Two Cardinals To Be Honored At Notre Dame
Two Roman Catholic cardinals visited the University of Notre Dame for its 114th commencement weekend. Cardinal Ottaviani of the Vatican received an honorary degree and Cardinal Koenig of Vienna will preach the baccalaureate and later receive another honorary degree as John A. McCone delivers the commencement address. Bishops and Notre Dame officials greeted the visitors during a campus reception. Concurrently, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen was set to speak at Indiana University's commencement events in Bloomington.
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South Bend
Ind
University of Notre Dame
Alfred Cardinal Ottaviani
Vatican
Franz Cardinal Koenig
Vienna
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Notre Dame
Paul Schulte
Indianapolis
Leo Pursley
Fort Wayne
Fulton J. Sheen
New York
State Fairgrounds Coliseum
Indiana University
Bloomington
Worker dies after shock on utility pole
Martinsville Indiana June 6 worker Harry Gilland 25 of Osgood was killed when an electric shock knocked him from a 30 foot utility pole. Police said he brushed a 220 volt line and coroner Edwin C Holmes ruled death from the fall.
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Martinsville
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Harry Gilland
Osgood
Morgan County
Edwin C. Holmes
Terre Haute public bids due for street work June 25 1959
Notice to bidders from the Terre Haute Board of Public Works and Safety sets bid deadline 10:00 AM June 25 1959 in Room 204 City Hall for patching with dense grade asphalt and adjusting manholes and basins on 134 Street Poplar to Crawford Park Street 19th to 25th Street and alley east of 6th Street Between Poplar and Swan. Requires Bid Form 195 or 96-a with $100 certified check. board may reject bids.
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Park Street
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25Th Street
6Th Street
Poplar
Swan Streets
State Board of Accounts
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Terre Haute Board of Public Works and Safety
Raymond F. Thomas
Albert Ellis
Frank P. Crawford
Secy
Vigo White Truck Sales Incorporation Filing Records
Articles of Incorporation for Vigo White Truck Sales Inc filed Friday listing David Rosenfeld as resident agent and director, with principal offices at 401 Sycamore Building. Other incorporators include Robert G. Wolfe and Margaret Kiley. Paid-in capital $25,000 with 1,000 shares without par value.
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Vigo White Truck Sales, Inc
RR 3
West Terre Haute
Ralph G. Baxter
David Rosenfeld
Woodbine Drive
Sycamore Building
Rosenfeld
Robert G. Wolfe
RR 5
Terre Haute
Margaret Kiley
North Fifth Street
Peckinpaugh Arraignment Delayed in Gaming Device Case
Archie E. Peckinpaugh, 61, of New Castle, obtained a postponement Friday in his arraignment on charges of distributing gaming devices and pornography. He was freed on $3,000 bond and the arraignment was rescheduled for next Friday.
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Ind
Archie E. Peckinpaugh
Peckinpaugh
Five German Sailors Given Sentences For Beach Stripping
Five young German sailors undergoing training at the Charleston naval base received suspended sentences after witnesses saw them strip on a public Charleston beach to change into swimwear. Judge Herbert Lauden told the group that such stripping on an American beach “just isn’t done.” The men were arrested after bathers watched them strip, swim, and wash their suits in the surf on a Friday night.
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Charleston
S. C
Herbert Lauden
Charleston Naval Base
Appreciation Party by Sycamore Girl Scouts Honors Members
Intermediate Troop No. 123 of Sycamore Girl Scout Council held an appreciation dinner at Breden Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church with families leaders and guests. Mary Jo Bankoff Mildred Jack and Florida Lowry attended as special guests. A Court of Awards awarded badges and midget pins to troop committee members while Gilbert Rood and Donald Nilson received membership cards and pins for assistance. The gathering ended with an Indoor Campfire singalong.
Mobile Chest X-Ray Unit Serves 3268 in Terre Haute Week
Officials of the Vigo County Tuberculosis Society report 3,268 people received chest X-rays from the mobile unit during its week at Sixth and One-half and Wabash Avenue. On Friday 541 Vigo County residents were scanned. The unit visits each year as part of Christmas seal sales to provide free X-rays countywide and operated across multiple morning, afternoon, and evening hours.
Explorer Cabinet Session Monday at Camp Wildwood
Vigo District BSA Explorer cabinet to meet at Camp Wildwood at 7:30 PM Monday. Don Thompson, cabinet chairman, announces newly elected representatives and an adult leader from each post will join to plan September to November activities. Thompson, an Explorer from Post 9 Montrose Methodist, will preside.
