Jockey Ira Tryon Probes Old Linton Race Dates
Ira D. Tryon of Pittsburgh, visiting Aunt Minnie Need in Worthington, seeks the exact year of a Frank James races event in Linton, believing it occurred in 1902 or 1903. He rode a horse from Riley, recalls a $100 daily prize, rain and a raked track, and a tense exchange with Frank. Additional notes cover a California stock car clipping, Harry Turner’s 90th birthday in Robinson, and a 4‑H camp Rose Bowl quip, before closing with a piece on sterile screw worm flies in Sebring.
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Ira
Worthington
Minnie Need
Linton
Frank
Plan Special Service by Missionary Ralph Camino
Missionary Ralph Camino will speak at Calvary Assembly of God in Dugger at 7:30 Tuesday evening. Rev. William E. Bedwell, the pastor, invites the public to attend as the service centers on a missionary theme.
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Ralph Camino
Calvary Assembly of God
Dugger
William E. Bedwell
Masonic Fund Shortage Reported May Reach 350000
Indianapolis officials confirm shortages in the Indiana Masonic Home Foundation accounts of Julian T. Lett longtime secretary treasurer. An audit is underway and an unofficial figure cites more than 350000 missing though exact amounts await the audit results. Lett resigned from his posts amid the disclosure, with investigators tracing the funds backing the home for children and the aged in Franklin.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Julian T. Lett
Marion
Indiana Masonic Home Foundation, Inc
Grand Lodge
Floyd H. Kirlin
Carter, Kirlin & Merrill
Lett
De Gaulle to Address Algerian Crisis in Fireside Talk
Paris reports a right wing uprising against Charles de Gaulle's moderate Algeria policy gains momentum as he plans a nationwide radio and TV fireside chat. An All Algerian Public Safety Committee meeting was called off amid De Gaulle's stern rebuke with Jacques Soustelle’s Paris visit fueling speculation.
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Paris
API
Charles de Gaulle
Frace
Algeria
France
All-Algerian Public Safety Committee
de Gaulle
Jacques Soustelle
Algiers
de Galle
Sousielle
Fourth Republic
Bloomington Man Killed In Crash At Indiana Intersection
Wallace Bohall 25 of Bloomington was killed when the car he rode in lost control at the intersection of Ind 46 and a county road west of Bloomington and struck a utility pole. James Drake 45 was critically injured and Lawren Drake Jr. 27 seriously hurt.
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Bloomington
Ind
UPI
Wallace Bohall
James Drake
Lawren Drake Jr
Britain to send paratroop battalion to Cyprus amid riots
Britain announced a paratroop battalion of 700 troops would fly to Cyprus to quell Greek Turkish rioting that left 10 dead. The move, described as precautionary, follows intense clashes in Nicosia and Famagusta with police used tear gas and water hoses.
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Incqsia
Cyprus
UPI
Britain
War Office
Mediterranean
Nicosia
Famagusta
Athens
United Nations
Ankara
Two Gary youths killed by trains in crossing collision
In Gary Indiana a soldier home for a visit and his date were killed when their car was struck at a crossing. Duane W. Downey twenty and Judy A. Colburn seventeen were killed as a Michigan Central train and another train struck the car after Downey drove around downed gates. Colburn was a June graduate of Gary Edison High School.
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Gary
Ind
UPI
Duane W. Downey
Judy A. Colburn
Downey
Michigan Central
Miss Colburn
Gary Edison High School
Meeting of Linton Civic Garden Club Postponed
The Linton Civic Garden Club postpones its Monday meeting by one week. Officers say definite arrangements will be announced later.
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Linton Civic Garden Club
Salesman Guilty Plea Ties Highway Bribery Case
Arthur J. Mogilner testified after pleading guilty that Elmer W. Sherwood and William Sayer were elated by a 14056 dollar commission on Glo sold to the Indiana State Highway Department. He said he sold 148 barrels at 8 dollars a gallon and paid a quarter of 66080 dollars to the two men, plus tests and a party arranged to aid the sale.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Arthur J. Mogilner
Indiana
Indiana Adj
Elmer W. Sherwood
Mogilner
Sherwood
William Sayer
State
Sayer
Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Edmond Talucci
State Correction Department
Mogiler
Virgil “Red” Smith
George N. Craig
William E. Sayer
Craig
Smith
John G. Tinder
Eisenhower Refuses Adams Firing Demand
President Eisenhower will not fire Sherman Adams amid calls from Congress after Adams faced accusations of seeking favors for Bernard Goldfine. White House spokesman Hagerty said the President’s position is clear and no resignation is expected.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
White House
James C. Hagerty
Peter F. Mack
D-I
Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Hagerty
Coures
Orea Morris
D-Ark
Capitol Hill
Goldfine
New England
Swaby Completes Two Weeks Training at Fort Eustis
Army Reserve Specialist Third Class Winford L. Swaby 2) completed two weeks of annual active duty training June 8 at Fort Eustis Virginia. He serves with the 717 Transportation Battalion in Philadelphia and works for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Indianapolis. Swaby is a 1956 Switz City Central High School graduate. his father Willard L. Swaby resides on Worthington route two.
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Fort Eustis, Va
AHTNC
Army Reserve
Winford L. Swaby
Lynnet
Worthington
Fort Eustis
Swaby
717 Transportation Battalion
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indianapolis
Switz City Central High School
Willard L. Swaby
Trujillo Jr Denied Army Staff School Diploma
Lt Gen Rafael Trujillo Jr son of the Dominican dictator was denied a diploma from a U S Army staff school. The Senate Public Works Committee approved a compromise rivers and harbors authorization bill to replace the vetoed measure by President Eisenhower April 15.
