald Johnson
E. 7Th St
Richard Bunker
3Rd St
James Rush
Alexandria
Ronald Boltes
Central Ave
Jerry Morris
Harold Douglas
Elmer Grigsby
Ing*lls
Howard Goins
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Urban League
Bill Wilson Boys’ Club
Map
U.S
Navy High Command
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