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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1955
Page
4
The item lists contact numbers, office divisions, and mail rates for The Terre Haute Tribune and Gazette. It notes call hours for delivery issues and provides subscription prices for various zones and durations, including Sunday and evening options, with a disclaimer about unsolicited submissions and liability.
The Tribune urges readers to avoid criticism without facts. It cautions against gossip and rumor spreading while reaffirming faith in America and respect for government. The message emphasizes responsible public dialogue.
The Ford Foundation distribution nears half a million dollars for Terre Haute hospitals, praised as a testament to American philanthropy. The piece traces the foundation's growth since 1936, its stock holdings, and broad grant aims across international, public affairs, economic, educational, and behavioral science programs with a note on the Fund for Public Affairs.
Administration aides forecast a June upsurge in sympathy for President Eisenhower and a waning opposition at the convention. The piece notes several incumbents retiring, including James P. Richards and Clifford Hope, plus Oliver Bolton and Sherman Crumpacker, with Alan Bible also announcing retirement, signaling a wide reshaping of Congress.
President A Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University weighs in on the proposed two year college course. He outlines potential benefits and concerns about shorter undergraduate study.
The text cites Prof Preston B Albright at Miami University Ohio who tested 86 freshmen in American history finding few knew dates or key events. Many misdated the War Between the States and named wrong presidents and labor leaders. It questions whether teachers pass students without challenge or if home background is at fault.
The Interstate Commerce Commission faces two vacancies after the resignation of chairman Hugh W. Cross and a recent ruling banning segregation in interstate rail and bus travel. President Eisenhower will fill the posts, with partisan scrutiny expected from both Democrats and Republicans.
A Republican rift emerges over labor union attacks as President Eisenhower distanced himself from violent charges by Knowland and Goldwater. Maryland Governor McKeldin, who nominated Eisenhower in 1952, voices dissent while Knight backers seek VP prospects, signaling cross‑state political maneuvering.
The article notes Jakarta as the third largest city after London and New York, surpassing Paris Berlin and Moscow. It explains Jakarta as the Indonesian capital, formerly Batavia under Dutch rule, renamed in 1945, and cites a population around 2.5 million, comparable to Calcutta and close to Bombay, while Chinese city sizes are deemed unreliable for ranking.
Michigan will install about 3,000 reflectometered speed signs on the state trunkline. The signs show 65 mph by day and switch to 55 mph at night under headlight glare.
Birthday insights highlight risk taking optimism and learning through experience. Notable figures listed include Phillips Brooks Heine Marc Connelly and Mary Todd Lincoln. Zodiac guidance covers Sagittarius through Scorpio with advised cautions and attitudes for each sign. Copyright 1955 United Feature Syndicate Inc.
United Press reviews Pipe Dream by Rodgers and Hammerstein, adapted from Steinbeck's Sweet Thursday. The show disappoints with dull pacing and misses the flavor of Cannery Row. Doc lacks believability despite William Johnson's effort. Judy Taylor impresses, Helen Trouble underutilized, Harold Clurman directs modestly, Jo Mielziner sets and Alvin Colt costumes suffice, and the standout song is All At Once You Love Her.
Cornell University researchers in Ithaca have developed two hybrid trout breeds aimed at longer pond life. A brook brown cross is described as a surface fighter and the brook lake cross as a tougher predator, with the brook brown hybrid noted as the spunkier of the pair.
In Louisville Kentucky a mix up of radio and telephone lines caused police headquarters and patrol cars to receive calls without replies. A dispatcher compared the garbled sound to Donald Duck as officers scrambled to regain contact.
Walter Winchell sketches a running array of entertainment figures and socialites in New York. The column lists Imogene Coca, Mickey Deems, Polly Bergen, Freddie Fields, Edith Fellows, Carmen D Oro, Otto Garcia, Fran Keegan, Eleanor McGovern, Tina Louise, and others with quick sketches of their recent ventures and gossip.
