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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1956
Page
1
Consumers anticipate higher prices next fall for autos shoes and men's and boys' suits due to rising construction costs wage hikes and steel pricing. Merchants note markdowns will persist yet many buyers chase new styles and models. Russian plans to win markets raise economic warfare concerns amid global production and export efforts.
John D Pennington, superintendent of the Pennsylvania State Institution for defective delinquents at Huntingdon formerly the Huntingdon Reformatory, received the state prison society’s annual award for distinguished service in penology. He has led the institution since 1936 and was praised for 21 years of leadership shaping behavioral concepts and social control.
East Indonesia army command said it crushed Darul Islam rebels in South Celebes inland with air and ground operations begun on April 26. The government previously failed to destroy the main force of about 2,000 rebels in the Celebes.
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Washington man W Frank Coe told investigating senators I was never a spy He refused to say if he was a Communist Coe served in the Treasury and the International Monetary Fund under Harry Dexter White linked to alleged espionage for the Soviet Union He previously invoked the Fifth Amendment denying questions about spying and political beliefs He urged the committee to present evidence he passed government secrets White a former Treasury official died in 1948 after denying he was a Communist or had spied for the Soviets Attorney General Brownell had labeled White a Soviet spy.
Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher urged the Church of England to oppose any outright ban on marrying a divorced person whose former spouse is alive. He advised resolutions to express disapproval and warned Parliament could challenge the state church if such a ban exceeded civil law. Some clergy value liberty under civil law to remarry.
President Soekarno of Indonesia arrives for a full-dress reception and White House meeting with President Eisenhower after landing for a state visit. He receives the golden key and will address Congress on a two week trip as a neutral Moslem leader amid Cold War wooing by China and the Soviet Union.
U S deputy defense secretary Reuben B Robertson Jr challenged Russia s assertion that it will trim its armed forces by 1 200 000 men saying such statements are figure juggling He noted Moscow made similar claims before without altering military strength during an inspection tour at NAHA Okinawa Read The Gazette Classified Ads.
In Sidney Nebraska and Bunker Hill precincts only five votes were cast yesterday in the Cheyenne County primary. Election judges two Republicans and three Democrats reported no outside voters. The outlying precinct usually records about 25 votes.
New York state Supreme Court Justice Walter A. Lynch upheld the lifetime suspension imposed by the Amateur Athletic Union on Wes Santee the premier American miler. He criticized AAU officials saying Santee eliminated himself as an amateur athlete but not without an assist from guards of amateur athletics. Santee a 4 00.5 mile record holder for a US athlete and Marine Corps officer was suspended February 19 for allegedly accepting money beyond allowable expenses to compete in certain meets.
Atlantic City report says David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, expects the union to raise about three million dollars for political purposes this year. He cites more than half a million from ILGWU members and forecasts major party spending reaching thirty million in the presidential campaign.
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