Senate Leaders Aim to Save Eisenhower Reserve Plan
Senate leaders work behind the scenes to revive Eisenhower's bill to build a 2 900 000 man active reserve by 1960. The House dropped the measure over a segregation amendment and Lyndon B. Johnson leads the push in the Senate to pass a version the House may accept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Eisenhower
House
National Guard
Lyndon B. Johnson
House Labor Committee
Army
Ferdinand Tartaglia
Air Force
Raymond Wool
Chicago
Harry Lev
Tartaglia
Wool
Lev
Robert R. Young
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
White House
Young
New York Central
Atomic
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
House Appropriations
Johnson Wins Golf Tourney At Indiana Dealers Convention
Sherell Johnson Jr. of Linton won a handsome trophy for capturing the associations tournament at the Indiana Feed and Grain dealers convention held in French Lick last weekend. He entered the event three years, with this being his first victory. Also attending were Mr and Mrs Sherell Johnson Sr Mr and Mrs Roy Ellis and son Jim Mr and Mrs Herbert Ellis and Mr and Mrs Wendell Wright. The Johnsons and son have since left for Florida for a vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherell Johnson Jr
Linton
Indiana
French Lick
Sherell Johnson Sr
Roy Ellis
Jim
Herbert Ellis
Wendell Wright
Mrs. Johnson and Son
Florida
Army Corporal on Ten Day Furlough Visits Linton Family
Cpl. Robert Alderson of the U S Army medical corps at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri is on a ten day furlough in Linton to visit his mother Mrs Nellie Mathena and other relatives and friends He joined the army in May 1951 and was sent to Germany in October that year His three years service in Germany is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Robert Alderson
Fort Leonard Wood
Medical Corps
U.S. Army
Linton
Nellie Mathena
Alderson
Germany
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Listed
Admissions include Mrs Theron Maners of Linton rural route Murray Kincade of Solsberry Today Gilbert Sims of Linton Dismissals list George Deckard of Linton and Mrs Dola Goodson of Linton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Sims
Linton
George Deckard
Dola Goodson
Cold Damp Indiana Weather Keeps Cool Spell Going
Unseasonably cool weather with scattered showers grips Indiana for a fourth day. Temperatures fell to 51 in Evansville and Indianapolis as a damp pattern persists through today and Friday with cooler highs and a partly cloudy weekend outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Evansville
Indianapolis
South Bend
Lafayette
Dust storms, tornadoes lash Texas as West swelters
A severe weather outbreak battered Texas with at least five tornadoes and hurricane force winds, causing deaths and injuries from a lightning strike and flying debris. Dust storms hit San Angelo and nearby towns, blowing out windows and stranding hundreds of students. Temperatures rose above 100 in the West while Greenland air cooled the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Oklahoma
Greenland
New York City
Hale
San Angelo
Tex
Davy Crockett
Mineral Wells
Lubbock
Big Spring
Odessa
West
Oregon
Washington
Minnehaha Mine Wildcat Walkout Ends Today
A one day wildcat strike at the Minnehaha coal mine ended as all workers returned to the morning shift. The stoppage followed a 30 day suspension for a miner caught smoking in the mine under federal mine law penalties. Union members met at the local hall in Linton and voted to resume work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnehaha
Little Betty
Linton
Thunderjets basing in Formosa signals Far East deployment
The Air Force disclosed that long range F-84G Thunderjet bombers capable of atom- bomb missions are based on Formosa with a task force from Okinawa. The planes will train daily while rotated to maintain mobility in the Far East, with no permanent base planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U.S
Formosa
U.S. Far East
Natonalist-held
Okinawa
Air Force
New York
Moscow
Japan
Australia
5Th Air Force
Far East
Taipei
Mrs. Olive M Bigger 83 Dies at Jasonville
