White House Shorthand Man Is Discharged
Jack Romagna, longtime White House shorthand reporter for four presidents, is fired and replaced by a Washington service. Press Secretary Pierre Salinger says no further changes planned as Romagna notes unclear future after decades of rapid transcription dating to 1941.
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Washington
Jack Romagna
White House
Pierre Salinger
Romagna
Salinger
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
United States
Kennedy
Conference of Mayors
Miami Beach
Fla
Edward G. Hauer dies at 85 in Terre Haute
Edward G. Hauer 85 longtime Terre Haute machinist died Friday night at 1106 North Tenth Street. He worked 62 years as a machinist and retired from Milwaukee Railroad and Terre Haute Brewing Company. Survivors include wife Theresa two sons two daughters and many grandchildren. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Monday with 11 a.m. requiem at St Benedict Church and burial in Calvary Cemetery. Rosary Sunday at 7:30 p.m. and visitation after 7 p.m. Saturday.
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Edward G. Hauer
North Tenth Street
Terre Haute
Hauer
Milwaukee Railroad
Terre Haute Brewing Company
St. Benedict's Church
Knights of Columbus
The
Holy Name Society
Theresa
Maurus Hauer
OFM
Conv
Clarksville
Edward Hauer
Sisterville
West Va
William Hauer
Calumet City
Ill
George Hauer
Munster
Margaret Byres
Hawthorne
Calif
Pauline Lentz
Fred J
Lottie Minnick
St. Louis
Frank M.patrick J. Ryan
St. Benedict Church
Calvary Cemetery
Police Identify Body Rites Pending for Harry Coley
Services for Harry Leonard Coley 51 are pending at Frank M Patrick J Ryan Funeral Home. His body was found in a junked car at Riverside Auto Wrecking Co. Inc 2 Wabash avenue by two boys seeking parts. Death appears natural. Coley recently released May 23 from Logansport State Hospital. He had a national police record and had been distraught after his wife and 4 year old daughter died in an accident years ago.
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Harry Leonard Coley
Frank M.patrick J. Ryan
Riverside Auto Wrecking Co., Inc
Wabash Avenue
Coltey
Logansport State Hospital
York Wants to Return Home From Hospital Stay
World War I hero Alvin C. York, the Tennessee sergeant and Medal of Honor winner, was taken to a Nashville hospital for tests after internal bleeding stopped. X-rays found no cancer or ulcers, and at 74 he said he hoped to return home in two or three days to Pall Mall, Tennessee.
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Nashville
Tenn
Alvin C. York
Tennessee
York
Pall Mall
Indian Everest Expedition Halts Near Summit
An Indian expedition attempting Mt. Everest was forced back by bad weather about 400 feet from the 29,028-foot summit, a Defense Ministry report said.
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New Delhi
India
Mt. Everest
Defense Ministry
Jenkins woman earns degree after long night class grind
Mrs V C Iglehart, a Pembroke Elementary teacher near Hopkinsville, Ky, has earned a college degree after nine years of night study. She will teach one more year before retirement in September at age 70. She began teaching after her husband’s death and pursued her degree at Austin Peay State College in Clarksville, Tenn, via nights, weekends, and summers.
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Hopkinsville
V. C. Iglehart
Pembroke
Austin Peay State College
Clarksville
Tenn
Clouds Delay High Altitude Bomb Tests
A spokesman said tests were postponed 15 minutes before the announcement. The planned explosion would create a hole in the ionosphere and release radioactive dust and metals into the stratosphere, which reflects long distance radio waves. If skies clear, the flash could be visible in Hawaii.
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Hawaii
Lillian G Berry Former IU Latin Professor Dies at 89
Bloomington Indiana June 2 Special Miss Lillian Gay Berry professor emeritus of Latin at Indiana University died Friday at her home near campus She would have turned 90 next July 14 Her death followed by planned unveiling of a portrait by Marie Goth at Ballantine Hall College of Arts and Sciences commencement weekend Services set for 3 p m Monday at Allen Funeral Home Burial in Rose Hill She established the Lillian Gay Berry Awards at Indiana State College to aid students teaching Latin with prizes funded by her investments
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Bloomington
Ind
Lillian Gay Berry
Indiana University
Berry
Marie Goth
Nashville
Ballantine Hall
Allen Funeral Home
Leroy C. Hodapp
First Methodist Church
Rose Hill
Indiana U
Indiana State College
Miss Berry
ISC
Peace Corps trainees arrive at IU for Tunisia course
Seventy Peace Corps volunteers bound for Tunisia are due at Indiana University to begin a nine week training program. The recruits, IU's first Peace Corps group, include architects, construction supervisors, mechanics and physical education instructors directed by Arthur Glover. Courses cover conversational French Tunisian and American history and government and international issues.
