Linton Council Lets Contract and Addresses City Needs
The Linton City Council approved a street oiling contract with W. C. Hargis and Son Co. of Terre Haute at 15 cents per gallon for 18,000 to 25,000 gallons, plus scarifying work. They re elected Mrs. Jessie Haworth to the School Board, set a pension plan for firefighters, hired James Rydenbarx as dump guard, and moved 20,340.60 from Waterworks Improvement to Waterworks Sinking to retire bonds. The body also addressed weed removal, speeding enforcement, a street lease to Clyde Burch, and routine fund transfers.
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Linton
Jessie Haworth
Haworth City
W. C. Hargis and Son Company
Terre Haute
Ralph Rogers Company
Bloomington
Hargis Company
West Linton
James Rydenbarx
Council
Linton City
Waterworks Improvement Fund
Waterworks Sinking Fund
West Vincennes
Clyde Burch
Burch
Indiana State Highway Commission
Butter Said Cause Of Atterbury Blast
Investigators at Camp Atterbury Indiana identified apple butter as the cause of a Sunday explosion near a firing range that injured five Indiana National Guardsmen two remaining in hospital. Army investigators explained the product contains carbon dioxide and can explode when heated.
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Camp Atterbury
Ind
Indiana
Army
State Builder Kills Woman After Slashing Throat and Wounding Family
Indianapolis June 13 A building contractor Alvin C Rasmussen shot and slashed his wife to death then wounded his son and grandson before killing himself. Police say Rasmussen used an automatic pistol firing six shots after entering the Rainbow Lake home. The son, seriously wounded, and the grandson, in critical condition, were taken to local hospitals. The motive is unknown.
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Indianapolis
Alvin C. Rasmussen
James Ae
James, Jr
Rainbow Lake
Here
Rasmussen
Helen
Woilans
James
Methodist Hospital
Billings General Hospital
Rasssen
Allies Advance Against Enemy Threaten City
Allied advance along a 70 mile front in Korea gains momentum as UN infantry and tanks press the retreating Chinese Communists. Air raids hit Pyongyang area and nearby targets while forces push toward Kumhwa and Chorwon with light to moderate resistance reported.
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Tokyo
U.P
Korea
Pyong- Bang
United Nations
Req
8Th Army
Chorwon
Shattered Triangle
Kumhwa
Pyongyang
No Man’s Land
County Realty Transfers Filed
Realty transfers filed in the county recorder’s office show Mary E. Hux and husband to Pae Bruce and wife for lots 14 15 and 16 in Cook's Second Addition to Jasonville plus other transfers including Clarence Mowery to Samuel Wardrop and Anna Clear to Newton Kesinger with parcels in Center and Stafford townships and Hanna's Addition to Victoria now Vicksburg.
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Mary E. Hux
Pae Bruce
Cook
Jasonville
Wayne S. Cazee
Vale Crowe
Center Township
Clarence Mowery
Samuel Wardrop
Lewis
Max Holmes
Nedia Smallwood
Stafford Township
Anna Clear
Newton Kessinger
Wetnight
Nora A. Wilson
Elizie Mae Cunningham
Hanna
Victoria
Vicksburg
Real Es
Labor Unrest Roils U S Industries Amid Walkouts
United Press reports over 113000 workers in garment auto rubber transit and iron mining sectors faced labor disputes with 40000 CIO Seamen threatening to refuse signings after Friday. Clashes span Akron Goodyear Barberton Studebaker Detroit and ports with broad U S CIO and AFL activity ongoing.
