Indiana column voices pro and anti war views in public forum
A Indiana columnist presents reader letters and reflections opposing and supporting wars, citing economic and technological impacts. The piece also highlights Miss Harriet Reid of Salem, her Red Cross work, self reliance, and disdain for pensions, plus praise for Indiana Economic Council and Commerce Department efforts to assist communities. The column references Beaman and local business perspectives.
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Miss Reid
The
Red Cross
Reids
Sam Gompers
John L. Lewis
Indiana Economic Council
State Department of Commerce and Industry
Indiana
Chamber of Commerce
Department of Commerce and Publicity
Chambers of Commerce
Ed Beaman
National Guard Truck Overturns in Michigan Collision
A convoy of Indiana National Guardsmen returning from Camp Grayling near Peru, Indiana, had a truck overturn after a car driven by William Wohlshied of Mount Pleasant lost control. Sgt. Richard Ege suffered a possible broken back and was in serious condition. Pvt. James Steckly had internal injuries. Seven other guardsmen from Peru remained hospitalized with five to be released Monday. Wohlshied and four family members had minor injuries.
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Mount Pleasant
Mich
U.P
Indiana
Michigan
Peru
Clare
Eugene Rasmussen
John Robert Williams
Donald Phillips
David Gryer
Gerald Working
John Myers
Hugh Selleck
William Wohlshied
Wohlshied
Russia's Boasts Are Taken Calmly
High ranking U.S. officials said Moscow's hydrogen bomb claim does not trigger a crisis program. The Eisenhower administration remains unruffled and does not plan mass shelters or city dispersal. Officials note Russia likely pursued the A-bomb with help from Klaus Fuchs and Bruno Pontecorvo.
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Washington
U.P
Russia
U.S
Eisenhower
Soviet
North American
Georgi M. Malenkovy
United States
Klaus Fuchs
Bruno Pontecorvo
Reds
10 More Hoosiers Reach Freedom Village in Korea
Freedom Village Korea reports the Hoosier community grew by ten when four more Indiana war prisoners were repatriated. The last is Cpl. Joseph W F Morgan, son of Mrs. Annabelle Morgan of Connersville. Earlier returns include Pfe. Richard Jett of Richmond, Pvt. Charles E. Durrah of Princeton, and Pvt. William H. Hall of Indianapolis, all linked to local families.
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Freedom Village
Korea
U.P
Indiana
Joseph W F. Morgan
Annabelle Morgan
P. O. Box
Connersville
Freedom
Pfe
Richard Jett
Co. E
Carrie Johnson
North H St
Richmond
Charles E. Durrah
Co. C
Maxine V. Hill
Dulles Arrives in Denver for Korea Peace Report
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles landed in Denver today after returning from Korea and met with President Eisenhower. The key briefing occurred in the President's small second floor office at Lowry Air Force Base rather than a large conference room.
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Denver
Colo
U.R
John Foster Dulles
Korea
Eisenhower
Lowry Air Force Base
White House
One Killed and 19 Hurt in Bloomington Car Bus Crash
A head on collision seven miles east of Bloomfield on state road 54 killed 24 year old Donald Richardson of Bloomington and injured 19 of 24 bus occupants. Harold Hamm driven car, Herman McKee drove bus returning RCA workers from Bloomington.
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Donald Richardson
Bloomington
Harold Hamm
Greene
Sullivan Counties
Bloomfield
Herman McKee
Sullivan
Young Richardson
Hamm
Freeman Greene County Hospital
Doris Bolding
Sullivan Route 2
Solution Near in Murders Probe
Provincial police reported progress in solving the killings of three American hunters from Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania whose bodies were found in the Gaspe Peninsula area two months earlier. Officials would not confirm arrests or a weapon recovery, though reports said a Luger pistol tied to Eugene Lindsey and belongings were found in a Montreal home. The victims were Eugene Lindsey aged 45, his son Richard 17, and Fred Claar 20. The case involves a missing firearm, a sleeping bag, and items traced to Abitibi region as investigators pursue leads.
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Quebec City
Que
U.P
Gaspe Peninsula
Montreal
Hollidaysburg
Eugene H. Lindsey
Richard
Fred Claar
Quebec
Abitibi
Sandborn Man To Answer Charge
Emil Sanders of Sandborn, 49, was arrested by State Police official Joe Feeney on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. He allegedly backed his pickup into a parked car owned by Lee Richardson of Lyons and did not report the incident. Damage amount undisclosed.
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Emil Sanders
Sandborn
Joe Feeney
Sanders
Lee Richardson
Lyons
Richardson
Mass Meeting Of G E Local 925 Members
A mass meeting of G E Local 925 I U E C I O members was announced to be held Thursday morning at nine o clock at the Central school.
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G. E. Local 925
Ready Prisoners For Home Cooking
In Inchon Korea an Army doctor said returning American repatriates should be eating home cooking and off special diets by the time troopships reach San Francisco. Capt Harry F Hurd said diets and medical treatments will continue on the 14 day voyage to help physical adjustment and weight gain.
