Parity Fixed At 81 Percent For 1956 Corn Crop
The government sets 1956 corn parity at 81 percent giving a minimum support of 1.40 per bushel, down from 1.58 in 1955. Ezra Benson announces rates for corn, small grains and oilseeds while adjusting soybeans flaxseed and cottonseed. Fort Wayne man dies after sewer ditch cave in. 21 year old William P. Brennen crushed during pipe work.
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Washington
Ezra T. Benson
Fort Wayne
Ind
William P. Brennen
Brennen
Keene Last Rites To Beat Dugger
Joseph W. Keene a 2 year old former Dugger resident died at 3 00 PM Wednesday in a Anderson nursing home after a lengthy illness He was a retired coal miner born April 12 1873 in Sullivan county He is survived by his widow four sons two of whom live in Anderson one in Flint Mich and a sister Funeral services will be at Newkirk Funeral home Dugger with burial in Antioch cemetery
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Joseph W. Keene
Dugger
Anderson
Mr. Keene
Sullivan County
Rose Keene
Roy E., Marion
Howard Keene
Orville G. Keene
Flint
Mich
Eva Hann
Jasonville
Newkirk
Antioch Cemetery
Linton Boy 11 Hurt In Lewis Wreck
Bobby Sullivan 11 of Linton is in critical condition at Mary Sherman hospital Sullivan after a 4:30 pm collision on state road 159 near Lewis. He suffers serious head injuries and other injuries. His mother Mrs Robert E Sullivan had minor cuts and shock and was released today.
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Bobby Sullivan
Linton
Mary Sherman
Sullivan
Lewis
Robert E. Sullivan
Meeting Postponed by Parents Working Organization
The Parents Working Organization of Black Creek school postpones this evening meeting to 7 00 Wednesday evening.
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Parents Working Organization
Black Creek School
Lincoln Day Dinner to Feature Frank Bow Speaker
Republican Congressman Frank T. Bow of Canton Ohio will headline the Greene County Lincoln Day dinner on February 20 at the Switz City Central School gym. Tickets cost 1.00 and are sold by precinct committee members, auto license offices, and highway department staff. Bow, a WWII veteran and author, will also speak at Culver Military Academy on February 22.
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Frank T. Bow
Canton
Ohio
House of Representatives
Greene County
Jack McIntyre
Switz City Central School
State Highway Department
Bow
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Indiana
University School
Cleveland
Ohio Northern University
Ada
Congressman Bow
37Th Division
South Pacific
Brush-Moore Newspapers, Inc
Washington
Haines
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Kansas
Congress
Eagles Here Plan For Benefit Affair
An open house to aid the 1956 March of Dimes will be held Saturday evening at the Linton Eagles lodge hall. Music by Betty and Ed Thompson and Livingston square dancers will entertain. Proceeds go to Greene County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. No admission fee.
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Linton Eagles Lodge
Betty
Ed Thompson
Livingston Square
Greene County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Senate Group to Vote On Farming Program
The Democratic Senate Agriculture Committee planned a vote on an omnibus farm bill featuring a billion-dollar soil bank and rigid price supports at 90 percent parity for cotton wheat corn and peanuts. President Eisenhower warns of a veto if rigid supports pass.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Feisenhower
Eisenhower
Kenneth B. Keating
House
Keating
Gardner
Senate Appropriations Committee
Military N
Air Force Research
Trevor Gardner
US Chambers of Commerce
Congress
Chamber
House Banking Committee
Supreme Court
Senate
U.S
House Conference Committee
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List
Hospital report shows admissions on Wednesday for Mrs. George Axe, Bloomington. Mrs. Bessie Tate Gillan, Linwood. Mrs. Silas Rice, Freedom. Ernest Hunter, Bloomfield. Jack White, Linton. Miss Deloris Holtsclaw, Bloomfield route four. Miss Loretta Holtsclaw, Bloomfield. Harry Smith, Linton. Dismissals include Dexter Workman, Bloomfield and Mrs. Nancy Henderson, Odon.