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CIO
AFL
International Ladies’ Garment
New York
Akron
Ohio
CIO Auto
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Ind
Babcock and Wilcox Co
Barberton
Goodyear
Detroit
Hudson
Chrysler
de Soto
South Bend
Studebaker Corp
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Mining Corp
Coleraine
Minn
Michigan
Cary Iron
Odanah Iron Mining Co
Hurley
Wis
Washington
CIO National Maritime Workers Union
Gulf
Six Cow Waddies Plan 65 Mile Western-Style Ride to Indianapolis
Six teenagers and a 39 year old ramrod plan a western style horseback journey from Linton to Indianapolis. Five riders will go on horseback while one pilots a chuck wagon. The group includes Howard Rice Curtis Cox Hugh Archibald Tom Smith and Gordon Ball with Archibald driving and cooking. They depart Humphreys park at 8:00 am Thursday along State Highway 67 covering about forty miles daily and camp roadside under the stars if needed.
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Linton
Indianapolis
Howard Rice
Ramrod
Jack Roof
Curtis Cox
Hugh Archibald
Allo
Tom Smith
Gordon Ball
Worthington
Archibald
Cook
Humphreys Park
Rice
Wea
Calkins Faces Death Charges in Stabbing Case
Nashville July 13. Harry Calkins former Indianapolis newspaperman and ex city official faced death charges after the fatal stabbing of his brother Clinton T Calkins during a drinking bout at Clinton s home Monday night An autopsy showed 11 stab wounds while a spring back knife was found in Calkins room A preliminary hearing will be waived and the case goes to the county grand jury without delay
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Nashville
Tenn
Harry Calkins
Indianapolis
Calkins
Robin Tyndall
Clinton T. Calkins
Davidson County
J. Carlton Loser
Loser
Clinton
Harry Calkin
Former Australian Premier Chifley Dies at 65
Joseph Benedict Chifley former Australian Labor Party leader and prime minister died of a heart attack at 65 in Canberra. He served as premier from 1945 to 1949 and rose from rail worker and shop boy to locomotive engineer before entering Parliament in 1928. He led a simple life with gardening and reading as his recreations.
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Canberra
Australia
U.P
Joseph Benedict Chifley
Labor Party
Railrod
Chifley
Lyons Plans Summer Band Concerts in Town Section
The town of Lyons announces Saturday night band concerts every other week starting June 16 at 7 30. Directed by Miss Barbara Hickey of Elnora the group will participate in the Linton Fourth of July celebration and other summer activities in neighboring towns.
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Lyons
Barbara Hickey
Elnora
Linton
L. A. L. Club Plans Picnic At Humphreys Park
L. A. L. club members met at Mrs. Faye Smith home to plan a picnic for Humphreys park on Thursday. Each member should bring a guest and a short business session preceded social games and contests. Refreshments were served to members and guest Mrs. Norman Vaughn. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Daisy Paue in two weeks.
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Humphreys Park
Faye Smith
Norman Vaughn
Daisy Paue
Squirrels Disrupt Vermont Phone Lines
Squirrels caused a three hour outage on a telephone line between Rutland and Proctor Vermont due to moisture entering through holes chewed by the rodents. The incident highlights wildlife interference with local communications and farm operations.
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Rutland
U.P
Vermont
Here
Proctor
Siamese Cat Mistaken for Shot Wildcat in Springfield
A reported wildcat shot by William La Far in West Springfield turns out to be Tracy Page's Siamese cat Jumbo valued at 100 dollars. The incident blends a misidentified wildlife claim with a pet ownership detail in Massachusetts.
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West Springfield
Mass
William la Far
Tracy Page
Greene County Students Named for Indiana University Commencement
Greene county has eighteen students among 3 048 to participate Monday in Indiana University s 122nd commencement at Memorial Stadium. The ceremony includes 1 934 bachelor s degrees 836 master s and 378 doctorates with 587 February graduates pushing total degree recipients beyond 3 600.
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Bloomington
Ind
Greene County
Indiana University
Memorial Stadium
Glendene Pipes
Linton
Barbara Goodwin Bluhm
Norma I
Jacquelyn V. Mead
Solsberry
Harold F. Iverson
Worthington
John L. Franklin
Donald R. Newsom
Paul Pickett Jr
Rolena
1678 Store Closes in Marshfield After Space Needs
Barstow's general store in Marshfield Massachusetts, founded in 1678, shuts down after nearly a century as space is allocated to expand the local post office.
