Indiana Bell rate hike sparks PSC protest and court ruling
Indianapolis June 29 Union officials report Indiana Bell seeks a monthly rate increase slated to raise customer costs to about 6.5 million dollars annually across 82 Hoosier cities. Public officials challenge the hike asking Marion Circuit Court for a writ to stop the change as PSC discusses appeal options with the attorney general while the commission ponders a high court review.
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Indianapolis
Commis m
Indiana
Bellelephone Co
Hoosier
Walter Jones
State E Court
Marion Circuit
Claycombe
PSC Commission
Mett McManamon
High Court
PSC
Bell
Calgary man injured by falling sign at Stab le Celebration
J. D. Oliver, a longtime Calgary resident, was knocked down by a falling sign bearing "Howdy, Stranger" during downtown preparations for the city’s Steeple Celebration. The sign detached from its wires in a high wind.
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Calgary
Alta
J. D. Oliver
Airline Pilots End 11 Day Strike In Chicago
United Air Lines pilots and copilots reach a formal truce ending an 11 day strike. Thomas I. Ws, secretary of the Nations tation Board, announced the agreement after seven hours of talks with airline representatives and the Air Pilots Association. Service was to resume promptly as reservations opened and flights prepared to restart.
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Jcago
United Air Lines
Thomas I Ws
Nationstation Board
Kers
A.m. Cst
Air Pilots Association
AFI
Unitcd
Last Day Of Art For Summer Ends In Boone County
Boone County Circuit Court winds up its current term and will be in vacation on September 10. Judge Charles F. Thompson will set hearings each week and hear agency cases at any time.
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Boone County Circuit Court
Charles F. Thompson
Lunched With Federal Agent Who Discovered Dope Source
Federal agent Charles Siragusa testified before the Senate Crime Committee that Laeke Luciana heads an international dope ring. He was a luncheon companion of Tony Lobraico during Lobraico's European trip. Lobraico later informed Siragusa’s wife that her husband was safe, though Siragusa could not disclose his location. Siragusa found in Italy a heroin source feeding illicit shipments into the United States.
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Charles Siragusa
Senate Crime Committee
Siragusa
Italy
Train Plunges 100 Feet Into Creek Killing Two
The Meadowlark streamliner of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad plunged 100 feet into Beast Creek after a trestle fill collapsed in heavy rainfall. Two crewmen were killed and at least 20 injured among 75 passengers. Fireman Mills died instantly. engineer Beach and others were rescued. Ambulances rushed to the scene from Shelbyville and Effingham as investigators assessed the crash.
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Meadowlark
4 Creek
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Chicago
Cypress
Beast Creek
CL. Mills
Salem
Robert Boutright
John Ho Beach
Villa Grove
St. Anns
Effingham
Catherine Loveless
Vandalia
Alli Ue
Salemt
Czechs To Release Jet Fighter Pilots
Czechoslovakia announced the pilots of two US Air Force P-84 jets that landed near Prague will be freed and their planes returned. The U S Embassy said a Czech note promised release of the men and aircraft. timing was not given.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Prague
U.S
Crech
USS
Luther G. Roland
Hummerston Pa
Bjoern Johansen
Kelley
Creche
Charley Harris Surrenders in Shelton Gang Shooting Case
Parrfield, June 24. Charles Blick Charley Alarris, once a Shelton gang lieutenant, gave himself up today on charges of machine gunning two relatives of the Shelton brothers. Bail posted by four neighbors from Wood Creek for July 27 preliminary hearing. Victims Tiny Pennington and Lyle Shelton Pennington seriously wounded. Harris claimed no knowledge of the attack until hours later while at home during a baseball game broadcast. He faced reporters with his lawyer present.
