Memorial Day Plans Completed by Local Vets
Memorial Day Committee and 12 veteran groups met to finalize observances to honor veterans. Rev. R. N. Raycroft will speak at the courthouse lawn Friday morning with services to follow at the 8th Street Bridge. Officers were reelected for 1958-59. 22 members attended.
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VEW
W. 8Th St
Zula Clem
George R. Graham
Aubey Johnston
Farrell Wilson
Harry Hedges
Herald
Anderson Me
VFW
W. Sth
Fed St
R. N. Raycroft
Goodwin Memorial Nazarene Church
Courthouse Lawn
Courthhouse
the &Th Street Bridge
Memorial Day Organization
Women's Relief Corps
8Th Street
USAW
Attention Grabs Change How People Listen Says Professor
Detroit based Dr C Carroll Hollis of the University of Detroit notes attention declines without interesting content. He says most listeners care about self preservation eating and romance and only retain a fraction of what is said over time.
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Detroit
C. Carroll Hollis
University of Detroit
Hollis
Deadline for Memorial Day In Memoriam Ads
Memorial Day edition ads must be submitted by May 28. Subscribers publish messages in memory of loved ones, arranged as a cross on the Memorial Day Page or under In Memoriam in Classifieds. The Classified Advertising Department emphasizes this annual custom and urges timely submission.
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Classified Advertising Department
Beirut Bomb Kills 11 in Terrorist Blast
A powerful time bomb planted by anti-government terrorists exploded on a crowded Beirut streetcar. Eleven people died and 15 were injured, with many victims losing limbs. The attack coincided with a government crisis as ministers threatened resignation over President Chamoun and efforts to delay UN Security Council action on Lebanon.
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Lebanon
UPI
Camille Chamoun
United Nations Security Council
United Arab Republic
Security Council
Arab League
UAR
Charles Malik
New York
Tripoli
U.N
Gamal Abdel Nasser
13 Year Old Slayton To Be Tried For Rifle Slaying
EVanovia Indiana district attorney Paul Wever said 13 year old James Slayton will be tried for first degree murder in the rifle slaying of his 2 year old brother on May 8. The boy may be hospitalized if found mentally deficient, with a possible lesser charge and suspended sentence if deemed mentally competent.
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Slayton
Erskine’s Snappy Two Hitter Tops Stritch 2–1
Erskine hurled a two hitter for a 2–1 Philadelphia loss to the Dodgers. Don Zimmerman doubled in Gil Hodges and Gino Cimoli for the Dodgers in the fourth. Robin Roberts took the loss despite six hits allowed. Hamner injured his knee on a double play attempt.
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Stritch
Philadelphia
Chuck Essegian
Willem Jones
Phils
Robin Roberts
Hiladelphia
Ander
Carl Erskine
Los Angeles Dodgers
Philadelhia Phillies
Dodgers
Don Zimph ‘Mer
Gil Hodges
Gino Cimoli
Grant Hamner
Truce Chief Shot Dead in Jerusalem Jordan Clash
In Jerusalem on Mount Scopus a Canadian chief of the Israeli Jordanian Mixed Armistice Commission was shot and killed while attempting to rescue two wounded Israeli policemen amid cross border fire. The incident marked a rare UN official death in the ongoing Palestine turmoil.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Mixed Armistice Commission
George Flint
Mt. Scopus
Palestine
U.N
Folke-Berna
Paddock Named State Officer and County Bid Awards
State officer Clitton B. Paddock has been named secretary treasurer of the Indian bounty commissioners organization and will meet monthly with the state group to coordinate county activities. The county accepted Hunter Motor Company bids for two heavy duty dump trucks at 9169. GMC bid 9192. Dodge 9450. Fred Welker Ford 9763.96. Cox Chevrolet Pendleton won a pickup bid 1596.80, with Hunter bid 1714.90 and Fred Welker Ford 1757.67. The pickup cost will be about 100 more due to a misinterpretation of the traded-in model.
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Clitton_B. Paddock
Stadison ‘County
Sioner
Indian Bounty Commissioners Organion
Hunter Motor Company
GMC
Dodge
Fred Welker Ford
Cox Chevrolet
Pendleton
Hunter Motor
Fred Welker
Ford
Cox
Joseph Armington
Ike Starts Flow Of Atomic Power In Pennsylvania
President Eisenhower and dignitaries dedicated Shippingport, the first full scale nuclear power station for peaceful use in the United States. Through remote control, a valve was opened to send power to the Duquesne Light grid, marking a milestone in peacetime atomic energy and underscoring faith in future scientific progress.
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Ike
Pennsylvania
Eisenhower
United States
Shippingport
Washington
Duquesne Light Co
President Eisenhower
America
Pastors Swap Pulpits Across Indiana Conference
Seven years as pastor of Noble Street Methodist Church in Anderson ends as North Indiana Methodist Conference closes in Warsaw. He moves to First Methodist Church Wa bash after serving at Royal Center Delphi Hyde Park Hammond South Bend Grace Logansport. A leader in church efforts and historical society work, he chaired the Anderson Ministerial Association. About $200000 was spent on Noble Street improvements including the new educational plant dedicated this year. He will preach his first sermon.
