Death of Wayne Dayhoff Smith Township Trustee
Wayne Dayhoff aged 54, longtime Smith township trustee, died of a heart attack at his Worthington home. He served since 1954 and leaves a widow Ruth Brugman Dayhoff, a son Jack, two daughters, a grandson, two brothers, a sister, and his mother. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at the Worthington Christian church with Masonic rites at the graveside.
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Wayne Dayhoff
Smith Township
Worthington
Mr. Dayhoff
Sam and
Hester Clark Dayhoff
Lincoln
Maumee Collieries Company
Lincoln Christian Church
Masonic Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
United Mine Workers of America
Dayhoff
Ruth Brugman Dayhoff
Jack R. Dayhoff
Paul J. Slauter
Emons Snapp
Indianapolis
Steven Slauter
Harold Dayhoff
Lyons and
Clark Dayhoff
Arthur Roland
Anaheim
Calif
Hester Dayhoff
Myers Funeral Home
Worthington Christian Church
Lloyd Miller
Worthington Cemetery
Worthington Masonic Lodge
Eisenhower Leaves Hospital for Gettysburg Farm
President Eisenhower plans to depart Walter Reed Hospital this weekend for his Gettysburg farm in Pennsylvania. The first count and 40th wedding anniversary are soon to be celebrated at the farm as officials confirm plans for convalescence and a July Panama trip following short visits with White House aides.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Panama
Indiana
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mr. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Gettsburg
Eisenhowers
White House
James C. Hagerty
Sherman Adams
Hagerty
Gettysburg
British Plane Crash Claims Thirty Lives at Kano
An Air England liner crashed on takeoff from Kano Airport in Nigeria killing 30 of 45 aboard. Minister Harold Watkinson said 16 passengers and 5 crew survived, confirming 30 dead and noting survivors were saved by the pancake landing among tree tops.
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Kano
Nigeria
Harold Watkinson
House of Commons
London
British Overseas Airways Corp
Beverly Mattox Named Indiana Entry in Miss Universe
Beverly Mattox a Milroy born blue eyed brunette was chosen Sunday night as the Indiana entry in the Miss Universe contest representing the state at Indianapolis IPI.
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Indianapolis
IPI
Beverly Mattox
Brunet
Milroy
Indiana
Highway fill near Black Creek Bridge keeps road open
A four foot fill about one hundred yards long near the Black Creek bridge on State Road 59 south of Linton would likely keep the highway open to traffic during high water. The low road section previously cut Linton off from bus service and the mobile highway post office truck last weekend.
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Indiana State Highway Department
Black Creek
Linton
Blacktop
Mobile Highway Postoffice
Road 59
Black
Democratic Party Convention Show Opens in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on the eve of the Indiana nominating convention for U.S. Senate, B Howard Caughran challenged Claude Wickard as party factions intensify. Caughran prepared to pay his $2,000 assessment before the 1 pm deadline amid charges from National Chairman Paul Butler that he was being used to promote other governor candidates. Deposters predicted delegates might desert Wickard, who is backed by Butler, while Wickard previously faced no opposition.
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Indianapolis
B. Howard Caughran
Claude Wickard
U.s.senate
Indiana
Caughran
U.S
Paul Butler
Wickard
Butler
Agriculture
Democratic State Convention Opens In Indiana Coliseum
Delegates begin district caucuses at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum with 1923 attendees shaping nominations for 13 Statehouse offices and a U.S. Senate seat. The party plans a platform vote and picks delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Indianapolis
State Fairgrounds
U.S
Homer E. Capehart
Chicago
Dugger Child Killed by Electrical Accident
Russell Bryan Smith aged two and a half died Saturday in Dugger when he touched a defective floor lamp wire while standing on a metal furnace register. Coroner Russell Blubaugh ruled the death accidental by electrocution. Burial followed at Dugger Cemetery after services at Evans Funeral Home. Survivors include parents Jack and Vonda Stringer Smith and four brothers.
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Dugger
Russell Bryan Smith
Roy
Jack” Smith
Blubaugh
Smith Home
Stantly
Russell Bryan
Sullivan County
Jack
Vonda Stringer Smith
Bruce
Robert
Richard
Rex Smith
Daisy Smith
Indianapolis
Mack Stringer
Evans Funeral Home
Rev
Cain Smith
Escaped convict captured at in-law home in Indiana
State police and sheriff's officials nabbed Wayne Chambers, an escapee, at his father in law's residence in Stinesville Sunday night. He was apprehended after an escape from custody in Bloomington, Indiana.