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Parrfield
Charles
Blick Charley
Barketeers
Shelton
Penningtons Uintil
Renstadh
Artis Sait
Penningtons
Harris
Pam
Haris
Sunere
Kelly Loy
Elmer Brown
Saertt
Vlad
Remiark
Shelton Enng
Dick Shoemaker Upsets Claude Harmon In POA First Round
Dick Shoemaker from Cleveland defeated Claude Harmon of Mamaroneck New York 3 and 1 to pull off the greatest upset of the first round in the POA golf championship at Oshmont Pennsylvania on June 29.
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Oshmont
Dick Shoemaker
Cleveland
Claude Harmon
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Eagles Degree Team Competing For Honors At State Convention
Eagles Lodge degree team in Indianapolis competes for honors in ritualistic work at the state convention. Team members include Leslie Watts Elzer Read Charles Dillon Harris Guilion Ken Stewart Walter Isenhour Ray Roberts John McGinnis Larry Hill and Vester Wheat.
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Eagles Lodge
Indianapolis
Leslie Watts
Elzer Read
Charles Dillon
Harris Guilion
Ken Stewart
Walter Isenhour
Ray Roberts
John McGinnis
Larry Hill
Vester Wheat
Ex County Resident Eva Smith Bush Dies in Florida
Eva Smith Bush 76 a former Hodne County resident died at home in Jacksonville Florida after a month of illness. Surviving are three children Mrs Fred Thompson Mrs Howard Barkers and Henderson Bush all of Jacksonville three grandchildren and two great grandchildren with one grandson deceased. The body will be transported to Philippi Funeral Home in Zionsville for services at Miss Rua Regular Baptist Church Sunday at 3 pm with burial in Mis Rua Cemetery.
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Eva Smith Bush
Hodne County
Jacksonvile Fhi
Northwelt
Nathan Andive Smith
Harvey Bush
Northfield
Ninth
Florida
Fred Thompson
Howard Barkers
Henderson Bush
Jacksoneite
Philippi
Zionsville
Mis Raa
Mis. Rua Pemetery
Green Pasture Champs Named for County Contest
Will select township champions next week as Green Pasture project enters county contest stage. County Extension Crops Committee will choose one champion per township using bus practices scoring 35 for Utilization 30 for Quality. Enter by notifying township directors listed. Purdue agronomist Pence will assist judges for county event and banquet awards next March.
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County Extension Crops Committee
Ena Ncety
Feids
George Smith
Eagle Wendell Morton Clinton
Arthur Saliee
Washington
Thomas Denhart
Perry
Marvin Dinsmore
Center
Maurice Hysong
Harrison
Emmett Routh
Jefferson
Willard Davey
Sugar Creek
Livings
Brindle
Jackson
Harry Etter
Worth
Chester Shoemaker
Union
Charles Abbitt
Marion M. Pence
Purdue University Agrogamist
Boone County Remc
Annua
Whitestown Day Acknowledges A Century Of Whitestown Progress
The Lebanon and Boone county community observes Whitestown Day to honor Whitestown’s 100 years of progress since 1851. The celebration reflects on generations educated in better schools, built churches, and a stable government, praising the town’s role in America’s growth and its enduring peace and order.
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Whitestown
Lebanon
Boone County
America
Senate Votes For Defense Production Act Extension
Washington reports a quarreling Senate approved a control bill extending the Defense Production Act for eight months while allowing rent controls and banning some price rollbacks on manufactured items. The vote was 7 to 10 after a 16 hour session as the act nears expiry at midnight tomorrow and House leaders push a 31 day extension.
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Washington
Senate
House
Thwitman Burnettt Maybank BD. & CC
Senate Banking Committee
Maybank
O'Dwyer and wife enroll as college students
Ambassador William O'Dwyer and his wife Sloan Simpson Dwyer enrolled as students at the National University of Mexico in Mexico City on June 29. He will practice advanced Spanish while she studies Mexican culture.
