Saar Moves Closer To Joining Germany
Saarbrucken reports a landslide in elections to the 50-member Landtag as German parties CDU SPS DPS win broad support. Voters backed reunion with Germany after a 1952 Europeanization vote failed and a prior October referendum rejected European status. The Homeland League pledges to push for restoration and end separation from France.
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Saarbruecken
Saar
Germany
Landtag
France
Christian Democrats
CDU
German Social Democrats
SPS
Saar Democratic Party
Dpsi
Homeland League
Heimatbund
Adolf Hitler
French National Assembly
European Defense Community
Western European Union
Political football since first war Saar plebiscite background
United Press outlines Saar history from 1919 when Versailles made it a French autonomous territory under the League of Nations to its 1935 plebiscite. The coal and steel region lies between France and Germany, with cultural ties to Germany yet deep French economic links.
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France
Germany
A &Square Mile
New York City
Saar
League of Nations
Egypt Reports Clash With Israel in Jerusalem Riots
Reports say British trained Arab Legion troops fired on demonstrators in the divided city while Israel described rioting in Sheikh Jarah and the old city. After an hour the area was quiet. Israeli authorities saw Jordanian unrest as internal. A notice on Denmark mentions its constitutional monarchy.
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Arab Legion
Sheikh Jarah
Jordanian Jerusalem
Old City
Holiday Bar to open at police HQ on New Year Eve
Holiday this New Jersey town plans a coffee bar at police headquarters on New Year’s Eve. Police Chief P George Gettken said motorists can stop for a cup of coffee at any time during the holiday.
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N. J
P. George Gettken
Jordan Curfew Imposed on Bethlehem Amid Tense Holy Land
In Jerusalem the embattled Jordanian government orders a dusk to dawn curfew for Bethlehem from 4 pm to 6 am daily with no Christmas exception. Reports indicate unrest in Amman and possible rioting in Bethlehem as Jordan, allied with Egypt and Syria, faces protests over joining the Baghdad Pact. The curfew follows deadly Israeli actions near the Sea of Galilee and heightened Arab anger.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Bethlehem
Christ
Jordan Radio
Lebanon
Holy Land
Amman
Israel
Arab Legion
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Shukri el Kuwath
Galilee
Sea of Galilee
Kuwaili
Beverage Board Acts on Five Permits
Five petitions were before the Vigo County Alcoholic Beverage Board Monday for consideration. Petitioners were James Nasser and Esther Dorsey. Locations listed include 306 North Fourth Street the Disabled Veterans Post No 9 and 306 North Ninth Street Ethel M. Runnels 1331 Lafayette Avenue and Moses N. Nasser 2401 Third Avenue. No complaints were filed and the local board's action was sent to the Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Board at Indianapolis for final determination.
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Vigo County Alcoholic Beverage Board
James Nasser
Esther Dorsey
North Fourth Street
Disabled Veterans Post
North Ninth Street
Ethel M. Runnels
Lafayette Avenue
Moses N. Nasser
Third Avenue
Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Board
Indianapolis
Two Vigo divorces filed in Superior Court No 2
Rosella Ellinger seeks a divorce from Harold Ellinger of 2137 Hendricks Street on cruelty claims. married April 15 1948, separated December 16. Annabelle Walters seeks divorce from William L Walters of 800 North Twelfth Street with alimony 500 and restoration of her former name Kennedy. married September 30, separated November 25.
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Vigo Superior Court No. 2
Rosella Ellinger
Harold Ellinger
Hendricks Street
Nottingham
Annabelle Walters
North Twenty-first Street
William L. Walters
North Twelfth Street
Kennedy
Editor Edwin Conrad Dies at 54 in St Louis Home
Edwin Conrad editor of the outstate edition of the St Louis Post Dispatch died at his home after a heart attack. He was 54 and had been under medical care since 1952 after previously suffering a heart attack. Conrad joined the Post Dispatch in 1934 following work on Evansville newspapers.
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ST. Louis
Edwin Conrad
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Conrad
The
Post- Dispatch
Evansville
Ind
Wild Jet Kills 3 at Lincoln Air Field Hangar Fire
A navy F9F jet at Lincoln Air Force Base suddenly went wild on takeoff, killing Lt. Vernon R. Chapman Jr. and two others, destroying a large hangar and six aircraft, with another damaged as flames and debris caused a massive loss of property and lives. The incident triggered an Air Force investigation.
