Eisenhower on Eastern Tour Shapes GOP Campaign
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower headed for New York to press his bid for the Republican presidential nomination through conferences and interviews. Sen Frank Carlson said Abilene events shifted national sentiment toward Ike and won over delegates once backing Taft. Carlson claimed some Taft delegates switched sides, boosting the prospect of an early first ballot nomination in Chicago. Continued on Page 7, Column 3.
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Abilene
Kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Frank Carlson
R.-Kan
Ike
Carlson
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
G.O.P
Taft
Chicago
John
Indiana Republican State Convention Opens in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on June 6 the Republican state convention outline includes eight p.m. caucuses for 22 delegates and committees, 11 a.m. opening at the State Fair Grounds Coliseum with Rep. John V. Beamer presiding and Sen. D. Russell Bontrager delivering the keynote, followed by the resolutions report and a permanent chairmanship by Homer Capehart. Taft campaign leaders, led by David Ingalls in Marion County, push to secure Indiana’s national delegation amid a split with George Craig supporters.
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C.D.T
State Fair Grounds Coliseum
John V. Beamer
Wabash
D. Russell Bontrager
Elkhart
Resolutions Platform Committee
U.S
Homer E. Capehart
Leland Smith
George Craig
Craig
Robert A. Taft
Indiana
Taft
David Ingalls
Marion County
Western Union seeks 93 percent rate increase
Western Union Telegraph Co petitions the government for authority to raise its domestic message and money order rates 93 percent. The proposed higher rates would take effect July 6 if approved by the FCC. The move aims to fund higher wages after a 53-day AFL-CIO strike ended with a new contract awaiting FCC approval.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union
FCC
W.U
A.F.L. Commercial Telegraphers Union
Prison Island in Korea Reports Quiet Day Amid Drill
Army engineers dug holes around a prisoner compound on Koje Island to uncover escape tunnels. No tunnels found. Severe rain and hail hit the island overnight, guards doubled at all compounds, but no trouble was reported.
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Koje Island
Korea
Microwave Tower to be Erected Along 665 Ohio Street
Kenneth Cable of American Telephone and Telegraph announced a 200 foot microwave tower will rise at 665 Ohio Street as part of a transmission system spanning Indianapolis to St. Louis. The project aims to augment existing cables for telephone broadcasts television and telegraph uses. No definite start date was given, only that construction is several months away.
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Kenneth Cable
American Telephone and Telegraph
Ohio Street
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cable
Five Die In Iowa Auto Wreck Near Pella
Five persons were killed and three injured in a two car crash on Highway 163 east of Pella Iowa Thursday night. Victims included Mr and Mrs John Vandervert Sr and Mr and Mrs Harry Ketels and their daughter Janice. Injured were Carroll Ketels Evan Vandervert and Bonnie Vandervert. They were taken to hospitals at Oskaloosa. Police said Ketels car skidded onto the shoulder before returning to the pavement and colliding with the other vehicle.
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Pella
Iowa
Highway 163
Here
John Vandervert
Near
Harry Ketels
Janice
Carroll Ketels
Evan Vandevert
Bonnie
Oskaloosa
Carroll
Evan
Ketels
Special Venice Drawn For Soldier's Trial
A Vigo County panel of 50 names was selected to jury Pfc. William J. Waters, charged with manslaughter in the death of C.&E.I. Conductor Paul Wendholt. Trial set for June 12 in Vigo Circuit Court. Waters pleaded not guilty at arraignment May 26 after allegedly striking Wendholt who woke him while collecting a soldier’s ticket. The list includes Howard M. Kemper, Robert G. McClain, Gomer A. James, Wayne Hill, Roy McClelland and 34 others.
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Pfc
William J. Waters
C.&e.i
Paul Wendholt
Vigo
Waters
Wendholt
Howard M. Kemper
Robert G. McClain
Gomer A. James
Wayne Hill
Roy McClelland
Jackie O’dell
Dewey Ramsey
Charles Snyder
William H. Cheney
Harry Inks
Virgil Nevens
C. M. Bless
James M. Reed
William E. Fa
Teenager Drowns In Maumee River Incident
Fort Wayne reports fifteen year old Phillip Ebersole slipped into the Maumee River while fishing from a dam on Thursday and drowned.
