Gas Blast Levels Home Kills Woman and 3 Children
Crown Point Ind April gas explosion leveled a one story farmhouse near Goodrich Road killing Peggy Jean Gorrell 15 Gary Lynn Gorrell 4 and Virginia Irene Tentge 49 while Ronald Gorrell 10 died en route to hospital Earl Teitge 43 husband and father suffered critical burns. Officials blamed escaping propane gas after he shut off the main valve and found the basement filled with gas.
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Crown Point
Ind
Dpp
Peggy Jean Gorrell
Gary Lynn Gorrell
Virginia Irene Tentge
Ronald Gorrell
Gary
Earl Teitge
Methodist Hospital
Teitge
Rettig
Goodrich Road
U.S. 30
Lake County
Six at South Bend Burned by Sewer Gas Explosion
In South Bend Indiana six people were burned in a sewer gas explosion early today. Police Lt. Melvin Pasalish Capt. Casimir Zielinski and Fred Schleiger were among those hospitalized with first and second degree burns. Gerald Christ Robert Bella Carreen Green and one more worker were treated and released or hospitalized as noted.
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South Bend
Ind
Ian
Melvin Pasalish
Pasalish
Casimir Zielinski
Fred Schleiger
Gerald Christ
Cigarette Fatal Fall At Tuckerton Church
Joseph Seifert of Brooklyn died from a fractured skull after a chair rope failed when a discarded cigarette burned through it at the first Methodist Church in Tuckerton. A 55-year-old steeplejack was fatally injured in the plunge Wednesday, police said.
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Tuckertion
Joseph Seifert
Brooklyn
N.Y
First Methodist
Tuckerton
Police gunman shot on toll road bus hijack in Indiana
On the Northern Indiana Toll Road a Greyhound bus was commandeered by Kedrick O Meara 23 of Gary after the gunman boarded at Gary and forced driver Raymond Abraham Michigan City to continue. State Trooper Lewis Boggs fired once when the gunman stepped off the bus and aimed at him, wounding O Meara fatally? The wounded man was taken to Cameron Hospital with a chest wound after the trooper stopped the vehicle near the James Whitcomb Riley service area.
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Angola
Ind
Indiana
Lewis Boggs
Kedrick O'Meara
Gary
Cameron Hospital
Raymond Abraham
Michigan City
James Whitcomb
East Point
Fremont
Boggs
Loggs
Julio ‘Olivier
Phiiladelphia
Abraham
O'Meara
O’meara
Summer Reading Program Aims to Spark Young Readers
The Linton Public Library and Psi Iota Xi sorority launch a Seattle World’s Fair themed summer program for elementary students starting July 2. Participants register by September 1, complete ten books for a certificate, report each book, earn a World’s Fair pin after five books, and join a fall Book Party.
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Linton Public Library
Margaret Cooper
Psi Iota Xi
Cooper
Camp Registration Due For Lebanon Baptist Youth Camp
Children attending Friendship Baptist Youth Fellowship camp at McCormick's Creek State Park must register by July 8. Forms available from Mrs. Dorman Clark and Rev. William Heinbaugh. Camp runs July 22 to 27 for ages 8 to 11 and July 29 to August 3 for ages 12 and older.
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Lebanon
Friendship Baptist Youth Fellowship
McCormick's Creek State Park
Dorman Clark
William Heinbaugh
Greene County Food Spends Lead Local Retail Sales Rise
A market study by Standard Rate and Data Service finds Greene County residents spent $7,325,000 on food in the past year, about 27 cents of each retail dollar, with autos and equipment totaling $5,034,000 and other categories adding up to $7,325,000 in groceries, $5,034,000 in auto goods, $1,763,000 in general merchandise, $1,402,000 in apparel, and $1,373,000 in furniture.
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New York
Greene County
Standard Rate and Data Service
United States
Indiana
Young Boys Admit Stealing and Killing Zoo Birds
Two boys aged 11 and 13 confessed to stealing three valuable birds from Forest Park Zoo. They stated they killed two, and that a third, an Amazon parrot worth 125 dollars, died. They also confessed to throwing a 225 dollar roseate cockatoo against a tree and killing it. They killed an Amherst pheasant because it pecked the boy who concealed it.
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ST. Louis
Forest Park Zoo
Midland man Harvey Henney 93 dies after illness
Harvey R. Henney 93 of Midland dies at Freeman Greene county hospital after illness of three weeks. A retired blacksmith and carpenter, he was born March 3 1869 south of Bloomfield. Survived by two sons, seven grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, one great great grandchild, and was preceded in death by wife Rose McCain Henney and daughter Audrey Pope. Burial in Grandview cemetery Bloomfield. Funeral at Lebanon Baptist Church Sunday at 2.00 p.m. with Rev Heinbaugh and Rev Bridwell officiating. Funeral home: McClanahan Jasonville.
