Mine Run Notes on Coal, Pink Ladies, and Local Encounters
A local column discusses rising coal output projections from the National Coal Association and the 1947 peak of 630,623,722 tons, plus the regional economy’s tie to mining. It also highlights the Freeman-Greene Pink Ladies earning pins for 100 hours of hospital volunteer work and recounts bits about a boxing incident in Jasonville and a neighboring feud tale from Tracks magazine.
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The
Daily Citizen
National Coal Association
Washington, D. C
United States
U.S
Pink Ladies
Freeman- Greene County Hospital Guild
Anglo French Invasion Forces Withdraw from Egypt
Withdrawal begins as 11,000 Anglo French troops leave Suez within two weeks amid rising anti Western sentiment in Port Said. British 2,500 troops to depart today, French to follow. tensions spread to Iraq and the Moslem world.
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London
Iraq
Nouri El-Said
Port Said
Suez
Webster
Sinai Desert
United Nations Emergency Force
Abu Suweir
Sinai
Ike
Suez Canal
Siyakh Abdel Rahman Tag
Ki Azhar University
Cairo
Middle East
Ankara
Msolm
Baghdad
Iran
Pakistan
Turkey
Britain
U.S
El-Said
Minstrel Plans In Final Rehearsal At Local High School
The Guild Gaie ties and Original Southland Minstrel holds its last rehearsal tonight in readiness for two performances at 8:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the Linton Lockton high school auditorium. Mrs. M. E. Tomak of Lixy'on oversees advance ticket sales, with tickets available at the door or from her Thursday evening at the school or her home. Proceeds go to Freeman Greene County Hospital Guild to fund new equipment for the hospital delivery room. Admission is 35 and 75 cents.
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Guild
Southland
Linton- Lockton High School
M. E. Tomak
Lixy'on
General Ticket Sale
Freeman-Greene County Hospital Guild
McFadden Names Ryan Deputy Marshal In Indianapolis
United States Marshal Robert C. McFadden of Linton appoints Carl A. Ryan as deputy marshal. Ryan, ex Monroe County sheriff, fills the vacancy created after Charles D. Loos was promoted to chief deputy marshal.
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Indianapolis
United States
Robert C. McFadden
Linton
Carl A. Ryan
Ryan
Monroe County
Charles D. Loos
Stevenson States heli Quit Running For President Job
Adlai E. Stevenson announced he will not run again for the presidency and will become an elder statesman in the Democratic Party. He will join a new advisory committee to shape future strategy and return to his Chicago law practice January 1. He urged party leaders to mount strong opposition to Eisenhower and weighed in on internal party debates without stating his stance.
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Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Democratic Party
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
House
Sam Rayburn
Harper Earns Multiple Honors at International Livestock Exposition
Harold Harper of Worthington won several awards at the Chicago exposition, including grand champion in dressed carcass division for 1956. He entered six beef carcass steers and four in on foot divisions as a Purdue freshman and 4-H member, with top placings across Hereford calf Shorthorn Hereford Angus events. Lyle Sloan also showed a Junior yearling Angus steer without placing. Harper is a Purdue marching band member and Alpha Gamma KHO pledge.
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Harold Harper
Worthington
Chicago
Ill
Harold
Purdue University
Herald
Hereford
Angus
Lyle Sloan
Young Harper
Purdue
Alpha Gamma Kho
Goldberg Named to Post at College
East Lansing Michigan State University announces the appointment of Mil ton S Goldberg of Linton as assistant professor of general business. An Indiana University alumnus, he earned B S LL B and MBA degrees in 1943 45 and 1948. He previously taught at Louisiana State University 1947 56 and was a part time instructor at Indiana University 1954 55. He is the son of Mrs William M Goldberg of East Chicago.
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East Lansing
Mich
Milton S. Goldberg
Linton
Michigan State University
Indiana University
Goldberg
Louisana State University
Denver man killed when tractor toppled off ledge
James Tyson, 49, of Denver, Indiana, died after his tractor toppled from a 20 foot drop along Indiana 16 in Miami County. The incident occurred Tuesday as the vehicle slid off a ledge near Peru.
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Peru
Ind
James Tyson
Denver
Here
Miami County
April in December delivers record warmth in Indiana
Indiana experienced an unseasonal warm spell with Indianapolis posting a new all time high for the date at 66, Evansville reaching 69, and other readings in the 50s and 60s while a developing Arctic air mass brings cold wave warnings across the plains and upper Midwest with predicted snow flurries in the north.
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United Press
Indiana
Hoosier
Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Evansville
Lafayette
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Montana
Nebraska
Plains
TV Awards Juror Finds Television Innocent Yet Flawed
Judge Samuel Leibowitz who served as a Sylvanian Awards panel juror praised TV as the greatest modern invention. He lauded access to programs from Ed Murrow to Wide World of Sports but criticized some children's shows for gore and the prevalence of commercials. He remains optimistic about TV's future and its global reach.
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United Press
New York
Samuel Leibowitz
Leibowitz
Kings County
N.Y
Sylvania
Ed Murrow
Ed Sullivan
Dinner meeting planned by Past Matrons of Columbus Chapter
Past Matrons of the Columbian chapter of the Order of Eastern Star will entertain their husbands at a dinner meeting at the home of Mrs. Arvel Blume at 6 15 Thursday evening. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish their own table service and a fifty cent gift exchange for a man and woman.
