Mine Run Notes on Birds and Local Affairs
Local column highlights diverse birds spotted by Mine-Runner on his porch in Linton including cat birds robins doves pigeons sparrows and swallows The Vernon Carr Fund reaches 25175 pounds for an artificial leg and safety notes urge proper headlights over blind faith Community notices praise Bay View club legacy to Linton library and Greene County federation efforts
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Linton
Vernon Carr
Bing
Carr
North Carolina Truck Crash Kills 16 Migrant Workers
A tractor-trailer collided with a truck carrying migrant bean pickers nine miles north of Fayetteville on US 301 and NC 102. Sixteen people died and twenty six were injured, all victims African American, with workers from Georgia Florida Mississippi Tennessee and Alabama. The crash occurred when the migrants truck failed to stop at a sign and was struck by the tractor trailer hauling potatoes. Firefighters extinguished the burning wrecks. The fatalities included a six month old child and the driver plus two cab occupants of the truck.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Here
Highsmith
Cape Fear Valley
Dunn
Us. 301
Mount Olive
Vader
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Tennessee
Alabama
Erskine McCullough
Blast Damages S C Rail Trestle
A dynamite blast damaged an Illinois Central Railroad trestle seven miles from Bloomington Indiana late Wednesday night. No injuries reported and officials called the damage not extensive. Union leader H Pete Lehnen denied strike workers were involved in the incident.
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Bloomington
Illinois Central Railroad
Here
Indianapolis
H. Pete Lehnen
Stone
Linton man suffers severe leg injury on construction site
Leland Kline of Linton rural route is hospitalized in New Albany for a severe leg injury sustained at work on a construction project. Reports say about one hundred stitches were needed to close the wounds.
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Leland Kline
Linton
New Albany
Bakery Union Official Alleges Dictatorship Behind Funds
Washington report says Anthony Conforti, president of Local 1 in Chicago, testified before the Senate Rackets Committee that former Union VP George L. Stuart ran a dictatorship using union funds. Conforti said he gave 6750 to Stuart to organize cookie factory workers and 2591 for camera equipment in 1954.
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Washington
George L. Stuart
Anthony Conforti
Big Local 1
Chicago
Senate
Stuart
Conforti
Greek lawmakers study of incident and Status of Forces
A Greek Parliament committee considers jurisdiction over American troops in Greece and potential ratification of the Status of Forces agreement with the United States Civil courts would try off duty offenses while U S personnel on duty face military courts The urgency follows charges filed against Airman Marion Mousalli in a fatal highway crash involving Gen Stafnos Sarafis and injuries to his wife Mousalli faces manslaughter by negligence and traffic violations with a verdict on bail to be decided after his written defense.
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Athens
Greece
United States
William S. Girard
Marion Mousalli
Benwood
W. Va
Stafnos Sarafis
Mousalli
Train Crash Near Cortazar Kills Dozens in Mexico
A freight train struck a crowded passenger train near Cortazar in central Mexico killing at least 20 people and injuring 30. Officials fear the toll may reach 40 as rescue work continues.
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Cortazar
Mexico
IPR
Red Cross
Russia Accuses U S of Meteorological Bomb at Talks
London report says Moscow Radio quoted a Soviet scientist alleging the United States developed a meteorological bomb to weaponize weather. The claim followed deadlocked disarmament talks over open skies and India’s representation.
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London
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Fedorov
U.S
India
Eisenhower
Indiana Supreme Court Reverses Tax Refund for Bendix
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that Bendix Aviation Corp must not receive a refund of gross income taxes paid in 1951 53. Goods were delivered in South Bend and did not enter interstate commerce until later, keeping state taxes in place. The decision could affect about 27 million in taxes plus interest and may prompt further appeals.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
South Bend
Bendix Aviation Corp
Bendix
St. Joseph
High Court
Norman Arterburn
James Emmett
Handley
U.S. Supreme Court
Edwin Beaman
Eisenhower Tours USS Saratoga On Guided Missile Study
President Eisenhower sails aboard the 60,000 ton aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at Mayport Florida with the National Security Council for a 24 hour study of guided missiles jet operations anti submarine warfare and atom bomb defense. He lands aboard Columbine II as two skyray jets are catapulted from the deck.
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Eisenhower
Washington
National Security Council
Mayport
Fla
St. John’s River
State Excise Chief Threatens Agents
Indiana State Excise Chief George Rinck vows to fire field agents if gambling and bootlegging persist. He has ordered all 62 agents to a meeting to issue specific instructions and lay down the law, with a plan to clean up the state.
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Indianapolis
Iip
George Rinck
Rinck
Preview of Summer Humidity Reaches Hoosierland
A humidity preview for Hoosierland shows temperatures near 80s with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Indianapolis topped 84, Lafayette 83, Evansville 82 with overnight lows 61 to 65 and a mixed forecast into Friday and Saturday.
