Sudden Death Claims Tri K Mine Worker Ira West
Ira LeRoy West a 55 year old outside mine employee died Friday night at the Tri K Mine southwest of Terre Haute. Vigo county coroner Dr D M Ferguson Sr investigates whether heart attack or electrocution caused the death. West survived by a large family and was a member of the Jasonville IOOF Lodge. He was taken to Union Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival, with funeral arrangements handled by McClanahan Funeral Home and P J Ryan and Sons.
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Ira LeRoy West
Jasonville
Tri-K
Terre Haute
West
D. M. Ferguson
Vigo County
Olive Joy West
Linda Nell West
Jo Belle Fields
Indianapolis
Jack L
Tommie
Ronne
Billie
Donnie
Norman F
Freeman
Orville
Ryan
Union Hospital
McClanahan Funeral
P. J. Ryan and Sons Funeral Home
F. Lodge
World Prepares For Christmas Amid Royal Family and Pope News
Eisenhower and Mary Jean will miss Christmas dinner as the baby remains at Walter Reed Hospital after birth on Wednesday. Across the Atlantic Queen Elizabeth II gathers at Sandringham with the royal family awaiting usual Christmas Day broadcast and Pope Pius XII issues his 17th annual Christmas Eve plea for peace in 28 languages. Vatican prepares midnight mass and a German gifted tree in the pontiff’s apartment.
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Atlantic
Elizabeth II
Sandringham
Norfolk
Edward VII
Commonwealth and Empire
Pius XII
Vatican
E.S.T
Germany
Berlin
Munich
Man carries .22 bullet in heart since childhood found in cardiogram
Waino Petaga, 53, of Escanaba, Michigan, learned from doctors that a .22 caliber bullet embedded a quarter inch in his heart wall since he was 13 or 14 after an accidental shooting. He will not have the bullet removed, with periodic x-rays to monitor potential risk.
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Escanaba
Mich
Waino Petaga
Petaga
Soviets Allow U.S. to Resume Amerika Magazine in Russia
State Department announced the Soviet government will permit the United States to distribute a Russian language version of Amerika in the Soviet Union, reviving the magazine after a 1952 suspension. The first issue is due in three to six months. In exchange, the U.S. will publish an English language magazine in Moscow for the first time in over three years. Both publications will be non political and focus on culture and life, avoiding current East West policy debates.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Soviet Union
Amerika
Theodore C Streibert
U. S. Information Agency
Marine Captain Balzer to Host Terre Haute March of Dimes Party
Captain George T Balzer of the Marine Corps Reserve and chairman of the March of Dimes will host a cocktail party at the Terre Haute House on Thursday December 29. The event in Parlors N and F will discuss plans for the 1956 March of Dimes.
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George T. Balzer
Marine Corps Reserve
Terre Haute House
N and F
James A Stuart Named to American Heart Board
Indianapolis editor James A Stuart president elect of the Indiana Heart Foundation was named to the board of directors of the American Heart Association. The December 24 notice places him among national leaders in heart health advocacy.
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Indianapolis
James A. Stuart
The
Indiana Heart Foundation
Friday
American Heart Assn
Stuart
Indianapolis Star
Faithful Christmas Appeal Helps Kentucky Family
A Louisville mother of two asked Santa for two toys and oranges while noting her husband cannot work and they rely on state relief. She called the letter a prayer to God more than a post office note, and postal workers said the family would receive Christmas gifts.
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Louisville
Santa Claus
Post Office
Santa Takes Off for Florida Pedestrian Hitchhikers Included
Santa announces a worldwide gift giving plan while eight reindeer lift the sled. Cluny the elf presents an Angel of Peace, promising that her wand will bless every home. Penguins seek Florida as Santa flies toward Christmas Eve duties.
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Cander
Vixen
Santa Claus
North Pole
South Pole
Florida
Hoyle
Mrs. Claus
Cluny
Peace
Stempel Burial To Be Held Tuesday
Guido H. Stempel Sr., 87, Indiana University professor emeritus of comparative philology, died Friday in Martinsville Indiana. Funeral services were held Saturday at Trinity Episcopal Church Bloomington, with burial planned in Oskaloosa Iowa. Survivors include sons John Stempel, head of LU journalism, and Guido Stempel Jr., associate director at General Tire in Akron.
