Trio Held in Mount Link Hammond Bank Robbery
Federal agents moved to prosecute three men arrested in Tennessee for the Calumet Mercantile National Bank robbery in Hammond Indiana. Marcrom Patrick and Smith were linked to the Dec 6 heist where four employees and three customers were held at gunpoint and cash stuffed into bags before fleeing in a stolen car. Police recovered over $11,000 and a gun, with investigators seeking remaining loot and possible ties to a prior Woodmar Bank robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcminnville
Tenn
U.P
Tennessee
Hammond
Ind
John Walter Marcrom
Thomas Patrick
Tracy City
Carl George Smith
FBI
Indiana
Calumet Avenue
Mercantile National Bank
Marconi
Patrick
Cleveland
Ohio
Smith
Ontario
Calif
Chesterton
Leonard Blaylock
Woodmar
Hoosier State Bank of
Evelyn Fuller Trial Resumes Monday Morning
The first degree murder trial of Evelyn Mae Fuller resumes Monday at 9 am. The state seeks to admit a dying declaration by Wallace Fuller, her blind attorney husband, shot March 14 at their apartment 309 Ohio Street. Defense lawyers object to the declaration as read, with court deletions noted. The case was recessed after the declaration was placed in the record from St Anthony Hospital ER.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Mae Fuller
Wallace Fuller
Fuller
Vigo
Herbert R. Criss
N. George Nasser
Edward L. Hamilton
John R. Jett
St. Anthony Hospital
Ohio Street
Weather Map Weather Map On Page 2 Continued Cold
The near term forecast calls for continued cold with partly cloudy skies in Terre Haute and Indiana. Snow flurries may reach Lake Michigan tonight and Sunday with light snow possible in the extreme southwest. Temperatures drop to the mid teens tonight and rise to the low to mid 20s Sunday. River stage remains four feet and falling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Indiana
Lake Michigan
C.S.T
C.D.T
Tebree
D.T
Montreal Students Riot After Fares Hike
A student protest over increased bus and streetcar fares in Montreal on Friday night devolved into riots. More than 100 vehicles damaged, about 40 people injured, over 70 arrested. Mayor Jean Drapeau banned group demonstrations. service paused at 10 p.m. Police described the crowd as Hoodlums and vandals.
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Montreal
Jean Drapeau
Montreal Transportation Commission
M.T.C
Drapeau
Canada
City Hall
Associated Press
Youths Admit Burglary and Armed Holdup
Two young men confessed to breaking into a Bloomington dry goods store and to the west side robbery of a woman in Terre Haute. Richard Franklin Lewis and Richard Colin Adams, both Indiana University sophomores, were arraigned in City Court and may be sent to Bloomington for prosecution.
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Bloomington
Ind
Richard Franklin Lewis
Hudson Avenue
Terre Haute
Richard Colin Adams
Vincennes
Willard Gantz
Rommere
Gantz
Indiana University
City
Lewis
Adams
Vandalism Incidents Reported. Police Probe Underway
Police Captain Frank Street reported two vandalism cases this weekend. Mrs. Chancey Lewis of 1809 North Third Street said unknowns filled her gasoline tank with sand for the third or fourth time. James Kindred of 2435 North Fifth Teenth and One-Half Street said a rock shattered his front window narrowly missing his sleeping baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Street
Chancey Lewis
North Third Street
U N Security Council Faces 18 Nation Membership Vote
The Security Council weighs how to ballot on 18 nations approved 52 2 by the General Assembly. Nationalist China demands first action on 13 non Communist states amid Soviet opposition. Formosa drops Finland and Nepal, substitutes Korea and Vietnam as veto threats loom.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.N. Security Council
U.N
General Assembly
Formosa
Finland
Nepal
Red China
Korea
Viet Nam
China
T. F. Tisng
Outer Mongolia
Death verdict on Paitson awaiting lab tests
Vigo County coroner D M Ferguson held a verdict in the death of 31 year old William Frank Paitson pending specimens sent to the Indiana State Police laboratory. The victim fell 31 feet from a viaduct after an auto crash near U S 40 east of Brazil. Funeral services for Paitson, associated with Paitson Roofing and Siding, are set for Monday at Gillis Memory Chapel with Masonic graveside rites at Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Vigo County
D. M. Ferguson
William Frank Paitson
Brazil
Indiana State Police Laboratory
Paison
Pennsylvania Railroad
U. S. 40
Paitson
Paitson Roofing and Siding Company
Gillis Memory
Gerard B. Blue
Roselawn Memorial Park
Social Lodge No 86
Press Probe For Slayer of Chicago Brewer
Chicago police launch a three pronged probe into the street corner murder of Alexander Louie Greenberg a noted underworld financier and Capone era figure. They target his financial empire top figures and a house to house search of the surrounding area while examining a related arson and murder case nearby. Greenbergs family posts a five thousand dollar reward for arrest and conviction of the killers.
