High Court Rule Sought on Sales Tax Appeal
Indiana judges push fast track as DeWester seeks supplemental briefs by August 15 and a reply before August 30. The high court will expedite review of Marion Circuit Judge John L. Niblack’s ruling that the sales tax is unconstitutional, a decision that creates a financial crisis for public schools due to reduced state aid.
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DeWester
High Court
Marion Circuit Court
John L. Niblack
Indiana
Sewage Plant Operation Plan Clarified by City Officials
Mayor Tucker and City Engineer Ray Harris clarified funding for sewer work. The mayor said no large working funds exist and contingency arrangements funded equipment for sewer cleaning. He noted Street Department funds come from the state gasoline tax and will not affect the city tax rate, with sewer charges expected to retire the bond issue.
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Carl J. Reames
Ray Harris
Tucker
Clarksville Man Saves Fisherman in Ohio River Incident
George Jenks of Clarksville Indiana today was credited with saving Eugene Robinson a Louisville fisherman who slipped from the Mc Alpine Dam into the Ohio River Jenks in a boat below the falls heard calls for help and pulled Robinson aboard while his wife and children looked on from the bank
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Louisville
George Jenks
Clarksville
Ind
Ohio River
Jenks
McAlpine Dam
Eugene Robinson
Robinson
Open access given to Nebraska juvenile crime files
Newsmen and other legitimate interests received access to police records on juvenile crimes in Lancaster and Douglas counties. Judges Nuernberger and Hart issued orders bypassing LB567, sparking debate over openness versus safeguards. Officials and the governor weighed in on media handling and policy improvements.
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Omaha
Neb
UPI
Nebraska
W. W. Nuernberger
Lancaster County
Seward L. Hart
Douglas County
Nuernberger and Hart
York County
Dave Keene
Dodge County
Richard Kuhlman
Fremont
Freemont
Robert F. Millard
Frank Morrison
Shot fired at New York Central engine near Downs Illinois
Bloomington Illinois August 7 railroad authorities investigate a shotgun blast fired at a New York Central freight train near Downs seven miles southeast of Bloomington. Engineer Ed Hord narrowly avoided injury as the blast struck the engine near the cab window. he alerted Bloomington tower after reaching Urbana.
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Bloomington
New York Central
Downs
Ed Hord
Hord
Urbana
Hammond
Ind
Belt Line Railroad
Ashtabula
Ohio
Nyc
4-H Events to Launch Great Fair Program
The Tribune Star notes a full week of 4-H activities at the fair with morning shows including Beef and Rabbit, a 2 PM Monday Dress Review, and ongoing events featuring 4-H work, entertainment, and harness races. The Tuesday Tournament of Music opens at 2 PM in the Grandstand Arena, with Lincoln High School Vinccennes defending Class A titles and Spencer in Class B. West Vigo High School to perform after a band camp at Shakamak State Park, with multiple other schools also entered. Advance ticket discounts end today, rising to 75 cents from Thursday. More than 27 000 advance tickets have been distributed via Floriculture volunteers.
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Grandstand Arena
Grandstand
Tribune-Star
Lincoln High School
Vin‘cennes
Spencer
Jerry Warmuth
West Vigo High School
Shakamak State Park
Joe Guth
Vyron Jones
West Vigo
Elnora High School
Barbara Hickey
van Buren
E. E
Buzzy” Burgess
Staunton
Dee Moon
Wabash Valley
Joint plant eyed for diesel engines in England
Cummins Engine Co and Chrysler Motors Ltd form a joint subsidiary Chrysler Cummins Ltd to build a plant at Darlington England for 100 to 200 horsepower diesel engines destined for export and use abroad.
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Columbus
Ind
Cummins Engine Co
Chrysler Motors Ltd
Chrysler- Cummins Ltd
Darlington
England
Deaths: Battista Pugno longtime Terre Haute resident
Battista Pugno died at 3 30 a m in Colorado Springs Hospital while visiting his daughters. He was 78 and former owner of Pugno Grocery Store and Bakery in West Terre Haute before 1947 retirement. Survived by wife Filomena son Lawrence and three daughters in Colorado Springs and 10 grandchildren. Burial in Colorado Springs.
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Bedino
Valley
Battista Pugno
Terre Haute
West Terre Haute
Colorado Springs Hospital
Colorado Springs
Pugno
San Jose
Calif
Filomena
Lawrence Pugno
Mary Benjamin
Amelia Anderson
Olga Harris
The
Law Funeral Home
Funeral services set for Dora M Wenzel at 10 30 a.m.
