Wickard challenges Benson on Indiana farm aid figures
Wickard demands Benson prove benefits of the sail bank plan for Indiana and cites $10,133,392 spent in the state. He recalls Benson’s 1956 approval after opposing it in 1954 and 1955 and notes declines in farm price parity. The exchange follows Benson’s Lebanon speech critiquing Eisenhower era farming policy.
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Indianapolis
Claud R. Wick
Ecr
Taft Benson
Indiana
Wickard
Lebanon
Benson
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Truman
Sail Bank
Political clash over toll road dedication sparks protest
Indiana lawmaker Otto Pozgay of South Bend boycotted the dedication of a northern Indiana toll road interchange at U S 31 north of the city, criticizing the project as risky for traffic. In Evansville, Beltz High School faced a protest as a Black student spoke at a class event, while Chicago dispatches cover swift union actions in meat packing plants as strikes loom amid wage talks and union shop demands.
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South Bend
Otto Pozgay
U.S. 31
Evansville
Vansville
Beltz High School
Chicago
Wnions
Robert Woodard
Swift and Co
Habitantia
Reitz
Ned Vo.m
New York Bank
Swift
New York
United Packingers
Craig
Pargay
An Aiter
Man Dies Who Planned Burial 27 Years Ago
William Mellott dies at 9 after funeral plans begun in 1929. Coffin work started in 1929 and kept in his bedroom with obituary and service details. Funeral Sunday at Funeral Home with burial at Union Cemetery.
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Veedersburg
Ind
William J. Mellott
Mellott
Charles E. Fisher
Mellett
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Catn
Alvin
O'Konski
Lf Mercer
I O'Konski
Ney
Guy Walters
Fistera
Mellett's
Union
Governor’s Car License Number Report Raises Questions
A report cites an incident where a car with a starred license plate reportedly passed a school bus near Prairie Chapel church in Indiana. Governor Craige says his No 1 plate was never used. he uses a Marion County issued Cadillac plate. Law requires stopping for school buses. Putnamville police to investigate.
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Blvoumfield
India
Stice of the Peace
Wriday
Jack cd
Jetry Realty
Indianapolis
Craie
Marion County
Frank
Dean
Bloanfield
Wayne McIntosh
Prairie Chapel Church
Ind
Newberry
McIntosh
Indiana
State Partieo
Putnamville
Would-Be Bank Robber Gets 4 Years Probation
In Nashville Tennessee Vance D Stockman a 25 year old Indiana man pleaded guilty to attempted robbery of Farmers and Merchants Bank in White Bluff He received four years probation Stockman a clerk at Fort Campbell Ky testified he acted on impulse after a bad check he had given the cashier was traced to him His wife reportedly pressured him for purchases and witnesses noted the pay was largely spent by his wife but Stockman did not mention her in court
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Nashville
Tenn
Indiana
Here
Vance D. Stockman
Huntington
Ind
Ft. Campbell
Farmers and Merchants Bank
White Bluff
Stockman
Hoover Signals Renewal Of Egyptian Dam Aid
In a hush meeting with Egyptian Ambassador Ahmed Hussein, Undersecretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr. suggested the U S may reconsider financing the Aswani Dam if Nasser adopts a flexible stance on the Suez crisis. Hoover warned Egypt to avoid closing doors and stressed U S restraint as key to preventing broader conflict.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover Jr
Massachusutts Avenue
Hoover
Ahmed Hussein
U. S
Nasser
Middle East
Egypt
Uncle Sam
U.S
Suez
Hoover Lao
Congress
Joever
Tharethia Romean Nancas
United States
Hussein
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Armour and Co
Earl W. Jimerson
Patrick E. Gorman
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Ralph Heistein
G.R. Hathaway
UPWA
Gene Tracy
Kankakee, al
New York Central
Kankakee
Rochester
Fulton County
Andrew A. Gast
Akron
Studebaker
Studebakers
Packard
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
RUSS
Regenold Motors
Pendleton Avenue
Anderson
Tolle Motor CO
West Main Street
Elwood
Brazier & Rei Buy
G. E. Television
Schwistein
Exch
MEST
Goodzyear Service
Jackson
Iressed
Waliannia
L. A
Aswad
Eom
Hartford, Coon
Colt Manufacturing Co
William J. Quisly
Ste
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