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Camp Wildwood
Don Thompson
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Montrose Methodist
Child Falls Three Stories In Bronx Tenement Incident
A 3 year old girl, Ivette Figueroa, fell three stories from a Bronx tenement but escaped serious injury. She received treatment at Morrisania Hospital and remained for further examination overnight.
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UPI
Bronx
Morrisania Hospital
Ivette Figueroa
Low unemployment hits record in West Germany end of May
West Germany reported a record low 320,779 unemployed at the end of May per the Federal Employment Bureau. The motto of Chicago is Urbs in Horto and translates to city in a garden.
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Nnernberg
Germany
UPI
West Germany
Federal Employment Bureau
Chicago
Two Wills Filed In Probate Court
The will of Mrs Lillian Crawford widow of Dr W G Crawford who died Monday was filed for probate with daughter Miss Jeanne Crawford named sole beneficiary. Estate valued at 9250 in personal property dated May 12. Robert G Nunn appointed executor with $10000 bond. Also filed for Edwin Leroy Miller probate listing estate valued at 4237 20 in real property left to daughter Mrs Margaret M Rowland dated April 16 1955. Gambill Cox Zwerner Gambill counsel for both estates.
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South Center Street
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Ohio Boulevard
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Pistol matches planned at Paris Illinois meet
Statewide pistol matches of the Illinois Policemen's Benevolent and Protective Association will be staged at the Paris police department pistol range on Wednesday June 17. Nearly 200 officers from city police departments are expected to compete, with the Paris team led by Sergeants Wayne Redman and Noel Milam and Officers Herbert Meeks Barlow Hunt George Stickler Walter Thompson Richard Cunningham and Frank Givens.
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Ill
Illinois Policemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association
Noel Milam
Wayne Redman
Milam
Herbert Meeks
Barlow Hunt
George Stickler
Walter Thompson
Richard Cunningham
Casey Boy "Fair" at Union Hospital
Casey Illinois June 6 Special Ronnie Funk 16 son of Mrs Hazel Hillard Casey in fair condition at Union Hospital Terre Haute after May 29 motorcycle car crash at South Tenth and West Van Buren Streets. Left leg amputated above the knee due to injuries in the collision with a car driven by Wayne T Wilkins.
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Ronnie Funk
Hazel Hillard
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Wayne T. Wilkins
South Tenth
West van Buren Streets
Indianap olis teen sentenced for schoolyard stabbing and assault
Sent to the State Farm for six months and fined 500 dollars and costs in the stabbing and clubbing of two younger boys outside a school on April 21. Warren Maxey 18 and five other boys faced ongoing juvenile court action. Attorney says appeal likely.
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UPI
Warren Maxey
State Farm
Maxey
Debre Navigates France School Aid Quarrel
Paris June 6 Premier Debre seeks a nonpartisan commission to resolve the school question a clash over aid to Catholic schools. The issue splits left and right with the left favoring state control and the right pushing Church school support. A long, tense process looms as Debre maneuvers to avert a crisis and possible leftist coalitions.
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Michel Debre
France
Debre
National Assembly
Gaullist Party
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
de Gaulle
Breden Memorial School to Open for Summer Session
Breden Memorial EUB Church announces a daily vacation church school opening Friday June 15. sessions run 9 to 11 30 am for two weeks, closing with an achievement program June 25 and a Deming Park picnic June 26. Ages four through twelve participate under staff led by Mrs Wilbur Spear director.
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Morton Streets
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Ed Long
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Jay Daley
Herman McPheeters
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Marine booklet offers flag data
The Marine Corps has a 30 page color illustrated booklet titled How to Respect and Display Our Flag. It covers flag history customs and display practices plus the Marine Corps. Sgt Darrel Wright and Sgt Donald McMyne said copies are available at the Recruiting Station in the Federal Building. The station will be closed June 11 and 12 for a recruiting conference in Indianapolis.
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Marine Corps
Darrel Wright
Donald McMyne
Federal Building
Indianapolis
Jay M Kimmel to graduate from Fuller Theological Seminary
Jay M Kimmel will graduate with a bachelor of divinity degree at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena on Thursday June 11 as part of the 10th annual commencement. He is the son of Forest and (name not fully listed) Kimmel and will work thereafter as a research engineer for the Carnegie Institute of Washington at Mt Wilson and Mt Palomar Observatories.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jay M. Kimmel
Forest Kimmel
South Twenty-second Street
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Carnegie Institute of Washington
Mt. Wilson
Mt. Palomar Observatories
California Tech
Collision Injures Driver and Rider in City Crash
Richard Cross, 26, of Sheridan Road, and Foster L. Clapp, 67, of South Sixth Street, were treated for leg and foot injuries after a two car collision at View and Fenwood avenues. Cross, the driver, and Clapp, a passenger, were hospitalized at Union and St. Anthony hospitals respectively. The westbound car was driven by Barbara J. Lawrence, 27, of Fenwood Avenue, with two children uninjured.
