Most Crippling Air Tie-up in History Results
Newport Kentucky ministers hired Jesse K Lewis to pursue ouster actions against Newport and Campbell county officials as CBS crews surveyed vice hotspots in the Sun Capital of the Midwest. Flight engineers pushed for job protections amid the longest U S air strike, resisting Goldberg’s three man commission plan to resolve the walkout as airlines prepare to recall grounded staff. Continued on Page 5 Column 6.
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Cincinnati
Newport
Kentucky
Sun
Midwest
Jesse K. Lewis
Lexington
Campbell County
Columbia Broadcasting System
Bernard N. Eisman
Washington
U. S
Flight Engineers International Association
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
Goldberg
Four in Indiana Illinois burglary ring now four arrests
Tuesday roundup expands to four suspects tied to at least 14 school break-ins across six Hoosier counties around Terre Haute. Alfred Lee Wilkie 21 of Terre Haute named as the fourth arrest, taken by state police near Marion. Ronald Kaperak 21 and John Osborne 20 jailed after admitting intrusions. Steven Kaperak Jr. 28 questioned. All held in Sullivan county jail as investigators probe Vigo, Sullivan, Parke, Clay, Vermillion and Knox counties for additional burglaries and possible Friday night incidents.
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Indiana
Illinois
Hoosier
Terre Haute
Alfred Lee Wilkie
Marion
Herbert Beasley
George Kerns
Ronald Ray Kaperak
North Tenth Street
John Osborne
Hendricks Avenue
Steven Kaperak Jr
Ronald
Sullivan
Vigo
Parke
Clay
Vermillion
Knox Counties
Harold Roseberry
Sullivan County
Harold Connor
Trooper Dismissed for Neglecting Duty in Indiana
Indianapolis Feb 22 Indiana State Police trooper Manuel Pikramenos 35 Gary was discharged for gross neglect of duty following the arrest of a Porter county man for drunken driving. Superintendent John Barton said the man was released without proper action by the officer.
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Indianapolis
UPD
Indiana
Manuel Pikramenos
Gary
John Barton
Porter County
Barton
Terre Haute Couple Among Wreck Injured
A Terre Haute couple Julian Lowry and his wife Bessie were among 43 injured when 11 cars of a Northern Pacific passenger train derailed near Buffalo North Dakota. They were admitted to St. John's Hospital Fargo with the wife reported in severe pain but not in serious condition. No deaths were reported and 37 others were hospitalized across eastern North Dakota.
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Terre Haute
Julian Lowry
Bessie
South Twenty-fourth Street
Northern Pacific Railroad
Buffalo
N. D
Lowry
Billings
Mont
St. John’s Hospital
Fargo
Hazel Lowry
North Twelfth Street
North Dakota
Bill Would Hike Taxes 600000 for Assessors in Indiana
In Indianapolis on February 22, a previously defeated bill to provide extra pay for local real estate assessors for the 1961 statewide reassessment advanced in the state Senate. The measure, which could cost taxpayers more than 600,000, passed the second reading after amendments trimming the pay. The session tangled reviewers as senators debated the status, with continued coverage on Page 5.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Senate
Traffic ban on nonmotorized traffic on new interstate
The Indiana State Highway Commission prohibited pedestrians bicycles and all nonmotorized traffic from the new interstate highway system on the recommendation of traffic engineers. The move reverses the commission's prior policy.
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Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
Tucker Pledges Support to HELP in Terre Haute ceremony
A ribbon cutting at 661 Wabash Avenue marked HELP becoming an established group in Terre Haute. Mayor Ralph Tucker officiated, praising Housewives Effort for Local Progress as a worthwhile, long delayed movement with city executive support. The event drew hundreds despite light rain as organizers explained the group’s spontaneous birth from a newspaper article and coffee discussion.
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Wabash Avenue
Ralph Tucker
Terre Haute
Tucker
Hazledine
Saturday Evening Post
Grand Jury to Study Shortage Charges in Vigo County
The Vigo County grand jury will examine alleged shortages tied to Mrs. Helen Croft and Mrs. Alberta Pierce on March 1. Croft, a former Terre Haute Park Board clerk, and Pierce, a Harrison Township trustee aide, face board charges over golf course fees and a trustee office shortage. Trustee Thomas is stated to be blameless.
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Helen Croft
Alberta Pierce
Vigo County
Herbert R. Criss
Ralph Berry
State Board of Accounts
Croft
Terre Haute Board of Park Commissioners
Pierce
Lawrence E. Thomas
Harrison Township
Gary
Rea Park
State Board
Thomas
John P. McDaniel
Joby C. May
Charles Scott
Everett E. Shotwell
Ralph M. Pound
Eugene Self
House Defeats Foes of School Reorganization
INDIANAPOLIS Feb 22 Proponents of school reorganization narrowly lost a bid to require voters in a majority of districts to approve consolidations. The 50 44 vote struck out the amendment to the reorg bill. The debate followed hearings by the House Judiciary Committee on two reform bills and a separate measure affecting eminent domain notices.
