Leopard Found Roped and Taken Back Into Cage
Oklahoma City reports a 175 pound escaped leopard captured after three days of terror by zoo director Julian Frazier who lassoed and dragged it by the tail into its cage with guards present. The animal had escaped from its enclosure during an earlier incident and was recaptured following narcotic bait and a dramatic pursuit.
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Oklahoma City
Lincoln Park Zoo
Zoo
Julian Frazier
Fort Worth, Tex
Frazier
Herbert Mueler
Mueller
E. V. Brady
Fraier
Oklahoma City Zoo
Watkins Named State Chair for Easter Seal Drive
Lt. Governor John A. Watkins appointed state chairman for the 1950 Easter Seal campaign by O. M. Swihart president of the Indiana Society for crippled children. The announcement places focus on fundraising efforts and statewide involvement in aiding crippled children.
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Indianapolis
John A. Watkins
O. M. Swihart
Indiana Society For Crippled Children
Grigsby Freed After Habeas Ruling In Indiana
Roy Grigsby, 47, freed by Clay Circuit Judge Robert Stewart after prosecutors failed to object to the habeas corpus ruling. Stewart had upheld the petition, while federal judges questioned intercession rights. Grigsby had been imprisoned 11 years of a life sentence for a 1938 murder, with the case pending before the Indiana Supreme Court.
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Brazil
Ind
Roy Grigsby
Indiana Harbor
Clay Circuit
Robert Steart
Grigsby
Fred Willey
Stewart
Indiana Supreme Court
Luthe
State Penitentiary
Clay County
Duce
John Gaunt
M. Swegert
Meeting Postponed for Women's Guild Event
Postponed notice from the Women's Guild of the Saron Evangelical and Reformed Church postpones Thursday meeting for one week due to unspecified reasons. Announcement appears in today’s church notices and fixtures.
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Women's Guild
Saron
Hoosier Is Killed By Hit Run Driver In Gary
Mike Chervenyak a 26 year old oil worker was killed in Gary Indiana by a hit and run driver on state highway 12. He walked with two companions William Baginski 27 and Norbert Zaja 25 after a flat tire when the car struck them. Baginski and Zaja were knocked into a snow bank and lightly injured. Chervenyak died instantly at the roadside.
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Gary
Ind
Mike Chervenyak
Chervenyak
William Baginski
Norbert Zaja
Baginski
Zaja
America confronts Nationalists after ship bombing
Washington reports a new crisis with Nationalist China after an air attack on two American merchant ships off Tsingtao. The United States signals exhausted patience and pledges support to the Isbrandtsen line for damages if pursued. Red Shanghai bombardment and Chiang Kai-shek regime accusations underscore a broader blockade dispute.
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Washington
China
U. S
Tsingtao
United States
Isbrandtsen Line
United States Lines
Dale
State Department
Isbrandtsen
Shanghai
Shanghai Power Co
Standard Vacum Oi] Co
Largest Betatron Will Be Unveiled at Illinois
The University of Illinois unveils a 300000000 volt Betatron in Champaign to accelerate electrons for cosmic ray study and atomic research. The 23 by 13 by 9 foot vacuum chamber weighs over 400 tons and is expected to start at 4 p.m. CST, aiming to probe mesotones and cancer therapies. The machine uses a magnetic field to spin electrons in a doughnut shaped tube and may reveal new physics beyond known nuclear processes.
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Champaign
University of Illinois
Vacum Tube
Mrs Hubert Stacy Improves After Major Surgery
Mrs Hubert Stacy of Lyons, who underwent major surgery last Saturday at Freeman Greene County Hospital, is reported to be slightly improved today.
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Hubert Stacy
Lyons
Freeman- Greene County Hospital
Solsberry Woman Eva Sparks Dies in Indiana Hospital
Eva Minerva Sparks of Solsberry died at 10:00 AM in Robert Long Hospital Indianapolis after a lingering illness. She was survived by her husband Dewey Sparks two daughters Margaret Cook and Peggy Sparks both of Solsberry her father and stepmother William Sizemore and wife of Solsberry and brother Christopher Sizemore of Indianapolis. The body lies in state at Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home Bloomfield with funeral at Ridgeport Church Thursday at 2 PM and burial in Ridgeport Cemetery.
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Eva Minerva Sparkle
Solsberry
Robert Long
Indianapolis
Jenkins and Sons
Bloomfield
Ridgeport Church
Ridgeport Cemetery
Hospital report items from local area surrounding surgery and discharges
Route onederwent major sur gery today Mrs. Berniece Daily of Bloom field rural route four submitted to a major operation this morn ing Miss Jacquelin Robey of Lin ton underwent an appendectomy today Infant Timothy Euge of Lyons was admitte medical treatment Infant Karen Wright of Lyons was dismissed today Mrs. Ruth Killian and baby of Jasonville Rural Route two were taken home this morning Bob Gillan of Lyons went home today Donald Leroy Keller of J ville was released today ne Cullison d today for ason-
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Berniece Daily
Bloomfield
Jacquelin Robey
Linton
Timothy Euge
Lyons
Karen Wright
Ruth Killian
Baby
Jasonville
Bob Gillan
Donald Leroy Keller
Jville
Ne Cullison
Ason
Former Linton Man Is Buried Monday
Funeral services for William McGee 87 of Freelandville, former Linton resident, who died Saturday at Good Samaritan hospital Vincennes were held yesterday at Strait Funeral Home Freeelandville. Burial was in Christian church cemetery. Survived by two sons Kenneth Detroit Walter Freelandville. four daughters Pansy Cunningham Linton Ruth Stewart Toledo Pearl Wildman Carlisle Mae Stone Freelandville. ten grandchildren fourteen great grandchildren. Wife died February 1946 and four children also preceded him.
