Indiana House approves ten dollar daily expense boost for lawmakers
Indiana legislators win approval for a ten dollar per day expense payment raising pay from sixty to sixty dollars in session, with a plan for a future one thousand eight hundred dollar salary next session. The measure passed 58 to 32 and goes to Governor Craig for signature.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
House
Senate
Craig
Bulding
Otto Pozgay
South Bend
Pozgay
Maehling
Maebling
Indiana to form Internal Security Corps volunteers
About 1,000 Hoosiers have volunteered for the Indiana Internal Security Corps Col. Charles Hutchings Jr reported today. He said an enlistment drive will push strength to 10,000. ISC will augment civil defense and become a State Guard if the Indiana National Guard is called into federal service.
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Indianapoli
Knox Clerk Issues Marriage License to Vincennes Couple
The Knox circuit court clerk in Vincennes issues a marriage license to Lloyd Richardson of Linton and Frances Jones of Linton.
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Knox
Vincennes
Lloyd Richardson
Frances Jones
Linton
Hospital admissions and dismissals list for several towns
Admissions were on Wednesday Thomas Shoptow Linton Mrs Nora Sylvester Worthington Mrs Lemuel Phillips Odon Harry Peterson Linton Today William Steele Dagger Edgar Goodman Linton Dismissals were Gilbert Sims Linton Mrs Margaret Swan Jasonville Morris Myers Bloomfield Mrs Cora Laughlin Linton Arnold Fulk Linton
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Thomas Shoptow
Linton
Nora Sylvester
Worthington
Lemuel Phillips
Odon
Harry Peterson
William Steele
Dagger
Edgar Goodman
Gilbert Sims
Margaret Swan
Jasonville
Morris Myers
Bloomfield
Cora Laughlin
Arnold Fulk
Linton Man Wins Big Crane Award for Suggestion
John T. Gray of Linton received a $285 Beneficial Suggestion award at the U S Naval Ammunition depot at Crane for a packing method aiding Marine marker signals. The plan saves $11 247 yearly, and Gray, a 13 year veteran, was quoted as a longtime Star Shell department supervisor turned Quarterman. He also earned a Certificate of Merit signed by Capt H S Harnly and Comdr R C Turner Jr.
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John T. Gray
Linton
U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot
Crane
Jack
Quarterman
Flare Assembly Department
Mr. Gray
Crane Depot
Star Shell
Gray
Princess Margaret arrives in London after West Indies tour
Princess Margaret returns from a month long tour of the British West Indies landing in London at 10 33 a m. Queen Elizabeth II Duke of Edinburgh and their children Charles and Anne greet her along with the Queen Mother Elizabeth at a brief family reception outside the royal lounge.
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London
Margaret
New World
British West Indies
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Elizabeth
Peter Fair
Atlantic
Bermuda
Queen Elizabeth
Royal
Duke
Charles
Anne
Prince
Rose O'Hern Promoted at Meridian Mutual Insurance
Miss Rose O'Hern of Meridian Mutual Insurance Company in Indianapolis has been promoted to Supervisor in the Endorsement department. The news was received by her parents, Mr and Mrs Con O'Hern, Sr., of this city.
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Rose O'Hern
Meridian Mutual Insurance Company
Indianapolis
Con O’hern
Crocus Blooms In Northeast Yard
Mrs. Letha White reports an early spring sign as a crocus blooms in her yard at 190 F Street Northeast, among the first harbingers of the season observed in the area.
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Letha White
F” Street
Moscow expels American priest Father Georges Bissonnette
Father Georges Bissonnette of Central Falls Rhode Island, 33, ordered to leave the Soviet Union by March 5, bade an emotional farewell in Moscow. He planned to depart tonight by train via Leningrad toward the Finnish border as diplomats and Western Catholics prayed and watched. American officials anticipated a replacement priest would soon be permitted entry, with plans already made for Louis F. Dion to succeed him this spring.
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Moscow
Georges Bissonnette
Soviet Union
Russia
Central Falls
R.I
Father Bissonnette
Order of the Assumptionist Fathers
Leningrad
Washington
Louis F. Dion
Dion
Dulles Warns Red China On Stand After Talks With Chiang
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned Communist China not to assume immunity from U.S. attack if Quemoy or Matsu are assaulted. After four hours with Chiang Kai-shek, Dulles and George Yeh signed the defense pact ratification, and he said President Eisenhower would decide actions if the Communists strike the islands.
