Poison dangers in household products and vaccines rise
A historic clipping warns of deadly pesticides and antifreeze toxins sold to Hoosiers, noting a druff remover sold at $1 and a recalled bottle in Was Jang state. A doctor spots parrot fever and a parakeet case, while legal action follows over a poison incident. The piece calls for stronger state and federal poison laws, citing DDT, hexachloride, hormones, and cancer risk linked to chemicals in food and farming. Indiana lawmakers push for tighter controls and proof of safety before marketing new products.
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Congress
Boone Arrests May Help Solve Three Break-ins
Oliver Eugene Spaulding 19 Frankfort and Edward Lee Arnett 18 Kirklin face Boone County petit larceny warrants for stealing gas and a battery from Martin King’s Lebanon area farm. Spoulding linked to Marion County break-ins, Arnett held for Clinton County cases. Five Clinton youths suspected in three service station burglaries north of Indianapolis. one youth shot by Marion County deputy, escaped.
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Clinton County
Boone County
Iavien Counnty
Marion County
Oliver Eugene Spaulding
Frankfort
Martin King
Lebanon
Elizsville
Boone
Wilbur Slagle
Spoulding
Mérion County
Edward Lee Arnett
Kirklin
Maynard Lewis
Mar County
Don Rei
Slagle
Claren County
Indianapolis
Newasta
Schwinford Texico
North
Midhian
Schwinford
Arnett
King Farm
King
Hem
Will
Spaulding
Indianapolis Rites For Ermon Metzger Native Of Lebanon
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 9 am in the Dorsey funeral home on East New York Street Indianapolis for Ermon N eierman Metzger 56 a native of Lebanon who had lived in Indianapolis since 1913 He died Sunday in Marion County Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Sunnyside Surviving are the widow Bernice a daughter Mrs Bonnie Bashi of Indianapolis a brother Keith L Metzger of Indianapolis and a sister Mrs Jessie Wills of Cloverdale Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery.
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Dorsey Funeral Home
New York Street
Indianapolis
Ermon Neierman Metzger
Lebanon
North Denny Street
Marion County
Sunnyside
Bernice
Bonnie Bashi
Keth L. Meteger
Indianapatis
Jessie Wills
Cloverdale
Memorial Park Cemetery
Break In Weather Brings Heat Wave Europe Indiana
The Weather Bureau reports a chance of a temporary cool spell by weekend but expects continued high humidity and thunderstorms. Rain totals near West Baden and French Lick show 4.04 and three inches respectively, with water six to three feet deep in parts of downtown French Lick, causing basement flooding and hotel-area impact.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Infas
West Baden
Orange County
French Lick
Sheraton
Valley
Indiana
Cancer Society Elects Officers For Coming Year
Representatives of Boone county unit of the American Cancer Society met to elect officers for the ensuing year. Mrs. Harry Watson was re elected chairman with Mrs. Opal Thompson as vice chairwoman and Mrs. Glenn Cooper as secretary. John W. Donaldson led the nominating committee. Rollis Weesner spoke on local projects and research. County unit members voted to donate 3000 for X ray equipment at Witham hospital. A July equipped loan cupboard is housed in Zionsville. Continued on Page 4.
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Boone County
American Cancer Society
Harry Watson
Opal Thompson
Glenn Cooper
William Shoemaker
John W. Donaldson
Harold Halstead
John Baumeister
Rollis Weesner
Indiana Divison
Witham Hospital
Zionsvile
Fidelity And Bankers Trust To Merge In Indianapolis
Indianapolis bank Fidelity Trust Co plans a second merger in three years with Bankers Trust Co. Led by former Democratic national chairman Frank E McKinney, the merger would raise Fidelity resources to about 80 million dollars. It awaits stockholder, state, and federal approvals and would take effect September 1.
