Truman stresses ongoing heavy spending for world peace
President Truman urged continued high foreign aid and military costs as essential to curb Soviet aggression and sustain a global free order. He spoke at the University of Missouri after receiving honorary degrees, warning against cutting aid too soon while noting the Marshall Plan’s 1952 end.
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Columbia
Iu.p
Truman
Russia
University of Missouri
Phi Beta Kappa
National Scholastic Society
Marshall Pla
St. Louis
First Industrial Use of Atom Smasher Planned by Company
Upjohn Pharmaceutical announces the first industrial use of an atom smasher a 2,000,000 volt electron accelerator to sterilize packaged antibiotics like penicillin and streptomycin The process aims to wash bottles and tubes of drugs free of bacteria by an electron jolt at 175000 miles per second, offering faster sterilization than heat filtration or chemicals
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Kalamazoo
Mich
UPI
Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company
Upjohn
Hoosier plans stay in lake protest over taxes
Pat D. Abbott, 27, father of three, will submerge in a steel and glass tank at Lake Shafer on Father's Day to protest high taxes. He aims to stay underwater until Congress acts. Abbott says a new house brings about 30 percent of its selling price in hidden taxes and asks Iowa Congressmen to help eliminate them.
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Hoosier
Lake
Monticello
Ind
Pat D. Abbott
Congress
Abbott
Lake Shafer
State Employees Face 3 Month Salary Freeze
Indiana Governor Schricker ordered a three month halt on salary hikes for about 11 00 state workers starting July 1. In a memo to department heads he said living costs have peaked and state revenue has fallen, prompting a merit based raise moratorium thereafter.
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Indianapolis
Schricker
Fire Chief Attends Indiana State Fire School
George McKim Linton Fire chief returns home after attending the seventeenth annual Indiana State Fire School in Indianapolis. State Fire Marshal Alex Hoagland presided. sessions covered equipment electricity pump operations rescue practices arson industrial fire protection smoke and water handling gases safely and more.
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George McKim
Linton
Indianapolis
Alex Hoagland
George E Lawson Fined for Public Intoxication in Pan toise
George Edgar Lawson of Pan tise Michigan was fined a total of 11.80 after arrest for public intoxication in the court of Linton Mayor Arthur M Grass. He was taken into custody by local police last night.
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George Edgar Lawson
Pantise
Mich
Linton
Arthur M. Grass
FBI Chief Hoover Warns of Communist Fifth Column
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told a Senate subcommittee that a two year old Communist plan has infiltrated basic U S industries with 540 000 potential members 54174 actual party members and about 500 000 sympathizers He warned that 48 of party members are in vital industries across New York New Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania California and Michigan He said the party has expanded espionage tactics beyond World War II and urged more agents to counteract the threat while noting its loyalty program internal investigations and coded communications remain challenges.
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Washington
U.R
FBI
U. S
Senate Appropriations
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
California
Michigan
Communist Party
Linton Stockton High School Photos Arrive in Washington DC
Pictures taken in Washington DC by juniors and seniors of Linton Stockton High School have arrived and may be obtained at the high school according to an announcement made today.
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Washington D C
Linton Stockton High School
Public hearing on telephone service set for Lyons gym
The Public Service Commission of Indiana announced a 9:00 a.m. hearing on telephone service for Greene County Telephone patrons in the Lyons school gymnasium on Thursday June 29. The hearing, announced by PSC examiner Dean L. Barnhart, invites public participation and covers Marco Lyons and Switz City areas.
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Greene County Telephone Corporation
Lyons School
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Greene County Telephoneorporation
Marco
Lyons
Switz
Foster, and Investiga
Dean L. Barnhart
PSC
Harris Declares He Will Face Hoosier Court When Ready
Sullivan circuit judge Norval K. Harris says he will return to Indianapolis to answer a drunkenness charge when he is ready. He cites a 32 year wartime friendship reunion with two buddies as more important than court appearance. Harris plans to go back tomorrow and says he is not guilty.
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Harris
Hoosier Court
St, Louis
U.P
Norval K. Harris
Sullivan
Indianapolis
35Th Infantry Division
Indiana Line
Hospital Reports From Linton Area
Hospital notices list multiple patients from Linton Bloomfield Jasonville and surrounding towns. Major surgeries births and tonsillectomies are recorded with discharges and home take-tos for listed individuals including Mrs Ethel Lennon Mrs Bruce Shake Mrs Arthur Ball and Miss Marcia Miller.