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Sheridan Road
Foster L. Clapp
South Sixth Street
View
Fenwood Avenues
Cross
Clapp
Union Hospital
St. Anthony Hospital
View Avenue
Fenwood Avenue
Barbara J. Lawrence
Lawrence
Guest Speaker at Centenary Church
Rev Wei Ping Chen of Formosan Methodist Church will speak at Centenary Methodist Church at 10 40 a m on Sunday. Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek will attend with the public invited by Rev Vernon Bigler the church pastor.
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Wei Ping Chen
Formosan Methodist Church
Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Vernon Bigler
Kiwanis Leaders Attend 1959 International Convention
Terre Haute Kiwanis Club president Louis F. Phipps and past president William R. Cox plan to attend Kiwanis International’s forty fourth annual convention in Dallas Texas June 14 to 18. New officers will be elected and resolutions adopted to guide the 1959 60 community service program and the organization’s philosophical emphasis.
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Louis F. Phipps
Terre Haute Kiwanis Club
William R. Cox
Kiwanis International
Dallas
Tex
Kiwanis Internaional
Kiwanis
Rotary Program by Dr. Marvin Bachman Speaker
Dr. Marvin Bachman a Terre Haute Rotarian who recently visited Japan twice in six months will address the Rotary Club at Tuesday noon in the Terre Haute House May flower Room. He plans to show slides highlighting Rotary fellowship from his trip.
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Marvin Bachman
Japan
Rotary Club
Terre Haute House
Rotary Fellowship
Pope John XXIII Urges Prayers For Geneva Conference
In a brief unscheduled address during a holy hour at St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on June 6, Pope John XXIII asked Roman Catholics to pray for the success of the Geneva foreign ministers conference. Vatican sources said the remark referred directly to the Geneva meeting.
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UPI
John XXIII
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican
Cuban Refugees Attack Castro Embassy in Dominican Republic
In Ciudad Trujillo on a Friday night violence surged as Batista supporters attacked the Cuban embassy after picketing. Emilio Gonzalez Martinez died from a later wounding, the third casualty of the day amid clashes with Castro officials. Earlier, two Cuban diplomats exchanged fire with refugees in a federal reserve bank lobby. A 77-year-old Dominican boy, Ovidio Mendez, was fatally wounded in crossfire.
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Dominican Republic
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Emilio Gonzalez Martinez
Gonzales Martinez
Fidel Castro
Mario Rivas Patterson
Juan Jose Real
Federal Reserve Bank
Ovidio Mendez
Luis Perez Villavizenso
Gerstmeyer Class Recital to Be Held in Band Room
Gerstmeyer High School piano and theory class presents a recital in the band room at 7 30 p m Monday. Students direct many pieces including the class of 1959 processional march composed by Burdette Phillips Dennis Sickler Darla Hartzler Paul Brown and Rudy Hampton. Dennis Sickler will conduct the ensemble. Performers include William Biggs Darlene Pitts Sue LaMaster Glenn Cook Franzetta Bailey Dennis Bohler Jeanne Siler and others.
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Gerstmeyer High School
Burdette Phillips
Dennis Sickler
Darla Hartzler
Paul Brown
Rudy Hampton
William Biggs
Darlene Pitts
Sue LaMaster
Glenn Cook
Franzetta Bailey
Dennis Bohler
Jeanne Siler
Clinton Named Convention Site for 1960 Meeting
Clinton, Ind June 6 Delegates at the Indiana Volunteer Fireman's Association convention at La Porte named Clinton the site for the 1960 gathering. This marks the second Clinton hosting, the first being in 1954. About 400 volunteer firemen attended the meeting, which closes today.
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Clinton
Ind
Indiana Volunteer Fireman's Association
la Porte
OAS May Open Caribbean Quiz Over Nicaragua
The Organization of American States may launch a wide probe into Caribbean tensions sparked by the Nicaragua revolt. A 13-nation inquiry seeks all pertinent information to assess whether the Nicaragua crisis threatens hemispheric peace. The committee, backed by the US, Brazil, Mexico, and Uruguay, opted against an immediate on site invasion probe.
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Organization of American States
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Julio A. Lacarte
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Lacarte
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Police Car Looted in Salt Lake City Disturbance Probe
June 6 report states police officer David Robinson’s squad car was looted while he investigated a disturbance. Stolen items include his street guide, a copy of the city traffic code, and two books of traffic tickets.
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Salt Lake City
David Robinson
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