Democrats Score Surprise Victory In Vote on Marines
Senate voted 40 to 39 to add 46 million dollars to keep Marine strength at 215000 for next year. Democrats hailed the result as a public opinion check on the administration, while noting Congress cannot force spending or manpower changes.
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Senate
Marine Corps
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
House
Reserve
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
National Guard
Two North Korean Flyers Surrender in South Korea
Two 24 year old NK airmen Capt. Lee Woon Yong and 1st Lt. Lee Eun Sung surrendered after flying a Soviet built fighter plane across the DMZ to a South Korean air base near Seoul. They claimed MIG training in Russia and said they departed from Munsu Ri Pyongyang two hours earlier. Lt. Gen. Roger M. Ramey toured the field and declined to comment.
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Seoul City
Korea
Russia
United Nations
Air Force
Demilitarized Zone
South Korea
Lee Woon Yong
Lee Eun Sung
North Korean Air Force
Munsu-Ri
Pyongyang
Red Korea
Gov Craig admits joke goes astray in Indiana reception
Indiana Governor Craig says a political joke at a GOP gathering misfired. He notes Sen William Jenner was not invited and Sen Homer Capehart appeared unexpectedly, with later denials from party and Washington figures. The governor apologizes saying he was joking.
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Craig
Indianapolis
Republican County
Sen
William Jenner
Homer Capehart
Washington
Jenner
Capehart
Hospital Admissions And Births In Local Areas
Hospital admissions list includes Augustus Smith of Coal City Mrs Hester Holtsclaw of Bloomfield and Mrs Cecil Justus Jr of Linton who gave birth to a daughter weighing eight pounds fourteen ounces unnamed. A son born to Mrs Harry Rotman of Jasonville weighing seven pounds one ounce named David DeLee. Dismissals cover Henry Switz Switz City Mrs Palmer Rader Bloomfield Harold Dix Jasonville Albert Kinnaman Linton Miss Charlotte Williams Odon Mrs John Martin Bloomfield Mrs Warren Matherly Bloomfield Mrs Mary Sparks Mineral Irvin Edmondson Jasonville Gilbert Sims Linton Miss Audrey Johnson Linton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Justus Jr
Linton
Harry Rotman
Jasonville
David DeLee
Arthur Rine
Henry Switz
Switz City
Palmer Rader
Bloomfield
Harold Dix
Albert Kinnaman
Charlotte Williams
Odon
John Martin
Mrs Hobby Backs U S Vaccine Plan
Health Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby voiced support for the Public Health Service in handling the polio vaccine program. She said the surgeon general bears the legal responsibility for vaccine safety under the Biologics Control Act, and that her remarks were technical not critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
P— Ss
Oveta Culp Hobby
Public Health Service
Hobby
Leonard A. Scheele
Sureon General
Worthington Bowling Alleys Open Under New Management
The Worthington bowling alleys will open Friday under new management. Local bowlers from the area are invited to visit the alleys for the reopening.
