Italian Ship Rescues Navy Men After Radio Loss
NATO says aboard the C117 were Lt Cmdr Harold Hamilton Kelly pilot Lt Wayne Milo Matson co pilot Machinist Mate 1C Clarence Ed Lawton Machinist Mate 3C James Murray Lentini Electronics Technician 1C William Hilmer Volkman radio operator. Flare signals spotted near Li Galli islet seven miles off Salerno Naples. Rescue operations by Italian, American vessels and aircraft followed.
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Li Galli Islet
Salerno
Naples
NATO
Cmdr
Harold Hamilton Kelly
Wayne Milo Matson
Clarence Edward
Train Robbery Probe Deepens Into Mysterious Breakdowns
Police seek clues after three top priority coaches broke down on June 22 July 4 and August 1 amid a suspected sabotage. Bevins cautions the coincidences suggest possible tampering though unlikely. Reward funds exceed any gang member’s cut, per police sources.
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Bevins
House Group Presses Tax Cut Proposals and Revisions
A House committee continues work on tax cuts and tightening measures. The rejected 5 percent of income excess deduction plan would raise about 2.3 billion annually, while curbs on state gasoline liquor and cigarette deductions were debated. Kennedy proposed tightening oil depletion factors costing up to 280 million in taxes. The panel endorsed a smaller package worth about 40 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Kennedy
Parole Violator and AWOL Soldier Admits Auto Theft
Two Terre Haute men Johnson and Jarvis confessed Saturday to stealing two cars in West Terre Haute the prior night. Bond set at $2000 each. Johnson is a federal parole violator and a federal warrant will issue. Jarvis is AWOL from the Army at Ft. Knox with MP notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
West Terre Haute
C. D. Thompson
Thompson
John W. Johnson
South Seventh Street
Edward Carl Jarvis
South Third Street
Justice of the Peace
Warren Orndorff
Johnson
Jarvis
Ft. Knox
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Deep coal mines rarely exceed three thousand feet
The article notes that only a small number of coal mines reach depths beyond three thousand feet, highlighting the exceptional depth for mining operations.
Eccentric Producer Seeks White Elephant Home
London August 10 The Times prints a classified ad from an eccentric film producer seeking a “white elephant” house to live in with no condition on style or era. He mentions possible options like a sailless windmill monastery gatehouse a 12 bedroom rectory Gothic castle ruin or a former stately home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Times of London Today
White Elephant’ House
Auto Races to Open County Fair Events
The county fair week features a full program with divisions for Auto Races, Clothing, Food Preservation, Foods, Home Furnishings, and Handcraft. Notable names include Richard Thompson, Jane Crandall, Jamie Spurrier, Polly Cruse, Debby Holmes, and Vangie Whitlock. The big draw is Sunday’s National Sprint Car Races by the United States Auto Club with trials at 12 30 p.m. plus a highlight on Slewfoot Struble in the Pig Special. 4H and open show entries total 112 with judges from multiple towns and Purdue involvement.
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Debby Holmes
Lynnette Hess
West Terre Haute
Kathy Lea Day
Cheryl Shuster
Deanna Garrett
Kristine Aggertt
North Terre Haute
Regina Wassell
Lewis
Carmen Heald
Nicky Lea Vangilder
Farmersburg
Carol Felling
Mary Swift
Brazil
Sally Helen Myles
Penny Eagles
April Wood
Vangie Whitlock
Janice Cruse
Honey Creek
Mike Jacob
Judy Aldridge
RR 2
United States Auto Club
Slewfoot
Don Smith
Northwest
Margaret Payne
James Huntley
Terre Haute
Lorene Smith
Ruth Libbie
Bloomington
Barbara Ferris
Worthington
Ruth Turner
Russell Grimes
Rockville
Jeanette Telfer
Plainfield
Marie Myers
Bedford
Bill Peek
Blaine Crowl
Purdue University
Peek
Hoover Marks 89th Birthday
Former President Herbert C. Hoover, aged 89, celebrates with close relatives in Manhattan. He issues a brief message from his Waldorf Towers apartment praising America’s way of life. In Washington, Sen. Carl T. Curtis pays a special Senate tribute to Hoover for his exemplary service.
