Senate Expected to OK Big Foreign Aid Bill
Administration strategists expect the Senate to approve a $4.5 billion foreign aid package with limited cuts, facing close votes on amendments. A separate push aims to curb aid to Yugoslavia and India, while school construction and civil rights bills move through the House and Senate.
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Senate
Washington
Yugoslavia
India
Eisenhower
House
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Anheuser Bus ch brewery shut as 266 workers strike
In St Louis the giant brewery stopped operations at midnight after 266 cabinet workers walked out. Several thousand workers refused to cross lines, idling about 5000 union employees and halting operations across the plant.
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Louis
Anheuser - Busch
Craig Endorses Four GOP Governors Hope in Indiana
Indiana's Governor Craig endorsed four of five Republican gubernatorial hopefuls the day before the state convention. He backed Dan Cravens Frank Millis John Scott and Frank Sparks while omitting Lt. Gov. Harold Handley amid a split in the GOP ranks.
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Indianapolis
Craig
Harold Handley
Eisenhower
Dan Cravens
Frank Millis
John Scott
Frank Sparks
GOP
Handley
Millis
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List
Admissions were Wednesday Roscoe Nickelson Jasonville Today Harry Nickelson Coalmont James Hardisty Bloomfield Mrs Jeanette Helms Bloomfield Gary Barnes Bloomfield Dismissals were Mrs George Kent Sandborn Mrs Ralph Ryedabark Lyons Mrs Norman Bradley and baby Jasonville Miss Barbara West Linton Mrs Mervin Morrison Linton
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Roscoe Nickelson
Jasonville
Harry Nickelson
Coalmont
James Hardisty
Bloomfield
Jeanette Helms
Gary Barnes
George Kent
Sandborn
Ralph Ryedabark
Lyons
Norman Bradley
Baby
Barbara West
Linton
Mervin Morrison
Indiana polio cases rise as vaccination gaps loom
Indiana nears six months without a polio death but health officials argue the record hides risk. The state bulletin shows 15 cases since January with three new cases last week and two-thirds paralytic, amid widespread parental vaccine hesitancy and one million five hundred thousand children still unvaccinated.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana State Health Board
W. A. Kennedy
New Castle
Indiana State Medical Association
Kennedy
Cystic Fibrosis Society Formed in Central Indiana
Residents formed a Central Indiana chapter of the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation at McCormick's Creek state park Spencer meeting. Officers elected: Leon Snyder president Dyke McCarty vice president Mrs Ross secretary and Mrs Robert Brown treasurer. The group plans education and fundraising for research as the disease awareness grows.
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Indiana
National
Leon Snyder
Greencastle
Dyke McCarty
Indianapolis
Ross
Linton
Robert Brown
Kokomo
Inside of Bossy Revealed at Illinois State Fair
The 1956 Illinois State Fair offers visitors a tour through Champ the cow, an 18 foot plastic and fiberglass exhibit with a double passageway so guests walk between ribs and viscera as if inside a live animal.
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Springfield
Ill
Fair Pleasant Days Bright Indiana Weather Outlook
Fair and pleasant conditions dominate Indiana with temperatures from 81 to 91 across the state and a 55 to 78 spread overnight. The 5 day outlook calls for below normal temperatures and sunny days. Rain was reported at Seymour Scottsburg Edwardsport Lafayette and Terre Haute. Tornado winds up to 115 mph affected four states with severe damage in Kansas City and flooding and power outages in the region.
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Indiana
South Bend
Evansville
High Points
Upstate
Downstate
Weather Bureau
Seymour
Scottsburg
Edwardsport
Lafayette
Terre Haute
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New York City
Oceanside
Long Island
Kan
Riverside
Parkville
Oklahoma City
Topeka
Washburn
Fayette
Ark
FBI Seeks Roy Drake in Bank Heist Kidnap Case
The FBI issued a rare nationwide wanted flyer for Roy Rudolph Drake 33 linked to the June 12 1966 holdup of Southport State Bank and the kidnapping of its president and wife. Drake faces federal charges of bank robbery and kidnapping, with potential death penalty exposure, in Southport Carmel cases.
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Indianapolis
FBI
Washington
Roy Rudolph Drake
Southport State Bank
Leonard Blaylock
Blaylock
Drake
Southport
Carmel State Bank
Linton Team to Play Contests on Friday
The Linton Ellis and company independent baseball team will face a Terre Haute opponent at 8:00 p.m. under new lights in High School park. The Ellis nine meets the Wayne Newton post team from Terre Haute with the game starting promptly at 8:00 p.m.
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Linton Ellis and Company
Terre Haute
High School Park
Ellis Nine
Wayne Newton
Coal City Man 58 Dies in Indianapolis Hospital
Fred C. Falk aged 58 of Coal City died at 11 45 AM Wednesday at Robert Long Hospital in Indianapolis. Survived by widow Norma Falk two daughters Mrs Orville Thompson of Wisconsin and Mrs Eleanor Sebastian of Freedom two sons Ellis Fulk of Acton and Estel Fulick of Maryland one sister and one brother. Body to Schoppenhorst Funeral Home Clay City. Funeral 12 30 PM Saturday Beech Evangelical United Brethren Church officiated by Rev Jolly Moody. Burial in church cemetery.
