Security Council Meets With Ike In Underground Alert
President Eisenhower summoned the National Security Council to a hidden underground site for a dramatic follow up to a simulated atomic attack. Officials described a mock martial law plan to police the nation until Congress reconvenes and the country recovers from the exercise.
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White House
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Washington
The
Security Council
U. S
Congress
Contempt Charge Against SSA Official Dismissed
In Indianapolis district, a contempt of court charge against Social Security Administration district manager Marie Keller was dismissed by Federal Judge William E. Steckler. The case involved Keller allegedly refusing to accept an applicant age for old age assistance, Mrs. Josephine C. Shure. Jurisdiction issues led to the dismissal after a motion by District Attorney Jack C. Brown.
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Indianapolis
Social Security Administration
William E. Stoeckler
Marie Keller
John L. Niblack
Josephine C. Shure
Keller
Jack C. Brown
Steckler
55 Fishing Season Opens With Indiana Anglers
Indiana opens its fishing season at midnight with bass pike and walleyes in sights. Expecting a strong year, water levels are higher and out of town anglers, tents, and improving local businesses surround the sport. Tom Campbell plans an early start, but wakes to a sunny morning and will try again this afternoon.
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Indiana
Tom Campbell
Tom
Hoosier CD Test Declared Success
Indiana civil defense officials said the Operation Alert mock atom bomb attack succeeded with strong public cooperation in Indianapolis and Gary. About 50 000 state defense workers participated in evacuation planning injury care and rescue coordination while two Hoosier cities faced simulated A bomb impacts.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Greene Countians Attend Supper at Governor's Mansion
Mr and Mrs Maurice Dye of Linton Mr and Mrs Jack McIntyre of Bloomfield and Mr and Mrs James Shouse of Jasonville attend a buffet supper and reception in the Governor's Mansion hosted by Governor and Mrs George Craig All 92 counties the 11 districts and Republican state committee members will be represented Greene County officials hold key roles in the delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Dye
Linton
Jack MacIntyre
Bloomfield
James Shouse
Jasonville
Governor's
George Craig
Republican State Committee
Dye
Greene County
McIntyre
Shouse
Two Sisters Slain At Capital of U S
In a quiet Maryland suburb near the University of Maryland Nancy Marie Shomette 16 and Michael Ann Ryan 14 were shot to death in a wooded park while walking to Northwestern High School. Police named an 18 year old as principal suspect though he gave an alibi.
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Washington
University of Maryland
Nancy Marie Shomette
Michael Ann Ryan
Northwestern High School
Nancy
Michael Ann
Rome chosen to host 1960 Summer Games
The International Olympic Committee selected Rome as the site for the 1960 summer Olympics on the third ballot with 35 votes, Lausanne 24, Detroit and seven other cities had bid. Detroit offered to pay visiting athletes travel costs from TV proceeds, while Brussels Budapest Mexico City and Tokyo also bid. IOC will next pick a site for the 1960 winter games with candidates Garamisch Parternkirchen Innsbruck St Moritz and Squaw Valley.
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Paris
International Olympic Committee
Rome
Lausanne
Switzerland
Detroit
Harry Matthaei
Michigan
Brussels
Budapest
Mexico City
Tokyo
IOC
Garmisch - Parternkirchen
Germany
Innsbruck
Austria
St. Moritz
Squaw Valley
Calif
Guaranteed Wage Loophole Found in Auto Plan
A loophole in Ford and General Motors guaranteed wage plan could derail the program by delaying company benefits until state officials approve the plan. If unfavorable state rulings persist through June 1957, the plan may be terminated amid legislative disputes. A CIO United Auto Workers delegation pressed talks for a separate AMC contract at the Milwaukee body plant following Detroit negotiations over the master contract covering most AMC workers.
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Ford
General Motors
United Press
Milwaukee
Wis
CIO
United Auto Workers
American Motors Corp
Detroit
AMC
Michigan
California
Wisconsin
American Motors
State Legislator Wins Plush Taxpayer Post
Indiana state Rep Wayne Kellams has been named assistant publicity director at the State Toll Road Commission earning 7500 dollars annually. Kellams will push truckers to use the upstate east west turnpike and assist publicity director Farwell C Rhodes.
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Indianapolis
Wayne Kellams
Edinburg
State
Toll Road Commission
Kellams
Johnson County
Eastwest Turnpike
Farwell C. Rhodes
Greenwood
Commission
Rhodes
1500 Chickens Killed in Indiana Truck Crash
About 1,500 three pound chickens were killed when a DIS truck overturned on Indiana 46 near Hartsville. Crates and poultry littered the road and right of way, causing a major mess on the highway.