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Martinsville
Ind
Trinity Episcopal Church
Bloomington
Guido H. Stempel
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Stempel
Indiana University
Cherry Nursing Home
L. U
Fort Wayne Journal
John
L. U. Journalism Department
Guido, Jr
General Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Bureau hears report on state convention
Mrs Grace Fidler county social and educational leader delivered a report on the State Farm Bureau convention at Otter Creek Township Farm Bureau. The Pet and Hobby Club gave a Christmas program and awards were presented to children with perfect attendance records.
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Grace Fidler
State Farm Bureau
Otter Creek Township Farm Bureau
Pet and Hobby Club
Floods Ravage Pacific Coast Regions After 100 Year Storms
Eight days of relentless rain spawned a once in 100 years flood across California Oregon and Nevada. Twelve deaths in California and three in southwestern Oregon known with Reno hit hard as the Truckee River flooded the business district three to six feet. Rivers receded in Oregon and Nevada while main rail and highway routes were cut off by slides and high water.
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Oregon
Nevada
Reno
Truckee
Marysville
U. S. Army Engineers
Pacific
Weather Bureau
Sub-Tropics
North Pacific
Nationwide Holiday Traffic Toll Tops Five Hundred
Severe storm system sweeps the nation with hurricane-force winds across Colorado Utah Wyoming and the Dakotas. Damaging winds topple trailers and shatter windows as flood waters recede in California Oregon Nevada.
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California
Oregon
Nevada
Rocky Mountain States
Plains
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Dakotas
Great Lakes
New England
Midwest
Minister Theron Pearl Dies In Michigan Car Crash
The Rev Theron Pearl 26 pastor of Christian Missionary Alliance Church Richmond Ind was killed when his car and another vehicle sideswiped on US 27 at Lyon Lake. John W Buckholz 30 near Sherwood Mich the other driver was hospitalized with a crushed chest in Marshall.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Theron Pearl
Christian Missionary Alliance
Richmond
Ind
U. S
Lyon Lake
Lansing
John W. Buckholz
Sherwood
Marshall
North Terre Haute man denies tavern fracas involvement
Harold Groves of North Terre Haute asked the Tribune to state it was not he who was involved in the altercation at a local tavern on Wednesday, after police reported another man with the same name.
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Harold Groves
North Terre Haute
the Tribune
Christmas Program at Captain Daniels Mission
A Christmas program is planned for 7 o'clock Saturday night at Captain Daniels Mission located at 100 North Fourth Street. Baskets will be distributed to needy families who reported to the mission after the program.
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Captain Daniels Mission
North Fourth Street
The Inn musical playlet at Second Christian Church
A musical playlet titled The Inn will be staged at 7 30 o clock Sunday evening at the Second Christian Church.
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Second Christian Church
Evicted Florida City family aided by local residents
Residents rally to help Robert Chyle his wife and six children after eviction from a church side home just before Christmas. They raised over 500 in cash plus food and clothing and a rent free house offer while Pinellas Park officials pledge a Christmas tree and presents. The pastor Rev Ray Hanselman defends the eviction calling the family disruptive amid church concerns.
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Robert Chyle
Pinellas Park
Ells Devoe
Chyles
Ray Hanselman
Chyle
Hanselman
Community Baptist Church
Romanian Communist Leader Denounces West at Bucharest Congress
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, first secretary of the Romanian Communist Party, denounced the West for war mongery and exploitation in a four hour speech at the Bucharest party congress. The speech was heard by delegates from 33 foreign countries including the United States and the Soviet Union, Radio Bucharest reported.