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Ethel Lennon
Linton
Bruce Shake
Linton Route 3
R E M C Plans New Headquarters and Growth
Ground was broken for a new 89000 dollar R E M C headquarters on state road 54 about a mile and a half west of Bloomfield. The brick building will be 146 by 80 feet with a 50 foot garage L shape and a 90 foot antenna for two way radio. It will include a kitchen and meeting space for clubs and organizations. R E M C serves Greene Clay and other counties with 33 employees and eleven directors. Completion is targeted for September 15.
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R.E.M.C
Bloomfield
Louis Jaffre
Jaffre
Salesberry
Public Service Company of Indiana
Centerpoint
Greene
Clay
Lawrence
Owen
Martin
Vigo
Monroe
Daviess
Putnam
Sullivan Counties
Cooperatives Corporation
Grand Jurors Fail To Indict Woman
Mrs. Joanne McIntyre, after a LaPorte County grand jury refused to indict her, was released from jail following the shooting death of her husband Melkia McIntyre. She admitted the slaying saying he threatened her with violence after she found another woman’s address in his pocket. Four witnesses including her grandmother Ada Jeanes and uncle Kester Jeanes were released.
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Michigan City
Indd
Joanne McIntyre
LaPorte Grand
Melkia McIntyre
Ada Jeanes
Kester Jeanes
Jesuilia Byrd
Minnie Abran
Garden Club to Meet for Covered Dish Luncheon
The Civic Garden club will meet at Humphreys park at 12 o clock Monday for a covered dish luncheon. Park committee members should arrive early to set plants in flower beds.
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Civic Garden Club
Humphreys Park
Park Committee
B 29 Crash Survivors Cite Gun Turret Defect
Survivors of a U S Air Force B 29 that crashed in the North Sea say a turret mechanism defect caused a gun to fire into an engine during gunnery practice. Captain Henry J Walsh of Alton Illinois blamed the malfunction for the blaze and crash off Yarmouth after leaving Scunthorpe for Dogger Bank. Three other crew members’ bodies recovered. four others believed lost as search continued.
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Sculthorpe
England
North Sea
Henry J. Walsh
Alton
Walsh
Yarmouth
Scunthorpe
Dogger Bank
Gold and Two Others Indicted in Spy Conspiracy
A Brooklyn grand jury indicted Harry Gold and two unidentified individuals on espionage charges for conspiring with British physicist Klaus Fuchs to pass atomic secrets to Russia. The alleged acts spanned 1944 to 1947 across Manhattan Brooklyn Santa Fe Boston and Cambridge.
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Washington
U.P
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
N. Y
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Fuchs
Britain
Gold-Fuchs
New York
Santa Fe
N. M
Boston
Cambridge
Mass
Gold
Richard Roe
Manhattan
Queens
Stocks Reach Fresh Highs On Strong Volume In NY
New York stocks climbed to levels not seen in over four years with rail shares leading gains and utilities edging up. Investors cited record automotive output, higher car loadings, and a retail trade uptick as fuel for demand while top steel, auto, chemical, and oil issues posted new yearly highs. Santa Fe led the railroad advance.
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New York
Santa Fe
American Distilling
American Viscose
Humidity Drives Heat in Elliston County
O H Brown of the U S Weather Observatory in Elliston reports the 2 06 pm temperature at 85 degrees, four below yesterday's 89, but humidity makes it feel hotter. Scattered thundershowers are forecast for tonight and Saturday.
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O. H. Brown
U. S
Elliston
Three Flyers Sought After Plane Crash
NORFOLK VA June 9 UP A fleet of navy and coast guard craft searched waters 70 miles off Virginia cape for three crew members of a torpedo bomber missing after a TBM crashed 75 miles off Cape Henry during a routine flight. The Norfolk Naval Air Station based plane was reported down with one pilot and two crew aboard. Convoy escort carriers, destroyers, submarines and a coast guard cutter joined the search.
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Navy
Coast Guard
Virginia Cape
Cape Henry
Norfolk Naval Air Station
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