Third Michigan Child Victim of Sex Fiend
autopsy finds 8 year old Jeannie Singleton fatally harmed likely the same day she was attacked near Kalamazoo. police intensify killer search as other Michigan children, Kathleen McLaughlin and Barbara Gaca, have died in similar brutal cases.
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Michigan
Kalamazoo
Jeannie Singleton
Pee Jeannie
Jame
Jeannie
Doster
Ara
Kathleen McLaughlin
Detroit
Barbara Gaca
Pontiac
Dallas Building Collapse Kills Three Injures Nine
Dallas authorities report a three story limestone building collapsed on Elm Street injuring nine and killing three in a bar grill and a music store. Rescue workers freed Lloyd Corner after six hours trapped near a jukebox as fire crews evacuated bystanders from the Fox Burlesque Theater next door.
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Dallas
Tex
U.P
Lloyd Corner
Elm Street
Bar
Bernard Weiner
Parkland Hospital
Alvis Bailey Simmons
William E. Kirby
Luther Gonzales
Fox Burlesque Theater
Thunderstorms Forecast Across Indiana Tonight and Friday
The first storms and scattered showers of June were expected in the northwest today, northern and west central tonight, and Friday in the north and central. Highs near 84, lows 58 to 63. Fort Wayne 50s to start, Lafayette 57, Evansville 57. Wednesday highs 76 to 80. Saturday outlook: continued warmth with scattered showers and storms.
Weather Update With Timings and River Reading
Partial weather note reports sunrise at 5 25 am and the morning sentence at 8 11. River stage listed at four feet and falling.
Local Weather Outlook for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms tonight and Friday. Lows around 65 to 68, highs near 88 in some pockets. Northwest winds shifting, minor warm-up expected tonight with a few raindrops in the forecast. Temperature readings and times noted with routine street thermometer observations.
Parley Could Be Last Chance as Nixon Speaks
Vice President Nixon warned at Rotary International that the Big Four conference may be the world’s last chance to avert a catastrophic war. He asserted Soviet leaders will be judged by the world and their own people. Nixon urged peace as the free nations prepare for the Washington summit, stressing accountability for the Kremlin.
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Chicago
Nixon
Rotary International
United States
Russia
France
Britain
Kremlin
Bus Crash in Limburg Kills 19 Passengers
Police report 19 people dead and at least 25 more injured after a bus overturned near Limburg Germany on a Wednesday. The driver is among the injured.
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Limburg
Germany
Byington Named Warden of U S Prison Here
Don M. Byington has been named warden of the United States Penitentiary here succeeding the transferred Warden Paul J. Madigan. He has served as acting warden since January 8 and previously held multiple federal prison postings dating to 1932.
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Don M. Byington
United States Penitentiary
James V. Bennett
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Mr. Byington
Paul J. Madigan
Alcatraz Prison
California
Ossining
N. Y
Lewisburg
Federal Detention Headquarters
New York City
Terminal Island
Calif
The
Correctional Institute
Florida
Federal Prison
Atlanta
Byington
Bureau of Prisons
Washington
National Training School For Boys
Washington, D.C
McNeil Island
Vigo County Board of Review Convenes June 6
Vigo County Board of Review will be in session for 40 days starting Monday June 6. The board meets in Room 7 of the courthouse to review personal tax schedules for businesses and corporations in Harrison township and Vigo county and to hear complaints about personal property assessments for 1955. Residents who have not mailed their tax schedules are urged to send them promptly so forms are on file during the session.
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Vigo County
Subway Crash Injures 71 in New York Express Trains Collision
Two subway express trains carrying workers collided in New York this morning. At least 71 people were injured and 12 taken to hospitals. One train struck the rear of the other in the downtown bound rush.
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New York
Self-Opening Bottle Cap Patent Granted
Jack N. Powell of Warsaw Indiana received a patent for a one piece bottle cap with an inch long tab that lifts and removes the entire cap in one motion. Powell notes minimal added cost and predicts strong demand with potential licensing or sales.
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Powell
Flowers Trial Opens Monday for Slaying of Former Wife
The first degree murder trial of Elmer J. Flowers, accused of killing his former wife Ione last October, will open Monday, June 6, in Vigo County Circuit Court before Judge Herbert R. Criss. A 60 name jury pool has been drawn and defense cites temporary insanity. Three local doctors will examine Flowers after the plea. The case arises from an alleged wait in a yard at 113 Harding Avenue where she was shot after being lured outside. authorities say Flowers bought the gun two weeks prior. Also on docket Friday at 9 a.m. is the second degree burglary trial of Charles Edward Morse.
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Elmer J. Flowers
Ione
Vigo County
Herbert R. Criss
M. E. Caracob
Donn R. Gossom
N. M. Silverman
N. George Nasser
John F. Kesler
Flowers
Harding Avenue
Circuit Court
Charles Edward Morse
Mistress slain by two Dobermans on Barnegat Bay beach
Two 60 pound Doberman pinschers mauled 64 year old Mrs. Winifred L Bacon of Pemberton, New Jersey to death on Barnegat Bay beach. Gerhard Loeling of Manasquin found the mutilated body as police reported the dogs prowled nearby. Doctors James Russo and Oliver were among responders.
