Smith-Alsop Fetes Veterans At Dinner Party
Eighteen veteran employees of Smith-Alsop Paint and Varnish Company were honored at the annual awards dinner in the Terre Haute House. Foster Miles announced service awards for 15 20 25 and 30 years with 39 total service club members including new 15 year and 20 year members. Awards included engraved pen and pencil sets 20-year wrist watches and 100 U.S. government bonds for 25 and 30 years. Keith King received the 20-year award. new 15-year members included Albert Newport and Edward Baker. Thirteen members received bonds. six members were dropped from the club over the year. Dr. W P Allyn spoke after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith-Alsop Paint and Varnish Company
Terre Haute House
Foster Miles
U.S
Keith King
Wabash Avenue
Albert Newport
Terre Haute
Edward Baker
Washington
Miles
W .P. Allyn
Indiana State Teachers College
Dulles Reports Mixed NATO Advances From Paris
Dulles returned from Paris with limited commitment that may draw sharp congressional criticism. Fulbright called the agreement dangerous. NATO nations agreed to consult on political problems, a step toward a broader alliance beyond military aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Sen
Fulbright
D.-Ark
NATO
Dulles
Woman Stricken in Car Attack at Kroger Lot
Mrs. H. M. Zook of Terre Haute was attacked in her car in the Kroger Super Market parking lot at 10:30 Saturday morning. An ambulance took her to Union Hospital where she was listed in serious condition Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Zook
Terre Haute
Kroger Super Market
Locust Street
Ryan
Union Hospital
Renewed Fight Against Tuberculosis Emphasized
A tuberculosis prevention effort urged renewed action as leaders warned against complacency. The group highlighted X ray benefits for three patients and noted progress in Christmas seal and bond sales totaling 14 398 15, with more than half the 25 000 goal reached. The report counted 38 patients across Vigo county institutions and surrounding facilities, one death recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. N. Levin
Vigo County
Indiana State
Hillcrest Canitorium
Vincennes
Veterans Administration Hospital
Indianapolis
Rockville
Oil Millionaire Degolyer Ends Life in Dallas Office
Everett Lee Degolyer a 70 year old oil geologist and noted petroleum figure died from a self inflicted gunshot wound at his Dallas office Friday authorities said Justice of the Peace Glenn Byrd ruled the death a death by own action Degolyer who had long battled ill health was chairman of the board of the Saturday Review of Literature and a collector of rare books
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Everett Lee Degolyer
Degolyer
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Byrd
The
Saturday Review of Literature
Lumber production share highlighted in US totals
Report notes United States lumber production accounts for about 36 percent of the world's total, underscoring the country’s dominance in global wood output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Re-Enlists At 65 In Manchester New Hampshire
Air Force Sgt Roy Baxter aged 65 of Alton reenlisted for six years saying there is no age limit for enlisted men. He has served in Europe Panama and Korea and requested Far East duty. His son Roy Jr was killed at Wake Island in World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
Air Force
Roy Baxter
Alton
Baxter
Far East
Europe
Panama
Korea
Roy, Jr
Wake Island
Discord Hits High Note At Metropolitan
Sordello claims a dispute with maestro Fausto Cleva led to his replacement after a high note incident during his first act aria. He received a registered letter from Bing confirming the decision and says he will depart on the first available plane back to Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bing
Fausto Cleva
Father Convicted of Killing Son in Manslaughter Verdict
Kinney Tamaribuchi, a 27-year-old Michigan State University student born in Hawaii, was convicted of manslaughter for beating his 7-year-old son Kent on Father's Day. The jury of five minutes deliberated before Circuit Judge Marvin G. Salmon. Tamaribuchi faces 60 days to 15 years in prison. He admitted to beating his son with fists, a tennis racquet and a mallet after the boy refused to go to bed. Defense witnesses called him a "perfect father" during the three-day trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
Kinney Tamaribuchi
Marvin G. Salmon
Tamaribuchi
Kent
Police search for writer Georger Sessions Perry continues
