D Day memories from Maj. Gen. Collins on Utah Beach
The piece recalls Maj. Gen. Joseph Collins leading the 7th Corps in the Normandy invasion, the Bayfield at sea off Cherbourg, and weather challenges delaying the assault. It describes the coordinated naval, land, and air effort, the calm under looming danger, and Collins writing home about the launch on June 5 1944.
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Guadalcanal
Pacific
Lightnin
Joe” Collins
Normandy
Utah Beach
Cherbourgh
St. Lo
Aachen
U. S. Army
Adm Francke
English Channel
France
Bradley
Kean
Adms
Kirk
Moon
House debates extra funds for Army and Marines amid defense bill
Representative Flood urged override to provide 140 million dollars for Army and Marine Corps. The House faced a floor fight as it neared a vote on the 38.85 billion dollar defense appropriation, with Minshall challenging bomber missile funds and administration opposition likely on amendments.
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Washington
UPI
Daniel J. Flood
D-Pa
House
Eisenhower
Army
Marine Corps
William E. Minshall
Ohio
Flood
Minshall
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Long Gov Earl K Long in Galveston Clinic Recovery Expected
Louisiana Governor Earl K Long is in a Galveston psychiatric clinic after a mental breakdown. Physicians say he is cooperative and not violent and should fully recover in two to three months. The governor’s wife sought protective commitment, and Probate Judge Hugh Gibson ordered it.
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Galveston
Tex
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Associated Press
Long
Gov. Long
Remodel at 15 South Seventh Street Brings TV Sales Firm
A remodeled storefront at 15 South Seventh Street ends a long vacancy and will be occupied by a television sales firm securing a new tenant for the block.
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South Seventh Street
Terre Haute Area Forecast Highlights Tonight and Thursday
Forecaster reports fair conditions for Terre Haute and vicinity with a low tonight in the 54 to 60 range and mostly sunny skies Thursday. Temperatures rise to the mid 80s in Indiana with highs in the 80s and a warm finish into Friday. Illinois also sees fair tonight and sunny Thursday with lows around 54 to 62.
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Terre Haute and Vicinity
Indiana
Excise Men to Report Taverns With Pinball Free Plays
Indianapolis June 3 The Alcoholic Beverage Commission directed excise police to report taverns showing pinball machines that record free plays. Chairman Noble Ellis said operators must prove why permits should not be revoked. The ruling follows a judge's decision that such pinball machines are gambling devices.
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Indianapolis
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Excise
Noble Ellis
Ellis
John L. Niblack
Four Iowa Inmates Escape Penitentiary With Knife Seizure
Four long term prisoners at the Iowa State Penitentiary escaped from cellhouse 19 early today after subduing a guard and a night captain with a knife. They sawed two bars free from cells and climbed to a walkway, dropping less than 10 feet to the ground. Names named include Lloyd Woodson, Albert Boerger, Elon Girdler, and Robert Jones.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Iowa State Penitentiary
John Bennett
Lloyd Woodson
Quincy
Ill
Albert M. Boerger
Kansas City
Elon Girdler
Peoria
Robert Jones
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence W. Smith
Janes
Smith
Boerger
Larry H. Pickard
Woodson
Girdler
Bennett
Jones
Ex Credit Manager Receives 15 Year Prison Term
Arnold Hobbs, 33, former Noble County Credit Union manager, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for embezzling 1600 from the credit union. Convicted on the first of 21 indictments. total embezzlement alleged up to 79800. Judge Schannen also fined 1000 dollars. hearing set for Monday.
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Fort Wayne
Arnold Hobbs
Noble County Credit Union
Hobbs
Mane dGiemac
Ralph Probst
William H. Schannen
Schannon
Allen
Noble
Albion
Allen County
Malik predicts no easing from Big Four sessions
Charles H. Malik of Lebanon, president of the U N General Assembly, says neither the upcoming Big Four foreign ministers conference nor a summit will ease world tensions. He criticizes Western powers and Russia for rigidity and warns that communist aims to undermine other areas hinder broad agreements.
