Limited access highways reshape Indiana town layouts
Indiana cities embrace limited access highways to separate through traffic from living areas. Subdivisions place homes away from highways with rear plantings to mute noise and danger. Shopping centers sit off highways, focusing on pedestrian safety, while rail and highway traffic threaten local business.
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Indiana
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Butler University
Hoosier
Oppenheimer Endorsed by U S Authorities Despite Testimony
Secret testimony released today shows J Robert Oppenheimer admitted to telling a cock and bull story to Army intelligence. The security board found he remained loyal but barred from atomic and hydrogen bomb secrets. Edward Teller testified the H bomb could have come four years sooner with his support. Oppenheimer's lawyers contest the board's findings as biased and unsupported by facts.
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Washington
INS
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
Army
U.S
Atomic Energy Commission
Edward Teller
America
Dr. Oppenheimer
Security Board
Board
John W. Davis
Lloyd K. Garrison
New York
Davis
Garrison
O’Hern Seeks State Auditor Nomination in Indiana
P H Pat O’Hern of Linton announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for Indiana state auditor and paid the convention assessment. He joins Orville P Bray of Indianapolis in the race as the convention nears with ten ballot spots to fill. O’Hern has long served in Democrat circles and held roles in Gov Schricker’s administration.
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P. H
Pat” O’hern
Linton
Indiana
State Central Committee
Orville P. Bray
Indianapolis
Bray
O’hern
Henry Schricker
State Insurance Department
State Public Service Commission
Linton Insurance
Central Committee
United Press
Paul M. Butler
South Bend
Indiana University honors 122 graduates with scholastic awards
Rose Ann Williams of Linton is among 122 graduates receiving degrees with scholastic honors at Indiana University commencement in Memorial Stadium. Williams earned the B.S. in education with high honors.
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Rose Ann Williams
Linton
Indiana University
Memorial Stadium
Miss Williams
Floyd McClanahan Listed as Improved at Terre Haute Hospital
Floyd McClanahan a funeral director from Jasonville has shown considerable improvement after a week as a patient at Union Hospital Terre Haute. His condition was updated from critical to improving status.
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Floyd McClanahan
Jasonville
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
India Demands French Troops Leave Pondicherry Now
New Delhi demanded immediate withdrawal of fifty gendarmes and two officers who landed at Pondicherry aboard the Vietnam liner. France denied the claim while saying it would maintain order. talks on Pondicherry and four enclaves had broken down as India seeks cession of 203 square miles.
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New Delhi
Ins
India
Pondicherry
Paris
Foreign Office
Quai D’orsay
Vietnam
Solsberry Woman Nancy Abram Dies at 77
Nancy Elizabeth Abram 77 died Tuesday morning at her Solsberry home route one. Born August 10 1876 in Owen County she lived much of her life in Solsberry. Survived by husband Henry M. Abram five sons Roy Otha Gerald Donald Abram Wayne Abram daughter Leatha Isom Dorothy Lindsey Llone Funkhouser step son Roy all of Bloomington sister Mary Abram Maggie Phelps brother Ora Hendricks 17 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren. Body to Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home Bloomfield will lie in state with services Thursday at 2 pm Liberty Church of Christ Harley Hamm officiating burial in Liberty cemetery.
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Nancy Elizabeth Abram
Solsberry
Abram
Owen County
Henry M. Abram
Roy
Otha
Gerald
Donald Abram
Wayne Abram
Greene County
Don Herold Honored With Bloomfield Day Celebration
Bloomfield holds Don Herold Day with a noon luncheon for 300 plus in the municipal park. A parade to the Citadel theater featured Dr. Herman B. Wells as speaker and Walter McCarty as MC. The library dedicates a Don Herold Corner and sisters join from Hammond and California for the tribute.
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Don Herold
Bloomfield
Citadel Theater
Herold
Walter McCarty
Indianapolis News
Herman B. Wells
Indiana University
Wells
Don Harold
Alumni Hall
Bloomington
Mr. Harold
University
State Road Safety Program Launched in Indiana
Indiana launches Go Safely Play Safely Return Safely to curb highway carnage. Traffic safety director Joe Lingo warns July and August are deadly with travel up one fifth and crashes rising. last year these months produced 120 and 114 deaths vs a 92 monthly average earlier.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Traffic Safety Director
Hoosier
Joe Lingo
Lingo
Indiana
Linton Forty and Eight Change Meeting Night
The Linton Forty and Eight organization announced a change in its meeting night from Wednesday to Friday evening. Officers are to be installed during this session.
Showers Won't End Indiana Heat Wave
Heat wave in Indiana persists with temperatures climbing into the 90s across cities including Indianapolis Fort Wayne Lafayette Terre Haute Evansville and South Bend. Forecasters expect more warm humid weather with scattered showers through Thursday. The extreme heat has caused multiple drownings and at least two heat strokes.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Hoosierland
Mercury
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Terre Haute
Evansville
South Bend
Record Heat Wave Sparks Tornadoes Across Midwest
A prolonged heat wave reached its fourth day with scattered storms along its edges. Temperatures in the 90s were forecast to continue in the central region while cooler air was expected to move in from the Pacific by nightfall. Four tornadoes were reported late Tuesday in Iowa Nebraska and Missouri with no injuries.