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Worthington
Argentine Cabinet Shakeup Hint Sparks Junta Talk
Reports from Montevideo suggest a complete cabinet shakeup and the rise of a military junta to rule Argentina with Juan D. Peron as figurehead. Diplomatic sources note naval vacancies and Peron’s absence from official duties amid claims he may resign.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Montevideo
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Fulgence Charpentier
Toronto Telegram
Navy
Anibal Olivieri
Louis Cornes
Uruguay
Franklin Lucero
Egypt
Farouk
Mohammed Naguib
Steelworkers Seek Two More Contracts From Big Steel Rivals
The United Steelworkers press for faster settlements as Bethlehem and Republic Steel return with responses to demands for a substantial pay raise. U S Steel promises a figure by Thursday or Friday and aims to outline offers from Jones and Laughlin, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel before the June 30 strike deadline affecting about 600 000 steelworkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem and
Republic Steel Corporations
USW
David J. McDonald
U.S. Steel
McDonald
Jones and Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Inland Steel
Big Six” Producers Group
Here on Visit by Mr and Mrs Donald May
Mr and Mrs Donald May of Pontiac Michigan are visiting his father Albert May and other relatives and friends bringing a note of local family ties and a cordial welcome from the community during their stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald May
Pontiac, Mich
Albert May
July Fourth Work Pushed for Linton Celebration
Clean-up in Humphreys park advances for the 1955 Fourth of July in Linton. Joe Haseman says weeds cut and brush cleared to present the north park in apple pie order. Floats and exhibits are being arranged by local merchants professionals and groups for the Independence Day parade starting on H street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys Park
Linton
Joe Haseman
Greater Linton Club
Haseman
H” Street
Main Street
Vincennes Street
Twelfh Street
Freed and Sons of Terre Haute
Cyprus Faces Bombing Campaign By Underground Forces
Police tightened security on a British base in the Mediterranean after a string of bombing attacks by Cyprus underground groups opposing British rule and seeking union with Greece. Generals and civilians were at risk as two bombs were thrown at Gen Sir Charles Keightley's home while raids hit Nicosia Kyrenia Famagusta Ayios Dometios and Paphos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicosia
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Greece
Charles Keightley
Middle East Army
Kyrenia
Famagusta
Ayios Dometios
Paphos
Angle Will Speak Before Rotarians In Linton
Paul W. Angle of the Indiana Department of Conservation will address Linton Rotary at noon in the Double-A drive-in. He will present a color film Safe Shooting and discuss safe shooting practices including when a boy is old enough to own a gun. Tom Marcellino chairs the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. Angle
Indiana Department of Conservation
Linton
Robbery Trail to Italy as Bank Heist Suspects Sought
Naples police hunted four men and a woman linked to the $305,000 Chase Manhattan Bank robbery in New York last April 6. Interpol warned Naples authorities the quintet may have traveled from France and planned to flee abroad, with three Americans two foreigners including a Manchester man and a Canadian woman.
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Naples
Italy
New York
Interpol
International Polic Agency
France
Manchester
England
Woodside
Chase Manhattan Bank
Eagles leader Paul Squire found dead in Evansville lake
Paul Squire 42 a Republican city council member and state president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles was found dead today in a lake on Evansville west side. Coroner H T Combs said death by own action is the expected verdict and deputy coroner Kenneth King a family friend located the body.
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Evansville
Ind
Paul Squire
Order of Eagles
Kenneth King
H. T. Combs
Legion Auxiliary to Meet Tonight at 8 O'clock
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet at the Legion Home this evening at 8. An election of officers will be held and all members are urged to attend.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Molotov Backs Geneva Summit Terms At San Francisco
Russian Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov agrees to the Western proposals for the Geneva summit talks. The Big Four ministers Dulles Pinay and MacMillan met Monday night in San Francisco on the UN anniversary gathering to review the procedure for next month's conference. Molotov asked for time to study the proposals and said there would be no difficulty. MacMillan to address UN delegates today as the first Big Four member to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Ways and Means Committee
GOP
J. Allen Frear
Del
Paul H. Douglas
Ill
Senate
Douglas
House Senate
McCarthy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Geneva
Molotov
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Antoine Pinay
Harold MacMillan
Dulles
Pinay
MacMillan
United Nations
First Chairman Named as Geneva Talks Begin
Proposals for the Geneva conference cover language use interpreters meeting times chair rotation secretariat and cost split. Eisenhower expected as first session chair with later rotation among French British and Russian leaders. Molotov to confer before details discussed. Western powers push for a time limit of four to six days.
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Eisenhower
Molotov
U. N
San Francisco
Freed Americans Fail to Show Up at Chinese Border
Hong Kong reports a third day of fruitless vigil by a US consulate official at the Peiping border for three former American soldiers who chose to stay in Communist China. The men Otho Bell Lewie Griggs and William Cowart ages 23 from Washington Texas and Georgia did not board a train from Canton as authorities watch for their return.
