Reserve Corps School Opens Here January 5
The 5866th Organized Reserve Corps School will open at 7 30 p m Monday January 5 with classes continuing each Thursday for 24 weeks Registration closes December 23 and is held nightly from 7 30 to 9 30 at 417 South Thirteenth Street Col Leroy A Francis announces the school aims to provide equal opportunity for efficient reserve officer training All Army Air Force and naval reserve officers in Clay Greene Parke Putnam Sullivan Vermilion and Vigo counties are eligible with several Air Force officers already enrolled
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Organized Reserve Corps
Leroy A. Francis
South Thirteenth Street
Francis
Harry C. Smith
Homer E. Gastineau
Army
Air Force
Naval Reserve
Clay
Greene
Parke
Putname
Sullivan
Vermillion
Vigo
Air Force Reserve
Army Reserve
Command and General Staff College
Edwin King
Infantry
Thomas Coakley
Chemical
Joseph Pensack
Robert Bedwell
Plimmer
Buena Chaney
Berry Morton
Criss
Leroy Clymer
Millard Fiscus
Frank Crawford
Herbert Mason
John Graff
Norman Hunt
Darrell C. Deeds
John Kirchner
5966Th
ORC
WAC Reserve
Dolores Nussel
Cecelia Henderson
WAC
James Voyles
South Fifth Street
Vigo County Deputies In Icy Auto Wreck
Vigo County Deputy Sheriffs James McKinney and Jay Bailey escaped injury Friday afternoon when their auto skidded on icy pavement and fell into a 15 foot ditch three miles south of Michigan City. They recovered and drove the vehicle to Terre Haute. Aubrey Stevenson was taken to the Indiana State Prison to serve two to 21 years for manslaughter.
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Vigo County
James McKinney
Jay Bailey
Michigan City
Terre Haute
Indiana
Aubrey Stevenson
Suspect Holman Held After Guilty Plea In Auto Theft Case
Clyde Holman was arrested by FBI agents in Birmingham Alabama as he exited the federal building after entering to retrieve his mail. He was suspected of involvement with an alleged accomplice who had just pleaded guilty and implicated him in an automobile theft.
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Birmingham
Ala
Clyde Holman
Federal
FBI
Holman
Valley Men Start Marine Recruit Training in California
Five Wabash Valley men are in Marine recruit training at San Diego with platoons 519 and 527 in the Second Battalion. Names and home addresses are listed for Private Leonard Garvey John Clayton Moss Roy Lee Allaway Jackie Lee Criss and Bruce Duane Hutchins. Four more Terre Haute area Marines undergo ten months of intensive training at Camp Pendleton amid combat maneuvers with the Third Marine Division.
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Wabash Valley
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Leonard Garvey
Leonard E. Garvey
North
Thirty-first Street
John Clayton Moss
John C. Moss
Sycamore Street
Jasonville
Roy Lee Allaway
Ben Edmonson
Donald Street
Jackie Lee Criss
Herman Criss
Mainstreet
Bruce Duane Hutchins
Joseph C. Hutchins
R.R. 1
Coal City
Terre Haute
Camp Pendleton
James Richard Davis
William Herschel Davis
North Third Street
Bobbie G. Guthrie
Titus R. Guthrie
Clay City
Thomas L. Anderson
Archie Anderson
Sylvandell Street
Sullivan
Larry E. Ross
Cecil Ross
Mecca
Third Marine Division
Monkey blood donor sought for burned chimpanzee
Oscar the 7 year old performing chimpanzee was critically burned in a fire. Dr. James Archibald of Ontario Veterinary College said Oscar has a 50-50 chance of survival and urged finding another chimpanzee blood donor. If unavailable, human blood plasma may be used. Oscar performs tricks and rides bicycles in the show.