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Indianapolis
Frank E McKinney
Fidelity Trust Co
McKinney
Fidelity
Bankers Trust Co
Indiana Department of Financial Institutions
Federal Reserve Board
Safe Punched At Thorntown Lumber Co
Burglars punched the safe at Thorntown Lumber Co a branch of J W Pinnell Lumber Co last night and stole 97 dollars 04 cents. Sheriff Wilbur Slagle said the break in was found about 7 am today by Wilbur Bowen manager of the firm. The sheriff with Thorntown Marshal Ralph Davidson and State Police Detective Jack Fisher investigated. No clues to the burglars were found. entry was gained through a south side window.
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Thorntown Lumber Co
Wilbur Slagle
Wilbur Bowen
J. W. Pinnell Lumber Co
Thorntown
Ralph Davidson
Jack Fisher
Slagle
Mother Of Abandoned Baby Now In Custody
In Anderson Indiana police report the mother of a newborn girl left unclothed in an Alexandria alley is in protective custody at St John’s Hospital. Alexandria police chief Melvin Fox identified the 21 year old as the mother, held without charge to receive medical care, with her name not released.
WOTM Buys Free Lendable Vollrath Hot Pack Machine
The Women of the Moose lodge provides a Vollrath Hot Pack machine free of charge for polio treatment and other illnesses upon physician or community request. The device replaces a prior machine donated to welfare, and residents may borrow by contacting Mrs. Gilbert Walton. The lodge also offers walkers for loan to assist those with hip or leg injuries.
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The
Moose Lodge
Gilbert Walton
Women of the Moose
McLeaish Quits US Farm Post
Robert B. McLeaish resigned abruptly as head of the Agriculture Department's Farmers Home Administration after being told it might be best if he step aside. He denied drinking problems while senators described prior testimony and Benson suggested the resignation was advised. A 57 year old Texan, McLeaish had led FHA since 1953 under President Eisenhower.
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Washington
Robert B. McLeaish
Agriculture Department
Farmers Home Administration
Benson
McLeaish
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
H. W. Brawley
Texan
FHA
Eisenhower
State To Widen Road 421 In Boone County
Indiana bids on road and bridge projects opened by the State Highway Commission show nearly five million dollars in proposals. U S 421 resurfacing and widening from 32 to Ind 47 in Boone County led with Rock Road Construction Co. Chicago as the low bidder at 192 918 dollars.
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Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
U. S. 421
Boone County
Rock Road Construction Co
Chicago
Operation Helps Local Boy to Walk Again
Boone County Public Welfare Director Frank Long praises a five year old boy who, after a Riley hospital operation for a club foot, can now walk with crutches. Despite complications, second day care brings marked improvement.
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Boone County Public Welfare
Frank Long
Abe
Riley Hospital
Death and injuries in Kentucky auto crash
A Thorntown woman and her 2 year old daughter were critically hurt while her father died and her mother was seriously injured in an auto accident near Lancaster Kentucky on Tuesday. The dead man was George Teuton of Augusta Georgia. The injured include Mrs. Victor J Mauritz and daughter Julie 2 and Mrs Teuton. Funeral services for Mr Teuton will be held in Augusta. The Mauritz son Kirk and Bruce were unhurt.
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Thorntown
Lancaster Ky
George Teuton
Augusta
Victor J Mauritz
Julie
Teuton
Mauritz
Teutons
Bloomington
Girard Memorial Hospital
Lancaster
Potee
Kirk
Bruce
the Teutons
Two Charged With Reckless Driving In Memorial Park
City police arrested three people Tuesday evening for traffic and public intoxication offenses. James E. Somers aged 18 of 610 East Elm Street and Paul ines of 110 West Walnut Street were given reckless driving tickets in Memorial Park and will appear in Justice of the Peace court for arraignment. Waldo F.E. Mullins of 35 South East Street was booked on public intoxication and will be arraigned in Justice of the Peace court.
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James E. Somers
East Elm Street
Paulines
West Walnut Street
Memoral Park
Justice of the Peace Court
Waldo FE. Mullins
South East Street
Women say modern cooperation harms husbands at home
In Levittown Pennsylvania a outspoken 78 year old woman Agnes Ferguson Murdoch argues that wives burden men with housework and that cooperation means men handle chores and child care after work. She cites six children raised and calls for husbands to have time to relax after long days, praising self reliance over gadgets and labor saving goods.
