New Violence Occurs in Mideast Dispute
In Port Said Egypt underground fighters attacked a British eight man patrol with grenades and machine guns injuring one soldier. Five grenades were used in a 30 minute assault as troops sought cover. Syria was reinforcing along the Turkish frontier and a Syrian cabinet crisis and bloc demands were reported from Beirut.
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London
Port Said
Royal Scots
Istanbul
Syria
Gaziantep
Sportlight
Turkey
Iraq
Israel
Middle East
Mideast
Beirut
Shukri el- Kuwaily
Greene County Shrine Club Christmas Party Planned
The Greene County Shrine Club will hold its annual Christmas party and ladies night program at the Park Hotel in Jasonville on Thursday evening. A $1 gift exchange will be enjoyed.
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Greene County Shrine Club
Park Hotel
Jasonville
Frank Vits Dies at 73 in Detroit Hospital
Frank Vits 73 of Linton died at 1 30 this morning at Osteopathic hospital Detroit after a week of serious illness. Born in Lovaine Belgium February 12 1883 he lived mainly in Linton and worked in local coal mines and two years for Hudson Motor Co in Detroit during World War II. Survived by daughter Frances Vits Bush Detroit son Roger Vits Linton and granddaughter Philomena Vits Lehman Linton. Body returning to Welch and Cornett Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Frank Vits
Linton
Osteopathic Hospital
Detroit
Mich
Mr. Vits
Louvaine
Belgium
Hudson Motor Company
Vits
Philomena Vits
Frances Vits Bush
Roger Vits
Philomena Vits Lehman
Welch and Cornett
Greene circuit court reviews six civil actions Saturday
Five civil actions were given consideration in Bloomfield court. Rosie Mae Sexton was granted a divorce from Billy Lee Sexton with $125 attorney fees. Wanda J Martindale was ordered to pay $25 weekly support and $125 attorney fees. divorce set for Feb 16. Barbara Jean Breedlove vs Robert Breedlove rescheduled for Dec 15. Edith Bohnert vs Hugh Bohnert continued generally. Encyclopedia Britannica Inc vs Melvin Howard dismissed on plaintiff motion.
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Greene
Bloomfield
Rosie Mae Sexton
Billy Lee Sexton
Barbara Jean Breedlove
Robert Breedlove
Edith Bohnert
Hugh Bohnert
Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc
Melvin Howard
Wanda J. Martindale
Jesse Martindale
Mrs Grace Comiskey Dies in Chicago
Grace Comiskey principal stockholder of the Chicago White Sox was found dead in her bed early today in Chicago.
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Chicago
Grace Comiskey
Chicago White Sox
Four Marriage Licenses Issued by Greene County Clerk
Four marriage licenses have been issued recently by the Greene circuit court clerk Miss Norma Linton at Bloomfield. Licenses were issued to Frank Brandon of Bedford and Bonnie Corbin of Bloomfield, Jack Swango of Mitchell and Vina Carter of Bloomfield route three, Arthur Ball and Shirley Ann Wright of Linton, Junior Killion of Bloomfield and Clara Elliston of Cuba Missouri.
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Norma Linton
Greene Circuit
Bloomfield
Frank Brandon
Bedford
Bonnie Corbin
Jack Swango
Mitchell
Vina Carter
Arthur Ball
Shirley Ann Wright
Linton Junior Killion
Clara Elliston
Cuba
Twelve Are Killed in State Accidents Nationwide
A weekend of icy highways and spinouts left at least 12 dead in Indiana and nearby areas. Victims include Leogootee youths Thomas May 19 Charles O Maley 17 and Donald Barley 20 after a crash on Ind 58 near Odon. Others include Paul Murphy 29 Logansport and wife Helen 24 after a collision on U S 30 west of Fort Wayne. Dwight Heisler 24 Plymouth and Thomas Martin 45 Wabash died in separate wrecks on slushy roads. Raymond Harrison 70 Indianapolis Salvation Army worker died crossing a street en route to services. Indianapolis residents John Smith 18 and Curare Snoemaxer 33 killed in campus crashes. Decker 28 Indianapolis killed in a pickup collision. Van Meter 33 Ossian and Robert Lewis 26 Scottsburg die in county road accidents.