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Tye Ney
Wuwury
Way
Noble Street
Anderson
North Indiana
Warsaw
First Methodist Church
Wabash
Greencastle
Indiana Methodist
Royal Center
Delphi
Hyde Park
Hammond
South Bend
Grace Church
Logansport
Anderson Ministerial Association
Noblestreet Methodist Church
Unknown Servicemen From World War II Korea Return for Honor
On the USS Canberra two unknown World War II servicemen and one from Korea were chosen for burial in Arlington. The third unknown was buried at sea 33 miles east of Cape Henry as the crew watched bronze caskets on deck and heard Chopin funeral music during the transfer and ceremony.
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Canberra
Korea
Arlington National Cemetery
Potomac River
Washington, D.C
Pacific
Cape Henry
Virginia
Boston
Chopin
Navy
Army
Air Force
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Delco Remy Hosts Merchants Wives Dinner
Delco Remy hosts a dinner in Plant One cafeteria for Anderson Retail Merchants and their wives as part of GM’s Fiftieth Anniversary observances. Speaker Rus sell Hulse discusses employee relations programs and Charles Hardy outlines the history of local Delco Remy plants. The program begins at 6 30 p.m.
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DelcoRemy
Anderson
Delco-Remy
General Motors
Russell Hulse
Charles F. Hardy
Hulse
Hardy
General Motors Corporation
Eisenhower asks Congress extend corporate excise taxes
President Eisenhower urged Democratic leaders in Congress to extend the corporate and excise tax rates set to drop July 1, saying no income tax cuts now. House Ways and Means members planned fast action, with a vote possible by Thursday or Friday. Treasury and White House officials stressed no current intention for further tax reductions this session.
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Vincent J. Burke Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Congress
and Means
House
Rayburn
Richard M. Nixon
White House
James C. Hagerty
Treasury
Hagerty
Senate
Robert B. Anderson
Anderson
Defucate
Nixon
De Gaulle's Paris Mystery Trip Shapes Crisis Days
Charles de Gaulle sped from his village to Paris on a suspenseful mission. Insurgents predicted Pflimlin’s government would falter without police guard at Matignon Palace. In Algiers Gaullists hinted De Gaulle could rise to power with little force as 17 Mediterranean ships joined NATO maneuvers under Adm. Aboyneau. In Paris, the Communist led CGT called a general strike for Tuesday.
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Paris
Algeria
Pflimlin
Matignon
de Gaulle
Charenton
Algiers
NATO
Malta
Adm
Philippe Aboyneau
Gaullists
General Confederation of Labor
Pioneer banker Fred F. Barr dies at 89 in Anderson
Fred F. Barr 89 a longtime bank employee and official and native Anderson pioneer died yesterday at 8 15 am in St John s Hospital. He was born November 28 1868 on Meridian Street and lived there most of his life. Funeral services will be at 9 am Wednesday in St Mary s Catholic Church with Rev John Reddington officiating. The body rests at Brown and Butz Funeral Home after 2 pm today with Rosary at 8 pm.
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F. Barr
Peart St
Anderson
St. John’s Hospital
Brown and Butz
St. Mary's Catholic Church
John Reddington
Barr
Meridian St
Mr. Barr
N. Meridian St
6Th
7Th Sts
Seventh Street
Main Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Board of Works Advances Sewer Repairs and Roadwork
At a regular meeting the Board of Public Works reported slow progress on repairs in a sewer cavern near W 2th and Delaware St with completion expected within a week. Meadowbrook street work on Andover Rd was noted as progressing. a 38th St Madison Ave water line replacement was authorized at 1 480 with a 2 inch line. the new 500 000 water storage tank on W 8th St Rd nears completion. and purchase of valves from May apply Co. for 329 17 was approved on superintendent Gene rrall’s recommendation.
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W. 2Th
Delaware St
Anderson Board of Public Works
Andover Rd
Meadowbrook
D. Jones
38Th St
Madison Ave
Jones
W. 8Th St
Gene ‘Rall
Steam
May Apply Co
New Arrivals Born at St Johns Hospital
New babies reported for multiple couples with births at St Johns Hospital. Names and addresses of parents including Hall Edmond Hendrix Kendall Wood Steph ens Wilhoite Bennett Fuller Short Ferguson Mills Warner Mowrey Hauck Brown and others. One girl and several boys announced.
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St. John’s Hospital
George Hall
Ju Sith
Robert Edmondon
Larry Hendrix
Summitville
Norman Kendall
Withur Wood
William Stephens
Chesterfield
Jimmy Wilhoite
Burton PL
Monroe Warner
Locust St
Theodore Mowrey
Daleville
George Hauck
Middletown
Thomas Brown
16Th St
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