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Bessie Tate Gillan
Linton
Silas Rice
Freedom
Ernest Hunter
Bloomfield
Jack White
Deloris Holtsclaw
Loretta Holtsclaw
Harry Smith
Dexter Workman
Nancy Henderson
Odon
PTA Leader Probes Parents Through Telephone Poll
The Long Branch New Jersey PTA president Mrs William Schlenger reports a snag in a telephone poll asking parents if they know where their children are. She notes many children answering did not know where their parents were.
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Sign of the Times
The
United Press
Long Branch
N.J
William Schlenger
Long Branch Grammar School
PTA
Tipton Escapees Re-Arrested After Jail Break
In Tipton Indiana two murder suspect Jack Geiselback 21 and parole violator Charles Stewart 25 were recaptured within a day after sawing a padlock free from a jail door Authorities said they surrendered to state police trooper Robert Zell and Sheriff L Paul Grimme near a Trimble farm they had hidden at all day under feed sacks They had sparked a four state alert earlier Geiselback faces a first degree murder indictment Stewart a parole violation and fraudulent checks charge Burder details provided.
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Tipton
Ind
Tipton County
Jack Geiselback
Elwood
Charles Stewart
Robert Zell
L. Paul Grimme
L.C. Trimble
Grimme
Trimble
Geiselback
Here
Stewart
Former Bicknell Man Held on Interstate Fraud Charges
Billie Gene Wilson, 31, once of Bicknell, is held in Detroit on suspected bogus check passes totaling 1200 dollars. Federal warrant issued in Indianapolis accuses him of interstate transportation of a falsely made security. He allegedly passed a 50 check in Indianapolis and other prints in Detroit Chicago and Toledo.
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Bicknell
Billie Gene Wilson
Detroit
Mich
Indianapolis
Wilson
United States
Don A. Tabbert
Tabbert
Claypool
Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
Chicago
Toledo
Leonard Blaylock
FBI
Vance Air Force
Enid
Oklo
Indiana Weather Tomorrow Warned By Forecaster
Rain and snow spread across most of Indiana with warming later Friday. Snow fell in South Bend area but melted. rivers at flood risk with possible rises in Wabash White and Ohio rivers. Evansville crest forecast four feet below to five feet above flood stage. Roads near Seymour flooded White River. highs in 40s, precip ends today. Saturday partly cloudy.
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Indiana
South Bend
LaPorte-Valparaiso
Wabash
Ohio
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Evansville
Seymour
White River
Central
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Hoseas May Obtain Tax Compromise
The Hoseas May Obtain Tax Compromise states Greene County Telephone owners from 14 exchanges may settle $149 000 alleged liability for $70 000 in monthly installments of about 10 000. Judge William E Steckler took the proposal under advisement while the government favors settlement. Only 45 000 of the total is excise tax. the rest comprises interest delinquency and fraud penalties with a 5 percent fraud and 25 percent delinquency rate under the plan.
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Max Hosea
Greene County Telephone Company
William E. Steckler
Hosea
United States
Stephen Leonard
Hoosier Faces Life Term for Slaying
Everett H. King 46 of Riverhaven was found guilty of first degree murder in the Thanksgiving Day 1954 shotgun slaying of his stepson Gerald Landis 17. A Wells Circuit Court jury recommended life imprisonment and Judge Byrd set sentencing for February 18. Gerald and Glen Landis were visiting their mother when the shooting occurred. King claimed self defense though witnesses saw no weapon. Glen was wounded by a second blast.
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Glen
Logansport
Riverhaven
King
Gerald
Witneses
Landis
Marriage Licenses Issued by Greene County Clerk
Marriage licenses were issued in the Greene circuit court office at Bloomfield to James Wagner of Linton and Betty Haussin of Indianapolis, and to Willis D. Lucas and Janet Colen Ford, both of Columbus.