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Lincoln Air Force Base
Lincoln, Neb
J.G
Vernon R. Chapman, Jr
Grand Island
Navy
Kenneth C Newman
Lincoln
Hubert Lee Tracy
Chapman
Air Force
Police Seek Hit Run Driver In Fatal Gary Collision
Police report a hit and run driver linked to a fatal collision on the south edge of Gary. The truck driver James Watts, 25, Cedar Lake, and her husband Jack Baggett, 47, were hospitalized in serious condition. Another victim, R. Hill, 53, Indianapolis, died from injuries in an Indianapolis hospital. Isaac Spruill, 55, Indianapolis, the truck driver, was identified and charged with reckless driving and related offenses. He had served most of a prior five year sentence for reckless homicide after a Fortville crash in 1946.
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Gary
Jack Baggett
James Watts
Cedar Lake
R. Hill
Indianapolis
Isaac Spruil
Spruill
Fortville
Sentenced on false pretense charge in Vigo Circuit Court
Judge Herbert R Criss sentences Marion Goddard Jr to six months on the Indiana State Farm and fines him 10 dollars and costs on a false pretense charge. He allegedly secured a 300 loan on an automobile without title. Lynn Laudenback pleads not guilty to grand larceny and his trial is set for Jan 17. James Kehoe 41 was bonded 2000 on second degree burglary at 21 South Fourth Street. Three others Boswell Fields and Hutchins face 2000 bonds and Dec 27 arraignments at Lee Tavern 1301 Wabash Avenue.
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Herbert R. Criss
Marion Goddard, Jr
Indiana
Vigo
Lynn Laudenback
Laudenback
Ernest St. George
James Kehoe
Ohio Street
Kehoe
South Fourth Street
William Harrison Boswell
Franklin Avenue
Orwell Warren Fields
North Twenty-fifth Street
James Vernon Hutchins
North Thirteenth Street
Lee Tavern
Wabash Avenue
Lightning Kills Mississippi Man at Home
Frank Jones aged 54 who had moved from Hudson Indiana to a Hickory Mississippi area farm, was struck and killed by lightning while standing in the back doorway of his home on Sunday authorities reported in Meridian Mississippi on December 19.
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Meridian
Miss
Frank Jones
Hickory
Hudson
Ind
U N Delegates To Vote Tuesday On Council Seat
United Nations delegates grapple with a deadlocked Security Council race as they seek final government instructions before Tuesday voting resumes. The United States backs the Philippines and Britain supports Yugoslavia in a split-term draw proposed by Assembly President Jose Maza.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N
Security Council
Assembly
United States
Philippines
Britain
Yugoslavia
Jose Maza
Maza
Turkey
Police Investigate Thefts At Tabernacle Church Choir
Police report two women, Barbara Billard and Ann Hunt, had purses stolen from a small room in Tabernacle Baptist Church while choir practice. Purses found in basement but contents missing. Separate burglaries include a storm door damage on Violet Elkins’s home and a pharmacy break-in at 2253 Wabash Avenue with $342 pay envelope missing.
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Frank Street
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Lafayette Avenue
Barbara Billard
Ann Hunt
Violet Elkins
South First Street
Tracy Page
South Seventh Street
Wabash Avenue
Page
Meet planned for farmers Better Farm Better Living Jan 11
Vigo county assistant agriculture agent John Zerr announced a Better Farm Better Living meeting for January 11 at 1 p.m. in Vigo County. Purdue home management specialist Anna Williams will discuss home management and remodeling as part of the program. A series of daytime meetings begins January 24 for Linton and Pierson townships with access for others. Information available from Vigo county extension office Cecil Linghurst or Linton township residents Wayne Brown Warren Kester Richard Moore Lonnie Hunt.
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John Zerr
Vigo County
Anna KK. Williams
Purdue University
Linton
Pierson
Probe into Pay Withholding of Soldiers
Senate investigators examine whether 250 Korea War prisoners were branded traitors without proper trial and denied government benefit payments. The subcommittee seeks constitutional clarity on the action and whether secret Army information unjustly labels these men.