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Indianapolis
Indiana House
House
Charles W. Edwards
Spencer
Donald E. Foltz
Clinton
Judiciary Committee
Merrill Moores
Indiana
Congress
Senate
Council Votes Annexation of Lincolnshire
The Terre Haute Common Council approved annexing the Lincolnshire subdivision citing fairness to residents bearing sewer costs. The meeting also passed a measure banning sale or gifting of young fowl in small lots and amended a proposal on automatic railroad flasher signals, with lobbying groups noted in attendance.
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Lincolnshire
Terre Haute
New York Central Railroad
Weather Map Notes From Page Seven
The Weather Bureau summary lists a noon reading and a morning 9 am value with 85 expected high and 53 sunrise. It notes river stage at 4.3 feet and current standing, alongside sunrise and sunset times of 6:35 and 5:34 respectively.
Local Conditions Reported Yesterday
Highest temperature was 54 degrees and the low dropped to 37. Precipitation measured at .04 of an inch.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity and Illinois
Cloudy foggy conditions with occasional rain or drizzle tonight and Thursday. Temperatures rise slowly to the upper 50s Thursday in Terre Haute. Indiana rain and mild through Thursday with moderate rainfall east this afternoon and tonight. Lows 40 to 50, highs around 48 Thursday. Illinois sees cloudy intermittent rain and drizzle tonight and little temperature change Thursday. Temperature at 6 am 48, at 2 pm to follow.
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Terre Haute
Leon
Indiana
Illinois
Five Terre Haute Men Injured In Auto Crash
A two car wreck on U S Highway 40 eight miles east of Brazil injures five Terre Haute residents including BIG JOHN WALSH WARREN YONTZ RALPH MCCHARGUE GEORGE OLTEAN and VERN BROWN. Yontz McHargue and Oltean were listed as injured and en route to a Terre Haute hospital while others were taken to Clay County Hospital in Brazil. The accident scene was at Walnut Creek.
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Terre Haute
U. S. Highway 40
Brazil
Putnamville
Vern Brown
Yontz
McHargue
Oltean
Rector
Green
Big Walnut Creek
Birth Certificate Fakes Spark Local Probe in Terre Haute
Detective Art Loudermilk reports many teenagers carry fake birth certificates driving permits and draft cards to pass as 21. For 10 cents elaborate copies are sold in shops and even in Indianapolis. A prep school student noted inquiries about obtaining a bogus certificate for a New Mexico youth.
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Terre Haute
Art Loudermilk
Ralph Berry
Loudermilk
Berry
Indianapolis
New Mexico
Welsh Scores GOP Stand On State Budget
Governor Matthew E. Welsh labeled the Indiana General Assembly's budget as unbalanced and financially irresponsible. He cited a $39.5 million overrun over the next two years and warned the House and Senate finance committee to cut spending to restore balance. He rejected tax exemption cuts as a revenue fix and suggested executive orders to curb spending if needed.
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Indianapolis
Matthew E. Welsh
Indiana General Assembly
Welsh
House of Representatives
Michigan
Overnor
House
Senate Finance Committee
Pose
Now You Know by United Press International
The rainiest place in the world is Mount Waikeale Hawaii on Kauai with an average rainfall of 471.68 inches.
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United Press International
Mount Waikeale
Hawaii
Kauai
Kennedy jobless aid bill advances in U S House
Washington February 22 The Ways and Means Committee planned swift approval of the first part of President Kennedy s emergency program to aid jobless Americans The bill would authorize 990 million dollars in extra unemployment compensation for about 3 125 million workers whose benefits expire or run out within the next year A companion measure would provide 350 million dollars in federal state aid for the needy and children of the unemployed The package may be financed by a temporary rise in employer payroll taxes from 3 1 to 3 4 or 3 5 percent for two years with proposed expansion adding 40 million in benefits for 125 000 more jobless workers by shifting the eligibility date to June 30 1960
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Kennedy
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
U S Twin Pack Satellites Fail To Reach Goal
U S twin satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Tuesday night failed to separate or reach the desired orbit though described as a qualified success. The two satellites remain joined to the rocket stage, with signals still received from both. LOFTI piggyback sphere and Transit III B are part of a navigation experiment to aid ocean-going vessels with reliable VLF transmissions, not delaying the Navy plan for four satellites by 1962.
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Washington
Cape Canaveral
Lofti
Richard B. Kershner
John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Navy
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Tess
T. H
William J. Eaton
Question Brothers
Ohio River
Cleveland
Las Vegas
Ministerial Alliance
Louisville
HELP
Jane Hazledine
Martin
By Irwin J. Miller
John Potiser
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Big John” Walsh
Warren Yontz
Ralph “Cork” McHargue
WBOW
George Oltean
Wabash Appliance and Furniture Company
Castle
District of Columbia
Clay County
Walnut Creek
By Howard Stevens
General Assembly
U.S
Cohunn
Gert
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