Flood Situation Eases In State: Streams Fall
Floods ease in Indiana as Wabash and Mississinewa crests fall in Peru and Marion. Evacuations totaled hundreds while rail shops and streets flooded. Airmen guards and Red Cross aided sandbag efforts. no deaths, but weather-related fatalities rise to 13 state wide.
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United Press International
Indiana
Peru
Marion
Wabash
Mississinewa
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Canal & Second Sts
Bunker Hill Air Force Base
Muncie
American Red Cross
Delphi
Logansport
Lafayette
Tipton
Kokomo
Anderson
South Bend
Evansville
John Devine
John Beamer
Eisenhower
Moose Women to Elect Officers at Friday Meeting
Officers will be elected by the Women of the Moose Chapter 19 at the local lodge hall at 8:00 Friday evening. Formal initiation will be conducted in connection with the meeting. Mrs. Thelma Squires membership chairman will present the chapter night program during the evening. A social hour will follow.
De Gaulle Moves to Quell Algerian Rebels in Paris
Paris reports Gen. Charles de Gaulle summoned All-Algeria Public Safety Committee supporters to Paris to curb resistance to his regime. He rebuked Salan and recalled Gaullist Jacques Soustelle amid speculation of a top North Africa post.
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Paris
API
Charles de Gaulle
All-Algeria Public Safety Committee
de Gaulle
Algeria
National Assembly
Raoul Salan
Salan
Jacques Soustelle
Soustelle
Tornadoes Renew Destructive Trips In Midwest Region
Tornadoes battered the Midwest with homes damaged in Wichita Kansas as 3 twisters struck the northeast, injuring at least one person and downing power lines. Scottsbluff Nebraska saw outbuildings and farm equipment destroyed, while crops suffered heavy hail and rain in several states. Flood concerns rose in Kansas and Oklahoma amid severe storms from Illinois to Virginia with renewed rainfall across the eastern seaboard.
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United Press International
Black Tunnel
Midwest
Wichita
Kans
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Panhandle
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Oklahoma
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Olpe
US Weather Bureau
Eagle Creek
Seaboard
Maine
Florida
Virginia
Jackson Township Resident Dies After Illness
Wilbur William Allis aged 65 a Jackson township resident died at his home after a long illness. He worked at Crane Naval Ammunition Depot before illness and lived in Jackson township fourteen years. He was a World War I veteran and Methodist church member in Indianapolis. Survived by widow Ozaline two sons Leonard and Paul four daughters Mabel Jeannette Betty Myrtle two half sisters Minnie Oakey Stella Platt and five grandchildren. Funeral at Jenkins and Sons Bloomfield with Rev. Merle Craig. Burial in Hardenburg cemetery near Paoli.
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Wilbur William Allis
Jackson Township
USS. Naval Ammunition Depot
Crane
Mr. Allis
Owensburg
Methodist Church
Indianapolis
Theodore
Mary Elizabeth Sunderland Allis
Ozaline Allis
Leonard Allis
Paul Allis
Mabel Allis
Jeannette Lester
Betty Rainey
Chicago
Ill
Myrtle Rainey
Springville
Minnie Oakey
Stella Platt
Indianapoli
Jenkins and Sons
Bloomfield
Merle Craig
Hardinburg
Paoli
Farm referendum voting places set for June 20 in Greene county
Greene county voters can cast ballots on the 1959 wheat marketing quotas Friday June 20 from 8 am to 7 pm at locations including Marco school Washington township town hall Jefferson township Worthington library and several other polling sites. Eligible voters are those with more than 15 acres of wheat in 1959 except 1958 feed wheat participants who may grow up to 30 acres for on farm use. If two thirds approve quotas they stay in effect for 1959 with supports at not less than 1.81 per bushel. penalties apply for excess wheat. If not approved price support remains about 1.20 per bushel.
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Greene County
Clina E. Hasler
Stockton
Switz City Central School
Secretary of Agriculture
Mr. Hasler
Two Greene County Men Inducted Into Army
Two Greene county youths, Allyn Bryan Shacklett of Jasonville and Raymond Lee Emery of Bloomfield, were inducted into the U S Army in Indianapolis. Twenty seven others from the county went for pre induction physicals. Shacklett and Emery are expected to be sent to Fort Knox Kentucky for basic training.
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Greene County
Allyn Bryan Shacklett
Jasonville
Raymond Lee Emery
Bloomfield
Indianapolis
U.S. Army
Selective Service Office
Shacklett
Emery
Fort Knox
Abandoned Dogs Found North of Linton
Gerald Edwards of Linton found a female dog with six black and white long-haired puppies abandoned near a bridge a mile north of Fairview cemetery. He alerted the Linton Municipal Dog Pound and asked pound-master Lowell Harrell to take the animals.
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Gerald Edwards
Linton
Fairview Cemetery
Edwards
Lowell Harrell
Meeting time altered for the Linton American Legion post
Marion Bales reports the Linton Frank Courtney American post will meet at 8:00 p m on Thursday evenings through the summer starting with tonight.
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Linton
Frank Courtney
Marion Bales
Magisner Pleads Guilty in Indiana Bribery Case
Former Indiana State Highway Commission member Deane Walker testified he saw Sherman Sayer and Elmer Sherwood with salesman Arthur Mogilner at department offices during 1955 and 1956 as Mogilner pleaded guilty and eyed as a key state witness. The case concerns contracts worth over 1.6 million and profits near a quarter million.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana State Highway Commission
Deane E. Walker
Plymouth
Virgil “Red” Smith
Indiana
Adj
Elmer W. Sherwood
William E. Sayer
Arthur J. Mogilner
Mogilner
Sherwood
Sayer
Walker
Highway Department
Smith
George Craig
Craig
Commission
Bloomington
Frontend
John G. Tinder
Dynamite Truck Overturns on US 24 in Monticello
A truck loaded with 10 tons of dynamite overturned at Monticello's edge on US 24. The driver, Guy Bland of Granton Illinois, said a rear tire blew. The 409 cases of dynamite were moved to another truck and no explosions occurred.
