Sullivan the town sought for Benson City 1300 film
The piece describes Sullivan and Linton as towns considered by a Hollywood studio filming an accidental nuclear explosion drama. Sullivan Presses to be chosen with letters and photos mailed to Hollywood and one resident flown west. It notes a Benson City naming tale and includes local light items and Social Security notes.
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Sullivan
Benson City
Hollywood
California
Linton
Chamber of Commerce
Benson
Argentine cabinet crisis prompts full government refresh
Argentina's President Jose Maria Guido seeks replacements for the entire cabinet after mass resignations over the weekend amid pressure for a purge of corruption and neutralism ahead of the July 7 elections. General Ongania met Guido and expressed optimism that the ministerial purge and elections would proceed on schedule.
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Buenos Aires
Jose Maria Guido
Enrique Rauch
Guildo
Rauch
Argentina
Juan Peron
Peron
Spain
Juan Carlos Ongania
Guido
France Mixed in Graham Crusade Stirs Paris Crowd
In Paris American evangelist Billy Graham opened a large tent crusade at the Flea Market site drawing about 5 000 to 6 000 of 8 000 seats. About 400 people responded to the call to accept Christ as Graham spoke on infidelity, atomic bombs, and Alabama race issues. Reactions varied from a young man calling it a grand spectacle to two women calling it very good and moving.
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Paris
Billy Graham
Graham
Alabama
Paradise
Hicks and Huston honored by Sigma Delta Chi at Purdue
Purdue University student chapter of Sigma Delta Chi awarded Prof. James A. Huston the best teacher honor and Dr. John W. Hicks the leather medal for outstanding university contribution during a campus program Saturday night.
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Lafayette
Wuph
James A. Huston
John W. Hicks
Purdue University
Sigma Delta Chi
National Professional Journalism Society
Huston
Great Lakes
Hicks
Frederick L. Hovde
Cooper Anxious for Big 22 Orbit Flight Tuesday
Cape Canaveral reports a smooth Mercury program setup with L Gordon Cooper Jr. poised for a 22 orbit mission. Technicians fueled the Atlas rocket early as weather looked favorable and officials hoped for a Tuesday launch between 9 a.m. and 11 30 a.m. EDT with minimal delays despite years of delay rumors and opposition.
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Cooper
Cape Canaveral
tpPi
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
America
Air Force
Earth
Elect
Technicans
Federal Space Agency
U. S
Tornado Strike Near Pleasantville Causes Farm Damage
A tornado funnel sighted near Pleasantville at 5 p.m. damaged barns and roofs in the Linton area and damaged a hog barn near Earl Rowe. Another possible tornado touched down near Odon causing area damage as trees and hog houses were moved by strong winds and hail pelted crops.
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Earl Rowe
Pleasantville
Linton
Odon
Howard Bedwell
Rowe
Bedwell
Loren Bedwell
Stafford Church
Stephens
Narcotics Believed Killer Of Big Daddy Lipscomb
Baltimore crowd mourns Giants star Gene Lipscomb as autopsies near release. Police say heroin overdose suspected. a Baltimore man is held on narcotics paraphernalia charges tied to Lipscomb’s death. Funeral set for Detroit, Lipscomb’s hometown. Police seek a second suspect who supplied the heroin.
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Big Daddy Lipscomb
Baltimore
Wupp
Gene Big Daddy Lipscomb
Pitttsburgh
Eee
Timothy
Lipscomb
Baltimore Colts
Black
Captain Carroll
Newcotics
Geid
Brice St
Carroll
Laws Funeral
Funeral Home
Pera
Charles Hoskins
Detroit
Speed Hall Named For Rose Poly College Alumnus Speed
A new dormitory on the Rose Polytechnic Institute campus in Terre Haute is named Speed Hall in honor of late alumnus Dr. William Shallcross Speed. He died in 1955 at 82, led Louisville Cement Co. as president from 1912 to 1939 and was board chairman until his death. Virginia Speed will attend the dedication on June 8 after the 85th commencement. Commencement speaker Prof. Gordon Maskew Fair of Howard University will receive an honorary degree along with three others. 16 candidates seek bachelor degrees.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Speed
William Shallcross Speed
Louisville
Louisville Cement Co
Virginia Speed
Gordon Maskew Fair of
Hovard
Frederick M. Crapo
Muncie
Institute
Henry Offutt
Robert N. Miller
Washington
Jury Selection Underway in Michael Andrey Murder Trial
On opening day of a murder trial in Bloomfield, Michael Louis Andrey faces first degree murder charges for allegedly killing the Van Orman hotel manager during a Bloomington robbery. In Monroe County, Van Bough of Linton was arrested Friday night on a disorderly conduct charge.