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Taipei
Formog¢a
John Foster Dulles
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Quemocy
Matsu Islands
Dulles
Chiang
Washington
Peiping
Formosa
United States
Republic of China
George Yeh
U.S
Eisenhower
Craig Appeals for 200 More State Troopers
Governor Craig urges legislators to authorize hiring 200 troopers to cut highway deaths. The House trimmed the request to 150 and the Senate to 50, now before a House Senate conference committee. The governor calls it a false economy, arguing more troopers would raise revenue through arrests and fines and reduce insurance costs and fatalities.
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Indianapolis
Craig
Indiana House
Senate
House-Senate
Brucellosis tests to start in Greene County
A county wide Brucellosis testing program in Greene County begins next week with veterinarians testing cattle. The effort follows petitions signed by over 75 percent of cattle owners and is supported by county and state authorities with half the costs funded by the Federal government. Dr. Pei Chang oversees reports as area veterinarian. local committee members Owen York Frederic Sloan William Jacobs Paul Osborn Oren Isenogle Ray Baird coordinate the drive.
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Greene County
Pei Chang
Owen York
Worthington
Frederic Sloan
William Jacobs
Jasonville
Paul Osborn
Oren Isenogle
Bloomfield
Ray Baird
Scotland
Plane with 58 Aboard Crashes at Keflavik Base
A C118 military transport with 9 crew and 49 passengers crashed at Keflavik Air Force Base Iceland. No fatalities reported. unknown injuries. The aircraft, en route from Westover to Keflavik via Maguire AFB near Trenton, was the first MATS passenger craft crash on an Atlantic crossing in over 22 000 crossings.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Keflavik Air Force Base
Iceland
Westover
Keflavik
Maguire Air Force Base
Trenton
N.J
Military Air Transport Service
Atlantic
Pair Nabbed In Indiana Burglary Spree
Linton police arrested Gail Hoskins 38 of Seeleyville and Joy Young 27 of Petersburg on burglary charges. In Knox circuit court at Vincennes they received fines of 25 dollars and prison terms from two to 14 years. The pair confessed to breaking into homes at Wheatland Lena and other thefts and were linked to loot recovered in Cley City and elsewhere.
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Linton
Knox
Vincennes
Gail Hoskins
Seeleyville
Indiana
Michigan City
Miss Joy Young
Petersburg
Women's
Indianapolis
Wheatland
Lena
Hoskins
Lincon
Cley City
Knox County
William Coleman
Bob Hemmerling
Hobart Cooper
Granddaddy Atomic Show May Be Friday
The Atomic Energy Commission said a weather briefing will occur to decide if the long delayed big shot of the 1955 test series can be detonated Friday morning. No alternate plan is set, as weather delays persist since February 15, with three smaller bombs already fired as substitutes.
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Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Plan Prayer Meeting At Nazarene Church
The Linton Church of the Nazarene will hold a cottage prayer meeting at the home of Mrs. Nora B. Jackson at 7 00 Friday evening.
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Linton Church of the Nazarene
Nora B. Jackson
Fires Ravage West and East Coast Waterfronts
Boston’s India Wharf suffered extensive damage with thirty feet of wharf submerged and more than 190000 dollars in losses as 300 firefighters fought a waterfront blaze. In San Francisco four abandoned warehouses burned near Pier 72 endangering the USS Merrick before it drifted free.
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Boston
India Wharf
New England
Manchester
N. H
Fulton Box Co
Coast Guard
Navy
William Terrenzi
San Francisco
U.S.S. Merrick
Pier 72
Merrick
San Francisco Bay
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
Greene County 4-H Sees Record Enrollment, Plans Outreach
Greene County 4-H Club Council met at the Extension office in Bloomfield and laid plans to boost enrollment and engagement. Proposed actions include member and parent letters, parents night promotion by clubs, and visits to parent night programs, with council members listed including Higgins, Newkirk, Wright, Smith, Calvert, Soliday, Baird, Jaffre, Hineman, Hamlin, Toney, Clark, and Gates.
