Christmas party at Riley Hospital for polio victims
A Christmas party at Riley Memorial Hospital brought together staff and patients including polio victims. The piece notes 1,438 polio cases in Indiana with 32 deaths, and highlights medical progress reducing hospital stays and improving treatment while sharing personal reflections on the disease and its impact.
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Riley Memorial Hospital
Santa Claus
Marc Waggener
Indiana Medical Center
Riley Hospital
Robert Bloom
Verne G. Robinson
State Board of Health
Indiana
U S to Reactivate Bunker Hill Air Station in State
The Bunker Hill Naval Air Station near Peru Indiana will be reactivated at about 15 million dollars for the Air Force. Construction will be by Navy engineers with plans to start next spring and finish in 1954. One or more bomber wings may be stationed there.
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U.S
Bunker Hill Air Station
Peru
Ind
U.P
Bunker Hill Naval Air Station
Here
Henry Shaid
Ninth Naval District
Great Lakes
Ill
Navy
Air Force
Tactical Air Command
Shaid
Bunker Hill
Mrs. Osburn Dies At Worthington
Hessie Allen Osburn 61 a Worthington resident died suddenly from a heart attack at home. She was born August 6 1891 in Highland and lived most of her life in Worthington. Survived by husband Ray E. Osburn daughter Keck Myers and son Orval Osburn. brother Frank Wilson. two grandchildren. Funeral 1:30 Friday at Worthington Christian Church. Burial in Worthington Cemetery.
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Hessie Allen Osburn
Worthington
Osburn
Highland
Alonzo Z
Mary FE. McDaniels Wilson
Worthington Christian Church
Order of Eastern Star
Union Valley
Don Johnson
Worthington Cemetery
Eisenhower names True Morse under secretary of agriculture
President elect Eisenhower selected True D. Morse a former Democrat who helped shape the farm plank for the 1952 GOP platform as under secretary of agriculture. Morse, head of Doane Agricultural Service in St. Louis, is to be paid 17500 yearly and succeeds C J McCormick.
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NEW York
U.P
Eisenhower
True D. Morse
Morse
St. Louis
Doane Agricultural Service, Inc
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
James C. Hagerty
Secretary of Agriculture
C. J. McCormick
Commodore Hotel
Morningside Heights
Eisenhowers
Indianapolis Boy Dies in Home Fire
A two year old Indianapolis boy, Bobby Miller, died in a flash fire at home Tuesday night. His father Joseph Miller escaped with another son, Joseph Jr., after intense heat trapped the child under a kitchen table. Firemen found a gas jet on a stove open and suspect the boy struck a match while alone.
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Indianapolis
Iu.p.a
Bobby Miller
Joseph Miller
Miller
Joseph
Terre Haute Depot Cuts 275 Jobs in Shakeup
Col. Glenn Nida announced 275 of the 1,000 Terre Haute Ordnance Depot employees will be dropped February 1 due to reorganization and consolidation. Most workers will be reassigned to other plants as jobs are consolidated.
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Terre Haute
U.P
Glenn Nida
Daily Citizen to Skip Christmas Day Issue
Publisher Elkin Turner announced the Daily Citizen will not publish on Christmas Day. Stores post offices banks and barber shops will be closed all day.
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Daily Citizen
Elkin C. Turner
Linton
GI Who Ate Lunch With Ike Dies in Battle
Cpl. James E. Murray, who dined with President elect Dwight Eisenhower on the Korean front, died in no man s land after leading a patrol into a Communist ambush December 9. A Bronze Star recipient, Murray was 20 years old and his body was recovered the next day.
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Korea
James E. Murray
Dwight Eisenhower
No-Man's-Land
Murray
U. N. Lines
France faces renewed premier crisis after Pinay resignation
President Vincent Auriol met with former premier Rene Pleven and planned talks with at least five more ex premiers to appoint a new government, as France fights a deepening crisis with no premier in place and negotiations continued with Faure Mayer Moch Diethelm Reynaud Daladier Gouin and others.
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Paris
U.P
Vincent Auriol
Rene Pleven
France
Auriol
Antoine Pinay
Edgar Faure
Rene Mayer
Jules Moch
Andre Diethelm
Pleven
Democratic and Socialist Union of Resistance
UDSR
Faure
Mayer
Moch
Diethelm
Charles de Gaulle
Paul Reynaud
Edouard Daladier
Felix Gouin
Separated Brodie Twins Face Critical After Surgery
In Chicago the Brodie twins Rodney Dee and Roger Lee, 15 months old, remain in critical and precarious condition six days after surgeons separated their fused tissue and blood system. Roger Lee lies in a deep coma while Rodney is listed as critical with no improvement over three days.
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Chicago
U.R
Brodie
Detroit visitors spend holiday with McKinney kin
Mrs. Louis Beebe and her son David of Detroit Michigan visit her mother Mrs. Nettie McKinney, sister Mrs. Ann Witherell, and brother Mr. Bill McKinney and his wife during the holiday.
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Louis Beebe
David
Detroit
Mich
Nettie Mc- Kinney
Ann Witherell
Bill Mc- Kinney
Pope warns of destruction from modern systems at Christmas broadcast
Pope Pius XII in a Christmas Eve address warns East and West that Marxist and capitalist systems may destroy humanity if God and human dignity are neglected. He says salvation cannot come from production alone and laments the poor, urging limits on technology as society’s path. The 14th Christmas broadcast reached 23 languages, including Russian.
