Widow of Blind Attorney Faces Murder Charge
The state prepared to present opening arguments in the first degree murder trial of Evelyn Mae Fuller, 31, charged with fatally wounding her sightless husband Wallace Fuller last March. The Vigo Circuit Court recessed with jury selection near completion as several jurors were excused and vacancies persisted in both regular and special panels.
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Evelyn Mae Fuller
Vigo
Carson Bennett
North Thirty-sixth Street
James C. Albin
South Eighteenth Street
Edward Dede
Arcadia Drive
Leo P. Allen
South Eighth Street
Mary Evans
Beplar Street
West Terre Haute
George Elder
James Andrews
North Tenth Street
Harry
Jailer Attacked In Bid For Liberty
Two inmates escaped Vigo county jail and were recaptured within four minutes after attacking Jailer Robert Smith with a cast iron pipe. Raymond Denbo and Billy Dee Majors surrendered after police tracked them to a spot near the jail.
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Vigo County
Robert Smith
South Center Street
William Kuykendall
Leo Katz
Robert Reeves
Raymond Denbo
South Thirteenth Street
Billy Dee Majors
Carbon
Institution
Dresser Drive
Pearl Alley
Springer Foundry Co
South First Street
Harriman Demands Taft-Hartley Overhaul From Administration
New York Governor Averell Harriman assailed Eisenhower appointees for anti labor bias in a speech to the merged AFL CIO labor group. He cited Nixon Wilson McKay and Lothair Teeter as anti labor and urged scrapping Taft Hartley protections to shield unions. He warned of ongoing efforts to undermine labor and cited a recent U A W Indiana dispute as an example.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Interior
Douglas McKay
Secretary of Commerce
Lothair Teeter
Eisenhower
Harriman
Labor Organization
NLRB
U.A.W
Indiana
Secretary of Labor
James P
General Motors Extends Dealers to Five-Year Contracts
President Harlow H. Curtice announced GM will extend dealer sales agreements from one year to five. The change, sent by telegrams to GM’s 17,000 retail dealers, follows criticism of the prior one-year terms during Senate hearings on antitrust and monopoly. Continued on page 7 column 3.
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Washington
Harlow H. Curtice
General Motors
Senate Judiciary Antitrust and Monopoly
Curtice
G.M
Grand jury to hear infant death case in Vigo County
Vigo County Prosecutor John R. Jett said a grand jury will be summoned Friday to consider the State of Indiana versus Edward Leon Moore 22 of South Fourth street. Moore is charged with second degree murder for the death of his 8 month old son Edward Jr and is held on a 20000 bond. Deputy Bob Wallace will present the evidence.
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Vigo County
John R. Jett
Grand
State of Indiana
Edward Leon Moore
South Fourth Street
Moore
Justice of the Peace
Lee Easton
Edward, Jr
Jett
Bob Wallace
Driver Dies In US 20 Rollover Near La Grange
Peter J. Mangano, 40, of South Bend, was killed Monday when his car failed to negotiate a curve on U. S. 20 seven miles west of La Grange. He was thrown from the vehicle and pinned beneath it.
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LA Grange
Ind
Peter J. Mangano
South Bend
U. S. 20
Here
Indiana Air National Guard drills in statewide alert
Operation Cracker Jack tested readiness of 122d Fighter Interceptor Wing and Ground Observer Corps in Terre Haute. About 1,200 Hoosiers participate with Hulman Field crews on standby, radar tracking and interception readiness continuing for 72 hours.
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Indiana Air National Guard
122D
Ground Observer Corps
Terre Haute
Indiana
Hulman Field
113Th
Richard Petercheff
Indianapolis
G.O.C
122Nd Fighting Interceptor Wing
Petercheff
Dulles accuses Russia of pressuring India over Goa dispute
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles charged that Russia has been trying to provoke India to use force in the Goa quarrel with Portugal. He defended a U S Portuguese joint statement on Goa, saying he gave careful consideration to the issued statement and felt it appropriate to express views on Soviet statements.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Russia
India
Portugal
Goa
Dulles
No Winners in Speedway Warning From Indianapolis Sheriff
Indianapolis sheriff Robert A. O'Neal announced deputies will flag down speeders with a checkered signal like the Indianapolis 500 finish. He warned drivers they may be treated as they would in a race if they speed, noting they won’t be “winners” in Magistrate Court.
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Indianapolis
Robert A. O'Neal
O’neal
FBI Joins Search for Parolee and Missing Child
In Indianapolis the FBI joined state and local police in a hunt for Ruth Marie Hillin a 22 year old ex convict and her 13 month old daughter Georgian Carol Waltz The pair disappeared after visiting downtown to see Santa Claus and were last linked to a Detroit bound bus ticket authorities check leads in Detroit and suspect the woman may still be near Indianapolis Local officers emphasize the possibility the child remains in the area
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Indianapolis
FBI
Ruth Marie Hillin
Miss Hillin
Carol Waltz
Michigan
Detroit
Santa Claus
Robert E. Reilly
Leonard Blaylock
Reilly
Evelyn McLaughlin
Dresser Drawer Yields 2378 Dollars in Death Probe
In Indianapolis on December 6 coroner investigators searched the deceased Louis White 72 in a poorly furnished apartment and found $2378 after he died of a hemorrhage.
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Indianapolis
Louis White
Trib une Star Fund opens for Terre Haute Christmas baskets
First donations to the Tribune Star Fund were received to provide Christmas baskets for the needy in Terre Haute and Vigo County. Contributions include five dollars and two dollars, with proceeds from a Phi Beta Psi Bridge Party aiding the effort. Send gifts to the Tribune-Star office or apply for baskets via Friendly Service Association by December 20.
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Tribune-Star Fund
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Phi Beta Psi
Office of the Tribune-Star
Wabash Avenue
Friendly Service Association
Chestnut Street
Keaton in Critical Condition at Veterans Hospital
Hollywood report says comedian Buster Keaton, aged 60, remains in critical condition with a gastro intestinal ailment. He has been hospitalized since last Saturday at a veterans hospital.
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Hollywood
Buster Keaton
Veterans’ Hospital
Weather Map Summary Fair And Warmer For Today
The weather map shows fair skies and warmer conditions with sunrise at 6 55 and sunset at 4 27. River stage is 4.5 feet and rising.
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Ce. Moise Nee Inc
Terre Haute Area Weather Summary
Local conditions note yesterday’s high of 32 and low of 16 with no precipitation. Forecast calls for Mostly fair and warmer tonight and Wednesday in Terre Haute and vicinity, with a low of 23 tonight and highs near 48 to 54 on Wednesday. Indiana outlook similar with warmer conditions, low tonight 20 to 27 and a 48 to 54 degree high Wednesday. Street thermometer readings show 19 a.m. and 34 p.m.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
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