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Bloomington
Ind
Peace Corps
Tunisia
Indiana University
Arthur Glover
Indonesia
Man suffers heart attack while driving on Fourth Street
Emmitt Benefiel, 47, of 920 North Fourth street, was reported in serious condition at St. Anthony Hospital after an apparent heart attack while driving south on Fourth street between Ohio street and Wabash avenue. He was rushed to the hospital by a Frank M Patrick J Ryan ambulance after pulling his car to the curb and receiving on scene care from Fire Department resuscitation squad No. 1.
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Emmitt Benefiel
North Fourth Street
St. Anthony Hospital
Fourth Street
Ohio Street
Wabash Avenue
Frank M.patrick J. Ryan Ambuance
Benefiel
Seven Left Handed Dentists Graduate in Baltimore
Baltimore June 2 seven left handed dental graduates join 82 from Baltimore College of Dental Surgery The left handers have been rare due to equipment built for right handers Prof Gardner Foley notes the ratio is twice the national average and cites future changes as manufacturers now provide left handed gear
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Baltimore
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
Dental School
University of Maryland
Gardner Foley
Casey Stengel
New York Mets
Lou Little
Columbia University
Foley
Valley students sign for music study at BIU
Wa bashi Valley area students enroll in the summer Eastern Illinois University chorus music camp. The week long program begins June 10 with participants from multiple high schools including Casey, Hutsonville, Martinsville, Mattoon, Paris and Robinson among others.
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Valley
BIU
Charleston
Ill
Wabash Valley
Eastern Illinois University
Brockton
Susan Appger
Bernadine Barnett
Pat Bell
Peggy Knicley
Sandra Knicley
Judith Laugheed
Rita McHenry
Jim Boll
Kay Williams
Casey
John Hanners
Don Endsley
Danville
Nancy York
Hutsonville
Marsha Davids
Lawrenceville
Joan Dale
Marshall
Sue Mache
Susan Moore
X-15 Pilot Tests Steep Reentry At 3750 MPH
At Edwards Air Force Base Bob White piloted the X-15 to 129000 feet then tilted the nose for a steep reentry at 3750 mph to test slow-descent methods for future space craft. Engineers held a cautious stance as the maneuver carried high risk but White reported good stability and readiness for higher angles if needed.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Bob White
White
Drowning Victim funeral postponed to Monday
Services for Terry E. Oder 23 of 1331 First Avenue who drowned Wednesday at Shakamak State Park will be held Monday at 9 30 a m at Requiem Mass St Leonard Church 10 a m burial in Calvary Cemetery The services were postponed due to the arrival of his mother Mrs Edna Oder Albuquerque New Mexico
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Terry E. Oder
First Avenue
Shakamak State Park
Frank M.patrick J. Ryan
St. Leonard Church
Calvary Cemetery
Edna Oder
Albuquerque
N. M
Stolen Paintings Recovered In London Heist
Scotland Yard detectives recovered 11 of 12 paintings and drawings stolen from a London art gallery last weekend. Valued at 30 000 pounds, works by Matisse Picasso and Renoir were found in luggage locker 13 at Leicester Square station. a Degas drawing remains missing.
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London
Scotland Yard
Leicester Square
Degas
Matisse
Picasso
Renoir
Burmese Rice Deal Net 1.12 Million for China
In Rangoon Burma on June 2 reports say Communist China sold 100000 tons of Burma rice to Indonesia on a barter basis and turned a profit of 1.12 million dollars, with the rice originally supplied by Burma for cash.
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Rangoon
Burma
China
Indonesia
Deaths and Funeral Notices in Terre Haute Area
Obituaries report Elza O Waters 79 of 662 North Sixth Street dying at St Anthony Hospital. Survived by Nellie widow Harold Waters Henry Waters and Thomas Waters with funeral services by Social Lodge No 86 FAM and Retired Railroadmen prior to Roselawn burial. Catherine Casey 55 nurse daughter of late Detective Michael Casey dies in Walcottville. Burial Calvary Cemetery with services at Gillis Memory Chapel and St Ann’s. Infant Dittman dies at Union Hospital with private Riverview cemetery services in Monticello. Frank Corbin 68 in Bakersfield California noted. wife Sarah and daughter Loretta survive. Mary Amelia Horace 79 formerly of Terre Haute dies in St Louis. services at Callahan Funeral Home with Highland Lawn burial. Burial and visitation details provided for each.