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Monticello
Ind
UPI
Guy Bland
Granton
Ill
B and O recalls 180 workers at Washington
Washington Ind. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad recalled 180 employees who had been laid off recently. A railroad official said the workers would return to duties on freight cars needed to haul wheat this summer.
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Washington, Ind
UPI
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
W A Shepherd 82 Dies Plan Rites
William Albert Shepherd 82 a retired farmer died at 8:25 Wednesday at his daughter Mrs William Pruitt Switz City rural route after 12 days illness He lived mainly in Arney community north of Worthington He is survived by three daughters a son a brother 12 grandchildren 24 great grandchildren and nine great great grandchildren Body sent to Myers Funeral Home Worthington for wake at 2 00 Friday with Rev H W Wooldridge officiating burial in Calversville Cemetery
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William Albert Shepherd
William Pruitt
Switz City
Shepherd
Arney
Worthington
Elizabeth Bowersock Shepherd
Pruitt
Ora Fu
Calversville Cemetery
Flood closes two sections of Indiana Highway 157 near Worthington
Flood waters closed state road 157 in two places southeast and northwest of Worthington according to the Linton district of the Indiana State Highway Department. The report notes closures on both sides of Worthington today.
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Linton District
Indiana State Highway Department
Worthington
Fighting Intensifies in Lebanon Civil Conflict Report
Beirut reports reveal artillery, tanks, and jets as loyal forces clash with rebels in a five week battle. More than 200 killed as observers arrive to back a UN Watchdog mission to curb arms smuggling from это into Lebanon, Syria. The main hotspots are Tripoli and the Chouf Mountains with rebels pushing toward Halba.
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Beirut
UPI
Lebanon
Jerusalem
Antes
Syria
Russia
Security Council
Tripoli
Chouf
Halba
Babies Enter 43 Entrants In Local Popularity Contest
Forty three area babies are entered in the Baby Popularity Contest sponsored by Linton merchants. Voting coupons appear in ads and must be sent to the store named on each coupon. The contest closes at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday July 2 with listed entrants including Robin Ellen Goodman Angela Jo Hall Melinda Sue Anderson Marsha Joanne Davenport Jennie Lynn Yenne Charles Buddy Rogers Gail Ann Powell Bobby Lee Risher Alice Marie Lundy Paul Michael French Nelda Jane Bough Karen Kay Kirk Roger Lenman Robin Ray White.
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Linton Merchants
Robin Ellen Goodman
Roland Goodman
Linton
Angela Jo Hall
Joseph V. Hall
Dagger
Melinda Sue Anderson
Lester Anderson
Marsha Joanne Davenport
Ira Davenport
John F. French
Nelda Jane Bough
Cletus Bough
Switz
Karen Kay Kirk
Ralph Kirk
Roger Leon Lenman
Harry Lehman
Robin Ray White
Donald White
Lyons
Hoosier Arrested for Cruelty to Horse
Donald Eugene Flowers of Shirley Indiana, 39, was arrested on cruelty to animals after a motorist saw him kicking and pulling a horse along a highway. Sheriff Padgett said Flowers then hitched the horse to a buggy and drove it until the animal died. He is also charged with public intoxication.
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New Castle
Ind
UPI
Donald Eugene Flowers
Shirley
Robert Padgett
Flowers
Padgett
Evansville Youth Pleads Guilty In Strip Mine Shooting
Charles Gardner an Evansville youth pleaded guilty in Warrick Circuit Court to shooting at two boys swimming in a strip mine. The victims Adams Broshears and Jack Stinson aged 14 testified Gardner and two others forced them to swim and dive while shot at from above. The case was kept under advisement for a pre sentence investigation as other youths received deferred sentences. Parents received apologies from Gardner and companions. The victims’ families requested a punishment stronger than a fine.
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Boonville
Ind
Charles Gardner
Evansville
Warrick
Adam Broshears
Jack Stinson
Chandler
Gardner
Addison Beavers
Youth Is Accused After Auto Crash in Worthington
A Worthington youth, 16 year old William Gene Meek, pleads not guilty to reckless driving after an auto crash that seriously injured Henry Bosell and left four others with minor injuries. Meek’s trial set for today. five other motorists paid fines in Justice Falk's court.
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Worthington
Orville P. Falk
Henry Bosell
Freeman-Greene County
William Gene Meek
Clyde Cobb
Mr. Falk
Howard R. Levin
Chicago
James O. Smith
Richard W. Ayers
Benton Harbor
Mich
Clyde L. McIntors
Chester A. Martin
Petersburg
Smith
Robert D. Work
Evansville
McIntosh
Willie C. Mazique
Natchez
Miss
McIntoh
Dike Holds Back Flood Near Breed Generating Plant
Wabash river flood waters neared the Breed Generating plant north of Shelburn as five earth moving machines work to raise the dike by one foot. Indiana Michigan Electric officials expect to hold the line while excavating is paused.
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Wabash River
New Breed
Indiana-Michigan Electric Company
Shelburn
Dick Mills
Centenarian Alice Harbeson Daily Dies in Indiana
Mrs. Alice Harbeson Daily aged 100 died Wednesday in a nursing home in New Albany Indiana She was among several centenarians in the state reported to have died this week The obituary notes her long life and residence in Indiana with UPI reporting.
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New Albany
Ind
UPI
Alice Harbeson Daily
Indiana
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