Odd anecdotes mix politics and lamps in small town column
A defeated candidate eyes Christmas cards at a store offering about half a cent each. Emery Johnson brings a long spout lamp used by mule drivers to Mine Runner's inspection. Notes on a Santa letter and a TV programme idea ripple through a busy local page with librarian praise and state leader salaries.
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Emery Johnson
Linton
Tobe Nickerson
No. 20
White Rose
White Rabbit
Vandalia Coal Company
Indiana State Highway
General Post Office
New York City
Celia
Santa Clause
Free Indian Prisoners Arrive as Chinese Withdrawals Reported
At Tezpur India 64 ill and wounded soldiers plus one body arrived at frontier HQ as the first POWs released by the Chinese. Prime Minister Nehru and Indian Red Cross officials interviewed the prisoners who were handed over at Bombila. Indian patrols report no Chinese troops for days and forward-area reports note withdrawal seems underway while Indian defenses remain on alert.
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Tezpur
India
Uri
Jawaharla Nehru
Red Cross
Bombila
North East Frontier Agency
Wedding Hero Stops Bank Robbery in New Jersey
Elizabeth police say 24 year old Robert Dischler confronted two bandits during a bank heist, firing one shot and grappling for the weapon to prevent the robbery. He recovered his $1600 deposit as FBI and police arrived. guard William Petoskey was wounded. Loretta Herman, his fiancée, awaited the engagement ring fund.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Robert Dischler
Dischler
Loretta Herman
Dishwiler
William Petoskey
Sandy Miller
Hannah Buzzone
Martha Johnson
FBI
Kennedy Stands Behind Stevenson Amid Magazine Turmoil
President Kennedy expresses full confidence in Ambassador Adlai Stevenson and says Stevenson will remain vital at the United Nations. The White House released a letter noting regret over a Saturday Evening Post article about Stevenson preferring negotiation to a blockade in the Cuban crisis.
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Washington
Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
United Nations
Stevenson
White House
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation
Saturday Evening Post
Stewart Alsop
Charles Bartlett
Moscow
Tass
Two Trusties Escape From Indiana Reformatory
Pendleton Indiana two trusties escaped Wednesday night from a dairy barn work detail at the Indiana Reformatory Supt John Buck identified them as Robert Stanley 21 and Charles Wethington 25 They lived in a dormitory outside the walls and worked at the barn about a mile from the administration building Stanley from Grant County sentenced January for burglary Wethington from Montgomery County sentenced February 1955 to 1 10 years for vehicle taking
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Pendleton
Ind
Wpr
Indiana Reformatory
John Buck
Robert Stanley
Charles Wethingston
Stanley
Grant County
Wethington
Montgomery County
District Eagles Aeries Meet At Clinton Friday Night
District No. 15 announces a meeting of Eagles Aeries at Clinton at 8:00 tonight. District chairman D. P. Dixon urges all local Aerie members to attend.
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Eagles Aeries
Clinton
D. P. Dixon
Aerie
Ice Is Blamed for Indiana Highway Deaths in Winter
Two deaths raised Indiana 1962 highway toll to at least 1,125. Walter George Long, 50, Oxford, died after his car skidded on ice on U S 52 near Templeton and he was thrown from the vehicle. Frank Cowgill, 42, Chesterfield, fatally injured when a Pennsylvania Railroad train struck the car at a crossing. driver Charles Zeh, 48, Chesterfield, was critically injured.
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Indiana
Walter George
Long
Oxford
U. S. 52
Templeton
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Frank Cowgill
Chesterfield
Pennsylvania Railroad
Anderson
Charles Zeh
Walter G. Long
South Bend
Lake Michigan
Indianapolis
Evansville
Louisville
Upstate
Hoosierland
South Bend Dope Ring Breaks Up in Major Raid
Federal narcotics agents and local police arrested seven men in South Bend in the area’s biggest drug bust. The ring, tied to marijuana and heroin sales totaling about 100000 yearly, yielded six marijuana pushers and one heroin seller. Officers said more arrests may follow as Chicago suppliers are traced. Bond set at 10000 each.