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Guelph
Ont
Oscar
James Archibald
Ontario Veterinary College Clinic
Conservation Club Christmas Party Planned
Vigo County Conservation Club will hold its annual Christmas party next Wednesday evening at the Public Service Company Building at Twenty-eighth and Locust streets. The event opens at 7 30 with all members and families invited. Santa will distribute gifts, a large tree, candy and oranges, and adults may grab a bag for 50 cents.
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Vigo County Conservation Club, Inc
Public Service Company
Price Decline Hits Vancouver Fox Pelts Auction
Silver fox pelts once valued at 3500 each now sell for 12 each at a Western Canada auction in Vancouver. The market collapse reflects a thirty year decline in fur prices with buyers and sellers adjusting to new realities.
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Vancouver
B. C
Western Canada
Teenage thief stops escape to hear preacher on radio
In Toledo Ohio a 16 year old thief abandoned a stolen car at a railroad crossing after listening to a preacher on the radio. He then called the sheriff to surrender, ending the pursuit.
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Toledo, CO
Labor Federation Opens Its State Convention
The Indiana State Federation of Labor opened its legislative conference in Indianapolis with four aims for the 1953 General Assembly. They seek liberalizing Workmen's Compensation with choice of doctors, extending Unemployment Compensation to about 26 weeks, repealing the Compulsory Arbitration Act, and enacting a minimum wage and hour law. President Carl H. Mullen stated no fear of reprisals from the incoming Republican administration and noted cooperation with Republicans this time. The AFL did not oppose George N. Craig for governor though supporting the Democratic ticket and Schricker for senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Carl H. Mullen
General Assembly
Mullen
A.F.L
George N. Craig
Henry F. Schricker
Hamburger Price Falls to 29 Cents a Pound
In Bismarck North Dakota on December 13 hamburger prices sank to 29 cents per pound the lowest since the downturn. Chicago stores asked about twice as much as the local price as managers blamed lower wholesale costs for a decisive price cut. A butcher described a price war with rationing at some shops and large rushes from customers filling freezers as demand surged.
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Bismarck
N. D
Chicago
Goldwyn Advocates Honest Publicity For Hollywood
Sam Goldwyn urged restraint and honesty in Hollywood publicity at the annual panhandle dinner of the screen publicists guild. He warned against phony news and praised good public relations alongside quality films, urging a return to decency in press coverage and industry image.
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Hollywood
Sam Goldwyn
Sam
Screen Publicists Guild
Edgar Bergen
Goldwyn
Charlie McCarthy
Richmond
Samson
Police distribute sketch of south side slasher
Chicago detectives released two versions of an artists concept based on descriptions from an 11 year old girl and three young women who survived knife and rape attacks. The slasher, described as high school age and composed, bladed Catherine Howard and others in the days around December 2.
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Chicago
South Side
Adolph Valanis
Valanis
Catherine Howard
Miss. Howard
Keller seeks retraction from Czechs over Vienna peace story
Helen Keller denounced a Prague newspaper claim she endorsed the Vienna peace conference. The State Department confirmed she repudiated the report in a Voice of America broadcast to Czechoslovakia, noting she had earlier criticized the congress as a mask for Stalinist propaganda.
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Washington
Helen Keller
State Department
Miss Keller
Voice of America
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Rude Pravo
Prosecutors Eye Salary Boost for 1953 General Assembly
Indiana County Prosecutors Association may ask the 1953 General Assembly for a 15 percent average salary increase. President Eugene Feller of Corydon said the proposal is under consideration and likely to include a full reclassification of the salary schedule based on county populations.