Dora M Wenzel 92 formerly of 2201 North Thirteenth Street died Tuesday at 4 35 a.m. at 1452 Chestnut Street She belonged to Maple Avenue Methodist Church and is survived by daughter Goldie Casey of Los Angeles sister Carrie Tanner of Oklahoma City grandson Robert Casey of California and several nieces and nephews Friends may call at Thomas Funeral Home Rev George Burdon will officiate and entombment is at Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Thomas Funeral Home
Dora M. Wenzel
North Thirteenth
Chestnut Street
Maple Avenue
California
George Burdon
Roselawn Memorial Ark
Obituary notices for Shirley Moore Jackson Claude McFall Helen Jensen Thomson
Obituaries list services and burials for Shirley Moore Jackson formerly of Terre Haute who died in Tampa Florida with services at Callahan Funeral Home. Dr Claude M McFall 83 formerly of St Bernice died in Inglewood California with services at Frank M Patrick J Ryan Funeral Home and burial in Dana Indiana. Helen F Jensen 71 of 2219 Crawford Street died and services set at Martin Tearman Funeral Home with burial at Highland Lawn. Norma Audry Thomson 63 of 324 North Seventeenth Street died Monday with service at Gillis Memory Chapel and burial at Highland Lawn cemetery. Friends may call.
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Shirley Moore Jackson
Terre Haute
Tampa
Fla
Callahan Funeral Home
David Olson
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Claude M. McFall
St. Bernice
Inglewood
Calif
Frank M-Patrick J. Ryan
Bequiem
St. Joseph's Church
Dana
Ind
Helen F. Jensen
Crawford Street
Martin Tearman
Bert E. Clark
Norma Audry Thomson
North Seventeenth Street
Gillis Memory Chapel
Obituaries Recap of Five Indiana Deaths and Services
Five obituaries list deaths in Indiana and nearby areas including Mrs. Jeanette Stephens of 102 North Fifteenth Street and Joseph R. Beach with services at Bedino Chapel. Clara Nixon Sullivan dies in Sullivan with multiple survivors and funeral at Alexander Funeral Home. Pearl W. Davies of Bloomingdale dies, with services at Davies Tudor Funeral Home in Marshall and burial in Memory Garden cemetery Rockville.
Mrs. Alice Robbins Sullivan Dies at 81 in Ind
Mrs. Alice Robbins Sullivan aged 81 of 419 North Main Street Ind died at 3 PM Tuesday after an extended illness. She was a member of the First Christian Church. Survived by one daughter Mrs Harold Stanbaugh.
Computers may aid baby safety says doctor in lecture
Dr J L McCallum, BMA council member, told a Liberal Summer School that computers can store drug use data and collect statistics to prevent disasters like thalidomide. He urged using computers to track information to improve safety for babies.
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Oxford
England
UPD
J. L. McCallum
British Medical Association Council
Liberal Party
Man in Indiana faces manslaughter charge for fatal shooting
Alonzo Harris of Brownstown Indiana is to be arraigned in Jackson Circuit Court on August 19 for the death of 13 year old Manuel Dean Rouse who was mistaken for a deer Harris admits the shooting and says he was hunting out of season to feed his family He also wounded Rouse's brother and was previously set for involuntary manslaughter arraignment but a court appointment delay occurred.
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Brownstown
Ind
Upi
Alonzo Harris
Freetown
Jackson
Harris
John Lewis
Manuel Dean Rouse
Rouse
300 U S Marines Given Treatment
About 300 Marines at the San Diego Navy facility received sulfadiazine pills for three days to halt a meningitis outbreak. Pvt. John P. Leonard, 19, of Highland Park Michigan, died Tuesday at Navy Hospital, the first fatality in the recruit depot this year. Across the adjacent training center there have been 25 cases and three deaths from meningitis.
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San Diego
Calif
John P. Leonard
Highland Park
Mich
Navy Hospital
Marine Corps
Navy Training Center
Leonard
Police Chiefs Meet Thursday Conference Scheduled in Terre Haute
State association of police chiefs announces a Thursday meeting at 10 a.m. in the Terre Haute House. Charles Hayes, the group’s business agent, disclosed the conference details.
