East German Threatens Blockade and Toll Hikes on Berlin
Khrushchev era warnings rise as East German Communists threaten a total blockade of West Berlin if West Germany proceeds with Parliament’s meeting in the city to elect a new president. They also hint at raising tolls on trucks and barges between Berlin and the West to pressure Western policies.
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Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
West Germany
West
Gerhart Eisler
U. S
Geneva
Adenauer
Bundestag
Eisler
Western talks push for Berlin deadline at Big Four meeting
Geneva reports Western officials consider a time limit to end the Big Four foreign ministers conference. After a two hour secret session, Andrei Gromyko and the foreign ministers of the United States Britain and France failed to make progress on Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Selwyn Lloyd
Gromyko
Brother's Slaying Ruled Justifiable Homicide in Indiana
Lester Buttz of Plainfield was released after Hendricks County Coroner Ker mit Hibner ruled his killing of brother Maurice a justifiable homicide. Buttz said Maurice fired at him during an argument at Lester's home near Plainfield Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ind
Lester Buttz
Plainfield
Hendricks County
Kermit Hibner
Maurice
Buttz
Lester
Terre Haute Area Forecast For Warm Weekend
Highest yesterday 82 and 54 last night with no precipitation. Partly cloudy and warm tonight and Sunday in Terre Haute and vicinity with lows around 60 and highs in the mid 50s. Indiana and Illinois sections note mostly cloudy skies, mild nights, and warmer daytime temperatures. Temperature readings show 58 in the morning and 87 at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Tragedy Rocking Philadelphia Parents of Slain Girl
In Philadelphia a 15-year-old boy admitted killing Becky Holt after advances. Becky’s mother Tatiana Holt speaks of joy in motherhood and resilience. Becky's father Anatol, a UPenn mathematics professor, vows to persevere. Judge Hoffman questions how a bright teen could commit such a crime. Holt later writes an open letter offering help to Cooney.
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Edward Cooney
Mount Airy
Anatol Holt
Cooney
Little Becky Holt
Philadelphia
Edward J. Cooney Jr
Becky Holt
Tatiana Holt
Becky
Anatol
University of Pennsylvania
Holt
Philadelphia Bulletin
Mickey Rooney Fifth Wife Expecting Baby in October
Hollywood reports Mickey Rooney and Barbara Thomason, his secret Mexico marriage, expect a baby in October. Rooney, 38, said he wed Thomason on December 1 after a quick Mexican divorce from Elaine Mahnken, his fourth wife. He has three children with prior wives and Ava Gardner is noted as a former wife.
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Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Mexico
Las Vegas
Rooney
Barbara Thomason
Elaine Mahnken
Santa Monica
Calif
California
Mickey, Jr
Timothy
Betty Jane Rose
Teddy
Martha Vickers
Ava Gardner
Soviet Premiere threatens rocket bases in Albania and Bulgaria
Khrushchev announced at a Moscow rally that Soviet rocket bases would be set up in Albania and Bulgaria unless the Balkans become a rocket free zone under mutual control. He said bases would cover any sites Italy and Greece permit, and warned attacks on Albania would be met with Soviet force.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Albania
Bulgaria
Balkans
Moscow
Hungary
Italy
Greece
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Socialist
Lenin Stadium
Son Finds Dad Dying in Mattoon Packing Plant
In Mattoon Illinois police hunt two robbers in butcher coats after they beat T J Shanks 58 owner of Shanks Packing Co who died eight hours after being found unconscious in his blood spattered office His son R E Shanks arrived to discover the scene and the discarded butcher coats with Shanks’ $200 billfold in a coat pocket suggest the disguise The prowlers entered through a rear door and one delivery truck was later found abandoned authorities continue the investigation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattoon
Ill
T. J. Shanks
Shanks Packing Co
R. E. Shanks
Shanks
Miner Killed As Kentucky Coal Strike Escalates
In Hazard Kentucky on Friday a 25-year-old miner, Bobby Jenkins Jr., was shot and killed while a state trooper tried to arrest him during a bitter strike over United Mine Workers demands for a 1959 contract. Chester Blair, 20, was wounded twice as sniper fire targeted nonunion truckers unloading at the Sassafras ramp. Police described a chaotic scene near Kodak Coal Co. in Perry County where shots struck a grocery store and a tire shop, with several suspects fleeing and one man, Columbus Haddix, 42, UMW member, arrested on a warrant.
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Hazard
Kentucky
Bobby Jenkins Jr
United Mine Workers
Sassafras
Joe Romeo
Chester Blair
Kodak Coal Co
Perry County
James Maggard
Kodak
Maggard
Stamper Collins
Collins
Jenkins
Columbus Haddix
UMW
Coincidence death of two Meisberger relatives reported
In Los Angeles on June 6 a 67 year old woman and her 48 year old son died within minutes of each other. The coroner's office ruled both deaths as heart attacks. Neighbors found each person in their respective apartments.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Helena Meisberger
Cully Meisberger
Bank Missing 113000 After Armored Truck Heist
FBI investigates disappearance of 113000 from Bank of America vault after two deliverymen loaded cash into an armored truck. Police say the men passed lie detector tests but refuse to reveal details. Probers pursue location of the missing funds as authorities review delivery logs and security footage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
FBI
Bank of America
Louis Weiss
Bob Kitchen
Alabama House Adjourns After Paychecks Announcement
The Alabama House of Representatives adjourned Friday morning after a 63 to 28 vote. Five minutes later Rep. Charles Ramey announced that pay checks were in the mail boxes, and the House adjourned immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama House of Representatives
Charles Ramey
Speaker
House
Mother and Son Killed Crossing Road at Riley
Mrs. Constance W. Meyers and her three year old son Joe were killed when struck by a westbound car while crossing State Highway 46 near the Riley Methodist Church. Alfred Lee Van Gilder, 18, said he could not avoid the collision as the mother carried the child. Both victims died on arrival at St Anthony Hospital. Surviving are the husband and eight children, with services pending at Fox Funeral Home in Riley.
