Dover Woman Struck by Auto in Dover
Mrs. Myrtle Mitchell 67 of Thorntown Route 2 was critically injured about 10 30 p m Wednesday after stepping in front of a car driven by George Curts 19 of 402 West Washington street The accident occurred in the 06 block on South Lebanon street She was on her way home from a Boone County Home Demonstration Chorus concert at Purdue Hall of Music and had re crossed the street to retrieve sheet music The group had just alighted from a chartered bus Mitchell was taken to Witham hospital where splints were applied to her right leg a broken tibia and fibula She received blood plasma after shock and a bone specialist was summoned from Indianapolis Police said Curts stopped within ten feet of the impact No arrests Continued on Page 4
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Myrtle Mitchell
Thorntown
Dover
George Curts
West
Washington Street
South
Lebanon Street
Mitchell
Boone County Home Demonstration Chorus
Purdue Hall of Music
Wiliam Phelps
Indianapolis
J. H. Mitchell Dover Farmer
Lafayette
Curts
Indiana tuition fears rise with rising college costs
Indiana leaders warn that high tuition and living costs threaten access to higher education for Hoosier youth. A U S Education survey shows college costs have doubled since 1960, with four year public colleges at about 3500 per year and private schools far higher. Wells urges opportunity for all youths to learn, opposing shifting teaching costs to students while lawmakers seek solution.
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U.S. Ofte Education
Hoosier College
Calle
Oser Hach School
Weran's
Thetic Cobede
Dr. Wells
Indiana
Utth
Gover
Freedom Interprise
Navy Plane Off Course in Formosa Strait Incident
Navy officials described an isolated incident in which a Communist Chinese shore battery fired on an American plane operating west of its plotted position near eight miles off the coast in the Formosa Strait during a routine training flight from the carrier Hornet. The Nationalist Air Force on Formosa called Peiping’s claim groundless and said only ineffectual ground fire occurred during a routine patrol over the Formosa Strait.
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CC. Yates McDaniel
Washington
Navy
Hornet
Formosa Strait
Peiping Radio
London
Hong Kong
South China Sea
China
Swatow
US Navy
Formosa
Peiping
Many Areas Of State Lashed By Rain and Hail
The Associated Press reports widespread rain and hail across Indiana with winds up to 57 mph in Indianapolis and higher in several counties. Trees toppled, power outages hit hundreds, and a drive in theater was damaged. Flood forecasts grow grimmer as centers like Edwardsport face crest warnings while Wabash remains unwarned. Purdue advises farmers to plant short season varieties amid continuing rain.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Indianapolis
New Harmony
Vincennes
Mount Vernon
Waterloo
Hudson
Eagledale
Northwest
Marion
Bechtel Winger Farm
Sweetser
Linton
Charles Cassidy
Greene County
Elliston
White River
Gaktown
US 41
Kokemo
Crawfordsville
Winchester
Portland
Weather Bureau
Edwardsport
West Fork
Petersburg
Wabash
Purdue University
W. W. Thomas Dies in Florida
W. W. Thomas 71, longtime telephone service figure in Boone County, died Tuesday in Ocala Florida. Services will be held Monday at 2 PM at his Roachdale residence with interment in Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by widow Grace King Thomas, son Charles W. Thomas, Robert Thomas of Kansas, and two Roachdale grandsons. He helped operate Whitestown Big Springs and other Putnam County exchanges. Native of Russellville Kentucky. Married October 6, 1919.
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Woow 71
Roachdale
Oak Hill
Thomas
Ocala
Fla
Charles W. Thomas
Whitestown
Big Springs
Boone County
Reachdale
Putnam
Mr Thomas
Russellville
Grace King
Robert Thomas
Roachdale F. A AM
Vaughn Powell Joins Whitestown Town Board
Vaughn Powell became a new member of the Whitestown Town Board at the regular June meeting. Dr. Harvey Lovett, board chairman, presided. The board ordered a speed timer for the town to be used when it arrives and warned motorists to slow down and consider others on the road.