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Norma Linton
Greene Circuit
Bloomfield
James Wagner
U.S. Army
Linton
Betty Haussin
Indianapolis
Willis D. Lucas
Janet Coleen Ford
Columbus
Branigin Support Grows as Welsh Stands in Contest
Franklin Indiana a Johnson County Democratic chairman Thurman DeMoss announced a hotel reception to back Roger Branigin before the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Indianapolis. Branigin may enter the gubernatorial race while Matt Welsh of Vincennes faces a regional split over district loyalties. Branigin plans a Florida trip return and a near future decision on candidacy.
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Franklin
Ind
Roger Branigin
Matt Welsh
Vincennes
Welsh
Thurman DeMoss
Johnson County
Branigin
Indianapolis
DeMoss
Lafayette
U.S
Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Wickard
Bartholomew
Shelby
Rush
Decatur
Bran
Trucker’s quick move averts serious crash on state road 59
Switz City driver James Lee Moyer 26 ferried a near miss on state road 59 in West Linton. He tried to pass Mrs. Sue Inman’s left turn and forced his truck into a ditch after nudging her auto. No injuries. one truckload of shelled corn spilled. both vehicles minor damage.
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James Lee Moyer
State
Linton
West Linton
Sue Inman
Inman
Moyer
Black Creek
Illinois
Louisville
Army Private Billy Joe Mathena Stationed at Fort Leonard Wood
Billy Joe Mathena son of Esther and Guy Mathena of Linton is now stationed at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri with the U S Army Mathena enlisted last week marking the start of his service in the armed forces.
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Billy Joe Mathena
Esther
Guy Mathena
Linton
Fort Leonar Wood
U.S. Army
Mathena
Plane Lost in Antarctic Found All Aboard Safe
A U S Navy Grumman Otter missing in the Antarctic for a week with seven aboard has been located and the crew are believed unharmed. Rescue efforts continue with helicopters from Little America V and the Glacier icebreaker directed toward the crash area near Rockefeller Mountains.
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Antarctic
Arneb
New Zealand
Navy
Adm
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
D. M. Sullivan
Task Force
Sullivan
East Wind
McMurdo Sound
Rockefeller Mountains
South Pole
U S Mercy Trucks Aid Italians in Deep Snow Crisis
A 25 truck U S mercy convoy struggled through severe snow to reach starving Italians as Europe endures its worst cold wave of the century. Eighty fishermen were missing off Madeira and two U S airmen died from stove fumes at Aviano near Udine.
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Rome
U.S
Siberia
Mediterranean
Egypt
Europe
London
Italy
Madeira
U. S
Aviano
U.S. Air Force
Udine
Air Force
Clare Boothe Luce
State
Defense Departments
Washington
U.S. Army
Leghorn
House Passes Bill To Spur Reserves
The House unanimously approved a bill to boost enlistments in the military reserves. It raises monthly pay from 50 to 78 dollars for pre draft age youths volunteering under a six month training plan, followed by seven years in the ready reserve, exempting them from the standard two year draft and three years in the reserves.
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House
Senate
Two Get Minor Injuries In Accident In Bloomfield Area
Francis Sims of Odon and his 2 year old daughter Nancy were admitted to Freeman Greene County Hospital for minor injuries after an oil transport truck he drove ran out of control and plunged down an embankment near Bloomfield. Nancy sustained minor bruises while Mr Sims suffered a severe head cut.
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Francis Sims
Odon
Nancy
Freeman- Greene County Hospital
Bloomfield
Alabama Court Clears Dean in Admission Contempt Case
A federal judge dismissed a contempt charge against University of Alabama Dean W F Adams for refusing to admit a second Negro student, in a case tied to demonstrations at Tuscaloosa. The university had barred Autherine Lucy and later Polly Ann Hudson, while trustees cited moral grounds and safety concerns amid the race crisis.
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Birmingham
Ala
University of Alabama
U.S
Hobard Grooms
State University At
Tuscaloosa
Autherine Lucy
W. F. Adams
Polly Ann Hudson
University
Miss Lucy
Arthur Shores
Lucey
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Esther Wolford
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