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Washington
UPI
Rafael Trujillo Jr
U.S. Army Staff School
Army
Senate Public Works Committee
Eisenhower
Storm Warning Issued For Northern Indiana
The Weather Bureau forecast a new surge of severe thunderstorm activity moving from Eastern Illinois toward Northern Indiana and Northern Ohio. Tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail are expected this afternoon and evening from noon to 9 p.m. CST, within about 60 miles on either side of a line from 20 miles southeast of Chicago to 30 miles southeast of Akron.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Weather Bureau
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Chicago
Akron
New Castle Gym Collapses Under Wind Pressure
The 9,600 seat New Castle gymnasium, cost 1.1 million dollars, folded like an accordion and collapsed in a heap of steel and bricks. No injuries reported. damage estimated near 200 thousand dollars. Officials linked the collapse to a recent damaging wind storm near the unfinished structure. Construction delays may push completion into early 1959, while adjacent high school facilities remained undamaged.
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New Castle
Ind
UPI
Indiana
Patient Bernard Young Admitted At St Francis Hospital
Bernard Young of Indianapolis formerly of Linton is a patient at St Francis Hospital in Indianapolis. He is the son of Mrs. John Young and the late Mr Young of this city.
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Bernard Young
Indianapolis
Linton
St. Francis Hospital
John Young
Mr. Young
Reunion in California as boy helps parents wed at hospital
In Glendale California five year old Donald Rose Jr smiling through a bandage on his left eye watched as his divorced parents Virginia and Donald Rose Sr were remarried at his hospital bed. The marriage followed after doctors performed a delicate eye operation that saved the boy’s sight and helped heal the family rift. The ceremony was led by Rev L W Faulstick with the doctor serving as best man as relatives observed the unlikely reunion and plan for a shared family home in California.
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Glendale
Calif
UPI
Donald Rose Jr
Donald
Donald Rose Sr
Fort Wayne
Ind
Rose
Virginia
O. E. Christ
L. W. Faulstick
Highland Park Lutheran Church
Melodie
Lavonne
Rainfall Escalates Flood In Indiana Towns
White River rose to 21.50 feet at Ellis ton with forecasts calling for a crest between 24 and 25 feet by Sunday. Heavy rains drenched North Central Indiana amid pior flood damage, with Logansport and Lafayette reporting substantial downpours and a tornado-like storm causing structural damage and injuries.
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White River
Greene County
M. E. Brock
U.S
Elliston
Weather Bureau
Indianapolis
United Press International
Indiana
Theer
Lafayette
Logansport
Cass County
Markleville
Anderson
Lemon Critiques GOP Leaders In Seventh District Speech
Bloominton may or mayor Tom Lemon, Democratic candidate for Congress, attacked the Eisenhower era for recession risk and inflation while denouncing tax policies. He spoke at a Greene County Women’s Democrat club meeting at Humphreys park, urging focus on district issues and lasting prosperity. The event featured introductions by Mayor P. H. O’Hern and club hostesses, with a note on the July meeting date.
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Tom Lemon
Bloomington
Congress
Eisenhower
Linton
Lemon
P. H. O’hern
Democratic
Thomas K. Holden
Earl Utterback
Harry Haseman
Ancil Tryon
O’'Hern
Phil Bennett
Fredia Wilson
Belle Keller
Switz City
Eisenhower Proposes Federal Air Control Agency
President Eisenhower called for a new federal aviation agency to improve air safety by absorbing the Civil Aeronautics Administration and the Airways Modernization Board. The plan, urged in a special message to Congress, follows a Maryland jet collision that killed 12, highlighting urgent action. The administrator would be presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed.
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Washington
API
Eisenhower
Federal Aviation Agency
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Airways Modernization Board
Congress
Maryland
Senate
Birth announced for Simmons family in Sullivan
Mr and Mrs James Simmons of Linton route three announce the birth of a son born Thursday at Mary Sherman hospital in Sullivan.
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James Simmons
Linton
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Charles Laffoon Dies in Linton at 84
Charles Laffoon 84, longtime Linton resident, died suddenly at 4 20 this morning at Freeman Greene County Hospital. He lived in California several years and returned here recently. Survived by widow Minnie Ada Dill Laffoon of Bakersfield CA. three sons George W Charles A Laffoon of Bakersfield and Robert Laffoon of San Diego. two daughters Charlotte Payton of Bakersfield and Marie Allbee of San Bernardino. Two daughters Beulah and Jean preceded him. Body to Welch and Cornett Funeral Home. Funeral plans pending arrival of California relatives.
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Charles Laffoon
Linton
Freeman-Greene County
Mr. Laffoon
California
Calif
George W
Charles A. Laffoon
Bakersfield
Robert Laffoon
San Diego
Charlotte Payton
Marie Allbee
San Bernadino
Beulah
Jean Laffoon
Welch and Cornett
Air Force tests Thor missile in routine launch at Cape Canaveral
The Air Force conducted a routine test flight of a Thor intermediate range missile at Cape Canaveral. The 65 foot tall missile lifted off at 10 10 a m with no extra stages and vanished over the Atlantic after about four minutes. Officials said the test aimed to gather data for space launch preparations rather than a moon mission.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
Air Force
Thor
Atlantic
Birth of David Lee Wilson in Sullivan hospital
Mr and Mrs Chester Wilson of Linton route one welcomed a son named David Lee born Thursday at Mary Sherman hospital in Sullivan.
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David Lee
Chester Wilson
Linton Route One
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan Thursday
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