Eisenhower Signals Plan to Announce Term Vote Soon
President Eisenhower told reporters he aimed to reveal his 1956 second term decision by month’s end and discussed possible candidacy of Chief Justice Earl Warren. He avoided endorsing any Republican replacement if he does not run and urged immigration quota increases of about 65 000 annually.
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Dent Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
Warren
University of Alabama
Russia
United States
Nikolai Bulganin
Middle East
Milton Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
Washington
Congress
U.S
Faulconer
Craig
Indiana Weather Delivers Mild Warmth Then Expected Rain
Statewide forecast calls for fair and mild conditions with possible rain later today and into Thursday. Temperatures vary from 30 to 52 across cities, with snowmelt and flood threats near the White River at Seymour and the Ohio River at Mount Vernon.
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United Pres
Indiana
Hoosiers
White River
Seymour
Ohio River
Mount Vernon
Evansville
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Eight Aboard Navy Airplane Are Safe
A Navy Neptune forced down in Venezuela en route to Antarctica was sighted and all eight crew members were reported safe. Navy dispatches said they were not seriously injured and an amphibian rescue plane directed helicopters to move the crew to Maturin Airport and then to Ramey Air Force Base. None of the eight was from the Midwest.
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Venezuela
Antarctica
Caribbean Sea Frontier
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Neptune
Army
Maturin
Ramey Air Force Base
Midwest
Trinidad
No Trace of Missing Navy Plane Found
Rear Adm. George Dufek announced a four hour helicopter search of the Rockefeller foothills failed to locate the missing Navy plane with seven men aboard. The crew might have flown an Otter from the East Wind and a second search was planned from Kainan Bay targeting the missing aircraft.
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U.S.S. Arneb
Antarctic
George Dufek
Navy
Rockefeller Foothills
Richard E. Byrd
Berndt Balchen
Kainan Bay
Church steeple fire reduces Grace Lutheran to ruins
A 125 foot steeple at Grace Lutheran Church in Columbia City Indiana was left a charred ruin after a late Tuesday fire. Damage was estimated at $25,000 as investigators worked to determine a cause.
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Columbia City
Ind
Grace Lutheran Church
Hospital Admissions and Births Reported in Linton Area
Admissions include Harvey Sparks Linton Dwight Andis Washington and Dannie Terrell Jasonville with Mrs Donald Mead Linton giving birth to a son John David eight pounds eight and a half ounces named Jewell Herndon Linton Dismissals list several women including Mrs Billy Killian Bloomfield and others with babies in Lyons Jasonville Bloomfield Sandborn Worthington and Linton.
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Harvey Sparks
Linton
Dwight Andis
Washington
Donald Mead
John David
Jewell Herndon
Dannie Terrell
Jasonville
Billy Killian
Bloomfield
Keith Anderson
Baby
Lyons
Thomas House
Charles Fields
Sandborn
James Fielder
Worthington
Fred Gabbard
Laven Hill
Governor Craig outlines toll road and Lake Michigan port plans
IL governor Craig reports progress on a north south toll road from Lake County to Indianapolis and a Lake Michigan seaport. He notes a poor toll road bond market but expects bonds to sell with private backing and federal aid possible for Burns Ditch port. A March survey will help locate the southern end of the toll road.
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Indianapolis
Craig
Lake Michigan
Lake County
Ilinois
Toll Road Commission
Burns Ditch
Porter County
Board of Public Harbors and Terminals
New York Central Railroad
U S won't hurry reply to Bulganin letter
Secretary of State Dulles said Bulganin's latest letter was a propaganda gesture. The United States will study the renewed call for a 20 year U S Soviet non aggression pact but Eisenhower's prior rejection stands. Britain and France were also invited to similar pacts but Eden rejected the idea.
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Washington
Iips
John Foster
Dulles
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
United States
Bulganin
U.S
Britain
France
Anthony Eden
Russia
Bulgarin
Senate Green Starts Inquiry About Rees
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee opened a wide inquiry into Soviet activity in the United States. Chairman James O. Eastland said results could alter the 1950 Communist Control Act and reveal how the Soviet Union may have influenced groups here. The hearings aim to map Soviet influence and party connections.
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Senate Internal Security
United States
Subcommittee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Russia
Walter George
Alabama Student Showdown Near Over Autherine Lucy Exclusion
University of Alabama fights to keep Autherine Lucy out of classes citing safety concerns as attorney Arthur Shores warns of contempt. Roy Wilkins calls on the attorney general to act against those blocking her attendance and Lucy expresses mixed student support and hostility.
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University of Alabama
Autherine Lucy
Tuscaloosa
Arthur Shores
Miss Lucy
Board of Trustees
New York
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Herbert Brownell
Lucy
United Press
Victim of Mishap Improves After Railroad Accident
Dennis Eugene Whaniey, 23, former Johnson Feed and Supply employee in Linton and Sullivan, is reported improving at Mary Sherman Hospital in Sullivan after a serious railroad accident in Robinson. His left arm was severed when he slipped and fell beneath an Illinois Central train shunting cars into a refinery. three cars passed over him before the train could stop.