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Vienna
Austria
Ip— Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Romanian Communist Party
Bucharest
United States
Soviet Union
Radio
Deaths Charles Arthur Schilling 69
Charles Arthur Schilling age 69 died at 8 45 Friday night at St. Anthony Hospital after a noon attack at his home He was a sheet metal worker for Commercial Solvents Corp 30 years retired April 1 1955 Survived by widow Anna one son Charles Frederick Terre Haute one brother Oscar E Indianapolis three sisters Mrs Louise Isbell Terre Haute Mrs Corinne White Indianapolis Mrs Emily Clodfester Lafayette and several nieces and nephews Body at Callahan Funeral Home services 2 o clock Monday Funeral Calvary cemetery calling after 6 o clock Saturday eve Father James A Hickey JCL officiating
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Charles Arthur Schilling
North Thirteenth Street
St. Anthony Hospital
Commercial Solvents Corporation
Anna
Charles Frederick
Terre Haute
Oscar E
Indianapolis
Louise Isbell
Corinne White
Clyde Murphy Dies. Funeral Planned in Thermopolis
Clyde Murphy husband of the former Miss Florence Hurt of Terre Haute died Wednesday at Thermopolis Wyoming. He is survived by a son and daughter. Funeral services and burial will be held in Thermopolis Monday.
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Clyde Murphy
Florence Hurt
Terre Haute
Thermopsis
Wye
Thermopolis
Services for Virgil Gambill to be held Monday
Virgil L. Gambill 40 of Hobart Indiana and formerly Terre Haute died Thursday. Services at Thomas Funeral Home Monday at 1 pm with burial in Grandview cemetery. Body at funeral home for viewing. Ward has also received word of P J Kelly death in Michigan City. Survived by widow Blanche Littlejohn Terre Haute and daughter Margaret Graveside services Monday at Highland Lawn cemetery at 11:30 am.
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Virgil L. Gambill
California Street
Hobart
Ind
Terre Haute
Thomas Funeral Home
Grandview Cemetery
Funeral arrangements for Clyde A. Arnold
Services for Clyde A Arnold aged 536 will be at 10 30 am Monday at Gillis Memory Chapel. Burial will take place at Hull Cemetery.
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Clyde A. Arnold
North Twenty-ninth Street
Gillis Memory Chapel
Hull Cemetery
Death of Herbert Faris at Union Hospital
Herbert Faris aged 39 of 1825 North First Street died at 7 30 p m Friday night at Union Hospital Survived by his mother Mrs Rose Faris and one niece Mrs Rosalee Huffman both of Terre Haute Body rests at Gillis Memory Chapel
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Herbert Faris
North First Street
Union Hospital
Rose Faris
Rosalee Huffman
Terre Haute
Gillis Memory Chapel
Local Resident Robert Risley Dies in Highway Crash
LINTON Ind Dec 24 Special Robert Risley 21 died instantly in a 10 30 pm Thursday crash on U S Highway 58 near Odon He was a Korean veteran employed by Harvest Queen Bakeries Vincennes and Linton Surviving are his widow Frances mother Mrs Jo Risley of Oaktown four brothers and three sisters Funeral services set for 2 pm Monday at Oaktown Pilgrim Holiness Church with Rev Wright and Rev Faidhey officiating burial in Oaktown
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Linton
Ind
Robert Risley
U. S. Highway 58
Odon
Harvest Queen Bakeries
Vincennes and
Frances
Jo Risley
Oaktown
Raymond, Jr
Jerry
Jack
Bill
Vincennes
Mary Jane Risley
Chicago
Doris Flak
Huntingburg
Ruth Rourke
Tinley Park
Ill
Schulze
Death of Chauncey Frakes in Scott City Ind
Chauncey Frakes aged 83 died at home in Scott City Ind Friday afternoon. Surviving are Lavada his widow a daughter in Terre Haute a brother in Terre Haute a sister in Fairbanks six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The body is at DeBaun Funeral Home Prairie Creek with call after 9 Sunday and services at 1 30 Monday afternoon burial in Pleasant Green cemetery.