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Bloomington
Ind
Wayne Chambers
Stinesville
Senator seeks extra funds for Air Force amid defense debate
Senator Henry M. Jackson urged the Senate to approve 1.16 billion more for the Air Force to maintain air superiority over Russia. The push dominated defense funding talks as Republicans resisted larger Sums, while Wilson faced backlash over calling moves to boost funds "phony."
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
United States
Russia
Jackson
Charles E. Wilson
Flood Outlook Mixed as Heat Lingers Across Indiana
The region saw slow flood recession with Goosepond remaining a major lake. Temperatures hit 93 in the area while downstate towns cooled from a 18 degree drop. heavy rains caused several thousand dollars in basement damage and hampered early replanting efforts.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Evansville
South Bend
Indianapolis
Central
Former Lyons Resident Maude Boruff Dies in Terre Haute
Maude Boruff aged 59 or 60 died at St. Anthony hospital Terre Haute after a long Lyons birth and Terre Haute life. She leaves husband Kinsey C. Boruff three daughters Veda Waterman Dorothy Turner and Maxine Burger one son Kitsey C. Boruff two brothers O D Bloomer and Homer Bloomer and a sister Mae Stewart. Funeral at Thomas Funeral Home Tuesday with Rev Eldon Gourley and burial at Prairie Chapel Cemetery east of Lyons. Casket to be opened at graveside.
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Maude Boruff
Spring Hill Road
Terre Haute
Lyons
St. Anthony Hospital
Boruff
Thomas
Ida Bloomer
Kinsey C. Boruff
Daugters
Veda Waterman
Prairieton
Dorothy Turner
Maxiné “Burger
Fictidz
Kitsey C. Boruffi
O. D. Bloomer
Homer Bloomer
Barberton
Ohio
Mae Stewart
Keuts
Thomas Funeral Home
Eldon Gourley
Prairie Chapel
Two Criminal Cases Studied by Greene Circuit Court
The Greene circuit court at Bloomfield considered two criminal cases and four civil suits on Saturday. The State v James Miller for larceny seeks trial Oct 11 over the alleged theft of 400 pounds of copper wire from the Monon railroad on Jan 8 1955. The State v Clovis Dean Klass rape case was set for Sept 19 with a jury trial at the judge’s request.
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Greene
Bloomfield
James Miller
Miller
Monon Railroad Company
Clovis
Dean Klass
Coal City
Klass
Edwin B. Long
Schaad Last Rites Will Be at Dugger
Nick Schaad 79 a retired coal miner formerly of Dugger died Saturday at his daughter's home in Pontiac Michigan after a month long illness. Born November 2 1877 in Tell City he spent most of his life in the Dugger community and worked in Sullivan County mines. Survived by son George Schaad Terre Haute and daughters Mrs Mary Mooney Terre Haute and Mrs Lillian Simmons Elizabethan Tenn eleven grandchildren six great grandchildren. Rosary at Evans Funeral Home Dugger at 7 30 p m then 9 00 a m Tuesday at Dugger Catholic Church with Father Henry Bilz officiating burial in Dugger Cemetery.
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Nick Schaad
Dugger
Mary Mooney
Pontiac
Mich
Mr. Schaad
Tell City
Sullivan County
Lady E of Perpetual Faith Catholic Church
Schaad
George Schaad
Terre Haute
Mooney
Lillian Simmons
Elizabethan
Tenn
Evans Funeral Home
Dugger Catholic Church
Henry Bilz
Dugger Cemetery
Indiana Weekend Death Toll Tops 17 With Traffic and Drownings
United Press reports a deadly Indiana weekend with 17 deaths from traffic crashes and drowning. Victims include Jack Warren 24 and Mary Jo Miller 19 Princeton and Larry Orr 20 Albion in a triple traffic fatality on Ind 64 near Princeton. Local drownings include Delores Bryant 32 Indianapolis and Paul Morrisson 26 Vincennes among others. a 2-year-old boy also perished in an Indianapolis street hole.
