Ike Plans Quiet Christmas With 3 Grandchildren
President elect Eisenhower plans a quiet Christmas at home with three grandchildren from John Eisenhower's family visiting from Highland Falls New York. He will be daddy by proxy as John is on duty in Korea. Three visitors at his Commodore Hotel headquarters included Jack Connelly Hamilton Fish Armstrong and Edward C Janeway. John Roosevelt a surprise visitor praised Eisenhower cabinet choices saying they were wonderful though still a Democrat.
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New York
Eisenhower
Korea
John
Highland Falls
N. Y
Dwight David
Barbara Ane
Susan
Commodore Hotel
Jack Connelly
Voice of America
Hamilton Fish Armstrong
Foreign Affairs
Edward C. Janeway
South Londonderry
Vermont
G.O.P
Evangelist Billy Graham Visits Front Line Troops in Korea
Evangelist Billy Graham flew a helicopter to the Western Korean front and spoke to about 750 soldiers of a crack unit less than three miles from outpost lines. He told them they were fighting for the freedom of the world as Allied artillery fired nearby.
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Korea
Billy Graham
Graham
Record of 1952 Business Expansion and Farm Sales Outlook
The report notes high employment in November, growth in production, and sustained peak-level business investment for expansion. Farm sales rise 5 percent through October with prices dropping and income near 1951 levels. Manufacturing sales climb by 1 billion dollars in October with six months backlog. consumer prices show little change.
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Teleivision
Montrose Men's Club Christmas Meeting
Christmas gathering of Montrose Men's Club at 6:30 tonight with new president George Sohn presiding. Ernest Long serves as evaluator and Al Yeager as trigger topic master. Speakers include A Rus sell Kuykendall on Why I Need Christmas William Smith on Christmas in Art and Pearl Rowell on An Old Fashioned Christmas.
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Montrose Men’s Club
George Sohn
Ernest Long
al Yeager
A. Russell Kuykendall
William Smith
Pearl Rowell
Christmas Party Draws 700 At Boys Club
More than 700 people attended the annual Christmas party at the Boys Club Monday evening. Santa and volunteers from Voiture 21, American Legion posts 40 and 8, led by Charles A. Eberhardt and Joseph Waller, handed out gifts, candy, fruit and nuts. A Christ birth film and carols entertained attendees. Ted Moore, club director, said this was the largest turnout at the new facility. Five Blocks Club formed to recognize candy and fruit donors with planned officers.
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Boys Club
Santa
Bauermeisters
Elks Club
Bill Adams
John Huber
Jimmie Nasser
Lovelace Trucking
Drake Produce
Firman Equipment
Wabash Commission
Hunter van Leer
Marvin Bland
Alex Nasser
Hy Lebin
Valley Groceries
Graham and Taube
McKain
Cline
Ted Moore
Five Blocks Club
Moore
Driver deprived of his license in city court ruling
William E. Madi son, 41, of 2446 Seventh Avenue, was fined $50 and costs and deprived of driving for one year by Judge Edward S. Everett after a driving while intoxicated conviction. He was found not guilty of leaving the scene of an accident following a crash at Thirteenth and One-half and Deming streets involving John Baker of 1011 Gilbert Avenue.
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William E. Madison
Seventh Avenue
Edward S. Everett
Madison
Deming
John Baker
Gilbert Avenue
James Reynolds
West Terre Haute
Patsy
Hershell Brazzell
Robert Brewster
North Twentyfourth Street
William Patterson
Steve Milanovich
Gary
James Hatchet
South Thirteenth
South Thirteenth and One-Half Street
Roy E. Zettler
Edgewood Avenue
Deputies Probe Two Auto Accidents in Dresser and Seelyville
Deputies investigated a first crash on the school house road south of U S 40 in Dresser. William Pleasant Downing 78 escaped serious injuries after being struck by a car driven by James Marion Slavens 25 with passengers Thomas Guess 18 and June Guess 18. A second crash 100 yards east of Seelyville stop light on U S 40 injured two motorists treated at Clay County Hospital. Robert Roll 27 and William Quinlan 32 received varying injuries.