In Guilford Connecticut police press on with a search for writer Georger Sessions Perry 46 who vanished from his home Thursday. The probe focuses on rugged terrain north from the Perry property toward the Mammassett river valley as Mrs Perry and friends fear he may have become lost while chasing his springer spaniel that wandered away Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford
Conn
Georger Sessions Perry
Perry
Mammamassett River
UN Patrol Under Fire as Regional Tensions Rise
Guerrillas fire on a UN patrol amid stalled Middle East efforts. Egypt accepts UN help to clear a waterway but demands foreign troops pull out first. Syria blocks repairs to oil pipelines from Iraq to the Mediterranean until foreign troops withdraw. Hoover urges Syria to permit immediate emergency oil flow repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Dag Hammarskjold
Egypt
U.N
Sinai Peninsula
Israel
Syria
Europe
Iraq
Mediterranean
Middle East
Britain
Majdeddin Jabri
United States
Herbert Hoover, Jr
British accept amends after U.S. officer is rehoused
The Daily Mail reported Major Eugene Sabatini, an American military attache, was offered his London apartment back by owner Hugh Hastings after eviction over U.S. policy. Sabatini declined the offer, while the Mail praised the gesture as a sign of British tolerance and appealed for acceptance of the amends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Mail
Eugene Sabatini
Bristol
Hugh Hastings
Hastings
Maurice C. Holt
Sabatini
America
The
Mail
Restaurant Owner Accused of Bribery in Indianapolis
David Chan a 54 year old Kokomo restaurant owner was indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of attempting to influence an Internal Revenue agent with a 500 payment. Chan also led his brother Johnny Chan estate records and faced counterclaims of entrapment. Evansville indictments include seven men for conspiracy theft and car theft. Cletus W Stone of St Louis indicted for bank robbery with dangerous weapon in Evansville. New Albany duo Everett Hartley and Robert Gonder indicted for wagering tax violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
David Chan
Internal Revenue
Chan
Johnny Chan
Logansport
Evansville
Owen R. Hesson
Oran S. Wright
Bernard Hughes
David M. Key
Oscar E. Maynard
Henry E. Eaves
Norman Hall
Cletus W. Stone
St. Louis
North Side Federal Savings & Loan Assn
New Albany
Everett Hartley
Robert Gonder
Baby Fatally Burned in Indiana Basin Incident
A six day old girl, Cynthia Dawn Philpott, died after a heating pad burned her in the basement at the Linden home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Philpott in Crawfordsville Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Cynthia Dawn Philpott
Lloyd Philpott
Linden
Ex-Congressman Indicted in Building Fraud Probe
The grand jury probes continued as indictments were issued Friday against Koy Jr of Scranton head of an engineering firm Joseph Rochez of Rochez Brothers in Pittsburgh Frederick J Raff of Hartford Conn a heating contractor Robert W Brown of Consolidated Construction in Merchantville N J and John B Kemmel Philadelphia painting contractor The indictments allege conspiracy to conceal corrupt payments with Green associate McGlinchey a former congressman who served 1944 46 and was defeated last month as a go-between for money transfer details on amounts involved were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koy Jr
Scranton
Joseph Rochez
Rochez Brothers, Inc
Pittsburgh
Frederick J. Raff
Hartford
Green
Boy Dies After Cancer Attack Despite Early Christmas Wish
In Menomonee Falls Wisconsin a six year old boy Dale Nadowski died at home of cancer nine days after an early Christmas. His parents placed the calendar forward for one more day of joy and he received five baby pigs as gifts from nationwide well wishers. The event included Santa Claus and carol singing, bringing a then lengthy stream of cards and gifts, and a pedigree pig among the animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menomonee Falls
Wis
Dale Nadowski
John Deworth
Menomonee
Dale
Baraboo
Santa Claus
Missionaries slain in New Guinea raid
Sydney reports 12 native missionary teachers killed at an American Christian Mission near Wiessel Lakes on the Dutch Australian New Guinea border. Natives enraged by dying pigs surrounded the compound, claiming intrusion and dismembered the bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Dutch New Guinea
Sydney Mirror
Christian Missionary Alliance
Wiessel Lakes
Australian New Guinea
Body Mass Lower At 1000 Feet Altitude Than Sea Level
A body weighs slightly less at an altitude of 1000 feet than at sea level due to reduced atmospheric pressure. The difference is small but measurable and relates to buoyancy and air density effects on weight readings.
