Five Die on Highway Two Drown In State Over Week End
Indiana records five automobile deaths and two drownings over the weekend. Notable fatalities include Jane Frank 16 Auburn killed near Angola when ejected from a car on wet pavement, and Martin Hutchings 21 Evansville College student in a three car wreck on U S 41 west of Fowler.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Auburn
Jane Frank
Angola
George William Snyder, Jr
Fremont
Martin van Buren Hutchings
Evansville College
U.S. 41
Fowler
U.S. 52
Wabash River
Lafayette
Sophie Johnson
Chicago
Deer Creek
Ind
Delphi
Wayne Day
William Kelly
Terre Haute
Charles Magers, Jr
Fort Wayne
Wall Lake
LaGrange
Donald Diggins
Magers
Cletus Carr
Seymour
White River
Jesse Blevens
Washington
U.S
Illinois
Mississippi River
Ernest Blevens
Haabbibal
Winamac
Gene L. Geist
Indianapolis
Connecticut Law Grants Cows Equal Highway Rights
A state law in Connecticut establishes that cows hold traffic rights on highways equivalent to motorists. The measure frames livestock on public roads as protected participants in road use, prompting discussion on safety and enforcement.
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Connecticut
Reception Honors Blanche Fuqua Retiring City Official
Nearly 300 teachers and school officials attended a Terre Haute reception Sunday honoring Blanche Fuqua director of instruction for city schools on her retirement. The event, hosted by the Terre Haute Teachers Association and the Association for Childhood Education, featured a good wishes well and music from a choir. Fuqua announced upcoming travel with Armando Lotze and Gertrude Hild.
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Terre Haute House
Blanche Fuqua
Terre Haute Teachers’ Association
The
Association For Childhood Education
Mayflower Room
Teachers’ Association
Nelle Perrin
Charlotte Farber
Laboratory School
Miss Fuqua
Barbara Morgan
Smoky Mountains
Guatemala
Armando Lotze
Rea School
Gertrude Hild
Fairbanks School
Rain Welcomed in Wabash Valley as Forecast Pleases
Weather improves across rural and urban Wabash Valley with rain easing dry spell farmers report corn planting and soybeans underway. First alfalfa and red clover cutting anticipated next week while moisture is still needed for row crops. Roads remain rough from winter conditions and recent repairs have not fully improved travel.
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Wabash Valley
Highway Department
Terre Haute Retreat Seeks 50 Men At Alverna Near Indianapolis
John Mahalek, general chairman for the Terre Haute men's retreat at Alverna near Indianapolis, reports about 30 reservations so far for June 15 to 17. The Holy Name societies sponsor the event, which runs Friday 9 PM to Sunday 8 PM with private transportation provided. Reservations available by calling Mahalek or at 1536 South Center Street.
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John Mahalek
Terre Haute
Alverna
Indianapolis
Holy Name Societies
Mahalek
South Center Street
Order of Friars’ Minor
Elmer Burch of Terre Haute Awarded Silver Star
M Sgt Elmer Burch 2128 Sycamore Street Terre Haute has earned the Silver Star for gallantry near Unsan Korea on November 27. He led an assault against a six man mortar team, organized a platoon withdrawal and held a machine gun post to cover his troops. His courage and initiative inspired his unit.
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Elmer Burch
Sycamore Street
Unsan
Korea
the Tribune
Burch
65Th Engineer Combat Battalion
25Th Infantry Division
United States Army
Illinois Lawmakers Face Heavy Work in Final Month
Illinois lawmakers enter the final month of the 1951 regular session with major bills stalled. Key issues include a gasoline tax increase higher truck fees and new congressional boundaries. Observers note an unusually heavy workload with 1 860 bills since January and both chambers set four days of sessions this week.
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Springfield
Illinois
House
Senate
Dancer Casparis Sought for Psychiatric Examination
Hollywood June 4 A search was ordered for Joan Blair Casparis 33 who dated Thomas Wheelock the night Mary Astor attempted suicide She took sleeping pills after Astor was hospitalized deputies went to her mother's Beverly Hills apartment with a Superior Court order for observation Police Sgt Hutchins said she has personal crisis tendencies
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Hollywood
Joan Blair Casparis
Thomas Wheelock
Mary Astor
Miss Astor
Miss Casparis
Sheriff’s
General Hospital
Beverly Hills
H. F. Hutchins
Contracts Approved at Hulman and Cox Airports
The aviation commissioners renewed the federal contract for a communication station and radio range at Hulman Airport. They leased a concession stand at Paul Cox Field to Coca Cola Bottling Co for one year and leased the watch house at the field to the federal government for the same period. The board sought a report on last week's crash that killed two men, with the superintendent saying investigators had not ruled yet but pilot error was indicated.