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Elza O. Waters
North Sixth
St. Anthony Hospital
Milwaukee Railroad
F&am
Railroadmen’s Association
Nellie
Harold Waters
Terre Haute
Henry Waters
Flint
Mich
Thomas Waters
Callahan Funeral
Roselawn Memorial Park
Railroad Men’s Association
Catherine Casey
Michael Casey
Walcottville
Casey
Joseph P Casey
Marchfield
Calif
Raymond Derrick
Gillis Memory Chapel
St. Ann's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Mary Amelia Horace
St. Louis
Callahan Funeral Home
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Brazil merchant Marshall Wilder dies at 73
Marshall Wilder 73, a longtime Brazil Indiana merchant and Purdue 1912 graduate, died Friday at his home. Survived by widow Lola and two daughters, services set for Tuesday at Moore Funeral Home with burial in Cottage Hill cemetery. Memorials by Elks and Masonic Lodges. Friends may call after noon Monday.
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Brazil
Ind
Marshall Wilder
North Forest Avenue
Wilder
Purdue University
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
First Methodist Church
Masonic Chapter
Council
Zorah Shrine Temple of
Terre Haute
Rotary Club
The
Elks
Masonic Lodge
Cottage Hill Cemetery
Elks Lodge
Death of Lester Maynard in Oaktown Indiana
Lester Maynard aged 68 died at 6 15 am Friday at his RR i home He was a former elder and Sunday School superintendent of Moriah Creek Christian Church Surviving are widow Gladys four sons Wayne Maynard Francis Maynard Robert Maynard Dale Maynard two daughters Bernice Flory Peggy Lane four brothers Roy Maynard three sisters Myrtle Hollingworth Edyth Bolton Lula Albrecht and 16 grandchildren Friends may call after 1 pm Saturday at Schulze Funeral Home until noon Sunday when body will be taken to the Moriah Creek Church for services at 2 pm Revs Richard Willsey James P Jones and John Ricks officiating burial in adjoining cemetery
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Oaktown
Ind
Lester Maynard
RR i
Moriah Creek Christian Church
Gladys
Wayne Maynard
Tappan
N. Y
Francis Maynard
Indianapolis
Robert Maynard
Zionsville
Dale Maynard
Bernice Flory
Lawrenceville
Peggy Lane
Vincennes
Roy Maynard
Myrtle Hollinghworth
Edyth Bolton
Lula Albrecht
Bicknell
Schulze Funeral
Moriah Creek
Richard Willsey
James P. Jones
John Ricks
Claude Stoner 72 Carbon resident dies at Clay County Hospital
Claude Stoner 72 of Carbon Indiana dies at 8 30 Friday morning at Clay County Hospital. A World War I veteran and retired clay worker, he held memberships in Carbon Masonic Lodge 529 Carbon Chapter 80 CBS Parke County Red Men Club and other groups. Services set for 10 Monday at the Morneal Home with burial at Highland Lawn Terre Haute. Masonic memorials Sunday at the funeral home after 8 that afternoon says officiating minister.
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Brazil
Ind
Claude Stoner
Carbon
Clay County
Carbon Masonic Lodge
CBS
Parke County
Red Men's Club
Red Men's
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Terre Haute
Elizabeth Shull retires to rest after 99 years in Brazil
Mrs. Elizabeth Shull 99 a longtime Brazil seamstress and vest maker died at 8 Friday morning at her daughter's home 617 South Walnut. Survived by granddaughter Mrs. Robert Aydelott of Washington and two great grandchildren. Services 2 Sunday at Lawson Funeral Home Rev Samuel E Carlton burial Cottage Hill Cemetery friends May call after 4 Saturday.
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Brazil
Ind
Elizabeth Shull
Roy Downing
South Walnut Street
Shull
Florida
Robert Aydelott
Washington
Lawson Funeral
Samuel E. Carlton
Cottage Hill Cemetery
Services for Walter Mc Curry Set in Rockville
Walter K. Mc Curry age 76 of RR 1 Rockville dies Thursday in Indiana. Services at 1 PM Sunday at Butler Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Rose officiating. Burial in Manian cemetery at Quincy. Friends may call after 5 PM Saturday.