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Vaughn Powell
Whitestown
Harvey Lovett
Lebanon Chosen Center for Indiana Civil Defense Alert
Lebanon has been selected as the state control center for Operation Alert to be held July 12 to 14 at the 4H Club Exposition grounds. The event will use Lebanon for state communications with about 180 to 190 civil defense staff and volunteers. Equipment includes twenty vans and a portable generator. Boone County Red Cross will assist with feeding in coordination with Marion County.
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Lebanon
Indiana Civil Defense Council
U. S. 352
Associated Press
Roland F. Knox
Rey Hicks
Boone County Civil Defense
Roane County
Boone
Marian County
Hicks
Indiana
American Red Cross
Marion County
Youth Burned In Explosion At Boone County Grounds
Clem W Horlacher 23 a Rural Youth member near Thorntown suffered first degree burns to his arms around 4 30 pm when a gasoline can he tried to retrieve from a barbecue fire exploded at Boone County 4H Exposition Grounds south of town Glen Horlacher his twin rushed him to Witham hospital for treatment as they prepared for a Rural Youth cookout at 8 pm
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Clem W. Horlacher
Boone County
Thorntown
Exposition Grounds
Clem
Glen
Witham Hospital
Pilgrim Ship Mayflower II Docks at Plymouth Harbor
The Mayflower II replica ends a 3000 mile voyage from Plymouth England to Plymouth Massachusetts. The 92 foot bark entered Plymouth harbor around 11 am EDT to a welcome from church bells and a fleet of yachts. Coast Guard craft towed the ship part of the way and immigration officials boarded at Provincetown for formalities before the arrival.
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Plymouth
Mass
England
Coast Guard
Alan Villiers
Plymouth Rock
Mayflower
Provincetown
Cmdr
Australia
Cape Cod
Province
Indiana Governor Opposes Federal Education Aid
Indiana Gov Handley, amid criticism, reiterates strong opposition to federal aid to education. He argues Indiana's tax base funds school construction, noting the state builds more classrooms annually than federal estimates claim are needed. He dismisses photos used to push aid as unrepresentative.
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Indianapolis
Handley
Eisenhower
Indiana
Moray Ether Stat
White House Conference On Education
Risenhower
Repsam Metnell
R-Par
House Committee On Education
Midwest
Rober H. Wyatt
Indiana State Teachers Assn
Charles B. Brownson
Ft Ind
McConnell
Wilbur Young
Young
Wyatt
Lions Hear Gordon Reeder on Automation Benefits
Gordon Reeder vice-president of Ferguson Machine and Tool Corp of St Louis told Lebanon Lions Club members that automation aids all people, not laboring men, by reducing dull tasks and advancing production. He traced automation from hand tools to mass production and stressed human roles in design, maintenance, and error prevention.
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Gordon
Reeder
Ferguson Machine and Tool Corporation
St Louis
Lebanon
P. Hall
America
Indus
Storm Damage Hit Southeast Boyne County Areas
Severe winds and heavy rain swept southeast Boyne County last night and again around 740 am today with widespread but minor damage. Power lines burned where limbs fell, telephone service was spotty, and utilities reported several outages across the county. Local managers Herman Antle and Thomas Burrin noted general damage from falling branches and one line shorted by a raccoon, affecting the southeast region and streets nearby.
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Boyne
Inedianapolis Power & Light
Fnes
Herman Antle
Boone KE
REMC
Thomas J. Burrin
Lebanon
Two Thorntown youths among 12 charged after county fight
Two Thorntown youths under 21 booked in Boone County jail and released on $100 bond after arrest by Marshal Ralph Davidson on Circuit court warrants for disorderly conduct. Ten juveniles, five from Boone and five from Lafayette, aged 15 to 17, face Juvenile Court hearings Saturday. The Lafayette youths are also charged with theft from Sugar Bowl and a music machine coin box.