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Ind
Odon
Thomas Douglas May
Charles Herber O’maley
Donald L. Barley
Barley
May
O’maley
S. Barley
Paul Murphy
Logansport
Helen
Chuca Wey
U.S. 30
Fort Wayne
Dwight Heisler
Plymouth
Thomas Martin
Wabash
Thaiun
Martin
U.S. 24
Suntington
Hersler
Walkerton
Rayimond Harrison
Indianapolis Salvation Army Lentendary
Sunaay
Indianapoli
Churca
Univer
Jonn R. Smith
InaiaNapuus
Indianapolis
Paul Decacai
Andianapuuws
UL. Snoemaxer
Decker
Cidon van Meter
Ossan
Huntington
van Meter
Robert Lewis
Austin
Scott
Scottsburg
Baize Serves Aboard Carrier USS Valley Forge
Donnie G. Baize airman first class USN son of Mrs. Davie P. Baize of Winton Route Two serves aboard the support aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge. The ship is on a refresher training cruise in the Caribbean Sea and is scheduled to arrive at Norfolk Virginia on December 11.
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Carbbean Sea
Donnie G. Baize
Davie P. Baize
Winton
Valley Forge
Valey Forge
Caribbean Sea
Norfolk
Glee Club Parents Meet Tonight at School
Parents of Glee club members at Linton Stockton High School gather in room 140 of the north wing of the elementary building for a 7:30 p m business session. The newly organized group invites all parents to attend.
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Glee Club
Linton-Stockton High School
Snowy Indiana Strikes Statewide Weather Outlook
A blanket of snow covered most of Indiana with a few inches in cities like South Bend Fort Wayne Lafayette and Indianapolis. The Weatherman forecasts fair and warmer conditions for the next five days with highs from 33 to 47 and little or no precipitation except possible lake effect flurries midweek.
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Indiana
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Lake Michigan
Evansville
Snowy highways in storm toll claim several lives
A weekend blizzard blanketed the Texas Panhandle to New England with snow and ice causing numerous crashes. At least 39 deaths were blamed on the weather with two fatal wrecks each leaving six people dead. A Missouri family perished in Wyoming when their car slid into the Snake River and six Patterson N Y girls died after a crash with a tractor trailer. Three brothers, ages 8 to 12, drowned while shoveling snow.
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Texas Panhandle
New England
Moose
Wyo
Snake River
Patterson
N.Y
Albert Oakley
Casper
Marguerite
Hoosier Boy Held in Fatal Beating
Malcolm Lee Beggs a 45 year old New York actor in the touring company of No Time for Sergeants was beaten to death in his 16th floor LaSalle Towers apartment in Chicago. Two teenagers Robert Mitchell 19 St Louis and Haskell Ray Kelems 18 Evansville Ind were found with the body after neighbors called police. Investigators say the youths met Beggs Sunday night in the Loop and planned to rob him. the assault followed a struggle with bottles used as weapons.
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Chicago
Malcolm Lee Beggs
New York
Beggs
Pounce
LaSalle Towers
Robert Mitchell
St. Louis
Haskell Ray Kelems
Evansville
Ind
Loop
Worthington Native Promoted at Fort Sam Houston
John M. Hester of Worthington has been promoted to specialist third class at Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Sam Houston Texas. Hester who joined the Army in January 1955 trained at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and attended Purdue University.
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Fort Sam Houston, Tex
AHTNC
John M. Hester
Grace Hester
Worthington
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Brooke Army Medical Center
Hester
Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Purdue University
Past President Parley Plans Christmas Party With Betty Colvin
The Past President's Parley of the American Legion Auxiliary will meet with Mrs Betty Colvin at 7 00 PM Thursday for its annual Christmas party A 79 cent gift exchange will be enjoyed.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Betty Colvin
Canada Air Crash Feared as 62 Aboard Vanished Flight
A Montreal bound plane with 62 aboard including 69 passengers and 3 crew is believed lost after an overnight crash in Fraser Valley near Vancouver. RCAF search continues as lights on a mountain are reported with last radio contact over Hope BC.
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Fraser Vally
Vancouver
TCA
Canada
Montreal
Gordie Sturtridge
Ray Syrnyk
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Becket
Sturtridge
Royal Canadian Air Force
Rcaf Air-Sea Rescue
Hope
Here
Allan Jack Clarke
Winnipeg
Princeton
B.C
Robbery at Service Station Exposes Silence by Owner
Police learned of a Saturday robbery at a service station run by Lucian Truitt after a customer reported it. Two suspects fled with 72 dollars. Authorities later arrested Robert Wall and Ronald Blair while Truitt continued to wait on patrons without reporting the crime.
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Gary
Lucian Truitt
Truitt
Robert Wall
Hammond
Ronald Blair
Richmond
Hoosier Woman Dies in Accident Near Brownstown
Carol Jean Martin, 32, of Brownstown, was struck by a truck on U.S. 50 at Brownstown, about 10 miles southwest of Seymour. State police report she stepped into the path of truck driver Frank W. Woodring, 45, of Odon. She died later at Schneck Memorial Hospital in Seymour.