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William McGee
Freelandville
Linton
Good Samaritan Hospital
Vincennes
Strait Funeral Home
Christian Church
McGee
Kenneth
Detroit
Mich
Walter
Pansy Cunningham
Ruth Stewart
Toledo
Ohio
Pearl Wildman
Carlisle
Mae Stone
Greene Farm Co op to Hold Annual Stockholders Meeting
The Greene Farm Co-op plans its annual stockholders meeting Friday evening at the Switz City high school gym. Principal speaker will be Herbert Fledderjohn from Farm Bureau Co-op distributing. Entertainment by the Harlan Brothers vaudeville team from Indianapolis. New officers for the county organization to be elected.
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Greene Farm Co-op
Switz City High School
Herbert Fledderjohn
Farm Bureau Co-op
Harlan Brothers
Vaudevile
Indianapolis
Census Applicants Scheduled for Oral and Written Tests
Census enumerator jobs for the 7th Decennial Census in Bloomington area will require passing oral and written tests, says U S Census Bureau District Supervisor Louis L Langdon. About 525 applications have been filed for 319 positions, with eligibility including US citizenship health and character standards and high school completion.
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Bloomington
Louis L. Langdon
United States Bureau of the Census
Louis L
Langdon
United States
R Asare
Firefighters Respond To Stove Pipe Fire At Home
Linton firemen were called at 7:00 this morning to 848 Fourth Street Northeast for a stove pipe fire with smoke filling the home and minor damage reported to the house of Mrs. Violet Jarman.
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Linton
Violet Jarman
Fourth Street
UMW asks judge to ignore two previous convictions
In Washington, February 28, United Mine Workers urge Federal Judge Richmond B. Keech to disregard two prior contempt convictions as irrelevant to the current coal strike case. The union argues the Goldsborough Doctrine does not apply and seeks to bar admission of past penalties totaling 2 100 000.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Richmond B. Keech
John L. Lewis
Reech
UMW
Keech
Lewis
Welly K. Hopkins
Hopkins
Goldsborough
T. Alan Goldborough
Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Truck Mine Opersociation
Ators Gs
Livestock Price Drop Predicted This Spring
Chicago report notes a market analyst predicts less meat available in spring due to low margins. H M Conway of a national livestock publication cites tighter supplies and a modest price rise despite fewer animals ready for slaughter. Seasonal changes are expected to be normal.
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Chicago
H. M. Conway
National Livestock Producer Publication
Mercy Slaying Trial Testimony Details Doctor's Kindness
In Manchester New Hampshire on February 28 the husband of a cancer patient testified that Dr Hermann N Sander treated his wife Aubie Borreto with kindness during her illness The testimony occurred on the seventh day of the mercy murder trial and described how Sander invited the children to visit and the doctor’s concern as she neared death The state contends Sander injected air into her veins to hasten death while the defense argues she died of cancer.
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Manchester
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Reginald F. Borreto
Oil Company
Borroto
Dr. Sander
Treasure Chest Program Aims for Wednesday Finale
Linton merchants plan a Treasure Chest event at 2 30 PM on West Vincennes Street between Main and First. The program starts with 200 and the winner will receive a chest prize via keys chosen from five boxes containing tickets worth 10 20 30 40 or 50 percent of the chest total, with weekly events planned.
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Linton
Vincennes Street
Tween Main
First Streets
Net game to be tonight between churches at Linton gym
A basketball game between the Youth Fellowship teams of the Saron Evangelical and Reformed Church and St. Peter's Church of Clay City will be held at 7:30 tonight in the Linton gym. An announcement yesterday gave the date incorrectly.
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Youth Fellowship of the
Saron
Unusual Heavenly Object Reported by Harvard Observatory
Cambridge Mass February 28 A mysterious fast moving object appeared high in the northern sky according to Harvard Observatory astronomers It is described as beyond the normal asteroid belt and tail less than a comet Dr Harlow Shapely notes it could be an unusual tail less comet or a distant asteroid Observers nationwide will monitor to determine its orbit and nature
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Observatory
Harlow Shapely
Dr. Shapely
C. D. Shane
Lick Observatory
California
Clearing Center For
Bean Dinner and Band Concert Set for March 10
Terre Haute Ind Feb 28 A Bean Dinner and a band concert will be held Friday evening March 10 at the First Christian Church in Washington for Indiana State Teachers College alumni. Cooperation is by George Osman local chapter president and Robert Carr band instructor. Mr Joseph Gremelspacher director of the State band will conduct the concert in the community gym after the dinner.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana State Teachers College
First Christian Church
Washington
George Osman
Robert Carr
Joseph Gremelspacher
Welders end season with Coal City showdown at gym
The Linton Junior High Welders face Coal City in their final game of the season at Coal City gymnasium tonight. Both A and B games start at 6 45 p.m. The Welders previously beat Coal City by two points at Linton gym.
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Linton Junior High School Welders
Coal City
Welders
Coal City Outfit
Linton
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