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Inchon
Korea
U.P
United States
Red Camps
Harry F. Hurd
Hiram
San Francisco
Hurd
Rites Held for Booker Baby in Dugger Area
Funeral services were held at the Booker home for Sherry Lee Booker infant daughter of Kenneth and Mrs. Booker of Dugger rural route. Born at Mary Sherman Hospital Sullivan she lived only briefly. Survivors include parents Deborah Jo sister grandparents and burial was in Woodard cemetery with Newkirk Funeral Home in charge.
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Clovis Booker
Sherry Lee Booker
Kenneth Booker
Dugger
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Deborah Jo
William Archer
Sandborn
Newkirk Funeral Home
Pleasantville
Woodard Cemetery
Reunion Planned for Richard O. Taylor Family
The twenty eighth annual reunion of the Richard O Taylor family will be held at the High School park on Sunday August 16 Relatives and friends are invited A basket dinner will be served at noon
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Richard O. Taylor
High School Park
Color Television System Approved by FCC Tests
The FCC authorized a new compatible color television system viewable on existing black and white sets. CBS received permission for three months of experimental noncommercial color broadcasts starting Sept. 10, using standard black and white receivers. RCA had prior approval for its compatible system, and the tests aim to study reception and technical problems on regular sets.
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Washington
A.P
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
CBS
RCA Alreedte Three
Coalmont Driver In Fatal Mishap
Two service men died when a car carrying David J. McCord and Henry C. Ccsnkwright skidded into a truck on U S 41 near Veedersburg. Claude C. Sluder of Coalmont, driver of the car, was injured and hospitalized in Danville Illinois.
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U. S. 41
Veed
David Joe McCord
Vincennes
Henry C. Ccsnkwright
Owensboro
Claude C. Sluder
Coalmont
Chanute Air Force Base
Illinois
Sluder
Lakeview Hospital
Danville
Ill
James Frazer
Norman E. Leloup
Gary
Veedersburg
Kansas Man Heads VFW Organization
Wayne E. Richards of Arkansas City Kansas was elected commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the national encampment closing session. He was unopposed and succeeds James W. Cothran. Merton B. Tice of Mitchell South Dakota was elected senior vice commander and Timothy J. Murphy of Dorchester Massachusetts was named junior vice commander.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Wayne E. Richards
Arkansas City
Kans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Richards
VFW
James W. Cothran
Bishopville
S.C
Merton B. Tice
Mitchell
S.D
Timothy J. Murphy
Dorchester
Mass
Tice
Murphy
Flying Boxcar Crashes in North Africa
U S Air Force reports 2 survivors in good condition after a C 119 flying boxcar crash in the North African desert. Three airmen are missing presumed dead. The crash near Tripoli involved an aircraft en route from Udine Italy to Wheelus Air Base.
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Weisbaden
Germany
U.S
Air Force
U. S. Air Force European
Udine
Italy
Wheelus Air Force Base
Tripoli
Wheelus Air Base
Malta
Accident injures Klopfenstein and Harrison in Frankfort
Mrs Edith Klopfenstein 59 of Huntington suffered a broken back in a semi car crash near Frankfort Saturday. Her daughter in law Mrs Virgil Camp and sister Mrs Thelma Harrison also injured. Klopfenstein is in Clinton County Hospital in Frankfort in critical condition. Rev Camp preached farewell in Linton before moving with his wife Tuesday.
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Edith Klopfenstein
Huntington
Frankfort
Klopfenstein
Virgil Camp
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Thelma Harrison
Harrison
Clinton County
Camp
Linton
Action in Greene Circuit Court on Six Crimes and One Civil Suit
In Greene Circuit Court Friday six criminal cases and one civil suit were acted on. James David House of Linton pleaded guilty after the prosecutor amended the affidavit charging entering to commit a felony burglary. House, 25, was sentenced to the Indiana Reformatory for not less than one nor more than 10 years, suspended during good behavior. Judge Edwin B. Long disfranchised him for three years and barred him from holding office for three years. The court ordered the nine silver dollars taken by police to be returned to Rufus Bryant of Linton.
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Greene
James David House
Linton
Paul Haywood
House
Indiana Reformatory
Edwin B. Long
Rufus Bryant
Mailman Returns Winged Radiator Cap In Chicago Ad Case
Mrs Kathryn Winslow Mecham appeared in a newspaper ad seeking the return of a missing winged radiator cap from her Rolls Royce. A Chicago mailman, William Ohlson, delivered two caps at her door on Sunday, saying they were given to him years ago and he did not need them. Mecham placed one cap on her car and kept the other as a spare.
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Chicago
Kathryn Winslow Mecham
William Ohlson
Hoover Marks 79th Birthday in San Francisco
Former President Herbert Hoover marked his 79th birthday with a normal routine and plans for another year of useful work. Family and a few friends gathered for a small dinner tonight before he leaves in two weeks for New York.