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Indiana
Russell Brian Smith
Jack Warren
Mary Jo Miller
Princeton
Larry Orr
Albion
Delores Bryant
Indianapolis
Monterey
Paul Ray Morrisson
Vincennes
Mirror Lake
David Kern
Martinsville
White River
Cecil Slusser
Logansport
Lake Maxinkuckee
Culver
Duane Burton
Talbot
Tippecanoe River
Battleground
Jerry Sanders
Camby Woman Held as Husband Fatally Shot at Home
In Martinsville Indiana Delbert Lee 29 was killed by a rifle shot at his Camby home on Saturday. His wife Betty 26 was held on open charges after she testified to Morgan County Sheriff Victor Young that they had been joking with a rifle and that the shot occurred when she attempted to fire after her husband pointed the gun at her.
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Albert Gaum
Elkhart
Ora Alvie Banks
Wabash
Warsaw
Carl L. Pitman
Pennville
Richmond
Pauline G. Cook
Lafayette
Ind
Glenda Bordner
Anderson
U.S
Peru
Bordner
Martinsville
Delbert Lee
Camby
Betty
Morgan County
Victor Young
Young
Lee
Walker returns home after serious illness
Stephen Walker son of Mr and Mrs Elvis Walker spent the weekend in Good Samaritan Hospital Vincennes after a serious illness. He is home now and able to receive a few visitors.
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Stephen Walker
Elvis Walker
Good Samaritan Hospital
Vincennes
Two ex convicts arrested after city wide manhunt
In Indianapolis two ex convicts were arrested after a gun attack on detectives following a car stop. Samuel Woodson 33 surrendered in a field and Earl Harding 24 was found in bed. They face auto banditry and robbery charges. A Bell Air drive in theater robbery preceded the shootings. Detectives Whisler and Morris were shot. they are listed in fair condition.
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Indianapolis
Samuel Woodson
Tvo
Earl Harding
Gerald Curts
Fred Whisler
John Morris
Whisler
Morris
Woodson
Terre Haute
Harding
Powell Funeral To Be Held Here
Mrs. Nettie Florence Powell 78 of Sullivan and former Linton resident died at Mary Sherman hospital Sullivan after three years of ill health. Born March 11 1878 in Spencer county she lived in Chrisney and Sullivan with her daughter Mrs Harry Zabel for ten years. Survived by son Thomas Powell Indianapolis daughter Mrs Zabel Sullivan two grandchildren four sisters and two great grandchildren. Funeral at Welch and Cornett Funeral Home led by Dr E E Aldridge at 2:00 Wednesday burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Nettie Florence Powell
Sullivan
Linton
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sulivan
Powell
Spencer County
Stephen and
Catherine Freeman
Chrisney
Ind
Harry Zabel
Linton and Sullivan
Sullivan Methodist Church
Albert C. Powell
Thomas S. Powell
Indianapolis
Robert Riley
Stephen Powell
A. C. Huff
Ida Wade
Martha Rust
Troy
Dora Rhodes
New Albany
Welch and Cornett
E. E. Aldridge
Fairview
Million More Cars Seen in State by 1970
Indiana University projection by Prof. Leslie Waters forecasts privately owned vehicles in Indiana to exceed one million more by 1970. He told county officials that to handle the rise, highway spending must quintuple, with about 250 million dollars yearly needed until 1984 due to construction arrearages.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana
Leslie Waters
Indiana University School of Business
Waters
School of Business
Craig
Watch Mowing Machines Trim Indiana Highways
Indiana motorists are urged to beware of mowing machines along highways after several recent incidents. The state plans 72 new mowers to reach about 500 working on Indiana roads at a cost near 149000 dollars. A crash on State Road 100 damaged two machines and a gravel truck injuring two workers while a third vehicle was demolished. The Highway Department seeks public cooperation to prevent further accidents.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Highway Department
Indiana State Highway Department
Truthseekers Church to Elect Officers
The Truthseekers class of the E U B church will elect officers for the ensuing year at a two o clock Wednesday meeting in the lower auditorium. Hostesses named are Mrs Flossie Correl Miss Verna Moody and Mrs Cora Bradley.
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E.U.B. Church
Flossie Correl
Verna Moody
Cora Bradley
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United Press
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Fred Cromwell
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