Juvenile crime costs prompt reform debate in Indiana
Indiana budget figures show reform schools cost $973.54 per inmate annually and the Indiana Reformatory $705.58 per year. FBI data report 14,025 arrests for burglary under 21, 18 41% for larceny and 47% for aggravated assault. Delinquency concerns rise as officials urge stricter measures and parental responsibility amid church and community links to crime rates.
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Bieber
Indiana
Homgier Perenta
Donald H. Clark
Tadisha
Iadiang Boys
Wihield
Pmi Bey
UOST
Indiana Reformatory
Ana State
FBI
Marior
Martha M. Eliot
HF Queney
Robert C. Hendrickson
Senate
Weather outlook fair tonight and Thursday
A quiet night with fair skies and a slight rise in temperatures by Thursday. Tonight low around 58 with Thursday warmer conditions and a high near 595. No precipitation or strong winds indicated.
Sunday Afternoon Lecture At Church Of Christ Scientist
The public is invited to attend a Sunday afternoon lecture at the Church of Christ Scientist in Shreveport Louisiana given by Mrs Holloway. The talk covers science and religion focusing on universal welfare and community relations.
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Church of Christ, Scientist
Mure
Holter
Way of
Shreveport
Birt Church of Christ
Thesperurige Fomup
Iolloway Ari
Christan Lehn
Spain
Hig State
Mme
Financial Adminieilos
Harshbarger Receives Suspended Sentence for Burglary
The defendant Harshbarger faced a burglary charge and was sentenced to a suspended term of 2 to 3 years in the Indiana state Raforn, with restrictions on holding public office. Additional details indicate probation-like conditions and time served as part of the disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harshbarger
Thorntown
Sation Hurshtercer
Strekinn
Homson
Indiana State
Ed Sevela Visits Lebanon with Cracker Barrel Tour
Ed Sevela of The Indianapolis Times and his Cracker Barrel crew visited Ace Hardware on the Square in Lebanon yesterday. Kurl Chambers greeted him as Sevela conducted interviews with Lebanon residents on diverse topics including Little League officials. The feature interviews and photos are slated for The Indianapolis Times this Thursday or Friday.
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Ed Sevela
Ace Hardware
Kurl Chambers
Indianapolis Times
Lebanon
Sevela
Times
Evacuations Ordered After Leaking Dikes Near Des Moines
In Des Moines area two hundred residents were alerted to evacuate as protective dikes leaked after the Des Moines River rose beyond the 1947 flood level. Police and patrols went door to door awakening residents in the southeast section as authorities warned of rising danger. Further details appear on page four.
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DES Moines & Police
Oval
Capital City
Des Moines
Lebanon Fourth of July fund near goal nearly reached
The Lebanon Fourth of July Celebration fund nears its 650 goal with 54.68 in the bank and pledges totaling 110. A list of donors includes Phi Chi Epsilon, SS. Snvike House, Beta Upsilon, Elks Club, Eagles Auxiliary, Odd Fellows, and Bin Firecracker. The celebration on Monday July 5 will feature an afternoon parade, band concert, baseball games, family picnics, and a large Memorial Park fireworks display. Plans for a final meeting to confirm arrangements will be announced by Richard Codyver, the federal chairman for the celebration.
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Lebanon
Druley Parker
Scha Man
Phi Chi Epsulin
SS. Snvike House
Beta Upsilon
Elks Club
Easles Auxiliary
Odd Fellows
Conservation Club of Advance
Parker
Richard Codyver
Rederal
Memorial Park
Cituwe
Tyvetter
Cehanon
Atomic light harms eyes far beyond the blast
Doctors warn atomic light from tests in Nevada can ignite rabbit retinas up to 499 miles away in clear night air. The flash is far brighter than sunlight and can momentarily steam retina fluid, causing explosive damage. Blinking offers no protection if seen during an atomic flash. damage occurs in a thousandth of a second.
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Meili
Devotion To Baton Twirling Pays Off For Lebanon Girl
Ley Anne VanSickle an 18 year old from Lebanon has dedicated most of her life to baton twirling. Starting at age four with the Lebanon High School band she trained under a large group of instructors across several states. She now serves on the Smith Walbridge Camp staff in Syracuse as head of the canteen and helps train students while preparing for upcoming clinics in Huntsville Texas and Washington DC with the Indiana America Legion Band.
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Ley Anne VanSickle
Wayne VanSickle
East Main Street
Ley Anne
Lebanon High School
Winaihespeed
Jane Merl
Margaret Smith
Syracuse
Peuk Miller
Arizona
Merle Diles
New York
Bil Allen
Florala
John Largs
New Mexico
Mos Vansickle
Smith Walbridge
Texas
Huntsville
Washington, DC
Indiana America Legion
Boone 4-H Group Tours Lafayette Plant and Purdue
A Boone County 4-H Electric Farm and Home project group of about forty boys ages 12 to 17 visited Lafayette yesterday. They toured Duncan Electric Manufacturing on the Lafayette bypass, viewed electric meters, then proceeded to Purdue University with stops at Agricultural buildings and the Dairy Building for ice cream. Cecil Maines drove the chartered bus, returning to Lebanon by 5 p.m. Sponsored by EMC hero WOE Ante, local manager, with James Paules and Bill Head accompanying.