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Fort Wayne
Phillip Ebersole
Maumee River
Wiley High School Class of 1952 Graduation Highlights
The class of 1952 at Wiley High School graduated 156 seniors, 77 boys and 79 girls, in a simple ceremony at the Student Union Auditorium. The program featured caps and gowns, an Elgar procession, student-led invocations, a choir performance, and solos. Instructors and the principal presented diplomas as families applauded. twins Rex and Rexetta Keltz and Kay and Floyd Elliott were among the graduates.
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Wiley High School
Student Union
Elgar
Dorothy Wampler
Wiley Chorus
Mabel Phillips
Richard Paul Hartman
Nancy Ann Adamson
Joan Kiewig
Kay Dickerson
Rex
Rexetta Keltz
Kay
Floyd Elliott
Berlin Scare Backfires as East Germans Flee West
East German leaders long threatened a scare that failed to keep citizens in the Soviet zone. West Berlin refugee desks absorbed over 1,510 East Germans in three days while Coburg frontier saw 300 to 400 more arrive. Many youths deserted to avoid draft into the East German Army as Reds form forces and fear of war spread.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
Coburg
Ridgway Warns Reds On D-Day Anniversary
General Matthew Ridgway marked the eighth anniversary of the Normandy D-Day with a warning to the Communists that another war would bring destruction to them and their power. He spoke at Utah Beach ceremonies, noting the West’s alliance for peace and freedom. Ridgway parachuted with the 82nd Airborne, visited Sainte Mere Eglise, lay a wreath at milestone zero, and inspected cemeteries at Omaha Beach. Veterans from the Fighting First Division also placed wreaths on Omaha.
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Normandy
France
Matthew B. Ridgway
Sainte Mere Eglise
Europe
Ridgway
Hitler
Utah
Omaha
Germany
Omaha Beach
Bayeux
St. Laurent
Utah Beach
Fighting First’’ Division
Authorities warn youths with guns
Vigo county sheriff John Trierweiler reports a spate of juvenile gunfire incidents in Terre Haute. Two women narrowly escaped injury as .22 rifles and air guns were used, shattering windows and hitting a garden plow handle. police remind that guns are forbidden and parents are responsible for their children’s actions.
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John Trierweiler
Vigo County
Terre Haute
Trierweiler
Potato price curbs removed in wake of lifting
Washington reports wholesale prices for white potatoes jumped up to four dollars per hundredweight after price ceilings were removed. OPS cited Senate action exempting fresh fruits and vegetables from controls beginning July 1, with officials noting high retail unavailability and expected price fluctuations as the 1952 crop comes to market.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Senate
OPS
Agriculture Department
Pittsburgh
New York
California
Carolinas
U. S
Arnall
House
Congress
Navy graduates 769 new officers at Annapolis
The Naval Academy graduated 769 officers from the 112th class as 783 midshipmen received diplomas. Adm. William Fechteler praised the class during commencement, with 192 entering the Air Force and 61 joining the Marine Corps.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Academy
America
William M. Fechteler
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Army Fears Strike Will Hit Tank Production
The Army warns the steel strike could impair tank output, forecasting worsening effects the longer the strike lasts. It notes light T41 and M47 medium tanks require vast steel, cites budget cuts risking thousands of tanks, and highlights Cadillac and Detroit Arsenal production meeting goals while overseas supply and US needs face strain, with M47s also produced at Schenectady plant.
