Indiana Republicans Open State Convention Amid Departed Leaders
Indiana Republicans opened their state convention in Indianapolis with sobering deaths of former judge Wilbur A. Rouse and a lead candidate. Delegates watched contests for state treasurer and school superintendent while names clashed over Hughes and Drayer for treasurer and Cast for superintendent.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Wilbur A. Rouse
Homer E. Capehart
Robert E. Hughes
Clarence T. Drayer
State Division of Public Works and Supply
Harold W. Handley
Alvin C. Cast
Kentland
GOP
James Beasley
Odon
Daviess County
Richard Wells
Valparaiso
Gary
Appellate Court
Charles W. Cook
Carmel
Donald R. Mote
Wabash
Donald H. Hunter
LaGrange
Oscar Strom
J. van Brown
Rochester
Bicycle Rider Injured In Street Collision
Stephen Milligan an 18 year old Linton resident suffered severe head injuries after riding south on Third Street Southeast into a westbound 1958 Plymouth Station Wagon driven by William Singleton of Linton. Police say Singleton could not avoid the crash and was not held responsible. Milligan received initial care at Freeman Greene County hospital then moved to Methodist hospital Indianapolis where he remained in fair condition.
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Stephen Milligan
David P. Milligan
Linton
Third Street
William Singleton
Singleton
C Street
Dwight Osha
St. Peter's School
Freeman Greene County
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Lundes Granted Permission to Remarry in Milwaukee
Circuit Judge Robert Hansen in Milwaukee granted Arthur and Stella Lunde permission to remarry. The couple, first wed in 1934, divorced in 1949, remarried in 1959, and separated again in 1961. They have six children.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Upp
Robert Hansen
Arthur
Stella Lunde
Lundes
Evansville seeks burial site of city founder’s son
Evansville sponsors of the sesquicentennial observance offer a $500 reward for information locating the burial place of Hugh McGary Jr founder of Evansville. The committee says Hugh McGary Sr burial site is known but the son’s location remains unknown.
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Evansville
Ind
Hugh McGary
McGary
Rusk Seeks NATO Nucleus in European Visit
Secretary of State Dean Rusk begins talks in Paris with Maurice Couve de Murville and plans a sequence of talks with de Gaulle. He outlines three urgent topics for NATO: enlarging the European Common Market, developing a NATO nuclear strategy, and relations with underdeveloped nations. Rusk travels to Berlin Rome London and Lisbon before returning June 28. He aims to test De Gaulle on France's independent nuclear force while insisting on allied unity.
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Paris
Dean Rusk
NATO
Europe
America
Rusk
Maurice Couve de Murville
Charles de Gaulle
Washington
Atlantic Alliance
Britain
Berlin
Bonn
Rome
London
Lisbon
United States
France
de Gaulle
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Bray Guest Speaker at Linton Chamber Lunch
Congressman William Bray spoke at a Linton Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Roosevelt Hotel outlining current and pending federal bills and local project ideas. Final plans for the July 4 celebration were set, and Ernie Allen will visit June 19 to arrange carnival details.
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William Bray
Linton Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt Hotel
Congressman Bray
Congress
Rotary Steak Fry Sets At Linton Clubhouse
The Linton Rotary Club cancels the Wednesday luncheon meeting in favor of a steak fry at the municipal golf course clubhouse at 6:00 PM Thursday. A golf tournament and other activities will precede the steak fry, and the Rotary gold trophy will be awarded to the tournament winner after the meal.
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Linton Rotary Club
Rotary
Refugee shot as Berlin border violence escalates
East German border guards fired on a refugee attempting to flee to the West from the French sector in early morning. The incident followed the death of a fellow guard and a tunnel escape by a family aided by two brothers. police noted multiple shellings and intensified patrols along the wall.
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Berlin
East Berlin
West Berlin
Lich-ternade
U. S. Army
Heidelberg
Helmstedt - Berlin Autobahn
Rudi
Major Railroads Begin Cutbacks Offset Wage Hike
Five major railroads announced layoffs to offset the 10.2 cent an hour wage increase for 450,000 non operating employees. Rock Island laid off 300 off train workers with up to 150 more furloughed. Northern Pacific 54 laid off. Milwaukee Road 300. Illinois Central 650. Frisco, Great Northern weighing options. others studying methods to meet higher costs.
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Chicago
Rock Island Lines
Northern Pacific
Milwaukee Road
Missouri Pacific
Wayne Johnston
Illinois Central Railroad
St. Louis
San Francisco
Santa Fe Railway
Chicago and North Western Railway
Burlington
Erie-Lackawanna
Pennsylvania
Fern Black Accepts Sullivan M-1 Class Post
Mrs. Fern Black will teach the M-1 class at Sullivan Elementary for the 1962 63 school year. She previously taught at Linton Stockton Elementary for four years.
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Fern Black
Sullivan
Black
Linton-Stockton
Estes Attorneys Present New Plan To Save the King
Estes lawyers meet creditors to plot a new plan to avert bankruptcy for west Texas farm tycoon Billie Sol Estes. A July 13 hearing in Dallas is set on an involuntary bankruptcy petition, with a possible earlier move if creditors push.
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Dallas
Billie Sol Estes
West Texas Agriculture King
U.S. Dist
R. E. Thomason
Estes
Dallas Morning News
el Paso
J. F. Hulse
John Cofer
Austin
John Dennison
Pecos
Cofer
Harry Moore Jr
Moore
Remind Disabled Workers to File Before June 30 1962
Joseph F. Hesselgrave explains a June 30 1962 cutoff for disability claims and 18 month earliest disability period. Filing before cutoff yields higher benefits. after, onset date is set 18 months prior to filing. Detailed info available in Booklet OASI-29 from Bloomington Social Security Office.