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the Order of Eastern Star
Arvel Blume
Hungary Edges Toward War as Revolt Grows Across Nations
Reports from Budapest indicate rising tensions as Soviet backed regime scenes trigger a defiant worker mood. Leaflets urged armed protest with plans for a Thursday demonstration and calls for Nagy’s return, free elections, and Turkish troops withdrawal amid government crackdowns on revolutionary councils.
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Budapest
Hungary
Janos
Imre Nagy
Kadar
Russians Blockade Berlin Convoy At Dreilinden Checkpoint
Soviet guards halted a weekly U S military truck convoy from Berlin to the West at the Dreilinden checkpoint outside Berlin. They demanded to search the trucks for concealed persons but the convoy commander refused. The convoy turned back to Berlin rather than submit to broader searches.
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Berlin
Dreilinden
Brucellosis Test Program Progresses in Indiana
Preliminary testing in Greene county completes around Jan. 1 under Dr. F. P. Killian. Indiana now has 74 counties enrolled in the cattle brucellosis control program, up from nine in 1954 and 33 in 1955, with 17 counties certified as brucellosis free.
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Greene County
F. P. Killian
Indiana
Aberdeen-Angus News
Fulton
Jasper
Cass
Adams
Knox County Faces Sheriff Power Struggle After Election
In Vincennes Knox County two sheriffs contend for the post after Hugh Williams, elected November 6, was sworn in, while Sheriff John Thomas refuses to surrender. Thomas, who was appointed after his son Francis died last August, faces a pending circuit court suit and a demurrer from Williams. A hearing is needed to decide who will hold the office.
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Vincennes
Knox County
Hugh Williams
John Thomas
Francis Thomas
Thomas
Williams
Ralph Seal
Death of Lucien Hamner, longtime Linton resident
Lucien Hamner 54 of Marco formerly Linton died Tuesday at Good Samaritan hospital Vincennes after a month of illness and two weeks as a patient. He lived near Linton thirty five years worked as painter trucker farmer and was a member of Linton First Christian church Masonry lodge 560 Scottish Rite Valley Indianapolis Eastern Star Lyons. Born Aug 31 1902 in Shelby County Kentucky to Porter and Nancy Hogue Hamner he is survived by widow Ruse Belle Parkins Hamner married Sept 1 1923 a daughter Dale Carpenter Lyons route two a son Charles R Hamner a brother Ray Hamner Philadelphia Pa a sister Irene Haverstick Indianapolis parents Porter and Mrs. Hamner Linton a grandson Billy Dale Carpenter a nephew Fritz Carl Haverstick Indianapolis and two nieces. Body taken to Welch and Cornett Funeral Home friends may call. Funeral 2:00 Friday at the funeral home Riv Robert Wilkes officiating burial Fairview Cemetery.
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Marco
Linton
Good Samaritan Hospital
Vincennes
Mr. Hamner
Linton First Christian Church
Linton Masonry Lodge No
Scottish Rite
Valley of Indianapolis
Eastern Star Lodge
Lyons
Shelby County
Kentucky
Porter
Nancy Hogue Hamner
Hamner
Ruse Belle Parkins Hamner
Dale Carpenter
Lyons Route Two
Charles R. Hamner
Ray Hamner
Philadelphia
Irene Haverstick
Indianapolis
Porter Hamner
Billy Dale Carpenter
Fritz Carl Haverstick
Welch and Cornett
Welch and Cornett Funeral Home
Riv
Robert Wilkes
Fairview Cemetery
Worthington man fined for speeding on state road 54
Stanley D. Allen of Worthington Route Two was fined 10 dollars and costs totaling 24.75 for speeding 50 mph in a 30 mph zone on state road 54. The case was heard in W. E. Laughlin's court by Justice of the Peace in Linton, filed by State Policeman George W. Campbell under the dollar a mile rule.
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Stanley D. Allen
Worthington
W. E.laughlin
Linton
George W. Campbell
Allen
Justices of the Peace
CWF to Meet at Mrs Haworth's Home This Thursday
The Christian Women's Fellowship of the First Christian Church will hold a meeting at the home of Mrs Jesse Haworth at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
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Christian Women’s Fellowship of the First Christian Church
Jesse Haworth
Hoosier Sues State Toll Road Leaders
Frank Kernacker president of Kernacker and Associates testifies in Hancock Circuit Court that the Indiana Toll Road Commission forced him to idle staff for two months and withheld partial payments on a Elkhart to South Bend 15 mile project later revised from 14 5 million to 10 million causing a 1 5 million suit.
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Greenfield
Ind
Chicago
Indiana Toll Road Commission
Frank Kernacker
Kernacker and Associates
Hancock Circuit
Elkhart
South Bend
Kornacker
Commission
Red Cross Plans Nursing Conference
A disaster nursing conference under the American Red Cross will be held at the Van Orman hotel in Bloomington from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Mrs. Robert Petranoff, disaster nurse vice chairman for Monroe County, announced the event. The workshop covers what to do when disasters strike such as tornadoes floods and epidemics and is open to nurses in Brown Bartholomew Greene Jackson Jennings Johnson Lawrence Morgan Owen and Monroe counties.
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American Red Cross
van Orman Hotel
Bloomington
Robert Petranoff
Monroe County
Planne
Brown
Bartholomew
Greene
Jackson
Jennings
Johnson
Lawrence
Morgan
Owen
Monroe Counties
Woodrow Smith Returns Home After Chicago Heart Surgery
Woodrow Smith has returned to his home from Edgewater Beach hospital in Chicago where he underwent heart surgery. The operation, though unusual, was reported today as highly successful.
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Woodrow Smith
Edgewater Beach Hospital
Chicago
Mr. Smith
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