07 Jun 1956
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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1956
Page
1
An Indian a article discusses defining political activities for municipal workers. Richard Christopherson argues for clear distinctions between partisan and issue based actions. Separate rules for bonding campaigns and work hours are proposed to avoid disenfranchising employees.
Funeral services for Thayren Patton will be held Saturday at 10 am at Russell and Hitch funeral home. Rev Arthur Korteling will officiate. Burial will be Indiana Creek cemetery south of Crawfordsville. Friends may call after 7 pm at the funeral home.
Congress faced a tense fight as leaders pressed reluctant House members to restore aid funding cut by Eisenhower. Key figures like Rayburn and Marti led a bipartisan push, arguing for restoring roughly thirty million to bolster foreign assistance, amid wary support from some rank-and-file members.
UN Maj Gen Robert Gard said the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission faced a deadlock over temporarily pulling truce teams from North and South Korea. He stated the UN Command still views the armistice as in force and will continue dispatching reports on troop and arm movements. North Korean Maj Gen Chung Keuk Rok called the Allied move a threat to peace in Asia.
Retired Admiral Charles Turner Joy, 61, who led the UN truce team during tense armistice talks in Korea, died Wednesday in a San Diego naval hospital after a four year battle with leukemia. Born in St Louis, he graduated from the Naval Academy and retired in 1954 after 40 years of service, living later in La Jolla.
A man who began as an insistence and shifted to selling hats now runs a countywide chain of hat shops, expanding from a single storefront to multiple locations as demand grows across the region.
Frank Parker, veteran of the Arthur Godfrey show, plans to quit as his contract ends next month. Reports say Parker seeks better terms and a larger pay rate while Godfrey’s stars await future engagements.
The Rev Arthur Wenner of Thorntown Nazarene church announces that Mr and Mrs Brice Robertson will be at the church Friday and Saturday evenings and at both morning and evening services on Sunday. They will present a special music program featuring singing at each service.
An arbitration ruling by an agreed arbiter found that the New York Central schedule forcing five day staggered work weeks violated contract terms. Union workers across New York Ohio Michigan Syracuse Rochester Buffalo Cleveland Detroit and Hammond Ind walked out in protest before a temporary restraining order was issued. The dispute remains unsettled as parties agreed to arbitration.
William Evans, a June graduate from Indiana University, was initially omitted from the list in the Reporter. He will obtain a B.S. degree in business with a major in production management and plans to work as an industrial engineer in Baltimore for Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carney Evans of 150 Tripps Avenue.
A preliminary hearing is set in Indiana regarding an R E M C case. The Public Service Commission involvement centers on preventing improper annexation of state rulings and addressing suburban power supply concerns.
The State Department prepared a version of Khrushchev's denunciation of the dead dictator for Communist party leaders abroad. It notes potential topics such as China Iran Turkey and Western security arrangements including the Atlantic Alliance and the Marshall Plan. Continued on Page 4.
The Army announced it will discharge 176 008 female reservists and transfer 560 000 others to the standby reserve. The wholesale action aims to trim WWI and Korean veterans, with the process beginning in July and lasting several months to ready personnel for potential mobilization.
San Francisco reports early results from California with Stevenson leading Kefauver and Eisenhower ahead in Republican totals. Nearly complete precinct returns show Stevenson at 1,041,303 and Kefauver at 626,030 among Democrats, while Eisenhower tops Republicans with 1,265,525. The total vote nears 60 percent of the 5.5 million registered voters.
A Liberian freighter reported sighting a large white sea turtle south of Nova Scotia sparking warnings for vessels to stay alert. Officials described the creature as oversized with long flippers and unusual appearance, prompting coast guard advisories along the North Atlantic route.
Mrs DeMoss graduates as top nurse after extensive training at the Indiana State system. She earned national scholarships and the Indian University award while completing four months of pre clinical work at a public school and practical nursing programs. Recognized for scholarship, service, and leadership, she served as class president and etc.
Phillips Hoover Ford Inc at 217 North Meridian Lebanon announces a grand opening on Saturday June 9 inviting the public. Bob Phillips Jr and Jack Hoover lead plans with prizes refreshments and entertainment including novelty act Three Flips and a Flop from an Indianapolis venue and Charlie Gore and His Rangers performing in the evening.
Mickey Hargitay a Budapest born former Mr Universe and Miss West star, accuses ex-wrestler Chuck for eth of assault after a confrontation in London and Washington. The case before a jury seeks self defense claims as Hargitay and his partner Miss Mansfield are linked to the West troupe. The accuser, a 34 year old Philadelphia native, is described as Mr Aimericg of 1048.
Weather service reports batch of thunderstorms moving into Indiana from the plains bringing light showers up to half an inch. Skies to clear by evening except in southern Indiana where cooler air will drop highs into mid 70s to low 80s. Flood levels along the White River remain high but slowly falling with the river at Petersburg and Hazleton showing runoff above banks.
A religious text fragment invokes Jesus inviting children and asks for simple faith and pure hearts. It likens followers to lamplighters lighting paths for others and ends with a blessing for Jesus sake.
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