Mrs Olive M Bigger 83 died at 8 10 am at her daughter Mrs Marley O Haver 509 West Main Jasonville after a year of illness. Born April 2 1872 in Clay County she lived in Jasonville Coalmont and Hymera. Survived by daughters Mrs O Haver and Mrs Gladys Chamberlain son Bernard bigger. four grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Funeral Friday 10 am viewing then 2 30 pm at McClanahan Funeral Home Rev Lloyd Miller officiating burial Walker Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive M. Bigger
Marley O’haver
West Main Street
Jasonville
Mrs. Bigger
Clay County
Milton and
Jane Anderson Roe
Coalmont
Hymera
Funeral
Lloyd Miller
Walker Cemetery
Indianapolis Man Rescued from Sewer Cave-In
Ralph Bloom 25 of Indianapolis was pulled from a sewer cave-in buried under four feet of mud. He was in serious condition at General Hospital. Two policemen and workers freed him in about five minutes as an air pocket near his face likely prevented suffocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ralph Bloom
General Hospital
Bloom
Soldier Arrives in Fontenay France for Army Duty
Pfc. Robert Jerrells has arrived in Fontenay France and will be stationed with the U S Army. The news came to his parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Jerrells of Linton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jerrells
Fontenay
France
U.S. Army
Thomas Jerrells
Linton
Greene County Man Becomes DC Commissioner Amid City Governance
A Greene County Indiana native, Robert E. McLaughlin, was appointed by President Eisenhower as one of Washington DCs three Commissioners who govern the district. The engineers commissioner leads public works while two civilian appointees assist in city administration. The article traces Washingtons evolving mayoral system and limited voting rights for residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Greene County
Indiana
Robert E. McLaughlin
Eisenhower
District of Columbia
Corps of Engineers
McLaughlin
Congress
Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Washington, D. C
Linton Boy Scouts Attend Camp Wapehani in Bloomington
Twelve members of Linton Troop No. 50 join Camp Wapehani in Bloomington for the summer program under Camp Director Kenith Jensen and program chief Robert Ackerman. A roster of staff includes Norman Fouts James Sunnell and Carla Jensen with other aides from the White River Council. Reservations remain available for July 3 to July 9 at the Bloomington council headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Wapehani
Bloomington
White River
The
Scout Organization
Kenith Jensen
Odon
Robert Ackerman
Loogootee
Two Oil Tankers Collide and Burn Off North Sea
In the North Sea near the Dover Strait, the Panamanian tanker Buccaneer collided with the Swedish tanker Johannishus, triggering a large blaze. 21 feared dead, 1 body recovered, 20 missing as rescue craft plucked survivors including a lone woman passenger. The Buccaneer aided crews and headed to Rotterdam while the Johannishus burned through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sea
Rotterdam
Holland
Strait of Dover
English Channel
Belgium
England
Occaneer
Apollo
Emsworth
Arak
S.S
Brussels
Daan Heynis Maas
Groningen
United Press
Twenty two 4-H club members attend Purdue Roundup
Greene county 4-H members plus four adult leaders travel to Purdue University at Lafayette for the annual 4-H Roundup. Attendees include Sara Powell Frederica Klussmeier Beverly Wonder Herman Bredeweg Jim Ellis Linton Mary Ellen Swaby and others from Bloomfield Solsberry Switz City Newberry Midland Marco Lyons Worthington and more. Adult leaders are Mrs Mabel E Spriggs Leo Ramsey Estelle Phillips and L C McIntosh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County
Purdue University At
Lafayette
Sara Powell
Frederica Klusmeier
Beverly Wonder
Herman Bredeweg
Jim Ellis
Linton
Mary Ellen Swaby
Lillie Mae Roach
Howard Roach
Larry Smith
Bloomfield
Carolyn Padgett
Solsberry
Leahbelle Hamlin
Earlene Corya
Russell Hamlin
Vance Need
Worthington
Flo Ann Reece
Jane Bovenschen
Albert Taylor
Switz City
Dorothy Rollison
Norman Shepherd
Lyons
Barbara Mowery
Newberry
Dani’l Corbin
Midland
Sammy Cline
Marco
Mabel E. Spriggs
Leo Ramsey
Estelle Phillips
L. C. McIntosh
Explosion at Motel Burns Two People
Two occupants were burned in a motel cabin explosion at the White Cabins Motel near New Albany Indiana. Ernest Gillespie 45 of New Albany was in critical condition and Helen Bankey of New Albany was in serious condition at Floyd County Memorial Hospital. Investigators cited a defective gas heater as the probable cause. Gillespie said the blast occurred as he lit a cigarette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
