Two Air Force bombers crash killing 15 near Dayton and Sedalia
A B-50 and a B-47 Stratojet crashed within hours of each other on routine training flights. Eleven people died near Dayton, Ohio and Sedalia, Missouri, including two Hoosier airmen identified by Wright Patterson. A refueling tanker narrowly escaped disaster at Olathe Kansas.
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Dayton
Ohio
Sedalia
Missouri
Midwest
Olathe
Kan
Naval Air Station
Wright-Patterson Field
Air Force
Whiteman Air Force Base
Clay Curtis
Kansas City
Hoosiers
Here
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base
Robert O. Watkins
New Castle
Ind
James L. McCullough
Westport
Linton Woman Survives Tornado Striking Martinsville
Former Linton resident Mrs. Louis Martin escaped serious injury when her trailer flipped upside-down in Martinsville during a state storm. She was wedged behind a couch but freed herself. She suffered bruises shock and exposure while other trailers in the court were damaged. Her husband worked in Indianapolis and the Martins moved here six weeks ago. Insurance covered the trailer damage.
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Linton
Louis Martin
Martinsville
Lowery Millick
Millick
Martin
Tarzian Industries
Bloomington
Licenses Issued by Greene County Clerk
Three marriage licenses were issued by Miss Norma Linton, Greene circuit court clerk at Bloomfield. The couples are Ira L. Kelley and Phyllis E. Bowden of Bloomington route nine, David H. Landis of Hobart and Stella Eloise Taylor of Indianapolis, and William Mullis and Sharon Bruce, both of Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Linton
Greene Circuit Court
Bloomfield
Ira L. Kelley
Phyllis E. Bowden
Bloomington
David H. Landis
Hobart
Stella Eloise Taylor
Indianapolis
William Mullis
Sharon Bruce
Record U S wheat supplies projected for 1956 57
The Agriculture Department forecasts total U S wheat supplies for the 1956 57 marketing year starting July 1 at a record 1 990 000 000 bushels with a carryover of 1 065 000 000 bushels. Winter wheat seedings total 735 million bushels and the anticipated spring crop 190 million. Domestic use up to 625 million and exports about 275 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
LaPorte Maple Syrup Aids Local Youth Programs
In LaPorte Indiana the Maple City Syrup plant begins tapping about 1100 city trees to produce maple syrup. Profits fund youth activities including Boy Scouts and the Boys Club with adults supervising and aiding the project. The effort spotlights LaPorte known as the Maple City.
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Laporte, Ind
LaPorte
Finace
Maple City Syrup, Inc
Boy Scouts
Filing Period Opens for Hoosier Candidates
Indiana announces a 30 day pre primary filing period for presidential and down ticket races. Secretary of State Crawford Parker and 92 county clerks will accept declarations for executive legislative and judicial posts as petitions gather for Eisenhower Kefauver Stevenson scenarios and other offices. Nominees for top state posts will be chosen at June party conventions.
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Richard A. Montana
United Press
Indianapolis
Indiana
Crawford Parker
Statehouse
Eisenhower
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
GOP
Adlai Stevenson
Parker
U.S
Mrs. Ossie Edwards Fitzpatrick 82 Dies in Linton
Mrs. Ossie Edwards Fitzpatrick 82, longtime Linton resident, died at 2 30 am in Free man-Greene county hospital after three months illness. Born November 25 1873 in Bloomfield she belonged to Linton First Christian church and several women’s groups. Survived by daughter Dessie Robson and son Craig Fitzpatrick five granddaughters eight great grandchildren. Service Friday at Welch and Cornett Funeral home with Rev Rob ert Wilkes and Rev Royden Rea, burial in Grandview cemetery Bloomfield.
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Ossie Edwards Fitzpatrick
Linton
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
Fitzpatrick
Bloomfield
Nancy
John Edwards
Linton First Christian Church
Linton Violet Rebekah Lodge
Chickateth Council of
Auxiliary To Meet At Legion Home Tonight
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a meeting at the Legion home at 7 00 o clock tonight. Officers urged all members to attend as important business will be discussed.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Circle plans meeting at Mrs Walker's home
Mrs Spencer Walker hosts Circle two of the Women's Society of Christian Service at the First Methodist Church at 7 30 Tuesday evening with members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Walker
Women’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Diphtheria Outbreak Prompts Immunization Drive in Michigan City
Michigan City Indiana health officials order an immunization program for 4700 public and parochial school children after 21 diphtheria cases in weeks. State health chief A L Marshall warns parents against complacency and urges full vaccination including boosters through age nine.
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Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
State Board of Health
A. L. Marshall
State Agency
Coolspring Township
Indianapolis
Indiana State Board of Health
Marshall
Coolspring
Board of Health
State Tornado Loss Exceeds Million Dollars
Indianapolis report from the National Board of Fire Underwriters estimates Indiana tornadoes and windstorms last weekend caused insurance losses in excess of one million dollars. Additional adjusters are being sent to Shelbyville Martinsville Bruceville and rural Johnson and Wayne Counties to appraise the damage.
