Airmen report torture in Red China amid UN consideration
Eleven American airmen freed after over two years in prison described torture and beatings by Communist Chinese officials at a press conference. U.N. action may hinge on whether such abuse was used to coerce confessions as Red China seeks UN membership. The men, headed to Travis AFB after medical checks, requested separate home reunions.
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Tachiawa
Japan
U.P
United Nations
Red China
Geneva
U. S
Tachikawa Air Base
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
West
Daniel C. Schmidt
Redding
Town Meeting in the Schools in Terre Haute
Citizens Nonpartisan School Committee reorganizes tonight in the Wa bash Room at the Terre Haute House. Invitations went to local civic, business, labor and industrial leaders for attendance. A nominating committee will propose officers and chairmen for the Terre Haute School City board as elections approach. A $5,000,000 building program over 10 years is planned with more than half to be spent in four years, funding and tax rate details to be set by the School Board elected next November.
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Terre Haute
Nito
Teacher Asks Police Aid Over Bird Tied With Note
Civics teacher Miss V. Pruitt reported an attack on her porch after rocks shattered her window. A dead bird hung from a rope with a note reading From the Home Room Class and No. 6 Club. Authorities investigated the incident and the motive remained unclear.
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Straussa V. Pruitt
Washington Avenue
Brookville Man Found Dead In Car Attributed To Self Destruction
Brookville Indiana August 8 1 The death of Glendon Burch 27 whose body was found Sunday in his car near his home about eleven miles northwest of Brookville was attributed to death by own action by Franklin County officers.
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Brookville
Ind
Glendon Burch
Franklin County
Judge's Edict Spurs Wife to Lose 40 Pounds
Mrs. Lillian Korzen says she met a Chicago judge’s edict by slimming from 190 to 150 pounds to win back husband Michael Korzen. He sued for divorce last May over her weight. she sought separate maintenance. Judge Harrington set Sept 27 for possible reconciliation. two children Dolores and Michael Jr. remain.
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Chicago
Lillian Korzen
Woman 84 dies after crossing street struck by car
Amanda Voelker 84 of 1216 South Third street died from injuries suffered Saturday evening when struck by a car in front of her home. Driver Glen Price 45 of Terre Haute was charged with public intoxication and driving while under the influence. he says she stepped into the path of his car. Funeral services are set for Gillis Memory Chapel at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Highland Lawn Cemetery.
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Amanda Voelker
South Third Street
Voelker
Herz-Alden
St. Anthony Hospital
Glen R. Price
Price
E. V. Butts
Walter
Arthur Piepenbrink
Terre Haute
Gillis Memory Chapel
Highland Lawn Cemetery
A. F. Kluge
Heat wave ends as cool air sweeps the nation
The Associated Press reports a cooling mass followed weekend heat in the Deep South and parts of the North showing autumn hints. Temperatures fell 14 to 20 degrees in the Central, with scattered thundershowers and heavy rain such as 2.32 inches at Newark New Jersey and 1.07 inches at Guymon Oklahoma.
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Newark
N. J
Guymon
Okla
Terre Haute Sees Break in Heat Wave
Terre Haute enjoyed cooler weather on Monday after a three week scorcher. A cold front moving down from Moose Jaw and Medicine Hat pushed the heat lower with temperatures dropping to 60 at night and 88 in the afternoon.
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Terre Haute
Moose Jaw
Medicine Hat
Miners Picnic Opens With Music Games for All
The 39th annual Miners Picnic starts Friday at Memorial Stadium featuring Professor Wright at 8 and dancing with Jess Knowles and his orchestra from 9 to midnight. Saturday offers children’s rides, contests, and races, with Little Leaguers playing ball games in the afternoons and a Saturday program at 6 including a welcome by Mayor Ralph Tucker and remarks by John P. Busarello.
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Memorial Stadium
Professor Wright
Jess Knowles
Ananiases
Terre Haute
West Terre Haute
Pascal Murray
Ralph Tucker
John P. Busarello
Childish Ailments In Connersville Age Oddities
In Connersville Indiana Mrs Blanche Freemont aged 87 with chickenpox is cutting a wisdom tooth at age 89, an unusual health oddity noted in the local column.
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Connersville
Ind
Aug
Blanche Freemont
Dollar Day Fest Set for Terre Haute Aug 10
The 72nd semi annual Dollar Day sales event returns to Terre Haute on Wednesday August 10 with 9 30 a m to 5 p m hours. Local stores offer deep bargains as the Retail Merchants Division arranges free bus transportation downtown for shoppers.
