Hoosier electricity system shown through Noblesville plant
A tour led by John C. Mellett and Howard county teachers of the Public Service Company of Indiana near Noblesville explains how Indiana powers 70 of 92 counties. The piece notes TVA’s water limits, reliance on coal, automatic controls, and a midwest grid that prevents outages while housewives iron on Tuesday mornings.
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John C. Mellett
Howard County
O. M. Swihart
Public Service Company of Indiana
Noblesville
White River
Indiana Public Service Company
Tennessee
TVA
Public Service Company
Indiana Coal and Steam
Indiana
Hoosier State
USA
Niagara Falls
Hoover Dam
PSCI
Russians Cut Red Battalion With Allied Artillery Fire
A battalion of 800 Chinese Reds attacked South Korean troops defending Sniper Ridge but suffered near destruction as a heavy Allied artillery barrage split the force. The force had pressed fire on Pinpoint Hill earlier, and UN forces claimed victory as Sniper Ridge changed hands for the 27th time in a brutal Central Front month.
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Seoul
Korea
Au.p
Pinpoint Hill
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Suan
Republic of Korea
Kumhwa
GOP May Support Defense Aid Plans
Three Republican senators predicted the 83rd Congress will back current U S defense and foreign aid programs but will scrutinize costs and seek economies. They cited the military budget and aid to allies as key issues while noting Truman’s 1954 requests exceed 55 billion for defense and 7.5 billion for foreign aid.
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Washington
A.P
Congress
U. S
House
Senate
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper Arown
Foreign Relations and
Atomic Energy Committees
Truman
Capitol Hill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Woman Killed as Car Crashes into Tree in Muncie
Mrs. Alberta Wagner, 39, of Muncie, was killed and her 14 month old daughter Sue Ann Wagner was critically hurt when their car lost control on Indiana 32 and struck a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
U.P
Alberta Wagner
Sue Ann
Tupe lo Newsman Fled Tupelo After Razor Attack by Masked Men
Newell Anderson a 27 year old Tupelo Daily Journal circulation manager and his pregnant wife fled Tupelo for Fargo North Dakota after masked assailants slashed him with a razor and warned to leave town. FBI joined local officials in investigating civil rights violation and threats. Mayor George Maynard called for a broader inquiry and police protection remained in place though the couple left town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tupelo
Miss
U.P
FBI
Newell Anderson
North Dakota
Mississippi
Alfred I. Means
Memphis, Tenn
Anderson
George Maynard
Maynard
Tupelo Daily Journal
South
Andersons
Fargo
N.D. Maynard
D. B. Crockett
U S Casualties Grow In Korean Theater
United States forces in Korea report the largest weekly casualty increase in a year, totaling 125,887 with 1,318 more than last week. Defense spokesmen cite heightened fighting tempo as UN and Communist forces clash over strategic hills and positions. The tally includes all killed wounded and missing through last Friday.
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Washington
U.P
Korea
Defense Department
Department
United Nations
Special Convocation at Local High School Auditorium
A public convocation opens at 2 30 Friday afternoon in the local high school auditorium. Miss Estelle Phillips reports Paul Leonard billed as a bird man and musician will perform bird rhapsodies and mystery music. Leonard’s booking agent calls the act a most unusual treat with a mystery instrument never touched. Admission is ten cents.
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Estelle Phillips
Paul Leonard
Sorenson Lyceum Bureau
Leonard
Truman Receives Lucrative Job Offers After White House
President Truman has a briefcase full of post presidency job offers but has not indicated any decision. White House sources expect no announcement before or soon after January 20. Some aides expect a return to Independence Missouri for months before choosing non government work. Reports mention potential world travel and lectures on world peace though no firm plans exist. The highest salary offer cited is $250,000 annually plus travel expenses from Resistor Hot Co. of Garland Texas for a VP in charge of road sales.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
White House
Roger Tubby
Mr. Truman
Independence
Resistor Hot Co
Garland
Tex
Harry Rolnick
Revival Held at Burris Chapel With Rev Elva Hardy Speaker
A two week revival at Burris Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church runs nightly at 7 pm led by Pastor Rev Elva Hardy. Special musical numbers are planned and the public is invited to attend. The revival ends November 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burris Chapel
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Elva Hardy
Announce Birth of Ronette Barry Dale
Mr and Mrs Ronald Barry Dale announce the birth of a daughter Ronette born Tuesday November 11 at Freeman Greene County Hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds two ounces.
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Ronald Barry Dale
Ronette
Freeman- Greene County Hospital
Illinois Killer Gets Sentence of Life
Illinois man Charles Petrach received a life sentence plus 150 years for murdering Georgine Lyons, a high school librarian who had rejected him. The judge also ordered annual solitary confinement on the crime anniversary. The court noted remorse, with an Oscar Wilde stanza found in the defendant's wallet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceville
Ill
U.P
Charles Petrach
Ben Rovaldi
Stepmother
Petrach
Georgine Lyons
Oscar Wilde
Reading Gaol
Rovaldi
Philip Benefiel
Benefiel
Martin urges Eisenhower to seek MacArthur advice on Asia
Representative Joseph W. Martin Jr. urged the incoming president to consult General Douglas MacArthur for insights on Asiatic problems. Martin said MacArthur has valuable information and knowledge, though he did not specify any cabinet or top admin role for the general. MacArthur was dismissed by President Truman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Attleboro
Mass
U.P
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Martin
House
Far East
Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Truman
Guided missile test building planned at Bendix plant
The Bendix Products Division in Mishawaka Indiana will complete a new guided missile test building soon adjacent to the existing guided missile plant Bendix purchased in 1951. The firm has conducted guided missile experiments since 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mishawaka, Inc
U.P
Bendix Products
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Bendix
Wright and Allen Backed for Top GOP Posts in Indiana
Governor-elect George N. Craig backs James D. Allen for speaker of the Indiana House and C. Wright for state chairman. Wright led Craig’s campaign and will be presented to the GOP State Committee as successor to Dale J. Holder, who resigned amid party discord. Allen’s fate hinges on support from 81 elected representatives.
