Minor City Appointments Signal Stable Mayor's Team
Mayor Ralph Tucker announced two new appointments to his official family effective Jan 1. Edward K. Strachan will join the Board of Park Commissioners and Chester Kizer will join the Board of Cemetery Regents, replacing Lewis Harvey and taking Strachan’s seat respectively. The ceremony will occur Jan 2 in City Hall.
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Ralph Tucker
Edward K. Strachan
Board of Park Commissioners
Chester Kizer
Board of Cemetery Regents
Strachan
Lewis L. Harvey
Kizer
City Hall
Thirty-second Street Court
Joe Walker
Max Goodman
William Cahill
Myron Busby
Board of Aviation Commissioners
Raymond Thomas
Richard Harrington
M. C. Topping
Eleanor Walsh
Tucker
Zenis Nicoson
Francis Fischer
Norman Fesler
Northern California Cleanups After Historic Floods Reach Tipping Point
As floodwaters recede in Northern California the death toll rises to 34 with 19 to 35 missing. Army Navy Air Force and Coast Guard crews use boats planes and helicopters to rescue survivors and reduce losses. Damage nears 150 million dollars and over a million acres flooded.
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San Francisco
California
Army
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
The
Weather Bureau
Oreeton
Visalia
San Joaquin
Sacramento
Empire Tract
Quimby Island
Eureka
Val Peterson
U. S. Civil Defense
Goodwin Knight
Yuba City
Marysville
Southern Pacific Railroad
Portland
Eisenhower Plans Nine Week Sun Break In Key West
President Eisenhower flies from Washington to Key West for about two weeks of rest and outdoor exercise prescribed by doctors after his heart attack. The trip aims to condition him for resuming a full workload within two weeks and could influence his decision on a second term.
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Key West
Eisenhower
Key West Florida
Associated Press
Fla
Boca Chica Naval Air Station
C.S.T
Washington
Columbine III
National Airport
Boca Chica
Helicopter Rescues Four Seabees in Antarctic Ice Shelf
Four Seabees were saved by a helicopter from a tent made of parachute fabric after their Weasel tractor fell into a hidden crevasse in McMurdo Sound. They survived 26 hours on the shelf with no injuries, aided by windbreak from a parachute as whiteout and winds hampered visibility.
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USS
Glacier
McMURDO_ SOUND
Victor Young
Wickford
Youths Recognized By Theft Victim In Kee gan Grocery Heist
Vigo county probation authorities planned to question two youths aged 13 and 14 after they executed a premeditated shoplift from Kee gan's Grocery on Thompson Street. Mrs. Lawrence Clouse identified the boys, who admitted the theft after later presenting themselves at police headquarters. They had spent about five dollars.
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Vigo County
Lawrence Clouse
Keegan’s Grocery
Thompson Street
Catlin and Katz
Eugene Butts
John O'Leary
Hilton Redman Dies on Business Trip
Hilton P. Redman aged 63 of Terre Haute died suddenly Wednesday morning while on a business trip in Albion Michigan. He was longtime manager and secretary treasurer of Inhalator Surgical Supply Company. Survived by wife Elma J and several nieces and nephews. Body to arrive Terre Haute Wednesday evening and be taken to Callahan Funeral Home for calling after 5 o'clock Thursday.
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Hilton P. Redman
Terre Haute
Eli Redman
Albion
Mich
Elma J
Callahan Funeral Home
Warmer Weather Expected Across Indiana Thursday
Indiana residents can expect rising temperatures through Thursday with morning lows near 11 degrees below freezing. Highs today 40 to 50 in the state, 45 to 55 on Thursday, and lows 30 to 35. Fort Wayne reported 30, Evansville 28, and Friday should turn colder with possible rain central and south and snow in the north.
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Hoosiers
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Mercy Mission Tug Rescues Flood Stranded Cows
An Army tug tows a barge up the Sacramento River to rescue 1500 to 2000 cows stranded on Nicolaus area levees amid floods. The State Office of Civil Defense said the tug would reach the marooned cattle today and move them to feedable locations.
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Sacramento
Calif
Sacramento River
Nicolaus
Here
State Office of Civil Defense
New War Industrial Policy Is Ordered
The Air Force announces a new industrial production policy to secure immediate air readiness for atomic war. Concurred by Defense, the plan shifts from postwar buildup to prewar readiness, focusing resources on key planes and missiles for strategic bombing and air defense.
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Washington
Air Force Today
Defense Department
Air Force
Donald A. Quarles
Nathan F. Twining
Quarles
Police Watch Westinghouse Picket Lines
Police monitored Westinghouse Electric Corp struck plants after three picket line clashes. Fights and disturbances occurred in Sharon Pennsylvania Bridgeport Connecticut and Union City with a few injuries and four arrests in Bridgeport. Federal mediator John R. Murray urged talks in Pittsburgh to resolve the 73 day old strike involving 44 000 IUE members at 30 plants.
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
Sharon
Bridgeport
Conn
Union City
A.F.L.C.I
International Union of Electrical Workers
United Electrical Workers
Pittsburgh
John R. Murray
Company
I.U.E
U.E
Governor appoints Faulconer to Indiana election board
Indianapolis December 28 Governor Craig names Tom Faulconer of Indianapolis to the State Board of Election Commissioners to succeed James Noland in an official appointment.
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Indianapolis
Craig
Tom Faulconer
State Board of Election Commissioners
James Noland
Record Auto Toll Expected for New Year Weekend
Chicago experts warn of a new all time traffic toll during the New Year holiday weekend. The National Safety Council projects 420 deaths on streets and roads in the three day period, with 560 fatalities for Christmas. The prior New Year record was 407 across four days. Ned H. Dearborn cites alarming cold figures through October, up 7 percent from 1954, as the year ends.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Indiana corn crop ranked fourth in nation
The Agriculture Department reported Indiana's corn crop valued at 345 million dollars, placing fourth nationwide. Iowa led with 693 million, followed by Illinois and Minnesota in second and third.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Indiana
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Weather map notes and local forecast update
The report shows the weather map on page five with occasional rain. It lists temperatures from 7 am to sunset and notes river stage at 2.2 feet, no precipitation yesterday, and a forecast for Terre Haute and vicinity with mostly cloudy skies, warmer tonight, rain possible Thursday and a colder turn on Friday. Also mentions Indian region with similar conditions and a temperature range from 22 to 30 tonight and 40 to 44 Thursday.
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Terre Haute
Denial of Quintuplets Sparks Family Rift in Dionne Home
Montreal dispatch reports tension between the Dionne quints and their family over New Year plans. Marie and Annette reportedly to return home. Cecile and Yvonne to work. Father Oliva Dionne laments lack of contact from outsiders and disputes details with reporters.
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Montreal
Dionne
Marie
Annette
Cecile
Yvonne
Notre Dame de L’esperance Hospital
North Bay
Ont
Oliva Dionne
Heavy gun battle erupts on Quemoy
Nationalist forces on Quemoy and Communist forces on nearby Red-held land exchanged heavy shelling in the morning. Official reports say the Reds fired more than 500 shells at Quemoy while Nationalists replied forcefully, with strong bombardment aimed at Amoy. This was the heaviest shelling since November 28.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiest
Quemoy
Amoy
Shopping Hours Downtown Terre Haute Stores
Downtown Terre Haute stores will observe usual hours this week from 9 30 A M to 5 00 P M with no changes to the schedule.
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Terre Haute
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Young King
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Charleston
W. Va
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Bulletin
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Saul Pett
Hilton Redman
United Press
Mercy Mission
Yuba
A.P. Wirephoto
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