Accidents Take Thirteen Lives In Hoosterdam
A two day Indiana crash and disaster toll rises to at least 13 with five highway deaths, three plane crash victims, three drownings and two other fatalities reported. Names include Walker Lyerly of North Carolina, George Van Dyne of Ohio, Pat Leahy of Illinois, Jimmie DeLong and Floyd DeLong of Patoka, and Maurice H Juncker of Posey County.
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Indiana
Walker Lyerly
Hickory
Angola
George van Dyne
Toledo
Pat Leahy
Oak Park
Illinois
Jimmie DeLong
Patoka
Floyd
Jimmie
Farmer
Maurice H. Juncker
Posey
Juncker
Welborn Lake
Mt. Vernon
Ralph
Mohamed Shawar Yari
New York City
Reid Memorial Hospital
Richmond
U.S. 40
Centerville
Yari
Lewis R. Daler
Fort Wayne
Indy 237
Garrett
Daler
Sam Martinez
U.S. 30
Columbia City
Patrick S. Crawley
Frank Crawley
US. 20
Crocker
Valparaiso
James R. Millinger
Macy
U.S. 21
Peru
Henry Schmidt
Crown Point
Valparaiso Hospital
Melvin Radcliff
Indianapolis
Mrs Vee Cox Improves After Hospital Admission
Mrs Vee Cox of Linton is reported to be somewhat improved after being admitted last Tuesday to Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis. She remains in Ward F at the hospital.
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Vee Cox
Linton
Robert Long
Indianapolis
Returns to Detroit After Illness Calls
Mrs. Tessie Mitchell returns to Detroit Michigan after being called to Eminent illness of Mrs. Veo Cox prompting the trip from the city.
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Detroit
Tessie Mitchell
Mich
Veo Cox
Offer of Peace By Malik Gets Studies Today
In Tokyo on June 25 the Chinese Peiping broadcast Russia's cease-fire proposal for Korea with no comment from UN forces. Lt. Gen. Van Fleet urged operations continue as Ridgway warned Peiping against relying on Russia for arms, while Tokyo kept a wait and see stance.
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Tokyo
U.P
Peiping
Russia
Korea
United Nations
Red China
Jacob Malik
United States
Malik
James A. van Fleet
8Th Army
van Fleet
U.S
Matthew Ridgway
Supreme UN
Ridgway
China
Tullahoma
Tenn
Truman
Jacob A. Malils
MacArthur
Far East
U. S
Auto crash injures Bloomfield youths near Linton
Three Bloomfield youths and two others were hospitalized after a side swipe caused an auto to flip onto the Kramer lawn near the Linton golf course. Charles Wiles 21 sustained a fractured pelvis. Donald Fry 19 and Elizabeth Goad 16 also treated. Miller 21 and Verlin Pearson 17 were in the vehicle. Miller to appear in court on reckless driving charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Howard W. Kramer
State Road 54
Linton
Charles Wiles
Donald Fry
Elizabeth Goad
Verlin Pearson
Jack Miller
Joe Feeney
Jasonville
Kramer
Linton Municipal Golf Course
Young Fry
Young Wiles
Miss Goad
Miller
Feeney
Justice of the Peace
William L. Jackson
Former Linton Girl Will Be Missionary
Marilyn Baker Hamilton, a Linton-Stockton high school graduate, and her husband Rev Keith Hamilton were commissioned as Methodist missionaries by Bishop Richard C. Raines at the Bloomington district convention. The couple, with two children, will depart August 1 for South America to work in inland Uruguay. Local residents attended the Bloomington sessions.
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Linton-Stockton High School
Methodist Church
Bloomington
Church
Keith Hamilton
Richard C. Raines
Indiana
UN Seizes Key Height in New Korean War Push
On the Korean front the UN recaptured a strategic hill south of Kum song and stormed another south of Pyongyang amid heavy close combat as the war entered its second year. Capt. Milton E. Nelson claimed the 13th Communist plane shot down in nine days during a dogfight along the Yalu border. The 8th Army vows to press the offensive despite cease fire talk, with tallies showing roughly 1.16 million Communist casualties and 382,500 Allied losses so far.