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San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
Otis Denman 63 Dies Sudden in Bloomfield
Otis Denman 63, a Dugger resident, died suddenly in Bloomfield from a heart attack while on business. Survived by widow Susie Denman, three sons Charles Dallas Dale, one daughter Bernice, mother Lydia, three sisters, and several in laws. Funeral at Assembly of God in Linton with burial at Switz City cemetery. body cared for by Newkirk Funeral Home Pleasantville.
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Otis Denman
Dugger
Bloomfield
Denman
Switz City
Lydia Denman
Linton
Callie Turpin
Della Mills
Fay Taylor
Michigan
Newkirk
Pleasantville
Assembly of God
Driver Arrested After North Triangle Crash
Claude Gabbard age 21 and Charles Purcell 24 of Bicknell were treated at Freeman Greene County Hospital after a crash three miles north of the Triangle at 8 45 Saturday night. Gabbard, driving, struck a truck driven by Plato Spencer of Switz City as he passed a car line. Purcell suffered a broken shoulder and Gabbard a broken leg. The 1942 Ford truck and 1949 Ford car were a total loss. Spencer lost much of his car load. State Police Joe Feeney and Ned Woodard investigated. Gabbard was arrested for reckless driving and ordered to appear August 29 in Justice of the Peace William Jackson's court.
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Claude Gabbard
Charles Purcell
Bicknell
Freeman Greene County Hospital
Triangle
Gabbard
Plato Spencer
Switz City
Purcell
Spencer
Malayan Women Seek Assurance on Monogamy Law
Singapore women urge a draft bill to bind all communities to monogamy, ending Malay practice of polyandry and multiple lawful wives. The Malay population currently allows four wives. divorce can be by simple religious ceremony and saying talak.
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Singapore
A.P
Singapore Woman's Council
Malaya
Stockrahm undergoes emergency appendectomy at St. Mary
Glen Stockrahm was rushed to St. Mary Hospital in Evansville for an emergency appendectomy Friday. His condition was reported satisfactory. Over the weekend his parents and relatives visited him in room 326, with Don Stockrahm and Neva Jean Swaby among the visitors.
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Glen Stockrahm
St. Mary Hospital
Evansville
Sam Stockrahm
Don Stockrahm
Neva Jean Swaby
Reds Hope to Use American Group In Future Plan
At Panmunjom a U P dispatch reports that returned U S war prisoners say Reds aim to use Americans turned Communist to trigger a nationwide revolution in roughly four years. They claim about 124 such prisoners are kept in Red camps for training, with others infiltrated among those being readied for return. American authorities say counterspies are among released prisoners to detect any remaining loyalist Yanks.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.P
U. S
United States
Newkirk Funeral Service to Acquire Dugger Firm
Newkirk family announces purchase of M. J. Aikin and Son Funeral Home in Dugger founded by Marion J. Aikin in 1912. Dugger location will host chapel and services, with policy unchanged and service area expanded toward Pleasantville. The two firms have competed for decades and promise uninterrupted operation.
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Ray Newkirk
Pleasantville
M. J. Aikin and Son Funeral Home
Dugger
Marion J. Aikin
Main
Third Streets
Cass Township
Newkirk Funeral Service
Mrs Hattie Cone Buried In Sandborn
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie H Cone of Sandborn were held Sunday at 3 p m at the family home. Born April 23 1884 near Columbus she was the daughter of Newton R and Milly Talley. Survived by children Carl E Cone Opal Gribble Clarence M Cone one grandson and brother Earl Talley. Burial in Plainville cemetery conducted by Ives Poindexter Funeral Home.
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Hattie H. Cone
Sandborn
Columbus
Newton R
Milley Talley
Joseph A. Cone
Sandborn Methodist Church
Carl E. Cone
Indianapolis
Opal Gribble
Chicago, Il
Clarence M. Cone
Martinsville
Earl Talley
Newberry
Rev. C. R. Killions
Plainville Cemetery
Ives Poindexter
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America
Harriet
Hattie) Reid
Salem
Reid
Wight
National Guard
Dulles
Tokyo
Japan
Thomas D. Harrison
Clovis
N.M
Tachikawa
International Soundphoto
Young Hamm
Veterans Hospital
Mary Thompson
Gladys Walters
Randell van Meter
Mona Fulbridge
Marilyn Reed
Ida Ward
Delores Brady
Shelburn
Clara Cox
Helen A Ammerman
Shirley Knew
Betty Gilham
Lois Nixon
Sulivan
Lucille Arney
Alice Shelton
Paxton
Roberta Crabb
Hymera
Madge Delphe
Duggere
Bill Branstetter
Lem Clark
Booker Baby
Ersburg
Kansas
VFW Organization
Africa
Mailman
Hoover
Itis Denman
Newkirk Boys Funeral Home
Hattie Cone
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