Strike Threatens U S Telephone Industry
Western Electric installers across 44 states went on strike, halting long distance lines in many centers. The Communications Workers of America said 150000 telephone workers would join picket lines, with local service largely normal and management staff rerouted to keep long distance traffic moving.
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New York
JP — Western Electric Co
Supervisory Telephone Company
Western Electric
Communications Workers of America
New York Telephone Co
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Memphis
Tenn
Birth of Charlene Rae Filler in Cincinnati
Mr and Mrs Paul Filler of Cincinnati announce the birth of a daughter Charlene Rae on Aug ie. The baby weighed seven pounds four ounces and is the couple’s second child. The mother is the former Martha Rose of Linton.
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Paul Fillers
Cincinnati
Ohio
Augie
Charlene Rae
Martha Rose
Linton
William Cochran Worthington Man Dies After Illness
William Cochran 72 a retired Pennsylvania Railroad crossing watchman died at his Worthington home after a lingering illness Born in Knox county on March 14 1884 he lived in Lyons before moving to Worthington He is survived by his widow Laura Palmer Cochran a daughter and two stepchildren plus three sisters Funeral services will be held at his residence with Rev H H Harris officiating and burial in Prairie Chapel cemetery east of Lyons
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William Cochran
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Worthington
Cochran
Lyons
Knox County
Mr. Cochran
Laura Palmer Cochran
Rev
H. H. Harris
Prairie Chapel
Strike Hits 16 Indiana Cities in Western Electric Action
A 44 state strike by the Communications Workers of America against Western Electric affected 16 Indiana cities including Indianapolis Evansville Vincennes Bloomington Columbus Terre Haute New Albany Clinton Crawfordsville Peru Marion Muncie Anderson Fort Wayne Kokomo and South Bend. Spokesmen said over 400 telephone installers joined the walkout with 427 on the job last week. pickets stood in multiple cities to keep Indiana Bell workers off the job while most cities kept dial service.
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Indianapolis
Communications Workers of America
Western Electric Co
Indiana
Gvalkout
Hoosierland
Evansville
Vincennes
Bloomington
Columbus
Terre Haute
New Albany
Clinton
Crawfordsville
Peru
Marion
Muncie
Anderson
Fort Wayne
Kokomo
South Bend
Indiana Bell Telephone Co
Bell
Revival Opens Tonight at Calvary Assembly of God
The Calvary Assembly of God in Dugger begins a children's revival with services at 7:00 tonight and continues through Friday evening each night. An evangelist from Ohio is the speaker.
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Calvary Assembly of God Church
Dugger
Ohio
Fines Handed to Three in Linton Court for Intoxication
Howard Brack Hudson of Linton was fined $1 and costs or $16 on a public intoxication charge and received a 60 day Indiana Penal Farm sentence suspended on good behavior. Jimmy Joe Hamilton of Linton paid $10 and costs or $26.75 for driving while intoxicated with a 12 month license suspension. Arley Franklin of Worthington was fined $1 and costs totaling $16 on a public intoxication charge.
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Linton City
Howard Brack Hudson
Linton
Indiana Penal Farm
Jimmy Joe Hamilton
Arley Franklin
Worthington
Dugger Man Hurt In Pandora Mine Accident
Robert Arnold aged 49 of Dugger suffered four fractured ribs and scratches after three mine stair flights collapsed at the Pandora coal mine between Dugger and Sullivan. He fell about fifty feet but was cushioned by the broken stairs. miner Tommy Oliver also injured but not hospitalized. Power failure halted ventilation. REMC linemen restored power in ten minutes and rescue teams lowered a cage to bring Arnold to the surface.
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Robert Arnold
Dugger
Pandora
Sullivan
Mr. Arnold
Arnold
Tommy Oliver
George Learmonth
Learmonth
REMC
Alexander Ambulance
Tractor Accident Takes Man's Life
Chester A. Cooprider aged 57 died after a tractor overturned on Clarence Yeger Lehner’s farm northeast of Clay City. The accident occurred at 8:10 AM Saturday with Cooprider trapped beneath the machine. He is survived by a widow, three daughters, a son, a sister and a brother, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services are at 2:00 PM Tuesday at Lincoln Christian church with Rev. Lloyd Miller. burial in Maple Grove cemetery near Clay City.
