Memorial Day traffic toll nears record with 365 deaths
United Press reports Memorial Day three day holiday traffic deaths reached 365 by Monday night with drownings totaling 133 and plane crashes 11. California led with 29 deaths followed by New York 27 and Texas 24. Bill Vukovich and pilot Paul Anderson were among those killed in high profile crashes.
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United Press
California
Texas
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearborn
Plane crash at edge of Indianapolis injures three
Two planes crash landed in freshly plowed fields during Memorial Day weekend in Indiana. A twin engine private plane carrying five Pennsylvanians to a race near Indianapolis suffered engine trouble and three of the five were injured but released after treatment. Names include George Long and Robert McCann Sr and Jr of Allentown. A second small plane owned by Frank M. Olin of Indianapolis crash landed near Stiles Airport at Shoals with no serious injuries.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Southport
St. Francis Hospital
George Long
Robert McCann, Sr
Robert Jr
Allentown
Frank M. Olin
Stiles
Shoals
Olin
Lawrence Bennett Suffers Leg Injury At Illinois Central Track Work
Lawrence Bennett of Linton sustained a left leg injury while working for the Illinois Central Railroad last Thursday. He is reported to be improving.
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Lawrence Bennett
Linton
Illinois Central Railroad
Roy Howe Funeral to Be Wednesday
Funeral services for Roy W. Howe 62 will be held at 3 30 pm Wednesday at Welch and Cornett Funeral home. Rev Royden Rea and Rev Lloyd Miller will officiate with burial in Fairview cemetery. Linton Frank Courtney American Legion post will confer graveside honors.
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Roy W. Howe
Welch and Cornett Funeral Home
Royden Rea
Lloyd Miller
Fairview Cemetery
Linton Frank
Four Quints to Split One Million Dollar Trust Fund
The four surviving Dionne quints signed papers to divide their one million dollar trust fund on reaching 21. They also prepared wills and will apply to Ontario Supreme Court for possession of the trust assets. Emilie’s share fate remains undisclosed after her August death.
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Callander
Dionne Quintuplets
Supreme Court of Ontario
Oliva Dionne
Dionne
Cecile
Yvonne
Notre Dame de L’esperance Hospital
Annette
College of Marguerite- Bourgeoys
Montreal
Marie
Emilie
Papa Dionne
Former Hoosier principal and wife charged in Florida shooting
In Ocala Florida a former Kokomo Indiana school principal Edward Lindley and his wife Bertha were to be arraigned on first degree murder charges after a 90 minute gun battle that killed Deputies Bob Wooten and Curtis Youngblood and Assistant Police Chief M O Tuck. A fourth officer was seriously wounded. Lindley and his wife had a home arsenal of 25 guns and hundreds of rounds. Lindley had retired from Kokomo schools after a heart attack and had past hospital treatment.
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Ocala
Fla
Kokomo
Ind
Edward Samuel Lindley
Bertha
Lindley
Bob Wooten
Curtis Youngblood
Wooten
Youngblood
Douglas Wingfield
Wingfield
Veterans Meet at Legion for Roy Howe Funeral Arrangements
Veterans of World War I and II are urged to gather at the American Legion home at 3 00 Wednesday afternoon DST to arrange funeral details for Roy Howe in a notice issued by Commander Elmo Tincher.
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American Legion
Roy Howe
Elmo Tincher
High Court Orders Rapid End to School Segregation
The Supreme Court ruled segregation in public schools must end as quickly as local conditions allow, assigning district courts to ensure good faith compliance. Chief Justice Warren stated lower courts should monitor school boards' prompt and reasonable start toward full desegregation, while considering local obstacles and public interests.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Justice Department
Warren
South
Walton to Stand Trial for Manslaughter in Bloomfield
Carl Walton aged 42 of Linton is slated for trial on October 4 in Greene circuit court Bloomfield on a manslaughter charge for the February 6 fatal shooting of Fred Reynolds Dunning 40 of Linton. Walton pleaded not guilty after hearing set by Judge Edwin B Long.
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Carl Walton
Linton
Greene
Bloomfield
Fred Reynold Dunning
Walton
Edwin B. Long
Seymour Townsend
Rollie Camer
Jasonville
Evansville Flour Plant Hit By Local 451 Strike
Evansville Indiana as 21 or so workers at the Igle heart Brothers flour plant a General Foods division walked out today over a seniority grievance. Local 451 United Packinghouse Workers says the dispute stems from the firm not offering the most senior qualified workers the better jobs. The company accuses the walkout of violating a no strike pledge in the contract.
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Evansville
Ind
Igleheart Brothers Flour
General Foods Corp
United Packinghouse Workers
Eastern Star Chapter 140 to hold trial meeting
A called meeting of Columbian Chapter No 140 Order of Eastern Star will be held at the Masonic hall in Linton at 7 30 tonight for the purpose of holding a trial according to Mrs Virginia Taylor Worthy Matron
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Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Linton
Virginia Taylor
Ford Answers Union Offer On Worker Vote Daring Plan
Ford Motor Co replies to CIO President Walter Reuther on letting workers vote between the annual wage plan and Ford's stock sharing. A decision by nightfall could trigger or avert a Ford empire wide strike set for Thursday. The union proposes a 12 cent an hour wage cost and a partner prosperity plan with stock at half price and severance pay.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
Walter Reuther
Ford
Reuther
United Auto
Ford Council
Mounted police quell teens in Bronx Park riot
About 500 youths battled in a city park as nine mounted officers and 150 reinforcements arrived. Police blamed the heat for the confrontation that started in a cafeteria after a color taunt, with two groups of about 250 youths clashing until martial law-like control was imposed until night.
