Russia claims progress toward peaceful H-bomb use in 1957 report
Moscow Radio quotes Alexander Terpigorev claiming Russians achieved over one million degree temperatures and observed phenomena of H-bomb explosions in laboratory conditions. Western experts question the claim, noting U.S. and Britain reached similar temps with new equipment.
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London
Moscow Radio
Russia
Alexander Terpigorev
Soviet Academy of Sciences
France
United States
Britain
Terpigorov
Seven People Recover From Freelandville Food Poisoning
Seven victims of a weekend food poisoning incident in Freelandville recovered at Good Samaritan Hospital Vincennes. They ate ham salad sandwiches after attending a funeral. Names include Carl Toney, Alice Toney, Fred Toney of Freelandville, Philip and Diana Toney of East Chicago, Shelma Jerrell of Griffith, and Leo Marx of Crown Point.
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Freelandville
Good Samaritan Hospital
Vincennes
Merlin Williams
Carl
Alice
Fred Toney
Philip
Diana Toney
East Chicago
Shelma Jerrell
Griffith
Leo Marx
Crown Point
Ike's Budget to Rise But Stay Balanced and Slightly Surplus
The White House announced President Eisenhower will submit a 1959 budget higher than this year yet balanced with a small surplus. The plan reflects increased defense spending for the space era, with no tax reductions and no expected tax hikes.
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Gettysburg
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Percival Brundage
Maurice Stans
James R. Killian
Killian
James C. Hagerty
Hoosier Pilot Sets Helicopter Altitude Record
Army Captain James E Bowman from Amboy Indiana set a world helicopter altitude record of 30335 feet on December 28 in Wichita Kansas piloting an YH-41 Seneca helicopter. The previous record of 26931 feet was established by France's Jean Boulet on June 6 1955.
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Washington
Army
James E. Bowman
Amboy
Ind
Wichita
Kan
Jean Boulet
France
Baby Derby winners crowned in local Lincoln area
Timothy Paul Weaver, born January 1 1957 at 1 37 PM, is revealed as the 1957 Lin ton Baby Derby winner and the first baby born in 1958 in the trading area will receive a prize. He weighs about thirty pounds and smiles happily as his parents await further prizes from local merchants.
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Timothy Paul Weaver
James Weaver
Linton
Timothy Paul
Citizen Photo-Engraving
Warning Issued On Gebhardt Eagle Chili Powder
The FDA and Gebhart Chili Powder Co of San Antonio Texas warn that one and three ounce bottles may contain glass fragments. Consumers should destroy or return bottles and retailers must surrender stock to the manufacturer.
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Washington
Gebhardt
Eagle
Food and Drug Administration
Gebhart Chili Powder Co
San Antonio
Texas
Eisenhower Won’t Quit Job Despite Illness Says Veteran Reporter
President Eisenhower shows no intention of resigning and feels physically capable for the duties of office. Doctors concur as he resists weekend- or holiday-related absences, preferring open air activity despite political pressure from some Democrats and Republicans. The idea of resigning temporarily arose after a House member suggested it. the President regards such talk as politics and remains unsettled by none.
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Merriman Smith
United Press
White House
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N.Y
Truman
Key West
Fla
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
Former Lyons Woman Dies in Colorado
Mrs. Mary Frances Bixler Richardson of Colorado Springs died suddenly Sunday night after a heart attack. She was 52, born in Lyons, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Lorie Bixler, and had lived in Colorado for over thirty years. Survivors include Leo Richardson husband a daughter a grandchild sister Beulah Russell Denver brother Fred Bixler Denver aunt Mrs Rupert Field Lyons and uncle Fred Maddox Lyons. Funeral services will be held in Colorado Springs.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Lyons
Richardson
Lorie Bixler
Lyons School
Colorado
Lyons and
Linton
Leo Richardson
Beulah Russell
Denver, Colo
Fred Bixler
Denver
Rupert Field
Fred Maddox
Deserter Charles Akers Arrested in Terre Haute
FBI agents and state police arrested 19 year old Charles E. Akers at his brother's home in Terre Haute and charged him with desertion from the Army. Akers had been AWOL from the overseas replacement station at Oakland California since August and is held in Vigo County Jail awaiting military authorities.
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Terre Haute
FBI
Charles E. Akers
Akers
Oakland
Calif
Vigo County
Revival Underway at Samaria Pentecostal Church
An ongoing revival is in progress at Samaria Pentecostal Church with Rev. Elbert Car renter of Indianapolis as evangelist. Services begin at 7:00 PM each evening and the public is invited to attend.
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Samaria Pentecostal Church
Elbert Carrenter
Indianapolis
Dutch Powell 73 Dies in Linton Home
Otto Dutch Powell longtime coal miner dies at 3 45 this morning at his West Linton home after a week of illness. He worked at No 23 Maumee Collieries and belonged to United Mine Workers and Lin ton Moose Lodge 1434. Born July 8 1885 in Germany he immigrated in 1892. Survived by widow Norma Tincher Powell two sons Edward and John Powell two brothers Andrew and Jake Powell two sisters Mary Harvey and Elizabeth Hennette and four grandchildren. Body to Memory Chapel for viewing and burial at Fairview cemetery with Rev J Clayton Stadler and Rev Don McClintick.
