Florida Primary Reveals 1956 Campaign Rifts
In Florida Kefauver attacks Stevenson while both campaign ahead of the Democratic primary. Stevenson warns of civil-military feuds as aviation topics surface. AV jetliner opinions frame Zurich showings as insiders view a TU104. The Steelworkers push a broad contract agenda ahead of a June 30 strike deadline.
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Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Florida
Kefauver
Army
Air Force
Switzerland
Howard H. Burris
San Antonio
Tex
Zurich
United Steelworkers
ASW
Afl-Cio
Flooded Indianapolis area driven to evacuations as rains flood county
Fifteen hundred Marion County families were displaced by rain swollen creeks and rivers. Mayor Phillip L. Bayt declared a flood emergency as 600 families left near Monument Circle and 400 in Sunshine Gardens. Salvation Army provided boats and 2,100 civil defense workers were mobilized. Many schools closed and emergency shelters opened as more rain was forecast ahead of the big 500 mile race.
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Marion County
Phillip L. Bayt
Indianapolis
Circle
Sunshine Gardens
Eagle Creek
Speedway
Eagledale
Technical High School
Weather Bureau
Crawfordsville
White River
Thundershowers Predicted For Anderson Area
The Indianapolis Weather Bureau forecast partly cloudy warm and humid weather with occasional thundershowers for Anderson and vicinity. Highs around 72 degrees were recorded yesterday after a low of 63. Statewide outlook calls for partly cloudy warm conditions with showers and highs 75 to 85.
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Indianapolis
Anderson
Drunk in Auto Charged After Red Signal Stop
Memphis report says motorist Bobby L. Wheeler, 26, stopped at a yard signal red light on Illinois Central tracks. Yardmaster W. N. Hamblin alerted police and sent men to flag two fast freights. Wheeler faces drunken in auto charge.
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Memphis
Tenn
W. N. Hamblin
Illinois Central Railroad
Bobby L. Wheeler
United States Not Adopting an Official National Language
An article notes the United States has no official national language with Congress once discussing a non English proposal but choosing to keep English. The piece then shifts to a Bulletin Herald classified ad example for a velour davenport and chair priced at 15 dollars and a testimonial about quick sales.
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United States
Continental Congress
Britain
Congressional
Bulletin- Herald
Herald Joins In All Star Game Baseball Poll
The Anderson Herald and Daily Bulletin join with Canadian and American outlets to run the All Star Game poll. Voting opens June 1 and closes June 22 at the local level with final tabulations due by June 26. Managers will be Casey Stengel for the American League and Walter Alston for the National League.
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Anderson Herald
Daily Bulletin
Ford Frick
New York City
Washington
Anderson
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Walter Alston
Brooklyn Dodgers
France and Morocco Ink Diplomacy Agreement in Paris
French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau and Moroccan counterpart Ahmed Balafrej signed a pact granting Morocco control over its diplomatic affairs while leaving unresolved the future status of U.S. air bases in the former protectorate. The accord preserves past French treaties in Morocco but signals growing interdependence between the two nations.
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Paris
France
Morocco
U.S
Christian Pineau
Ahmed Balafrej
Foreign Student at Anderson College Receives Duke Honor
Miss Nilah Meier, among 28 foreign students at Anderson College, earns a $1,200 graduate assistantship at Duke University for 1956-57 in romance languages. A Sao Paulo native, she will pursue a master's at Duke after her June 18 BA commencement in Spanish and English and may teach Spanish. She speaks Portuguese, German, and French and was named to Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities.
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Nilah Meier
Anderson College
Duke University
Miss Meier
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Duke
Meier
David
Church of God
President Disappointed Signs New Ag Measure
A fatal house fire in Alexandria claimed a six year old, Leweldon Gene Willoughby, with his brother Allen severely injured and the father burned rescuing them. The blaze started in a clothes closet, trapping the family upstairs as neighbors aided the escape. The fire and rescue details follow with later notes on the Second Chance farm bill and Eisenhower's signing amid disappointments over soil bank prepayment plans.
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Alexandria
St. John’s Hospital
Leweldon Gene Willoughby
Leon “Porter” Willoughby
W. Berry St
Allen
Rocky
Laney Pash
Dennis
Mr. Pash
Betty
Pash
Willoughby
California
Feils
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Leweldon
Herald
Park Superintendent Ousted and Transferred to Water Works
Democratic City Chairman Kenneth Fisher has been relieved of his duties as park superintendent and will start in the Municipal Water Works next week. Information from a usually reliable source states Mr. Fisher was informed of the ousting yesterday.
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Kenneth Fisher
Senators Face Roadblock in Highway Bill Debate
The Senate opened debate on a multibillion dollar highway bill and stalled over a proposed formula for distributing road funds. Senator Prescott Bush argued the plan was unfair and would hinder the 40,000 mile interstate system, while Senator Albert Gore defended it as fair and dismissed the House plan as inequitable.