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Tokyo
The
United Nations
Russia
8Th Army
Kumsong
38Th Parallel
Pyongyang
Yonchon
Yanggu
Milton E. Nelson
Yalu River
James A. van Fleet
Storm damages six Indiana towns and surrounding area
A violent storm cut power to Princeton and six nearby towns in Posey Gibson Pike and Warrick counties. High winds and lightning uprooted trees damaged roofs and windows as movies were halted and services canceled or held by candlelight. Lights returned by 10 15 p m.
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Princeton
Ind
Indiana
Joseph Jarvis
Public Service Company of Indiana
Posey
Gibson
Pike
Warrick
Cynthiana
Owensville
Francisco
Oakland City
Boonville
Former Linton Resident Mable Harris Quigly Dead
Funeral services were held in Chicago for Mrs. Mable Harris Quigly who died there Thursday morning at 9 40. She was 63 and a former Linton resident. Survived by two daughters and four sisters Miss Ky Harris Vincennes Mrs Alice Lilly Cleveland Ohio Mrs Ann Barr Chicago Ill and Mrs G W Dixon Linton.
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Chicago
Mable Harris Quigly
Quigly
Linton
Ky Harris
Vincennes
Alice Lilly
Cleveland, O
Ann Barr
Ill
G. W. Dixon
Three Die In Beechcraft Crash In Ohio Valley
A Beechcraft Bonanza crashed eight miles southwest of Angola Indiana killing three people. The crew included Walter Lyerly 34 treasurer of Hylan Furniture Hickory North Carolina and George Van Dyne a Lamson Department Store buyer Toledo Ohio. The flight logged from Chicago to Cleveland ended in a mid air breakup amid overcast at about 3000 feet and wreckage strewn across two miles.
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Angola
Fone
Here
Walter Lyerly
Hylan Furniture Co
Hickory
N. C
Geoge van Dyne
Lamson Department Store
Toledo
Ohio
Pat Leahy
Oak Park
Lyerly
Chicago
van Dyne
Miss Leahy
Cleveland
Farmer A. I
Reserve Wing To Be Activated At ATterbury Air Base
The 923rd Air Reserve Training Wing will be activated by the Air Force effective July 1 and assigned to the 2466th Air Force Reserve Training Center at Atterbury Base. It is a self sustaining unit like the 434th Troop Carrier Wing now stationed there. The 923rd is one of six wings to be activated nationwide under the Tenth Air Force with training locations in Illinois Michigan Minnesota and Kansas. No immediate plans were announced to move the 434th.
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Atterbury Air Force Base
Indiana
923Rd Air Reserve
Air Force
2466Th Air Force Reserve Training Center
434Th
923Rd
Tenth Air Force
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Kansas
John Stanton Leaves Hospital After Eye Surgery
John Stanton of Linton, who had eye surgery at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, returned home Saturday.
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John Stanton
Linton
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Bennett to Take Brazil Position
Kenny Bennett of Greencastle announced he would replace his father in law George J. James as editor of the Brazil Daily Times. James retires after forty years in journalism. Bennett also owns the Putnam County Graphic and will advise there while managing Brazil Daily Times.
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Malik
Truman
Korea
Kenny Bennett
Greencastle
Linton
George J. James
Brazil Daily Times
James
Bennett
Putnam County Graphic
Birth Announcement for Delores Lavne Kirkwood
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kirkwood of Jasonville route two announce the birth of daughter Delores Lavne born Thursday June 21 at Mary Sherman hospital Sullivan.
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Ralph Kirkwood
Jasonville
Delores Lavne
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Pastors Receive New Posts in Indiana Methodist Districts
At the Bloomington and Vincennes Indiana Methodist convention closing, Bishop Richard C. Raines announced changes in assignments. Revs W. R. Lynch and Deaconess Nola D. Yoder were reassigned to Linton First and Glenburn respectively. New superintendents and several pastors across both districts were named.
