New Year Traffic Crackdown Moves Nationwide
State officials act after the National Safety Council warns of a New Year traffic toll expected to rival the Christmas record. Governors receive telegrams urging emergency measures with arrests for moving violations discussed in Texas and Illinois National Guard duty considered. Chicago, Denver and Wisconsin also push safety plans including coffee in hotels and hostesses promoting safer driving.
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Chicago
U.P
National Safety Council
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
The
Safety Council
Texas
Public Safety Department
National Guard
Illinois
Wisconsin
Walter Kohler
Denver
Colo
City Safety Council
Khrushchev Attacks Eisenhower and Ranks H Bomb Power
Khrushchev denounces Eisenhower as crude influence on Communist nations and dismisses the Open Skies plan as military intelligence. He boasts the Soviet hydrogen bomb can be boosted and criticizes Dulles for calling for massive retaliation while deferring to Geneva spirit.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Dulles
Communist Party
Supreme Soviet
Death On The Highway 94 Vigo County Fatalities In 1955
In Vigo County the 1955 traffic death toll reached 24 with 10 in Terre Haute and 14 in the county. The total shows improvement over 1954’s 27 fatalities. Police note many deaths are pedestrians and warn to watch steps for 1956.
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Vigo County
Terre Haute
Robert Lee Stafford
First Avenue
Frank Riddle
Stafford
Riddle
National Safety Council
Edward Rylan
Wabash Avenue
Optimistic Air Prevails After Brewery Talks
Terre Haute Brewing Company and Terre Haute Brewery Workers Local 85 met after a long work stoppage to seek a settlement. The union’s William Pestoff called the talks optimistic and closer to an agreement. Directors and union reps, including Anton Hulman Jr and Arthur Donovan, discussed progress as production remains shut since November 30.
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Terre Haute Brewing Company
Terre Haute Brewery Workers Local 85
William Pestoff
Anton Hulman Jr
Oscar Baur
Edward Baur
Gilbert Gambill
John T. Royse
Arthur Donovan
Evansville
Mel Greenthal
Leonard Kirchner
William Canada
Killed While Flagging Traffic Near Gaston Indiana
Hugh F. Miller a Bluffton resident and 40 was killed on Ind 28 near Gaston when struck by a truck he flagged to direct traffic after his stalled vehicle. Robert Mansfield of Muncie 23 said truck lights blinded him and Miller stood in the road.
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Muncie
Ind
Hugh F. Miller
Bluffton
Gaston
Miller
Robert Mansfield
Mansfield
Indiana to begin Korea veteran bonus payments in January
State Auditor Curtis Bardin announced January starts for Indiana Korea War bonus payments. About 2,000 surviving next of kin will receive 600 dollars each, totaling around 1.2 million dollars. After these checks are issued, disabled veterans and other combat veterans will receive additional bonuses.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Curtis Bardin
Bardin
Plane Crash Near Cambridge Kills Two
A four motor plane crashed and burned 16 miles northeast of Cambridge Ohio today killing two people. The Ohio Highway Patrol said the Gulf Refining Co owned the aircraft and Freeport volunteer fire department crews reported the fire after the crash.
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Cambridge
Ohio
Here
Ohio Highway Patrol
Gulf Refining Co
Freeport Volunteer Fire Department
Egypt Signs Rail Car Deal With Yugoslavia
Radio Belgrade reports Egypt ordered railway cars worth 900 000 dollars from Yugoslavia. The Tito visit to Egypt is expected to broaden political and economic ties between the two nations.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Radio
Egypt
Tito
Judge orders check of Harrison Township annexation signers
Special Judge Edwin B. Long in Greene county authorized a check of real estate owners' names opposing Terre Haute annexation in Harrison Township. Vigo County Auditor Everett J. Acree will conduct the verification after a closed door session with remonstrators and city attorneys. The city council approved annexation unanimously on Sept. 20. Remonstrators claim 60 percent of property owners oppose the move and filed suit Oct. 27.
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Edwin B. Long
Greene County
Harrison Township
Vigo County
Everett J. Acree
City of Terre Haute
M. Walter Bell
Indianapolis
Ernest J. Zwerner
City of
Terre Haute
Long
Post Office to Burn 25000 Undelivered Christmas Cards
Greensboro officials announced that about 25 000 Christmas cards undelivered due to wrong or illegible addresses or no addresses at all will be burned by the post office.
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Greensboro
N. C
Mrs. J. Crawford Dies at 88 in Terre Haute Home
Mrs. Mary Lewis Crawford 88 native of Charleston Illinois died Thursday morning at her residence 800 South Sixth Street widow of James A Crawford long time resident of Terre Haute She is survived by daughter Helen Crawford Hughes and two first cousins Rex Thomas Mabley to officiate services at the residence with burial in Highland Lawn cemetery at the family mausoleum Friends may call Friday afternoon
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Mary Lewis Crawford
South Sixth Street
Crawford
James A. Crawford
A. J. Crawford
Charleston
Ill
Terre Haute
Helen Crawford Hughes
Jessie Lewis Smith
Decatur
Ala
Harry Messick
P. J Ryan & Sons
Rex
Thomas Mabley
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Weather Map Forecast Partly Cloudy Cold Start
Partly cloudy and colder with river stage at 2 feet and stationary. The forecast notes sunrise at 7 09 and sunset at 4 45 with temperatures shown for 6 am noon and 2 pm.
Local Weather Rise and Fall Noted
Yesterday saw a high of 47 degrees and a low of 23 with no precipitation. The report records stable conditions across the period and no rainfall.