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New York
Herbert C. Hoover
Hoover
Manhattan
Waldorf Towers
Washington
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Senate Ee
Rusk Opens Parley in West Germany and Moscow Talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk began talks in West Germany on nonaggression and military reductions as a prelude to Senate ratification of the test ban treaty. He met with Khrushchev for about two and a half hours at the Black Sea retreat, exchanging remarks and discussing Germany Berlin Laos Cuba and related issues.
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Iron Curtain
Rusk
Soviet Union
Washington
Senate
Khrushchev
Black Sea
Germany
Berlin
Laos
Cuba
Moscow
Deaths Mrs Goldia Fay Flowers 62
Mrs Goldia Fay Flowers 62 of RR 2 West Terre Haute died Friday morning at St Anthony Oscar M She leaves four sons Oscar L and Charles D William L and Jack D a daughter Lena Walker three stepdaughters Mary Goodwin Madeline Edwards Marian White two sisters Mamie Allen Mary Holycross Bell Fisher two brothers Ott Ashten John Ashten and 14 grandchildren She was a member of the New Goshen Pilgrim Holiness Church Services will be at Bedino Chapel of the Valley at 1 oclock Sunday Burial in Snoddy cemetery near Perrysville Ind Friends may call
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Goldin Fay Flowers
RR 2
West Terre Haute
St. Anthony
Oscar M
Oscar L
Charles D
William L
Jack D
Victory
Tex
Lena Walker
Charleston
Mary Goodwin
Madeline Edwards
Terre Haute
Marian White
Newport
Mamie Allen
Kingman
Mary Holycross
Cayuga
Bell Fisher
Veedersburg
Ott Ashten
Covington
John Ashten
Blackwell
Okla
New Goshen Pilgrim Holiness Church
Bedino Chapel
Snoddy
Perrysville
Ind
Veteran carrier Michael Melcho to start seventh grade
Michael Melcho of Marshall Illinois is a veteran TRIBUNE carrier for the south side of town. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Melcho of 89 Archer Avenue and will attend St Marys Church and Southside School as a seventh grader this fall. He is a Boy Scout and enjoys sports and coin collecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall, Ill
Tribune
Michael Melcho
Joseph Melcho
Archer Avenue
Marshall
St. Mary’s Church
Southside
Boy Scouts
Funeral notices for two women and a woodchuck diet fact
A 73 year old dies and will be waked at First Funeral Home with a Sunday service by Rev Leverett Hamrick and burial at Shepards cemetery Shepardsville. Mrs Hilda Hartman aged 58 dies and services are pending at Markwell Funeral Home. The text also notes woodchucks feed on worms or small crustaceans in early morning and dusk with a large quantity consumed.
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Leverett Hamrick
Shepards Cemetery
Shepardsville
Hilda Hartman Casey
Hilda Hartman
Markwell Funeral Home
Kefauver Underdog Crime Fighter Aiming for White House
The Tennessean notes his hands on campaign trail and public image as a man of the streets. Kefauver sought the White House, placing second on the 1956 ticket with Adlai Stevenson after losing the 1952 and 1956 presidential nominations. He battled crime and monopolies while pursuing an open convention battle for the vice presidency against Kennedy.
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Kefauver
White House
Adlai Stevenson
President Kennedy
Alarm at Butts Stag Bar Blamed on Wiring Short
A short in the wiring at Butts Stag Bar 22 South Fourth street triggered an alarm Saturday morning drawing fire units led by Fire Chief Norman Fesler to the scene.
