Somoza Family Says 200 Opponents Jailed After Attempted Slaying
In Managua Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza's sons report 200 oppositionists jailed for investigation into the assassination attempt. Somoza, treated in Balboa Canal Zone for bullet removal, remains under care after four hours of neurosurgery.
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Managua
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
American Gorgas Military Hospital
Balboa
Canal Zone
Luis
Congress
Col
Anastasio Jr
National Guard
German Freighter Monika Fired On By Nationalists
Captain Ewald Dirala said the West German freighter Monika was shelled for over an hour from Taizan, a Nationalist Chinese island, while fleeing a typhoon toward Amoya. One officer killed and two crew wounded by shrapnel. The Monika flew the West German flag and was headed to Amoya for shelter.
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Hong Kong
Formosa Straits
Ewald Dirala
Anoy
Taitan
Dirala
Taizan
Amoya
Costs of Grain and Feed May Rise Later This Year
The Agriculture Department predicts feed grain prices for the fall and winter to be a little higher than last year while corn prices are expected to decline seasonally as the 1956 crop is harvested. August prospects show corn crop improved and total feed grain production estimated at 125 million tons, four percent below last year, with larger carryover stocks keeping total feed concentrates at about 196 million tons for 1956-57.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Linton Citizens Bank Hosts Open House for 22nd Anniversary
Officials said about 1,000 people attended the bank's open house Saturday night celebrating its 22nd anniversary and recent improvements. Roy Herndon won the men's award and Mrs Axie Dennis the women's award. Wayne Hamilton thanked all contributors for the event.
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Linton
Dulles Posts Cautious View On Suez Crisis
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said war over the Suez Canal could drain the West and last indefinitely, though the danger was reduced for now. He warned peace and justice are needed to prevent a renewed risk, spoke on Meet the Press, and supported UN Security Council consideration but not substantive action until the Suez Canal users association is formed.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Suez Canal
Dulles
Egypt
United States
Meet the Press
NBC
Britain
France
United Nations Security Council
Council
Suez Canal Users Association
Plan for Improving Chicago Loop Studied
Chicago planners form a three year plan led by the Chicago Central Committee to curb traffic and improve Loop appearance. Twelve groups will work on speedier mass transit double decking greenery and riverbank extensions, with $500000 committed by Chicago Title and Trust Co.
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Chicago
Chicago Central Committee
Chicago Title and Trust Co
Loop
Chicago River
Holding Company Elects New Officers Tonight
The Holding Company of the Linton Stockton school corporation plans an annual meeting at 7:00 pm in the local high school auditorium. Any shareholder may vote in person or by proxy. Current officers are Willis Bobbitt president Tommy Wall Jr vice president Norm Singleton treasurer Earl Roush secretary and Leon Moody assistant secretary.
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Linton-Stockton School Corporation
Willis Bobbitt
Tommy Wall Jr
Norm Singleton
Earl Roush
Leon Moody
Elks Ladies to Meet for Social Evening
The Elks Ladies plan a social meeting at the lodge home tonight at 7:30 oclock. Officers say the committee in charge will arrange the program and oversee the event.
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Elks Ladies
Red China Leader Tells of Crimes in Self-Criticism
Li Li-sen, once a top CCP figure, delivered a self-criticism at the Peiping party congress. He admitted crimes and “fool traits” like subjectivism, conceit, and adventurism. He faulted past policy focus on urban struggle and praised Mao for guidance. He remains a Central Committee member and deputy director in the party’s industrial communications unit.
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Peiping
Radio
Red Party
All-China Federation of Trade Unions
Central Committee
Harry Ferry Dies at 72 in Linton Services Planned
Harry Raymond Ferry 72 a longtime Linton resident died unexpectedly at 8 19 PM Saturday in Freeman Greene County hospital after a fall led to a fractured hip He retired as a billing clerk from Sherwood Templeton Coal in 1951 and had worked previously at Linton Supply and J W Wolford He was a member of the Linton First Baptist Church and the Elks lodge for 48 years He is survived by his wife Rose two sons Harry E Ferry Jr and Robert L Ferry two sisters Lula Foster and Bernice Stivers and four grandchildren Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 PM CST at Welch and Cornett Funeral Home with Rev Royden Rea and Elks participation in burial at Fairview cemetery.
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Harry Raymond Ferry
Linton
Freeman- Greene County
Mr. Ferry
Old
Linton Supply Company
J. W. Wolford
Miss Haseman Enrolls In Special Freshman Classes
Saundra L Haseman of Linton joins 177 other Indiana University freshmen named valedictorians or salutatorians. Due to top grades they qualified for accelerated special freshman courses started this year.
