Hoosier view on U S China conflict risks
A roundup from Indiana sources questions of a near term shooting war with Communist China or Russia. It cites Congress not ready to deploy troops in Indochina, Dulles seeking broader consensus, and French decolonization as key factors shaping potential action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Russia
Indiana
Washington
U. S. News and World Report
National Association of Manufacturers
Walter Chamblin, Jr
Capitol
Congress
Indochina
U. S. News & Report
GOP Leaders Plan Battle Over McCarthy Ouster Move
Senate Republicans map a standby strategy to block a party split by moving to refer Vermont Senator Ralph E. Flanders's bid to strip Wisconsin Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of two chairmanships to the Rules Committee. Knowland calls the move a mistake, while Flanders delays immediate action, seeking three weeks for McCarthy to respond.
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Senate
Ralph E. Flanders
Joseph R. McCarthy
GOP
Senate Rules Committee
Senate Gop
Flanders
Vermont
Wisconsin
McCarthy
William F. Knowland
Walter F. George D-Gay
Senate Finance Committee
George
Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Democrats
State Department
Scott McLeod
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Local Witnesses to Attend Cincinnati District Convention
A delegation of about twenty Linton residents will join some fifteen thousand Jehovahs Witnesses at the four day district convention opening June 24 at Cincinnati Gardens Ohio. Sam Bohley says the international congregation operated in 143 nations last year and expects hundreds to be baptized at the event.
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Linton
Jehovah's Witnesses
Cincinnati Gardens
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sam Bohley
Bohley
District of Columbia
Ninty
New World Assembly of Jehovah’s Witness
New York City
M Y F Plans Ice Cream Social at Blume Home
The Methodist Youth Fellowship of Linton First Methodist church plans an ice cream social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arvel Blume on highway 54 at 6:00 PM Saturday. They will prepare ice cream and cakes and serve hot dogs. The public is invited.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship
Linton First
Population Here Gains $6 Since ’50
Linton’s population rose from 5952 in 1950 to 6069 in the latest Mullin-Kille directory canvass. The survey shows many residents with initials S and M, with S at 682 and M at 535. directory due for delivery around June 29.
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Linton
Mullin-Kille Company
Charlotte V. Kille
Directory Company
Body of Drowned Man May be Found
Brazil authorities say they found traces of the body of Gilbert Buell a 29 year old Clay County farmer who drowned in the Eel River after his boat capsized on January 7 1950 Two Jasonville youths located a boat and bones on a downstream sandbar five miles from Neal's Bridge The bones may be human and belong to Buell and will be sent to Terre Haute for identification The boot matches the laced rubber hunting shoe Buell wore when he drowned although confirmation awaits pathologist analysis
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Brazil
Clay County
Eel River
Jasonville
Gilbert Buell
Clay City
Neal
Neal's Bridge
Fred Rentschler
Buell
Terre Haute
Rentschler
Martin Slack
Clifford
Young Buell
William Wood
Leonard Richey
Guatemalan Revolt Fears Spread From Exiles
Guatemalan exiles in Mexico City report residents near the National Palace have fled as anti Communist revolt fears mount in Guatemala City. They warn the uprising could begin by September with reports of citizens sent to camps in the north and officers urging President Arbenz to purge Communists from the government.
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Mexico City
Guatemala City
National Palace
Jacobo Arbenz
Guatemala
Arbenz
Club To Meet At Hum Phreys Park Thursday Evening
The Junior Home Economic club will hold a meeting at Humphreys Park at 7 30 oclock Thursday evening. Mrs Juanita Mounier and Mrs Mary Susan Schmitt will serve as co hosts.
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Junior Home Economic Club
Humphreys Park
Juanita Mounier
Mary Susan Schmitt
Kidnap Cash Recovered. Inquiries Continue in Arizona Case
In Phoenix authorities confirm $75,000 ransom recovered in Evelyn Smith kidnapping does not end the investigation. They seek a second suspect, saying there may be more to the case. Daniel Marsin is linked to the abduction, while Mrs. Smith identifies him. a Wednesday hearing will re-examine all facts.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Evelyn Smith
Superstitition Mountains
Daniel Marsin
Marsin
Hoosier Lottery Scheme Investigated in Lafayette
In Lafayette Indiana three men were ordered to appear in City Court on charges linked to a phony lottery scheme run by Paul W. Owen Harold Banes and Henry J. Dietrich. The operation allegedly raised about $30000 from locals with tickets sold for 1 each and weekly supposed winnings of 2600. No winners paid out and Owen is also charged with issuing a fraudulent check.
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Lafayette
Ind
Paul W. Owen
Tippecanoe County
Robert F. Munro
Owen
Harold Banes
Henry J. Dietrich
Denver
Col
Parker Seeks Reelection At Indiana Republican Convention
Secretary of State Crawford F. Parker formally became a candidate for renomination after paying a 750 assessment at party headquarters. A former Public Service Commission member and deputy secretary of state, Parker is linked to the Jenner Capehart faction amid speculation Governor Craig’s forces might oppose him at the convention.
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Indianapolis
Crawford F. Parker
Indiana Public Service Commission
Parker
Jenner-Capehart
Craig
Transformer Burns Gary Man Fatally
Gary Indiana Paul Gaines 27 died after falling onto a high powered transformer. About 400 spectators watched as he lay on the device absorbing 20000 volts for about twenty minutes before authorities could shut off the current. Gaines a Greenville North Carolina resident was visiting a sister en route to North Carolina.