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Chicago
Alexander Louie Greenberg
Capone
Greenberg
Beer King
James McMahon
Tulsa Strike Halts Bus Service In Tulsa
Tulsa faces no bus service as union drivers and mechanics walk out over a stalled labor contract with Tulsa City Lines. Workers seek a 40 hour work week with pay unchanged, causing morning service disruption.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ptulsa
Tulsa City Lines
Attorneys Study Annexation Case Judges In Indiana
Attorneys M Walter Bell of Indianapolis and E J Zwerner studied proposed judges from Greene Parke and Sullivan counties to decide who should hear the remonstrance against Harrison Township annexation The remonstrance action was filed October 27 and a change of venue requested November 29 The remonstrators claim nearly six thousand landowners oppose the annexation and are led by Nathan A Randall and others seeking to block the measure
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M. Walter Bell
Indianapolis
E. J. Zwerner
Greene, Parke
Sullivan County
Harrison Township
Vigo
Herbert R. Criss
Bell
Remonstrance Group
Zwerner
Terre Haute
Edwin B. Long
Greene County
Hugh H. Banta
Parke County
Joe W. Loudermilk
Nathan A. Randall
Father of Dead Infant Charged with Murder in Vigo County
Edward Moore, 22, unemployed, faces a second degree murder indictment from the Vigo County grand jury for the Dec 2 death of his 8 month old son Edward Jr. He is jailed on a 20000 bond and a former U S Air Force veteran. Moore resides at 520 South Fourth Street with his wife and two other children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward “Eon Moore
Vigo County
Moore
Edward Jr
South Fourth Street
Attractive Victim Believed Slain By Vicious Sex Maniac
Omaha report details the murder of Carolyn Marie Nevins a 20 year old university senior found shot five times behind a campus bush. Police mobilized all officers to hunt a sex fiend believed responsible while an autopsy would test for sexual assault. The article notes a prior Omaha murder and urges caution as investigators question acquaintances and search the campus Elmwood area.
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Omaha. Neb
University of Omaha
Carolyn Marie Nevins
Carolyn
University Library
Harry Green
Ernest Brown
Green
Nevins
Three Americans Among Nobel Prize Winners in Stockholm
In Stockholm, Dec 10, King Gustaf Adolf awarded the 1955 Nobel prizes to three Americans, a Swede, and an Icelander at the Concert Hall. Laureates include Vincent du Vignaud of Cornell for chemistry, Polykarp Kusch of Columbia and Willis E Lamb of Stanford for physics, Hugo Theorell of Stockholm for medicine, and Iceland’s Haldor Kilian Laxness for literature. Each prize is valued at 36,720 dollars with a gold statue and diploma. The 1954 Peace Prize will be presented in Oslo to the United Nations Refugee Committee in a separate ceremony.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Gustaf Adolf
United Nations Refugee Committee
Oslo
Norway
Vincent du Vignaud
Cornell University
New York
Polykarp Kusch
Columbia University
Willis E. Lamb
Stanford University
Hugo Theorell
Haldor Kilian Laxness
Silver Lining Shines For Burned Girl Of Waynesburg
Eight year old Bonnie Simpson of Fairview West Virginia suffered severe burns from a fire in March while near a heating stove. She survived but remains in Greene County Memorial Hospital and her father Lewis Simpson has struggled to find steady work since losing his job.
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Waynesburg
Bonnie Simpson
West Virginia
Bonnie
Greene County Memorial Hospital
Fairview
W. Va
Lewis Simpson
Fairmont
Hospital Hit By Flaming U S Jet Near Sheffield
A U S Air Force investigation follows a crash when an F84F Thunderstreak struck Lodge Moor Hospital roof tearing through wards and exploding. Pilot Lt Roy Evans bailed out from 35 000 feet and survived. seven injured including three children.
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U.S
Sheffield
England
London
P—U. S. Air Force
Lodge Moor
Roy Evans
Pulaski
Tenn
Air Force
Donations to Tribune Star Basket Fund Aid Needy Families
Donations received last night total 22 dollars for the Tribune Star Basket Fund in Terre Haute and surrounding areas. Proceeds from the Phi Beta Psi bridge Tuesday night are expected to top 125 dollars. Gifts listed include 15 dollars from Ay Phi Rho Zeta Seror ers and 2 dollars by mail plus 10 dollars, with 24 dollars previously reported. Send money to Tribune Star office at 721 Wabash Avenue. baskets applications to the Family Service Association at 912 Chestnut Street by December 20.
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Tribune-Star Basket Fund
Terre Haute
Phi Beta Psi
The
Tribune-Star
Wabash Avenue
Family Service Association
Chestnut Street
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U.N. Council Studies
Tom Hoge
Slayer of Chicago
William C. Fogarty
United Press
Rose Brock
U. S
Evans
Sculthorpe
Basket
Ay Phi Rho Zeta Seror
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