Terre Haute Hut Baseball Club in Financial Straits
The Terre Haute Three-I League club faces a shaky future with plans to fold after the next home stand unless underwritten by civic backers. Attendance has averaged 69 per game across 16 home games, far short of the needed revenue to finish the season.
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Terre Haute
Memorial Stadium
Paul Frisz
Evansville
Frisz
Hot Stove
Ball Club
Bob Coleman
Evansville Braves
Coleman
Waterloo
Hawks
Weather Map Forecast for Terre Haute Area
The weather map on page five shows fair and warmer conditions. Temperatures rise to around 75 by Tuesday with that region in Indiana also fair and warmer. River stage listed at 114 feet and falling with sunrise at 5 24 and sunset at 8 13.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Eisenhower urges labor to serve individuals at new AFL-CIO HQ ceremony
President Eisenhower told labor leaders that both the government and unions must serve the individual, not seek domination. Speaking at the dedication of AFL-CIO’s eight story national headquarters near the White House, he praised labor while noting shared responsibility for freedom and security and welcoming leaders to his office.
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Washington
Eisenhower
A.F.L.C.I.0
National
Lafayette Square
White House
A.f.l.-C.lo
George Meany
William F. Schnitzler
Greek King and Queen Start Four Day France Visit
King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece arrived aboard the Greek cruiser Helli in Toulon for a four day state visit to France. They planned to board a train to Paris shortly after arrival.
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Toulon
France
Paul
Frederika
Greece
Helli
Paris
Tito Skips Stalin Tomb Beside Lenin In Red Square
Marshal Tito visits Lenin's tomb on Red Square and deliberately ignores Stalin's embalmed remains. He places a wreath for Lenin and pauses at other Bolshevik figures before leaving to honor Ordzhonikidze Krupskaya and Lenin’s wife. Journalists note the snub as a pointed political statement.
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Moscow
Marshal Tito
Red Square
V. I. Lenin
Josef Stalin
Tito
Stalin
Lenin
Kremlin
Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Sergei Krilov
Nadezhen Krupskaya
Ground Break Set For American Brass Plant
American Brass Company officials from Waterbury Connecticut will attend a ground breaking ceremony north of the city for a $25 million integrated aluminum mill with construction to begin immediately. John A. Coe and other executives lead a luncheon for local officials at the Terre Haute House before events in Mattoon Illinois at a new $2.5 million hose and tubing plant.
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American Brass Company
Waterbury
Terre Haute House
Mattoon
Ill
Terre Haute
Otter Creek Township
Spelterville
Brink's robbery loot recovered in Baltimore hotel room
Police report recovery of 4635 dollars tied to the 1950 Brink's robbery loot. They found the cash in the hotel room of Jordan Perry alias Anthony Hass, 31, of Boston, arrested earlier for passing a suspicious ten dollar bill. Authorities note Perry altered a marked bill and tossed hundreds away, linking the bills to the Brink's haul.
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Baltimore
Jordan Perry
Anthony E. Hass
Boston
Perry
State Dept releases Khrushchev Stalin critique document
The State Department released a 58 page Moscow circulated version of Khrushchev's February speech accusing Stalin of mass error and murdering many innocents. Officials cautioned on authenticity while noting the document mirrors the congress atmosphere with phrases like tumultuous applause and animated hall reactions.
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Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party Congress
Josef Stalin
Khrushchev
Stalin
State Department
Moscow
Grace Kelly Expecting Baby in January
Grace Kelly wife of Prince Rainier of Monaco is due next January according to the New York Post. Columnist Earl Wilson cites a source close to the prince and royal palace in Monaco as confirming the baby news.
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New York
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier of
Monaco
New York Post
Earl Wilson
Royal Palace
California Primary Vote Drive Ends in Nomination Battle
In California the final round of the presidential primary stirred high stakes as Adlai E. Stevenson and Sen. Estes Kefauver urged voters on TV. The winner earns all 68 Democratic delegates, but the race signals which candidate may survive toward the national convention opening Aug. 13. Kefauver accused Stevenson of courting segregationists, while Stevenson urged focus on issues amid personal attacks.
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California
Estes Kefauver
Oakland
Calif
Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
A.P
Stevenson
Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Millard Caldwell
Florida
Allen Ellender
D.-La
Talmadges
Ellenders
Caldwells
Wrestler Sentenced In Bank Fraud Case In Terre Haute
William Robert Long, 28, former wrestler, pleaded guilty in Vigo County Circuit Court to accessory before the fact of obtaining money fraudulently. He was fined 50 dollars and costs and sentenced to one to seven years in the Indiana State Reformatory for an $800 loan secured by fictitious car ownership papers.
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William Robert Long
Herbert R. Criss
Vigo County
Indiana
Financial Institution
Long
St. Anthony Hospital
Degrees Conferred On 46 At St. Marys College
Forty six graduates received bachelor degrees at the 115th commencement of St. Mary of the Woods College. Archbishop Schulte of Indianapolis conferred the degrees and Rev Cyril F. Meyer C M vice president of St Johns University Brooklyn N Y gave the commencement address. He urged intellectual maturity in money marriage and time, urging thrift with generosity and belief in providence.
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St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
Archbishop Schulte
Indianapolis
Cyril F. Meyer
C. M
St. John’s University
Brooklyn
N. Y
Meyer
God
Husband Quizzed On Missing Wife In Chicago
Police questioned Frank Russell 43 husband of Irene Russell 31 who vanished in October 1953 after her mother Mrs. Rose Newman of Sioux Falls SD reported fear of foul play. Russell denied knowledge of her whereabouts and refused a lie detector test.