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Mexico City
William O'Dwyer
New York
Sloan Simpson Dwyer
National University of Mexico
O'Dwyer
Carriers Visit Coney Island For Award Trip
James Kennedy and Everett Newman spent Tuesday and Wednesday visiting Coney Island and the 260 in Cincinnati. The trip was an award from The Lebanon Reporter and The Indianapolis News for securing new subscribers to the papers.
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James Kennedy
Everett Newman
Coney Island
Cineinnali
Lebanon Reporter
Indianapolis News
Plane Crash Kills Eight in Key West Navy Base
A twin engine Navy PBM patrol bomber crashed soon after takeoff at the Key West Naval seaplane base killing eight of the nine aboard. The aircraft cartwheeled, landed upside down in 12 feet of water. Seven men were trapped, two rescued, one died later. The survivor suffered minor shock and a broken sex. Officers and six enlisted men comprised the crew.
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Key West
Fla
Navy
Naval
U. S. Population Nears 155,000,000 Mark
Washington reports the U S population surpassed 154 million and is expected to exceed 155 million by year’s end. Census Director Roy Vo Peel notes an average 200 thousand per month increase, with 153.9 million on May 1 and 154 million in June. Since April 1950, the total rises over 3 million.
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Washington
United States
Roy Vo Peel
Ses
Whitestown Day planned with Centennial events and queen vote
Plans for Whitestown Day in Lebanon include a downtown program with music by the Lebanon Lions Band and a speech by Mayor Earl Reese. Five candidates vie for Centennial Queen with votes cast by pennies in Whitestown store jars, as committees and local merchants back the event ahead of the July centennial celebration.
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Boone County
Whitestown
Lebanon
George McDaniel
Wally Greason
Joan Eytcheson
Maxine Strawmeyer
Joy Ann Gould
Hoosiers To Get Vacation From Hot Humid Weather
Indianapolis June 29 Hoosiers will enjoy a week off from hot humid weather as the Weather Bureau projects five day temperatures two to four degrees below normal with highs 84 to 90 and lows 61 to 65 Frequent showers expected with about one inch rain in the north and two to three inches in the south Cooler readings forecast for today with 72 to 80 in the north and 76 to 82 in the south Showers likely in the south tonight and in the west central area Lows tonight 54 to 70 State Conservation officers note anglers face muddy lakes and streams but panfish still bite Fishing in Noble Steuben Whitley Kosciusko Elkhart Allen and DeKalb counties remains good despite murky waters Hovey Lake muddy yet fair. Eel Big Walnut and White rivers and Clay county strip pits show poor fishing conditions.
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Indianapolis
Hoosiers
Weather Bureau
Noble
Steuben
Whitley
Kosciusko
Elkhart
Allen
DaKalb
Hovey Lake
Clay County
Truman Approves Korea Cease-Fire Negotiation Instructions
President Truman approved general instructions for possible field negotiations toward a cease fire in Korea. Gen. Ridgway would receive them soon and would submit any settlement to U S approval. Defense officials warned that a Korean War end could dampen support for rearmament and urged caution amid global tension with the Communist bloc.
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Washington
Korea
Truman
Matthew B. Rideway
Par East
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Pentagon
Lovett
Ridgway
State Department
National Unity Council
Levett
United States
Young hitchhiker rushville tale ends with daughter ride
In Rushville Indiana on June 29 a man named Charles Wilder raced to work at a filling station when his car slowed and he heard a child crying. His four year old daughter Rebecca was found clinging to the rear bumper with both arms around the tail light and a candy bar in one hand. She had ridden all the way attached to the car.
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Rushville
Ind
Charles Wilder
Wilder
Rebecca
Oil Company To Cease Operation In Iran
The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company announced it would shut down all Iran operations within 10 days. Basil R. Jackson said no settlement with Premier Mohammad Mossadegh exists while he leads Iran, forecasting a complete stoppage of the fields that produced 31,750,000 tons last year. British workers in Abadan were being summoned to the refinery port as a precaution.
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London
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Iran
Basil R. Jackson
Mohammed Mossadegh
Abadan
Jackson
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