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Boone County
Lafayette
EMC
James Paules
Bill Head
Duncan Electric
Purdue
Agricultural Department
Orites
Duncan Company
Lebanon
Cecil Maines
Center Township
Pinball Machines Declared Gambling Devices by Judge
GREENFIELD Ind February Hancock Circuit Court Judge Samuel J Offutt ruled pinball machines are gambling devices and may be seized by law enforcement. The decision refused an injunction sought by 26 Indianapolis operators to stop Marion County authorities from confiscating machines. The judge called pinball machines as encouraging gambling instincts in children.
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Conno
Fairchild
Croswell Brown
Marion County
Pune
Boswell
Commerce
Cesp
USA
Greenfield
Ina
Hancock Circuit
Samuel J Offutt
Indianapolis
Frank H. Fairchild
Judge Offutt
Encourit
Boy Finds Fragment Of $10,000 Bill
A boy discovers a fragment of a $10,000 banknote and estimates the piece could be up to one fifth of the total bill. Authorities note other boys claimed larger fractions, but the fragment’s status remains uncertain as the piece is dumped.
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Fraeiment
Mumber Boskers
Treas
Tau
Prompted by Hope A Pioneer Settler’s Wife Names The New Jerusalem
A fragmentary item notes a pioneer settler’s wife and a reference to the green stone and biblical form nations. It hints at a discussion of naming a city after a biblical New Jerusalem and the struggle of a hopeful capitalist.
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Jerusalen
Detroit Woman Demands Million Per Year In Mental Hospital Suit
Miss Mary W Speers, 74, seeks more than a million dollars for each year she spent in Michigan mental institutions. Her attorney Eugene Krasivky fled suit for 18,500 dollars Tuesday in client court in Detroit. Wayne County, the state of Michigan, four doctors and officials of the institutions named as defendants. Speers admitted a stately woman and had been held on a bad check charge. the judge ordered commitment as illegal.
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Mary W Speers
Michigan
Eugene Krasivky
Ciient Court
Detroit
Wayne County
State of Michigan
Miss Speers
Jaoon
Kent
Judee Lite
Neuenfelt Cho
Ilesal
Demo Senator backs Ike trade program
Senator Gore leads 22 Democrats and Senator Morse in a fight to extend the real Trade Agreements Act amid debate on Eisenhower's broader trade plan. The White House seeks three more years of life for the act and tariff expansions, while Republicans delay. Supporters expect a vote soon, likely Thursday or Friday.
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Washington
Gore
Ei- Sephowri
Ominim
Gow
Morse
Indorest
Eisenhower
Orzrest
Congress
Astrore
Senate
Lay New Paving On S R 39 North Of Town
Residents along State Road 39 north of town cheer as paving progresses from a mile north of Witham hospital. In seven working days one mile of new concrete paving, 22 feet wide and 9 inches deep, has been laid. Berne's Construction Co. holds the south end contract. another firm handles the north from Frankfort.
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Witham Hospital
Berne’s Construction Co
Lebanon
Frankfort
President Opposes Foreign Aid Cuts as Unsafe
President Eisenhower warned that any reduction in aid to Southeast Asia would be unjustified and unsafe amid rising communist pressure. He told Congress the region’s security is endangered and urged authorizing funds with flexibility to meet fast changing conditions as the House committee weighs the fiscal year foreign aid level.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Southeast Asia
United States
Masenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
J. Murray Snyder
White House
Snyder
Start Life Saving Classes At Local Pool
Boone Counts Chapter Red Cross offers junior and senior life saving courses at Seashore Pool starting Monday June 2 at 9 30 am. Registration is available at the pool or Red Cross office. Sessions run two hours daily through July. Junior swimmers must be 12 or older and able to swim 220 yards. seniors 11 or older with 440 yard requirement. Certificates awarded on completion. Instructors June Shumate and Ervin Hodgson coordinated with Bob Igney pool manager and John Holloman water safety chairman.
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Boone Counts Chapter
American Red Cross
Seashore Pool
Dune
Red Cross
June Shumate
Ervin Hodgson
Bob Igney
John Holloman
Hay Former Lebanon resident dies in Danville
Fred Hay 47 a former Lebanon resident died of a heart attack at his Danville home. He was born in Monroe county son of William and Mae Hay and lived in Bloomington before moving to Danville where he worked as an auditor at the Rawhey Baker undertaking firm. Survived by widow Ethel two children Wally and Judith a sister Mrs Ben Wainwright and nephews Horace Hay and David Friend. Funeral 1:20 p.m. Thursday Baker funeral home Danville with burial in Connersville cemetery.
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Fred Hay
Lebanon
Danville
Monroe County
William and Mae (Helmes) Hay
Bloomington
Rawhey- Baker Undertaking
Ethel
Connersville
Wally
Judith Hay
Ben Wainwright
Frankfort
Horace H. Hay
Thorntown
David Friend
Baker Funeral Home
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