Indiana lawmakers near toll road compromise amid possible special session
Indiana legislators edged toward a noon adjournment today as a House Senate conference committee weighed Rep. Walter Maehling’s proposal to settle the toll road dispute. Senators pressed restrictions in the budget to curb tolls, with talk of a potential special session if a compromise fails and the 61 day session ends without a budget.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
House - Senate
Walter H. Maehling
Terre Haute
House Senate
Craig
House
Senate
Laurence Baker
Kendallville
Baker
Warren Martin
Clarksville
Albert Wesselman
Evansville
Walter Maehling
John van Ness
Valparaiso
General Assembly
van Ness
Identity of Woman Is Being Sought
Tell City Indiana authorities sought the identity of a woman whose badly decomposed body was found in the Ohio River. State Police said she appeared to have been dead about three weeks and was about 40 years old, wearing a blue dress a diamond wedding ring and false teeth. The body was found Sunday morning and taken to a local funeral home.
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Tell City
Ind
Ohio River
City-buster blast detonated at Nevada proving ground
The Atomic Energy Commission fired the fourth and largest 1955 nuclear test atop Yucca Flat at 7:20 am. The blast created a 40,000 ton TNT equivalent fireball seen 80 miles away and 6 states distant. About 600 soldiers and 103 aircraft observed the test with no casualties reported. The test site was declared safe an hour later.
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Nev
Nevada Desert
U.S
Yucca Flat
Atomic Energy Commission
CST
Nevada Proving Ground
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
AEC
Farm Cash Receipts Will Be Lower
Indiana farmers will see about five percent lower cash receipts this year due to falling hog prices. Although hog numbers rise, price declines more than offset volume gains, with peak hog prices expected between May and August, especially June and July. Cash farm expenses remain about the same, widening the drop in net cash receipts.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
Purdue University Agricultural Economics
Hoosierland
W S W S Meeting Rescheduled By Illness
The Women's Society of World Service of the Evangelical United Brethren church changes meeting plans due to illness. It will convene at 2 00 PM Thursday at Mrs Bris Roush home with Mrs Charles Trotter and Mrs Chester Royer as co hosts.
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Women’s Society of World Service
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Bris Roush
Charles Trotter
Chester Royer
Nationalists reinforce Matsu Island amid invasion fears
The 13,000 man garrison on Matsu Island is being reinforced two to three times as Nationalist naval sources say troops are ferried in by Nationalist ships under air cover. U S officials claim American forces could defend Matsu if ordered, while denial of evacuation and new U S aid including 22 landing craft are announced.
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Taipei
Formosa
IPK
Matsu Island
Matsu
Navy
Felix Stump
U.S. Naval Forces
Pacific
United States
China
Ministry of National Defense
George Yeh
Quemoy
Kaohsiung
U.S
William P. Cochran Jr
America
Stump
John MacDonald
Yu Po-Chuan
Hong Kong
Red Cross Names Leaders for Greene County Drive
Victor Briggs will act as Linton chairman of the annual Red Cross fund drive for Greene County. George W. Auer is county chairman. Mrs. Wayne Hamilton heads the Linton house-to-house canvass with co chairs Kenneth Siggerting W H Marshall and Edward Slover. Block captains include Marshall Peden Wall Hazelrigg Pirtle Wolfe Roush Fordyce Hoffman Schlosser Strong Breck. Other chairs include Arvil Blume Tom Marcellino Dr Homer Moore Walter Stoppenhagen and Don House for outlying districts industries and GE employees.
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R. Victor Briggs
Linton
Greene County
American Red Cross
George W. Auer
Wayne Hamilton
Kenneth Siggerting
W. H. Marshall
Edward Slover
Edward Peden
Thomas Wall Jr
Charles Hazelrigg
Max Pirtle
Rennis Wolfe
Earl Roush
Dexter Fordyce
Bob Hoffman
Ted Schlosser
Cliff Strong
Clyde Breck
Arvil Blume
Tom Marcellino
Homer Moore
Walter Stoppenhagen
Don House
General Electric
Blood donors sought for Mrs DeVoto at Coleman Hospital
Mrs. Charles DeVoto of Dagger route one remains in critical condition at Coleman hospital in Indianapolis. Suffering from a heart ailment and pneumonia, she badly needs blood donors of any type. Contact Coleman hospital or Mr DeVoto Dugger route one or call Dugger 296. Ward D is where she is admitted.