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Marshfield
Mass
U.P
Barstow’s
Officers to Meet of Columbian Chapter 1400 E S
All officers of the Columbian Chapter 1400 E S are asked to meet at the hall at 7 30 this evening it was announced today.
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The
E. S
Underpass Hit By Big Trailer
A Hayes Freight Lines semi notifies a county road 54 underpass near Dugger is struck by a new truck driven by Curtis E. Bean of Collinsville Illinois. Damage runs to the trailer and minor to the tractor with no warning sign on the highway. The incident occurred at 4 35 Tuesday morning during U S 41 resurfacing. A prior accident mentions two trucks burned nearby.
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Hayes Freight Lines
Mattoon
Sinois Central Railroad
Dugger
Curtis E. Bean
Collinsville
Milan
Tenn
Terre Haute
Bean
Hayes
U S Jet Planes Seized by Czechs Near Germany
Two American F 84 Thunderjet fighters disappeared on a routine training flight over Germany and crash landed in Czechoslovakia. Officials fear Russia could obtain high powered jet designs. the planes took off from Biebelstadt air base. The pilots were an American officer and a Norwegian officer serving with the U S Air Forces.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Siberia
Biebelstadt
U. S
Caterpillars Halt Sardinian Train Service
Millions of caterpillars swarmed near Sassari Sardinia halting the express and several trains. Firemen and soldiers sanded tracks to restore service with trains soon returning to near normal.
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Sassari
Sardinia
U.P
Here
Mediterranean
Three Youths Confess to Beating Farmer to Death
Greenfield Indiana June 13 up three youths confess to fatally beating Noah Fry a 71 year old semi invalid farmer during an attempted robbery. suspects Nick Csire Richard Boschen Jack Randolph George Miller implicated. Fry died Monday in Indianapolis after reporting the attack to a neighbor.
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Greenfield
Ind
Hancock County
Noah Fry
Nick C. Csire
Richard Boschen
Indianapolis
Jack L. Randolph
George P. Miller
Fry
Miller
Boschen
Randolph
Valley Mills
Osire
Joe Fish
Hearings Continue On Glenn Eligibility Case
Indiana board of control meets in War sa w to decide action against Glenn high for using an over age player in 1950 51 basketball. Charley Session age questions led to forfeits. commissioner says no decision yet. Session, 6 5, sparked a 30 game winning streak before enlisting.
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Warsaw
Ind
Indiana High School Athletic Association Board of Control
Glenn High School
Charley Session
Pirates
IHSAA
WY Phillipps
Indianapolis
Session
Glenn
Jack Williams
Boy 11 Drowns At Abandoned Mine Pit In Indiana
Eleven year old Leonard Bridgewater of West Terre Haute drowned in an abandoned strip mine pit near his home while swimming with four companions. His body was recovered from about 15 feet of water roughly an hour after he disappeared. Authorities suspect cramps as the cause.
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Terre Haute
Ind
U.P
Leonard Bridgewater
West Terre Haute
Four Are Victims Of Indiana Wreck
A Wisconsin couple and their two sons were killed when their car collided with a Nickle Plate freight locomotive two miles east of Michigan City Indiana on U S 20. The victims were Massemino Bannel 45 wife Ann 40 and sons Anthony 1 and George 19. The driver Kannelli fled the scene after the crash and witnesses said he failed to see flashing signals.
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Michigan City
Ind
U.P
Wisconsin
Here
U.S
Massemino Bannel
Ann
Anthony
George
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Mich
James McKee
Kannelli
McKee
Eannelli
Body searched for after boat sinks on Wabash River
Searchers dragged the Wabash River north of here for the body of Samuel A. Holley a 21 year old Terre Haute man. Holley and two companions fished yesterday when their boat capsized and Holley drowned despite efforts to save him.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Wabash River
Here
Samuel A. Holley
Holley
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