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Gary
Ind
Paul Gaines
Gaines
Greenville
N. C
North Carolina
Heat Wave Sticks In Indiana With Rain Predicted
Heat and humidity grip Indiana for a seventh day with 90s and showers. Forecasters expect little relief before Friday while five day temperatures run above normal. Rainfall totals across the state include half to three quarters of an inch in several locales as showers resume midweek.
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Indiana
Roosierland
South Bend
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Terre Haute
Seymour
Portland
Bloomington
Storm Kills Palomino Mare at Haseman Farm North of Linton
A severe Sunday night storm in the region killed Charles Stark’s palomino mare at the John Haseman farm north of Linton after contact with downed electrical wires. The wind also killed some of Haseman’s chickens and damaged a porch perch at his home.
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Charles Stark
Linton
John Haseman
Free X Rays Offered At Local Mobile Unit Visit
The Greene County Tuberculosis association sponsors a mobile x ray unit at the Greater Linton club on East Vincennes street offering free chest x rays from 1:00 to 5:00 PM and 6:00 to 6:30 PM today with extended hours 9:00 AM to noon and 1:00 to 6:00 PM on Wednesday. Yesterday the unit visited the Linton GE plant where 236 of 260 employees availed themselves of the service. The plant officials thank the association secretary Mrs. Alma Anderson and president Dr. E V Bull for arranging the trip.
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Greater Linton Club
Vincennes Street
Linton General Electric
Greene County Tuberculosis Association
Alma Anderson
E. V. Bull
Former Governor Hoffman Alleged Bank Embezzlement
In Trenton New Jersey state officials accuse former Gov Harold G Hoffman who died recently of embezzling about 300000 dollars from a South Amboy bank he led and from the state disability insurance fund over a 22 year span ending in 1949. His family reacted with shock and a daughter pledged to pay the cent owed.
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Trenton
N.J
Harold G. Hoffman
Hoffman
New York
South Amboy
Carr States Army Not Coddling Reds
Washington testimony at the Army McCarthy hearings shows Carr saying Army Secretary Stevens and counselor Adams protected some who were identified as Communists while the Army itself did not coddle Communists. He repeated that the Army fought communism in Korea with blood and steel and said it would be incredible if any Army member protected Communists.
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Washington
Francis P. Carr
Army
Robert T. Stevens
John G. Adams
Carr
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
Senate
Joseph N. Welch
Korea
Britain and United States discuss arming Germany with no French consent
Preliminary talks in London and Washington tackled rearming Germany and granting near independence as an alternative to the European Defense Community. Officials stressed maintaining France as an ally while weighing shifts in a fragile Western security framework.
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Washington
Britain
U.S
Germany
International
London
European Defense Community
France
Europe
Asia
Livingston T. Merchant
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Prison Guard Receives Drunk Driving Sentence
Carl Meneely a 30 year old guard at the Indiana State Reformatory Pendleton was given 30 days in Vigo County jail a $100 fine and a two year license suspension by Judge Edward Everett in City Court after officers testified to prior arrests for larceny intoxication failure to provide assault and battery and two prior DWI charges. Everett said Meneely should be an inmate at the Reformatory rather than guarding inmates.
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Terre Haute
Carl Meneely
Pendleton
Meneely
Vigo County
Edward Everett
Reformatory
Everett
Mrs Anna Millon Returns Home From Hospital
Mrs Anna Millon has returned to her North Main Street home after several weeks at St Vincent's hospital in Indianapolis following major surgery. She has been staying with her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Robert Millon for the past two weeks.
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Anna Millon
North Main Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Indianapolis
Robert Millon
County Woman, 33, Held for Fatal Shooting of Spouse
A Greene county woman Mrs. Many Gray of Solsberry route one surrendered to Monroe County sheriff saying she killed her husband James Gray 34. The body was found at their home after five gunshot wounds from a .22 pistol. Gray said he had beaten her since last night. Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Jean Reed 24 were at the scene. She is jailed in Bloomfield and faces murder charges. the case could be Greene county’s first murder trial in years.
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Greene County
Many Gray
Solsberry
Monroe County
James Gray
Greene County Chapel
Gray
H. B. Turner
Reed
Bloomingti
Bill Branstetter
Greene
Frank Gardner, Jr
Indianapolis
Greene and Harrell
Bloomington
Reds Increase Aid To Rebel General Giap In Indochina
The French high command said Communist China has increased aid to General Vo Nguyen Giap’s rebel forces. Supplies flow from Hou China to bases in northern Vietnam as Giap prepares for an all-out assault on the Red River delta this month. Giap’s seven divisions are positioned north, west, and south of Hanoi forming two army corps used in Dien Bien Phu.
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Hanoi
Indochina
China
Vo Nguyen Giap
Red River
Hou China
Vet Nam
Giao
Dien Bien Phu
Giap
Wes
Giap Sen
State game fish season opens at midnight in Indianapolis
Indiana's game fishing season opens at midnight tonight and runs to May 1. The State Conservation Department extends the season on species including large and smallmouth bass walleye and northern pike.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
State Conservation Department
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United States
Far East
United Press
Capitol Hill
Mao Tsetung
Hitler
Knowland
Mao
Africa
Canada
South America
M. Y. F. Plans Social
Gary Man
Chicago
Turner
International Soundphoto
M. E. Brock
U. S
Elliston
White River
Carr States
Uncle Sam
Reds
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