U S Steps Up Air Base Building and Extra Funds Sought
Senator Henry M. Jackson said the Air Force seeks 16 million dollars more than its budget to enlarge fighter bases amid Soviet air power gains. He urged faster interceptor production and noted no current US aircraft can counter a new Russian intercontinental bomber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
Air Force
Russia
Jackson
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Harold E. Talbott
Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Eisenhower
House
Appropriations
Congress
Hoover Commission
U.S
Commission
Former Pastor Rev. Oren A. Cook Dies at 93
Funeral services for Rev. Oren A. Cook, 93, former pastor of Linton First Baptist, were held at ShirLey Brothers chapel in Indianapolis with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery in Leban on. He retired in 1940 after a long Baptist ministry spanning Mentone Lebanon Rochester Shelbyville Bedford and Second Mt. Pleasant. He was ordained 74 years ago and had lived in Indianapolis since retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren A. Cook
Linton First Baptist Church
Shirley Brothers Chapel
Indianapolis
Oak Hill
Lebanon
Mr. Cook
Indiana
Cumberland Church
Cumberland
Linton
Mentone
Rochester
Shelbyville
Bedford
Mt. Pleasant
Linton Stockton Band Plans Tuesday Practice Session
The Linton Stockton high school band will meet for a 7 o'clock Tuesday practice in the band room, announced director William Pirtle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton-Stockton High School
Willian Pirtle
Steel Wage Parley Opens Tuesday For 600000 Steel Workers
CIO United Steelworkers leaders met in Pittsburgh for a pre negotiation briefing as they prepare a substantial wage proposal for about 600000 mills workers. President David J McDonald will present to US Steel Corp and then discuss with Bethlehem Republic Steel and the others in the Big Six across the steel industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
David J. McDonald
US Steel Corp
Big Steel
McDonald
Bank appoints Ross as vice president in Linton
William L. Ross of Tipton is named vice-president of Citizens' National Bank of Linton by Wayne Hamilton. Ross, formerly cashier and trust officer at Farmer's Loan and Trust in Tipton, will relocate with his family after arranging suitable housing. He is a DePauw alum and member of Alpha Tau Omega, Presbyterian church, Masonic, Elks, Moose, and American Legion. WWI veteran and father of three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Ross
Tipton
Citizens’ National Bank of
Linton
Wayne Hamilton
Ross
Farmer's Loan and Trust Company
DePauw University
Greencastle
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Presbyterian Church
Masonic, Elks and Moose Lodges
American Legion
Hamilton
Williams Sees Mistrial After Juror Knows Defendant
After a four year delay in a damage suit, Howard Williams faced a mistrial when a juror admitted she knew him prompting the court to declare a mistrial and reset the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Howard Williams
Kin of Prisoners Hope for Releases of Eleven Airmen
Kin across the United States express hope that 11 American airmen still imprisoned by China will soon gain freedom. Relatives cite recent letters and a statement from an Indian newsman as basis for optimism, while three released fliers fly home from Honolulu toward California and Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Baumer
Lewisburg
Missoula
Mont
Elmer F. Llewellyn
Richard G. Fecteau
Richard
United States
Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Lyle v. Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Roland W. Parks
Omaha
Honolulu
California
Indiana Colleges Award Diplomas in Sunday Commencements
Indiana colleges graduated over 3000 students with diplomas as honorary degrees were awarded to Ford Frick James A Farley and Herbert Brownell Jr Brownell served as Notre Dame keynote speaker receiving an honorary LLD Frick received honorary LLD at Greencastle while Farley spoke at St Josephs Rensselaer and DePauw honored graduates and officials including Farley and Frick Notre Dame Purdue DePauw Earlham and other campuses reported class sizes ranging from 81 to 1364 with Notre Dame around 1000 graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ford Frick
James A. Farley
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Purdue
Notre Dame
Earlham
Wabash
St. Joseph's
Brownell
Eisenhower
