Vital Elections and Highway Politics Stir Indiana News
Indiana coverage reports Charles Fleming seeking graphic wreck photos to push public awareness of auto accidents while Gov Schricker weighs a 1947 central purchasing law. State defense funding and highway commission tensions raise questions about budgeting and procurement. London voting in a tight Churchill Attlee contest draws heavy turnout and warily observed result expectations.
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Henry F. Schricker
State Division of Public Works and Supplies
Walter Mybeck
Indiana State Highway Commission
Mybeck
State House
Indiana January business falls over four percent
Bloomington report shows Indiana general business activity declined more than four percent in January 1950, four percent below January 1949. Decline blamed on steel and coal disputes as coal output dropped forty five percent from a year earlier and both coal and steel were five percent below December 1949 levels.
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Bloomington
Ind
i—Indiana
Indiana University Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
Indiana Business Review
Tot Here Swallows Open Safety Pin
A worried Linton family watched their 11 month old son Dennis after he swallowed an open safety pin. He was taken to Freeman-Greene County Hospital where X rays showed the pin in his stomach. Doctors planned a potato and cotton diet to aid natural passage, with surgery possible.
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Linton
Max Dye
Dennis
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
Defense rests in Bridges perjury trial in San Francisco
In San Francisco on February 23 the defense rested after CIO Longshore leader Harry Bridges testified he did not think the world is now threatened by so called Russian Imperialism.
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SAN Fancisco
CIO
Harry Bridges
Defense Opens New Theory in Mercy Murder Trial
In Manchester New Hampshire February 23 1954 the defense in Dr Hermann N Sander mercy murder case introduced a theory that the victim Abbie C Borreto died before air was injected into her veins. Witness Dr Harold I Loverud an X ray specialist and hospital staff president testified about the dying patient and the timing of the injection while Attorney General William L Phinney presented the prosecution view. The defense suggested a hospital records examiner Dr Snay could provide relevant information. Funeral director William L Cain testified that the body was extremely emaciated and could be used later to counter any autopsy findings.
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Manchester
N. H
UPI
Hermann N. Sander
Harold I. L. Loverhd
Hillsborough County Hospital
Abbie C. Borreto
Sander
William L. Phinney
Defendent
Dr. Sander
Snay
Mrs. Borreto
Phinny
Cain
Snow Blankets Northern Indiana As Cold Wave Grips State
Snow covered Northern Indiana with up to 10 inches and flurries were forecast elsewhere. Temperatures near freezing with a general snow forecast tomorrow and possible south freezing rain. Roads north of U S 40 slick with packed ice. South Bend ten inches. other totals include Lake County five and Fort Wayne two. Low temps ranged from five to twenty-one degrees across cities.
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Indianapolis
Au.p
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Vincennes
Paul A. Miller
U. S. 40
South Bend
Lake County
Lafayette
Fort Wayne
Mercury
Marion
Terre Haute
Officer at Crane Cited for Salvage Duty on Missouri
Lt. Cmdr. A. L. Larson of the United States Naval Ammunition Depot Crane was cited by the Navy for his duty in refloating the battleship Missouri. With years of salvage experience he led diving operations and pontoon placement after joining Rear Adm. Allen E. Smith’s salvage staff to move the stricken ship from a mud bank off Norfolk Virginia.
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Crane
Ind
A. L. Larson
Ordinance Department
United States Naval Amunition Depot
Navy
Missouri
Cmdr. Larson
Norfolk
Allen E. Smith
Former Jasonville Resident John Perry Dies at 69
John Albert Perry 69, former Jasonville resident, died Tuesday night at St. Anthony's Hospital Terre Haute. Survived by widow Ruth, four sons Orville Estel Perry Fred Perry Jack Perry, two daughters Blanche Jiones Helen Burger, two sisters Louie and Eunice Keller. Body to McClanahan Funeral Home Jasonville. funeral Friday at 4:00 p.m. with Zella Anthony officiating. burial in Peavye cemetery.
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John Albert Perry
Jasonville
St. Anthony's Hospital
Terre Haute
Ruth Perry
Orville
Estel Perry
Fred Perry
Dallas
Iowa
Jack Perry
Blanche Jiones
Helen Burger
Louie Keller
Eunice Keller
McClanahan
Key
Zella Anthony
Peaveyemetery
Data on Atomic Attacks Sought by Congressional Panel
The Joint Atomic Energy committee called Gen. Omar N. Bradley before a closed session to learn what civilians must expect in an atomic attack. Open hearings may follow next month depending on Bradley’s testimony as panels press civil defense plans.
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Washington
Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Brien McMahon
Congressional Committee
Bradley
Congress
FEPC
Samuel K. McConnell
Woud
Far East
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Acheson
Southeast Asia
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
State Department
Cvetic
FBI
Matthew Cvetic
House Unamerican Activities Committee
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Pennsylvania
Browder
Seizu Pe Wan Cleveland M. Bailey
Truman
Sullivan County Sutes Two Truckers
Sullivan County filed a damage suit for 6000 dollars against Clarence Crick and Wesley Manley. They allege a Crick truck driven by Manley overloaded a Turman Creek bridge in Curry township, causing the bridge to collapse on April 17, 1949, despite a preexisting load limit posted. The suit seeks to cover the bridge span replacement.
