Wreck Hurts Four Across County Lines In Indiana
A Berne dispatch reports an auto wreck near Adam county that hurled four victims across county lines into Allen county about forty feet down the road. The Betsy Ross club held an all day quilting party while church groups and clubs hosted social meetings in nearby towns. A blast rocked the Bicknell Fourth Vein mine powder house, its explosion heard for miles.
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Berne
Ind
Adam County
Allen County
Betsy Ross Club
Foreign Mission Society
M. E
Martindale
Clarion Club
Phil Bennett
G. M. G. Club
Saron’s Church
Haseman
Bicknell Fourth Vein
Brother of Linton Woman Succumbs
Odean Dickey 40 of Oakland City died at 2 15 PM Wednesday at Deaconess hospital Evansville after a two week illness. He owned the Dickey Brothers Pontiac Garage in Oakland City and belonged to the Oakland City Masonic lodge Evansville Scottish Rite Shrine and was vice president of the Oakland City Saddle club. Survived by wife Olean two children Mike and Tony parents Eli and wife of Oakland City two brothers Morris and Cecil and sister Mrs Gonser. Funeral services at Oakland City Evangelical United Brethren church.
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Odean Dickey
Oakland City
Leslie Gonser
Linton
Deaconess
Evansville
Dickey
Dickey Brothers Pontiac
Masonic Lodge
Scottish Rite and Shrine
Mike
Tony
Eli Dickey
Morris
Clay City
Cecil
Gonser
Eight Marines Die in Accident at Camp Lejeune
Investigators questioned expert weapons crews after two mortar shells fell short of their target and hit a battalion command post at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. Eight Marines were killed and 23 wounded during a field exercise by the 2nd Marine Division at Hickory Point on the New River. Names were withheld pending family notification as a board of inquiry met to determine if faulty ammunition or misaiming caused the incident. Public information officers noted live ammunition is typically fired during maneuvers.
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Camp Lejeune
N. C
2Nd Marine Division
Hickory Point
New River
Illinois Battles Narcotic Problem
A Illinois House committee reports 1800 of 4787 Chicago narcotics cases in eight months involved 17 year olds. The panel calls for hospital facilities to segregate and treat addicts and urges a self help program with Gov Stevenson and Mayor Kennelly to address the epidemic.
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Springfield
Fil
Chicago
Kart
House of Correction
Cook County
Adlai E. Stevenson
Martin H. Kennelly
Alcoholics Anonymous
John S. Bolye
Youth Man From Jasonville Fined For Speeding
Lloyd Wolf aged 21 of Jasonville route one was fined 15.25 in Linton justice court after being arrested Tuesday on state road 59 54 in West Linton for speeding and reckless driving by State Policeman Joe Feeney. His driver license was suspended for 30 days.
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Lloyd Wolf
Jasonville
West Linton
William L. Jackson
Linton
Joe Feeney
Infant killed by grandfather in garage collision
Doris Jean Bush an 18 month old child crawled into the path of a car driven by her grandfather Theodore Bush 71 as he pulled into a garage at Fountaintown. Bush said he did not see the child and the tragedy was reported by the Associated Press.
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Greenfield
Doris Jean Bush
Fountaintown
Theodore Bush
Harvester Cuts Light Truck Chassis Prices in Chicago
International Harvester reduced the list price of its light model truck chassis by 3.4 to 6.4 percent. Heavier trucks and attachments keep prices. light chassis dropped from 50 to 145 dollars with attachments for light models down about 2.29 percent.
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Chicago
International Harvester
Prestige of England Is at Stake in Iran
British diplomacy faces a crisis as Iran seizes Anglo-Iranian assets in a move seen as a major blow to London. Prime issues are securing oil supplies, avoiding Russian intervention, and Mossadegh's resistance to British terms, with Iran’s anti British mood fueled by internal fronts including Ta deh.
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England
Iran
Harry Ferguson
United Press
Ow, Co
London
Hitler
Cyprus
Tehran
Russia
Mohammed Mossadegh
Ali Razmara
Mossadegh
Tadeh
Communist Party
Bloomfield Man Dies in Hospital At 79
Alfred Theodore Goad of Bloomfield died at 11 30 am Wednesday in Freeman Greene county hospital. Survived by wife Susie Ellen Goad two sons Bertrand Goad and Harold Goad a daughter Nellie Skinner and three more daughters Naomi Lockard Kathryn Moore two step daughters Lora Daughtrey and Della Machado two stepsons Henry Daugherty and McGuire Daugherty. Funeral set for 2 00 pm Friday at Jenkins and Sons Bloomfield with burial in Grandview Cemetery.
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Alfred Theodore Goad
Bloomfield
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
Susie Ellen Goad
Bertrand Goad
Harold Goad
Korea
Nellie Skinner
Terre Haute
Naomi Lockard
Lafayette
Kathryn Moore
Frankfort
Lora Daughtrey
Gary
Della Machado
Houston
Calif
Henry Daugherty
Wilmar
McGuire Daugherty
Elnora
Jenkins and Sons
Maide
Grandview Cemetery
Fatal Burns From Farm Home Gasoline Stove Explosion
Connersville Indiana June 21 Arthur Lunsford 61 died at Fayette Memorial Hospital from burns after an explosion and blaze at his Brookville area farm home. Authorities said he poured gasoline into an oil stove by mistake causing the fire.