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Bloomington
Vincennes
Indiana Methodist Church
Richard C. Raines
Indiana
W. R. Lynch
Linton First
Carlisle
F. F. Stoelting
Dugger
J. W. Smith
Elnora
TE. Adams
Farmersburg
Carl Allinger
Pleasantville
George Lomas
Prairie Creek
H. L. Karnes
Burns City
Clyde Wake
C. T. Alexander
Indianapolis
Linton Methodist Church
Clay City
G. C. Baron
Morgantown
M. T. Wisley
Newverry
W. N Jones
Nine Mile-Allen Chapel
Foster McKinney
Ellettsville
J. M. Alexender
Empty Truck Demolished Underpass Wreck in Illinois
A truck driver forgetting empty trailers sit higher than loaded ones caused a wreck at the Illinois Central underpass in Dugger. The Freyhaus trailer was demolished, damage estimated at $5,000. It was the second such incident this month following a June 12 underpass collision at Dagger. The semi driver from Eastern Motor Express, Terre Haute, was uninjured.
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Freyhaus
Illinois Central Railroad
Dugger
Dagger
Eastern Motor Express Company
Terre Haute
Dusty Jene Waymeier Born in Sullivan
Mr and Mrs Ralph Waymeier of Dugger announce the birth of Dusty Jene weighing six pounds seven ounces at Mary Sherman hospital Sullivan on June 15. Dusty is named for the newborn. mother is formerly Helen Goodman daughter of Froeman Goodman of Paxton. Father is Criss Waymeier of Dugger.
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Ralph Waymeier
Dugger
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Dusty Jene
Grain Prices Dip At Chicago Today
Grain prices fell at Chicago with oats down six cents a bushel after Jacob Malik proposed peace terms. On the Board of Trade oats dropped the full six cents, while corn and soybeans were each down six cents. In Minneapolis most futures fell five cents.
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Chicago
U.pi
Jacob Malik
Chicago Board of Trade
Minneapolis
Solsberry Man Missing in Korea
Private James D. Prow of Solsberry Route One is missing in action in Korea, announced by the U.S. Department of Defense in Casualty List No. 337. Pvt. Prow is husband of Mrs. Flora I. Prow.
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James D. Prow
Solsberry
Korea
U. S. Department of Defense
Pvt
Prow
Flora I. Prow
Duncan Gets 2-5 Year Term
Charles Duncan a 25 year old from Linton was sentenced to two to five years at the Indiana Reformatory Pendleton after pleading guilty to second degree burglary in Greene circuit court Bloomfield. He admitted breaking into the Lemonds camp and theft of three wheels tires from Hannum Motor Sales and a tire from Rusci filling station. Billy Joe Goodman 18 of Linton, alleged to have accompanied Duncan, remained in Bloomfield jail.
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Charles Duncan
Linton
Indiana Reformatory
Pendleton
Greene
Bloomfield
Duncan
Asel
Bob Lemonds
Here
Hannum Motor Sales
Rusci
Builty
John A. Brandon
Billy Joe Goodman
Lemonds Camp
Ladies Day Plans Announced at Linton Golf Course
Two girls will care for children while mothers play golf and attend cards at the Linton Municipal Golf course. Activities run Wednesday from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM with a noon lunch for youngsters. Reservations for lunch via Mrs. Helen Collins, phone 491-1, by Tuesday noon.
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Linton Municipal
Helen Collins
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Bob White
Sullivan Union
Kentucky
Irvin Cobb
Bob
W. A. Mallcoat
Frank James
Bernard Schmidt
Palomar Observatory
Bernard
Palomar
Old Man Hood
Hoosterdam
Superliner
States Lines
Tom
S. S. United States
United
Newport News
Connally
International Soundphoto
South
North Korea
Arnold Engineering Development Center
Sccientists
Omar N. Bradley
Defense
George C. Marshall
Dean Acheson
Kremlin
Brazil
He Is
Phil Bennett
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