Indiana Flood Control Gains Hope and Power Debate
U S Senator Hartke notes potential flood control gains for Indiana with a $66 million damage figure and a $37 million proposed build. He cites a strong House and Senate push, urging action to avoid false economy while REMC funded power projects spur private competition and tax implications. A reviewer lampoons heel comfort tips from a chiropody conference as social satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Maritime strike rift widens as talks stall
The New York dispute between ship owners and maritime unions deepened over the weekend with accusations of bribe tactics and stalled efforts for a quick settlement. A federal mediator said both sides would reconvene today and neither has refused to negotiate.
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New York
WpPi
Federal Mediation Agency
Grand Jury to Probe Alleged Orgies at Delaware Jail
Delaware Circuit Judge Alva Cox ordered a grand jury panel to study charges arising from a Muncie Star investigation of sex orgies and drinking parties involving teenage girl prisoners in the Delaware County jail. Sheriff Jack Young backs a full inquiry and dates target a July 5 potential start.
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Muncie
Ind
Delaware
Alva Cox
Cox
Gene Williams
Jack Young
Williams
the Star
Delaware County Air
Changes in Methodist pastors in Indiana Conference
Sunday’s Bloomington session of the Indiana Conference of the Methodist church announced pastor reassignment across the region. Notable moves include Baldridge from Grace Linton to Lawrence, Chaffee to Worthington Allen Chapel, and retirements led by Worthington with 40 years in ministry.
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Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church
Bloomington
Robert B. Baldridge
Linton
Franklin
Grace Methodist Church
Lawrence
R. S. Chaffee
Worthington Allen Chapel
Fairland
M. D. Lehman
Jasonville
O. B. Harden
Lyons
Switz City
Monrovia
S. P. Worthington
Mt. Ebal
Newberry
E. L. Bates
New Lebanon
J. E. Bastain
Solsberry
Glenburn
H. R. Page
Sullivan
Shelbyville
Hugh VanHoy
Canton
Sandborn
W. M. Carpenter
Pekin
R. D. Waltz
St. Paul's
Worthington
J. A. McKinney
Madison
Judge Issues Order In Knox County Case
Knox Circuit Judge Ralph A. Seal issued an order prohibiting the reorganization of county schools. The ruling followed a suit by citizens claiming the school reorganization commission was tardy in filing plans after an initial rejection and a revised plan failed to meet the 90 day filing requirement.
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Vincennes
Ind
Knox
Ralph A. Seal
Seal
Patient Earl Meyenhardt at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis
Earl Meyenhardt of Dugger is a patient at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis in Room A 312.
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Earl Meyenhardt of
Dugger
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Three Hoosier Drowns in Ohio Lake Crash
Three Dunkirk men died when their 16 foot boat capsized on Lake St Marys Sunday night. Alva Cranmer 37 and John Thomason were recovered. Robert Bell is still missing. Hilda Bodiman 43 and Sam Farris 23 were rescued and hospitalized.
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Celina
Ohio
Dunkirk
Lake St. Marys
Alva Cranmer
John Thomason
Robert Bell
Hilda Bodiman
Sam Farris
Muncie
Ind
Otis Hospital
Hoosier Accidents Kill Seven Weekend Toll Rises
Three Chicagoans die in a Michigan City three vehicle crash on US 20 at the edge of town killing Mrs Mary E Hezlep 24 and her infant son John 4 months and Mary McMahon 65 all of Chicago. A Sullivan couple dies in Terre Haute while a Peru man also dies in a separate crash. Police detain the Winnipeg transport driver.
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United Press International
Michigan City
Indiana
Sullivan County
Terre Haute
Chicago
Mary E. Hezlep
John
Mary McMahon
Robert E. Hezlep
John Z. Hezlep
Julius Braun
Winnipeg
Braun
U.S. 20
Hezlep
Hezlep Brothers
Prairie Automobile Transport
St. Boniface
Man
Charles S. Howes
R.R
Sullivan
Helen
Wayne R. Osborn
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Howes
Kathryn
Charles Fansler
Peru
Miami
Gary
Laura Atkins
Independence
Lowell
Atkins
Adlai Stevenson Extends South American Visit in Ecuador
Ambassador Adlai Stevenson extends his 10 nation tour to spend an extra day in Ecuador amid warm crowds and signs of improved US ties. He meets student leaders in Guayaquil and Quito and plans a man to man talk with President Ibarra to ease past tensions. He will depart for Bogota Tuesday morning.