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Chicago
Frank Russell
Rose Newman
Sioux Falls
S. D
Russell
Irene
Nine in wedding party killed in England crash
A wedding party of nine was killed when their station wagon collided with a bus near Sheffield England. The victims included bride Florence Curbishley 21 who was still in her wedding dress and bridegroom John Curbishley 23.
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Sheffield
England
Florence Curbishley
John Curbishley
Police Hunting Legislator After Finding Seven Slain
Royal Canadian Mounted Police searched for Alberta legislator John Clark after finding seven people slain on his farm in STETTLER. Clark is being sought to be told his wife and four children were murdered and for questioning about the slayings. Victims include Margaret Clark and three daughters plus two visitors.
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Stettler
Alta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
John Clark
Alberta Legislative Assembly
Clark
Margaret
Jeanine
Anne
Lynder
Ross
George Anderson
William Olah
Royal Canadian Navy
Four Dakota escapees captured near Franklin Indiana
Four escapees from North Dakota State Training School were arrested in Franklin, Indiana, after a stolen car from an Indianapolis dealer was abandoned for another car. The youths Blair Olson 19 and Robert Robideau 18 of Grand Forks Sigman Wiedmann 18 of Minot and James Sweazy 17 of Louisville face preliminary vehicle taking charges in Marion County jail.
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Franklin
Ind
North Dakota
Indianapolis
Marion County
Mandan
N. D
Blair Olson
Robert Robideau
Grand Forks
Sigman Wiedmann
Minot
James Sweazy
Louisville
Dixon
Johns County
Czechs And Poles Ordered Out As UN Expulsion Protest
Gen Gard reported that the United Nations Command refused to withdraw its expulsion of neutral nation truce inspectors in Korea. Communists charged delays and demanded immediate withdrawal while planning to remove teams across the line to the neutral zone.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.P
United Nations Command
U.N
U. S
Robert G. Gard
8Th Army
North
South Korea
Gard
Republic of Korea
Military Armistice Commission
Jung Kuk Rok
Jung
North Korea
United Nations
United States
Six Die In Indiana Auto Crashes Over Weekend
Weekend traffic in Indiana claimed six lives. Cora Jackson, about 70, of Angola, was killed when her car collided with a trailer truck near U S 20 west of Angola. Floyd Branham, 42, also of Angola, was hospitalized. truck driver Fred Wicker escaped injury. Marion Brooks, 67, was found dead after being struck on a Cambridge City street. Maxine Fetta, 15, of Lynn, was killed while bicycling on U S 36 west of Lynn. driver Ronald Wilkenson, 18, Huntsville, faces details. Sidney Ivey, 21, and Herman Neuendorf, 21, died when Ivey’s car crashed near Ind 65 north of Kasson in Vanderburgh county. Carolyne Ann Crofts, 22, seems continued on page.
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Indiana
Cora Jackson
Angola
U.S
Floyd J. Branham
Elmhurst Hospital
Fred C. Wicker
Marion Brooks
Cambridge City
Maxine Fetta
Lynn
Randolph County
U. S. 36
Ronald Wilkenson
Huntsville
Sidney E. Ivey
Herman G. Neuendorf
Ivey
Ind. 65
Kasson
Vanderburgh County
Carolyne Ann Crofts
Tell City Foreman Drowns In Ohio River Boat Accident
Charles Beard Sr., 53, a Tell City contracting foreman, drowned in the Ohio River after a capsized boat left him unable to reach shore. His son Charles Beard Jr. and John Hubert, both of Tell City, made the Kentucky bank while two wives were rescued by fisherman Charles Keating.
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Tell City
Ind
Charles Beard Sr
Tell City Contracting Company
Ohio River
Charles Beard Jr
John Hubert
Kentucky
Charles Keating
States Upheld On Control of Labor Violence
The Supreme Court 6 3 decision upholds state power to ban mass picketing use of force and threats by strikers under Taft Hartley. Justice Reed led the majority noting states may restrain violent union conduct to prevent violence and property damage in Kohler Wis. case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Reed
Frankfurter
Burton
Clark
Minton
Harlan
Douglas
Warren
Black
United Automobile Workers
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Kohler Co
Kohler
Wis
Wisconsin
Ex-Businessman Wilson A Clark Dies in Texas
Word reached here of the death of Wilson A Clark a former local businessman who retired last November due to ill health and moved to Waco Texas He died Sunday in Waco after a heart attack He was proprietor of the Toasty Shop and East Side Bakery a member of Zorah Shrine and Elks Lodge No 86 Survivors include his mother Mrs Emma Clark a brother Tandy Clark and a sister Mrs Curtis McClain all of Waco Funeral services set for 2 pm Wednesday at Fuqua Funeral Home in Hopkinsville Ky
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Wilson A. Clark
Waco
Tex
Clark
Toasty
East Side Bakery
Zorah Shrine and
Elks Lodge No. 86
Emma Clark
Tandy Clark
Curtis McClain
Fuqua Funeral Home
Hopkinsville, Ky
Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Checks in Vigo Court
Clarence E. Ruble 47 of Spencer Indiana pleaded guilty to issuing fraudulent checks in Vigo Circuit Court. Judge Herbert R. Criss fined him 50 dollars and costs and sentenced him to one year in the Indiana State Prison. Ruble admitted issuing numerous bogus checks including about 35 checks to Terre Haute firms on May 3, each under 25 dollars.
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Clarence E. Ruble
Spencer
Ind
Vigo
Indiana State Prison
Herbert R. Criss
Ruble
Greencastle
John Kesler
Terre Haute
France to Seek 100 Billion Francs in New Taxes
Paris June 4 Finance Minister Paul Ramadier announced the government will ask Parliament to impose about 100 billion francs in new revenues to cover the cost of the 19 month nationalist rebellion in Algeria.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
Algeria
Ramadier
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