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Thorntown
Boone County
Marshall Ralph Davidson
Boone
Eugene B. Burns
Richard Clouser
William Fairfield
Burns
Lafayette
Lebanon
Sugar Bowl
Borns
Pressure On Me Girard Says Army Pressures May Drive Action
William Girard an Army specialist third class held in Japan for the shooting of a Japanese woman discussed in taped Ottawa radio chats that the Far East Command is applying pressure on him. In conversations with his brother Louis the talks reveal concern over potential tougher sentences and Maj Levin’s involvement as an adviser. The transcripts show William stating the pressure is not from a single person but from the command, and questions about being told to lure the woman onto the firing range.
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Ottaws
William
Girard
Army Far East Command
Lanuis
Ottawa
WCMY
Questons
Lou
Louis
Willam
Mand
Levin
Stanley Levin
Far East Command
Vision of Macedonia Mission and Prayer Note
A night vision shows a man of Macedonia beckoning Paul to help. The passage includes a prayer thanking Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and asking for strength and guidance to proclaim the gospel in word and life. Amen.
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Paul
Macedonia
Jesus Christ
Quell Uprising at Pendleton Prison Today
Two inmates held two guards hostage in the Indiana Reformatory kitchen briefly this morning. Charles Capps and William Young, both described as intoxicated, threatened guards with improvised knives before another inmate officers contained the disturbance without state police involvement. Capps and Young had prior convictions. the revolt ended with the rebels restrained and the guards freed.
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Pendleton
Ind
Indiana Reformatory
Paul Myers
State Department of Correction
Charles Capps
Indianapolis
William Young
Kendallville
Reformatory
Whetchel
Welchel
Bernardt Vaughn
New Castle
Kenneth Buell
Andersen Vaughn
Buell
Myers
Butler Expects Indiana Dems to Name Liberal Opponent
National Democratic Chairman Paul M Butler said Indiana Democrats will nominate a liberal to oppose Senator Jenner next year. He may not run himself, noting he will decide around February or March if he resigns as national chairman to seek the senate nomination. Butler, from South Bend, is a longtime lawyer in Indiana.
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Robert D. Novak
Washington
Paul M Butler
Indiana
Sen
Jenner
Ind
Butler
South Bend
Detroit Dump Yields Unclothed Body Of Pupil
A six year old girl, Mary de Cassin, was found dead in a Detroit area dump near Dix and Trenton roads. Police said the body showed severe injuries and the scene was secured as a large search effort, with nearly 1,000 volunteers helping. The child, a first grade student at St Pius School in Ecorse Township, had been reported missing Wednesday afternoon by her mother Gervaise de Kaussin. The family blamed societal ills and media culture for contributing to such acts.
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Detroit
Mary de Cassin
Beorse Township
Neghborhood
Paul Panter
Dix
Trenton Roads
Panter
Ecorse Township
Mary
Edmond de Caussin Jr
Gervaise
Eoman
St Pius Sehost
Ecorse ‘Township
Niblack Ruling Challenged In Indiana Tax Case
Beech Grove cleaner seeks to strike down the 1807 state gross income tax withholding law. Judge John L. Niback denied a restraining order on starting withholding from paychecks. Akers states the system imposes involuntary servitude on employers and requires extra bookkeeping, with $35 monthly costs. Constitution Party of Indiana funds the test case.
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Indianapolis
Beech Grove
John L. Niback
Jack Akers
Akers
George Rosé
Constitution Party of
Indiana
Daffynitions Perfume Sparks Tea Time Letter Row
A witty comment on a perfume marketed to women as a scent that leads men by their noses. The remark frames fragrance as a social tease during a light community round-up of opinions.
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Mibert JJ Wedeking
Toll Commission
Trecks
E Inc
Terre Haute
Chicago
W. W. Thomas
Florida
Whitestown Board
C.D. Alert
Clem Horlacher
Baye 4
Mayflower II
Ike
Lions
Gordon Reeder
St. Louisian
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Capps
Elkhart
Niblack
Daffynitions
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