Pinball Bosses Silence in Lake County Probe
Lawmakers press Welbourn and Sohacki about off shore dealings and a $424000 1955 income used for Holovachka tied to a Gary pinball ring. Witnesses accuse Keith Conroy of confiscating rival machines while protecting Welbourn-Sohacki machines in Lake County.
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Holovachka
Lake Michigan
Richard Sinclair
Sohacki
Welbourn
Kennedy
Sinclair
Sohacki-Welbourn
LaVern
Duffy
Gary
Mundt
Lake County
Welbourn-Sohacki
Metro
Walter Conroy
Welbourn and
Conroy
Plunkett
Harriet Zontos
Calumet Ave
Committee
Golden Gate Inn
Golden Gate
Welbourn-Sohacki Group
Town renames Fort Devens streets for kids
At Fort Devens Massachusetts three streets have been renamed Fredericksburg to Pine Chan cellorsville to Elm and Detroit Street to Walnut to simplify spelling for children. An Army officer said the old names were too hard for youngsters to spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Devens
Mass
Fredericksburg
Pine Street
Chancellorsville
Elm
Clouse Seeks Rehearing of Rape Conviction
Indiana prisoner James E. Clouse appeals for a writ of error and a rehearing of his statutory rape conviction from Vigo Circuit Court. He claims new evidence, improper representation, and a juror who is an ex felon, with pauper status and requests return to Vigo County for a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Clouse
Indiana State Prison
Vigo
Clouse
Vigo County
Marion Heights
RR_ 3
West
Terre Haute
Soviet graduates unhappy with Joe's job plan
Moscow June 4 Pravda reports 340000 Soviet graduates leave for work this year many reluctant to move far from alma mater. They grumble about jobs in the provinces where life is tougher while students receive salaries and are bound to work where the government assigns after graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Three Defendants Fined For Public Intoxication
Roy Tomes, 61, 327 South Fourth Street, was fined 40 for public intoxication after pleading guilty before City Court Judge Pro Tem Stanley Stohr. Claude Tanner, 49, Evansville, and Charles Runyan, 68, were each fined 25 after pleading guilty to similar charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Tomes
South Fourth Street
Stanley Stohr
Claude Tanner
Evansville
Charles Runyan
Compromise Seen On Nike and Bomarc Missile Programs
Washington reports a compromise plan to continue both Nike Hercules and Bomarc missiles at reduced levels. Secretary McElroy may propose funding cuts while moving ahead for a limited Nike Zeus program assessment before Eisenhower. House and Senate panels clash over ballistic systems and defense budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Eisenhower
McElroy
Army
Air Force
House
Senate
Mindanao Priest consults Pfizer officials in Indiana center visit
Jesuit Father William F. Masterson from Mindanao, Philippines arrives in Terre Haute to meet Pfizer agricultural researchers at the Chas. Pfizer and Co. center. He discusses Xavier University of Northern Mindanao College of Agriculture aims, linking education to economic life and anti Communist efforts. Also notes actor Donald Cook's early career as a bank clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Islands
Terre Haute
Chas. Pfizer and Co
Agricultural Research and Development Center
William F. Masterson
College of Agriculture
Xavier University of Northern Mindanao
Father Masterson
Mindanao
Islands
Pfizer
John E. McKeen
Soviet Jets Shadow Northwest Airlines Over Pacific
Northwest Airlines DC-7C carrying 46 passengers reported three observation approaches by jets believed Soviet made 200 miles off Kamchatka. U S Air Force had no aircraft in area. Jets flashed two flares and did not cross the airliner as it continued to Tokyo on schedule.
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Tokyo
North Pacific
Northwest Airlines
U. S
Northwest
Soviet Union
Kamchtka Peninsula
Great Arctic
Japan
Alaska
Brundage Donates $12 Million in Oriental Art to San Francisco
Avery Brundage signs over twelve million dollars of oriental art to the city of San Francisco. The city will receive half of the collection immediately for the Brundage wing at the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, with the remainder donated over 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Avery Brundage
Brundage
International Olympic Committee
M. H. de Young
Golden Gate Park
Cause for Thanks: Man Escapes Injury After Car Slips
Victor Kyle of 1725 South Fourth Street escaped injury when a jacked-up car he was working under fell to the ground trapping him. Two passersby reportedly jacked the car back up and freed him. Police could not identify the men who helped. Kyle said he did not need medical attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle
No Delay in Gambling Case
Terre Haute hears there will be no delay in a gambling case as the week of June 15 approaches. Ward indicated a conference next week with defense attorneys Morris Shenker of St. Louis Dan Davies of Newport and Rich ard Gorman of Chicago. The defendants include Jules Horwich Leo Shaffer Irwin Gordon Philip Share Eddie M. Wyatt James Tanner Joey Jacobs Buck Sumner and two Indianapolis men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ward
Morris Shenker
St. Louis
Dan Davies
Newport
Richard Gorman
Chicago
Jules Horwich
Leo Shaffer
Chiergo
Irwin Gordon
Philip Share
Las Vegas
Eddie M. Wyatt
James Tanner
Miami
Fla
Indianapolis
Joey Jacobs
Marion County
Charles (Buck) Sumner
Teens may earn 600 dollars with taxes
IRS clarifies that dependents can retain tax exemption status if parents provide more than half of their support. Full time students or children under 19 remain eligible, even with earnings over 600 or graduates not returning to school, provided they met the five month full time study rule in 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Mice Missing On Space Trip
Mice were launched as part of Project Mercury preparations to orbit a human in about two years. The test carried tiny radios for vital signs and a color marker to gauge cosmic radiation. The Thor IRBM first stage and Bell-Hustler second stage functioned. contact was lost 1,200 miles south of the launch site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Bell-Hustler
Air Force
Misourri Handcart Pioneers Begin Westward Trek
In 1856 about 2,000 Mormon converts gathered in Missouri awaiting wagon trains to Salt Lake City. With no trains, they set out across the west pushing belongings in handcarts, facing hardship as their voyage began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Salt Lake City
West
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R-S. D
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Federal Communications Commission
Union Target
American Loan and Finance
JOES
Tribune-Star
Ben Becker
Moenbecker
Nike
Appropriations Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Navy
Donald Cook
Broadway
Victor Kyle
Burdsal
Smith
Smith's
Wabash Valley
Oxfords
Blue Bell
Tional
Medi
Brockway
Dacron
4Th and
Wabash
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