State Dismisses Morals Charges Against Three
Three defendants were freed of moral offense charges after Deputy Prosecutor Robert H. Brown told Judge Edward S. Everett there was insufficient evidence. The trio, Charles Moon Terry Park and Carmen Antell, had been arrested at 105 North Second Street over alleged disorderly conduct.
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City Cour
Robert H. Brown
Edward S. Everett
Charles Moon
Terry Park
Carmen Antell
North Second Street
Moon
Charles Reed
Fourth Avenue
Reed
Man fined in liquor case in Prairieton township
Leroy Mitchell of near the Blue Hole in Prairieton township was fined 25 dollars and 7 dollars costs for possession of alcoholic beverages for sale and 25 dollars plus 7 dollars costs for sale of alcohol without a permit. He pleaded guilty in the court of Justice of the Peace Lee East after being taken into custody by Excise Officer McCullough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Mitchell
Blue Hole
Prairieton Township
Court of Justice-of-the-Peace
Lee East
McCullough
Prison riot at state pen ends with injuries and standoff
In a Sunday night jailbreak, eight or nine of about 600 inmates rioted at the prison near town, injuring a state patrolman and a prisoner. Guards and police surrounded the facility as convicts demanded a car and safe passage, talks with the governor failing to progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechem
Phoenix
Govenors
Theodore van Soelen
Morris Abram
Joe Roach
Atomic Energy Commission
Los Alamos
Mariano Chavez
Augustin Gonzales
Celestino Escudero
Freddie Martinez
Gabriel Ortiz
Tony Sandoval
John Vacherson
Boy Witnesses Mother's Slaying in Family Quarrel
Eight year old James Finnegan testified that Lois Ann Ponshe was shot by her husband Frank Ponshe in front of four of her children after she refused to give him beer money. Frank Ponshe, 50, a Chicago Streets Department employee, is held for investigation.
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Chicago
Lois Ann Ponshe
Frank Ponshe
Chicago Department of Streets
James Finnegan
Harry Towne
Ponshe
Judge N J Johnson Attends Funeral in Terre Haute
Judge Noble J. Johnson of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals traveled from Washington, D. C. with Mrs. Johnson to attend the funeral of his uncle Amos Johnson in Terre Haute. Amos Johnson, 85, a retired Pennsylvania Railroad conductor, lived at 1506 Second Avenue. Services were set for 2 PM at Cross Funeral Home with Masonic Lodge No. 19 conducting graveside rites at Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Noble J. Johnson
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Terre Haute
Amos Johnson
Sixth District
Johnson
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Railroad
Clara
Second Avenue
the Cross Funeral
Masonic Lodge No. 19
Roselawn Memorial Park
Rush of US Jobseekers and Patronage Debate
A Senate discussion on how Republican patronage should be handled reveals no word yet from Eisenhower headquarters. Herbert Brownell Jr. has managed top level appointments but not routine jobs, while Thomas Stephens may lead patronage at the White House. Officials note federal clerical work offers limited pay, high turnover, and civil service protections cover about 95 percent of jobs, leaving around 170,000 noncivil service posts small and technical in nature.
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Eisenhower
Herbert Brownwell
G.O.P
Thomas E. Stephens
New York
White House
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Beavers Damage Government Boat at Westemboon Lake
Beavers at Westemboon Lake forestry station chopped a 14 inch poplar, tree fell across a moored government boat and smashed it beyond repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterborough
Canada
Westemboon Lake
Motorist Misreads Route Drives Onto Streetcar Trestle
A Dallas motorist misread the Trinity River crossing and drove onto a streetcar trestle. After eight tenths of a mile with four tire blowouts, the oil pan was torn off, the engine overheated and froze, and the driver slept as the car stalled 60 feet above a street. A streetcar towed the car to a levee, where a wrecker with a derrick lifted it from the tracks.
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Dallas
Tex
Trinity River
Houston Street
American Air Force buildup powers Britain's RAF network
The United States, Britain, and Canada maintain a joint air presence in Britain featuring medium jet bombers and F86 Sabre fighters with 600 mile per hour speeds. B36s train in Britain, RAF manpower totals 264 500, and Canadian Sabres add to a 75 plane wing. U S Sabre squadrons operate under UK command, radar stations are staffed by Americans and Britons, and housing shortages strain families amid a 100 million dollar annual U S spending in Britain.
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Britain
U. S
Royal Air Force
RAF
British Air Defense Command
British Isles
Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Marham
England
U. S. Army
Third Air Force
Burtonwood
Liverpool
U. S. Air Force
Plane crash near Fallon leaves 44 aboard unhurt
A Trans World Airways Super Constellation with forty four passengers narrowly escaped disaster when two of four engines failed. Pilot Irvin Kravitz executed an emergency landing near Fallon after engine sputtered during a Chicago to San Francisco flight. brakes reportedly burned out as the craft struggled to stop at the Navy airfield.
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Fallon
Nov
Chicago
San Francisco
Transworld Airways
Irvin Kravitz
Navy
Plane swerves off runway. gear collapses on two wheels
An aircraft with 39 passengers and five crew members slid to a halt after veering off the landing strip. The right gear failed and the craft stopped on two wheels and a wing tip. Everyone on board was jolted but unharmed.
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Ing
James W. Gardner
West Terre Haute
Robert Scott
North Fifth Street
Howard C. Anderson
North Thirteenth Street
Wendall Colglazer
Farmersburg
Clyde L. Dawson
Walnut Street
William Sear‘ing
New Goshen
Bernard Walker
Marshall, Ill
Roscoe Moon
Marshall
Jimmie, James
Tuscola
Bert Pierce
Robert Lynch
South Thirteenth
Robert Patton
South Fifteenth Street
Herbert Edwards
Joseph Hatchett
South Thirteenth Street
Roy Zetter
Hatchett
James Burton
Maxine
William Price
North First Street
Price
Weir-Meyer
Daniel Appliance Co
East Side
Wabash Ave
Los Angeles
Trans World Airlines
Lincoln
Spiegel
Spiegels
PT Ae Las OF Spiegels Big Ee Eee
Spiegel Catalog
Wabash Avenue
Crawford
N. J. Johnson
St.Joseph Aspirin
Wfbm-Tv
U.S
Phillips Gasoline
Carney Tire Company
FORD
VapoRub
Vicks VapoRub
Vicks
Oury
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