A critic recalls Farrell’s stories in a collection focused on Paris and other foreign settings. The narrator, a 33 year old American woman with a government job, faces themes of love marriage and security, contrasting real and idealized relationships. Chicago tales are scarce but present.
The questions ask who or what Bongo refers to a nounas cry a fictional figure cloaked in leaves and cobwebs and the author of Lord Peter Wimsey plus the opening line of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. The set combines literary trivia across five items.
Noted playwright Marc Connelly film star Van Helflin and baseball figures Hank Majeski Carl Erskine and Larry Doby celebrate birthdays with candles today in a celebratory roster of prominent names.
The record notes the death of Florentine sculptor Donatello in 1446 and the birth of German poet Heinrich Heine in 1797. It also recalls 1941 when Czechoslovakia declared war on all nations at war with the United States Great Britain and Russia.
A concise guide defines special adjectives as distinctive and exceptional, tracing the term from Old French and Latin roots to its current usage and contrasts with common descriptors. It emphasizes precise, distinguished wording in linguistic style.
In Bingham Canyon Utah JP John Tangaro won a tie in the primary for city council by guessing the correct page in an Old Testament between two pages. Judge Martin M Larson settled the tie by selecting the pages and Tangaro came closest in guessing the right page.
A concise aphorism contrasts knowing right principles with loving them, attributed to Confucius. The line highlights moral insight as more than theory, implying true virtue requires devotion to ideals.
Your life and fortunes move along evenly today with hints of benefit from a favorable association. A restless individual appears in your vicinity as the day’s child grows and develops observed in the reading.
The list presents items including a circus bear associated with Walt Disney and references to Peter Pan Dorothy L. Sayers and a famous line from a hymn. The collection reads like a trivia or wordplay prompt with varied cultural anchors.
Wilda Burch of Heyburn married Gordon Birch in a ceremony noted for a playful vow exchange and a pun on their names. The brief notice highlights the humorous spelling swap and the couple's union in Idaho.
Advice on giving pets to children stresses dogs and cats as suitable companions for youngsters with proper supervision. It warns about rough handling, suggests training dogs with simple commands, and notes that very young children should not bear sole pet care responsibility.
A reader asks about a husband with burning stomach pain and frequent bloody bowel movements. The answer says symptoms alone cannot confirm a diagnosis and suggests an ulcer or tumor as possibilities. It advises a full physical exam with X rays and labs to establish a diagnosis and start proper treatment.
Evangelist Billy Graham opened an office in Washington and asked Postmaster General Summerfield if mail could be addressed to Billy Graham Washington D C. Miss Neva Thomas retires after 42 years at the Capitol switchboard recalling the 1930s dial phones. A humor exchange with Russia is being urged for National and International Humor Weeks. The Sporting Fishing Institute cites a Kansas Fish and Game proverb about happiness and fishing.
A Russian army lieutenant flees from East to West Berlin seeking asylum via elevated transit. A Chattanooga thief steals 20 000 fish hooks from a sporting goods store. A Niagara Falls man wins a $100 bet paid in pennies after 10 000 reminders. Cambodian bandits with 15 elephants attack a army post. A tooth Napoleon sold at London auction for 106 dollars. Students topple goal posts while a coach overlooks it. Auckland has six women on its 400 000 person jury roll.
In Terre Haute dated December 13 a burglary at L F Shivelys grocery at 1604 North Thirteenth Street yields 25 dollars. Local events include Red Cross seal sales, a January 1 poultry banquet at Plaza Hotel, prayer meeting attendance by Dr W S Sweitzer, and water meter testing plans. Marriage licenses granted to Scanlon Legh Morris Baum Smith Scott. Mrs Ray and Mrs Reiman noted health and hosting plans amid bake sale notices and a traffic accident recovery report.
A Detroit plan proposes most railroads switch to the Detroit River tunnel into Windsor Ontario, discontinuing the railroad car ferry service across the river.
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