Floods Threaten Tornado Victims 122 Dead in Midwest Destruction
Tornadoes killed at least 122 people across Kansas Oklahoma Texas and Missouri since Wednesday night. Udall Kansas near Blackwell faced near isolation as floods threatened evacuated residents and debris filled the ghost town. National Guardsmen patrolled Udall while search teams resumed at daybreak as more bodies were feared.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Udall
Kan
Blackwell
Chikaskia
Oxford
Cheyenne
Sterling City
Paris
Arkansas
Iowa
Illinois
Midwest
U.S. Weather Bureau
Little Rock
Ark
Jessieville
Springfield
Ill
Chicago
Carson
Udall Village
Kansas Farm Village
Memorial Day Plans Announced by Linton Lyons Posts
American Legion posts in Linton and Lyons announced Memorial Day events for Monday. At Fairview cemetery in Linton a 10:30 a.m. program includes a speech by Eugene Pound, a bugler, and a firing squad salute. Lyons post outlined cemetery visits across several towns from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with flag placements Saturday and public invites. Jasonville Legion to help place graves flags Sunday following the usual custom.
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American Legion
Linton and
Lyons
Fairview Cemetery
Elmo Tincher
Linton
Legion Post
Lyons Legion Post
Stafford Chapel
Marco Cemetery
Mt. Zion
Dog Island
Newberry
Prairie Chapel Cemetery
Switz City
Legion
Lyons Legion
Jasonville
Legion Hall
Teacher Vacancies Announced Here in Linton-Stockton
Earl Bales and the Linton Stockton consolidated school board announce four teacher vacancies for the 1955 56 school year. Positions include Vocational Home Economics, Girls Physical Education, Metal Trades, Elementary Physical Education and Varsity Football Coach. Applications are being received.
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Earl Bales
Linton-Stockton Consolidated School Board
Tri Kappa to hold pledge service at Haworth home
Tri Kappa sorority at Linton plans a pledge service at 7 30 p m Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs George Haworth according to officers.
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Tri Kappa Sorority
Linton
George Haworth
Memorial Day closures in Linton area
Stores banks and other places of business in Linton will be closed all day Monday for Memorial Day observance. The Linton post office will be closed with no mail received or dispatched and all local banks will remain closed as Memorial Day is a banking holiday.
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Linton
The
Daily Citizen
Rain Forecast for Indiana Holiday Period
Weather forecast predicts above normal temperatures and showers across Indiana for Memorial Day weekend. Indicates cooler conditions by Monday as 175,000 converge on Indianapolis for the 511 mile auto race, with overall period temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal and precipitation near one inch in scattered showers.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Hoosierland
Mercury
Evansville
South Bend
iIndianapolis
Lafayette
Bonds Sold For Linton Stockton Elementary School Project
Bonds totaling 725000 were sold Thursday by the Holding company to finance most of the new Linton Stockton consolidated elementary school. City Securities Corporation of Indianapolis bid 3 3/8 percent interest plus a 3401.99 premium, the lowest offer among five bidders. Construction work progresses with excavation by Repp and Mundt and concrete foundations begun, aiming to retire bonds in about 25 years.
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Linton - Stockton Consolidated
City Securities Corporation of Indianapolis
Cruttenden and Company
Indianapolis
Raffensperger
Hughes and Company
Pain
Webber, Jackson and Curtis
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane
Holding Corporation
Linton-Stockton School Corporation
Repp and Mundt Company
Eisenhower urges changes to refugee law
President Eisenhower asked Congress to amend the 1953 refugee law with ten changes to speed admission and reaffirm sanctuary. He proposed waiving individual sponsorship for eligible refugees and lifting health restrictions, citing existing visa processing and safety safeguards.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
United States
Fire spotted during flight saves home in Minnesota
International Falls, Minn. youth fire spotter Costley, during a flying lesson, saw flames on the roof of Cobey's home. He landed the plane, knocked on Cobey's door, and informed him his house was on fire.
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International Falls
Minn
Cleve Costley
Youth International
Costley
Finomes Coppy
Cobey
Remington Death Case Said Closed
In a federal court in Lewisburg Pennsylvania Judge Frederick V. Follmer sentenced three prisoners connected to the Remington cell slaying to life or lengthy terms. George McCoy Lewis Cagle and Robert Parker received life or 20 year terms after pleading guilty to the fatal attack on William Remington in his cell and robbers motive was ruled as robbery.
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Lewisburg
William Remington
Remington
U.S
Middle District Court
Frederick V. Follmer
Follmer
George Junior McCoy
Grundy
Lewis Cagle
Chattanooga
Tenn
McCoy
Cagle
Robert Carl Parker
Washington, D.C
Red Cross Lifesaving Classes At Shakamak Park
Red Cross offers junior and senior lifesaving and water safety aid classes at Shakamak park under instructors. Mrs. Won House of Linton announces sessions June 13 to 25 for eligible swimmers fourteen and older, with free courses. Applications go to Bob Walters at 12 West Main Jasonville before June 6, with July set for beginner swimming classes.
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Shakamak Park
Red Cross
Won House of
Bob Walters
West Main Street
Jasonville
Hospital Births and Dismissals List Regional
Mrs. Robert Blanton Worthington and Mrs. Raymond Reynolds Indianapolis welcomed daughters Melissa Jewel and a son Roger Wayne born to Mrs. Wayne Anderson. Dismissals include Mrs. Kenneth Ray Lyons and others. several mothers and babies, including Mrs. Rex Hamlin Bloomfield and Miss Diana Strait Worthington, discharged.
