Four more die as shotgun prank on Legion car backfires
In Clinton Indiana a sawed off shotgun fired through the floor of a trick Model A used to entertain at the American Legion state convention killed James Robert Reed, 47, of Clinton, after he crawled under the car to unhook it. Reed died at Memorial Hospital shortly after 2 am. Police opened an investigation into the accident involving Legion Post 140 members who were passing the streets with the car, named Clinton Post No. 140, on its sides.
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Clinton
Ind
South Bend
The
American Legion
James Robert Reed
Walnut Street
Memorial Hospital
Casamir Zielinsky
Reed
Jim
Tor
Legion Post 140
Clinton Post
American Legional
Woods Search For Suspected Bank Robbers In Indiana Forest
More than 200 law enforcement officers planned to search a pine forest northeast of North Vernon Indiana at daybreak for two Massachusetts prisoners wanted in a branch bank holdup. The suspects fled into the Muscatatuck River area after a crash. a helicopter search was delayed by rain.
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North Vernon
Ind
Here
Massachusetts
Lafayette
Pendleton
Severe Storm Floods Hit Tokyo and Japan Landslides
A severe thunderstorm struck Japan on Friday prompting landslides and floods across regions. Four people were killed in southwestern Japan from slides and lightning, and in Tokyo 6,750 residences were flooded.
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Tokyo
Japan
Connecticut Democrats in Rowdy Session
Hartford July 4 Democrats at the state convention picked its U S Senate candidate amid rowdy protests. Attacks centered on seating and Kowalski’s 20 percent target to force a primary. Ribicoff former welfare secretary led, while Kowalski supporters disrupted proceedings and booed chair John Bailey. continuous coverage continued on page 2.
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Hartford
Conn
Democratic State Convention
U. S. Senate
Abraham Ribicoff
Frank Kowalski
Kowalski
Senate
Ribicoff
At-Farse
Boo Bailey
John Bailey
National Party
al Gentile
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Bailey
Ken
Vacationing man fatally shocked in Greencastle
A 44 year old Richmond man, Harry A Alter, was electrocuted while helping his father remodel a rental property in Greencastle Indiana. Alter, a project engineer at National Automatic Tool Co in Richmond, was killed Friday when a grounded cable short circuited as he began nailing an electric line to a board in the foundation.
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Greencastle
Ind
Richmond
Harry A. Alter
National Automatic Tool Co
Leroy Alter
Fillmore
Rebels Reenact Forrest Raid in Murfreesboro
On July 14 in Murfreesboro Tennessee a group dressed in Confederate uniforms reenacted Gen Nathan Bedford Forrests raid that freed the town from Union control on July 13 1862 John Bruinsma played Forrest a Yankee by marriage who now lives in Murfreesboro after moving from Michigan 14 years ago
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Murfresboro
Tenn
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Forrest
John Bruinsma
Michigan
Brazil’s Brochado da Rocha seeks broader powers after cabinet vote
Prime Minister Francisco Brochado da Rocha moves to secure extraordinary powers from a wary Parliament as Brazil faces worsening economic crisis. The Chamber of Deputies approved his cabinet 139 to 63, ending a 17 day cabinetless stalemate amid food riots and political paralysis.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Francisco Brochado da Rocha
Brochado da Rocha
Chamber of Deputies
Joao Goulart
Labor Party
Goulart
Goulard
Cars Collide Head-on in Marion Co Indiana Toll Rises
A weekend of crashes in Indiana raised the 1962 traffic toll to at least 575 with four dead in a head-on Marion County crash southwest of Indianapolis. A Kokomo woman and three Indianapolis children died in the Miller car, and Miller Jr. 16 was among the injured. A second fatal crash involved a Sherman car driven by Georgia Schwartz of Kokomo. Police reported Miller lost control on Indiana 67, causing the head-on collision that ripped open the Miller car.
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Indiana
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Marion County
Harry
Alice Miller
Harry Miller Jr
Anneta
Diana
Sandra
Georgia Schwartz
Kokomo
Herman
Marion County General Hospital
Miller
Schwartz
Ohio
Terre Haute
Bloomington
Jaycees
Vigo County
Seelyville
Archer Animal Hospital
Wallace Avenue
Bell Animal Hospital
Elm Street
Bratt Animal Hospital
South Twenty Fourth Street
Fourteenth Street
Barbour Avenue
Seely. Co Veterinary Clinic
Macmillan reshapes Cabinet as election calls rise
London July 14 Prime Minister Macmillan fires seven of 21 Conservative ministers in a wholesale cabinet shakeup. Labor leader Hugh Gaitskell calls it a political massacre and urges an immediate general election. Liberal Jo Grimond repeats calls for a vote as the government seeks to recover its image before 1963.