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Fred C. Falk
Coal City
Robert Long
Indianapolis
Norma Falk
Orville Thompson
Wisconsin
Eleanor Sebastain
Freedom
Ellis Fulk
Acton
Estel Fulick
Maryland
Schoppenhorst
Clay City
Beech Evangelical United Brethren Church
Jolly Moody
Chou En-lai appeals to Formosa Nationalists for peaceful transfer
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai urged Formosa Nationalists to go to Peiping or another suitable place to negotiate a peaceful liberation or transfer of Formosa. He promised amnesty for past leaders and safe conduct for those visiting the mainland, while asserting the liberation of Formosa is the unshakeable will of 600 million Chinese. He called on patriotic forces to renounce Chiang Kai-shek and the United States and said old crimes would be forgiven for those who cooperate.
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Tokyo
Chou En-lai
Peiping
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Kuomintang
Chou
Peiping Radio
United States
Wilson Refuses to Resign Says Why Should I
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson declares no plan to resign amid senate criticism over a 960 million dollar Air Force funding dispute. He calls the move phon y and delays comment on the Senate approval as a conference committee reconvenes to resolve differences with the House.
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Washington
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Quebec
Senate
Air Force
Senate House
House
Birth announced for Beth Angelia Kirk in Vincennes
Mr and Mrs Harry Kirk of Linton announce the birth of a daughter weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces at Good Samaritan hospital Vincennes on June 27. The child is named Beth Angelia. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Walter Ellis of Linton route 2.
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Harry Kirk
Linton
Good Samaritan
Chances for Averting Steel Strike Are Slim
In Lafayette Indiana Robert Dale Smith age 26 was accidentally shot in the face during target practice. The shooter Richard R Bolensiefer 22 Lafayette fired from 1240 feet away. The incident left Smith with non serious injuries. In New York the steel industry faced a near certain strike after failed negotiations. United Steel Workers and steel companies planned a last ditch meeting at 1 pm CST. Gary Furnaces cooled as U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel ordered plants to shut down, threatening at least one million tons lost even if the strike is averted. Talks ended with rejection of an extension and retroactivity. both sides blamed each other for the crisis.
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House
Augustine B. Kelleys
D-Pa
House Rules Committee
Senate
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Army
Russia
Eisenhower
Veterans Administration
House Veterans Committee
Lafayette
Ind
Robert Dale Smith
Brookston
Richard R. Bolensiefer
Bolensiefer
Richard Holmberg
New York
United Steel Workers of
Amercia
Washington
Federal Mediation Service
Gary
U.S. Steel
Pittsburgh
Bethlehem Steel
General Demands inquiry into Lear's Air Trip to Russia
Gen. Nathan F. Twining ordered an investigation into William P. Lear's private flight from West Berlin to Moscow. Lear, head of a Santa Monica aircraft plant, arrived with his wife in a Cessna 310 and met Soviet officials including the Trade Ministry as Moscow tours and demonstrations proceeded. Twining later flew to Stalingrad to tour a military site and aircraft plants, saying the trip yielded useful lessons with no surprises.
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Moscow
Nathan F. Twining
Stalingrad
U.S. Air Force
William P. Lear
West Berlin
Lear
Santa Monica
Calif
East Berlin
Soviet Trade Ministry
U.S
NATO
Russia
United States
Twining
Springville Girl and Nurse Die in Indiana Crash
In Bloomington Indiana a station wagon carrying an 8 year old polio patient Lavonda Coleglazer and nurse Mrs Edna Bailey was struck head on by a pickup truck swerving into its lane. Nurse Evelyn Wagner was critically injured and truck driver Martin Schepen seriously hurt. The crash occurred on Ind 37 near a hill north of Bloomington. Lavonda had polio and was taken to Riley Hospital with leg braces.
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Bloomington
Ind
Edna E. Bailey
Heltonville
Lavonda Coleglazer
Springville
Evelyn Wagner
Bedford
Martin Schepen
Martinsville
When TV Still Feels Fresh from Your Dawn of Cartoons
A nostalgic note on how long running cartoons and films continue to air on Nickelodeon, reminding fans that shows from childhood still appear on screen and shape memories today.
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Nickelodeon
Ivan A. Ham Dies At Masonic Home
Ivan A. Ham 53, of Linton, died at the Franklin Masonic Home Wednesday night after an illness begun in 1948. Born Newark November 21, 1902, son of Andrew and Eliza Ham, he worked for Antioch Power. Survived by two sons Teddy L. Ham Scotland and John C. Ham Linton, daughter Beth Ann Ham Linton, mother Eliza Ham Bloomfield, two brothers and four sisters. Funeral arrangements with Newkirk Funeral Home Dugger set for 11:00 Saturday. burial location not yet decided.
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Ivan A. Ham
Linton
Franklin
Newark
Andrew and
Eliza Martindale Ham
Antioch Power Company
Beth Ann Ham
Eliza Ham
Bloomfield
Raymond Ham
Clyde Ham
Meridian
Lilly Palmer
Grace Minks
Indianapolis
Lora Knoy
Ruth Landis
Dugger
Newkirk
Lenning Faces Opposition at 1956 GOP State Convention
Frank A. Lenning of Bloomfield runs for the Republican nomination for Indiana secretary of state at the 1956 state convention in Indianapolis. He is opposed by Roy B. Jones of Topeka and Paul M. Tingle of Connersville, all three having paid assessments to the state Republican Central committee.
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Frank A. Lenning
Bloomfield
Indiana
Indianapolis
Mr. Lenning
Roy B. Jones
Topeka
Paul M. Tingle
Connersville
Republican Central Committee
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Mass
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United Press
Red China
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Lenning
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