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Indianapolis
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Indiana
Shelbyville
Martinsville
Bruceville
Johnson
Wayne Counties
Two Terre Haute Men Face Sentences in Copper Theft Ring
Two Terre Haute parolees Fred W. Thomas 34 and Franklin E. Lee 28 plea guilty to larceny in Sullivan circuit court and await sentencing next Monday before Judge Joe Loudermilk. They confess daylight copper wire thefts from mines in Vigo Sullivan Clay and Knox counties, junto to Indiana Public Service booster plant, with total loot over 3500 pounds and about 2500 dollars profit.
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Terre Haute
Sullivan
Fred W. Thomas
Franklin E. Lee
Joe Loudermilk
Sullivan Court
Harold W. Baugh
Miley Edward Adkins
Adkins
Baugh
Clay County
Vigo
Clay
Knox Counties
Indiana Public Service Company
Paris
Lee
Cold Air Grips State As Rivers Crest At Elliston
River levels rise above flood stage in Greene county with 22.22 feet at Elliston and forecasts the crest to near 22.50 feet later today. Snow and rain drenched the region, dragging temperatures down from warm spells and bringing snow totals up to five inches in parts of Indiana.
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Greene County
M. E. Brock
U.S
Elliston
Mr. Brock
Weather Bureau
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Evansville
Plains
Ohio Valley
Minnesota
Tennessee
Georgia
Russellville
Yatesville
Tragic Michigan Youth Kills Self in Indiana Farm House
An 18-year-old Michigan youth, Jack Taylor of Morenci, and 17-year-old Allie Shearer of Hudson, were cornered in a south Huntington farm house. As police used tear gas, Taylor shot himself after being found with rifles and knives, while Shearer warned he would not come out alive. The pair had stolen two cars and had a juvenile record in Michigan.
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Huntington
Ind
Michigan
Jack Taylor
Morenci
Mich
Marion
Harry Walters
Taylor
Allie Shearer
Hudson
Here
Walters
Shearer
Wabash
Trains Collide Near Swampscott Kills At Least 15
In a snow storm near Swampscott Junction station two Boston and Maine commuter trains collided. More than 1,000 people were aboard the Salem to Boston service and the Portsmouth to Boston service. One car tore in two, several cars derailed, and 14 bodies were recovered with another inside wreckage.
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Swampscott
Mass
Boston & Maine Railroad
Swampscott Junction
Joseph E. Scanlon
Boston
Salem
Portsmouth
N. H
Dulles Defends Russia Victory View Against Dem Critics
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles rejected Democratic charges that he overstated free world gains against the USSR. He warned complacency could invite a return to Stalinist violence, and said Russia’s shift to nonviolence appears permanent. He cited U S Britain and France unity on Arab Israeli plans but no war plan yet.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Dulles
Stalin
United States
Britain
France
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lyons Basketball Boosters Meet At School
The Lyons Basketball Boosters club will hold a meeting at 7:00 o clock Wednesday evening at the school building. They urge all parents of Junior High and high school team members to attend. Plans will be made for the annual basketball banquet and the Joe Jordan Memorial trophy award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons Basketball Boosters Club
Joe Jordan
Four Fined in Worthington Court By Justice Elmira Driscol
Worthington justice Elmira Driscol fined four individuals for Indiana motor vehicle violations. Wayne Seay of Indianapolis and James Miner of Indianapolis, both charged with improper passing, faced fines. David Bailey of Francisco and Harold Mims of Kokomo pled guilty to speeding and improper passing respectively, each with $1 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira Driscol
Wayne E. Seay
Indianapolis
James O. Smith
David H. Bailey
Francisco
Smith
Harold E. Mims
Kokomo
James W. Miner
Diana Tomak invited as guest star with Garfield Varieties
Miss Diana Tomak of Linton daughter of Dr and Mrs M E Tomak is invited to appear as a guest star with the Garfield Varieties in Terre Haute on Friday evening. This will be her third program appearance.
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Diana Tomak
M. E. Tomak
Linton
Terre Haute
Diana
Guild Plans for Lenten Quiet Hour Dinner
The Women's Guild of Saron Evangelical and Reformed church in Linton will host a Lenten quiet hour dinner in the church lower auditorium at 12 o'clock noon on Thursday. Members attending are asked to bring a covered dish.
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Women’s Guild of
Saron
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Ike, Kefauver
Mrs. Fitzpatrick
Jim Church
Thatcher Gaither
Joe Spinks
Butler University
William Pirtle
Hazel Kelso
Daily Citizen
Dorothy Allen
Waterford
White River
Gallatin
New York State
Illinois
Mississippi
Chicago
Allan English
Oxford
Lyons
Worthington Court
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