Road Deals Favored Union Leader-Witness
A Senate hearing reveals Indiana highway official Harry Doggett allegedly routed nine right of way deeds to Indianapolis for approval, enabling a land flip by Carpenters Union VP Frank M. Chapman. Louis B. Smith testified he was not responsible, while others refused to answer.
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Washington
Indiana
Senate
Highway Department
Carpenters Union
Louis B. Smith
Senate Public Works Subcommittee
Harry Dogget
Smith
Gary
Ind
Indianapolis
Frank M. Chapman
International Carpenters Union
Grant Avenue
Tri-State
Chapman
M. A. Hutcheson
O. William Blaier
Doggett
Chapman Tracts
John L. Mutz
Subcommittee
Filo Sedillo
Coapman
Virgil W. “Red” Smith
Highway
Nile Teverbaugh
Rupert A. Peak
Milan
Craig Welcomes Marion County Grand Jury Appearance
Former Gov George N Craig says in a prepared statement he welcomes the opportunity to appear before the Marion County grand jury probing Indiana highway scandals. He notes no date or time has been set and requests 24 hours notice while in Washington.
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Indianapolis
George N. Craig
Marion County
Craig
Washington
Lawyer Becomes Dentist at Bloomington Indiana
Harrison Lawyer of Bloomington received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree at Indiana University commencement marking a career shift from law to dentistry with a formal degree.
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Bloomington
Harrison Lawyer
Indiana University
Lyons residents urged to mow weeds on vacant lots
Lyons Board of Town Trustees reminded residents to mow weeds on vacant lots. If not completed within a reasonable time, town employees will cut them and assess the cost to the property owner. Announcement signed by Gilbert Edwards, Ryan Pickard, and Leroy Shillett.
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Lyons
Lyons Board of Town Trustees
Gilbert Edwards
Ryan Pickard
Leroy Shillett
Health Officials See Little Danger Of Flu Epidemic
A Public Health Service spokesman said there is no danger of a nationwide flu epidemic spreading from the Orient. US drug firms expect to make a vaccine in 2 3 months. Officials plan closed door talks on vaccine development distribution and possible subsidies.
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Ashington
Public Health Service
Orient
Ten Injured By Carnival Ride In Davenport
A Davenport crowd watched as a rocket plane ride door opened and Ruth Howard 16 and Edward Eberly 28 were hurled 30 feet through the air. The pair landed among spectators, injuring ten people with eight in serious condition though none were listed as critical.
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Davenport
Iowa
Ruth Howard
Edward Eberly
Mayflower II Nears Plymouth Arrival Amid Rough Seas
The Mayflower II battled gale winds in the Atlantic on the homeward leg toward Plymouth Massachusetts. Still 280 miles from its destination, the 180 ton replica maintained course as a plane caravan observed the voyage and winds forced sail shortening.
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Plymouth
Mass
Provincetown
Cape Cod
Northeast Airlines
George Steers
Nantucket
Plymouth Harbor
Cmdr
Alana Villiers
Teachers Named for Linton Stockton School Term 1957 68
Six new teachers awarded contracts for the 1957 68 term in Linton Stockton schools with two vacancies still open. Principal A M Franklin to lead Elementary. Miss Joy Gabbard Miss Ethel Saucerman and Mrs Marjorie Hale added to Elementary staff. High school adds Ray Boyer and Virginia Woodall. list of returning high school staff includes Clyne Carver and 14 others. Salary schedule increased across the board.
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Linton-Stockton
J. Earl Bales
Hubert Lynch
Clyde Reintjes
George Greene
Hurshel Withycombe
Victor Briggs
A. M. Franklin
Worthington
Joy Gabbard
Linton
Ethel Saucerman
Franklin
Marjorie Hale
Pleasantville
Ray Gerald Boyer
Bloomington
Virginia Woodall
Newberry
Viner
Clyne Carver
Joan Andrew
Clarence Creager
Darreil Gabbard
Alberta Harmon
Wiliam L
Dale Scrivner
Bonna Baughman
Esther Clayton
Roy Clayton
Winnie Clevenger
Marjory Greene
Elizabeth Greenway
Herbert Greenwood
Mildred Harbett
Beatrice Haseman
Helen Headley
Ruth Hightower
Bona Hosford
Marie Hub
Greene county students among ISU 86th commencement grads
Terre Haute Indiana State Teachers College listed twenty six Greene county delegates among 831 participants in the 86th commencement exercises on the campus quad. Dr Raleigh W Holmstedt presided with degree conferrals by Dean Richard E Thursfield. The Greene honorees include Beverly Jane Yount and Mildred Dorton Harbet as masters of science plus Ruth B Hightower Esther Shaw and Edward Deckard as science graduates with further master’s degree recipients to be honored later.