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Chester A. Cooprider
Jasonville
Cooprider
Clarence Yegerlehner
Clay City
Elizabeth Cooprider
Irene Duncan
Mary Ruth Greene
Worthington
Joan Earlywine
Indianapolis
Wendell L. Cooprider
Agatha Salter
Palestine
Ill
Joseph Cooprider
Schoppenhorst
Lincoln Christian Church
Lloyd Miller
Maple Grove
20th Nuclear Blast Echoes in Nevada Desert Test
At the Atomic Energy Commission test site in Nevada an early morning nuclear blast from the summer series detonated with an estimated yield of about 30,200 tons of TNT. Observers noted the blast was nearly twice the force of the WWII bombs.
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Atomic Test Site
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Desert
Japan
Cooler Days Predicted By Indiana Weather Outlook
Rainfall totals reached near 2 inches in parts of Indiana ending a drought in Hoosierland. Seymour reported 2.36 inches and West Baden 2.81 as showers moved through after a warm day. Temperatures ranged from 71 to 85 across the state with an outlook of cooler days ahead and scattered precipitation through the week.
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Indiana
Hoosierland
Seymour
West Baden
Shoals
Columbus
Bloomington
Vincennes
Bluffton
Warsaw
Knightstown
Bedford
South Bend
Indianapolis
Evansville
Lafayette
Fort Wayne
Mercury
Four Motorists Penalized in Linton Stop Sign Crackdown
In Linton last weekend four motorists faced penalties from Mayor P H Ohern's court as police intensified a stop sign crackdown. Kenneth Henderson of Lyons and James Nolan of Linton had 60 day licenses suspended for failing to stop at A and First streets SE. Donald Krnstler of Linton paid 1 dollar plus costs for the same charge. Ricky Griffith of Worthington paid 1 dollar for blocking a sidewalk under the local ordinance. All arrests occurred a day earlier.
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Linton
P. H. O’hern
Kenneth Wayne Henderson
Lyons
James P. Nolan
Donald R. Krnstler
Ricky Lynn Griffith
Worthington
Moonshine Seizure Leads to Five Arrests at Noon
Police seized a still during the noon lunch period and arrested five men found eating sandwiches among about 200 five-gallon cans of moonshine. The suspects were drinking milk.
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Paterson, N.F
Hoosier Kills Wife On Steps of Church
Clifford Groover 50 admits slaying estranged wife Edna Groover 46 on the steps of Holy Cross Church in Indianapolis and fires at Pastor Rev Dennis Spalding who aided the wounded woman. Groover charged with murder after being captured near Shelbyville following the Sunday morning attack.
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Indianapolis
Clifford Groover
Edna Groover
Holy Cross Church
Dennis Spalding
Groover
Shelbyville
Ind
Integration Tension Subdues in Arkansas as Guards Edge Back
Gov. Faubus says National Guardsmen may leave Central High School by week end if calm continues. Nine barred black students faced no attempted breach as federal court prepares to hear why injunction should not bar further interference. Faubus, after talks with President Eisenhower, pledges respect for the court while urging patience.
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Eisenhower
Governor Faubus
Brooks Hays
White House
Newport
R. 1
Arkansas
Faubus
Supreme Court
Litle Rock
Ark
Central High School
Orval E. Faubus
Ronald N. Davies
Davies
Adenauer Scores Thumping Victory In German Voting
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer led West Germany to a landslide win in the Bundestag securing 270 seats for the Christian Democrats and an 81 year old veteran returns to power. The Socialists won 169 seats with a 31 percent share as Adenauer pursues closer NATO ties and European integration.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Bundestag
Socialists
Free Democrats
Federal Election Office
Europe
Western Europe
NATO
Arenauer
West
Hungary
Trick Backfires as Hunters Are Shot in Wooded Cover
Terre Haute men Blanche Biggs and Louis Marter were wounded when their hoax to fool fellow hunter Jack Pearce with a squirrel call backfired. Marter received chin and arm wounds. Biggs was kept overnight for observation at St. Anthony's Hospital.