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Hoosierland
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Evansville
Goshen
South Bend
Dry Southwest weather warns of Red River flood threat
Weabermen forecast generally dry Southwest but skies may clear too late to avert heavy Red and Colorado river floods. Rain fell in Chicago and northern Indiana with hail while Lake Texoma released thousands of gallons into the Red River. Meteorologist B P Hughes of Shreveport warns of widespread Red River flooding except near Shreveport as banks fill in Arkansas and Louisiana.
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Weabermen
Southwest
Red
Colorado
Midwest
Chicago
Indiana
Lake Texoma
Red River
B.P. Hughes
Shreveport
Arkansas
Louisiana
Democratic club to meet June 12 in Jasonville park
Matthew Welsh of Vincennes will be the guest speaker at the Greene County Women's Democratic club meeting in Jasonville City Park. The event begins at 6 30 pm with a covered dish dinner followed by a speaking program a business session and entertainment. Public attendance is welcome.
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Matthew Welsh
Vincennes
Greene County Women's Democrat Club
Jasonville
Hit and run driver kills man near South Bend
Police seek a hit and run driver after Albert Taylor a 48 year old man from South Bend was found dead on US 20 just west of the city. Taylor lay three feet from his parked car as shattered headlight pieces were located on top of his vehicle.
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South Bend
Albert Taylor
Taylor
Senators Preserve Heart Of Farm Soil Bank Program
A Senate Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee refused to drop the soil bank heart for 1958 crops, authorizing the Agriculture Department to promise up to 500 million dollars to farmers trimming surpluses under acreage reserve, with a per farmer cap of five thousand dollars. The move aligns with President Eisenhower and follows House action, sending the bill to the full committee and then to the Senate floor.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Appropriations
House
Suil Bank
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Soil Bank Authority
Eisenhower
Department
Russell
Congress
Fisenhower
Record smoking pace in fiscal year nears end
A government tobacco expert says Americans will smoke 399 billion cigarettes by June 30, up 3 percent from 387 billion in the prior fiscal year. He notes past cancer scares briefly lowered consumption, but the trend has resumed despite warnings and interim cancer society reports.
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Washington
U.S
Aemaican Cancer Society
Agriculture Department
The
Cancer Society
Linton Kiwanis Rotary Discuss Industrial Growth
About eighty people attended a joint Kiwanis and Rotary luncheon in Linton as industrial relations experts and officials from the Pennsylvania Railroad and local clubs outlined factors attracting new industry. Wil liam A. Shepler urged attention to water, sewer, roads, schools, housing, health, protective services, recreation, zoning, and tax cooperation.
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Linton
Kiwanis and
Rotary Clubs
Klusmeier’s
Rotary
Earl Roush
Carlos Hazelrigg
Kiwanis Club
Paul van Camp
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
J. W. Warburton
William A. Shepler
Indiana Department of Commerce and Public Relations
Indianapolis
Shepler
U S Judge Orders Hearing On Girard Extradition To Japan
Federal Judge Joseph McGarraghy directed hearings to determine if Army Specialist 3C William S. Girard should be returned to the United States for trial in Japan on charges of killing a Japanese woman at an Army firing range. Girard remains in U.S. custody as the June 21 Japanese trial date stands.
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Washington
U.S
United States
William S. Girard
Ottawa
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Girard
McGarraghy
Itsuro Hayashi
Stanley F. Levin
Hollywood
Calif
1St Cavalry Division
Earl J. Carroll
New York
Carroll
Highway Officials Plead Not Guilty in Hoosier Scandal
Nile Teverbaugh, a former Indiana Highway Department rights of way director, pleads innocent to three indictments including embezzlement and conspiracy tied to land sales for the Madison Ave Expressway. Virgil Red Smith and Robert Peak also enter not guilty pleas as witnesses testify in Marion County Grand Jury proceedings.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Highway Department
Nile Teverbaugh
Marion County Grand
Hoosier
Teverbaugh
Madison Ave
Virgil Red Smith
Robert Peak
William Clarkson
George Craig
Arthur J. Mogilner
Highway Department
Helen Payton
Craig
Mogilner
John
Chicago
Indiana Toll Road Commission
Payton
Volunteer Work Night to Ready Linton Little League Diamond
League leaders announced a work session at 6:00 p.m. in High School Park to prepare the new Linton Little League baseball diamond for the season opener next week. Post-hole diggers and shovels are requested, though volunteers need not bring tools. Bleachers are in place and most other diamond work is finished. the Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors this season's Little League.
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Linton
High School Park
Junior Chamber of Commerce
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