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Miss Haseman
Saundra L. Haseman
Linton
Indiana University
Seymour Shifts To Standard Time In Indiana Clock Shuffle
Seymour moved to Central Standard Time over the weekend while nearby towns stayed on daylight saving time prompting a regional clock confusion. Brownstown, the Jackson County seat, postponed the switch pending resident feedback and a Nov 6 referendum while North Vernon plans to revert next weekend. Indianapolis and much of eastern Indiana continue DST year round.
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Indiana
Seymour
Linton
Tell City
Jackson County
Brownstown
Evansville
North Vernon
Jennings County
Indianapolis
Five Divorces Granted By Greene County Tribunal
Five couples were divorced Saturday in Greene circuit court at Bloomfield. Custody and support orders varied with each decree including child care and weekly payments of 15, 40, and 12 dollars. Names include Eldridge Batchelor Hubbert King Edmondson and spouses.
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Greene
Bloomfield
June Batchelor
Andrew Batchelor
June Klinger
Christine Hubbert
Ellis Hubbert
Mr. Hubbert
Mary King
Herbert King
Madge Edmondson
Orval Edmondson
Linton Man Admitted To Indianapolis Veterans Hospital
Joseph Audry Goodson of Linton was admitted to the West Tenth Street Veterans' hospital in Indianapolis on September 13. He is slated for exploratory surgery soon and is assigned to the hospital's fourth floor west wing.
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Joseph Audry Goodson
Linton
West Tenth Street Veterans’ Hospital
Indianapolis
Will Face Charge Ancil Jewell Arrested for Public Intoxication
Ancil Jewell of Linton was arrested Saturday afternoon by local police on a charge of public intoxication. He is to appear in Mayor P. H. O'Hern's court Saturday to answer the charge.
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Ancil Jewell
Linton
P. H. O'Hern
Auto Damaged in Weekend South Main Crash
A 1956 auto was driven off the road by bright headlights near C Street on South Main Saturday at 1 45 am. Floyd Davis Landis of Worthington said he swerved to avoid a oncoming car and the vehicle plunged into a ditch, ending on its side. He and two passengers escaped serious injury.
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South Main Street
Linton
Floyd Davis Landis
Worthington
C" Street
Landis
Three Minor Fires Reported In Linton Area Weekend
A Linton resident is held for investigation after admitting setting two straw fires in an abandoned dwelling near West Island. Firefighters also extinguished a junk auto blaze at Baley garage on state road 59 54 and a lamp cord caused fire at Donald Jett residence leaving a bed and mattress destroyed with smoke damage.
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Linton
James Campbell
West Island
West Island Corner
Here
Campbell
Baley
West Linton
Donald Jett
K” Street
Jett
Visiting in California Sims family visits Whittier ties to Nixon campaign
Mr. and Mrs. Benny O. Sims of Indianapolis, former Linton residents, spend weeks in Whittier California visiting daughter Mrs. Leo House and family Ronnie and Mickie. House, previously with Toastmaster Bakery Terre Haute, was transferred to Los Angeles two months ago. They attend Nixon's campaign kick-off party and plan trips to Tempe Arizona and Oklahoma City before returning home.
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Benny O. Sims
Indianapolis
Linton
Whittier
Calif
Leo House
Ronnie
Mickie
Mr. House
Toastmaster
Terre Haute
Los Angeles
Sims
Richard Nixon
Tues
Ariz
Oklahoma City
Four Die in Indiana Traffic Crashes Over Weekend
Four persons died in Indiana traffic incidents over the weekend. Jeanie Holman, 2, Tell City, was killed at a service station when a car rolled over her after her father and another man stopped. A deaf mute, Wayne W. Madison, 50, of Mitchell, died in a three car crash on Ind. 32 near Noblesville, with six others injured. Richard E. Hurd, 25, Fort Wayne, died in a head on truck crash north of the city. Robert A. Hueser, 21, Batesville, perished when his car hit a big truck on Ind. 46 east of Batesville.
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Indiana
Jeanie Holman
Tell City
Carl Holman
Clarence Davis
Davis
Holman
Jeanie
Noblesville
Wayne W. Madison
Mitchell
Richard E. Hurd
Fort Wayne
Robert A. Hueser
Batesville
Ind
Algerian Gunmen Kill Eight Persons in Algiers Attacks
Rebel gunmen slipped into Algiers before dawn and fired on troops and civilians in eight incidents. Seven wounded, six Europeans including a French soldier, and a pro French Moslem among victims. French authorities say rebel leader Zighout Youssef was killed nearby. French forces pursue remaining rebels after multiple attacks and a convoy ambush left six soldiers dead and thirteen wounded.