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Rockville
Ind
Walter K. McCurry
RR 1
Butler Funeral Home
Robert Rose
Manian
Quincy
Banks Former Clinton Pharmacist Dies at 63
Fred L. Banks aged 63 a retired Clinton pharmacist died at 5 15 PM Friday at Vermilion County Hospital. He came to Clinton from Terre Haute in 1940 and was associated with local pharmacy work.
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Clinton
Ind
Fred L. Banks
Vermillion County Hospital
Banks
Terre Haute
Defends Humphrey as Honest Man in Senate Probe
Testimony in the probe cites Morgan who drew 10 000 as a consultant for Climax Molybdenum Co in 1957 and 3 000 from the government that year. Morgan, 41, heads Daytona Beach Junior College science and mathematics, said he was surprised by ouster and declined further comment. The committee reviews a 13.2 million stockpile purchase of synthetic cryolite and Calumet & Hecla Co profits of 5.5 million from copper contract releases. A Chicago spokesman promised a stockholder letter with the company’s version next week.
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Morgan
Climax Molybdenum Co
Florida
Daytona Beach
Symington
Calumet & Hecla Co
Chicago
Grissom To Visit Indiana Home For Homecoming
Astronaut Virgil Gus Grissom will return June 16 for his first homecoming since his sub orbital flight. A gala reception during the Persimmon Festival at Spring Mill State Park will honor him with awards. Dignitaries include Governor Welsh Senator Capehart Representatives Bruce Wilson and Donald Foltz.
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Donald C. Bruce
Earl Wilson
Donald Foltz
Indiana Department of Conservation
Obituary notices and service details for local residents
John Faulds 90 of Shelburn dies at home after long life with ties to local pharmacies and community groups. Surviving are his daughter Ann Lowry and two sons Cecil and Clayton, with two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services Sunday at McHugh Funeral Home with burial at West Lawn cemetery.
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Shelburn
Ind
John Faulds
Ann Lowry
Cecil Faulds
Evansville
Clayton Faulds
Thomas Faulds
Terre Haute
McHugh
J. H. Harrell
West Lawn Cemetery
Funeral rites set for Garnet Harrington in Chrisman
Garnet R. Harrington 70 of Chrisman dies at Paris Hospital Thursday. Funeral at his home Sunday at 2 pm with burial in Hoult cemetery. Survived by wife Maggie Sutherland one brother William Shelbyville Mich and two sisters Leona Comer Roanoke Va and Laverne Hackler Chrisman.
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Chrisman
Garnet R. Harrington
Paris Hospital
Hoult Cemetery
Maggie Sutherland
William
Shelbyville
Mich
Leona Comer
Roanoke
Laverne Hackler
Services for Err or to Be Held at Centerpoint Church
Thecommunity mourns Err or 88 who died Thursday at RR 1 Centerpoint Indiana. Funeral services are set for 2 PM Sunday at Centerpoint Methodist Church with Rev John Chasteen officiating. Burial will follow in Centerpoint Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 PM Saturday at Rentschler Funeral Home. body will be taken to the church one hour before services.
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Centerpoint
Ind
RR 1
Centerpoint Methodist Church
John Chasteen
Centerpoint Cemetery
Rentschler
Services for Mrs. Mable A. Bolin Held in Brazil
Mrs. Mable A. Bolin aged 55 of 906 East National Avenue died Tuesday. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Miller and Sons Funeral Home with Rev. William F. Schuster officiating. Burial at Summit Lawn. Memorial services by Brazil OES at 8 p.m. Saturday.
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Brazil
Ind
Mable A. Bolin
East National Avenue
Miller and Sons
William F. Schuster
Summit Lawn Cemetery
Brazil Oes
Harold McMillan services set in Montezuma
Harold McMillan 46 of Montezuma died Thursday. Services will be at Brown Funeral Home with the Rev Don Rice officiating and burial in Oakland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montezuma
Ind
Harold McMillan
Brown Funeral Home
Don Rice
Oakland Cemetery
Bear Puzzle Stokes Wilmington After Downtown Standoff
A skinny black bear stalked downtown Wilmington for hours before a single shot by the city dog catcher ended its life. The bear’s origin and how it reached the business district remain a puzzle.