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Hong Kong
Peiping
China
S.M. Bache
Canton
Red China
Bache
Pfc
Otho Bell
Olympia
Wash
Cpl
Lewie W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
William A. Cowart
Dalton
United States
Psi Iota Xi Plans Final Meeting at Public Library
The Psi Iota Xi sorority will hold its final meeting of the season at the local public library Thursday evening at 7 30. All members are urged to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Psi Iota Xi
Bre'r Terrapin Strolls Through Linton Downtown
A medium sized terrapin was seen on South Main street in front of the Realsilk factory around 8 15 am. It may have been thrown from a car or wandering on its own. Joe E Turner III claims the reptile as a new pet for his alligator companion.
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Linton
Realsilk
South Main Street
Joe E. Turner III
Summer Arrives with Warm Days in Hoosier State
The Indiana Weather Bureau projects five more days of highs in the 80s as the new summer begins. Temperatures will range from near normal in the north to 2 3 degrees below normal in the south with highs around 83 to 88 and lows 60 to 65. Cooler midweek, little change Thursday and Friday, then warmer by weekend. Precipitation under a quarter inch with scattered showers Saturday or Sunday. isolated thundershowers possible in southern areas this afternoon and evening.
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Indiana Weather Bureau
Summer opens with heat and wild weather across the nation
The first day of summer brings muggy heat from the East to the Southwest while a cooling cold front dips from Canada into the Midwest. The solstice arrives at 10:32 p.m. CST as Chicago sees a dawn of 4:16 a.m. and a sunset after 15 hours. Violent spring rolls on with a killer tornado near Udall Kansas last month, Portland Maine lightning injures a mother and daughter, and a deadly bolt kills 15 year old Bruce Lee Clemens on Tawas Lake Michigan amid swollen rivers in Oklahoma.
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Canada
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Chicago
Gila Bend
Ariz
New England
Udall
Kan
Portland
Maine
Casco Bay
Spring Point Lighthouse
Bruce Lee Clemens
Lancaster
Ohio
Tawas Lake
Michigan
Woodward
Okla
Fire department battles night trash blaze at Collisson home
Linton fire department responding shortly after midnight extinguished a trash fire at the north end of the Collisson residence at 90 D Street NW. Firefighters prevented spread with only minor damage reported to the dwelling.
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Linton
William Collisson
Thieves Make Third Robbery at Store In Less Than Year
Thieves carried off more than $200 in assorted foods and tobacco from Kramer General Store two miles north of Jasonville in a third break-in in a year. Police Chief Oscar Suthard and officers Guy Parr and Don Bovenschulte report the door forced entry and the thieves selecting items such as cigarettes coffee bacon and canned goods. They suspect the same group committed all three burglaries, with the latest peeking at the cash register and store layout as a factor in the planning. The isolated location and weather conditions during the March and last night visits are noted by investigators.
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Kramer
Jasonville
Oscar Suthard
Guy Parr
Don Bovenschulte
Terre Haute
Maxwell House Coffee
Wilson’s
Suthard
President Signs Tariff Measure to Extend Reciprocal Trade
President Eisenhower signed a tariff bill renewing the reciprocal trade program through June 30, 1958. The measure grants power to lower tariffs up to five percent annually for three years to expand world trade, but also eases pressure on the President to raise duties to shield American industries. Democrats warn of intensified lobbying and protectionist pressures.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Senate
House
Gypsum Worker Dies After Fall at Plant Shaft
Howard Winters, 34, of Elizabethtown Illinois, shaft foreman for J W Patton and Sons, died in Jasper Memorial Hospital from injuries after falling 16 feet from a passenger lift at the United States Gypsum Company plant near Shoals. He suffered a skull fracture and other injuries. Survivors include his mother, a sister, and brother Harry Winters of Shoals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoals
Howard Winters
Elizabethtown
Ill
Jasper Memorial Hospital
United States Gypsum Company
Winters
J. W. Patton and Sons
Harry Winters
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Augustus Smith
Coal City
Hester Holtsclaw
Eva Peron
Juan Peron
President Peron
International Radio
Angle
Gibraltar
Turkey
North African
State Eagles
Hoosiers
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