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Columbus
Ind
Hartsville
Referendum on Wheat Program Set for June 25 in Greene County
Greene County voters directory three polling sites for the June 25 wheat marketing quota referendum. Polls open 8 am to 6 pm CST at Town Hall Lyons Bloomfield and Worthington Public Library. If two thirds vote yes, 1956 price support likely 75 82 percent of parity. if more than one third vote no, support about 50 percent. Acreage allotments enforce penalties for excess wheat if quotas pass. no penalties if quotas fail. Only commercial wheat state growers with more than 15 acres vote. Indiana is commercial. non commercial states listed.
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Town Nall
Lyons
Cass
Grent
Stafford
Stockton
Washington
Girecene County
ASC
Bloomfield
Center
Fairplay
Richland
Taylor
Worthington
Hasler
Indiana
Alabama
Arizona
Connecticut
Florida
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Nevada
New Hamshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Seaman Draft Begins After Britain Strike
Britain drafts striking merchant seamen into the military after a walkout halted the Queen Mary and other ships. Thousands of tourists stranded. A Labor Ministry spokesman calls the action normal and not aimed to break a 24 year dock tie-up. Prime Minister Eden warns of economic harm from the extended port shutdown.
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London
Labor Ministry
Cunard
Southampton
Anthony Eden
Britain
Hospital Admissions and Births in Indiana Towns
Admissions include Mrs Benny Ockerman of Bloomfield who bore a son eight pounds five ounces unnamed. Mrs Dannie McAllister of Linton gave birth to Leonard Lee at eight pounds three and a quarter ounces. Other births list Nelson Bennett Linton Russell Cook Bloomfield Emmanuel Hinds Worthington and Mrs Robert Lehman Owensboro with various dismissals noted.
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Benny] Ockerman
Bloomfield
Dannie McAllister
Linton
Leonard Lee
Nelson Bennett
Russell Cook
Emmanuel Hinds
Worthington
Robert Lehman
Owensburg
Harold Dix
Jasonville
Bertha Kirk
Dugger
George Reece
Worthing
Democrats Face Uphill Dixon Yates Vote Clash In House
The House prepared for a first round vote on a Democratic bid to block the Dixon Yates project. The $1.285 billion appropriations bill included $6.5 million for a new TVA plant at Fulton Tennessee, while opposing a TVA transmission link to Dixon Yates at West Memphis Arkansas.
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House
Dixon-Yates
Tennessee Alley Authority
Appropriations Committee
TVA
Fulton, Tenn
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Washington
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Federal Reserve System
Open Market Committee
Growing Weather Arrives in State With Warm Outlook
Sunny and pleasant weather with highs near 80 across Indiana today and Friday. Evansville reached 80 and Fort Wayne 81, while Indianapolis topped 75. Lows ranged from 50 to 55 sausage early today with a mild, partly cloudy Saturday forecast.
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Hoosiers
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
South Bend
Revolution in Buenos Aires as Peron government attacked
A revolt against President Juan D. Peron broke out in Buenos Aires with military aircraft bombing the government palace near Plaza de Mayo and gunfire in the streets. Rebels claimed control of the armed services while Peron reportedly escaped.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Plaza de Mayo
Peron
July Is Expected To Be Prosperous
The Labor Department predicted continued and perhaps faster upswing in non-farm employment through mid July, with rises in construction and food processing offsetting slight declines in auto factories and ordnance plants. Eight major areas improved to moderate unemployment, while 35 areas retain substantial unemployment. aiding defense contracts may follow.
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Washington
Labor Department
St. Louis
Buffalo
N.Y
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Ind
Battle Creek
Muskegon
Mich
Toledo
Ohio
Winston-Salem
Ito
N.C
Marriage License Issued in Sullivan Circuit Court
A marriage license was issued by the clerk of the Sullivan circuit court at Sullivan to Alva H. Hondell and Norine Ann McQueary, both residents of Jassville.
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Sullivan
Alva H. Hondell
Norine Ann McQueary
Jasonville
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International Soundphoto
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Greene Countians
Clina E. Hasler
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Leslie Goodman
Baby
Coalmont
Judith Dugger
Dewey Vandeventer
Jarvis Goodman
Wilbur Berry
Hymera
Oklahoma City
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Las Vegas
Gladewater
Follett
Panhandle
Gage
Okla
State Department
Government House
Naval Ministry
United Press Bureau
Argentina
Junin
Catholic Action
Cordoba
Eva Peron
Ateneo de la Juventud
Manuel Tato
Ramon Pablo Novoa
Wight
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