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Wilmington
N. C
Ground Breaking At St Marys For Library
The St Marys project marks the first major campus building since 1923 with an air conditioned library by Bohlen and Burns. It will house over 3 000 rare volumes including the Catholic Americana and Indiana Collections and surround existing holdings totaling more than 115 000 volumes. A science building is planned to centralize biology chemistry math physics and home economics with construction slated to begin early fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary-of-the-Woods College
Indiana
Bohlen and Burns
Indianapolis
Three Drowned in Ohio River Near Dam 49
Three men died Friday when their boat went over a water gate at Dam 49 on the Ohio River near Uniontown. Victims were John Crunk 76 and his son R J Crunk 43 of Omaha Neb and J H Riess of Woodbury N J visiting the Crunks. Civil Defense Director Mauzey said the boat was recovered and search for bodies would continue with special equipment in rough water around the dam.
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Morganfield
Ohio River
Uniontown
Dam 49
Civil Defense
C. W. Mauzey
John Crunk
R. J. Crunk
Omaha, Jr
J. H. Riess
Woodbury
N. J
Crunks
Mauzey
Union Official Fined 250 In Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on June 20, union official Stanley Bland, 48, Greenwood, was fined 250 by Federal Judge S Hugh Dillin after pleading guilty to forging 25 motel restaurant employee names to gain union affiliation. Bland represents Local 281 of the Building Service Employees of Central Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
S. Hugh Dillin
National Labor Relations Board
Stanley Bland
Greenwood
Bland
Building Service
Indiana
Excuse Jurors For Arguments In Irvin Trial
The Evansville trial recounts Maxey’s account of seeing a “wild eyed man” near the truck and identifying Irvin from a lineup. Evidence included a newspaper drawing, a service station cap, bullets, and a Kerr wound photo as the autopsy confirms a brain wound.
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Irvin
Maxey
Kerr
Rice
Loudermill
Irvin’s
Francis Porro
St. Mary’s Hospital
Evansville
Birk Hart
Victor Schneider
Driver Arrested After High Speed Chase in Terre Haute
John Leroy Bridgewater surrendered after a pursuit reaching 80 mph on U S Highway 41. Police stopped him at Buckeye and Third streets and charged him with reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RR 2
West
Terre Haute
John Leroy Bridgewater
Buckeye
Third Streets
Bridgewater
U. S.highway 41
Ft. Harrison Road
Highway 41
Ancient and Modern Necromancy Sermon Preview
Christian Science theme urges spiritual alertness for today. The Sunday service features a lesson sermon on Ancient and Modern Necromancy and Mesmerism with readings from Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians and Science and Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Semmon
Christian Science Services
Paul
Mary Baker Eddy
Fire damages washer at Star Cleaners on Lafayette
A washer fire at Star Cleaners and Launderers at 1033 Lafayette Avenue caused about $25 in damage. Fire Company 7 responded and extinguished the blaze after the alarm sounded shortly before midnight Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Cleaners & Launderers
Lafayette Avenue
Fire Company 7
AEC detonates 35th underground nuclear blast in Nevada
The Atomic Energy Commission set off a small underground device at its Nevada test site on Friday. It marked the 35th announced underground explosion since the series began on September 15 of the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Spectators Increases At Hearing Over Kerr Case
The second day of testimony drew 50 spectators, up from 35 on Thursday, as the Kerr case proceedings continued with witness statements and courtroom interest rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr
Bank Shortage Found at Mendota Bank
The First State Bank of Mendota reports a 50000 shortage after an eight day audit. President Ray Hensel says the loss is fully covered by insurance and FDIC protection. In Chicago, Assistant U S District Attorney Paul D Keller says the allegation is under investigation with no charges yet filed. A bank employee has resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendota, Ill
First State Bank of Mendota
Ray Hensel
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Chicago
Paul D. Keller
U. S
Hensel
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Sgt. York
Lillian G. Berry
Dental Grads
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
New York
France
High Seas
Elza
Dittman
Bruce Dittman
RR 5
Union Hospital
Gerry
Karen
Raymond Dittman
Monticello
William Crist
Delphi
Riverview
Frank Corbin
Paul A. Benning
Bakersfield
Corbin
Dugger
Copper Construction Company
Sarah
Loretta
Mrs
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Humphrey
Grissom
White, C. B
Helms Pharmacies
Garnet BR. Harrington
Ezra A. Brewer
St. Mary's
Chase
Christian Science
1300 N. 13Th
Clinton, Ind
America
Bouffant
Jane Hunter
Robert Hall
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