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Scott City
Ind
Chauncey Frakes
Lavada
Nere Keegan
Terre Haute
Walter
Annis Harvey
Fairbanks
DeBaun Funeral Home
Prairie Creek
Pleasant Green Cemetery
Brazil Woman Grable Dies. Rites Set at Rector Funeral Home
Brazil Ind December 24 Special Mrs Nora Erwin Grable widow of Aaron Grable formerly of Clay county died Friday at Putnam County Hospital Surviving are two stepdaughters Mrs G W Bullerdick of R R 3 Brazil and Mrs Melvin McKenzie of Cory and a stepson Frank Grable of Clay City Services will be conducted at 130 Monday afternoon at the Rector Funeral Home Brazil Ind
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Brazil
Ind
Nora Erwin Grable
Aaron Grable
Clay County
Putnam County Hospital
G. W Bullerdick
R. R
Melvin McKenzie
Cory
Frank Grable
Clay City
Rector Funeral Home
Ida May Maxey Dies at 90 in Brazil Indiana
Ida May Maxey 90 a former Staunton resident died in Brazil Indiana on December 24 after a long illness. Funeral services were pending. Mrs Maxey was born in Staunton and had lived in Indiana most of her life. She is survived by several nieces and nephews.
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Brazil
Ind
Ida May Maxey
Staunton
Craig Grants Nine Convicted Killers Paroled
A list shows nine convicted killers released from Indiana prisons after life terms or long sentences. Names span multiple counties and offenses from 1943 to 1955 including second degree and first degree murder. Other inmates freed include four lesser charges from State Prison and ten from Indiana Reformatory.
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Indiana Women's Prison
Indiana Reformatory
Nellie Corby
Vigo County
Joy Young
Knox County
Mabel Faulds
Lake County
Reformatory
Charles N. Brown
Two crashes injure three with two released from hospital
Three people injured in two auto accidents Saturday. Betty Miller and Marilyn Slater, both hurt in a collision at Seventh Street and Lafayette Avenue, were treated at Union Hospital and released. Earlier, James Treat Jr. was hit near Thirteenth Street and Lafayette Avenue and taken to Union Hospital in good condition.
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Betty Miller
Dennison, Jr
Marilyn Slater
West Terre Haute
Seventh Street
Lafayette Avenue
William Dispennett
Dane Leslie Trueblood
Dispennett
Union Hospital
Frank Street
James Treat, Jr
New Brighton
Minn
Thirteenth Street
Funeral services set for Staunton area
Friday at the Garvin Nursing Home a longtime Staunton resident who belonged to the Staunton Methodist Church since childhood is mourned. Surviving relatives include a niece Mae Ellington of Plainfield and a nephew Pearl A. Scherb of Staunton. The body is at Miller & Sons Funeral Home with calling after 4 p.m. Sunday and services at 10:30 a.m. Monday officiated by Rev. Max Stackhouse. Burial will be in Billtown Cemetery.
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Garvin Nursin
Staunton
Local Resident Mary Phillips Dies at 90 in Shelburn
Mrs. Mary Phillips 90, a former Shelburn resident, died at her daughter Edna Phillips’s Clinton home. Surviving are sister Flora Campbell of Sullivan and seven grandchildren. Services Thursday at 2 PM at McHugh Funeral Home with burial in Little Fleck Cemetery.
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Shelburn
Ind
Mary Phillips
Edna Phillips
South Fifth Street
Clinton
Flora Campbell
Sullivan
McHugh Funeral Home
Little Fleck Cemetery
Young Prince Charles Hopes For Jet Plane And Toy Helicopter
The young heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, yearns for a jet plane and a small yacht. He is likely to get a flying toy helicopter instead, purchased by Queen Elizabeth in a London department store.
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Sandringham
Eng
Prince Charles
Royal Palace
Norfolk Woods
Charles
Elizabeth
London
Army Denies Restrictions on Ft. Bragg Soldiers Holiday Leave
The Army refuted charges that about 500 soldiers at Fort Bragg were kept on duty over Christmas. Senator Lyndon Johnson asked a Senate subcommittee to probe, noting complaints that base personnel could not leave to attend church. The Army said a liberal policy allows 50 percent to take leave, with 240 of the 50th Signal Battalion already granted Christmas leave and others eligible for New Year’s leave. except for essential guard and admin staff, most personnel will work half days during the holiday period.