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Butts Stag Bar
South Fourth Street
Norman Fesler
Albert W Ascherman, 84, Dies. Rites Monday
Albert W. Ascherman 84 of 1121 South Tenth street died Friday morning at St Anthony Hospital. Survived by widow Catherine two sisters Mrs Tilly Hefferman Galveston Tex and Mrs Minnie Newton Oconomowoc Wis. He belonged to Amico Lodge IOOF Social Lodge No 86 F&AM Scottish Rite Valley of Terre Haute and St Mark United Church. Services 2 30 Monday at J N Hickman and Son Funeral Home Nor man Kehrli officiating Burial Highland Lawn cemetery Friends may call after 11 Sunday morning.
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Albert W. Ascherman
South Tenth Street
St. Anthony Hospital
Catherine
Tillie Hefferman
Galveston
Tex
Minnie Newton
Oconomowoc
Wis
Amico Lodge
IOOF
F&am
Scottish Rite
Valley of Terre Haute
St. Mark United Church
J. N. Hickman and Son Funeral
Norman Kehrli
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Fire crews respond to downtown alarm no blaze reported
Assistant Chief Ray McManus led sirens through downtown at about 8 a.m. as pumpers 2 4 and 5 and truck 1 rushed to a reported short in a building. Smoke did not cause fire and equipment was released soon after with no damage reported.
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Ray McManus
Auto Looted. Judith Dugger Reports Theft at Fairgrounds
Judith Dugger of AR 7 reported to police that her purse and a camera valued at 35 dollars were taken from her car Friday evening while it was parked at the Vigo County Fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Dugger
AR 7
Vigo County Fairgrounds
Former Mental Patient Admits Slaying Priest
Robert Charles Burger an 18 year old former mental patient was charged with murder in the stabbing death of Rev Francis J McShane 42 in the priest’s sister’s Manhattan apartment Burger was arrested in Yonkers and returned to New York for arraignment police described the motive as untold Burger said he went berserk and blacked out The Yonkers detective noted Burger had a violent temper and had been living in a foster home as a state ward
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New York
Robert Charles Burger
Yonkers
Burger
Francis J. McShane
Manhattan
Anthony Tocco
Father McShane
DROWNING AT DEARBORN GRAVEL PIT NEAR LAWRENCEBURG
George Robinette aged 81 of Lawrenceburg fell from the bank of a gravel pit east of town while fishing and drowned Friday night at the Dearborn Gravel Co. pit. The body was recovered.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
George Robinette
Dearborn Gravel Co
Mild Storms Leave Indiana in Cool, Quiet Aftermath
Thunderstorms with gusty winds damaged tents and stalls at Newton County Fair and Old Settlers celebration. Telephones were down as trees toppled near Fountaintown and Metamora, leaving about 7000 homes briefly without power. The Weather Bureau forecasts a mild weekend with lows 55 to 65.
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Indiana
Newton County
Kentland
Old Settlers
Delphi
Fountaintown
Metamora
Indianapolis
Marion County
Weather Bureau
Body of 18 year old found in pond near Henryville
The body of Billy Joe Clements, 18, Henryville, was recovered from about 12 feet of water in a pond on a farm northeast of Henryville on Friday. He was last seen Thursday afternoon and authorities ruled the death a drowning.
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Henryville
Ind
Billy Joe Clements
Here
Fatal Car Crash Claims Life of Clarksville Youth
Clarksville Ind. August 10 Glenn L Brown 19 of Memphis Ind. died early today when his brother Nelson 22 drove a car that collided with a tractor trailer on Ind 131 one mile north of Clarksville.
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Clarksville
Ind
Glenn L. Brown
Memphis
Nelson
Death notices for Lawrence Minor and Eunice Norton
Lawrence C. Minor 75 of 1913 Second Avenue died Saturday at home. He was a member of Modern Woodmen of America and Retired Railroadmen's Association. Survived by wife Elizabeth four daughters Claude son one sister and one brother with 14 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Eunice Norton formerly of Terre Haute died Thursday in Columbus Ohio funeral Monday at Shiloh Baptist Church burial in Stewart Cemetery.