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Greene County
Bloomfield
Tom Higgins
Linton
Scott Newkirk
Marco
Bob Wright
Solsberry
Lewis Smith
Highland
Sheldon Calvert
Worthington
Jewell Soliday
Switz City
Ray Baird
Louis Jaffre
Carl Hineman
Orville Hamlin
Ann Toney
Harriett Clark
Glen Gates
New Hillcrest Head Appointed
Vincennes Dr. R C Meyer will retire as superintendent of Hillcrest hospital on May 15 after almost seventeen and a half years as chief of Knox county tuberculosis institution. He will be succeeded by J Frank W Stewart MD now assistant medical director of the Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Sanitarium, a 400 bed institution serving Louisville and Jefferson county Kentucky. Dr Stewart is to be here through the first two weeks of April visiting Hillcrest and familiarizing himself with the new position. He then will officially take charge on May 15.
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Vincennes
R. C. Meyer
Hillcrest Hospital
Knox County
J. Frank W. Stewart
Waverly Hills
Louisville
Jefferson County
Kentucky
Stewart
Hillcrest
Tot Survives 100-foot Fall In Jersey City
In Jersey City New Jersey two year old Walter Nadella fell 100 feet from a tenth story window while playing with his year old sister Debbie. He was rushed to a medical center and underwent emergency surgery for internal injuries. Doctors said he should recover.
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Jersey City
N.J
Walter Nadella
Debbie
Walter
Jonathan Gibbs
Egyptian Army Told to Meet Force With Force
Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser ordered Egyptian armed forces to respond with force to defend the homeland. UN truce chief Burns investigated the Gaza clash where Egyptian and Israeli troops fought, with the UN Armistice Commission to hear both sides and report to the Security Council. Israel prepared a counter claim blaming Egypt in the border violence. Nasser rejected UN Security Council authority, pledging stronger measures.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
E.L.M. Burns
United Nations
Gaza
Burns
U.N. Mixed Armistice Commission
U.N
U.N. Security Council
New York
Tel Aviv
Israel
Security Council
Brazil High Students Face Court For Vandalism Burglaries
Four Brazil High School juniors and seniors pleaded guilty to home and school burglaries and pranks, including damaging autos and dynamiting an outhouse. Judge Robert B. Stewart paused as about 40 classmates watched, then sent the youths back to class and took the case under advisement.
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Brazil
Ind
Clay
Robert B. Stewart
Stewart
Referees Picked for State Basketball Regionals
The Indiana High School Athletic Association assigned 64 officials for the 16 regional rounds of the state basketball tournament. Names include Cyril Birge and Kermit Spurgeon of Bloomington, plus Roland Baker and Wray Holbrook of Huntingburg among others.
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Indianapolis
Indiana High School Athletic Association
Bloomington
Cyril Birge
John Gwin
Kermit Spurgeon
Lloyd Wripple
Huntingburg
Roland Baker
Wray Holbrook
James Patterson
Leland Terrell
3-Year Dry Spell Appears To Be Over In This Territory
White river crest at Elliston reached 16.90 feet, 1.10 feet below flood stage. After three years of drought, rainfall and rising wells ease water worries. Temperature touched 60 degrees with a 28 degree low. 7:30 am reading 54. Ponds and cisterns refilled as residents resume water hauling relief ends.
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White River
Elliston
M. E. Brock
U. S
Brock
Weather update on Indiana rivers and showers
Central and south Indiana faces continued showers with minor river overflow on the Wabash and White. Wabash falling in upper reaches while White River fluctuates near 18 to 19 feet at Petersburg. Eight roads closed due to high water as temperatures rise to 55 to 70 this day and drop to 40 to 70 Friday.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Wabash
White River
Petersburg
Lafayette
Covington
Montezuma
Terre Haute
Fort Wayne
Evansville
South Bend
Flood Waters Notify Ohio River Valley Rises Across Region
The Ohio River Valley faced rising floodwaters with Cincinnati streets inundated by up to 10 inches. The White and Wabash rivers closed eight Indiana roads while 15 southern and southeastern Ohio highways were shut. In Pittsburgh, Monongahela waters covered part of the downtown wharf as crests passed. Temperatures varied nationwide from below zero in Montana to 70s in Texas and Florida with skiers enjoying Utah lodges.
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Ohio River
Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Utah
Glasgow
Mont
Texas
Florida
Funeral services for Ed ward Miller at Petersburg
Mr and Mrs James Sampson of Linton are at Petersburg to attend the funeral of Edward Miller age about 81 who died yesterday. Services are set for 2 00 p m Friday in Petersburg.
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James Sampson
Linton
Petersburg
Mr. Sampson
Edward Miller
Miller
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