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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1952
Page
11
Approximately 275 hourly workers at Terre Haute Ordnance Depot will be laid off on or about February 1 1953 as part of a reorganization to meet production needs. Reassignment and separation will follow retention points with priority for rehiring. public job applications for certain clerical roles have specific cutoff dates.
Everett Newman a 57 year old auto dealer from Hobart Indiana collapsed and died of a heart ailment Monday during the unveiling ceremony of a new car model at the Civic Opera Building in Chicago.
Twin boys delivered to Mr and Mrs F B Loyd at Union Hospital Tuesday morning. One baby weighed seven pounds six ounces and the other six pounds four ounces.
A military court in Paris sentenced fifteen French defendants to death for torture and deaths tied to a Gestapo center on Rue de la Pompe ahead of liberation. Three received life terms, one woman 20 years, two Germans faced prison or acquittal. Several defendants fled and were tried in absentia. ~400 were interrogated, with 60 killed and 120 deported.
Authorities chase three fugitives from the Washington State Penitentiary after a tunnel escape of 200 feet. One is described as a convicted murderer and jailbird who vowed not to be taken alive. Officials say there is no indication the escapees are armed.
Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Gromyko left New York aboard the Queen Mary after the United Nations rejected his resolution charging the United States with murder of Communist prisoners in Korea. He called the session unable to adopt a decisive Korean matter and said he would return to Moscow then London.
Indiana bartender William Dewey Bragg walked to two officers in St. Petersburg and admitted to embezzling 359 dollars from Noblesville Elks Club. He said he came to Florida to face charges, then decided to surrender. Noblesville authorities confirmed the case and offered to return him for trial.
State police intensified a man hunt around Portland for six escaped convicts after a seventh dangerous prisoner was reported at large. The search spread across Multnomah and surrounding counties as authorities urged citizens to stay alert and report sightings.
Daniel Barry, an apple grower in Wilton New Hampshire, reports seeing a porcupine roll apples into a two foot ring then run off with ten apples impaled on its quills. The note ends with an advice to place a want ad.
State police report two armed men robbed Farmers Commercial Bank in Reyno around 10 30 a m locking employees in the vault and fleeing with more than $30 000 A masked getaway is not confirmed as per initial notices.
London report notes veteran climber Eric Shipton says a Swiss attempt on Mount Everest was doomed to fail due to weather and that a spring effort came within 900 feet of the summit before retreating. Shipton spoke to the Royal Geographical Society and described harsh cold and winds that hurled stones during the failed spring ascent.
Four Quad Cities papers and AFL printers agreed to negotiate for the first time since a Dec 15 strike began. Picket lines persisted at Moline Dispatch Rock Island Argus and Davenport Times and Democrat plants over union jurisdiction teletypesetter work and a fifth member on the joint disputes committee.
President elect Eisenhower taps 62 year old George M Humphrey of Cleveland for the Treasury post after Jan 20. An attorney and University of Michigan graduate, he has chaired M A Hanna Co and National Steel executive committee and held multiple board chairmanships in coal and anthracite companies.
Indianapolis market news reports hogs 7 500 head with light barrows and gilts 25 50 higher. choices 170 225 lbs 18 75 19 25. cattle 1 400 calves 300. slaughter steers and heifers steady. two loads choice 1008 lb fed steers 30 00. wealers steady. prime lambs 22 00. overall quotes indicate activity and shifts in pork and beef prices.
Salable hogs 12 000 with choicers 180 210 lb around 18 50 or higher. Cattle 7 000 with yearlings 28 50 34 25 and steers 23 00 28 00. Sheep 2 000 offering mostly 22 75 down. slaughter ewes scarce at 7 00 8 25. Prices reflect mixed lots and varying weights across the market.
Chicago markets show live poultry steady to firm with 13 trucks noted. Prices move for hens over 5 lbs at 25 cents per lb, heavy ducks at 29 cents, ducklings 33, cheese ranges for Swiss and grades, butter at 66 cents per lb, and eggs with white large extras at 60-69.9 percent A and over 37 to 69.9 percent A and over values. overall market firmness indicated by receipts and scores.
Wheat at two hundred six dollars. Corn shown at 70 pound basis one dollar forty seven cents and shell price one forty nine. Oats listed at eighty five cents. Rye at one dollar fifty cents. Soybeans priced at two eighty for yellow and two fifty for black and mixed.
Two men robbed a chain food store in Chicago, one kissing cashier Mrs. Anne Lidquist as he kept a gun on her while another robber forced the second cashier to empty the register. The duo stole $623. Mrs Lidquist and her husband officer Arnold Lidquist reported the incident to police.
Port Coquitlam British Columbia residents R J Christmas and his neighbor Edgar Noel have agreed to disconnect their telephone lines until after the holiday period.
In Flint three men named Ray Henry exist with only one having a listed phone. Calls and mail often reach the wrong Henrys, prompting a columnist note that readers should avoid contacting the Ray Henry who runs a barber shop at 3608 North Saginaw Street. A separate statistic notes a 3 in 5 chance a wife outlives her husband in couples of the same age.
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