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London
Macmillan
Labor Party
Hugh Gaitskell
Macmillian
Gaitskell
Liberal Party
Jo Grimond
Tories
Rabies Warning Drive Launched in Bloomington Area
Dr. Marvin Bratt Jr spoke at the Terre Haute Jaycees noon meeting warning that rabies outbreak in Monroe County and Bloomington is the nations hotspot. A film distributed by the State Veterinary Medical Association showed fatal rabies symptoms in people and animals. Bratt said 39 positive Monroe County cases this year, noting many more go unreported. The talk launched a three week drive ahead of anti rabies vaccination clinics on July 28 and August 4.
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Marvin Bratt Jr
Terre Haute
Estes Bankrupt as Judge Delivers Ruling in Texas Case
In El Paso on July 14 Billie Sol Estes 37 dubbed the boy wonder faced bankruptcy after Judge R Ewing Thomason ruled no viable plan to operate assets under receivership. Four men including Estes associates pleaded guilty to fraud counts while ai parties await sentencing and further Senate investigation continues in Washington.
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EL Paso
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Boy Wonder
R. Ewing Thomason
Estes
John Cofer
Austin
Pecos
Leport
Chester McLaughlin
Thomason
Orr
McSpadden
Alexander
Ester
Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Texas
Senate
Texas Agricultural Tycoon
Russians Scrap Massive Hydraulic Cylinder Blunder
U S officials draw attention to a Soviet error where a precision cylinder weighing many tons, built for a 30 000 ton forging press, was misrouted to a warehouse and cut into scrap wasting thousands of rubles. The Komosomols kaya Pravda report notes the mistake and its admission.
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Washington
U. S
Soviet Union
Novosibirsk
Siberia
Severe Storm Hits Vigo County Causes Wide Damage
Heavy rain hail and winds struck Vigo County and eastern Illinois Friday afternoon. 1500 to 2000 General Telephone phones were out briefly. most service restored by Saturday morning. Barn near Youngstown damaged by lightning. 12 injuries reported in county accidents.
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Vigo County
Illinois
Charles R. Freeland
General Telephone Company of Indiana, Inc
Drexel
Wabash
Seelyville
Civil Defense
Sheriff’s Office
C. L. Luckett
Rigney Road
Youngstown
Terre Haute
Weather Map Highlights Local Conditions and River Stage
A weather map on page 12 notes sunrise at 5 33 and sunset at 8 17. River stage is 4 5 feet and rising. Local conditions show yesterday's high of 89 and low of 65 with 3 inches of precipitation.
Regional Weather Outlook for Indiana and Illinois
Partly cloudy and warm in Terre Haute tonight with showers and thundershowers. Indiana sees scattered thunderstorms developing west tonight and spreading east. heavy rain possible central tonight with little temperature change. Sunday mostly cloudy with more scattered storms. highs around 70s central and near 90 in the south. Illinois faces tonight storms with heavy rain and gusty winds. Sunday remains warm with thunderstorms. Lows in 60s to 70s, highs in the 70s to 90s regionally.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Woman Appoints First Female Lieutenant Governor in Nevada
Carson City Nevada July 14 Gov Grant Sawyer appointed Maude Frazier of Las Vegas a state legislator as lieutenant governor to serve out the unexpired term of the late Rex Bell who died last week. Her successor will take office next January.
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Carson City
Grant Sawyer
Maude Frazier
Las Vegas
Miss Frazier
Rex Bell
Kennedy Names Celebrezze to Health Post
President Kennedy selected Cleveland Mayor Anthony J. Celebrezze as Secretary of Health Education and Welfare to replace Abraham Ribicoff. The nomination, to go to the Senate early next week, surprised many as no prior indications pointed to Celebrezze.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Kennedy
Cleveland
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Health
Education and Welfare
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Senate
Congress
White House
Andrew T. Hatcher
Hatcher
Celebrezze
Ribicoff
Connecticut
Infant Girl Dies in Centenary House Fire
A nine month old girl, Betty Annette Gross, died from suffocation and burns after a fire destroyed a Centenary home. Mother Beverley Gross escaped with two older children, Joe Archie and Randy, while authorities probe unknown origin and possible matches playing by children.
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Centenary
Ind
Betty Annette Gross
Beverley Gross
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James R. Polk
Here Friday
Muscatatuck River
FBI
Edward Joseph Goguen
Waltham
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Marion Co
UP Press International
R. E. Palmer
By Fred S. Hoffman
West
Komosomolskaya Pravda
U. S. Weather Bureau
By Alvin Spivak
Rown
Canada
Chicago
Squaw Island
Cape Cod
Otho Wright
Clinton Township Fire Department
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