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Indianapolis
Indiana County Prosecutors Association
General Assembly
Eugene Feller
Corydon
Association
Eisenhower Wins 1952 Election With Record 61 Million Votes
Official AP tallies show Dwight D. Eisenhower defeating Adlai Stevenson for president by 6.6 million votes as 61,547,861 ballots were counted. Eisenhower carried 39 states with 442 electoral votes. Stevenson 9 states and 89 electoral votes. Congress will finalize the count Jan. 6 and Eisenhower takes office Jan. 20.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Congress
Gen
New York
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Idaho
Massachusetts
Michigan
Oklahoma
Utah
G.O.P
Arizona
Minesota
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Vermont
Wisconsin
Delaware
Kentucky
Maine
New Jersey
South Dakota
House
Man Survives 185 Foot Fall From Sydney Harbour Bridge
Alfred Galvin, 35, survived a 185 foot plunge from the Sydney Harbour Bridge with only bruises. The bridge has seen 52 deaths since 1931 and six other survivors, including a woman who said her skirt acted as a parachute.
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Sydney
Australia
Alfred Galvin
Sydney Harbor Bridge
Apartment Fire at 1308 North Twenty-seventh Street
Fire caused by a defective flue damaged an apartment house operated by Rose Sullivan at 1308 North Twenty-seventh Street with an estimated 400 dollars in damage. Apartments of Audrey Mulvaney and Lila Cruse were affected. Fire crews from multiple companies responded. Later, a roof fire at 224 Gilbert Avenue caused about 10 dollars in damage at Mrs Arthur Kuntz residence.
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Rose Sullivan
North Twenty-seventh Street
Audrey Mulvaney
Lila Cruse
Francis Fischer
Arthur Kuntz
Gilbert Avenue
Hollywood Celebrities Bring Christmas Cheer to GIs Worldwide
More than 70 Hollywood personalities travel to hospitals and Army camps at home and overseas to deliver gifts and performances. Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy spearhead Operation Santa Claus with thousands of presents and a charity drive reaching from Tacoma to Key West. Bob Hope performs in Long Beach on Christmas Day, with stars like Paul Douglas and Debbie Reynolds joining in for GIs in Korea and other posts, while others entertain in Greenland Newfoundland the Caribbean and Alaska.
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United Press
Holywood
Hollywood
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Tacoma
Wash
Key West
Fla
Bergen
CBS
Charlies
Post
Tex
New York Women’s Advertising Club
Barco Fla
Bob Hope
Long Beach
Calif
Navy Hospital
Korea
Paul Douglas
Jan Sterling
Walter Pidgeon
Debbie Reynolds
Keenan Wynn
Jean Peters
Lita Baron
Rory Calhoun
Lois Andrews
Turkey
Caribbean
Raymond Burr
Greenland
Newfoundland
Beverly Michaels
Alaska
Death by Train Near Chesterton on Crossing
Arthur Bakalee aged 29 of Chesterton was killed when an eastbound Michigan Central passenger train struck his car at a crossing two miles west of the Dunes Park state police barracks.
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Chesterton
Ind
p—Arthur Bakalee
Michigan Central
Dunes Park State Police Barracks
Lanza's Third Child Born in December
Hollywood reports Mario Lanza and his wife Betty welcomed a son on December 12 weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces. The couple also has two daughters Colleen and Elissa, both born in December.
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Lanza
Hollywood
Mario Lanza
Betty
Lanzas
Colleen
Elissa
Marilyn Monroe buys Reinhardt manuscripts at auction
Marilyn Monroe says the Reinhardt manuscript books she bought for 1335 dollars may serve many drama schools. Universities including Kansas City Missouri USC UCLA Stanford and Harvard pursued the 78 volumes as she weighs a gift to support drama students. USC also invited her to a New Year Rose Bowl box with 50 yard line access.
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Hollywood
Max Reinhardt
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn
University of Kansas City
U.S.C
U.C.L.A
Stanford
Harvard
20th-Century Fox
S.C
Lewis F. Steig
Reinhardt
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Rusty) Roth
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Labor Federation
Harry’s
Bob Thomas
Police
D. Harold Oliver
Ike
Carroll Shaffner
Pennsylvania State College
Spain
Algeria
Morocco
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Africa
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Casablanca
France
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Tangiers
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Jonah
Motorola
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