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New York
Bronx
Seven U S Airmen Die in C47 Crash Over Sacramento Mountains
An Air Force C47 cargo plane from Clovis Air Force Base crashed into a canyon near La Luz Peak on Memorial Day, killing seven crew members. The victims include 1st Lts Don Forbes, Robert Haugan, Clyde Johnson, Tech Sgt Leamon Lawson, and airmen Lester Barnes and Charles Deaton, with authority stating a board will study the accident. The craft was demolished and bodies were reportedly mutilated and charred.
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Bill Vukovich
Indianapolis
Vukovich
Canton
Ohio
Paul Anderson
Anderson
Air Force
Sacaramento
Alamogordo
N. M
Alamagordo
N.M
Sacramento Mountains
Holloman Air Force Base
Clovis Air Force Base
Clovis
la Luz
Forest Service
Holloman
Don Forbes
Portland
Ore
Robert Haugan
Chicago
Clyde Johnson
Benson
N.C
Leamon Lawson
Lester Barnes
Maywood
Calif
Charles Deaton
Commiskey
Ind
Rain Expected Across State As Warm Spell Advances
Weather Bureau forecast calls for a five day period of showers beginning Wednesday night, with one to two inches of rain likely across the countryside. Today offers sun and pleasant conditions with highs from 68 to 73. Temperatures dip tonight to 46 to 54 before warming to 80 to 83 Wednesday. Memorial Day weekend stays cool but dry with midwestern readings in the 60s. Brisk morning temperatures range from 41 in Indianapolis to 46 in Evansville.
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Hoosterland
Weather Bureau
Mercury
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Eisenhower outlines status of prisoners and world issues
President Eisenhower said the United States has no word on Red China freeing 53 remaining American prisoners and announced plans to attend the United Nations anniversary in San Francisco. He discussed polio vaccine rollout, budget balance, and potential running mate options without confirming reelection plans.
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Eisenhower
United States
Red China
San Francisco
United Nations
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Switzerland
Congress
Far East
Quemoy
Matsu
Hobby
Treasury
Marion B. Folsom
Oveta Clap Hobby
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson Likely to Accept Democratic Nomination
New York Times reports Adlai E. Stevenson prepared to accept the Democratic presidential nomination in 1956. Richard J. H. Johnston from Chicago says Stevenson has a firm conclusion that Republicans cannot govern the nation at a critical point and will not publicly announce until late summer.
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New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
New York Times
Times
Richard J. H. Johnston
Chicago
Stevenson
Johnston
Illinois
53 U.S. airmen still held by Reds in China
New York dispatch reports release of 4 U.S. airmen leaves 53 Americans in Red Chinese custody. Among them are 11 airmen, 2 civilians imprisoned as spies, 26 civilians jailed, 3 priests under house arrest, and 11 civilians forbidden to depart.
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New York
U.S
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Report
Admissions listed include Mrs. James Tungate of Bloomfield giving birth to a four pound nine point two ounce son unnamed at present. Other new patients include Mrs. Martha Wooley of Worthington and Wilbert Barker of Bloomfield. Dismissals include Mrs. John Jerling of Terre Haute and Mrs. Garrett Buck of Dugger.
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James Tungate
Bloomfield
Martha Wooley
Worthington
Wilbert Barker
Nancy Pickard
Kenneth Nelson
Switz City
Neil Nelson
John Jerling
Terre Haute
Garrett Buck
Dugger
Weldon McIntosh
Phillip Holtsclaw
Light Indiana Memorial Day traffic toll tops 11 lives
Indiana recorded a relatively light 78 hour Memorial Day period with seven highway deaths and three drownings. Notable fatalities included Bill Vukovich in a five car Indianapolis Speedway crash and Frederick J. Devereaux who died after a tire blowout on U S 41 in Fountain County.
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Indiana
Bill Vukovich
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Frederick J. Devereaux
Chicago
Charles Robertson
Cayuga
U.S. 41
Fountain County
Guild Will Meet at Bloomfield Park Shelter
The Greene County Hospital Guild will hold its final meeting of the year at the Bloomfield park shelter house at noon DST Monday June 6. Mrs Orval Maddox president announced. Bloomfield Guild members will serve as hostesses and provide beverages for the picnic lunch attendees bring a covered dish and their own table service. Officers for the coming year will be installed.
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Greene County Hospital Guild
Shelter House
Bloomfield
Orval Maddox
Four American Pilots Freed From Red China
Four U.S. airmen shot down over Korea were released from Red China and crossed into Hong Kong at the Canton border. They arrived aboard a Communist train at 2 33 p.m. and were flown to Honolulu for reunions after a military tribunal conviction for intruding into Manchuria.
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Red China
Canton
China
Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Edwin L. Heller
Wynnewood
Air Force
Washington
Honolulu
Col
Dwighton Simpson
Col. Simpson
Parks
U.s.air Force
Kowloon
United States
Korea
Reds
Reds Operate Subs Near Chinese Coast
The Tatas News Agency reported that submarines were operating from Hoeng Shan harbor off the northern Chekiang coast. The port was described as an important military base with subs keeping watch on the U.S. Seventh Fleet and the Nationalist navy in the Formosa Strait.
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Formosa
Red Chinese
Hoeng Shan
Chekiang
China
Tatas
Ministry of the Interior
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Formosa Strait
Portland Man, 33, Burned to Death
Arthur Valentine, 33, was found dead in a fire charred bed in Portland Indiana. Coroners report suffocation as the cause and believe a lit cigarette may have started the blaze while his wife and children were away on a visit.
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Portland
Ind
Arthur Valentine
Jay County
M. Hammond
Valentine
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