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Terre Haute
Wabash Valley
Retail Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce
Terre Haute Transit Company
Beeeee Amee Transportation
Hurricane Connie Nears Mainland as U S Braces
A giant hurricane packing 135 mph winds moved about 500 miles off the Atlantic coast. The Weather Bureau warned of uncertain landfall and ordered Marine Corps planes to inland air bases while Navy planes tracked the storm.
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Miami
Atlantic Seaboard
Weather Bureau
U. S
Marine Corps
Cherry Point Marine Air Station
North Carolina
Miami Weather Bureau
West Palm Beach
Fla
Navy
Connie
Block Island
R. L
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Jacksonville
Soldier Killed in Accidental Shooting at Prestwick
U S Air Force reports M Sgt Gordon eeeeee was fatally wounded in an accidental shooting on August 3 at Prestwick Scotland. Details withheld pending Air Force inquiry.
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Prestwick
Scotland
U. S. Air Force
Gordoneeeeee
Air Force
Negotiations At Geneva In Tight Deadlock
The United States and Red China remain deadlocked over the release of 41 American civilians and the return of Chinese students in the United States. After a second week of talks in Geneva both sides agreed to continue discussions with secrecy and a noncommittal joint statement noting only that they have considered the issues.
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Geneva
U.P
United States
Red China
China
U. S
Suspect Held in Attack on Park Worker in Deming
Detectives continue the probe into an attack on 65 year old Deming Park employee Joseph Kennedy Saturday evening. Robert Neal Losier, 24, of 1636 Sixth Avenue, admitted striking Kennedy but denied robbery. Kennedy, in serious condition at St Anthony Hospital, is unable to talk. Losier, a former park employee, has been placed under 5000 bond. He previously faced burglary conviction and is on parole. Witnesses saw Losier creep up behind Kennedy and strike him with a fist.
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Willard Gantz
Deming Park
Gantz
Robert Neal Lesier
Sixth Avenue
Joseph Kennedy
North Fourth Street
Kennedy
St. Anthony Hospital
Losier
the Park
George Maloof
Charles Kell
Lesier
Body of Mother Of 2 Found In Kansas Scene
The nude body of 34 year old Wilma Allen, a Kansas City socialite and mother of two, was found in Johnson County Kansas. Investigators consider a sex motive possible though robbery not ruled out. The case recalls the 1960 Greenlease murder and involved a large search by Missouri and Kansas officers.
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Kansas City
Wilma Allen
Here
William R. Allen
Missouri
Kansas
Union Station
David S. Long, Jr
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Robert C. Greenlease
Hall
Heady
Pope's Sister Dies at 83 in Vatican City
Countess Giuseppina Pacelli Menagarmini, widowed sister of Pope Pius XII, died at her Vatican home Sunday night. She was 83, according to high Vatican sources.
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Vatican City
Giuseppina Pacelli Mengarini
Pius XII
Vatican
Diplomatic High Jinks At Moscow Bulgaria Fetes Envoys
In Moscow a 50 hour informal party hosted by Premier Bulganin at his country estate featured diplomats and newsmen. Molotov sopped the Indonesian ambassador’s wife in a rowing mishap while Bohlen won a heat race against Deputy Premier Milkawan. Khrushchev and Zhukov led berry picking. Bulganin aided Bohlen’s daughter in catching three fish as the pre summit mood was praised.
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Moscow
Molotov
U. S
Charles E. Bohlen
A. I. Milkawan
Wever
Nikita Khrushchev
Georgi Zhukov
Ivan Koney
Bulganin
Bohlen
Avis
England
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bulgaria
Bhabha Sees Peaceful Hydrogen Energy Within 20 Years
At Geneva opening of the International Atomic Energy Conference Indian scientist Homi J. Bhabha forecast that the hydrogen bomb’s titanic energy could be harnessed for peaceful uses within twenty years. President Eisenhower sent a message reaffirming the U.S. pledge to steer atomic ingenuity toward life not death.
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Geneva
Homi J. Bhabha
Bhabha
Hiroshima
Palace of Nations
Eisenhower
U.N. General Assembly
International Organization
Lewis L. Strauss
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
America
U.N
India
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Strauss
Weather summary and river stage report
The weather page shows fair conditions with sunrise at 6 54 and sunset at 7 55. River stage reads 1.9 feet and is falling slightly.
Local Weather Conditions Report
Yesterday’s high reached 4 degrees with last night’s low at 60. No precipitation recorded.
Weather Outlook For Terre Haute And Vicinity
Fair and cool tonight with low near 62. Tuesday expected to be fair and warmer with highs around 84 to 88. Mostly fair tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. readings show 61 to 65 at 2 PM reaching 94 at street thermometer mode.
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Terre Haute
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