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Washington
Army
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Lyndon Johnson
D.-Tex
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Johnson
Texas
50Th Signal Battalion
Fort Bragg
Louisiana
Old-Fashioned Xmas Planned At White House
The White House will be a Christmas wonderland with trees in the East Room Blue Room state dining room and on the north portico. The Eisenhowers will host church services and a gift handout with family members visiting for dinner.
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Eisenhower
National Presbyterian Church
G. Gordon Moore
Barbara Eisenhower
Mary Thompson
Mas. Eisenhower
Eisenhowers
Experts Warn About Large Population with Intellectual Disabilities
Experts estimate more than 12 million people in the United States have intellectual disabilities, highlighting the breadth of need and the importance of support services.
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United States
Workman Survives 13,000-Volt Shock in Yonk County
James Walsh, 55, struck a 13,000 volt line when his pick hit a live cable in Yonk County on Friday. He was knocked down but refused hospital care, aided by rubber over shoes and wooden handle. The outage affected 32,000 utility customers for seven minutes.
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Yonkers
N. Y
James Walsh
William Henry Harrison as oldest U.S. president at 68
The record notes that at age 68 William Henry Harrison held the distinction of being the oldest person to serve as U.S. president. This fact anchors a historical overview of presidential ages.
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William Henry Harrison
U.S
Christmas services held in Peiping churches amid China broadcasts
The Red radio said 40 Peiping Protestant churches held a Christmas service Friday night at Asbury Church. It was led by two Chinese Protestant ministers from Yenching Union Theological Seminary. In Germany, 6.5 million foreign tourists visited West Germany in the first ten months of 1955, led by 946,820 Americans.
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China
Radio
Peiping
Red Radio
London
Asbury Church
Yenching
Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
German Tourist Assn
Association
Nationalist Air and Artillery Attacks Reported
Radio Peiping said 33 persons were killed or injured in recent Nationalist Chinese air and artillery attacks on Red Chinese coastal areas in December.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Japanese Fishermen Sentenced in Pusan Rhee Line Case
Fifteen Japanese fishermen were given prison terms up to 10 months by the Pusan District Court for violations inside the Rhee Line off South Korea. The Korean joint chiefs of staff have issued shoot and sink orders against boats violating the 60 mile zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pusan
Korea
U S General White Visits Korean Front for Christmas
Gen. I. B. White commander of U S Army ground forces in the Far East arrived in Korea to spend Christmas with Eighth Army soldiers. He planned Christmas Day hospital visits at the 121st Evacuation Hospital near Inchon and in Seoul area units.
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Seoul
Korea
I. B. White
U. S. Army
Far East
Eighth Army
White
Inchon
Extortion suspect freed on $10 000 bail in Miami
Peter Napoleon Williams, 20, charged with attempting to extort 600000 from John S. Knight, editor of the Miami Herald, was released on $10,000 bond and sent to Jackson Memorial Hospital's psychiatric institute after his Dec 16 arrest by FBI agents. He allegedly admitted writing the death threat to Knight's family. Williams was accompanied by his father, Rev. Peter Williams Sr.
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Miami
Fla
Peter Napoleon Williams
John S. Knight
Miami Herald
Chicago Daily News
Jackson Memorial Hospital
F.B.I
Knight
Williams
Psychiatric Institute
Rev
Peter Williams Sr
Former officials sued for $52,000 in Indianapolis case
Two former Marion county sheriffs and their bookkeeper were named in a suit to collect over $52,000. Filed by Attorney General Edwin Steers, the action names former sheriffs Dan Smith and James Cunningham and bookkeeper Clarence Bookout, who has been charged with embezzlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Marion County
Edwin Steers
Dan Smith
James Cunningham
Clarence Bookout
Woman Injured In Fall At Local Department Store
Mrs. Effie Keegan aged 55 of 917 South Fourth Street suffered a possible fracture of her left arm and shoulder when she fell over a foot stool in the shoe department of a department store shortly after 1 pm Saturday. An ambulance took her to St. Anthony Hospital where her condition was listed as satisfactory later that afternoon.
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Effie Keegan
South Fourth Street
Ryan
St. Anthony Hospital
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