Toll Roads Push Onward From Ohio to Indiana
Public resistance to tolls wanes as Ohio issues 326 million dollars in toll road bonds, expanding 527 miles of expressways east to west. Indiana forms a toll road commission under James D. Adams to test authority amid rising interest in cross state toll travel and safer highways.
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Harvey Firestone
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Toll
James D. Adams
Columbia City
Toll Road Commission
New York City
San Francisco
East Germans Resist Reds Along Border
East German refugees report heavy clashes with police along the 600 mile frontier as villagers arm themselves with improvised tools to resist a no man’s land plan. Fighting spans at least 15 villages in a 300 mile stretch with casualties reported and police pursuing escapees.
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Berlin
U.P
West Germany
No-Man’s-Land
Soviet Zone
West Berlin
West
House Votes Illegal? Boosts Old Age Insurance by $5
The House passed a bill to increase old age insurance benefits by about $5 a month under the Social Security program and sent it to the Senate. Republicans argued provisions risk socialized medicine, while election pressure swayed lawmakers toward passage despite earlier opposition.
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Washington
House
Senate
GOP
Maine
Lincoln Church Holds Two Week Revival
Lincoln church conducts a two week evangelistic meeting with nightly services at 7 30 PM CST. Evangelist William Sleasman a Butler University School of Religion student and Banquo Christian church pastor leads the revival and invites the public to attend any or all meetings.
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Lincoln Church
William Sleasman
Butler’ University School of Religion
Christian Church
Banquo
Sing Set for Sunday at First Christian Dugger
A community sing will be held at the First Christian church in Dugger at 2 00 daylight saving time Sunday afternoon. Leaders announced the event and invited the public to attend.
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First Christian Church
Dugger
John Breedlive seeks admission to Wayne University
Detroit reports John Breedlive aged 76 who graduated from Northern high school on Wednesday night has applied for admission to Wayne University.
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Detroit
John Breedlive
Northern High School
Wayne University
Scientists Dig To Find Indian Village Data
Archeologists begin digs at the Kaskaskia Indian village site in Randolph County to locate remains of a city founded in 1703. Dr Thorne Deuel of the Illinois State Museum directs the effort aimed at artifacts to compare with those from Buffalo Rock to identify the original site of the Kaskaskia or another tribe.
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Springfield
U.P
Randolph County
Thorne Deuel
Illinois State Museum
Buffalo Rock
Maine Senator Brewster Ousted in GOP Primary
Gouverneur Payne defeats Owen Brewster for the Republican nomination in Maine with 69 355 votes to 66 312 as seven precincts remain. Payne leads Taft backers amid a graft probe that cleared both men. Dube wins Democratic nomination to face Payne in September.
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Portland
Maine
Owen Brewster
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Frederick G. Payne
Payne
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
R. P. Dube
Earl S. Grant
Brewster
Eisenhower
Taft
Legislature
House Group Approves Farm Parity Measure
The House Agriculture Committee approved a bill to make high price supports mandatory for five crops. The measure would require the next administration to keep supports for wheat corn cotton peanuts and rice at 90 percent of parity and suspend the sliding scale for three years.
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Washington
U.P
House Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles E. Brannan
Transfers Filed With Recorder Bloomfield County
Transfers of county property filed in Bloomfield Recorder office. James E Borders and wife to Leo E Bovinet and wife Lot 203 General Addition Bloomfield. Clifford Ferguson and wife to William B Carlton and wife Lot 305 Island Coal Company Addition to Linton. James P White and wife to Lawrence C Bruner and wife Real estate in Beech Creek township.
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County Recorder
Bloomfield
James E. Borders
Leo E. Bovinet
Clifford Ferguson
William B. Carlton
Island Coal Company
Linton
James P. White
Lawrence C. Bruner
Beech Creek
Army clears MacArthur speech at Republican convention
The Army says General Douglas MacArthur is not subject to its political activity ban and may deliver the keynote at the Republican National Convention. The ruling notes he is not on a specific assignment though on active duty. The note also opens questions about General Eisenhower's similar activities. Russia offer on lend-lease ships raises new settlement questions as Moscow pledges 186 ships back. The U S seeks full recovery of vessels still afloat and rejects selling them in bid to settle the debt. Moscow cites a stubborn debt history and a proposed $300 million settlement on an $11 billion lend-lease obligation.