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Quito
Ecuador
Vupi
Adlai Stevenson
United States
Viva Stevenson
Guayaquil
Stevenson
U.S
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Ibarra Stevenson
Ibarra
Bogota
Colombia
South America
Kennedy
Train Crash Kills 24 and Hurts 153 in French Village
Rescue workers and U S soldiers comb the wreckage after a Strasbourg to Paris passenger train plunged from an embankment near Vitry le Francois. Officials cite 24 dead and 153 injured with many feared buried in mud. The crash followed excessive heat on the tracks and officials discount sabotage. One American survivor described the jolts and darkness before the train overturned and coaches slid into a marsh.
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Vitry LE
Paris
Strasbourg
Pfc
Norman Flateau
Medford
Mass
Earl L. Kite Dies At Hospital Here
Earl L. Kite 64 a Linton resident for twenty years died 5 45 Saturday morning at Freeman Greene county hospital after three days of serious illness He worked 17 years at Crane Naval Ammunition Depot before retiring in 1954 He is survived by his widow Cora May Kite one brother Robert Kite of Oaktown and a niece Funeral services are set for 2 00 Tuesday at Welch and Cornett with Rev George Potter and burial in Fairview cemetery The Linton Masonic lodge will perform the graveside ritual and a called lodge meeting is planned at 1 00 Tuesday
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Earl L. Kite
Linton
Freeman-Greene County
Mr. Kite
U. S. Naval Ammuition Depot
Crane
Linton Lodge No
Scottish Rite Masonary
Terre Hautee
Kite
Riley
Alga
Kate Leake Kite
Cora May Kite
Robert Kite
Oaktown
Welch and Cornett
George Potter
Fairview
Linton Masonic Lodge
Sorority to Host Luncheon and Talk at Brown County Park
Delta Kappa Gamma sorority holds a luncheon at 1 09 PM Saturday at the Abe Martin lodge in Brown County State Park Nashville. Mrs Ruth Sutton will be guest speaker after the meal.
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Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority
Abe Martin
Brown County State Park
Nashville
Ruth Sutton
Texas floods and tornadoes forecast across Indiana
Weather outlook shows warmer temperatures today in Indiana with highs around 80s to near 88. Cooler Tuesday and Wednesday follow, with scattered showers mainly in the north and south regions limited to light amounts. Overnight lows range from 53 to 61, with most areas expecting 70s to low 80s Tuesday.
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Indiana
Mercury
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Indianapolis
Three Drownings Occur in Indiana Over Weekend
Three drowning cases unfolded across Indiana Friday to Sunday. Edward A. Gaynor, 33, of Indianapolis died after diving from a boat to rescue his son in Flat Rock River near St. Paul, Shelby County. Thomas Richard Piatek, 24, of Waterloo drowned while swimming solo in Pit Lake, Steuben County, his body recovered by skindivers guided from a state police plane. Allen T. Lucas, 15, of Kenosha Wisconsin, drowned in Sugar Creek near Philadelphia while cramping with friends. rescue efforts failed.
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Indianapolis
Edward A. Gaynor
Flat Rock
St. Paul
Shelby County
Gaynor
Donald
Thomas Richard Piatek
Waterloo
Pit Lake
Steuben County
Pleasant Lake
Piatek
Charles Farrell
Allen T. Lucas
Kenosha
Wis
Sugar Creek
Philadelphia
Ind
Ralph Lucas
Shoot-up at Great Northern Hotel in Terre Haute leaves one wounded
Charles Lawson 33 from Indianapolis was hospitalized in fair condition after a bar gunfight at the Great Northern Hotel in Terre Haute. Jerald Pennington 30, also of Indianapolis, was jailed on a gun without permit charge and sought on armed robbery warrants. Local victims Mr and Mrs Ellis treated and released.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Charles Lawson
Indianapolis
Union Hospital
Jerald Pennington
Willard Gantz
Great Northern
Lawson
Herbert Ellis
Gantz
Pennington
Mrs Margaret Watts Improves After Major Surgery
Mrs Margaret Watts of Bloomfield is reported improving after major surgery at Union Hospital Terre Haute. She is in room 614 of the hospital and "about as well as can be expected."