Ernest Gillespie
Helen Bankey
Floyd County Memorial Hospital
White Cabins
Here
U.S. 150
Gillespie
Concert planned at Worthington public park
The Worthington Jefferson high school band will present the first of four summer concerts from 8:00 to 9:00 tonight at Worthington public park. Worthington merchants sponsor the event and a person named Angse issued an invitation to the public to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington - Jefferson High School
Worthington Public Park
Worthington
Angse
Queen Opens British Parliament Amid Austerity and Strikes
Queen Elizabeth II opened Parliament with a pledge of close accord with the United States and guarded optimism for talks with the Soviet Union. Churchill did not attend, staying home with Lady Churchill who broke her wrist. A 12 day railroad strike and gloomy weather framed Eden’s new government launch and emergency measures to maintain supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elizabeth II
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Winston Churchill
Churchill
House of Commons
Sir Anthony Eden
Duke of Edinburgh
Dugger Resident Bessie Behem Walters Dies in Ohio
Mrs. Bessie Behem Walters, 61, of Dugger and Carlisle rural route, died suddenly at 11:00 this morning at her daughter Jewell Rogers’ home in Vandalia Ohio while visiting. Survived by husband Ed Walters four children two sisters and one brother. Body to Newkirk Funeral Home Dugger. Funeral plans pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Behem Walters
Dugger
Carlisle
Jewell Rogers
Vandalia
Ohio
Walters
Pleasantville
Sullivan County
Ed Walters
Mrs. Rogers
Ed Walters Jr
Court Postpones Trial of Beating Case
The trial of Paul W. Lavery in Indianapolis for beating and robbing Mrs. Elizabeth Kroetz, 58, was postponed indefinitely in Criminal Court. Judge Scott A. McDonald granted the delay on psychiatrists advice as Lavery seeks temporary insanity. the offense carries a maximum life term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Paul W. Lavery
Scott A. McDonald
Savery
Elizabeth Kroetz
Wildcat Auto Strikes Ease as Workers Return to Jobs
More than 50,000 auto plant workers at Ford and GM began returning to work after CIO UAW chief Walter Reuther warned of disciplinary action against unauthorized strikes. Wages under the new contract spurred protests among skilled Ford workers, while GM faced marathon talks to meet a midnight deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor
John Bugdas
Reuther
Bugas
International Soundphotos
Detroit
Ford
General Motors
Walter Reuther
United Auto
John Livingston
UAW
GM Department
Rouge
Ford Rouge
Chicago
Independent
United Protective Workers Union
Ford Assembly
Auto Workers Union
Extension of Draft Appears Certain
A four year extension of the draft seems likely to pass, with the House already approving the measure and the Senate Armed Services Committee starting hearings. A two year doctor draft extension faces opposition and is sidetracked by the House Rules Committee and strong Senate dissent. Medical and dental groups argue regular draft suffices and that a doctor draft is discriminatory, while the military says doctors and dentists are needed for proper care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate Armed Services Committee
House Rules Committee
Senate
American Medical and Dental Associations
Marriage License Issued in Greene County Bloomfield
A marriage license was issued in the Greene circuit court clerk's office at Bloomfield to Paul Haas Jr of Terre Haute and Donetta Mae Dean of Linton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Circuit Court
Bloomfield
Paul Haas Jr
Terre Haute
Donetta Mae
Linton
Hospital Admits Mrs Adkins Mrs Virginia Adkins
Mrs Virginia Adkins daughter of Mrs Sylvester Hadley has been admitted to Methodist Hospital Indianapolis in room B220.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Hadley
Virginia Knoy Adkins
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
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Johnson
Minnehaha Mine
Big US
William G. Bray
Public Utilities Commission
Linton Boy Scouts
Amsterdam
Purdue
Newkirk
WED
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