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Seymour
Ind
Carol Jean Martin
Brownstown
U.S. 50
Here
Frank W. Woodring
Odon
Schneck, Memorial Hospital
Farmers vote across 34 states on 1957 crop controls
U S farmers in 34 states vote on corn cotton rice and peanuts referenda with separate balloting for each crop. About 3 million farmers may vote with decisions on base acreage marketing quotas and soil bank participation affecting price supports and eligibility.
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Washington
Greene County
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Lucien E. Jones 84 Former Stockton Trustee Dies
Lucien E. Jones 84 longtime Linton resident and former Stockton township trustee died at 6:20 AM at Rogers Sunset Nursing Home Jasonville after illness since October. He was a retired cement contractor. survived by four sons Meredith Loren Harold of Linton Nelson of Mitchell and three daughters Mary Surman Gary Mildred Coolidge Ariz Selma Robberson Atwater Calif. funeral 2:00 PM Wednesday at Welch and Corntt Funeral Home with Rev. David Shepherd officiating burial in Fairview cemetery.
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Lucien E. Jones
Stockton Township
Rogers ‘Sunset
Jasonville
Mr. Jones
Linton
Methodist Church
Spencer County
Howel
Mary Wilkison Jones
Elizabeth Holtz Jones
Jones
Meredith
Loren
Harold Jones
Nelson Jones
Mitchell
Mary Surman
Gary
Mildred Jones
Coolidge
Ariz
Selma Robberson
Atwater
Calif
Welch and Corntt Funeral
David Shepherd
Fairview Cemetery
16 Nations Demand Censure of Russia
United States and 15 other powers urge the United Nations to condemn Russia for depriving Hungary of liberty and independence. The draft resolution calls for Russian troops to withdraw from Hungary under UN observation and for no further intervention. The sponsors include Argentina Australia Belgium Denmark El Salvador Ireland Italy The Netherlands Norway Pakistan Sweden and Thailand with Chile Peru and the Philippines joining later. A prior bid for UN observers to Hungary failed as Moscow and the Hungarian government did not respond by Friday’s deadline.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Russia
Hungary
General Assembly
U.N
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Denmark
el Salvador
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Pakistan
Sweden
Thailand
Chile
Peru
Philippines
Moscow
Budapest
Janos Kadar
Mrs Rex Johnson Submits to Major Surgery at Local Sanitarium
Mrs Rex Johnson of Switz City underwent major surgery at Comer Sanitarium in Mooresville on Saturday. She is in room 7 with a satisfactory condition and expects a three week stay.
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Rex Johnson
Switz City
Comer Sanitarium
Mooresville
Navy School Memphis Welcomes Rice as Airman Apprentice
At the Memphis Naval Technical Training Center Aviation Machinist's Mate School Donald R. Rice airman apprentice USN son of Mr and Mrs Silas Rice of Linton route three attends the program in Memphis Tennessee while pursuing his aviation machinist training.
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Memphis, Tenn
FHTNC
Naval Technical Training Center
Donald R. Rice
USN
Silas Rice
Linton
Hospital Admission of Mrs Verna Ham in Ellis Community
Mrs Verna Ham of Ellis community is a patient at Robert Long hospital in Indianapolis, admitted Friday and placed in Ward E.
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Verna Ham
Ellis
Robert Long Hospital
Indianapolis
Six Motorists Fined in Bloomfield Court
Six motorists pleaded guilty in Bloomfield justice court to Indiana traffic violations. Names include David F. Shonk of Bloomfield, John F. Stropes of Indianapolis, Charles L. Bentrud of Crane, Henry L. Hammer of Tampa, Don O’Hern Jr of Linton, and Gerrie W. Starkey of Jeffersonville. Fines ranged from $1 to $55.50 with costs, totaling various sums.
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Indiana
Frank C. Dean
Bloomfield
David F. Shonk
George Campbell
John Francis Stropes
Indianapolis
Charles L. Bentrud
Crane
Henry L. Hammer
Tampa
Fla
Officr Campbell
Don O'Hern Jr
Linton
Gerrie W. Starkey
Jeffersonville
Campbell
Divorce Sought in Greene Circuit Court Bloomfield
A suit for divorce has been filed in Greene circuit court at Bloomfield by Robertine Adams against Kenneth Wayne Adams.
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Greene
Bloomfield
Robertine Adams
Kenneth Wayne Adams
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