Greencastle
Frick
DePauw
St. Joseph’s At Rensselaer
Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Moose Official to Visit Linton Lodge 1434
Crawford H. Barker, state director of the Loyal Order of Moose, will visit Linton Moose Lodge No. 1434 Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. Governor John Powell urged members to attend for a special sick benefits discussion. Refreshments will be served after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford H. Barker
Huntington
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Linton Moose Lodge
Linton
John Powell
Crippled Society to Meet Tonight at REMC Building
Greene County Crippled Children's Society will hold a 7:30 PM meeting at the REMC building west of Bloomfield. County president Owen Nicewarner said a complete activities report will be presented and future programs outlined. Members are urged to attend and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County Crippled Children's Society
REMC
Bloomfield
Owen Nicewarner
New Actions Taken in Greene Circuit Court at Bloomfield
Greene circuit court at Bloomfield set several cases for trial and handled others. Notable items include a June 14 trial date for State of Indiana v Iris McIntosh, continued Rural Natural Gas Co. v Chester Loveland, and guilty pleas with fines in public intoxication cases. A defendant in a voluntary treatment petition was committed to Evansville State Hospital. Financial judgments were entered in several civil suits, while other cases were continued or reset for June proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
Bloomfield
State of
Indiana
O. B. Laughlin
Iris McIntosh
Chester
Lorene Loveland
Ward Brooks Stormes
Linton
Andrew Arlie Anderson
Donald Beale
Argile Ray Pearson
Rosella Pearson
Peggy Jean Parham
Donald Eugene Parham
James Boyd
Boyd
Evansville State Hospital
Samuel S. Salitan
David Little
Credit Industrial Co
Ferris Trading Post, Inc
Carbozite Protective Castings Inc
Kipp Brothers
Morris
Serine Yusko
John’s Bergain
Universal C.I.T. Credit Corporation
William White
A.C. Edwards
John N. West
Commercial Credit Corporation
Stanley Fisher
Tornadoes Hit Southwest and Midwest Causing Property Loss
Tornadoes struck from the Texas border to North Dakota as a large storm system swept the nation. Encinal and Florence in Texas faced major damage with power outages and ruined barns, while an Iowa twister damaged farms. Chicago endured heavy rain and a fatal lightning strike at a picnic, with heat and smog affecting other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
North Dakota
Mississippi River
Rockies
Encinal
Tex
Mexican
Florence
Spillville
Iowa
Valley City
N.C
Southwest
Chicago
Bradford
Ill
Gainesville
South Side
Former Linton Man Expires in Illinois
Gilbert Dick Headley 65 of Galva Illinois, former Linton resident, died at 1 00 Saturday morning after years of ill health. He worked as a mine superintendent for Little John Coal near Galesburg and previously at Friar Tuck mine. He belonged to Masonic lodge in Galva Shrine and Scottish Rite Evansville. Survived by widow Inez, son Wendell Dick, daughter Janet, two grandsons James and John, and brothers Perl James Headley of Linton and Charles Headley of Indianapolis. Funeral 2 00 CST Tuesday at Johnson and Gill Galva with burial there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert “Dick” Headley
Galva
Linton
Headley
Little John Coal Company
Galesburg
Ill
Friar Tuck
Sherwood-Templeton Coal Company
Illinois
Masonic Lodge
Shrine
Scottish Rite
Evansville
Birth of Lisa Rae Coleman in Terre Haute area
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Coleman announce the birth of a daughter born Saturday at Union hospital. Lisa Rae weighs seven pounds twelve ounces. Mother is Norma Dowden of Switz City. This is the first child. Grandparents are William Coleman of Linton and William Dowden of Switz City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Coleman
Terre Haute
Union Hospital
Lisa Rae
Norma Dowden
Switz City
William Coleman
Linton
William Dowden
American Soldier Held by Germans Near Iron Curtain
In Waidhau s Germany an American sergeant was seized at machinegun point by Red Czechoslovak border guards after wandering 60 feet into the Czech frontier while filming. Sgt. Walter T. Winter of the 173rd or 175th Signal Battalion based in Thionville France was captured. another sergeant from the same unit escaped in West Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waidhaus