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Algiere
Algiers
Zighout Youssef
Algeri
Sidi Mesrich
Palestro
Engineer Praises Rail Signal Controls
H. A. Scott of Cleveland told the Signal Association of American Railroads that centralized traffic controls are the most outstanding development in railroading after the diesel locomotive. He said central controls expanded from 40 miles in 1927 to about 27,000 miles of track now under control.
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Chicago
New York Central Railroad
H. A. Scott
Cleveland
Ohio
Signal Association of American Railroads
Scott
Jury Trial Opens At Bloomfield
A Greene circuit court jury in Bloomfield hears the State against James L Keller of Carlisle on a driving while intoxicated charge. Linton police filed the charge and local officers testified as jurors heard the evidence. Jurors include Dorsey Woodward Cletus Clark Kelsey Tetrick Wright Frankie Justus Jr Lawrence Gibson Grant Garrett Sargent Nelson Myers Wayne Cazee Raymond Champers Lee Hudson Jess Carmichael Russell Byers.
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James L. Keller
Carlisle
Greene
Bloomfield
Keller
Linton
Dorsey Woodward
Cletus Clark
Stockton Township
Kelsey Tetrick
Wright
Frankie Justus Jr
Lawrence Gibson
Grant
Garrett Sargent
Nelson Myers
Stafford
Wayne Ca
Circle No 2 meeting at Mrs Clyde Kirkman’s home
Circle No 2 of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist church will meet at 7 00 Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs Clyde Kirkman for a regular session.
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Woman’s Society of Christian Service
The
First Methodist Church
Clyde Kirkman
Destructive Winds Near Florida Coast
Hurricanes Flossy batters Gulf waters with 100 mph winds. At least two deaths and many missing as 1,149 people are evacuated to Red Cross shelters. Rescue efforts continue along Plaquemines Parish and Mississippi coast while crews report ships in distress and rigs adrift.
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New Orleans
Flossy
Gulf
Alabama-Florida
New
Frossy
Biloxi
Miss
Plaquemines Parish
Louisiana
Mississippi
Plaquemines
Florida
Former Greene County Resident Mamie Laughlin Dies in California
Mrs Mamie E Laughlin 68 a former Greene county resident died Sunday at her Modesto California home She was born Aug 11 1888 near Newberry and moved to California about thirty years ago Survived by three sons two daughters and one sister Funeral plans not completed. body to be returned to Linton for burial
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Mamie E. Haden Laughlin
Greene County
Modesto
Calif
Laughlin
Newberry
California
Free Pentecostal Church
W. Dencil
Darrell Laughlin
Fresno
Crystal Morrow
Seaside
Wilma Walker
Lottie Chafey
Linton
Lyons Observer Post To Be Re activated
The Ground Observer Corps post at Lyons will be activated on Oct 31 with Gale Browning as chief observer. Volunteers are being recruited from the Lyons area to help watch airways as a defense link, and interested residents are urged to volunteer by calling Lyons 108x1.
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Lyons
Gale Browning
Browning
GOC
Lyons Goc
Mr. Browning
Special Service Planned at Church of God Jasonville
Rev B Pirkle announces a 7 00 p m Wednesday service at the Church of God in Jasonville urging every member to attend.
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Church of God At
Jasonville
B. Pirkle
Minnesota Child Found After Search
A two year old girl, Dennise Reynolds, was found alive in dense woods near Isle Minnesota after a nightlong search. Over 400 people including National Guardsmen highway patrol and sheriff officers participated. The child disappeared Sunday afternoon behind a cabin where her parents and grandmother stayed. She was found at 4 am and reported alive and all right.
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Kanebee and
Mille Lacs County
A. E. Brown
Kanebee County
Two Die in Head-On Crash Near Gilman
Billy Hare twenty four of Gary Indiana died in a Saturday night head on collision on U S 54 near Gilman Illinois. Simpson Murray thirty of East Gary Indiana was injured as a passenger in Hare s car along with four other people injured in the crash.
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Gilman
Ill
Billy Hare
Gary
Ind
U. S
Simpson Murray
East Gary
Hare
Worthington Woman, 85, Treated for Broken Elbow
Mrs. Lela Heath of Worthington, aged 85, is at Freeman Greene county hospital with a fractured elbow after a fall at her home on Saturday.
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Lela Heath
Worthington
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
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Harry Ferry
Palos Verdes
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Hubert Eldridge
Hoosierdam
Spencer
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Macmillan
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Joshua Belles
Charles Ballard
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Weather Bureau
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Jefferson Parish
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Red Cross
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