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State Association of Police Chiefs
Terre Haute House
Charles Hayes
Obituary notices for Robbins Newlin and Inman in Illinois Indiana
The notice lists survivors for an unnamed deceased including a son Norman Robbins of Bay Town Texas three grandchildren and a great grandchild. Services are set for 2 pm Friday at Center Ridge cemetery with Dr Malcolm Broome officiating and burial at Center Ridge. LEO L NEWLIN Hutsonville Illinois age 72 died Monday services Thursday 3 30 pm Universalist Church burial Hutsonville cemetery body to church an hour before service from Pulliam Funeral Home. JASONVILLE Indiana Herschel Inman 61 died Monday services Thursday 10 am Church of God with burial Lebanon cemetery body to church one hour prior from McClanahan Funeral Home. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Effie Bledsoe
Sullivan
Midge Jackson
Merom
Thelma Herbert
Aurora
Ill
Gertrude Bedwell
Dugger
Glenna Johnson
Jeffersonville
Ocie
Lowell Brummett
James Brummett
Blue Island
Alexander Funeral Home
Don Cutts
Dugger Cemetery
Bloomingdale
Ind
Pearl W. Davies
Milton
Milford
RR 3
Rockville
Manford
Milligan
Mac
Whitestown
Mae Boyd
Marjorie Berry
Marshall
Moyne Combron
Canton
Mags
Minnie Deer
Waveland
Davies- Tudor Funeral Home
C. C. Griggs
Memory Garden
Norman Robbins
Bay Town
Tex
Malcolm Broome
Center Ridge Cemetery
Hutsonville
Leo L. Newlin
Universalist Church
Otis Aggert
Terre Haute
Pulliam
Jasonville
Herschel Inman
Church of God
William Simpson
Lebanon
McClanahan
Why Cats Purr
Dr Paul Leyhausen of the Max Planck Institute for the physiology of behavior is conducting experiments to learn why cats purr. This report notes his work as of today.
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Bonn
UPI
Paul Leyhausen
The
Max Planck Institute For the Physiology of
Death Suspect Denies Being In Tennessee
The defense challenges Tennessee connection in a 1944 death case. Grover R. Jones is named as the suspect, with family members and associates offering background while denying presence in Tennessee on or about December 31, 1944. The hearing included questions of indictment authentication and who supplied the tip leading to Jones.
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Tennessee
Mercuri
New
Jones
Grover R. Jones
Scott Camp
Fifth Tennessee Judicial Circuit
Sparta
Tenn
Indianapolis
Hartville
Ohio
Lightning Strikes Two Homes Causing Heavy Damage
Ashlin escaped unharmed after a blaze started at 3:28 in the neighborhood. Officer Tony Gray alerted dispatch and Chief Ray McManus led Engines 2 5 9 and Truck 4 to fight the fire. Damage was put at 4500 to the building and 1500 to contents. Twenty seven minutes earlier, McManus and Engines 6 8 and Truck 3 responded to the Thomas Wampler residence on 42 South Twenty third street for a roof and attic fire with 500 damage estimated.
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Mers Ashlin
Tony Gray
Ray McManus
McManus
Truck 3
Thomas Wampler
South Twenty-third Street
Goat distribution rivaled only by dog among domestic animals
The note states that aside from the dog, the goat is the most widely distributed domestic animal. It highlights its prevalence across regions and its role in agricultural systems.
Cooler Weather Forecast for Indiana Next Five Days
Weather Bureau predicts five days of cooler temperatures in Indiana with highs near 61 to 87 in the north and 63 to 89 in central and southern sections. A round of thundershowers should end by Thursday with more showers likely later in the week totaling up to one inch of precipitation.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Rites Saturday for John Donham
Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Thomas Funeral Home for John Edwin Donham 19 who died July 26 in West Berlin Germany. He was stationed with the Army in Germany. Rev. William Saunders will officiate and burial will be in New Hope Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday.
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Thomas Funeral Home
John Edwin Donham
West Berlin
Germany
Donham
John H. Donham
West Terre Haute
William Saunders
New Hope Cemetery
Haitian Revolt Gains Ground Invasion Moves Forward
Reports claim the revolt led by Gen. Leon Cantave advanced on the first day with little resistance. Estimates place the invaders at 300 initially, possibly 500 including deserters and locals. The staging area remains unclear. Dominican border sources and Dominican President Bosch discussed the Haitian situation.
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Vernas
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
Haiti
Leon Cantave
Pierre Rigaud
Army
Rene Leon
Juan Bosch
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