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Levittown
Agnes Ferguson Murdoch
Alexander
Yugoslavia and Soviet Union vow joint defences and peace drive
In Moscow Tito and Soviet leaders signed communiques on cooperation based on equality. Zhukov told Tito they will fight shoulder to shoulder in any future war if imposed. Tito received the Order of Freedom for wartime leadership. Foreign Minister Popovic cautioned there should be no war.
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Moscow
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Georgi Zhukov
Tito
Zhukey
Eisenhower
Kremlin
Russia
China
United Nations
Germany
Formosa
Red China
Zhukov
Soviet Union
Koca Popovic
Ex-con To Face Murder Charge In Taft Killing
Ex-con Edward Leon Williams, 28, faces a murder charge for the fatal shooting of Rev. Tommy Robert Cooke, 24, near Taft Oklahoma. Williams, held on an armed robbery count tied to a $1.00 holdup at Talihina, claimed he shot Cooke for no reason and led police to the body after driving from Tulsa to Taft.
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Williams
Tommy Robert Cooke
Taft
Okla
Cooke
Tulsa
Oxford Degree Given Truman at Oxford
Harry S Truman received an honorary Doctor of Civil Laws degree from Oxford, tears in his eyes as Lord Halifax praised him as a true ally and straightforward in speech. Truman, moved, told reporters he never expected to be a Yank at Oxford and recalled his family's financial hardship that kept him from college.
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Oxford
England
Harry
Truman
U. S
Lord Halifax
Missouri
Youth Hurt As Tractor Flips Near Lebanon
Walter B. Butch Synth, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Merritt Smith of Thorntown Route 1, was injured when a State Highway tractor overturned on State Road 39 two and a half miles north of Lebanon. He was taken to Witham hospital with a bruised and sprained right leg. X rays showed no fracture. He and his father were cutting weeds on a hillside when the tractor flipped and briefly trapped him. The family lives on State Road 47 near Munder Park, west of Thorntown.
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Walter B
Butch Synth
Merritt Smith
Thorntown
State Highway Department
Lebanon
Young Smith
Thorntown High School
Butler University
Witham Hospital
Smith
Smiths
Munder Park
Indiana Unemployment Claims Jump to 45257 in Week
Indianapolis Indiana. A weekly total of 45257 unemployment insurance claims was reported by the Indiana Employment Security Division as the same week in 1955 produced 23871. Newly unemployed claims rose 1300 from the prior week to 7083 last week.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Employment Security Division
Boone Residents Receive Social Security Payments in December 1955
Social security payments totaling 67445 dollars went to 1393 people in Boone county for December 1955, per Marie Keller of the Indianapolis social security office. Payments included 8555 dollars monthly to 218 widowed mothers and minor children, with notes that old age and survivors benefits aid both young and old. Nationwide, about 1,275,000 children under 18 received monthly benefits, including some as children of aged parents who retired. Retired Boone County workers averaged 56.70 dollars per month, while total benefits for a larger group reached 46,210 dollars monthly.
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Boone County
Marie Keller
Indianapolis
Social Security Office
Miss Keller
Iian
World’s worst regular airliner disaster claims 4 near New Jersey
A Venezuelan super-airliner plunged into the Atlantic about 32 miles east of Asbury Park killing four. Debris and two bodies were found. no survivors. Among 64 aboard were 18 Americans and 22 Venezuelan youths returning from U.S. high schools. Pilot reported engine trouble then gas dumping and fire before impact.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
Asbury Park
Coast Guard
Strickn
Idlewild
Frederick J. Hancox
Wantagh
N. J
Caracas
Venezuela
Luis F. Plata
Norfolk
Aenezuelan
Hancox
Prayer Appels Power From The Holy Spirit
A devotional prayer page cites Acts 1 8 and asks for daily living witness for Christ. The text thanks God for salvation and for the promised power, requesting daily grace for faithful witness in Jesus name Amen.
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Christ
Jesus
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Ermon Metzger
Cancer Society
Fidelity and Bankers Trust Co
WOTM
Vollrath
US Farm Post
Kentucky
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