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Otto “Dutch” Powell
West Linton
Mr. Powell
Maumee Collieries Corporation
United Mine Workers
Linton Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Germany
Jacob
Elizabeth Hahn Powell
United States
Powell
Norma Tincher Powell
Edward
John Powell
Linton
Andrew
Jake Powell
Mary Harvey
Elizabeth Hennette
Jasonville Masons To Install Officers
The Jasonville lodge No. 530 will install new officers at 7:00 Friday evening. Paul W. Grabner retires as Worshipful Master and is succeeded by Clarence W. Metcalf with L. George Williams, Don E. Eccles, Dexter K. Perkins, Harry A. Kneeland, Neil H. Slader, Garret M. Poe, L. Herbert Brown, J. F. Dennis, and Charles Miller in key posts. Refreshments will be served and Master Masons are urged to attend.
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Jasonville Lodge No
Paul W. Grabner
Clarence W. Metcalf
L. George Williams
Don E. Eccles
Dexter K. Perkins
Harry A. Kneeland
Neil H. Slader
Garret M. Poe
Farmers face same 1957 squeeze as 1956
Washington reports the Agriculture Department says mid-December 1957 farm prices were 3 percent higher than a year earlier while farm production expenses rose 3 percent. Parity stayed at 81 percent. the price index reached 299 for costs, 242 for prices received. Hog and beef prices rose, offset by declines in cotton tomatoes milk and oranges.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Israel's Ben Gurion Resigns to Form New Government
Israeli Premier David Ben Gurion submitted his cabinet resignation today to politically sideline two leftwing parties. President Itzhak Ben Zvi would appoint a new government with Ben Gurion likely to return as premier and seek a larger Knesset majority ahead of expected 1958 elections.
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Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Itzhak Ben Zvi
Ahdut Avoda Unity of Labor
Mapam United Workers Mininisters
Indiana Surges of 1957 Laws Take Effect January First
Indiana will enact several 1957 laws starting New Year’s Day. The measures cut county official fees, replace them with uniform salaries, outlaw common law marriages, and ban fishing with nets statewide except on the Michigan and Wabash River boundary.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Michigan
Wabash River
Linois
Prices Right winner joins New York TV show feat
Mrs. Floyd Evans of Shelbyville formerly Patricia Wright of Linton appeared on a national telecast in New York City. She won a Philco freezer by correctly guessing its value at 489 dollars, narrowly beating out the other contestants and spectators including her family.
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Floyd Evans
Shelbyville
Patricia Wright
Linton
New York City
Victor Wright
Mrs. Wright
Sandborn Thefts Are Being Studied
Knox county police continue investigation into two burglaries in SandbornSunday night. Thieves broke into Carstens Lumber building for a hammer and tools then shattered a window at Sandborn Elevator to loot a vending machine, drill, tools, a hot shot cattle herder and other items totaling about 12 dollars plus 15 dollars in coins. Deputies attempt fingerprints as they probe the Sunday night break ins.
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Knox County
Sandborn
Carstens’ Lumber Company
Sandborn Elevator Company
Mother Wounds Child in Bogus Triple Slaying Attempt
TERRE HAUTE Indiana Mrs Ann Scott 29 said she shot her six year old daughter Vicki Lynn Scott in the shoulder in a plan to kill her three children and herself She told authorities she could not fire the second shell from the automatic shotgun and was held on open charges in Vigo County Jail The wounded child was in critical condition at Union Hospital after the Monday afternoon incident
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Terre Haute —ii
Ann Scott
Union Hospital
Vicki Lynn Scott
Scott
Vicki
Warning on Radiation Sparks Urgent Call for Study
A congressman and scientists urged rapid, large scale study of radiation effects on humans. Brues of Argonne warned low level radiation is poorly understood and needs costly experiments. Holifield and Price echoed calls for better public protection and prevention.
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Sam Newland
United Press
Indianapolis
Austin M. Brus
Argonne National Laboratory
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Isaac Newton
Brues
David E. Price
U.S Public Health Service
Barry Commoner
Washington University of St. Louis
Holifield
Atomic Energy Commission
Price
Winter Storm Brings Snow Across Midwest
Snow totaling two to six inches covered parts of Missouri Kansas and Nebraska with lighter accumulations in Iowa Illinois and Nebraska. Forecasters warned of hazardous driving today as holiday travel continued across the mid Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley regions and the upper Great Lakes.
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Miami
Midwest
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Brule
North Platte
Neb
Colorado State Line
mid-Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Upper
Great Lakes
Former Linton Man Dies in Terre Haute
Carl H. Mansfield aged 61 of Terre Haute died at 8 15 p m Monday in Terre Haute Union hospital after six years as a Linotype operator for the Linton Daily Citizen and three years with the Terre Haute Tribune Star Publishing company He was a member of Terre Haute Local No 76 of the International Typographical Union Survived by widow Fannie Mansfield father Walter S Mansfield of Terre Haute sister Mrs D H Houseman of San Jose Calif Body to Blume Funeral home Paris Ill Funeral services at 2 00 p m Thursday at the funeral home burial Edgar cemetery Paris
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Carl H. Mansfield
Terre Haute
Linton Daily Citizen
Terre Haute Union Hospital
Mansfield
Daily Citizen
Fire Extinguisher Saves Vehicle Fire in Seymour Diner
John Van Der Laan of Oxford entered a Seymour diner, ordered coffee, then fled with it and used a fire extinguisher to douse a blaze under his panel truck hood.
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Seymour, Conn
John van der Laan
Oxford
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