Germany
Wia
U.S. Army
Walter T. Winter
173Rd
175Th
Thionville
France
Winter
Iron Curtain
Theft of Morphine From Linton Doctor Under Investigation
Police seek a thief who stole a small quantity of morphine from Dr. W. F. Craft in Linton. The entry happened between noon and 1 p.m. last Thursday while Dr. Craft was at lunch. The intruder forced open a door with a screwdriver or pinch-bar and took the narcotics from a drawer in the consultation room. Some cash in plain view was left untouched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Craft
Linton
William Coleman
Dr. Craft
Coleman
Fishing Trip Includes Sullivan Mayor in Canada Outing
Wilfred Perigo of Sullivan leads a fishing party to Canada with men from Sullivan including Mayor Thomas Grayson. Perigo children are guests of their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Perigo of Linton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Perigo
Sullivan
Canada
Thomas Grayson
Perigo
Earnest Perigo
Linton
Firemen Make Run at Lester Bailey Garage
Linton Fire Department responded to a fire call at 9 45 Saturday morning at the Lester Bailey garage in West Linton where an automobile was on fire. No damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Lester Bailey
West Linton
Ford and CIO Reach Historic Three Year Wage Pact
Ford Motor Co and CIO United Auto Workers announced a three year contract delivering a 20 cent hourly raise and guaranteed pay during lay offs. The pact, unanimously approved, ends a midnight strike at many Ford plants and foreshadows a similar push at General Motors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
Reuther
General Motors
UAW
United Auto
Bogus
Jasonville Man Mahlon Cammack Dies at 69
Mahlon W. Cammack 69, retired coal miner born in Independence Kansas, died 8 10 am Saturday in Freeman Greene county hospital after three years of declining health. Funeral at McClanahan Jasonville with Rev. Lloyd Miller. burial Worthington cemetery with Masonic rites. Survived by widow Elsie. son Charles in Japan. sisters Jessie Jennings Della Gillum Martha Snover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahlon W. Cammack
Jasonville
Freeman- Greene County
McClanahan Funeral Home
Lloyd Miller
Worthington Cemetery
Worthington Masonic Lodge
Mr. Cammack
Independence
Kans
John
Elma Haworth Cammack
Cicero
Ind
Oakland City
Cammack
Friends Church
Noblesville
Cicero Masonic Lodge
United Mine Workers
Bloomfield Man Expires Saturday
Albert King aged 76 of Bloomfield died at 9 00 PM Saturday in Woodmere State hospital Evansville after a short illness. A retired bridge construction worker born January 14 1879 in Center Township he was the son of Marshal and Quintillia Payne King. Survived by two sons William King of Pennsylvania James King of Mississippi two daughters Ethel Rose of Chicago and Helen Romine of Atwood two sisters Rose Troy and Ode King of Arthur Illinois. Funeral home arrangements were made with Jenkins and Sons Bloomfield with viewing Tuesday at 2 00 PM and burial at Tulip Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert King
Bloomfield
Woodmere State Hospital
Evansville
King
Center Township
Marshal
Quintillia Payne King
Della King
William King
Pennsylvania
James King
Mississippi
Ethel Rose
Chicago
Ill
Helen Romine
Atwood
Rose Troy
Ode King
Arthur
Jenkins and Sons
Tulip
Wilson Elected VFW District Commander in Worthington
Doyle A. Wilson of Odon formerly of Linton was chosen as commander of Indiana Seventh District VFW at a Worthington meeting. A two year overseas veteran with the 77th Field Artillery in World War II, he has served three years eleven months in the Army and held roles as Senior Vice Commander and district membership chairman. He will be installed June 16 to 19 at the department encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle A. Wilson
Odon
Linton
Veterans of Foreign Wars Organization
Worthington
77Th Field Artillery
Army
V.F.W
Department
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United Press
Emanuel Celler
Judiciary Committee
State Department Security
Scott McLeod
Celler
Anastasia
Albert Anastasia
Brooklyn
Murder, Inc
U.S. District Court
Camden
N.J
Bank
Hoosier Colleges
Moose Plans
Crippled Society
Gladys Griffin
Los Angeles
Colombo
Ceylon
American Museum-ayden Planetarium
New York
Central Press
Ford Company
England
Dunstable
John S. Bugas
Naonal
Reuther and
Bugas
Wilson
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