Relief from Heat to Hit This Area on Wednesday
A cool front moving through Indiana will bring relief from extreme heat with temperatures dropping from 60 to 75 degrees in the north to the mid 90s in the south by Wednesday. Forecasters expect a cooler trend late Thursday with showers possible, while heat illness and crop losses linked to the heat wave are noted in several states.
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Indiana
Lake Michigan
Ohio River
Indianapolis
South Bend
Evansville
Louisville
Cincinnati
Lafayette
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Central
Hoosierland
New York City
New Jersey
N.C
Weldon
North Carolina
Fort Wayne man dies from bus collision injuries
Loren Steele, 67, of Fort Wayne, died at Parkview Memorial Hospital this morning from injuries suffered a week earlier when his car struck a bus carrying children to a city park. The accident occurred in Fort Wayne and was investigated by local authorities.
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Fort Wayne, Ind
Beesting Victims Treated at Vincennes Hospital
Three beesting victims were treated at Good Samaritan Hospital during the weekend in Vincennes Indiana. Local responders and hospital staff managed multiple stings with no further details on injuries or sources.
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Vincennes, Ind
UPI
Good Samaritan Hospital
Woman 98 Recovers After Emergency Appendectomy
Mrs. Alice Killion aged 98 is reported to be recovering satisfactorily after an emergency appendectomy Saturday at Good Samaritan hospital in Vincennes. Her physician requests no visitors at this time.
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Edwardsport
Alice Killion
Good Samaritan Hospital
Vincennes
Beauford Marine to Face Electric Chair for Rape
A 22 year old white Marine Fred J Devis of Atlanta is slated for the electric chair after an all white jury in Beaufort South Carolina convicted him of raping a 47 year old Black woman. The verdict triggered a mandatory death sentence under state law and his attorney plans an appeal. The case arose near Parris Island with a private interview stating an overpowering sex urge and enjoyment from using force.
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Beaufort
S.C
UPI
Fred J. Devis
Atlanta
South Carolina
J. Henry Johnson
Davis
Ben Carter
Tallahassee
Fla
Parris Island
J. Ed McTeer
Jacksonville
Savannah
Vandals cause damage at Pike Township High School
Authorities report about 1100 dollars in damage at Pike Township High School during the weekend. Trustee FW Hunt said oil was dumped on the floor and there was evidence of an attempted fire. Desks were ransacked and workshop tools scattered throughout the building.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Pike Township
FW. Hunt
Bray Reports Berlin Seventh District Opinion Poll Findings
Congressman William G. Bray summarized an opinion poll showing Seventh District voters favor a firm Berlin stance with strong defense spending and substantial cuts to foreign aid. About 93.5 percent support standing firm, 63 percent back the Administration's defense request, while 72 percent favor reducing foreign aid. Bray noted most trust leaders to decide and that final results will be released in a week or ten days.
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Berlin
William G. Bray
Bray
Martinsville
Greencastle babies death blamed on nurse error in formula
UPI report states a Greencastle hospital nurse misused boric acid solution in infant formula causing one death and leaving two others critically ill. The three infants under a week old were moved to Riley Hospital in Indianapolis. two improved, one died. Rollo says the nurse is a qualified professional and the substitution occurred while preparing feeds.
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George’ Rollo
Putnam County Hospital
Greencastle
Greencastle Hospital
James Whitcomb
Gambold
Indianapolis
Rollo
Siamese twins flown for separation study in Portland
Siamese twin girls joined at the abdomen, born to an Idaho couple, were flown by air ambulance to Portland for medical study at Doren-Becker Hospital. Parents James and wife, both 25 and 24, Parma Idaho, have three other children age 1 to 4.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
Idaho
Malheur Memorial Hospital
Nyssa
Doren-Becker Hospital
James Stubblefield
Parma
Lodge Here Plans Annual Breakfast
Linton lodge No. 560 F and A M will host its annual breakfast for Master Masons at the lodge hall Saturday morning. The meeting starts at 6:00 am with breakfast served to attendees following the yearly custom. An invitation is extended to all Master Masons to attend.