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Midwest
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Club to Meet for Hamburger Fry at Humphreys Park Shelter
Members of the Business and Professional Women's club of Linton will gather at the shelter house in Humphreys park for a hamburger fry at 7:00 Monday night.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club of
Linton
Humphreys Park
Green Mask Bandit Flees Illinois Jail
William A. Bender, known as the Green Mask Bandit, escaped Macoupin County Jail with weapons, stealing a car and threatening to never be caught alive. A two state alert was issued as roadblocks and warnings to motorists followed his reported path toward Chicago or Indiana. He last was seen near Mattoon Illinois after over powering a deputy and seizing the jail arsenal.
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Carlinville
Ili
William A. Bender
Macoupin County
Chicago
Indiana
Bender
Mattoon
Ill
Central Illinois
Springfield
Cliff Lambert
Ex-Gov Hoffman Charged in Missing Funds Case
New Jersey prosecutors press 16 misconduct counts against former Gov Harold Hoffman who died 12 days earlier. They allege he embezzled 300000 to cover theft from a South Amboy bank while heading the Division of Employment Security, and a state audit is begun to locate accountability. Hoffman's daughter released a letter in which he admitted the embezzlement but denied taking any money since 1938.
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Trenton
N.J
New Jersey
Harold G. Hoffman
Hoffman
South Amboy
South Amboy, NJ. Bank Which Hoffman Once Headed. Gov. Robert B. Meyner
Meyner
Division of
Employment Security
South Amboy Bank
Ada Hoffman Leonard
Attitude Key Focus In Purdue Driver Training Short Course
In Lafayette Purdue University ends its short driver training course noting attitude accounts for 80 percent of Indiana and Illinois crashes. The program stressed courtesy, road code and respect for others' rights, urging teachers to emphasize these traits with future drivers.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Indiana
Illinois
Purdue
Mrs Maude Ballard Leaves Hospital After Hip Injury
Mrs Maude Ballard has been discharged from Freeman Greene County Hospital where she was treated for a broken hip. She is now at the home of her son Gilbert Ballard.
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Maude Ballard Robertson
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
Gilbert Ballard
Hospital Births and Discharges Ledger
A series of births and hospital activities are reported. Mary Del Grove born in Bloomfield weighs seven pounds ten ounces. An unnamed daughter of Mrs. Lewis McQueary in Jacksonville weighs eight pounds eight and three quarters ounces. Patricia Ann Shields born in Worthington weighs five pounds four ounces. Mrs Heaton of Linton admitted for medical treatment. Ronald Carmichael of Bloomfield underwent appendectomy. Roy Raymond Gardner born to Mrs. Felix Gardner of Crane weighs eight pounds ten and a half ounces. Dismissals include Mrs. LaVene Griffith Jasonville and several others from Worthington Linton Shelburn and Bloomfield plus Francis Trimmer of Bloomfield.
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Mary del
Ray Grove
Bloomfield
Lewis McQueary
Jasonville
Patricia Ann
Mary Shields
Worthington
Arthur Heaton
Linton
Ronald Carmichael
Roy Raymond
Felix Gardner
Crane
Eisenhower dodges question on 1956 re election
President Eisenhower would not discuss or confirm any plan to run in 1956. He said the decision rests with Gov. Dewey and that Adams’ view was his own. He noted Guatemala’s constitutional rights suspension and urged urgent study, and he promised to brief congressional leaders with Bedell Smith on Korea peace talks.
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White House
Thomas £. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Eisenhower
Adams
Guatemala
United States
Walter Bedell Smith
Geneva
Smith
Drowning in Strip Pit Claims Bicknell Youth Life
Jerry Coonrad 18 of Bicknell drowned in a strip mine two miles northwest of town while swimming with Gilbert Bastide. Rescue attempts failed despite artificial respiration and a pulmotor. He is survived by his parents Gerald and Mrs Coonrad, one brother, two sisters, and services are set for 2:00 PM Friday at Wampler and Brown funeral home.
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Bicknell
Knox County
Jerry Coonrad
Here
Coonrad
Gilbert Bastide
Bastide
Polce
Elmer Ramsey
Robert Byrn
Wnirs
Gerald Coonrad
Charles Street
Audrey Rieu
Linton
Wampler and Brown Funeral Home
Woman Charged in Greene County Fatal Shooting
In Greene circuit court Mrs. Mary Gray 33 of Solsberry route one faces voluntary manslaughter charges for shooting her husband James 34 in their home. Miss Jean Reed 24 disputes being in the bedroom. Gray surrendered in Bloomington after the incident. Prosecutor Haywood sought a grand jury inquiry for June 22 as officers investigate possible further charges.
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Greene Circuit Court
Mery Gray
Solsberry
Paul Haywood
Greene County
Bloomington
Haywood
Circuit Court
Harold Roseberry
Ver Clark
George Campbell
Joe Feeney
Bill Branstetter
Lem Clark
Gray
Miss Ree
T Bloomfield
Ciarg
Board Forth
Federal
Secret Service Ager
Pittsburgh
Greene Cie
Frank Gardner Jr
Solsberr
Haywoy
Gardner
Jnpanel
Marjorie Warren
Edward Braun
John Balthur
Claren Landis
Lee Haines
Hubert L Hman
Richard
W. Becker
A. Craig
Howard C. Baker
Fra Carpenter
Ronald Toon
Pe ‘Prudhome
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James Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Milwaukee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
AFM
Truman
Truman Memorial
Independence
International
O'Hern
France
W. T. Brown
Cardinal Inn
Hammond
California
Chester Harrah
Vaca
Hollis Edmondson
Elnora
Lola Lindley
Steven Jerrells
Rex Shields
Bernard Archer
Shelburn
Francis Trimmer
Ike Ducks
Presi
Sherman Adams
Pennsylvania
Congress
Adam
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