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Charles DeVoto
Coleman Hospital
Indianapolis
Dugger
DeVoto
Eight Hoosiers Die In Weekend Road Toll
A crash north of Charlestown claimed five lives including U S Deputy Marshal Andrew Taff and relatives while a snowbound collision on Ind 100 near Indianapolis killed two more. Another fatality occurred when 16 year old Adolphus Medley was struck by a train at a Summitville crossing. Police cited high speed and a snow storm as factors.
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Indiana
Charlestown
U.S
Andrew Taff
Franklin
Curtis Christman
Harlan Bennett
Madison
William Cooper
Ralph Combs
Taff
Taffs
Christman
Bennett
Jeffersonville
Andy
Paoli High
Madison High
Hanover College
Charlotte Taylor Smock
Donald Taylor
Indianapolis
David Englerth
Adolphus E. Medley
Summitville
New York Central
Paul McNutt Ill and Rushed to United States
Paul V. McNutt former Indiana governor and longtime American Legion leader was flown to the United States after becoming seriously ill in Manila. He arrived abroad for a Philippine American Life Insurance Co meeting and is to be treated in New York after earlier throat treatment in New York last fall. He travels with his wife and a Manila physician.
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Manila
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
United States
McNutt
the Philippine- American Life Insurance Co
New York
San Francisco
Philippines
American Legion
J W Bartlett 84 dies in Jasonville home
John Wesley Bartlett 84 a retired coal miner and Jasonville resident died at 4 30 PM Saturday at his daughter Mrs Don Stockrahm home on North Fry Street Road Jasonville. Funeral service held at McClanahan Funeral Home with Rev C E Baker officiating burial in Peavey Cemetery. Cause of death complications after hip fracture four and a half months ago. Survived by daughter Mrs Stockrahm two sons Don Bartlett Sharpsville and Leland Bartlett Indianapolis 11 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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John Wesley Bartlett
Jasonville
Don Stockrahm
North Fry Street
McClanahan Funeral Home
C. E. Baker
Peavey
Bartlett
Stockrahm
William
Nancy LaGrange Bartlett
Maumee Collieries Company
Don Bartlett
Sharpsville
Leland Bartlett
Indianapolis
Hotel Washington Fire Evacuates 200 Guests in Indianapolis
About 200 guests at the 17 story Hotel Washington in downtown Indianapolis were evacuated Sunday morning after a fire started on the 16th floor. Flames from a bakery spread to a linen room on the top floor but did not reach guest rooms. Firemen contained the blaze in about an hour with no injuries reported. The fire was noticed by manager Clark Dohn and a night clerk.
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Indianapolis
Itp
Washington
Clark Dohn
District Eleven Women’s Clubs Plan Spring Meeting
The Plan District meeting will be at St. John’s Catholic School Vigo and Eighth streets Vincennes on Sunday. Luncheon at 1:00 PM followed by guest speaker Miss Tella Haines attorney at law. Reservations with Mrs. Berniece Turpen at the provided phone number by Wednesday.
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Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
District Eleven
St. John’s Catholic School
Vigo
Eighth Street
Vincennes
Stocks Said Correctly Priced as Inquiry Continues
Senate Banking Committee hearings feature James E. Day of the Midwest Stock Exchange and Ronald E. Kahler of the San Francisco Exchange testifying that markets are largely priced fairly. Day urges book value and earnings per share analysis over broad generalizations.
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James E. Day
Midwest Stock Exchange
Congress
Day
Ronald E. Kahler
San Francisco Stock Exchange
Senate Banking Committee
Dow-Jones
Stock Exchange
New York City
Walter F. George
D-Ga
George
Senate
Carl Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
United States
Eisenhower
Far East
Matusow
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Internal Security
Harvey Matusow
New York
Herb Tank
Albert E. Kahn
Merchant Marine
Thor C. Tollefson
R-Wash
U.S
Navy
Comstock Rites Held at Dugger
Mrs. Martha J. Comstock age 89 died Saturday at Mary Sherman hospital Sullivan after a monthlong illness. Born January 17 1856 in Perry county Indiana she was a Christian church member. She is survived by four sons three daughters two step sons and two step daughters totaling 39 grandchildren and 52 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held today at the Dugger Church of Christ Maurice Clymore officiated and burial will be in Dugger. Newkirk Funeral home handled arrangements.