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Charlotte
N. C
Charles H. Malik
Lebanon
U.N. General Assembly
Russia
Chicago mob plot heard in Porter County gambling case
Senate Rackets Committee heard a Chicago hoodlum offer a $50 000 to a deputy sheriff to open a brothel and gain gambling monopoly in Porter County Indiana The deputy Harold D Rayder testified Morgano offered up to a half million dollars to county officials and the recording dated May 4 was played Morgano invoked the Fifth Amendment Rayder said Morgano is the Porter County agent of the Chicago mob led by Sam Giancana with ties to pinball and juke box rackets
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Washington
UPI
Senate Rackets Committee
Chicago
Porter County
Ind
Harold D. Rayder
Valparaiso
Tom Morgano
Chicago Crime Syndicate
Morgano
Rayden
Robert F. Kennedy
Porter
Lake
Indiana
Lake County
Metro Holovachka
Raydner
Sam Giancana
Valparaiso University
Rayder
Detective Tells of Searching McCoy Home
In Vigo Circuit Court, detective Ray Tryon described a home search at 320 Oak Street linked to a Jan 18 Woolworth burglary at 647 Wabash Avenue. The defense objected to exhibits as illegally obtained, but the court allowed identification of items as stolen property. The defendant was accused of receiving stolen goods as trial continued.
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Vigo Circuit
Margaret Annabelle McCoy
Ray Tryon
Oak Street
Max
F. W. Woolworth
Wabash Avenue
Hubert Lee Shipley, Jr
John A. Kesler
Herbert R. Criss
Young Shipley
Woolworth
Ralph Berry
Tryon
Kesler
Air Force Accused of Thirty Million Dollar Waste
Comptroller General Joseph Campbell told Congress audits found 30 million dollars in excessive costs in fixing prices of Air Force planes. He said faulty procedures by the Air Force and contractors caused unreasonably high prices and urged stronger controls over contracts and subcontracts.
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Washington
UPD
Joseph Campbell
Congress
Air Force
Campbell
Ways-Means OKs one year extension of wartime taxes
The House Ways Means Committee approved a one year extension of wartime tax rates on corporate profits cigarettes liquor and automobiles to prevent a two billion dollar revenue loss and avoid a balanced budget delay. The extension runs to June 30 1960 keeping profits tax at 52 percent and delaying planned cuts on cigarettes spirits beer wine autos and auto parts.
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Washington
UPD
House Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Terre Haute Announce Summer Recreation Program Details
The Terre Haute city summer recreation program opens June 22 and runs to August 14 for school age children. Enrollment for junior baseball starts June 15 at Spencer Ball Park and Woodrow Wilson Junior High School with registrations daily 10 a.m. June 15 to 19. Learn to play tennis will be offered at Woodrow Wilson McLean and Sarah Scott Junior High Schools in Collett and Washington Parks with schedules to be announced.
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Terre Haute City
Spencer Ball Park
Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
Woodrow Wilson McLean
Sarah Scott
Collett
Washington Parks
WWCA
Truck Plunges Into Rimac River Killing 11 in Peru
A truck carrying farmers and produce to the Lima market plunged into the Rimac River near Chicla Peru on Tuesday. Eleven of the 20 passengers were killed and officials blamed the accident on defective brakes.
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Chicla
Peru
UPD
Lima
Rimac
Here
Ike Says Summit Not Warranted Yet
President Eisenhower said the Geneva foreign ministers talks had not yet shown enough progress to justify a summit. He indicated progress could be defined liberally but did not expect a top level meeting this summer. He defended Strauss against anti Semitism allegations and warned such charges would be tragic. He supported current defense plans while a missile program review continued. He noted concern over GOP poll declines and planned actions by the party.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Geneva
Senate
Lewis Strauss
Strauss
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Republican Party
Republican National Committee
Western call for early talks with Gromyko on Berlin crisis
Western foreign ministers led by Secretary of State Herter proposed to confront Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in secret talks over Berlin. They planned to urge new constructive proposals and assess if the Geneva meeting can lead to a summit, as negotiations continued at Herter's villa and U S headquarters.
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Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Christian A. Herter
Britain
France
West Germany
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Gromkyo
U. S
Herter
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Bayfield
D-Day
Cherbourg
Don P. Moon
Utah
England
Wiltse
Plymouth
Vigo County
U.S. Weather Bureau
Malik
McCoy
Berry
Jack Mankin
Ike
West
Min
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