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Toms River
N. J
Winifred L. Bacon
Pemberton
Barnegat Bay
Gerhard Loeling
Manasquin
Nation's lagging polio vaccine program resumes with 200000 shots
The Public Health Service released 200000 Salk doses from Pitman Moore and Wyeth for immediate use, aiming to finish first vaccinations in affected communities. Distribution covers Kentucky Kansas Missouri Nebraska the two Dakotas and eastern areas seees a rapid replenishment of supplies and a return to normal inoculations.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Pitman-Moore and
Wyeth Laboratories
Health Service
Pitman-Moore
Kentucky
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Dakotas
Wyeth
Pitman- Moore
Grandma Nannie Doss gets life for murder in Oklahoma
Tulsa, June 2. Grandma Nannie Doss, who poisoned four of five husbands, was sentenced to life. She pleaded guilty and will face possible prosecution in other states for murders in Kansas, North Carolina and Alabama. Doss admitted arsenic killings of four husbands and is suspected in nine other relative deaths.
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Tulsa
Okla
Nannie "Oss
Elmer Adams
Adams
Kansas
North Carolina
Alabama
Sam Doss
Ford offers wage security plan to UAW in Detroit
The Detroit News reports Ford Motor Co offers a 55 million dollar job security plan accepting the principle of guaranteed annual wages for out of work workers. The plan would fund payments from payroll, with laid off employees drawing state unemployment benefits first. UAW President Walter Reuther notes talks remain far apart despite a Tuesday offer extension.
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Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
D.S
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Ford
Reuther
International
Detroit News
Ford Motor Co
C.I.O
Partnership In Prosperity
U.A.W
England Strikes Challenge Rail Network Amid Snow Crisis
Scotland Yard called out reserves to keep London life lines open as a nationwide rail strike spreads. The 400-man first reserve of volunteer retired officers was placed on immediate traffic duty. Police reinforcements from outside London were requested to relief 12 hour shifts. Labor seeks peace moves while railroad engineers and firemen demand premium pay driving a five day walkout affecting transport.
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London
Scotland Yard
Britain
Youth Drowns Near Clear Lake Incident
In Angola Indiana on June 2 Lamar J. Vose 24 of Fremont fell from a motorboat on Clear Lake and drowned while attempting to swim to shore about 350 feet away. His body was recovered in 50 feet of water.
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Angola
Ind
Plamar J. Vose
Fremont
Clear Lake
Closest Relatives Gather For Hawaii Reunion Of Prisoners
Four American fliers freed from Chinese captivity arrive in Honolulu with nine relatives aboard an Air Force Constellation. Maj. Gen. Lory Smith warns press to respect the others still held as the men describe light moments and lingering questions about confession and crash sites. The group plans five days of reunion at Hickam Air Force Base.
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Honolulu
U.P
Air Force
China
United States
Hickam Air Force Base
Edwin Heller
Harold E. Fischer
Roland W. Parks
Lyle W. Cameron
Hong Kong
Fischer
Heller
Lory Smith
Pacific Air Force
Navy
Washington
State Department
Special Air Force
Hawaii
Parks
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio remain friends after date
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were photographed on a Wednesday night date in New York. DiMaggio says they are just good friends and do not plan to remarry after their October divorce following a 10 month marriage. He accompanied Monroe to a preview of The Seven Year Itch and hosted a birthday party in midtown.
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New York
Marilyn
Joe
Miss Monroe
Like Old Times At Campagna Wake By Chicago Mob
Hundreds of Chicago hoodlums gathered in Berwyn for the wake of Louis Campagna “Little New York” as the Crooked Circle paid last respects. Tony Accardo supervised admissions at the mortuary door while mourners spoke with Campagna’s widow Charlotte. Three hundred cars filled the lot as Harlem Avenue and side streets overflowed with attendees in the old era of Capone’s syndicate.
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Chicago
Louis
New York
Campagna
Berwyn
Scarface
al Capone
Tony) Accardo
Charlotte
Harlem Avenue
U S Hopes For Early Release Of More Flyers
Washington reports a two part formula from Chinese officials for freeing imprisoned U S airmen. Geneva talks promised potential early releases for good records and Peiping broadcasts noted leniency and deportation for those carrying out military orders. State Department cited progress on Chinese student repatriation with most having returned.
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Washington
U.S
Geneva
Red China
Peiping
Department
Henry Suydam
United States
Franklin Gowen
Youths Held on Federal Charges in Terre Haute Incident
Two Rockville youths Robert Rasmussen and Ronald Weiss appeared before U S Commissioner Clyde Randel on charges of automobile theft and transporting a stolen car across state lines. Arrested Wednesday by U S Deputy Marshals Campbell and Collins they were bound over to the U S District Court in Terre Haute with bonds of 2500 dollars each and will be taken to Indianapolis for hearing.
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Rockville
U. S
Clyde Randel
U. S. District Court
Southern District of Indiana
Terre Haute
Robert Rasmussen
Ronald Weiss
Campbell
Collins
Indianapolis
Webb pleads innocent in wife killing arraignment
Auburn, Indiana. James E. Webb, 32, pleaded innocent at arraignment on voluntary manslaughter charges in the beating death of his wife Mary, 31, mother of five. Trial set for Sept. 22. bond remained $3,000. Mary Webb died May 16 at Parkview Memorial Hospital Fort Wayne from a ruptured stomach and brain hemorrhage.
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Auburn
Ind
James E. Webb
Mary
DeKalb
Walter D. Stump
Webb
Peak Conquered by British Team on Kanchenjunga
A British team was reported to have conquered Mt Kanchenjunga in India on June 2. The peak at 28146 feet is the world’s third highest mountain.
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New Delhi
Kanchenjunga
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A. Z. Baker
Cleveland
Baker
Herbert J. Taylor
United Press
Temperstore
Board OF Review
Mankind
Warsaw
Jack N. Powell
England
Bulletin
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