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Midland
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
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Bloomfield
Andrew
Lydia Myers Henney
Henney
McClanahan
Jasonville
Lebanon Baptist Church
William Heinbaugh
Roy Bridwell
Grandview
X-15 Captures Speed Record By Accident At Edwards
The X-15 rocket plane reached 4 159 mph during a test over Nevada with Joe Walker piloting. An extended engine burn and a peak altitude of 120 000 feet produced a higher speed and angle of attack than planned, prompting both speed and maneuver records.
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Edwards Afb
Calif
UPI
Space
Space Agency
Joe Walker
Walker
Nevada
Angeles
Kennedy Warns Reds U S Averts Strife in Formosa
President Kennedy warned both Communist China and Chiang Kai-shek that the United States seeks no military action in Formosa. He pledged to defend Quemoy and Matsu against Red attacks while pressuring Chiang to honor a pledge not to strike the mainland without U S consent. He cited recent moves of Chinese Communist forces near the offshore islands and said any threat to Formosa would be judged in light of regional safety and the mutual defense treaty. The stance echoed Eisenhower policy and broad bipartisan support.
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Red
Formosa
United States
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Convicted Spy Soblen Arrested in Israel
Soviet born psychiatrist Dr Robert A Soblen, a life-term convict who fled the United States, has been arrested in Tel Aviv authorities say He entered on the Canadian passport of a dead brother and faces possible extradition or forced departure Israel Interior Ministry action may follow due to the false name and criminal record. Federal officials in New York were told Soblen had vanished days earlier and aides said extradition could be pursued if found.
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Israel
Robert A. Soblen
United States
Soblen
New York
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Communist Party
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Lof
Israel Air Force
Ari ‘Ankarian
FBI
Ephraim S. London
London
William B. Herlands
Churchill Falls In Monte Carlo Breaks Thigh Bone
Sir Winston Churchill, 87, fell and fractured the neck of the femur in his hotel suite at the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo. He underwent a satisfactory operation and remained under care at the Princess Grace Clinic with uncertainty about transfer to London.
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Nice
France
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Warm, Unchanged Heat Across Indiana With Mostly Sunny Skies
Weather reports show Indiana basking in 80s with highs 84 to 92 expected. Indianapolis leads heat pattern with 89 degree peak and 67 degree low, while South Bend and Evansville reach 83 to 88 and 57 to 62 respectively. No rain expected in central areas until possibly Saturday. northern zones may see showers.
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United Press International
Indiana
Indianapolis
South Bend
Evansville
June to be warmest in eight years in Indianapolis
Indianapolis weather records may show June 1962 as the warmest in eight years with an average around 73.5 degrees, above the 71.7 normal. Through six months, the city’s average is 47.73 degrees, just under normal, with January through April below normal and May and June above normal.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Mrs. Mary Hensley Dies in Switz City at 74
Mrs. Mary O. Hensley 74 of Switz City route one died at 6 00 am at Freeman Greene County Hospital after three years of illness. She grew up in Linton and lived 12 years near Switz City. Survived by husband Edward A. Hensley two sons William and Lloyd both of Linton one sister Mrs Mertie Bays Poplar Bluff Missouri ten grandchildren and one brother preceded in death. Services at Anderson Poindexter Memory Chapel with Rev Harold Scott Saturday at 2 pm burial in Fairview cemetery. She was member of Bethel Baptist church at Vicksburg. Born June 28 1888 in Clay County.
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Mary O. Hensley
Switz City
Freeman-Greene County
Jacob
Talitha Thomas Saulsberry
Edward A. Hensley
William
Lloyd Hensley
Linton
Mertie Bays
Poplar Bluff
Ter
Memory Chapel
Harold Scott
Fairview Cemetery
Services Planned For Accident Victim
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Juanita Lucille Short 49 of Covina California who died after an early week auto accident. Her body will arrive in Worthington Friday morning and go to Myers Funeral Home for visitation after 1 pm. A 2 pm Saturday service with Rev. Vernon Smalling will follow at Worthington Cemetery.
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Juanita Lucille Short
Covina
Calif
Worthngton
Worthington Cemetery
Costs of industrial sales calls rise since 1945
A McGraw-Hill survey shows American firms spend an average 30.35 dollars for each salesman prospect call. The figure marks a threefold increase since 1945, reflecting higher selling costs for industry.
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New York
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co
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