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Lawrence C. Minor
Second Avenue
Modern Woodmen of America
Railroadmen's Association
Elizabeth
Evelyn Catlin
Newport
Clara Foltz
Cleora Dunkin
Dorothy Kesler
Terre Haute
Claude
Nancy Walter
Eunice Norton
Columbus
Ohio
Shiloh Baptist Church
J. E. Barksdale
Stewart Cemetery
Lost Creek
Russell Funeral Home
Mrs Fanchon Schreiber Dies At 69 In Lafayette
Mrs. Fanchon Schreiber aged 69 of 2900 Lafayette avenue died at 8 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Hospital. She is survived by sister Mrs. Emma Ferguson of Linton and brother in law Harry Rood of Terre Haute along with several nieces and nephews. The body was taken to Gillis Memory Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanchon Schreiber
Lafayette Avenue
St. Anthony Hospital
Emma Ferguson
Linton
Harry Rood
Terre Haute
Gillis Memory Chapel
Obituaries: Jacob Baugh, John Moore, Nora Hannah
Jacob Ed Baugh 73 died in La Puente California. Services set for Monday at Blackman Funeral Home La Puente. John Elmer Moore 94 prominent retired farmer of La Motte Township died Thursday night. Survives two sons Byron and Lloyd and daughter Orpha with five grandchildren. Services at Oak Grove Church LaMotte Prairie 4 PM Sunday officiated by Revs Hall and Culler. Burial Oak Grove cemetery. Nora L. Hannah 73 of Brazil died Thursday night at Clay County Hospital. She was Nazarene Church member. Survives brother Earl Bemis Lena and several nieces and nephews. Services 2 PM Sunday Miller and Sons Funeral Home. Burial Bee Ridge cemetery.
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Pete Baugh
Jacob
Ed” Baugh
la Puente
Calif
Blackman
Hutsonville
Ill
John Elmer Moore
la Motte
Orpha Moore
Byron
Robinson
Lloyd
Tuscola
Oak Grove
LaMotte Prairie
Carl Hall
Ferrell Culler
Pulliam
Brazil
Ind
Nora L. Hannah
Clay County
First Church of the Nazarene
Earl Bemis
Lena
Miller and Sons
Jack Cox
Bee Ridge Cemetery
Obituaries for Hanna and Landes in Illinois notices
John H. Hanna 86 of Marshall died Friday morning at the Marshall Christian Hotel. Survived by sister Mrs. Rachel Hutchings and brother Hugh. services by Rev. Clyde Campbell at Marrs Funeral with burial in Gill Cemetery. Bruce Landes 90 of Dennison died Friday morning in Paris Illinois. Survived by brother Frank and sister Mrs. Clora Staley. services at Bedino Chapel of the Valley in West Terre Haute with burial in New Providence Cemetery.
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Marshall, Ill
John H. Hanna
Marshall
Marshall Christian
Rachel Hutchings
RR 2
Hugh
Paris
Marrs
Clyde Campbell
Offivam
Gill Cemery
Dennison
Ill
Bruce Landes
Frank
Clora Staley
Christman
Bedino Chapel
Terre Haute
Ind
E. C. Hamm
New Providence
Services for Marion Walters to be held in Sullivan
Marion Arthur Walters 60 died Wednesday. Services set at Carrithers Funeral Home with Rev. Ben Merold officiating. Burial planned at Center Ridge Cemetery in Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Ind
Marion Arthur Walters
Carrithers Funeral Home
Ben Merold
Center Ridge Cemery
Services for Mrs Avis Carrie Denehie
Services for Mrs Avis Carrie Denehie are to be held in Clinton Indiana with details forthcoming. The obituary line notes her passing and requests memorials to be directed to local community funds.
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Mrs
Avis Carrie Denehie
Clinton
Ind
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