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William Pleasant Downing
Dresser
Sheriff’s Office
School House Road
James Marion Slavens
South Third Street
Thomas S. Guess
West Terre Haute
June Guess
James McKinney
Jay Bailey
Seelyville
U.S. 40
Clay County
Robert R. Roll
Terre Haute
R. R
William Quinlan
South Nineteenth Street
Christmas Spirit Shines at Local Homes and Jails
Churches schools and social groups visit county facilities for Christmas. Prisoners dine on turkey and trimmings at noon with evening coffee and cake. Poor Farm residents enjoy tree decorations gifts and holiday meals. Gibault Home and Rose Home host mass and programs for youths and seniors. Aged homes receive carols and parties from community groups and schools.
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Wayne Newton
American Legion
Gibault
Rose Home
Pollyanna
Ladies Aid
Locust Street
United Brethren Church
Loyal Ladies
Central Christian Church
Red Cross
Thornton School
Garfield
Martin
Fairbanks
Otter Creek High School
Union Hospital School of Nursing
Indiana State Teachers College
Three New Divorce Suits Filed in Superior Court No. 2
Three divorce actions were filed in Superior Court No. 2. Jesse C. Johnson seeks divorce from Emerald J. Johnson of Dresser with custody of three children and division of real and personal property. Barbara Jean Carpenter seeks divorce from Robert Thomas Carpenter over alleged cruel and inhuman treatment and requests custody of a minor child with a restraining order. Dora DeWitt seeks divorce from Glenn DeWitt of 441 South Thirteenth Street over alleged cruel and inhuman treatment.
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Superior Court
Jesse C. Johnson
Emerald J. Johnson
Dresser
Barbara Jean Carpenter
Robert Thomas Carpenter
North Terre Haute
Dora DeWitt
Glenn DeWitt
South Thirteenth Street
Suspect Held as Army Deserter in Vigo County
Elmer Carlyle 20 of West Terre Haute was arrested by FBI agents and officers on suspicion of deserting the U S Army. He was taken from 201 Farrington Street and jailed in Vigo County to await military authorities.
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Elmer Carlyle
R.A
West Terre Haute
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pierce and Sedletzeck
U.S. Army
Carlyle
Farrington Street
Vigo County
Drippy Weather Hits Midwest Smog Delays Windows Travel
Drippy smog chokes the Midwest for the fourth day with heavy smoke and humidity over 90 percent. Chicago area sees almost steady rain, mild temps around 40, and little snow in sight. Flights suffer as instrument landings slow. many travelers switch to ground transport.
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United Press
Midwest
Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Rockies
Weather Bureau
California
New York
Des Moines
Japan
Korea
Midway Airport
Missouri
Iowa
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Great Plains
Jamestown
N. D
Bismarck
Court fines lovers for snarling traffic in Memphis
In Memphis on December 23, Bill White and Mrs. Mary Kelly were fined 88 dollars after patrolman J R Riales said their kissing in a car blocked blocks of traffic. He testified the incidents occurred four to five times with the couple stopping in the street to kiss. Mrs Kelly, 27, denied responsibility while White, 33, paid 77 dollars and Mrs Kelly 11.
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Memphis
Tenn
Bill White
Mary Kelly
J. R. Riales
New Premium Rates Listed On VA Insurance
The Veterans Administration in Terre Haute announces a reduction in premiums for total disability income riders on five year term National Service Life Insurance policies. Rates drop up to 50 percent at certain ages with a gradual scale and become inoperative at age 60. Veterans with participating five year term plans will see policy amounts adjusted to the new rates and receive letters by the end of Q1 1953. Do not write about this adjustment to avoid delays.
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Veterans Administration
Terre Haute
National Service Life
Plan of
National Service Life Insurance
National Service
Judgment Sought in Suit Over Auto Crash
Olin B. Phillips sues Paul R. Schneider in Superior Court No. 2 seeking 2500 dollars. The August 17 1952 collision at Poplar and Thirteenth streets damaged Phillips vehicle and caused injuries. Attorney Robert H. Brown filed the complaint alleging negligence.
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Olin B. Phillips
Paul R. Schneider
Robert H. Brown
Poplar
Thirteenth Street
Schneider
Phillips
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Cello Index
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