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Vatican City
U.P
Pius XII
East
West
Lyons GL in Texas Pvt McCombs Arrives for Training
Pvt James L McCombs son of Mr and Mrs Clarence McCombs of Lyons has arrived at the Anti aircraft Artillery Replacement Training Center Ft Bliss El Paso Texas to begin eight weeks of basic training He will then receive specialized instruction in one of several antiaircraft fields Col E W Heath cote commanding officer says he will be assigned to a unit within the continental United States or to an overseas command after completion.
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James L. McCombs
Clarence McCombs
Lyons
Ft. Bliss
el Paso
Texas
Pvt. McCombs
Col. E. W. Heathcote
Continental United States
Department of the Army
Mose Plans Dance At Linton Moose Lodge Hall
The Linton Moose lodge announces a Christmas Eve dance at their hall starting at 9:00 tonight. Free refreshments will be served from 6:30 p.m. Officers urge all members to attend.
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Linton Moose Lodge
Schricker Appoints New Welfare Director After Ineligible Predecessor
Indiana. Robert C. Hale of Shelbyville is named state welfare director by Gov. Schricker to succeed Maurice O. Hunt whose resignation left the post briefly ineligible. The welfare board previously named Marshall, a move Millis calls invalid. Hale, bonded for 5000 dollars, serves until Jan. 12 when George N. Craig takes office. Millis will honor vouchers Hale signs for reimbursements to counties.
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Indianapolis
Robert C. Hale
Shelbyville
Henry F. Schricker
Marshall
State Welfare Board
Frank T. Millis
Wefare Board
Maurice O. Hunt
Hale
George N. Craig
Craig
Millis
Prayer Week Planned by Linton Churches
The Linton Ministerial association announces a five night prayer week from Sunday Jan 4 to Friday Jan 8. Bishop J B Showers will speak on prayer and its power guiding attendees to deeper faith and practical solutions. Services move between First Baptist First Christian and the Methodist church with choirs from multiple congregations.
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Linton Ministerial Association
J. B. Showers
Evangelical United Brethern Church
Indianapolis
First Baptist Church
First Christian
Evangelical United Brethren
Methodist
Olive Branch Baptist
First Baptist
Protests Over Dead Animals Dumped at Linton Dump
Residents near the Cy dump southeast of Linton protested to Mayor Robert C. McFadden about the dumping of a dead pig and a dead calf. The mayor said Newberry Tankage hauled them away free of charge and urged proper calls in future. The city seeks to revise dump regulations or find a new location amid ongoing headaches for the council.
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Linton
Robert C. McFadden
McFadden
Newberry Tankage Company
Fatal accident at Cedar Lake ties to Christmas gifts
In Cedar Lake Indiana five year old Karen Nemeth dies after finding a loaded .410 shotgun under her family's Christmas tree. Her brother Stephen 12 had briefly borrowed the gun to hunt rabbits then returned it to its place before Karen's fatal encounter. The girl's burial is planned for Christmas Day.
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Cedar Lake
Ind
U.P
Karen Louise Nemeth
Karen
Stephen Jr
Stephen
Courthouse Repair Planned By Greene County Officials
Greene County plans a 225000 repair and remodeling project for the courthouse. A special County Council meeting at the courthouse January 6 and 7 will hear engineers and architects reports and consider additional appropriations and bond issuance to cover the project. Taxpayers may speak on the necessity of the extra appropriation before the matter moves to the Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners for a further hearing.
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Greene County
County Council
Daily Citizen
Board of Commissioners
Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners
Greensburg man killed by car on Ind. 46
Charles Davis 77 of Greensburg was struck and killed today while walking along Ind. 46 near his home. Anthony Geis of Greensburg was the driver of the car.
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Greensburg
Ind
Charles Davis
Anthony Geis
Washington D. C. visitors to Linton for holidays
Miss Jane Haussin and Miss Theresa Haffley of Washington D C are spending the holidays in Linton visiting friends and relatives.
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Jane Haussin
Theresa Haffley
Washington D. C
Linton
UN Repels Heavy Red Attack Near Seoul In Front-Line Fight
U N forces repelled a major Chinese assault on T-bone Hill near Seoul despite being heavily outnumbered. Sabre jets damaged and likely destroyed several MiG-15s while UN artillery and infantry inflicted heavy Red losses over a four hour melee.
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U.S
Yalu River
Reds
United Nations
Seoul
T-bone Hill
West Central
U.N
Little
Nori Hill
Mark Clark
Wonsan
Christmas Holiday Traffic Deaths Seen At Five Ninety Nine
The National Safety Council estimates 590 lives could be lost in four days of Christmas travel. President Ned Dearborn urges a Christmas savings plan emphasizing caution and common sense. Recommendations include avoiding driving in bad weather, starting early, driving slowly, allowing extra time, and not drinking if behind the wheel.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned
Dearborn
Council
Minor Nazi war criminals freed in Christmas amnesty
Six teen minor German war criminals and 107 other Germans sentenced by U.S. High Commission courts were ordered released from jail in a grant of Christmas amnesty. The commission said the released convicters were mostly low ranking officers or civilians.
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Bonn
Germany
V.P
U.S
High Commission
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Clyde Williams
South Bend
Naess and Murphy
Biteswinger and Hock, Inc
Akron
Mary Lord
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United Nations Human Rights Commission
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
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Francis McDermott
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