Suspect In Shoes Found Linked To South Side Attack
Thomas Earl McIndoo 30 of Brazil faces a preliminary first degree burglary charge in connection with a sexual assault on a 52 year old woman on the South Side. He waived arraignment and posted 5000 bond as case set for December 31. Police traced the crime after McIndoo fled in a hurry leaving his shoes and a knife sheath at the scene.
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Thomas Earl McIndoo
Brazil
South Side
Robert W. Neal
McIndoo
Indiana
Hulman Field
Loyd Heck
Ellis DeBord
Heck
South Eleventh Street
Plice
Edward Rauscher
Edgar Gauer
Terre Haute
Optimist Club Drives Cloths for 500 Children
The Optimist Club held a Mile of Dimes drive with 500 children outfitted at Schultz Co and the Deming ballroom serving as Monday headquarters. Groups of ten children were shuttled between locations for fitting and returned for treats, assisted by officials and 68 members plus staff urging contributions.
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Deming
Schultz & Co
Fourth Street
Wabash Avenue
Callahan
Charles Blanford
Edward S. Everett
Floyd R. Foster
R. W. McCray
Baker E. Miller
Pennington
William R. Rector
M. S. Tickner
Bert O. Williams
Threlkeld
Angelo Meneghini
Kendall H. Hayhurst
Joseph V. Beechem
James W. Lewis
Sam Fine
Pete Froehole
Reginald Grass
Frank Peebles
Verne Plenge
Dogs Granted Christmas Stay Save Tulsa Dogs
In Tulsa on Christmas Eve Mayor George E. Norvell granted a stay of execution for the city dogs as a gesture of goodwill. All dogs were claimed soon after the action.
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Tulsa
Okla
George E. Norvell
Man 50 Accused of Mistreating Two Young Girls
Chief of Detectives Willard Gantz says detectives probe alleges that James H. Hamilton a 50 year old restaurant worker mistreated two girls hired as dishwashers. In City Court Hamilton waived arraignment on a preliminary assault charge with bond set at 2000 dollars. The incident allegedly occurred at 2635 North Twenty fifth street cafe where the girls ages 12 and 13 were served beer then whiskey and the mother reported the case after arriving during the incident.
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Willard Gantz
James H. Hamilton
North Fifteenth Street
North Twenty Fifth Street
Hamilton
Hulman Elected To Board Of General Phone
Hulman is elected to the board of the General Phone Company of Indiana after a merger with Home Company earlier this month. Edward Auer and other directors are named. the merged entity will move HQ from Lafayette to Fort Wayne on Jan 1 and reports over 68 million dollars in invested plant and equipment. The company serves 282 000 telephones across 89 exchanges in 279 Indiana communities including Fort Wayne Terre Haute Lafayette Elkhart LaPorte Logansport Hobart Valparaiso Connersville Goshen Rushville and Wabash.
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General Company
Edward Auer
Fort Wayne
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Hulman
Bohn
Ernest Schilling
Lafayette
George Graffis
Logansport
George Anderson
Elkhart
Thomas A. Boyd
New York
James van de Vasse
Mr. Meyer
Meyer
General Telephone
Rites Held For Bertha Crowley After Self-inflicted Gunshot
Services were held for 53 year old Bertha V Crowley of 1418 Eighth Avenue who died Friday afternoon from a personal safety related gunshot wound. The shot came from a .22 caliber pistol as stated by Denzil M Ferguson Jr The death followed a period of ill health Rev Neil Kuns officiated and burial was at Roselawn Memorial Park
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Bertha V. Crowley
Eighth Avenue
the Cross Funeral Home
Denzil M. Ferguson, Jr
Neil Kuns
Roselawn Memorial Park
Harris begins life term for wife murder in Indiana
Raymond Harris aged 30 began a life sentence in Indiana State Prison for the shooting death of his estranged wife Ruth aged 26. The verdict of first degree murder was handed down by Judge Scott A. McDonald after a Criminal Court jury convicts Harris Saturday.
