Slight Break in Heat Wave Promised State
A minor dip in Indiana's heat wave emerged in the northern half of the state as storms dumped heavy rain. Temperatures reached 95 in Evansville with 4.40 inches of rain in a Northeast Indianapolis storm. fatalities from the weather rose to 12, including drownings and a heat related death.
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Rush
Terre Haute
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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Knightstown
Bedford
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Mercury
Beer Bottles and Eggs Crash in Holland
A crash near Holland Michigan involved a truck carrying 6,500 beer bottles colliding with a second truck loaded with 11,500 eggs. No injuries reported in the brief notice.
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Holland
Mich
Heat wave paralyzes nation with deadly floods and outages
A sweeping heat wave blanketed the country for a third day, sparking violent storms and floods in the great plains and Ohio Valley. The death toll, mostly drownings, topped 134 with hundreds missing or injured as power shortages and damaged infrastructure disrupted daily life from New York to Chicago. Flooding claimed 26 more lives in St. Louis area and midwestern states, with several states reporting multiple fatalities.
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Chicago
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Wisconsin
Illinois
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Michigan
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Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Linton Water Discoloration Cleared After High Usage
Linton officials report cloudy water due to high Monday usage and two wells pumping simultaneously. Water Commissioner Jack Dale and Pumping Station Supervisor W C Taylor say automatic controls malfunctioned, surging water and lifting silt. repairs completed in about an hour with clarity expected by morning.
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Linton
Ilene
Dale
Taylor
Brightest Atomic Test Illuminates Huge Region Today
A pre-dawn nuclear blast in Nevada at Yucca Flat fired from a balloon platform yielded a bright flash visible from San Francisco and Los Angeles. The 10,000 ton TNT yield, about half Hiroshima’s power, produced a red purple fireball and a yellow mushroom cloud as observers watched from Angels Peak 45 miles away.
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Federal Judge bars transfer in manslaughter case
Federal Judge Joseph C. McGarrity blocked the government from turning William S. Girard over to the Japanese government for a manslaughter trial. President Eisenhower asked Congress for 2.29 million dollars to build and run an American life and industry exhibit in Moscow next year, which Russia agreed to display.
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Joseph C. McGarraghy
William S. Girard
Eisenhower
Congress
Moscow
Russia
Supermarket Manager Uses Soda Bottle to Extinguish Car Fire
A Kokomo JP supermarket manager grabbed a soft drink bottle in the lot when a car’s electrical system ignited. He uncapped the bottle and sprayed fizz to cool and suppress the flames until they died.
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Kokomo—Jp
A. C. Rounds
Lyons Woman Recalls Impressions Of School Fire
A Lyons woman describes the Washington township Grade and High School blaze from awakening sirens to smoke rising and the crowd, noting volunteers, saved band instruments, frightened spectators, and the hope for a new improved school while lamenting the loss of books and records.
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The
Daily Citizen
Thames
Alamo
Mrs. Sarah E. Hayes Dies at 79 in Jasonville
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Hayes 79 died at 7:00 this morning at 502 North Lawton Street Jasonville after eight months of illness. She was born March 4, 1878 in Athens Alabama and lived in the Linton area earlier. Survived by husband Charles, daughters Doris Landry and Dorothy, sons Lee and Charles Jr, sister Myrtle Woodward, five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Body to McClanahan Funeral Home Jasonville. funeral arrangements pending.
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Jasonville
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Athens
Ala
Washington
Frances White Lee
Linton
Indiana Heat Waves Not New In Three-Year Span
Historical weather notes reveal Indianapolis endured a three-year June heat wave stretch from 1952 to 1954 with records broken on June 14 1954 95 on June 15 1952 95 and 96 on June 16 1952 plus June 19 1953 97 and June 20 1953 100 and June 26 1954 102.
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Indianapolis
Farmers to vote Thursday on wheat quotas in Greene county
Greene county wheat farmers will vote on marketing quotas in a June 20 referendum. Clark Hasler of the County ASC issued a last minute reminder with polling places in Bloomfield Lyons Town Hall and Worthington Public Library. Voters eligible are those with 15 acres or more of wheat to harvest or placed in the wheat Acreage Reserve.