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Robert Blanton
Worthington
Raymond Reynolds
Indianapolis
Melissa Jewel
Wayne Anderson
Roger Wayne
Florence Ten Eyck
Bloomfield
Donald Clayton
Sandborn
Norma Jean Allen
Kenneth Ray
Lyons
Hassa Cook
Ktowat
Tenn
Carolyn Deem
Baby
Rex Hamlin
Diana Strait
Mildred Pershing
Wayne Wright and
Linton
Arthur Bruner
Peg Smith Dies in Morris Illinois Rites Announced
William W. Peg Smith aged 66 former Linton resident died suddenly at his Morris Illinois home. Retired coal miner and Linton Elks member he was born in Evansville on August 6 1888. Survived by two brothers one sister and several nieces and nephews. Body to Welch and Cornett Funeral Home with viewing after 5 Saturday. funeral at 2 Monday at the same home. burial in Fairview cemetery with Linton Elks participation.
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William W. “Peg” Smith
Linton
Morris
Ill
Mr. Smith
Evansville
James C
Rose Cullen Smith
Linton Elks Lodge
Smith
Lawrence
Harry Smith
John Maddison
Ruth Mauradian
Detroit
Mich
Welch and Cornett Funeral Home
Fairview Cemetery
Injured in Fall Residents Reported in Indiana
Mrs. Florence TenEyck aged 90 of Terre Haute fractured her shoulder in a fall at her daughter’s home north of Tulip. She is receiving treatment at Freeman-Greene County Hospital.
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Florence TenEyck
Terre Haute
Victor Hudson
Tulip
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
Four Drownings Reported Across Indiana Thursday
Four people died in Indiana mishaps on Thursday. Linda Gribbons five slipped from a rock into Flat Rock River at Columbus and drowned. James Moody eight was pushed into Center Lake in Warsaw and drowned. Kenneth Miller fifteen disappeared in the St Joseph River near Spencerville while swimming with his mother. Ronald Brimley forty nine was found drowned on a Wabash River sandbar near Logansport State Hospital after being missing since Thursday.
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Indiana
Linda Gribbons
Columbus
Flat Rock
James Moody
Warsaw
Center Lake
Kenneth Miller
Spencerville
St. Joseph
Ronald Brimley
Zionsville
Logansport State Hospital
Wabash
Brimley
Polio cases rise among vaccinated children across states
Public Health Service reports 17 new polio cases in vaccinated children, bringing total to 111 with 77% paralytic. Cases linked to Cutter, Lilly, Parke Davis, Pitman Moore, Wyeth vaccines. occurrences span Arkansas Virginia Louisiana Illinois Texas Nebraska and more.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service Today
Ilman-Moore Co
Jaisonsville
Ind
Nebraska
Cutter Laboratories
Eli Lilly Co
Parke, Davis and Co
Arkansas
Virginia
Louisiana
Illinois
Texas
Cutter
Lilly
Parke Davis
Pitman- Moore
Wyeth Laboratories
Welfare rolls drop in Indianapolis
Public Welfare Administrator Richard Schweitzer reported 60 979 people received 2 177 841 in aid in April, down 248 people and 8 292 dollars from March.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Richard Schweitzer
Indianapolis Boy Dead of Rifle Wound
Charles Robinson 16 Tech High School junior was found dead in his garage from a rifle wound. His stepmother Alice 35 found the body and called it an accident. Police noted a decline from earlier honor student status as he had cut classes and fallen grades.
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Indianapolis
Charles Robinson
Tech
Alice
First Major Auto Strike May Start On Tuesday Night
CIO United Auto Workers ordered 135000 Ford workers to be ready for a potential walkout next Tuesday night after rejecting Ford's 500000 dollar contract. Negotiations risk collapse as unions demand a guaranteed annual wage and oppose a stock sharing plan. Ford's contract runs to June 1, GM to June 7.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
Eisenhower
Ford National Committee
General Motors
Council Will Select New Mayor Tonight
The Linton City Council will choose a new mayor to serve until Dec 31 1955 at a 7:00 p.m. meeting in City hall. Mayor Pro Tem Winston Murdock is expected to win the unexpired term after former Mayor Robert C McFadden resigned to become Federal Marshal. A vacancy on the council from Murdock’s promotion is also anticipated, with Russell Peelman the Republican candidate favored for councilman from his ward.
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Linton
Winston Murdock
Robert C. MceFadden
Murdock
Russell Peelman
Hogan Fined for Missing Written Driver Test
Lee Hogan, 25, was fined $100 by District Judge Frank Gregorski after the court found he did not take the written driver’s license test to which his name was signed. Hogan reportedly cannot write.
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Milwaukee
Lee Hogan
Frank Gregorski
Hogan
Desert Winds Knock Down Theater Screen in Richland
Sand laden winds from arid areas swept through Richland Washington knocking down the screen at an outdoor theater where the film The Living Desert was playing. The gust disrupted the show and no injuries were reported.
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Richland, Wash
Eden’s Stunning Victory Shrugs Off Bevan Bid in British Vote
Prime Minister Anthony Eden secured a decisive general election win for the Conservative Party, signaling a likely House of Commons majority and a strong mandate for pro United States alignment. Labor’s Aneurin Bevan suffered losses as the Conservatives gained seats in rural areas.
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London
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
United States
Aneurin Bevan
Morgan Phillips
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
Churchill
Labor
Eden
Liberals
Laborites
Commons
Britain
Soviet Union
Washington
Piccadilly Circus
Court Sheriff Ousted From Indiana Supreme Court
An order by Chief Justice James A. Emmert vacated the Indiana Supreme Court sheriff office. Joseph E. Adams of Bloomington loses a decade in the post, with duties to be handled by an Indiana University Law School student pending selection. Emmert gave no reason for the removal.
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Indianapolis
James A. Emmert
Indiana Supreme Court
Joseph E. Adams
Bloomington
Emmert
Adams
Indiana University Law School
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