New Indiana State Police Post Opens Near Terre Haute
A new state police post sits eight miles south of Terre Haute beneath a 300 foot radio tower. Lt. Marion H. Tague leads District 5A with 19 officers including Donald Bovenschulte and Ned Woodard. The $30,000 prefabricated building covers two bedrooms, a trooper office, and labs as statewide realignment aims for closer, safer patrols.
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Harold Roseberry
Sullivan
Ellis de Bord
Terre Haute
Rufus Finney
Rockville
James F. Bailey
Vigo
Vermillion
Parke
I.S.P
Marion H. Tague
Putnamville
Vance
Donald Bovenschulte
Farmersburg
Joe Burton
Jay Dennis
Rosedale
Richard Finney
Loyd Heck
Bennie Kiburis
Joseph Lee
U.S. Penitentiary
Congress
Plane Crashes Kill Four in Separate US and Canada Incidents
Four airmen died in separate crashes. Lts John Cunningham and Hobart Garvin perished near Mansfield after their F89 jet crashed. bodies found beneath wreckage as searchers looked for possible bailout. Inglewood saw a jet trainer crash into a home after a fuel tank explosion, pilot James Glessner escaped with minor injuries. At Ft William Ont a missing three Air Force B47 crewmen list awaits update as an atomic bomber crash is investigated.
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Los Angeles
Calif
James Glessner
Air Force
A.P. Wirephoto
Mansfield
Pickford
John Edward Cunningham
Tulsa
Okla
Hobart Walter Garvin
Mt. Hope
W. Va
Inglewood
Ft. William
Ont
Purdue Glee Club Plans Alaska Tour With Bob Hope Show
The Purdue University Glee Club of 60 members and Director Albert P. Stewart will depart Bur er Hill Air Base December 17 for a four day pre Christmas tour of Air Force bases in Alaska. They will join the Bob Hope show in Anchorage Fairbanks and Eielson Air Base.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University Glee Club
Albert P. Stewart
Bunker Hill Air Base
Alaska
Air Force Bases
Bob Hope
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Eielson Air Base
Appeal Filed In Annexation Case In Terre Haute Area
A 1955 annexation of Harrison township property to Terre Haute was challenged by remonstrance in Vigo County Court. Special Judge Edwin B Long ruled the remonstrance insufficient and allowed a 90 day window to perfect an appeal for the railroad interests Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific.
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Trators
Lewis
Edwin B. Long
Harrison Township
Terre Haute
Vigo
Leng
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
New York Central
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
Betty Kintz
Circuit Court
Lucile E. Moore
Chicago and Eastern Illinois rail line seeks rehearing on train cuts
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad asks the Public Service Commission for a rehearing over its discontinuance of passenger trains 92 and 53 between Evansville and the Indiana Illinois line. The P S C ruled the trains were dropped without proper authority and recommended restoration. The railroad contends the P S C exceeded its authority in ordering the reinstatement.
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Indianapolis
Chicago & Eastern
Mllinois
Evansville
Public Service Commission
Sullivan
P.S.C
Wisconsin student fined for lighting crude bomb on campus
Daryl E. DuFrane, 18, a University of Wisconsin student from Hartford, Wis., was fined 100 dollars after admitting he lit a crude bomb at the doorway of the Jewish student center on campus. The device, taped around powder and fired from shotgun shells, left a burn on the Hillel Foundation building. the blast did not explode. He refused to name the bomb’s maker or two other persons seen at the scene.
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Madison
Wis
Daryl E. DuFrane
University of Wisconsin
Hillel Foundation
du Franc
Hartford
Roy Proctor
Protest Over Dana AEC Plant Closure Sparks Economy Alarm
Lewis Strauss, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, protests the Dana Indiana plant closure citing adverse regional economic impact. He notes the area’s long designation as a critical labor surplus area by the U S Department of Labor.
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Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington, D. C
Dana
Ind
United States Department of Labor
Protest Order To Close Dana Plant Sparks Congress Reply
Congresswoman Cecil Harden protests a decision to close the Dana Indiana heavy water plant. She argues the move will worsen local unemployment, wastes taxpayer funds, and urges keeping Dana and Savannah River plants in production on a reduced scale to preserve emergency capacity.
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Dana
Ind
Eisenhower
Commission
Savannah River
South Carolina
Vigo - Vermillion County
Savannah
Indiana
Congress
America
Cecil M. Harden
M. C
Threaten New Mid-East Crisis Looms After Baghdad Pact Moves
Reports from Washington say Turkey Pakistan Iraq and Iran warned the United States that Soviet and Syrian actions threaten regional security. U S plans to seek more military funds for the four nations while Damascus hints at pressuring Iraq over joining the Baghdad Pact. King Saud opposes the pact as harmful to Moslem Arabs.
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Burns
Port Said
Washington
Turkey
Pakistan
Iraq
Iran
United States
Middle East
U.S
Eisenhower
Congress
Britain
Damascus
Salah Bitar
Syria
Nouri Eli
Arab League
Cairo
Saudi Arabia
King Saud
Vagrant goats brought to Baltimore police station
Police in Baltimore on December 6 7 detained two unwanted and smelly goats as part of their duty and lodged them at the station. Patrolmen Edward Esteridge and George Cook said they were simply doing their duty.
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Baltimore
Edward Esteridge
George Cook
Evanses Fight Eagle For Dog At Lake Gogebic Cottage
Mr and Mrs Frank Evans of Noblesville Indiana tied their chihuahua outside their Lake Gogebic cottage when an eagle swooped in. They frightened the bird away and treated the dog for gashes scratches and cuts from the encounter.
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Wakefield, Mich
Frank Evans
Noblesville
Ind
Lake Gogebic
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