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Senate
Prescott Bush
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
House
Three Hurt In Collision North Of Anderson
Three persons were seriously hurt in a auto-truck collision three miles north of Anderson at 5 30 p m Sunday. Rain blamed for the accident. A pickup and a passenger car were total losses. Injured were Clarence Winkle 59 Mary Winkle 55 and Jesse Skinner 40. They were taken to St Johns Hospital. Sheriff Joe Brogden and Deputy were on the scene.
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Anderson
St. John’s Hospital
Baker Brothers
Harold E. Rozelle
Clarence Winkle
Rt. 1
Alexandria
Mary Winkle
Jesse Skinner
E. 23
Chamber of Commerce plans statewide meeting attendance
Legislative committee members will attend the statewide Citizens meeting in Indianapolis on Wednesday June 6 at 12 noon. Guest speakers include Story Gange of Pacific Auto Company Visalia Calif and Therond Rice of the National Defense department U S Chamber of Commerce coordinator of the Hoover report program. Congressman Charles B Brown-
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Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee
YMCA
Indianapolis
Story Gange
Pacific Auto Company
Visalia
Calif
Therond Rice
National Defense Department
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Chamber
Hoover
Charles B. Brown
Stan Park Elected President of Local 663 UAW
Stan Park was elected president of Local 663 UAW. He succeeds Herman Stephens and has a long union record since 1937 including roles as zone committee man and bargaining committee chair. Other officers named are Paul Nunn vice president and Billy Conley recording secretary.
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Stan Park
UAW
UAW Cio
Herman Stephens
Park
Paul Nunn
Billy Conley
Eisenhower Nominates Seaton as Interior Secretary
President Eisenhower nominated Fred A. Seaton to be the next secretary of the interior, succeeding Douglas McKay who resigned to pursue the Oregon Senate seat. Senate committee leadership signaled quick action without formal hearings, while Seaton’s record as deputy and former Nebraska senator was cited as support.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Fred A. Seaton
Seaton
U.S
Nebraska
Douglas McKay
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
James FE. Murray
Murray
Congress
White House
Clarence A. Davis
Cabinet
UN Palestine peace officer to brief Security Council
Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns of Canada, head of the U N truce supervision force, arrived in New York to report to the Security Council on the Middle East. Israeli and Egyptian forces clashed near the El Auja demilitarized zone as Hammarskjold’s cease fire mission nears a council review.
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United Nations
N.Y
Palestine
Security Council
E. L. M. Burns
Canada
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
Jerusalem
Nehemia Brosh
el Auja
Nitzana
Egypt
Brosh
Council
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Hammarskjold
Israel
Syria
Lebanon
Jordan
Herald Departments Shortened Hours For Memorial Day
Most Herald departments close Wednesday for Memorial Day with editorial staff on duty only after 7 30 p m and 8 30 p m for society. Emergency news only accepted for Wednesday paper. Wednesday and Thursday issues to be delivered as usual.
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Herald
Society
The
Death claims Johnson family on Cumberland River bridge
In Harlan Kentucky on a railroad bridge a coal train knocked Maggie Johnson age 62 into the Cumberland River. The tragedy echoes a 1932 pattern when her mother was killed nearby by a freight train and her daughter Ollie age 15 drowned under the same span.
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Harlan
Johnson
Maggie Johnson
Cumberland River
Ollie
New Arrivals Born at St. John's Hospital
Several families report newborns at St. John s Hospital including a girl for Mr and Mrs Harry Overdorf of 201 Sycamore St a boy for Mr and Mrs Edward Campbell Rt 1 a girl for Mr and Mrs Carl Philegar 833 Chester St a girl for Mr and Mrs Richard Staga 2112 Manger Lane a boy for Mr and Mrs Richard Lightfoot 1816 Fairview St a girl for Mr and Mrs Frank Mowery 2613 Horton Dr a girl for Mr and Mrs George Montgormery 7521 Columbus Ave a girl for Mr and Mrs Raymond Thoms as 4513 St Charles St a girl for Mr and Mrs Ed Campbell Rt 1 a boy for the Marines Hanley of Muncie a boy born to Mr and Mrs Marshall Hanley with the maternal grandmother Mrs Edith Bowers of Anderson listed.
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St. John’s Hospital
Harry Overdorf
Sycamore St
Edward Campbell
Carl Philegar
Chester St
Richard Staga
Manger Lane
Richard Lightfoot
Fairview St
Frank Mowery
Horton Dr
George Montgomiery
Columbus Ave
Raymond Thomsas
St. Charles St
Ed Campbell
Rt. 1
O. N. Pheanis Jr
Harold E. Campbell
Main St
Marshall Hanley
Muncie
Hanley
Anderson
Edith Bowers
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City Water Department
Shadyside Park
Tempo Florida
Labor Negotiations
Associated Press
Monument
Salvation Army
Frank Mueller
United States—Steel
Bulletin and Herald
Dial
Miss Nilah Meier
Water Works
Opal Collins
Hammond
Ind
William Welicky
Don Oswalt
Joe Brogden
Depu
C. of C
Secretary of Interior
Sir Shae
U.N
Anderson and Vicinity
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