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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1955
Page
7
Sociologist James S. Slotkin of the University of Chicago analyzes middle age in a study noting an evaluation phase from ages 43 to 48. He describes four paths after perceived failure and estimates 95 percent fall into a tendency to persist with unfulfilled hopes. He cites the Menominee to illustrate differing goals centered on aging and grandchildren.
Haltwhistle in County School sees a 15 year learner rise through ranks to headmaster after starting as an assistant teacher. He credits determination for progress and urges others that anyone can do it.
Members of Terre Haute Council No 541 Knights of Columbus will nominate nine chair officers and one trustee for the coming year at their 8 o clock meeting. Elections for those nominated occur at the next regular meeting Monday June 13. Installation set for July 1. Nominations open for grand knight deputy grand knight chancellor recorder warden treasurer and two guards and one trustee for a three year term.
Cairo reports Libya’s 66 year old King Idriss marries Alia Abdel Kader Lamloum after paying a $28 700 dowry. Aimed at producing an heir the union follows years of strain with Queen Fatima who remains distant. The couple will honeymoon Thursday at a Libyan Embassy ceremony completes the marriage contract.
Thirty seven members of the Eightieth Special Infantry Company Marine Corps Reserve from Danville Illinois boarded planes at Hulman Field for two week annual field training at Parris Island South Carolina. They arrived by bus and then flew on two commercial transports operated by the Flying Tigers Line.
A short circuit in a fuse box started a fire at the Harry Buckley tavern at 573 North Thirteenth Street after 9 pm. Firemen from Companies 3 and 8, Truck 3 and Acting Assistant Chief Fesler responded. Earlier, a fire scare at Donald Ferrell's home on 110 McKinley Boulevard caused no damage.
Purdue University honored eleven Vigo county students at the 1955 commencement in the Hall of Music Lafayette. The class includes January and August graduates bringing total Vigo county representation to focused degree fields. Notables include Richard Lee Cottrell James V McGlone Robin Grinnell Robert Henley Paul Ruzzler James Watson Fred Link John Plenge Louis Rain and Mary Louise Mathis plus Terre Haute January graduates Margaret Goodale Regena Houpt and Gerald Stoker. August graduate Bette Breidenbaugh earns a master of science in sociology.
Private William T. Marchuk of Norristown Pennsylvania was sentenced by an Army court martial in Berlin to 12 years at hard labor for deserting to the Soviets and supplying U S military secrets. He received a dishonorable discharge after being captured and released by the Russians following six years in captivity. Marchuk pleaded innocent and did not testify.
Mrs Helen V Rose of Newton had $3000 in jewelry and a $24 handbag stolen from a cloakroom after receiving an honorary master of arts degree at Emerson College in Boston. The theft occurred as she wore the jewelry earlier in the ceremony.
Atlantic City N J June 6 Lewis Strauss chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission said it seems an act of irresponsibility to claim radiation from atomic tests is poisoning the air. He added there is no evidence our weapons testing has increased radiation levels to warrant such statements. He warned that in war involving indiscriminate use of nuclear weapons radiation danger to civilians would be very great.
Governor George N. Craig will speak at a June 15 dinner in the Terre Haute House Wabash Room at 7 p.m. The event, limited to delegates from participating organizations, aims to launch a new industrial and civic development group supported by the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce and local clubs.
U. S. Attorney General Herbert Brownell told Notre Dame graduates that government action against American Communist leaders has doomed the Red movement to failure. He noted many leaders already convicted of conspiracy and said efforts are ongoing to purge Communists from government, labor unions, and industry.
In Glasgow on a June Saturday, bridegroom Hawthorne Stewart aged 24 an insurance clerk fainted once at the altar and three times at the reception due to nerves making the wedding the dizziest day of his life.
Three people died in Indiana weekend traffic incidents amid warm sun and storms. George Mahler, 23, La Porte area, died when his car hit a pole on Ind 2 near Pinhook after possibly falling asleep. John Draper, 62, died after stepping from a bus to cross US 52 near Marion Home. Annabell Watts, 8, Logansport, died when run over by her brother Maurice Sharp's car. Robert Szymanski, 18, Highland, injured fatally in a ditch crash near Swanville, Minnesota. passenger Roy Sharp injured but walked away.
A wreck knocked out telephone lines as youths visited relatives in Swanville. In Indiana, Steve Pollak, 39, of Indianapolis died in a collision of two trailer trucks on a U S highway near Highland. Near Columbus Ohio, Dorothy Volz, 23, of Newark was fatally injured in a two car crash while returning from a Richmond Indiana wedding with her husband Raymond.
Four U S jet fighter veterans held by Chinese forces during the Korean War are reunited with families in Honolulu. Lt Lyle Cameron from Iowa Lincoln Neb Ro land Parks of Omaha and Lt Col Edwin Heller from Wynnewood Pa join their wives for 10 to 12 days of rest. Fischer a Korean War ace recounts a bluff to pass as a Russian pilot while captured. He parachuted after his MIG was damaged south of the Yalu River on April 7 1953.
Science reports a new healing substance Bio-Dyne used as Preparation H to shrink hemorrhoids and relieve pain without surgery. Reports claim rapid relief and lasting improvement across long standing cases, with no narcotics or anesthetics and money back guarantee.
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