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Linton Lodge No
Nere
Long Victim of Breakdown Says Governor’s Psychiatrists
Governor Ear K. Long, 63, is described by psychiatrists as suffering a nervous breakdown from overwork and possible strokes, though they warn he may worsen and could face legal scrutiny over a 1956 payment to veto a pilot bill. He disputes the stroke diagnosis and plans divorce from Blanche.
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Covingtecn
UPI
Ear K. Long
Long
Robert Heath
Charles Watkins
Victor Leif
Tron
Winnfield
Orleans
East Baton Rouge
Mississippi River
Blanche
Texas
Louisiana
Phone official testifies in gambling tax trial
TERRE HAUTE Ind UPI A telephone company executive testified that 5089 long distance calls, totaling 9200, were made or received in about 75 days from eight phones linked to an alleged gambling operation. Wyatt and seven co defendants face charges of evading excise taxes on bets from the 1957 football season.
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Terre Haute
Ind
UPI
Treasury T-men
B.O. Gordon
General Telephone Company of Indiana, Inc
Gordon
Don A. Abbert
E.M. Wyatt
Tabbert
Wyatt
Bookworm Club Planned For Linton Youth This Summer
The Linton Public Library and Psi Jota Xi sorority sponsor the I Am A Bookworm reading program starting midweek. Open to first through eighth graders, participants earn pins after five read books and certificates after ten with a Coke party during November Book Week.
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Linton
Psi Jota Xi
U.S. Jet Crash Kills Nine on Okinawa
A U.S. Air Force F-100, with two crew aboard, crashed in a crowded Okinawa housing area killing nine people and injuring 74, including 62 hospital patients. The jet struck a schoolhouse and caused multiple homes to burn as officials probe the incident and consider political fallout.
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Naha
Okinawa
UPI
Air Force
Robert W. Burns
Fifth Air Force
Tokyo
John G. Sehmitt Jr
Sehmitt
Socialist Party
United States
Strike threatens Indiana’s largest electric company
The Public Service Company of Indiana warns a midnight strike by about 1,430 IBEW Local 1393 members could disrupt service during a heat wave. Management says supervision will maintain operations while negotiations, stalled over wages, remain unresolved after a tentative 4 percent wage hike was agreed earlier.
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Public Service Company of Indiana, Inc
Indiana
PSCI
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
R.A. Gallagher
Board of Utility
Gallagher
IBEW
Money Woes Mark Biggest Peacetime Deficit Thus Far
The article notes a near 13 billion dollar gap between federal tax revenue and spending, the largest peacetime deficit in U.S. history. It pushes the national debt to a record 285 billion dollars and prompts calls to balance the budget for fiscal year 1960. Debt- reduction, inflation fears, and tax policies hinge on these figures.
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Washington
UPI
Sam
Eisenhower
Treasury
Congress
Vending Machine Blast Claims Worker at Chrysler Plant
An explosion at a Chrysler Indianapolis plant killed William Lodice and injured ten others amid a hot Monday afternoon. Investigators sought the blast cause as the machine was demolished and other machines were removed as a precaution.
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Indianapolis
VPT
Chrysler Corp
William A. Lodice
Edward W. Grady
Greenfield
Merrill R. Parkhurst
Donald H. Payne
Eagles Will Receive Special Recognition for Bell Ringer Award
The Linton Eagles lodge will be honored at its Wednesday meeting for achieving three times its quota of new members for 1958 59. Maurice Isley, Columbus Indiana state F O E vice president, will present the award. Members are urged to attend.
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Linton Eagles Lodge
Grand Aerie of
Order
Linton Lodge
Maurice Isley
Columbus
Indiana
F.O.E
Trusty escapes from Indiana reformatory dairy barn
James Edgar Howard, 26, formerly sentenced on a 1955 Cass County felony charge, escaped from the Indiana State Reform atory dairy barn early today. Paroled in 1957 from a 1 to 10 year term, he had been returned to the reformatory for parole violation.
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Pendleton, Ind
UPI
James Edgar Howard
Cass County
Howard
Reformatory
Doris Hall Undergoes Surgery in Freeman County Hospital
Mrs Doris Hall of Linton underwent surgery Saturday in Freeman Greene county hospital. She is in room 124.
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Doris Hall of
Linton
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
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