Weather Forecast For Terre Haute And Vicinity
Mostly cloudy and colder tonight with wind and possible light flurries near Lake Michigan. Friday partly cloudy and colder with continued cold conditions and light flurries in extreme north. Saturday remains partly cloudy and cold with similar conditions. Temperatures range from the mid 40s to mid 30s across the region.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Nevada chase ends in industrial sump stumble
Henderson police pursued 19 year old Jim Bassett of Bakersfield California who sped to 100 mph for 20 miles before crashing into a fence. He then attempted to flee through a caustic soda filled sump and suffered second degree burns to his legs. Bassett is charged with stealing the car in Bakersfield as a fugitive from California.
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Henderson
Nev
Jim Bassett
Bassett
Bakersfield
Calif
California
Flood relief work speeded in California
Relief and reconstruction crews in California’s flood areas pushed to speed recovery. The death toll stood at 40 in California and 12 in Oregon with 20 to 30 more missing in California and three in Oregon. Damages were estimated at 150 to 170 million dollars as floods affected about a million acres. Ellsworth Bunker of the Red Cross flew to Stockton and Santa Cruz to plan further aid with Gov. Knight. further stops were listed.
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San Francisco
California
Oregon
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Donner Summit
Sierra Nevada
Ellsworth Bunker
American Red Cross
Stockton
Santa Cruz
Yuba City
Goodwin J. Knight
Mobil
Smoking In Bed Proves Fatal in Hammond Death
Hammond authorities blamed smoking in bed for the death of William Tittsworth, 26, who suffocated when his mattress caught fire on Wednesday.
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Hammond
Ind
William Tittsworth
Nike Missile to Be Deployed in Europe Next Year
U S plans to send the Nike antiaircraft guided missile to Europe within about a year. Launching sites and underground storage will be built in the interim to protect U S bases in Germany and other West European locations. The weapon already guards 18 U S cities and will inform Allies of its capabilities.
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Washington
Nike
Europe
United States
U. S
Germany
Newcastle Union President Held in Riot Case
Carl Batchfield, president of United Auto Workers Local 370, jailed by state police investigating a Sept. 10 ambush on a nonstriker’s car during the strike against Perfect Circle Corp. Detectives also detained John Rothrock, Leonard Shelton, and Loren Asberry. riotous conspiracy charges prepared for Henry Circuit Court. Kenneth Griffin and Calvin Tinsley reported men in black masks attacked the car as they neared a hill. a truck rolled toward them during the incident.
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Newcastle
Ind
Carl Batchfield
United Auto Workers Local 370
Perfect Circle Corp
Cap
Robert Dillon
John Rothrock
Leonard Shelton
Loren Asberry
A.W
Dillon
Henry
Kenneth Griffin
Calvin Tinsley
Bob Padget
President silent as Khrushchev attacks Eisenhower
President Eisenhower learned of Khrushchev's criticism calling US interference in Eastern Europe crude. Khrushchev accused both Eisenhower and Dulles in a Moscow Christmas broadcast. White House press secretary Hagerty said Eisenhower and he would not comment on the exchange.
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Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Nikita Khruschev
Russia
Communist Party
Moscow
Khrushchev
Dulles
White House
James €. Hagerty
Hagerty
Khrushchev Criticizes U.S. Interference At Soviet Assembly
Khrushchev warned against praying for regime change in other nations and criticized Gov. Harriman for similar remarks as 1,400 Supreme Soviet members listened. He stressed the USSR’s weapon strength after the H bomb test, saying its power is equivalent to many millions of tons of ordinary explosives.
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Supreme Soviet
U. S
Eisenhower
Geneva
Bulgarin
Georgi K. Malenkov
Khrushchev
India
Soviet Union
Bedford ABC member Roscoe Mount dies after heart seizure
Roscoe F. Mount, 58, Bedford, a member of the Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission, died in Dron Memorial Hospital after a heart seizure. A Democrat, he was appointed to the ABC in May 1953. His death leaves a third vacancy on the commission after DeWitt Owen quit and Dan Crave resigned to run for governor.
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Bedford
Ind
Roscoe F. Mount
Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Dron Memorial Hospital
Mount
ABC
DeWitt Owen
Terre Haute
Sevral
Dan Crave
Franklin
Direct Khrushchev Attack on Eisenhower Signals Tougher Soviet Line
U S officials were astonished by Nikita Khrushchev's direct attack on President Eisenhower, suggesting a harder Soviet foreign policy. The incident followed Eisenhower's Christmas message about freedom in Eastern Europe and hints at wider Communist pressure in satellite states.
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Washington
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Europe
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Moscow
Geneva
Nikolai Bulganin
U S Air Force In Far East To Be Beefed Up
U S Air Force Secretary Donald A Quarles said the Far East Air Forces will be beefed up to counter growing Communist jet air strength in Asia. He noted Russia China and North Korea have stronger jet forces but said free nations can deter war. He spoke on his first tour of Far East facilities and avoided alarmist statements.
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Tokyo
U. S
Donald A. Quarles
U. S. Far East
Asia
Quarles
Far East
Free Nations
Russia
China
North Korea
United States
New Year Bank Hours in Terre Haute Readied
Terre Haute banks will close at 5 p m Friday evening and stay closed until 9 a m Tuesday Jan 3 in observance of the New Year holiday. Savings and Loan Associations will also remain closed Saturday through Monday reopening Tuesday morning at the usual time.
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Terre Haute
Savings and Loan Associations
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Joan Culver
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Malley
Krushchev
Radio Free Europe
Howard Stevens
Korea
Mrs. J. Crawford
U & Weather Burese
U.S
Newcastle Union
U.S. Air Force
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