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Indianapolis
Raymond Harris
Indiana State Prison
Ruth
Harris
Scott A. McDonald
Exchanges Closed Nationwide for Christmas Holiday
Stock markets across the United States were shut today with all exchanges closing for Christmas Day. The Chicago Board of Trade remained open briefly for a half day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Chicago Board of Trade
Deaths of Mrs Leona Stafford and Mrs Ella Bland
Two longtime Terre Haute residents die within days with services planned. Leona Stafford aged 83 died in Hialeah Florida. funeral at Cross Funeral Home followed by burial at Highland Lawn Cemetery with service officiated by Rev Neil Kuns. Survived by two daughters, two sons, 15 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Ella Joyce Bland aged 83 died at home. funeral mass and services at St Joseph Church and Callahan Funeral Home with burial in St Joseph Cemetery. Surviving daughter Mary Kendall and 14 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Stafford
Terre Haute
Hialeah
Fla
the Cross Funeral Home
Neil Kuns
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Bud Bruder
Pauline Diehl
George
Plymouth
Mich
Dewey
Edwardsville
Ill
Ella Joyce Bland
Hardi Avenue
St. Joseph Church
Mary Kendall
Callahan Funeral Home
St. Joseph Cemetery
Funeral Home
Mrs Elizabeth Lecomte Dies at 71 in Terre Haute
Mrs Elizabeth Lecomte aged 71 of 2532 North Fourteenth and One-half street died at 9 05 Monday morning at St Anthony Hospital Survived by husband Germain four sons Louis and Robert both of Chicago Germain of Terre Haute and Paul Lecomte North Terre Haute one sister Mrs Agine Barras of France eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren Body taken to Thomas Funeral Home where friends may call Tuesday afternoon Services set for 1 o clock Wednesday burial in Roselawn Memorial Park
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Lecomte
North Fourteenth
Roselawn Memorial Park
Death of Robert H. Haskett at St Anthony Hospital
Robert H. Haskett aged 53 of 2315 Liberty Avenue died at 5 AM Sunday at St Anthony Hospital. Survived by wife Eva two daughters Marilyn Gott Hawthorn California Lois Stephens Terre Haute one sister Thelma Keep Terre Haute and four grandchildren. Body to Callahan Funeral Home with services at 9:30 AM Wednesday burial in Fairview Cemetery Tipton. Employed by Highland Iron and Steel Company for 39 years.
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Robert H. Haskett
Liberty Avenue
St. Anthony Hospital
Eva
Marilyn Gott
Hawthorn
Cal
Lois Stephens
Terre Haute
Thelma Keep
Callahan Funeral
Fairvie'w
Tipton
Highland Iron and Steel Company
Deaths of Alice Haggin and Cathy Mae Myers
Mrs. Alice Mattox Haggin 86 died Monday at Calvary Nursing Home. Survived by daughter Gertrude Hovey, brother George Farmer, grandchildren Irma Karabinos and Roy Baker Jr., a great grandchild and several nieces and nephews. Services Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Ball Funeral Home. Rev. Ralph Smith officiating. Burial Mt. Pleasant cemetery. Cathy Mae Myers 7 weeks daughter of Billy and Mrs. Myers died Sunday at St Anthony Hospital. Survived by parents and grandparents Roberta Price and Emmett Myers. Cross Funeral Home will host calling hours after 6 p.m. Monday. service Wednesday 10 a.m. Burial Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Alice Mattox Haggin
Calvary Nursing Home
Gertrude Hovey
Terre Haute
George Farmer
Pomona
Calif
Irma Karabinos
Roy R. Baker, Jr
Ball Funeral Home
Death of Gordon Kelley Remains in California
Charles Kelley of 512 North Sixth and one-half street reports the sudden death of his brother Gordon Kelley in Ocean Beach California on Thursday. Gordon Kelley formerly of Jasonville was a retired non commissioned officer in the U S Navy. He is survived by wife Vernice two sisters Ethel Archer and Margaret Tilton both of Brazil one stepson and the brother Burial planned at the Naval cemetery in San Diego.
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Charles Kelley
North Sixth
Ocean Beach
Calif
Gordon Kelley
Jasonville
U.S. Navy
Vernice
Ethel Archer
Margaret Tilton
Brazil
Naval Cemetery
San Diego
Arthur Lawson of Carbon Dies After Heart Attack
Arthur Lawson 40 died at 3 15 Sunday morning at his Carbon home after a heart attack. He was a member of Carbon Lodge No 529 F and A M and the United Mine Workers. Survived by wife Kathryne four children parents two sisters five brothers and several relatives. Funeral services will be 2 PM Wednesday at Lawson and Son Funeral Home with Masonic rites by Carbon Lodge and burial in Calcutta Cemetery.
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Brazil
Ind
Arthur Lawson
Carbon
Carbon Lodge No. 529
United Mine Workers of America
Kathryne
Larry
Valencia
Ladonna
James
Elmer Lawson
Margaret Leslie
Mary Frances Turner
Hugh
Whiting
Clifford
Hammond
Robert
Macomb
Miss
Harry
Lawson & Son
Funera Home
Buel E. Horn
Carbon Lodge
Calcutta Cemetery
Charles Blaker, 70, Former Milwaukee Engineer Dies
Charles Blaker formerly of Farmersburg Indiana died Sunday morning at his Bloomfield residence. He was 70 and a retired Milwaukee Railroad engineer and Brotherhood of Railway Engineers member. Survived by two sons Bruce and Max, daughter Evelyn Copple, stepson Durance Stines, two brothers Robin and Edward, two sisters Mary Clark and Margaret Hash, and three grandchildren. Burial in Westlawn Cemetery after funeral at Fidler Wood Funeral Home Wednesday at 10 a.m.