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Washington
Senate
Korea
Subcommittee On Constitutional Rights
Sen
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr
D.-Mo
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
Congress
Department of the Army
Motorist Fined and Jailed in Multiple Local Court Cases
In Jeffersonville court, a motorist received a $114 fine and jail term for unregistered vehicle use. William Oldham, 26, pleaded guilty to failure to support his wife and child, was fined $38, and sentenced to 180 days on the penal farm. A judge warned him with no sympathy. Imogene Oldham testified groceries were often scarce and welfare helped. Two motorists, David James, 19, and Freddie Von Garrett, 20, pleaded guilty to speeding and were fined $15.75 each. Robert McKinney, 18, pleaded guilty to running a signal and leaving the engine running, fined $6.75 total. Vestal Reynolds, 23, pleaded guilty to running a signal light, fined $3.75. William Gaither, 23, a Rose Poly student, and Kenny J. Frerichs, 1124 North Sixth street, pleaded guilty to running stop signs, each fined $2.75.
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Den
William Oldham
Jeffersonville
Oldham
Imogene Oldham
County Welfare Department
David James
North Twenty-fifth Street
Freddie von Garrett
Lafayette Avenue
Robert McKinney
Eighth Avenue
Vestal Reynolds
Clinton
William Gaither
Rose Poly
Kenny J. Frerichs
North Sixth Street
Humane Society Offers Reward for Dog Mutilation Case
The Terre Haute Humane Society offers a fifty dollar reward for information leading to arrests and convictions of anyone involved in mutilation of two dogs found along the Pennsylvania railroad tracks on the east side. Tails were cut and one dog was beaten. Reward posted by Mrs. John Latshaw and The Animal Shelter across the river.
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Terre Haute Humane Society
John Latshaw
Animal Shelter
Hand-Cuffed Scare Hits McGuire Sister Phyllis
Neal Van Ells husband of Phyllis McGuire says he cuffed her jaw playfully during rough house with their French Poodle in New York Saturday night. Phyllis treated for a fractured jaw at a city hospital and may be out of singing for now. Van Ells is a New York radio announcer with past gigs in Dayton and Cincinnati.
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Neal van Ells
Vincennes
Terre Haute
McGuire
van Ells
Phyllis McGuire
New York
Murray Kane
Moeller's Pass to Orphanage Sparks Military Review
Moeller, linked to a Korean orphanage, used an Army vehicle and misused supplies for the project. He was jailed and court-martial threats arose before a verbal reprimand. an aging carpenter must finish ceilings and a responsible group must take over after his return. Moeller aims to transfer title to a church group if possible.
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Mander
Moeller
Hungarian star Iharos named World Athlete of the Year
Paris report notes Sandor Iharos of Hungary, who set five world distance records in 1955, was named World Athlete of the Year by leading sports writers from twelve European countries.
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Paris
P — Sandor Iharos
Hungary
Father of 24 Hailed Into Court For Non-Support
Cleveland judge sentences 47 year old Eizglin Lubber to one year suspended and orders 80 monthly support for two children with his present wife and 16 monthly until 1000 repaid. Lubber says 22 more children and lists Portugal Trinidad Gary Ind and a Cleveland ex wife among locations. He lives with his fourth wife. previous marriages noted.
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Cleveland
Warrensville Worhouse
Eizglin Lubber
City Water Department
Alibert A. Waldman
Lubber
Portugal
Trinidad
Gary
Ind
Waldman
Subber
Boy 12 Killed By Companion In Terre Haute
A 12 year old boy was killed by a gun fired by his companion half brother Charles McCallister serving with the U S Air Force in Texas a sister Gloria Kay at home and grandparents Mr and Mrs William Holler and Mr and Mrs Ola Moreland all of Terre Haute The body was taken to the Thomas Funeral Home where friends may call after 7 p m Monday Funeral services will be at Pilgrim Holiness Church at 10 a m Wednesday Rev Robert Stankel officiating burial in Rose lawn Memorial Park
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Charles McCallister
U. S. Air Force
Texas
Gloria Kay
William Holler
Ola Moreland
Terre Haute
Thomas Funeral Home
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Robert Stankel
Roselawn Memorial Park
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S. 7Th St
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Humane Society
Kimball
Paige
Oe Igbe
Iharos
Kids’ Toys Records
Aga Es
Hassock
Wight Iron SF
Phobiane
Hydrogen
Culligan
North 7Th Street
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