White House ready to strike G O P over Miami TV payoff probe
House investigators move into the key phase of the inquiry into a alleged payoff to FCC Commissioner Richard A. Mack in the Miami television channel award to National Airlines. Thurman A. Whiteside of Coral Gables testifies as a self described fixer while Mack calls the loan a loan. Senator Morse urges Senate probe into independent agencies highlighting ICC and railroad ties.
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FCC
Richard A. Mack
Miami
National Airlines
Coral Gables
Fla
Thurman A. Whiteside
Mack
Whiteside
Committee
Bernard Schwartz
Schwartz
Subcommittee
Oren Harris
D.ark
Wayne Morse
D.-Ore
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Owen Clarke
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Edward M. Reidy
Southern Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court
Jerry Carter
Florida
Democratic National
Accident Burns Prove Fatal to Palestine Bay
Harry G. Melton a 19 year old Palestine High School senior died from burns received Friday afternoon while cleaning auto parts at Palestine Farm Service. He stepped on a lighted bulb on an extension wire igniting spilled gasoline. Ray Biernbaum owner extinguished blaze with a blanket and an ambulance was called. Melton died at 3 05 Saturday morning at Schmidt clinic Robinson. Inquest planned for Saturday night.
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Palestine, Ill
Harry G. Melton
Palestine High School
Burns
Palestine Farm Service
Meton
Ray Biernbaum
Schimdt
Robinson
Goodwine
Palestine
Local Weather Overview Indiana Illinois Outlook
Local conditions report yesterday's high 40 and low 25 with no precipitation. Forecast calls for fair and colder tonight in Terre Haute and vicinity with a low around 18 and a warmer Sunday, highs near 40. Indiana should be slightly colder tonight then warmer Sunday, Illinois expects mostly fair and colder tonight with warmer Sunday across regions.
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Terre Raute
Indiana
Illinois
Shelburn Man Seriously Burns Self In Flames
A 76 year old Shelburn man identified as O. B. Kerns was critically burned when his kerosene soaked clothes ignited near Shelburn. He was rushed to Mary Sherman hospital in Sullivan after the self inflicted fire started. flames were extinguished by his son in law Homer McKinley.
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Shelburn
Eddie Nash
O. B. Kerns
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Nash
Homer McKinley
New Naval Reserve Training Center Chief Appointed
Lt. Comdr. C. E. Leech retires after 28-year career highlighted by the Doolittle Raid. He hands over to Lt. Commander Richard G. Sipe who will lead the center and also command the Danville Reserve Center. Leech and family will move to San Diego to start a new life in the aircraft industry on the West Coast.
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C. E. Leech
Leech
Naval Reserve
Sipe
Charles
Naval Reserve Training Center
Japan
Comdr. Leech
Fruitridge Avenue
Comdr. Sipe
U. S. Naval and
Marine Corps Reserve Training Center
Danville
San Diego
Calif
Doolittle
U.S.S. Nashville
U.S.S. St. Paul
U.S.S. Philippine Sea
Yokosuka
San Francisco
Robbery at Star and Bar Station Ends With Cash Loss
In San Jose on Thursday two robbers held up the Star and Bar service station. the attendant sheltered in an office and called police. On Friday two more bandits entered, taking $1,800 before fleeing.
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San Jose
Calif
Star and Bar
North Indiana Finally Wins Snow Battle
Northern Indiana's week long drive to dig out from a record snowfall appears won as volunteer crews and borrowed equipment plus warmer weather clear roads. Bulldozers snow blowers and plows from Columbus Ohio aided rural families near Michigan City and La Porte. Governor Handley may lift the disaster designation as thaw raises temperatures above freezing.
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Indiana
Columbus
Ohio
Michigan City-La Porte
Handley
Lake Michigan
Two Men Arrested In Connection With Arm Plot
Police say a severed arm was the target of a scheme to plant evidence involving Mrs. Everlyn Scott. Frank Massad, a Lambros investigator, and Richard Mowrey, a self described private investigator, were detained with Massad later released on bond. Scott, serving a life sentence, remains jailed pending appeal. Lambros denies involvement while Capt. Hertel describes the broader plan to link the arm with Mrs. Scott and a marriage ring, aiming to plant it on Beach Property belonging to William Brawner.