Deaths Mrs Elizabeth B Flanagan 72 at 2241 Cruft St
Mrs Elizabeth B Flanagan aged 72 died Friday afternoon at 2241 Cruft Street. She was a St Benedict Church member and Third Order of St Francis. Survived by two sons Paul Terre Haute John Gary six daughters five sisters and eight grandchildren. Body to Callahan Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth B. Flanagan
Cruft Street
St. Benedict Church
Third Order of St Francis
Paul
Terre Haute
John
Gary
Marguerite
Helen Jo Flanagan
Patty Decker
Evelyn Stringer
Peggy Parker
Anna Mary Botts
Chilicothe
Ohio
Ella Lynch
Anna McCollister
Jennie O’brien
Ethel Thimm
Kathryn Tolliver
Detroit, Mich
Callahan Funeral Home
Mrs Lou J Stanfill Rites Planned In Terre Haute
Mrs Lou J Stanfill 73 of Terre Haute died Friday night at home. She was a Maple Avenue Christian Church member. Survived by husband Lester L two sons Ernest Indianapolis Curtis Terre Haute and Kenneth Terre Haute one brother Willie Parsley Clinton two sisters Mrs Leo Kuntz Evansville and Mrs Hattie White Indianapolis six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The body to Thomas Funeral Home with calling after noon Sunday and services set for 2 30 PM Monday Rev R C Mowery to officiate burial at Roselawn Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou J. Stanfill
R. R
Terre Haute
Maple Avenue Christian Church
Lester L
Ernest
Indianapolis
Curtis
Kenneth
Willie Parsley
Clinton
Leo Kuntz
Evansville
Hattie White
Death notice for Robert Leroy in San Francisco
Word has been received of the death Friday of Robert Leroy a 44 former Terre Haute resident who died in San Francisco California He is survived by his wife Etta Terre Haute one stepson Frank Harris the mother Mrs Ardeila Russell Chicago five sisters and one brother Funeral arrangements are by Russell Funeral Home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Leroy
Terre Haute
San Francisco
Calif
Etta
Frank Harris
U.S
Ardeila Russell
Chicago
Ann Robinson
Alberta Weller
Cleo Cabell
New York
Alice Taylor
Dayton
Ohio
Serina Rochelle
Detroit
Mich
William Leroy
Russell Funeral Home
Mrs Laura Fallon 89 Dies at Home in Terre Haute
Mrs Laura Dora Fallon aged 89 died at 3 AM Saturday at her home 219 South Thirteenth and one half street. Survived by daughter Mrs Lida Estella Andrews and three grandsons Clarence and Edward Gossage and James Jackson of Terre Haute. Body to Gillis Memory Chapel with viewing after 6 PM Saturday. Services 1:30 PM Monday conducted by Rev George Hunter. Burial Highland Lawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Dora Fallon
South Thirteenth
Lida Estella Andrews
Clarence
Edward Gossage
James Jackson
Terre Haute
Gillis Memory Chapel
George Hunter
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Services for Joseph Wlodarz Junior Held at Home
The nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Wlodarz of 1424 Maple avenue died Friday. Services begin 8 30 Monday morning with a requiem mass at Sacred Heart Church. Burial is at Calvary cemetery. The rosary is 8 o'clock Sunday evening at the residence. The body returns from Callahan Funeral Home at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Stanley Wlodarz
Joseph Wlodarz
Maple Avenue
Sacred Heart Church
Calvary Cemetery
Callahan Funeral Home
Services for Miss Violet McCarter Held at Thomas Funeral Home
Miss Violet McCarter aged 52 of 617 North Fifteenth Street died Friday. Funeral services set for 10 30 Monday at Thomas Funeral Home with Rev J C Collins officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 Saturday evening at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet McCarter
North Fifteenth Street
Thomas Funeral Home
J. C. Collins
Woodlawn
Clyde Beck Dies At West Terre Haute Home
Clyde Beck aged 63 died at 304 Paris Avenue West Terre Haute at 5 am Saturday. Survived by sister Beulah McKenzie and niece Mary Alice Menestrina, both of West Terre Haute. Body taken to Bedino Chapel of the Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Beck
Paris Avenue
West Terre Haute
Beulah McKenzie
Mary Alice Menestrina
Bedino Chapel
Services for Edward McCracken at Thomas Funeral Home
Edward McCracken of 2308 North Twenty-sixth Street died Friday. Funeral services will be held at 1 PM Monday at Thomas Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Clyde Rodabaugh. Burial will follow at Highland Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 PM Saturday at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward McCracken
North Twenty-sixth Street
Thomas Funeral Home
Clyde Rodabaugh
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Funeral services for Guy Haas at Oak Hill Church
Funeral services for 65 year old Guy Haas of 1232 South Twenty-fifth street will be at 1 30 Sunday afternoon at Oak Hill Church in Riley with Rev G Dale Cottom officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Members of Krietenstein Post No 104 American Legion will conduct military services at the graveside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Haas
South Twenty-fifth Street
Oak Hill Church
Riley
G. Dale Cottom
Oak Hill Cemetery
Krietenstein
American Legion
Services for Mrs Hilah Marshall Shepherd
Services for Mrs Hilah Marshall Shepherd 41 of 1801 North Tenth Street will be held at 2 PM Monday at Callahan Funeral Home with Elder J J Marsh officiating. Burial follows at Bethesda Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 PM Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilah Marshall Shepherd
North Tenth Street
Callahan Funeral Home
J. J. Marsh
Bethesda