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Constance W. Meyers
Joe
Riley Methodist Church
Riley
Methodist Church
Alfred Lee van Gilder
Indiana
van Gilder
Loyd Heck
Heck
Vigo County
St. Anthony Hospital
Meyers
Alfred
Miller-Parrott Baking Company
Seelyville
Fred Carpenter
Jim Cullen
Willam
Larry
Alfred II
John
Mary Louise
Connie Sue
Elizabeth
Macel Hostetler
Shelburn
Fox Funeral Home
Picnic Weather Forecast for Indiana Weekend
The Weather Bureau forecasts warm and generally sunny weather in Indiana through Sunday and Monday with temperatures in the lower to middle 80s and a potential rise on Monday. Friday readings across the state were in the low 80s, and Scottsburg saw 1.22 inches of rain from Friday's thunderstorms, though no widespread thunderstorm activity is expected this weekend.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Scottsburg
Wabash Flood Funds Rejected By House 59-43
In Washington on June 6 Rep. Fred Wampler sought more flood control money for Indiana. His amendment to raise a Wabash River basis study item from 25 000 to 40 000 was defeated on a voice vote as the House rejected the flood funds proposal 59 to 43.
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Washington
Fred Wampler
D-Ind
Indiana
Wampler
Space talk anchors Rose Polytechnic graduation
Rose Polytechnic Institute held commencement with Dr Abe Silverstein of NASA Space Flight Development as keynote. President Phelps welcomed graduates and urged engineers to apply hard work and proper attitudes to society. Silverstein received the honorary Doctor of Engineering and spoke on space age progress and satellites for meteorology, communications, and navigation.
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Rose Polytechnic Institute
Abe Silverstein
National Aeronautics Space Headquarters
Washington, D. C
Space Flight Development
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John M. Phelps
Phelps Manufacturing Company
Terre Haute
Silverstein
Herman A Moench
Richard F. Bergmann
Link-Belt Company
Rose Polytechnic Institute Board of Managers
Wabash Valley Flood Projects Highlighted Sunday Tribune-Star
A full page on Wabash Valley flood projects and progress will appear in Sundays Tribune-Star with maps and information. Readers are urged to study the material and write their Congressman and U S Senators urging support. letters are of great assistance. Turn to page 68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash Valley
Tribune- Star
U. S
Congress
Tribune-Star
Wampler Seeks Funds for Local Projects Stymied by Rule
Wampler sought 520,000 for four preconstruction planning projects but was blocked on a technicality raised by Rep. Ren. F. Jensen. Jensen noted the figure had already been amended, then the amendment was offered again in proper form and passed 42 to 39, only to be defeated 55 to 43 on a teller vote. The proposal included 130,000 for Terre Haute area protections, Sugar Creek levee, Clinton levee restudy, and Conover levee restudy.
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Wampler
Ren. F. Jensen
Iowa
Jensen
Terre Haute
West Terre Haute
Sugar Creek
Clinton
Conover
Three Virginiants Admit Plymouth Tavern Burglary
Three Norfolk youths Warren Lamb 21 John Watkins 22 and Leroy Dietz 20 confessed to burglarizing a Plymouth Indiana tavern taking 2500 dollars authorities said Friday. They had earlier admitted burglarizing a Dale Wisconsin general store on Memorial Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton, Wis
Indiana
Norfolk
Plymouth
Ind
Warren Lamb
John S. Watkins
Leroy Dietz
Outagamie County
Robert Heinritz
Dale
Wis
Jury Returns Guilty Verdict In McCoy Case
Mrs. Margaret Annabelle Mc Coy 32 was convicted in Vigo Circuit Court of receiving stolen goods after a burglary at the Woolworth store. Judge Criss set sentencing for June 11. Prosecution sought immediate judgment. jury deliberated about 75 minutes with the verdict aided by testimony about three loads of items allegedly received by Mc Coy from her son and his friend.
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Margaret Annabelle McCoy
Plum Street
Vigo
Herbert R. Criss
Ralph Berry
Indiana
Young Shipley
McCoy
Hoosier flier parachutes safely
Sault Ste. Marie Michigan June 6 WUPI First Lt Charles L Oxley 25 Evansville Indiana parachuted from his powerless jet fighter 15 miles out over Lake Huron and was rescued uninjured He said the jet engine of his F102A Delta Dagger flamed out prompting ejection He kept a one man life raft inflated and signaled for help as a helicopter from Kinross Air Force Base pulled him from the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
WUPI
Charles L. Oxley
Evansville
Ind
Lake Huron
Oxley
Kinross Air Force Base
Bedford official shot self in park restroom death
Russell Baker, 52, Bedford city park superintendent, was found dead from a shotgun wound in a park community house restroom. Authorities indicated the death was self-inflicted.
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Bedford
Ind
UPD
Russell Baker
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Martin
U S. Weather Bureau
Neon Lpm
Mickey
Red
Wabash
Sunday Tribune-Star
Hoosier Flier
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