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Arthur Hertel
Scott
Dep. Dist. Atty
Manley J. Bowler
Frank Massad
P. Basil Lambros
Bowler
Richard Mowrey
Massad
Lambros
Hertel
Everlyn Scott
William Brawner
Woman Kills Self After Wounding Husband in Dyer
Police said Mrs. Gene Lewis 35 apparently shot herself with a .22 pistol after wounding her husband Gilbert Lewis 38 at their Hammond area home in Dyer. The couple's daughter Paul Sue Smith 15 said the quarrel centered on money and unpaid bills.
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Hammond
Ind
Gene Lewis
Gilbert Lewis
Dyer
Paul Sue Smith
Former Chauncey Rose School head Ernest Alden dies at 88
Ernest G Alden 88 of 1128 South Seventh street former head of the Chauncey Rose School for 43 years died Friday at St Anthony Hospital after influenza and pneumonia He served as Vigo County welfare board president and led dairy associations in Terre Haute and Indiana He was buried at Highland Lawn Cemetery and services are Monday at P J Ryan and Sons Funeral Home Continued on Page 2 Column 5.
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South Seventh Street
Chauncey Rose School
P. J. Ryan and Sons Funeral
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Alden
St. Anthony Hospital
Ryan Chapel
Quincy
Mich
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Terre Haute Pressed Brick Company
Terre Haute Traction and Light Company
Vigo County Welfare Board
Indiana Association of County Welfare Board
Indiana State Children’s Homes Association
Welfare Council of
Terre Haute Social Welfare Club
Herd
Rose School
Vigo County
Indiana State Holstein- Friesian Association
Michigan
Mrs Stoliker Turns 100 on Washingtons Birthday in Cambridge
Cambridge New York February 22 Mrs Amanda Stoliker reaches age one hundred birthday remarks that being born on Washingtons Birthday helps friends remember the date.
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Cambridge
N. Y
Amanda Stoliker
Washington
Capital Bargain Frenzy on February 22 Sales
Washington shoppers swarm stores for bargain day on George Washington's birthday. 99 cent sewing machines 77 cent television sets and 22 cent typewriters draw crowds as retailers promote deep discounts.
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Washington
Feb
George Washington
Truman Plans Campaign Sendoff as Democrats Rally Funds
Former President Harry S. Truman headlines a 100 dollar plate dinner touted to boost the Democratic deficit drive with about 3000 tickets sold. GOP leaders call for restraint while Democrats frame the race around Eisenhower era policies and defense and space weaponry.
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Truman
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Sam Rayburn
D.tex
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Knowland
California
Bridges
New Hampshire
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Dirksen
Illinois
Congress
United States
Russia
Democratic National Committee
Congressman Asks Benson to Resign
Washington Feb 22 Rep Ben F Jensen Iowa demanded Ezra Taft Benson resign for the good of the farmer. Benson rejected the resignation push and said he would stay to support his farm program despite GOP pressure. Miller planned to take the issue to President Eisenhower to warn the potential defeat of 10 to 25 GOP house members.
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Washington
Ben F. Jensen
Iowa
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
A. L. Miller
R.-Neb
Walter H. Vunda
All America
Jensen
Miller
Eisenhower
G.O.P. House
Judd
Egypt and Syria Approve Merger into United Arab Republic
Cairo reports 742 million voters in Egypt and Syria supported uniting under Gamal Abdel Nasser. Large crowds filled Republic Square as Friday plebiscite results were announced. Syria's government resigned as Damascus became a province. Sabri Assali offered to stay briefly under Nasser’s forthcoming executive council. Nasser assumes near-absolute powers in the new republic.
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Cairo
Egypt
Syria
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Republic Square
Shukri Kuwaily
Damascus
Sabri Assali
Nasser
Carnival rocket blast kills student in Milan
A carnival rocket exploded in two students’ hands in Milan on Friday night. Ti ziano Gambini, 20, died on the way to the hospital. Mario Premoli sustained serious arm and leg injuries and was hospitalized.
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Milan
Italy
Tiziano Gambini
Mario Premoli
Churchill Makes Good Progress To Recovery
Churchill, 83, shows improvement after pneumonia and pleurisy. Lord Moran and Dr. Roberts aided his care at Villa La Pausa as Scotland Yard guard Edward Murray read a brief medical bulletin to reporters.
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Churchill
Roquebrune
France
Winston Churchill
Scotland Yard
Edmund Murray
Britain
Murray
Lord Moran
London
Moran
Statesman
Villa la Pausa
Indiana educator named president-elect of teachers education association
Heads College Assn Chicago reports Dean Wendell W Wright of Indiana University School of Education has been chosen as president elect of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. He will assume the role next year.
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Wendell W. Wright
Indiana University School of Education
American Assn. of Colleges For Teachers Education
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