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Legion at Dugger Names New Officers
Members of the Rexford Ballard American Legion post No. 224 at Dugger plan installation services this month for new officers elected at the recent meeting. Floyd Miller was named commander with Charles Boone Mack Stringer and the rest of the slate filling key posts including adjutant George E. Ringer and finance officer Guy Edds.
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India
Floyd Miller
Charles Boone
Mack Stringer
George E. Ringer
Guy Edds
William Evans
Harry Borders
Gerald Borders
Charles Stringer
Tom Robinson
Emmet Edds
Gerald Usrey
Sahm Selected for LU High School Science Institute
Mark Sahm of Linton was chosen among 62 outstanding Indiana high school seniors to attend the High School Science Institute at Indiana University. The program offers lectures by IU scientists, lab work, campus tours, a geology field trip, and a visit to the Link Observatory.
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Linton
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Indiana University
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Link Astronomical Dbsereet
Martinsville
Former Gov Craig Questions for Hours in Indiana Grand Jury
Former governor George N. Craig testifies for hours before a Marion County grand jury investigating Indiana highway scandals. He arrives with son John and aide William O’Connell, plans to file a prepared statement after leaving the jury room.
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George N. Craig
Marion County
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Washington
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John
William O’connell
Chicago
Greene circuit court reports penal sentences and civil settlements
Two men received penalties and two civil suits were settled in Greene circuit court Bloomfield. Robert L House pleaded guilty to forgery and was fined and sentenced to prison. Josepha Buckner was found delinquent in support and later imprisoned after suspension revoked. Thelma Myers won custody in a divorce modification. Howard Goodman granted visit rights. Two new civil actions filed: Eleanor O Warron vs Figg and Morris Vaughn and Pearl Vaughn vs Maumee Collieries.
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Bloomfield
Robert Leroy House
Spencer
Indiana
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Worthington
Josepha Bucker
Jose L. Heaton
Robert C. Heaton
Heaton
Thelma Goodman Myers
Howard Goodman
Edwin B. Long
Goodman
Eleanor O'Waron
William Figg
Greene County
Sullivan County
Morris F. Vaughn
Pearl Vaughn
Maumee Collieries Company
Lightning Kills Three Boys at Denny's Camp
Three boys aged 9 to 12 were killed when a lightning strike hit a tree they sat under at Denny's Camp on Blue River in Crawford County. Names given include Jeff Jacobi 10 Steve Jacobi 9 and James Eberhardt 12. Two others, Michael Phillips 10 and Phillip Eberhardt 11, were injured.
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Blue River
Crawford County
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Bruce Jacobi
Steve Jacobi
Victor Jacobi
James Eberhardt
Mildred Napier
Louisville
Michael Phillips
Phillip Eberhardt
James
Union Leader Says Gun Made Him Quit
Gilbert Mann a veteran Bakery Union official testified he resigned as president of Local 100 Chicago after being confronted by George L. Stuart who held Manns pistol threateningly in Manns office on January 21 1955 Mann described how Stuart took the nine shot 25 caliber pistol and shells from the desk and warned him he had the gun Mann said the pressure forced his resignation and the incident prompted a quick Senate Rackets Committee appearance by Bakery Union president James G Cross who pledged cooperation
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Chicago
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George L. Stuart
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Mann
Senate
Chicago Local 100
Stuart
Barther
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Body Found in Trunk of Abandoned Car Near Church
The body of a man was found today in the trunk of a car abandoned last week in front of a church four miles east of Grant Park Illinois. Police traced the license to Nick Paulos of Gary Indiana. identification of the deceased was not immediate. He stood about six feet tall, weighed 210 pounds and was dark complexioned.
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Birth of Kent Rays to Mr and Mrs Marion Knowles
Mr and Mrs Marion Knowles of Linton announce the birth of a son born June 14 at Mary Sherman hospital Sullivan. The baby has been named Kent Rays.
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Linton
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Kent Rays
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