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Washington
Army
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Truman
Far East
Pentagon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Russia
U.S
United States
Boris I. Karavaev
Karavaev
U. S
Moscow
Kremlin
Accord Signed At Gary Plant
The Gary Screw and Bolt Corp. ends a 3 week steel strike for 770 workers with a new contract that follows WSB wage and fringe benefits guidelines. CIO USW leaders warned many area workers will not return despite a Taft-Hartley Act injunction.
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Gary
Gary Screw and Bolt Corp
CIO
United Steel Workers
Gary Screw and Bolt
WSB
Truman
Congress
Orval J. Kincaid
USW
John Doherty
Birth announced for Carla Fae Stockrahm in Midland
Mr and Mrs Carl Stockrahm announce the birth of a daughter named Carla Fae born at the home of the maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Annie Bedwell in Midland on June 16. The mother is formerly Miss Alice Jean Bedwell and the father is son of Rev and Mrs Walter Stockrahm of Linton route 3.
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Carl Stockrahm
South Seventeenth Street
Terre Haute
Annie Bedwell
Midland
Carla Fae
Stockrahm
Alice Jean Bedwell
Walter Stockrahm
Linton
P-TA Workshop Set at Indiana University
Bloomington Indiana June 17 The annual Indiana P TA Conference Workshop meets June 24 to 27 at Indiana University with the theme Cooperation for Better Schools.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana P-Ta
Indiana University
Slaying Charges Filed at New Albany
Andrew D. Ballew 24 of New Albany is held on second degree murder charges after a shotgun slaying of Air Force medical corpsman Jack C. Mullins 25. Ballew says Mullins extorted from him while posing as a police officer. Mullins dated his wife Ida 18 and reached for a pocket before the fatal shot. Mrs. Ballew faces child neglect charges connected to the case.
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New Albany
U.P
Andrew D. Ballew
Air Force
Ballew
Jack C. Mullins
Mullins
Ida
Waters Freed on Manslaughter Charge in Railroa d Death
William J. Waters, 21, of Long Island New York, is exonerated after a jury finds him not guilty in the death of Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad conductor Paul Wendholt 63 Evansville. The coroner’s report could not decide if Wendholt died of a heart attack or a blow. The incident occurred April 19 on an express train west of Terre Haute as Wendholt attempted to wake Waters to collect a ticket before Waters, AWOL from Camp Breckinridge, was to be turned over to military authorities.
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Terre Haute
U.P
Pfe
William J. Waters
Long Island
N. Y
Paul Wendholt
Evansville
Waters
Wendholt
Camp Breckenridge
Senate warns against Truman air plan and calls for 143-wing build up
The Senate Preparedness subcommittee blamed Truman for delaying aircraft production and warned the plan could invite disaster. It urged quick completion of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs 143-wing program by 1954, warning Russia may achieve air superiority. The report says defense is a life or death issue and criticizes stretching procurement. The Air Force Association also pressed Congress to fund the 143-wing buildup by mid 1954.
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Washington
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force
Russia
United States
Air Force Association
Reserves
National Guard
Congress
Mrs. Sadie D. Rose Dies in Bloomfield at 71
Sadie D. Rose 71 lifelong Greene county resident died Monday night at her son Bernard Rose’s home on West Main Bloomfield. Born November 5 1880 in Highland township to John and Julia Hodges Crites she was a Bloomfield Methodist member. Survived by son Bernard daughter Donna Selby step son Emil Rose brother George Crites sisters Alice Chipman Julia Oliphant and one granddaughter. Funeral at Bloomfield Methodist Thursday 2 PM with Rev. L D Robertson. burial Grandview cemetery.