Funeral services for William Daugherty in Brazil Ind
William Foxy Daugherty 71 of 418 East Vermont Brazil died Thursday evening at Clay County Hospital. Survived by wife Anna two sons James West Covina Cal Thomas H South Bend a stepdaughter Mary Coltharp and three sisters. Body to Miller & Sons Funeral Home. Services 2 PM Sunday at the funeral home with Rev. Robert Shanklin officiating. Burial in Calcutta cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
William “Foxy” Daugherty
East
Vermont Street
Carbon
Clay County Hospital
Anna
Mary E. Coltharp
James
West Covina
Cal
Thomas H
South Bend
Josephine James
Worthington farmer Charles Slankard dies at 638 years old
Charles E. Slankard, a Worthington area farmer and member of the Worthington Methodist Church, died at 7 a.m. Friday at his home south of Worthington. Survived by son Ray of Worthington and daughter Hazel Moffett of Coal City. Body to Myers Funeral Home. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday with Rev. H. W. Wooldridge officiating. Burial in Worthington Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Ind
Charles E. Slankard
Worthingtoon Methodist Church
Ray
Hazel Moffett
Coal City
Myers Funeral Home
Death of Earl Robinson in Bridgeton Indiana
Earl Robinson 49 of Bridgeton died Thursday at Veterans Hospital Indianapolis. Body to Moore Kirk Funeral Home Ben Davis for 1:30 p.m. Sunday services. Burial in Grandview Cemetery Terre Haute. Survived by wife Beulah Delphi Robinson three sons Billy Bobby Willard L Indianapolis one daughter Dorothy Hooker Indianapolis six grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeton
Ind
Earl Robinson
Veterans Hospital
Indianapolis
Moore & Kirk
Ben Davis
Terre Haute
Grandview
Beulah Delphi Robinson
Billy
Bobby
Willard L
Dorothy Hooker
Winter Storm Hits Across The United States
A winter storm brought floods to West Virginia and a sharp temperature drop of up to 30 degrees in 24 hours. Snow forecast in the Upper Mississippi Valley and Central Plains with freezing rain and sleet expected in the Great Lakes. rain on the West Coast and snow flurries across the Rockies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutbank
Mont
Mississippi Valley
Central Plains
Great Lakes
Rockies
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Commercial Distillers Sells Second Whiskey Lot at Auction
Commercial Distillers Corp bought a second 300 barrel lot of corn whiskey at a public auction of a 7,200 barrel stash. The spirits sold for $1 per barrel and sales are set to continue until the remaining 6,800 barrels are moved. The whiskey, owned by Mr and Mrs Frank Pabst of Chicago, has been stored to defer federal taxes eight years. The firm hopes to avoid the tax by redistilling the whisky into alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Distillers Corp
Frank Pabst
Chicago
Commercial
Meters Looted in Walnut and Ninth Street Areas
Police report eight parking meters looted on Walnut street between Sec ond and Sixth streets and on North Ninth street. Last Sunday twelve meters in the same blocks were entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Street
Second
Sixth Streets
North Ninth Street
Charger Stolen From Downtown Chevrolet Lot
Police were informed that a $70 battery charger was stolen from the Downtown Chevrolet Sales parking lot across from 120 North Eighth Street. Employee Jack Weber told officers the theft occurred sometime Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
North Eighth Street
Jack Weber
Ballots in New Mexico Printed in Spanish and English
New Mexico ballots appear in both Spanish and English to accommodate bilingual voters. Officials emphasize accessibility and ensure that voting materials reflect the state's diverse population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
President Clears Deck for Nehru Visit with Ike
President Eisenhower assembled more than a dozen top advisers to ready for Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s visit. Nehru arrives from London aboard the Columbine III for a four day stay as Nixon and Dulles coordinate talks and NATO Council outcomes shape Asia relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
London
Columbine III
Richard M. Nixon
National Airport
White House
U. S
Asia
Secretary of
Charles E. Wilson
Paris
Dulles
Herbert Hoover Jr
John Sherman Cooper
R.ky
India
U.S
Alleged Forger Speas Held on Vagrancy Charge in Newport
Clinton police arrested 75 year old Austin Leon Speas after a tavern report of a stranger attempting to cash a check. He admitted passing a bogus 18.75 check at Pete Helms drug store and faced forgery charges in Vermillion Circuit Court. He was sent to Newport custody amid broad Indiana Illinois manhunt records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Ind
Austin Leon Speas
Terre Haute
Pete Helm
Vermillion
Speas
Newport
Indiana
Illinois
Pete Helms
Homer Mitchell
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Merrill Merrill
Sycamore Bldg
Cairo
Egyptian Army of Liberation
Port Said
International
National Ave
Ohio St
Harvey Clark
Jimmie’s Finer Foods
Lafayette Ave
Metropolitan
Baby
Edward Rowe Snow
Dorothy Caroline
Boston
Bar Harbor
International Soundphoto
Boy
Federal Reserve
George Arnold
Edward Hannan
Philadelphia
William ‘Foxy’ Daugherty
W. Virginia
American Loan & Finance CO
Ohio &J
Holy Land
Haifa
June Way
Alberta Bird
W.C.A
N. 7Th St
Osborne L. Schumpert
D. D
Evang. C. Elvin Swanson
Christ
Foursquare Church
13Th and
Elm Sts
Naomi Keener
Mildred Gower
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