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Terre Haute
Greene County
Indiana State Teachers College
Raleigh W. Holmstedt
Harold W. Turpin
First Presbyterian Church
Hammond
St. Anthony and Union Hospital Schools of Nursing
Holmstedt
Richard E. Thursfield
Beverly Jane Yount
Union Hospital
Mildred Dorton Harbett
Ruth B. Hightower
Esther Shaw
Edward Deckard
Lyons
Mildred Mitten Kirkham
Eisenhower cancels engagements due to upset stomach
President Eisenhower suffers a stomach upset likely from what he ate and cancels all engagements. White House officials say he remains in bed under doctors care with normal temperature and blood pressure. An electrocardiograph shows no heart changes and anti coagulation is adjusted to six days a week. He had been active recently including a Florida trip and an honorary degree in Washington.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Howard McC. Snyder
Thomas W. Mattingly
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Hagerty
Florida
American University
Storms Hit Plains State with Soaking Rain Ahead
The Indiana weather forecast calls for a warm five day period with highs 76 to 87 and lows 55 to 68. Expect daily rainfall of 0.75 to 1.50 inches as thundershowers move across the state from Tuesday through Friday. A weekend cooldown follows a Sunday warmup with northern readings 65 to 73 and southern 77 to 80. The storm inland is no longer a threat to the southeastern coast but brought damage in parts of Florida and Georgia.
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Indiana Weather Farm
Hoosierland
Florida
Georgia
Violent Plains Storms Hit Three States Tornadoes Reported
Violent storms tore through the Plains with tornadoes in at least three states and heavy rains in Kansas and Oklahoma. Twisters moved through central South Dakota western Kansas and northwestern Oklahoma overnight. No serious damage reported. A tropical storm veered off the Gulf coast after capsizing a cabin cruiser near St Petersburg Florida with five lives missing.
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Plains States
Kansas
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Arkansas
Rockies
Hutchinson
Kan
Gulf Coast
St. Petersburg
Fla
Ambulance Plane Crashes Near Cagles Mill Unhurt Passengers
SPENCER Indiana A ambulance plane carrying a traffic accident victim to a hospital crash landed in a plowed field near Cagles Mill. The patient and two others were uninjured. Pilot Leslie Burk attributed the fog and fuel switch trouble. He was transporting Mrs Opal Kohlhorst from Springfield Ohio to Lima Ohio for hospitalization with nurse Juanita Hendricks aboard. The remaining leg of the trip continued by auto ambulance.
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Springfield
Lima
Auto Ambulance
Four Die in California Plane Crash Near Homes
A Piper Tri Pac er crashed into the Barry Worth patio in Pacovia California killing four aboard and narrowly missing eight dinner guests. Victims identified as Harry Smith Terrance P Lockhart Robert F Patterson and Owen S Wallis, all from Chico. The crash followed a day of regional air incidents.
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Pacovia
Calif
San Fernando Valley
Barry Worth
Worth
Mary
Chico
Dennis Air Service
California
Harry Smith
Terrance P. Lockhart
Robert F. Patterson
Owen S. Wallis
Six Die In Indiana Weekend Road Crashes
Six killed on Indiana streets over the weekend including two pedestrians Thomas Lee Jones eight Cedar Lake and Jack Bilts thirty two Brookston. Others killed were Robert Eads thirty three of Bloomington and Hallie William Wilkes seventy five of Velpen with two fatalities Saturday and one Sunday.
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Indiana
Thomas Lee Jones
Cedar Lake
Jack Bilts
Brookston
Jones Boy
James Donoho
St. Margaret's Hospital
Hammond
Bilts
Robert Eads
Bloomington
Terre Haute
Roy
Bristol
Middlebury
Brother of GI petitions to reverse Girard verdict
William Girard's brother and wife arrive with 6,800 signatures in 225 petitions urging he be tried in Ottawa. They plan meetings with Earl Carroll and Edward McCabe to seek Eisenhower's intervention, while supporters claim Ottawa is mobilizing against the decision.
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Washington
William S. Girard
Eisenhower
Girard
Louis Girard
Shirley
Ottawa
Ill
Pennsylvania Railroad
S “Liberty Limited
William
Atroney
Earl Carroll
New York
Edward McCabe
Associated Counsel
Union Station
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Japan
Russell
Atlanta
Two Linton Residents Escape Serious Injury In Riverbank Accident
Mr and Mrs Roy Miller escaped serious injury when their auto skidded down a 25 foot bluff and overturned into about 18 inches of White river water near Sandy Beach, three miles southeast of Worthington. The car, owned by Harvie Miller Jr, was pulled from the river after minor injuries were treated at Freeman Greene county hospital.
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Linton
White River
Roy Miller
Worthington
Father of 11 is killed at local auto parts plant
Albert J. Stoll, 43, of Winamac, father of 11, died after a fall at work at an auto parts stamping firm. His skull was fractured in the incident occurring over the weekend.
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Gary
Albert J. Stoll
Winamac
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