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Michael Louis Andrey
Monroe County
Greene County
Bloomfield
Andrey
van Orman
Bloomington
van Bough
Linton
Beulah Wautelet Undergoes Major Surgery
Mrs. Beulah Wautelet of Linton underwent major surgery at St. Anthony hospital in Terre Haute and is listed as a patient in room 283.
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Beulah Wautelet
Linton
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
Weekend Warmth After Cold Indiana Start
A chilly Indiana weekend gave way to mild conditions with showers and possible severe storms in the north. Rainfall totals by 7 am varied, with Lafayette at .93 inches and Evansville trace. temperatures ranged from the 40s to upper 70s as warming trends emerged.
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United Press International
Indiana
Lafayette
Louisville
Indianapolis
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Cincinnati
Evansville
Mercury
Linton Man Injured In Truck Accident
Noble E. Cox of Linton is listed in good condition at Freeman-Greene Chane hospital after a Friday night crash near the Mon- Pree-Greene County line. Sheriff Dale Horn said Cox hit the highway shoulder, corrected, then lost control and rolled into a ditch, being thrown from the truck with a broken left leg and abrasions.
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Noble E. Cox
Linton
Freeman-Greene Chane Hospital
Mon- Pree-Greene County
Dale Horn
Cox
Federal Troops Mobilize Near Birmingham Doorstep
An advance detail of federal forces set up headquarters five blocks from a Negro section of Birmingham after a Sunday riot. Troops arrived by C130 from Maxwell AFB and Ft. McClellan to restore order as Kennedy pledged to do whatever is needed.
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Ala
Comba Oat
Federal Ee
Kennedy
Federal Mediation and Counciliation
Federal Bureau of Pavellan
Uel
Ed Guthman
Justice Department
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Ft. McClellan
Here
Montgomery
Maxwell
Severe thunderstorm forecast for central and southern Indiana
The Weather Bureau issued a forecast this afternoon for periods 3 to 9 p.m. EST predicting scattered severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging surface winds across central and southern Indiana. The risk area spans 60 miles north and south of a line from Evansville to Zanesville, covering much of the southern half of Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Indiana
Evansville
Zanesville
Ohio
Indizpa
Henry S. Larsen 76 Dies in Linton Friday
Henry S. Larsen a 76 year old prominent Linton coal purchasing agent died 11 15 a m Friday at Freeman Greene County Hospital Born in Chicago Nov 13 1886 he worked for Central Indiana Coal Co and Sherwood Templeton Coal Co He helped establish the Linton Canteen in 1945 A World War I veteran he belonged to Elks Lodge 866 Luther an Church of Chicago and the Columbia Club of Indianapolis Survivors include a granddaughter and a great grandson Funeral services 2 pm today at Anderson Poindexter Memory Chapel with Ministers Jack Masters and George Potter Burial in Fairview Cemetery
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Linton
Coal Company
Freeman- Greene County
Chicago
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Tillie Larsen
Central Indiana Coal Co
Sherwood Templeton Coal Co
Larsen
Elks Lodge
Lutheran Church of Chicago
Columbia Club of
Indianapolis
Robert L. Fitzpatrick
Robert Bradley Fitzpatrick
Fern Heenan
Arthur E
Anderson- Poindexter Memory Chapel
Jack Masters
George Potter
Feirview Cemetery
Muncie Attorney Seeks Commuted Death Phrase
Indianapolis UPI Frederick McClellan asked Governor Welsh to commute the death sentence of 26 year old Jay Dull to life imprisonment for the 1961 holdup killing of Muncie taxi driver James Tricker. Dull filed for a stay and a new trial with the Indiana Supreme Court while McClellan sought clemency.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Muncie
Frederick McClellan
Welsh
Jay Dull
Dull
James Tricker
McClellan
Indiana Supreme Court
Indiana State
Counse
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