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Connersville
Ind
U.P
Arthur Lunsford
Fayette Memorial Hospital
Brookville
Lunsford
Eleven Year Old Drowns in Lake George Near East Chicago
Eleven year old Richard Mynch drowned while swimming with a companion in Lake George about two miles from his East Chicago home. Firemen recovered the body in roughly ten feet of water but could not revive him.
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Chicago
U.P
Richard Mynch
Lake George
One Killed and Two Hurt in Terre Haute Gas Explosion Crash
A fireman, Richard Gray, 53, was killed and Fire Chief Genis Nochesen, 49, along with two city police officers, Walter Thompson, 33, and Wayne Jones, 34, were critically injured when two fast cars racing to a gas explosion scene collided at 19th and Washington. The accident followed a gas main blast that left a lantern in a construction trench. The vehicles then demolished and toppled into a residential yard.
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Terre Haute
Ind
UPI
Richard Gray
Headquarters Fire Company
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Genis Nochesen
Walter Thompson
Wayne Jones
19Th
Washington Streets
Bingoin Church In Fort Wayne Cleared Of Gambling Charges
A Allen county circuit court jury in Fort Wayne acquitted five members of the Spiritualist Church of Divine Science including Rev. Mrs. Bernice Brock on gaming charges. The church had been raided May 22 with 34 people jailed and bingo equipment seized. 29 others faced no further action. The verdict came after 45 minutes of deliberation. The judge ordered the confiscated equipment returned to its owners.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Allen County
Church of Divine Science
Bernice Brock
Brock
William H. Shannon
Man Flees Wife and Is Fatally Injured in Escalation
In Mishawaka Indiana Arthur W Bennett 45 South Bend died at St Joseph hospital after he fell hitting his head on a curb while fleeing estranged wife Mabel Bennett from her parents home. Police say Bennett broke a window and tried to pull Mrs Bennett outside before fleeing after a call to police.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Arthur W. Bennett
South Bend
St. Joseph Hospital
Mabel
Chandler to Quit Position July 15
Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler will resign effective July 15 after a six year tenure marked by controversy. The date was noted in a reverence contract drafted in New York on June 14 and approved in Cincinnati with Warren Giles present as the sole baseball representative.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
U.P
A. B. Chandler
Chandler
New York
Warren Giles
Cincinnati Reds
Giles
Baseball
Library at Chicago boasts over 1.8 million volumes
The University of Chicago library expands its collection with more than 1,800,000 volumes. Researchers gain vast resources across disciplines as cataloging and access continue to grow.
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The
University of Chicago
Births and hospital notices from Bloomfield and surrounding towns
Mrs. Pearl Holman Solsberry has a daughter Karen Sue weighing 6 pounds 1 ounce born Wednesday. Mrs. William Isenogle Bloomfield has a son David Paul weighing 10 pounds 2 ounces born yesterday. Mrs. Olga Addington Booneville admitted for treatment Wednesday. Major surgeries reported for Fred C. Tompkins Crane and Joe Warren Bloomfield this morning. John Padgett Springville had a major operation today. Eldon and Ellen Tancher Newberry underwent tonsillectomies today. Several residents discharged or homeward bound including Mary Roberts Bloomfield Route 3, Walter Brownewell Switz City, Stephen Allen Linton, Leon Vandeventer Bloomfield Route 4, Edith Price Worthington. Earl Jackson transferred to St Anthon y hospital Terre Haute. Mary Hubbert Linton and others went home.
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Pearl Holman
Solsberry
Karen Sue
Larry Jones
Linton
William Isenogle
Bloomfield
David Paul
Olga Addington
Booneville
Fred C. Tompkins
Crane
Joe Warren
John Padgett
Springville
Eldon
Ellen Tancher
Newberry
Mary Roberts
Walter Brownewell
Switz City
Earl Jackson
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
Mary Hubbert
Stephen Allen
Leon Vandeventer
Bloom
Edith Price
Worthington
Junior Home Economic Club Meet Tonight at Mrs Ray Scott
The Junior Home Economic club will hold its regular meeting at the home of Mrs Ray Scott on M Street Northwest at 7 30 this evening. All members are urged to be present.
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Junior Home Economic Club
Ray Scott
M” St
N. W
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Illinois
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Indianapolis
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Woodruff
U. S
Henry F. Grady
Herbert Morrison
House of Commons
Morrison
Labor Party
Boris Karloff
Frankensteiin
Allan
Rocky” Lane
Vincennes
Marjore Main
Fercy K
Kilbri
Mas
Lawrence County Speedway
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Lawrencev Ille, IN
Ft. Wayne
Lee J. Cobb
John Dahl
Jane Wyatt
Dee
Eagles
Wess
Irene Dunne
Fred McMurray
Harriet Parsons
George Marshall
William Demarest
Andy Devine
Gigi Perreay
Natalie Wood
Philip Ober
Jack Kirkwood
Lou Breslow
Doris Anderson
Amazon Adventures
Weissmuller
Columbia Picture
Wta Sherry Moreland
William Henry
Lyle Talbot
Carroll Young
King Features Syndicate
Sam Katzman
William Berke
SUNI
Brat
Mona Freeman
Billy DeWolf
House, Foragers
Old Judge
Chase & Sandborn
Michigan
van Camp
Pekoe
Hershey’s
Donald Duck
New
Sullivan County Speedway
Sullivan
Indiana
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