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Sullivan, Ind
Board of County Commissioners of
Sullivan County
Clarence FE
Crick
Wesley Manley
Manley
Turman Creek
Curry Township
President Wins 60-Day Extension in Phone Strike Dispute
President Truman secured a 60 day breather in the nationwide telephone labor clash. The Communications Workers of America and Bell Telephone units agreed to extend the strike deadline, with federal mediator Cyrus S. Ching pressing Western Electric to join talks in Washington. The broader wage dispute involved about 100000 workers and could shape bargaining patterns for Bell subsidiaries nationwide.
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Washington
Truman
Communications Workers of America
CIO
Bell Telephone System
Cyrus S. Ching
Western Electric Co
Bell
New York
Ching
Western Electric
Harris Hearing May Be Delayed
In Sullivan Indiana observers say Circuit Judge Norval K Harris faces delays as his trial on three indictments for embezzlement forgery and issuing fraudulent checks may be postponed. A plea in abatement could push the date back and a challenge to grand jury action is expected. Regular court work resumes with a new grand jury to report for instructions Thursday.
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Sullivan
Ind
Norval K. Harris
Sullivan Circuit Court
Ralph A. Seal
Knox Circuit Court
Edwin B. Long
Greene County
Ray Newkirk
Harris
County Welfare Board
Welfare Board
Newkirk
Mr. Newkirk
Gambills Visit Boulder Kin as Anna Tannehill Link
Mr and Mrs Wiliie Gambill of Boulder Colorado visit Ida Priest their aunt in town Mrs Gambill formerly known as Miss Anna Tannehill
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Wiliie Gambill
Boulder, Colo
Ida Priest
Gambill
Anna Tannehill
Bedford Youth Accident Victim
Perry Lessig a 15 year old Bedford youth remained in poor condition after doctors operated on a bullet wound in his head at Methodist hospital. He was shot yesterday while handling an old style gun in a brother in law's apartment in Bedford. The bullet entered the right side and exited the top. He was moved from Dunn Memorial hospital to Methodist for immediate surgery.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Perry Lessig
Bedford
Methodist Hospital
Lessig
Dunn Memorial Hospital
Robbers invade Cleveland mansion seize jewels and heirlooms
Four masked men beat Mrs. Mather and fled Bratenahl's William G. Mather estate with uninsured jewelry and heirlooms worth about 350000 dollars. Police, FBI, and detectives plan to question former servants as the investigation follows a large-wealth robbery.
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Cleveland
William G. Mather
Bratenahl
Mather
Lake Erie
FBI
Elizabeth Demeter
Walter Mussell
World Day of Prayer Reminder Held at Lin ton First Christian
Leaders issued a reminder for the World Day of Prayer observance Friday at 2 00 PM at Lin ton First Christian church with women from local churches and Dr Cyrus Yocum delivering the sermon The message traces a globe spanning call to united prayer in Lent and notes believers from diverse cultures joining in intercession for health children better lives and peace
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Linton First
AFL Head Urges Truman to Seize Mines in Nation
President Truman faced renewed pressure to seize the soft coal mines as the coal crisis deepened. AFL leader William Green urged government seizure citing inherent powers, while Bailey prepared seizure legislation. John L. Lewis and coal operators held talks with no progress reported as White House signaled no imminent presidential action.
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Washington
William Green
Truman
Green
Senate Judiciary
U. S. Treasury
Cleveland M. Bailey
W. Va
John L. Lewis
White House
States enact emergency coal measures amid shortages
Ten states including New York and Ohio invoked emergency conservation to keep hospitals and vital services operating. Ohio Governor Lausche warned coal supplies were acutely scarce and local action was no longer sufficient. Michigan Governor Williams called the shortage critical as Congress weighs a bill urging mine owners and strikers to boost production. Negotiations between Lewis and operators remained stalled with a small margin between offers.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Massachusetts
Illinois
Michigan
Virginia
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iona
Truman
Frank J. Lausche
G. Mennen Williams
Congress
Francis Case
S. D
Mr. Truman
Local Dancer Dianna Tomak Chosen for Vagabond King Cast
Miss Dianna Tomak daughter of Dr and Mrs M E Tomak has been selected as one of eight youngsters to take part in Vagabond King to be presented in Terre Haute in May. Dianna was chosen by Al Hogini of New York who visited Terre Haute to select the toe dancers. Her routine will follow that of the older dancers.
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Dianna Tomak
M. E. Tomak
Terre Haute
Dianna
al Hogini
New York
Coakley Begins 19-Week Course at Naval School
Pfe. Francis J. Coakley USMC of 725 Northwest Fourth Street Linton has started a 19 week training course at the Aviation Electronics School of the Naval Air Technical Training Center Memphis Tennessee. He entered the Marine Corps July 28 1949 and completed recruit training at Parris Island South Carolina.
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Pfe
Francis J. Coakley
USMC
Fourth Street
Linton
Aviation Electronics
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Efs. Coakley
Marine Corps
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Parris Island
S. C
Formal Initiation at Moose Chapter 19 Meeting
Chapter 19 Women of the Moose holds formal initiation at the Moose Hall Friday at 8 pm. Ritual chairman and committee prepare chapter night program, with refreshments served after the ceremony.
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Chapter
Women of the Moose
Moose
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