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Sadie D. Rose
Greene County
Bernard Rose
West Main Street
Bloom
Rose
Highland Township
John
Julia Anna Hodges Crites
Bloomfield Methodist Church
John M. Rose
Donna Selby
Bloomfield
Emil G. Rose
Garfield, Ark
George Crites
California
Alice Chipman
Worthington
Julia Oliphant
Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home
L. D. Robertson
Grandview Cemetery
License Lifted At Bloomfield After Violations
The Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission suspended 14 liquor permits for violations. Among those named were John and Herman Ellett of Bloomfield for 30 days for minor sales, Cletus Geels and Emmett Harger of Bluffton for five days for sale to a minor, Emile Babaez and Jewell Farrow of Gary for five days for failing to remove bar service in time.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission Today
John and
Herman Ellett
Bloomfield
Cletus H Geels
Emmett Harger
Bluffton
Emile Babaez
Jewell Farrow
Gary
Returns to base after lengthy leave at home
Bobby D. Plann departed for Quantine Virginia after a 19 day leave spent with his mother Mrs. Gertrude Mathena and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. George Squires. He had been stationed at the Marine Base at Parris Island South Carolina.
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Pfe
Bobby D. Plann
Quantine
Gertrude Mathena
George Squires
Marine Base
Paris Island
S. C
Linton Grad Third in Family To Become M D
Robert E. Rose, M D, graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in Bloomington on June 16. He is son of Embree R. Rose and native of Linton with ties to local medical history. Army veteran of World War II earned Combat Infantryman badge Presidential citation and four bronze stars. intern at St Joseph's hospital Reading Pa. He visits relatives with wife and child.
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Robert E. Rose
Indiana University School of Medicine
Bloomington
Embree R. Rose
Linton
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Tex
Bishop A. Rose
School of Medicine
Third Army
St. Joseph's Hospital
Reading
F. J. Lindley
UN Walks Out Of Truce Talks In Korea Standoff
United Nations delegates abruptly left the Korean truce talks after North Korean remarks, with Maj. William K. Harrison declaring a three day recess. Nam Il denounced the U.N and the Reds laughed as the Allied group followed the walkout.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.P
United Nations
U.N
William K. Harrison
Harrison
U Harrison
Nam I
Nam
William P. Nuckols
Detouring of Trains May Finish Today
After a Sunday wreck of the Georgian passenger train at Farmersburg eighteen people suffered minor injuries. Emergency routes carried northbound traffic over Illinois Central via Sullivan Linton and Terre Haute. southbound trains used New York Central through Worthington Elliston to Vincennes and Baltimore & Ohio to Vincennes. Final cars were re-railed at Farmersburg early today as repair crews worked.
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Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Linton
Farmersburg
Illinois Central
Sullivan
Terre Haute
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
Hottest day of year across county with heat wave mayhem
The article reports a record June 16 heat in Greene county with highs near 99 at Elliston and 101 in Washington, several cities matching or exceeding 90s. It notes cooler outlook ahead, humidity relief, and scattered showers later in the week along with a regional cold front. At least 100 heat-related deaths are linked to the weekend heat.
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Mercury
Greene County
U. S
Elliston
Indianapolis
U.P
Hoosiers
Indiana
U.S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Columbus
Vincennes
Evansville
Reading
Capital
Marion
Terre Haute
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Rochester
Angola
South Bend
Atlantic Seaboard
Midwest
Midlands
U.S
Chicago
Boston
Canada
Linton Soldier Returns From Europe Survives War Service
Cpl Bill L Alderson of Linton is among 46 Indiana men who returned to the United States from Germany aboard the Navy Transport Gen W G Haan docking in New York, while Sgt Master F Finley of Bicknell rode the Transport Gen W F Hase to San Francisco with 2911 combat veterans from Korea. The Gen Haan had returned from Bremerhaven Germany.
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Bill L. Alderson
Linton
Indiana
United States
Germany
Navy
W. G. Haan
New York
Defense Department
Master F. Finley
Bicknell
W. F. Hase
San Francisco
Cal
Korea
Haan
Bremerhaven
Heat Turns Hell Into Sizzling Day
Not surprised residents in Hell Michigan faced a scorching Monday as temperatures spiked to an unofficial 103 degrees. Local authorities urged precautions and hydration as heat waves lingered across the town.
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Hell, Mich
U.P
Hell
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