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Farmersburg
Ind
Charles Blaker
Bloomfield
Milwaukee Railroad
Brotherhood Ofilway Engineers
Bruce
Terre Haute
Max
Blackhawk
Evelyn Copple
Shelburn
Durance Stines
Hymera
Robin
Edward
Mary Clark
Jasonville
Margaret Hash
Fidler-Wood Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Westlawn Cemetery
Beloved Blanford Native Emmett Hamilton Dies at 68
Clinton Indiana reports Emmett Hamilton 68 of Blanford found dead in his bed Sunday afternoon after illnesses under a doctor’s care. He leaves two nieces Mandy Tolley Geneva and Iva Rock Hammond, and four nephews Howard Hamilton St Bernice Elmer and Harry Hamilton Chicago and Bill Brock Clinton. Funeral at Karanovich Funeral Home Wednesday 2 PM with Rev Mrs Madelyn Beatty officiating and burial Walnut Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday.
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Clinton
Ind
Emmett Hamilton
Blanford
John Bales
Martha Yelicich
Mandy Tolley
Geneva
Iva Rock
Hammond
Howard Hamilton
St. Bernice
Elmer
Harry Hamilton
Chicago
Bill Brock
Karanovich
Madelyn Beatty
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Mrs Mary Colich Dies at 73 in Clinton Indiana
Mrs Mary Colich aged 73 of Clinton died at Vermillion County Hospital Sunday evening. She was a Sacred Heart Church member. Survived by five daughters Frances at home Josephine Chicago Mrs Thomas McKay Clinton Mrs Frank Chriswell Gary Mrs Charles Heck Indianapolis three sons Dan Clinton Mike Indianapolis Louis California one sister Miss Anna Poydock Clinton three brothers Joe Chicago Mike Paydock Salamanca New York seven grandchildren Karanovich Funeral Home handles arrangements.
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Clinton
Ind
Mary Colich
Vermillion County Hospital
Sacred Heart Church
Frances Colich
Josephine Colich
Chicago
Thomas McKay
Frank Chriswell
Gary
Charles Heck
Indianapolis
Dan
Mike
Louis
California
Anna Poydock
Joe
Punxsutawney
Mike Paydock
Salamanca
N. Y
Karanovich
Edward Willoughby dies at 71 in Brazil Indiana
Edward Willoughby 71 of 721 North Depot Street died at 3 30 Sunday afternoon from a heart attack. He was a day worker and member of the First Christian Church. Surviving are his wife Bessie two daughters Betty Drake and Jacqueline Willoughby two sons Dale E and Albert a brother Van Willoughby of Van Oaks California. The body is at Miller and Sons Funeral Home with calling after 4 Tuesday and funeral Wednesday at the home burial in Cottage Hill.
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Brazil
Ind
Edward Willoughby
North Depot Street
First Christian Church of
Bessie
Betty J. Drake
Terre Haute
Jacqueline A. Willoughby
Dale E
Albert
Pontiac
Mich
Van
van Oaks
Cal
Miller & Sons
Funeral
Cottage Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for Oscar Bennett in Indiana
Funeral services for Oscar Bennett 75 who died Saturday will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mt. Zion Cemetery with burial at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. The body was returned to his residence near Pleasantville after arrival from Newkirk Funeral Home in Dugger.
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Dugger
Ind
Oscar Bennett
Mt. Zion
Mt. Moriah
Pleasantville
Newkirk
Union Workers Vote to Accept 25 Cent Wage Cut
Washington Indiana December 24 United Rubber Co. workers vote to take a 25 cent per hour pay cut after union officials announce the result at the plant in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ind
United States Rubber Co
Santa Clauses Pause Pilgrimage To Holy Land
A Christmas pilgrimage to Jerusalem’s Old City sees far fewer foreign pilgrims this year as recent Middle East hostilities curb the annual flow. Hundreds crossed Mandelbaum Gate by midmorning, with many arriving by bus from Nazareth, Jaffa and other Arab towns.
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Christendom
Holy Land
Mandelbaum Gate
Jerusalem
Biblical
Nazareth
Jaffa
Israel
Old City
Bethlehem
Jordan
Boy Will Be Able to Buy Mom Present
In Everett Washington on December 24 a 9 year old boy Robert Forbes Long lost both legs after a switching engine ran over him while he hunted for battles in the Northern Pacific railroad yards. He planned to buy his mother a Christmas present this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Wash
Robert Forbes Long
Robert
Northern Pacific Railroad
Christmas Thief Strips Family Then Gifts Arrive
In Baltimore Mrs. Louise Pleasants loses $50 from her purse during shopping. A patrolman later brings home a large box bursting with Christmas goods found in police wagon, a surprising reversal to a bleak day for her two children.