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Terre Haute
Blanche Biggs
Louis Marter
Biggs
Marter
Jack Pearce
Pearce
Blackhawk
Vigo County
St. Anthony’s Hospital
10 Killed 14 Hurt As Northeast Airliner Crashes
A Boston to New York Northeast flight with 24 aboard crashed in a swamp near Municipal Airport in thick fog. Ten people died including the pilot and co pilot. 14 were injured as rescuers faced waist deep water and dense mud in the recovery.
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New Bedford
Mass
Municipal
Civil Aeronautics Board
Iaves
Gerald H. Bland
Newark
N.J
Silver Airlines
Boston
Logan
Hyannis
Cape Cod
Nantucket
Martha's Vineyard
la Guardia Field
New York
Family’s Career In Crime Ends Ends In Bloodshed
Minneap olis police killed two O Kasick brothers Roger 26 and Ronald 24 during a swamp chase in Wyoming Minnesota after they allegedly murdered a policeman and abducted a farmer. James 20 was wounded while the trio were captured and another brother is hospitalized. their father faces parole violation charges. Richard O Kasick says the family had gone bad.
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Minneapolis
Rothers
O'Kasick
Richard O’kasick
James
Roger
Ronald
James O’kasick
Minneapolis General Hospital
Wyoming
Minn
Eleven Firemen Hurt In Major Indianapolis Blaze
A downtown Indianapolis fire described as the worst since 1929 damaged two buildings and a railroad trestle. Eleven firefighters were injured, with Claude Newhouse, 24, sustaining a pelvic fracture and remaining hospitalized. The blaze affected a four story and a two story warehouse complex at the mile square edge. Fire Chief Arnold W. Phillips said it was the first citywide alarm fire since 1929.
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Indianapolis
Ipp
Claude Newhouse
Mile Square
Arnold W. Phillips
Oysters Found In Ancient Maine Shell Heaps
Experts note that along the Damarscott River in Maine ancient oyster shell heaps once reached about five million cubic feet before erosion and tourist activity reduced them. The shells indicate long standing native consumption of oysters by Maine Indians before European settlement.
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Newcastle
Maine
Damariscotta River
Greene circuit court hears civil and criminal actions in Bloomfield
In Greene circuit court at Bloomfield a mix of civil and criminal matters were heard. Patricia Rose Mendenhall was granted a divorce from Jackie Lee Mendenhall with $100 alimony and $125 attorney fees awarded to her. Several divorce hearings were continued. The State case against Floyd Abel for neglect of children was rescheduled for December 13. A partition case, Ralph G. Corbin v Gilbert and Jessie Corbin, moved to Monroe county on change of venue. Rex Holtsclaw of Bloomfield was fined $1 and costs for public intoxication with a six month Pena Farm sentence suspended for good behavior. A judgment of $137.50 and costs was returned for Drs. H. B. and J. A. Turner against Howard Collins of Eastern Greene county.
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Greene Circuit Court
Bloomfield
Patricia Rose Mendenhall
Jackie Lee Mendenhall
Annette Hineman
Jack Hineman Jr
Support Money
Vivian Aldrich
Guy Aldrich
Frank M. Ward
Georgia Ward
Floyd Abel
Ralph G. Corbin
Gilbert
Jessie Corbin
Monroe County
Rex “Little Doc” Holtsclaw
Pena Farm
Drs. H. B
J. A. Turner
Howard Collins
Greene County
Austin man pleads not guilty in housemoving case
Indianapolis report says Marvin Preble an Austin housemoving contractor pleaded innocent to charges of perjury and filing a false claim. He allegedly received 8850 dollars to move a house from the Madison Avenue Expressway project that was never completed.
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Indianapolis
Marvin Preble
Austin
Preble
Madison Ave
Scouts Meet Tonight at City Hall Troop 50
Linton Boy Scout Troop No 50 will hold a 7 00 PM meeting this evening at the local City hall Scoutmaster Charles DeCourcy announced today.
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Linton
Charles DeCourcy
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