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Dennis Eugene Whaniey
Johnson Feed and Supply Company
Linton and Sullivan
Mary Sherman
Sullivan
Robinson
Illinois Central Railroad
Senate Votes to Probe Gift Influence on Gas Bill
The Senate approved a four man committee to investigate an alleged improper attempt to sway Senator Francis Case on the natural gas bill. A Nebraska lawyer named John M. Neff said he offered 2500 as a campaign contribution with no strings attached. Case reported the offer last Friday and opposed the gas bill which passed 53 to 38 and goes to the White House for Eisenhower’s signature.
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Senate
Francis Case
R-Sd
House Armed Services Committee
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Robert H. Mollohan
D-W. Va
Joseph M. Swing
U.S
Washington
Case
Nebraska
White House
Eisenhower
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
Two Hoosier Women Die in Indiana Crash
In Fort Wayne Indiana two Indianapolis women were killed when their car skidded on U S 24 and plunged into a water filled ditch. Victims were Mrs Margaret M Rosenblith 28 and her mother in law Mrs Gabriel Rosenblith 70. The driver Eric Rosenblith 35 husband of Margaret received minor injuries at a Huntington hospital.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Indianapolis
U.S. 24
Here
Margaret M. Rosenblith
Gabriel Rosenblith
Eric Rosenblith
Margaret
Huntington
Civil suit filed in Greene circuit court Bloomfield
A new civil action has been filed in the Greene County circuit court at Bloomfield. The case is Mary K. Powell versus the estate of Charles Perry seeking claims against the estate.
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Greene
Bloomfield
Mary K. Powell
Charles Perry
Madrid Students Stage Riots At University
Riots broke out today at the University of Madrid between Falangist students loyal to General Franco and protesters opposing Falangist control of student groups. Police intervened as rival factions clashed at two university sites amid damaged furniture and scattered weapons.
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Madrid
Spain
University of Madrid
Francisco Franco
Franco
Falange
Madrid University Law College
Falangists
Law College
Fast Train Strikes Woman Then Walks Her Home
South Bend woman Minnie Hall, 38, was struck by an 80 mph New York Central fast train, Commodore Vanderbilt, but walked a half mile to her home across a snow field. Police later took her to a hospital where 50 stitches and 19 wounds were treated.
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South Bend
Minnie Hall
Single license plates dull interstate tours for Hoosiers
The piece laments a rule requiring a single rear license plate for cars, saying it will reduce the fun of traveling through other states and make it harder to spot fellow Hoosier drivers on the road.
State Hassle Occurs About Ike's Candidacy
Eisenhower faces a late filing decision in Indiana's first presidential preference primary. The State Election Board set a filing window from Feb 28 to Mar 29 with 500 signatures required, while debates over consent rules and potential fraud drew criticism from Democrat Faulconer and others.
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Ike
Indianapolis
State Election Board
Eisenhower
Indiana
Craig
Ewing Emison
Vincennes
Thomas J. Faulconer
Tipton Escapees Sought After Jail Break
Four state alert issued for Charles Stewart and Jack Geiselback who escaped Tipton County Jail by sawing padlock. Suspects fled between 11:15 Tuesday night and 7 a.m today. Geiselback faces first degree murder indictment. Stewart on parole violation and fraud charges.
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Tipton
Ind
Paul Grimme
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Charles Stewart
Jack Geiselback
Elwood
Grimme
Stewart
Geiselback
Six Become Members of Linton Jaycees
Linton Junior Chamber of Commerce admitted six new members at a meeting held in the local Public Library. The new members are Robert Alkire, Don Davenport, Maurice Haag, Jack White, Norval J. Wonders and Tillman Wonders. Norval Raney, president, presided as the organization discussed future activities and progress on the March of Dimes campaign and the teen-age Road-e-o.
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Linton Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Robert Alkire
Don Davenport
Maurice Haag
Jack White
Norval J. Wonders
Tillman Wonders
Norval Raney
Landslide Topples Four Railway Cars Near Greensburg
A hillside landslide in Scott Haven toppled four of eight Baltimore and Ohio cars from the Cleveland Night Express near Greensburg Pennsylvania. Five of 113 passengers were hospitalized with minor injuries including a man from Pittsburgh who sprained his shoulder. A 15 ton boulder struck the train’s middle causing three sleeping coaches and a club car to derail.
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Greensburg
Scott Haven
Washington
James Stern
Pittsburgh
Bicknell Man 27 Fatally Injured in Crash
Norman L Betty 21 and his brother Clarence 29 were in the car when it ran off Ind. 67 near Vincennes Indiana hitting a tree. Norman Betty died at the scene while Clarence suffered minor injuries and was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes.
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Soviet Union
Charles E. Bohlen
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