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Baltimore
Louise Pleasants
Pleasants
Earl Potter
Boy Injured in Rails Yard Christmas Gift Surge
Robert Long, a sick child, was treated after a rail yard incident. He told an ambulance driver he was collecting bottles to buy his mother a Christmas present. He later lost the 16 cents and, with help from Nichols, others, and railroad staff, funds were raised for the gift and a future limb fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie Nichols
Nichols
J. R. Otto
Robert
Robert B. Long
Bethlehem Star Goes Wrong In Church Christmas Pageant
In Kuna Idaho thirteen young students attempting a church Christmas pageant reversed their letter placards, producing the unintended message Bethlehem Rats while guiding the star bearer lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuna
Idaho
Texas Jail Escapees Captured After Tennessee Pursuit
Six Texas inmates escaped to Tennessee stealing a patrol car and wrecking it. A police chase across Nashville ended with arrests of Kenneth Ward James Long Robert Riviera Bobby Dean Moore Karl Lautenschlager bound over on armed robbery and attempted murder charges.
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Tennessee
J. W. Bilbrey
Bilbrey
Texas
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Cumberland River
Army
Ft. Campbell
Kenneth Ward
Tree
Ark
Fred Conklin
Los Angeles
Calif
James Long
Bedford
Robert Riviera
Temple
Bobby Dean Moore
Austin
Tex
Karl Lautenschlager
Kansas City
Nashville
Dulles Sees Peace Promise amid Global Tensions
In remarks on world peace, Dulles says Soviet leaders fear atomic war as much as the West. Other leaders weigh in on peace prospects Ben-Gurion Viet Nam Diem and West Germany's von Brentano urge unity and vigilance against Communism with calls for restraint.
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David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Ngo Dinh-diem
South
Viet Nam
Heinrich von Brentano
West Germany
Chou En Lai to Visit Moscow Then Warsaw
Chinese Premier Chou En Lai announced in Karachi that he will visit Moscow to meet Communist leaders early in January and proceed to Warsaw immediately afterward. He noted he cut his Southeast Asian tour short to return to Peiping for consultations before Moscow. He refused to link his Moscow trip to Hungary intervention and cited 10 Americans still held by China, saying their release hinges on the U.S. keeping its side of the bargain.
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London
Poland
Chou En-lai
Warsaw
Moscow
Chou
Karachi
Pakistan
Peiping
Hungary
China
United States
Highway Toll Rise as Drizzle Sparks Holiday Crashes
Weather hazards and drinking drivers drove Christmas travel concerns with 500 traffic deaths recorded Friday to Tuesday amid a high toll in the eastern U.S. A Water town S C crash killed a family en route to Minnesota and a Minneapolis hospital fire caused six deaths and sixty evacuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Watertown
S. C
Minnesota
Doctors Hospital
Minneapolis
Indiana Weekend Traffic Death Toll Rises Across State
Indiana saw seven fatalities from weekend crashes including a Fort Wayne man who died of a heart attack before his car hit two parked vehicles. Victims span Fort Wayne to Valparaiso with deaths on U S 31 and Ind 3 as investigators name causes and note nongraphic details.
Fire kills six and hospital patients survive amid blaze
A hospital fire at about 3 a.m. killed six people and left seven others in critical condition. Only one victim had burns. Fire and hospital officials pegged damage at $100,000. Nurses on the third floor attempted rescues, including Cecilia Janick and Barbara Brassil who shielded half a dozen babies with water soaked diapers to block smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Menefee
Cecilia Janick
Barbara Brassil
Tallahassee Negroes Ride Buses Again in Integration Effort
About 40 000 riders used city buses as police waited on instructions from the City Commission. Chief Frank Stoutamire would not set a rule for potential seating disputes, signaling uncertainty in Tallahassee as a second mass integration test. Negro leaders and Inter-Civic Council members planned to replicate Montgomery's integration success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stoutamire
Stoutamire
Tallahassee
Deep South
Inter-Civic Council
Montgomery
Early English use of turtle for doves starting 1000 A.D.
The term turtle was historically applied to doves in England long before it referred to ceramic tiles. The practice dates back to about 1,000 A.D., illustrating linguistic drift in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
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Allen County
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Cumberland
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Edwin York
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New Castle
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Bunker Hill
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Mauckport
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Jeffersonville
U.S. 42
Bud’s
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Optometrist
Terre Haute, Ind
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East Side
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