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Joseph F. Hesselgrave
Bloomington
Social Security Office
Social Security
Grandchildren take spotlight at Indiana convention celebration
In Indianapolis a parade of the Capehart Gardner grandchildren gathered before the Republican state convention. Dorothy Gardner and Homer Capehart were honored guests as their children and grandchildren joined a family party, sharing stories of loss and politics. A wandering goat and a fleeing two year old added comic chaos to the day.
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Indianapolis
Dorothy Gardner
Homer Capehart
Gardner
Grandpa
Homer Capeharts
Grand Jury Fails To Reach Decision In Marshall Death Probe
Franklin Texas UPI report: a Texas grand jury could not decide on Marshall death. Investigators plan further searches and questioning as the probe shifts to police action with new evidence sought.
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Franklin
Tex
UPI
Agriculture
Henry Marshall
Texas Rangers
Dist
John Barron
Bryan
Grand Jury
Bryan Russ
Hearne
Barron
Marshall
Billie Sol Estes
Harris County
Joseph Jachimczyk
Estes
U. S. Department of Agriculture
FBI
Department of Justice
U. S
Robertson County
Arthur Cornelius Returns Home After Major Surgery
Arthur Cornelius is discharged from St. Anthony hospital in Terre Haute and has returned to his home here after undergoing major surgery.
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Arthur Cornelius
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
Allotment Farms Open for New Wheat Allocations
Farmers may apply for a 1963 wheat farm allotment on farms with no prior wheat history. Clina E Hasler, ASCS County Committee Chairman, urged interested growers to contact the ASCS County Office. The July 2 deadline requires a written form for a new farm allocation.
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ASCS
Clina &E. Hasler
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
First Baptist Church Bykota Class Plans 7 PM Meeting
The Bykota class of the First Baptist church will meet at the church at 7:00 tonight. Officers announced today the gathering aims to discuss church activities and upcoming events.
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The
First Baptist Church
Last Minute Talks Fail To Halt Airline Strike
Evansville report notes talks failed to avert a strike as details of a farm accident emerged. An 82 year old man, Ernest Willman of Mount Vernon, died after a fall into a well on his farm, with lung congestion cited by the coroner’s office as a contributing factor. Willman was found by his daughter in law near the well.
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Evansville
Ind
Ernest Willman
Mount Vernon
Willman
Wellborn Baptist Hospital
America Rockets Hurricane Hunter Tiros-5 to Monitor World Weather
A Delta rocket launched the 285 pound Tiros-5 weather satellite from Cape Canaveral at 7 19 a m CDT. The craft reached orbit about 216 hours later and will photograph Earth from Arctic to Antarctic, aiding hurricane monitoring and weather prediction worldwide. Officials praised the mission despite a burned out fuse limiting ground guidance, noting the auto pilot performed well. Tiros-5 is expected to orbit roughly every 90 minutes taking test images then full weather photos.
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Cape Canaveral
America
Russia
Arctic
Antarctic
Tiros
Robert Gray
Federal Space Agency
Delta
Gray
Earth
Vicious Storm Kills Two Girls In Indiana
A severe outbreak of heat and storms across Indiana left two young girls dead. Sandra Simmons aged 18 from Coatesville was struck by lightning near Greencastle, while Barbara Trees, 13, of Pensacola, Fla., died after being struck by a live wire in Greenfield. Storm damage closed drive ins and blocked roads as emergency crews assisted traffic and tended the injured.
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Indiana
Coatesville
U. S
Greencastle
Barbara Ann Trees
Pensacola
Fla
Greenfield
Barbara
New Castle
Indiana 38
Indiana 3
Miss Simmons
Putnamville
Susan Simmons
Florida
James Whitcomb Riley
Flight engineers pause strike against Trans WorldAirlines
Washington report says the flight engineers union postponed a strike against Trans World Airlines to study settlement recommendations by Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg. Talks continued as mediators pressed for an agreement to avert a 1 p.m. CDT walkout with potential impact on 20 000 workers.
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Washington
wPn
Flight Engineers Union
Trans [World ‘Airlines
Arthur J. Goldberg
Trans World Airlines
Jesse Freidin
TWA
Goldberg
Engineers
Air Line Pilots Association
Transport Workers Union
American Airlines
American
U.S
Kennedy
Eastern
Pan Am
Eastern Air Lines
Pan American World Airways
Fire damages Sinclair plant in South Bend indictment
An explosion and fire at Sinclair Refining Co bulk plant and pipeline terminal in South Bend Ind caused about 300000 in damage. Gerald Kaufman 37 of Walkerton suffered severe burns while he shut off valves to protect storage tanks. he is in fair condition. Fire started when a 75000 gallon gasoline tanker exploded outside a garage igniting nearby trucks and damaging vehicles, the garage loading dock and brick structures. The cause of the blast has not been determined.
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South Bend
Ind
Sinclair Refining Co
Gerald Kaufman
Walkerton
Kaufman
Charles Sweeney
Sweeney
House approves grants for metropolitan mass transit funding
A House subcommittee backed a bill to provide 500 million in grants to aid metropolitan areas with mass transportation problems. The measure aims to improve urban transit finance and service levels.
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Washington
House
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