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Board of Aviation Commissioners
Hulman Airport
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Paul Cox Field
Ray Thomas
Harry Fitch
Herbert A. Gerdink
Richard Harrington
Jack Hart
Hart
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Driver Dies in Police Chase Crash in Chicago
Police on a chase for a stolen car led to a fatal crash on the south side of Chicago. Norman E. Burbridge, 19, identified as the driver, died when his car collided with a trailer truck driven by John Zurko, who was uninjured. Officers Hast ings and McMahon pursued after spotting the speeding vehicle.
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Chicago
Norman E. Burbridge
James Hastings
John McMahon
Burbridge
John Zurko
Zurko
Fire razes dairy creamery. hospital saved in McLeansboro
McLeansboro Illinois June 4 fire razed the local creamery. Firefighters from Benton and Mt Vernon aided by members of the McLeansboro department battled the blaze and saved a nearby hospital building. No injuries reported. Preliminary damage estimates ranged high as crews contained the fire to the dairy facility.
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Mcleansboro
Benton
Mt. Vernon
Widow Gains All of Haas Estate in High Court Ruling
Indiana Supreme Court upheld the Clay Circuit and Appellate Court decisions in favor of Mabel Haas widow of George Haas. The will contest case stemmed from a July 21 1948 will and August 11 1948 death with a verdict in Clay County in March 1949 declaring the prior will null.
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Indiana Supreme Court
George Haas
Charles Haas
Ruth Haas
Lulu Probst
William Haas
Vinton Haas
Vinton Haas, Jr
Ernest Haas
Elizabeth Haas
Elizabeth Jeffries
Alice McMasters
Guy Haas
Haas
Mabel Haas
Cory Merchant
Ice Cream Plant Damaged in Adjacent Hospital Fire
A fire damaged a nearby hospital area and McLeansboro Creamery owned by John Stelle faced losses estimated at 250000 dollars. Plant manager Owen Goin assessed the damage while Hamilton County residents faced threatened frozen foods stored in public freezer lockers. Emergency freezing units were ordered from St Louis to preserve perishables within 24 hours.
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Owen Goin
McLeansboror Creamery, Inc
John Stelle
Illinois
National Legion
Hamilton County
St. Louis
Purdue chemical engineering head to retire in September
Professor R Norris Shreve of Purdue University will retire at his own request on September 1 as head of the school of chemical and metallurgical engineering. He will be succeeded by Dr Edward W Comings, currently professor of chemical engineering at the University of Illinois.
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Lafayette, Ind
R. Norris Shreve
Purdue University School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering
Edward W. Comings
University of Illinois
Death ruled accidental in Indiana Boys School case
Raymond Anderson a 17 year old inmate at the Indiana Boys School was found dead in bed after an alleged shower room scuffle. An autopsy by Dr. W C Stafford Hendricks county coroner cited a cerebral hemorrhage as the cause. Services were planned in Indianapolis.
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Plainfield
Ind
Raymond Anderson
Indianapolis
Indiana Boys School
Anderson
W. C. Stafford
Hendricks County
Pearl Anderson
Trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Cover 600 Miles
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers about 600 miles of horse and hiking trails across its rugged landscape. Visitors can explore forested ridges, valleys, and historic sites while enjoying diverse wildlife and scenery.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Return Bodies Of Hoosier Gls Killed In Korea
The Defense Department announced eight Indiana men killed in Korea are among 374 U S soldiers aboard the Lawrence Victory en route to the United States. Bodies will be escorted to the designated next of kin. Names and kin information for Indiana service members are listed.
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Hoosier Gls
Korea
Washington
Indiana
United States
Department of Defense
U.S
San Francisco
Ramon C. Bearsen Jr
Norma L. Bearsen
Cruft Street
Indianapolis
Dayton L. Caplinger
Nelle F. Goodwin
Rt. 5
Franklin
Pfc
Linden Centers
Carrie Kirk
Rt. 1
Milan
Keith H. Grimes
Grant D. Grimes
Tangier
Dwight D. Jones
William O. Jones
Shoals
Johnny J. Miller
John
Marshall High School graduates 76 in Marshall Ill
In Marshall Illinois on June 4 a ceremony awarded diplomas to 76 graduates of Marshall High School. Principal and faculty congratulated the class as they moved forward to new paths.
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Marshall High School
Marshall, Ill
Marshall
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