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Martha J. Comstock
Dugger
Mary Sherman
Sullivan
Comstock
Perry County
Indiana
Christian Church
Pontiac
Mich
Hugh
Albert Kluesner
Alta Borders
Alma Cornelious
Amy Brewer
George Comstock
Mansfield Comstock
Indianapolis
Stele Baxter
May Dillard
Dugger Church of Christ
Maurice Clymore
Newkirk Funeral Home
Degree team to practice at I O C F hall
The violet Rebekah lodge degree staff are asked to attend a practice session at 7:00 PM Tuesday at the I O C F hall according to today’s officers announcement.
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Violet Rebekah Lodge
I.0.c.f. Hall
Crippled Children's Society Plans Easter Seal Drive
The Greene County Society for Crippled Children meets at 7:30 p.m. at the REMC building near Bloomfield to discuss the annual Easter Seal campaign directed by Guy Glover of Bloomfield. The drive runs March 10 to April 10 with 1 500 affiliates in 48 states and territories. Indiana Society provides a film titled Come Back for tonight's program.
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Greene County Society For Crippled Children
REMC
Bloomfield
Guy Glover
National Society
States
District of Columbia
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Indiana Society of Indianapolis
Tickets Run Short as Switz City Aims for Semi Final
Curtiss Wilson Switz City high school principal handles ticket distribution for the regional champions ahead of the IU Fieldhouse semi finals. Demand tops 600 requests as the school brings back about 1 000 tickets with a Wednesday cutoff for district pupils and patrons. Other applicants face approval or denial after the deadline.
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Greene County
Curtiss Wilson
Switz City High School
Switz City Tigers
Bloomington
Wilson
Swita City Cenwral
Chink” Vosloh
Switz
Switz City
Tigers
Linton
Vosloh
Greater
Greater Linton Club, Linton City Officials and the Linton- Stockton High School
Vincennes
Reitz
Evansville
New Albany
Brazil
Linton Fire Crews Respond to Grease Fire at Leonard's Grill
Fire department was called at 11 05 Saturday morning to Leonard's Grill where grease on a stove ignited. Only minor smoke damage resulted.
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Linton
Leonard’s Grill
Ohio Flood Forces Hoosier Families to Flee
The Ohio River overflow forced evacuations in six Indiana counties as flood crests were forecast between 43 and 45 feet. Cold snap and wind driven snow worsened conditions while nearby rivers like the Wabash and White River showed varying stages and forecasts amid rising and falling levels. Temperature dropped to single digits in South Bend and nine degrees at South Bend and Fort Wayne, heightening hardship for flood victims.
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Weather Bureau
Ohio River
Indiana
Harrison
Ohio
Switzerland
Floyd
Jefferson and
Clark
Evansville
Cincinnati
Louisville
Wabash River
Covington
Lafayette
Montezuma
Terre Haute
Wabash
Vincennes
White River
Petersburg
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Elliston
M. E. Brock
U.S
Brock
Fourteen Airmen Believed Killed in Formosa Crash
An American search plane sighted wreckage of a missing U S Air Force C 54 on Ninami Saibu Mountain in southern Formosa and reported little chance of survivors among the 14 aboard. The crash occurred while en route from Tokyo to Hong Kong via Okinawa. wreckage lay on a remote mountainside.
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Taipei
Formosa
Air Force
Adolph Maethian
Sacramento
Calif
Ninami-Saibu
Maethian
31St Air Rescue
Clark Field
Philippines
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Okinawa
Paitung
Reminder for council to bring used cards for Burma project
Members of Chickateth council No. 253 were reminded to bring used greeting cards to the meeting at Red Men's hall tonight. The cards will be sent to the Salvation Army in Burma as a public relations project, officers said.
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Chickateth Council No. 253
Red Men’s Hall
Salvation Army
Burma
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