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Washington
Army
Congressional
Collins
Korea
United States
Cadillac
Detroit Arsenal
PWs Remain Truce Block Over Repatriation
June 6 MUNSAN Korea Allied truce negotiators say the U.N. Command will not bow to Red demands for blanket repatriation of about 170,000 allied prisoners. Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison calls acceptance a betrayal of human rights and North Korea’s Nam II Brandishes legal arguments against nonvoluntary returns.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
Nam II
Court ruling puts bite on pet shop
Indianapolis June 6 Charles P Barnett 31 Santa Monica California won 3000 from Ward Pet Shop Inc in federal court a monkey bite claim Barnett said the bite ruined his jet plane test pilot career he sought 50000 damages from the shop for a 1951 incident that led to his career change to a jukebox operator
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Indianapolis
Charles P. Barnett
Santa Monica
Cal
Barnett
Ward Pet Shop, Inc
Talks In Recess As Leaders Study Counter Proposals
News from Washington reports government sponsored steel strike talks recessed until 1 p.m. EST to study counter proposals. John R. Steelman notes real negotiations as Ben Moreell leads management, Philip Murray backs the union. A possible weekend settlement is hinted while wage and price controls are debated.
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Washington
E.S.T
John R. Steelman
Ben Moreell
Jones and Laughlin Steel Co
Steelman
Philip Murray
McFarland
Newsmen
Supreme Court
Truman
Detroit Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
Wage Stabilization Board
C.I.O. Union
Senate
Russian Ambassador Panyushkin Recalled to Soviet Union
Washington reports that Russian Ambassador Alexander Panyushkin said he has been recalled to the Soviet Union for a new appointment. He will depart Sunday for New York en route to Moscow via Sweden, and he spoke with Secretary Acheson about the decision. He has served as ambassador since December 31, 1947, and his earlier statement that his trip was a vacation was contradicted.
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Washington
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Soviet Union
Panyushkin
New York
Moscow
Sweden
Acheson
United States
Never Again Says Truck Driver After Fourteenth Divorce
Seattle June 6 A West Coast truck operator James E Daniels 39 says never again after his 14th divorce from Helen Anne Daniels 29. He claims she dated other men while he was away. He notes nine ex wives were brunettes two blondes three redheads. He began married life at 18 and says he is on friendly terms with all ex wives, with no alimony paid.
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Seattle
United States
James E. Daniels
Helen Anne Daniels
Daniels
Helen Anne
Associated Press
Violence Flare At Printing Plant Strike As Bomb Attacks Home
A stink bomb targets the home of a Unique Printed Products employee amid a three month strike by 16 workers. Police link to ongoing picketing by the AFL union and note prior assault on a plant worker with a separate jail sentence.
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Unique Printed Products Company
North Thirteenth Street
A.F.L. Paper Specialties and Products Union
Claude Silcott
Joseph Mundo
Vigo County
M. A. Denny
Silcott
Kalamazoo
Mich
Denny
Collazo Spurns Further Appeal, Waits Execution
Collazo, a 41 year old Puerto Rican nationalist, rejects further appeal and chooses execution over seeking mercy from President Truman. The Supreme Court denied review of his murder conviction for the White House police officer Leslie Coffelt. A federal judge will set the execution date as Collazo’s sentence remains to be carried out after exhausting appeals.
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Washington
Oscar Collazo
Truman
Leo A. Rover
Collazo
Supreme Court
Seven Korea battle casualties identified by Defense Dept
The Defense Department released a new list naming seven more casualties from Korea. One soldier was reported killed in action and six were wounded.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Weather Summary from U S Weather Bureau
Fair and warmer conditions with sunrise at 5 24, sunset at 8 14. River stage 6.2 ft and falling. Highest temperature yesterday, lowest last night 65. Precipitation none. Local conditions reflect continued warm pattern.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Indiana
Fair and continued warm tonight and Saturday with a gentle cool near Lake Michigan. Low around 65 tonight, high near 90 Saturday. Indiana region mostly fair and warm, cooler by Lake Michigan with lows 62 to 67 and Saturday highs 86 to 95. Thermometer readings show 67 am, 88 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Lake Michigan
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Belman Morin
George N. Craig
Brazil
Ind
C.C.T
Republican State Organization
Koje
East Zone
Reds
George W. Woodard
Terre Haute Heavy Hardware Co
BITE
PET Shop
RUSS
U. S. Weather Bureau
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