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South Bend
Ind
Melvin Pasalich
Pasalich
Federal
Chicago
William Ingram
Robert Pickins
Herman Walker
Henry Joyce
Samuel Harvey
Henry Hill
Cecil Wiley
Ingram
Perkins
Hill
Harvey
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Coldest air hits area since Oct
A cold snap dropped temperatures to 22 degrees marking the coldest reading since Oct 27. An inch of snow fell this morning, making highways hazardous for a few hours before warming and melting the snow.
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Noble Lantrip
U. S
Elliston
Snow Causes Two Greene County Traffic Mishaps
State police report two snow related accidents on State Road 54 near Bloomfield and Switz City. No injuries were reported. damages ranged from four hundred to five hundred dollars.
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Greene County
Bloomfield
Margaret Lois Wright
Norma June Silvers
Kenneth Wolfe
Robert Kirk
Silvers
Miss Wright
Switz City
Cer Wolfe
ReBecca Estelle Shepler
Paxton
Haley Brothers Construction Corp
Terre Haute
Daniel Edward Harbaugh
Wolfe
Stepler
Defense says 27 IL28 bombers pulled from Cuba
Washington reports that 27 IL28 bombers have been pulled out of Cuba by the Russians. Secretary Freeman asked the National Advisory Committee on Rural Areas Development to consider creating a domestic peace corps to aid rural property.
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Washington
Defense Department
Cuba
Wic
Orville L. Freeman
National Advisory Committee On Rural Areas Development
Peace Corps
Bedford Man Killed In Rail Accident
Delmer Nester, a Bedford resident, died after a rail incident near Greene cemet as slippery roads were expected to worsen noon conditions. Investigators said the crew included Eeregues of Desarville. Maher the Tepaire and other details were not married with three or four children reported.
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Bedford
Linton
Greene
Cemet
R Core
Seamen
Merken
Orate
Eeregues
Desarville
London Fog Grimly Strangles City For Days
London endures a deadly smog that has claimed hundreds of lives and sickened thousands. Officials warn the toxin laden fog could linger and worsen, with hospitals on alert and air samples showing dangerous levels.
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London
Don
Rma
Exha
Alerieg
Itals
Onder R
Congress Ling Finally Setstle on Congressional Shifts
Fragmented OCR notes outline party gains and losses in Congress, with mentions of South Dakota and New Mexico governors, upcoming elections, and seat changes in the Senate and House. Names like Miller and Gardne appear amid garbled lines about republicans and democrats and dates for final election timing.
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de Moray
Corge
South Dakota
Sena
Mexico
Republican
Payroly
Cratie Sen Senate
Afoe &Dem Nnis Chain
Miller
Rich Alif
Noy
Congressiona
Mmiller
Old Dem
Old Senat
K. Gardne
Sharon Ray Alfrey Reece
Sonville
Ton Route Two
Former Minister Dead at Dugger
Former minister of the United Mines area in Dugger, Mr. Keene, died recently at Dugger after a long illness. He was born in 6 and served as a lodge member in Sullivan and Linton. Survived by widow Vera, a mother Sadie, two daughters Betty and Jon, and sons Robert and Gerald, with brothers and a sister also listed. Funeral arrangements set with Evans Funeral Home in Dugger and services at 2:00 p.m. Saturday.
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Qmuren
Mary Sherman Oo
Aullivan
Keene
Mer
Healt
Fai Keene County
Dugger
United Mines
Pelenie Lodge
Linton
York
Court rules on Jewish citizenship case in Israel
Israel's supreme court 4 to 1 decision holds that birth as a Jew does not automatically grant Israeli citizenship. The case involves Father Daniel Oswald Buffeison born in Poland during World War I who converted to Catholicism and sought citizenship since 1959 under the 1950 law allowing Jews to emigrate to Israel. The court rejected his automatic claim despite Jewish lineage.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Supreme Court
High Court
Daniel
Oswald Buffeison
Orth
Poland
Zone Meeting Set by Linton Aerie Eagles
The Linton Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will host a Zone Four meeting this afternoon. Details indicate a local gathering with members and officials expected to attend.
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E Linton Aerie
Frater- Thurder
Eagles
Zon
Lge
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