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Indianapolis
U.P
George N. Craig
Craig
Anderson
Noland C. Wright
James D. Allen
Salem
Indiana
House of Representatives
Wright
GOP
Dale J. Holder
Holder
Allen
Rep
W. O Hughes
Fort Wayne
Hughes
Hoosier Accidents Claim Several Fatalities and Injuries
A two car crash on Indiana 15 near Warsaw killed Mrs. Lawrence Maloney and seriously injured three others, including Mrs. Grace Lemert and John H. Fleffer and his wife. At Salem, Indiana, John Edward Reeves, about 50, died after being struck by a car and run over by a truck on U.S. 150 near Hardinsburg. In Frankfort Maryland, Mrs. Hester Couden, 49, died from injuries in a collision southwest of town, and her husband Fred, 68, died Tuesday from injuries suffered in the same crash.
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Warsaw
Ind
U.P
Lawrence Maloney
Milford
Here
Grace Lemert
John H. Fleffer
Cullom
Salem
Mnd
John Edward Reeves
U.S. 150
Hardinsburg
Jerome Johnson
Cincinnati
Lewis Pritchard
Mt. Carmel
Ill
Frankfort
Hester Couden
Covington
Fred
Born to Crane resident a baby girl arrives at hospital
A baby girl weighing 6 pounds 9 1 4 ounces was born to Mrs. Henry Tullock of Crane on Wednesday. Other notes list Mrs. Raymond Hunter of Switz City admitted for treatment, Donna Jane and Joyce McBride of Spencer rural route having tonsillectomies, Zona Franklin of Linton dismissed, Mrs. Wilbur Allis of Springville gone home, and Mrs. Barry Dale and baby taken to their home.
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Henry Tullock
Crane
Raymond Hunter
Switz City
Donna Jane
Joyce McBride
Spencer
Zona Franklin
Linton
Wilbur Allis
Springville
Barry Dale
Baby
Former Governor Ed Jackson ILL in Bedford
Former Indiana governor Ed Jackson, 77, is reported critically ill at his Bedford area country home west of Orleans. Jackson, who served as governor from 1925 to 1928, has been seriously ill for two years and reportedly suffered a stroke Wednesday.
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Bedford
Ind
U.P
Ed Jackson
Orleans
Jackson
Indiana
Club Meeting Notice At Mrs Hutchinson Home
The Y M L club will meet at the home of Mrs Edward Hutchinson at 7 30 oclock tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.L. Club
Edward Hutchinson
Sailor reports sighting hydrogen bomb blast near Rendova
Seaman Andrew I. Butters, 22, aboard the U S S Rendova, writes his parents in Fort Dodge Iowa that the Nov 1 blast sent a cloud to 84 000 feet and hit their ship about 50 miles away. He describes a mile wide island erased by the explosion and a heat wave reaching them in 30 seconds.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
U.P
I. L.butters
Andrew I. Butters
U. S. S. Rendova
Navy Bomber with 11 Aboard Believed Down in Olympic Forest
A large rescue mission including helicopters ambulances and radio trucks searched dense Olympic National Forest for a four engine Navy Privateer with 11 aboard reported down near Shelton Washington. Initial reports say it left Sand Point at 6 11 pm and crashed in rugged terrain as snow slowed ground crews.
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Navy
Shelton
Wash
Olympic Mountains
Olympic National Forest
Here
Thirteenth Naval District
Seattle
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Eisenhower Korea trip may be delayed until late November
President elect Eisenhower may postpone his Korea trip until late November or early December to fulfill Washington and New York commitments. He plans quick talks with Truman on November 18 and a New York week with Sen Wiley and Taft, then travel if time permits.
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Augusta
U.P
Eisenhower
Korea
Washington
New York
James C. Hagerty
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
White House
Alexander Wiley
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Wiley
Hagerty
New York City
Commodore Hotel
Chinese Turn Down New Prisoner Plan
Chinese Foreign Minister George K C Yeh at the United Nations warned that a temporary transfer of Korean war prisoners to neutral territory could merely delay forced repatriation by the Communists. He cited the Indian plan to send all war prisoners to a central Korea island under a neutral UN commission, with homebound prisoners transported and resisters sheltered on the island.
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United Nation
U.P
China
George K.C. Yeh
United Nations General Assembly
Korea
U.N. Commission
R. G. Casey
Melbourne
Mao Tze- Tung
Colley Family Visits Then Moves to Chanute Field
Lt and Mrs William H Colley and children Deidra Gale and Jimmy visit Shirley Osborn and others. The Colleys, formerly of Linton, lived in California while LA Colley was stationed in San Diego. they are moving to Chanute Field Illinois where he will be located.
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William H. Colley
Deidra Gale
Jimmy
Shirley Osborn
William Colley
Colleys
Linton
California
Colley
San Diego
Chanute Field
Salvation Army Pick Up Set for November 17
The Salvation Army will collect used clothing and newspapers on Monday November 17. Lt Florence Davis announced residents should place items near the curb for pickup.
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Salvation Army
Florence Davis
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Victor
Korean
Pyongyang
Kuni
CIO
Murray
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Allen S. Haywood
James B. Carey
International Soundphoto
U.S
Illinois
Lice
Hoosier
Sailor
Air Force
Coast Guard
State Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Deputies
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
PBY
Albert M. Cox
Legislative Liaison Division
U. S. Air Force
President Truman
Cox
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