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Margaret Watts
Bloomfield
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Galveston Hit Hard as Rain Floods Texas Coast
Muddy water surged through Galveston as 9.33 inches fell in 24 hours amid a front moving east. The storm brought four tornadoes, damaged 50 apartments, injured six, and forced evacuations as homelessness neared 1,000 across Texas cities including Austin and San Antonio.
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Weather Bureau
Texas
Mississippi
Arkansas
Galveston
Houston
Gulf
Louis Revauv
Austin
Eagle Pass
San Antonio
Woman Faces Murder Charge in Indianapolis Stabbing
In Indianapolis, 21 year old Mrs LeDora McCreary, an expectant mother, faces a preliminary murder charge after allegedly stabbing her husband William, 26, with a butcher knife during a custody dispute. He died at Marion County General Hospital. McCreary is hospitalized under guard for hysteria.
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Indianapolis
LeDora McCreary
William
Marion County General Hospital
Linton Community Conservation Club to Meet Tonight
The Linton Community Conservation Club will meet at the club house in Lee Sherrard Park at 7 30 p m tonight. Officers said important business will be discussed and members should turn in proceeds from membership card sales.
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Linton
Two Americans Admit Sabotaging Towers
Two Americans Bernard Jerome Brous and Dale Chris Jensen admitted masterminding bombings of microwave towers and a relay station in Utah and Nevada on May 28. They were arrested in Ensenada Mexico and arraigned in the U S federal court, with FBI questioning of additional suspects indicated. The men claimed the act aimed to create political balance for the American Republican Army.
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San Diego
Calif
Utah
Nevada
Bernard Jerome Brous
Dale Chris Jesen
Mexico
Ensenada
Mexico-California
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S
Betty Marshall Graydon
FBI
Brous
Minnie
Robert Gerald Bortoli
Reno
Nev
Jensen
Las Vegas
Wendover
New York
AT & T
Southwest Bell Telephone
Capsule Snagged After 33d Circle Bobs on Life Raft
Honolulu report details the Discoverer XXV capsule recovered from the Pacific after a 33rd polar pass. Aerial scouts spotted the drifting capsule off Hawaii and three skindivers descended from an SC54 to retrieve it, delivering the gold plated unit for scientific study.
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Honolulu
Pacific
North Pole
Space
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Hawaii
Warren C Schensted
Glenwood
Minn
Schensted
Air Force
S. Sxtts
Ray E. McClure
Mt. Sterling
William V. Vargas
Honor
Two Autos Collide Near Midland Injuries Reported
Mrs. Pearl Gallion 64 of Jasonville route two is hospitalized with a severe chin cut and possible shoulder blade fracture. Miss Joanna McDonald 22 of Linton route one treated for a severe nose injury and released. Miss Sharon Kay McDonald 18 treated for a chin cut and dismissed. State Police Officer George Campbell investigated the 3:45 PM Sunday collision on a county road near Alva Coal Corp shops east of Midland. Joanna McDonald charged with reckless driving.
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Pearl Gallion
Jasonville
Midland
Gallion
Joanna McDonald
Linton
George Campbell
Bloomfield
Alva Coal Corp
Scout Troop to Meet at Humphreys Park Shelter
Linton Boy Scout Troop No 50 will meet at 7 00 this evening in the Shelter house at Humphreys park. Leaders urge all Scouts planning to attend Scout camp the week of June 25 to attend tonight's meeting.
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Linton Boy Scout Troop No
Humphreys Park
Craig Fitzpatrick Dies Plan Rites
Craig Fitzpatrick 64, retired baker from Linton, died Saturday at General Hospital Tucson after years of illness. He operated a New Lexington Ohio bakery and partnered in Linton with his father. Survived by wife Jean M. and five daughters, two brothers predeceased him. eight grandchildren. Funeral set at Welca Cornett Funeral Home with Rev. George Potter. burial in Oak Grove cemetery Washington.
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Craig Fitzpatrick
Linton
General Hospital
Tucson
Ariz
Mr. Fitzpatrick
New Lexington
Ohio
Oscar Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Bloomfield
Oscar and
Ossie Edwards Fitzpatrick
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