Shelton Farm Tenant Wounded In Ambush
Fairfield Illinois June 7 A hidden gunman wounded E Hillary O Daniel Jr a tenant on the Shelton farm owner known as Big Earl Shelton The injury was minor and the shooter escaped Sheriff Elmer Brown says the attack stems from a land feud rather than a gang war as the Shelton murder history continues from last year’s ambush killings
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Fairfield
Ill
U.P
Big Earl
Shelton
Elmer Brown
E. Hillary O’daniel, Jr
Roy
Illinois
Brown
O’daniel
Earl
Traffic fines and title dispute in city court
Richard E. White, 39, of 220 Van Buren Street, fined 3.75 by Judge Edward S. Everett for running a traffic signal. Howard A. Sneath, 21, of 1441 Grand Avenue, paid 2.75 for running a stop sign. Harrison Matthews, 37, of 603 Harding Avenue, charged with failing to deliver a sold car title, given until June 18 to settle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. White
van Buren Street
Edward S. Everett
Howard A. Sneath
Grand Avenue
Harrison Matthews
Harding Avenue
Man Suffers Leg Fracture While Hanging Wallpaper
Horace Ballinger fractured his left leg while hanging wallpaper at 530 South Seventh Street. A wall radiator, loosened earlier, rested on a temporary prop and fell when Ballinger accidentally knocked the prop away. He was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital by Callahan ambulance. condition reported as good.
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Horace Ballinger
South Seventh Street
Ballinger
St. Anthony's Hospital
Callahan
Baruch Proposes Higher Pay Raises Amid Labor Push
Baruch urged raising the present 10 percent cap on pay raises to at least 15 percent and later asked to change insistence to a strong recommendation. Labor board members stood firm on 15 percent, while Johnston suggested a potential 12.42 percent ceiling. In price news, Dun and Bradstreet reports wholesale food prices fell eight months, to 7.08, as DiSalle defended anti inflation controls. Detroit area GM workers face a four cent wage boost but six day plant shutdown from July 28 to August 2 due to material shortages.
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Johnston
Dun and Bradstreet
Michael V. DiSalle
New York
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
G.M
G. G.M
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Buick
Cadillac
Michigan
Union Hospital Seniors Receive Pins At Banquet
Sixteen graduating Union Hospital School of Nursing seniors will receive pins at a 6:30 p.m. banquet in the Mayflower Room Terre Haute House. Pins presented by Miss Emily Gifford. Combs and Ault awards to top scholar and best all around nurse candidate.
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Union Hospital School of Nursing
Alumnae Association
Mayflower Room
Terre Haute House
Emily Gifford
R. N
Combs
C. N. Combs
Ault
Roy J. Ault
Richard D Kline
Charles Cady
Paul Bailey
Garfield High School
Air Force Seeks Veterans and Women for Active Roles
T/Sgt Don Carroll at the local Air Force recruiting office announced manpower needs. Veterans with radar and electronic specialties are encouraged to visit the local recruiting station for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Carroll
Air Force
Thefts Reported in Local Homes and Alley Pickpocket
Edgar Thomas, 81, at 326 North Eighth Street reported a break in Thursday morning with two watches valued at 75 dollars stolen while he and Mrs. Thomas were in the yard. Police investigate a purse snatching from Ethel Bonewell, 330 South Thirteenth Street, as two youths in blue denim fled with a red plastic purse containing a dollar and change near 1355 Wabash Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Thomas
North Eighth Street
Candidates File Expense Reports Before Nomination Deadline
Final day for primary candidates to file campaign expense reports. Notable filings include Mayor Ralph Tucker 189.35, John D. Ennis 1342.70, and several council and city official races with varied expenditures from 5 to 140.18 dollars.
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Ralph Tucker
Frank Smith
Willie B. Campbell
Edward S. Everett
Bryce McLaughlin
Leo D. Lockard
Raymond Thompson
Frank Cardinal
Herman H. Compton
Patrick J. Courtney
William Eckard
Carl Shonard
Oren J. Myrtle
Frank Russell
Louis E. Austin, Jr
John B. Gariano
Samuel J. Peters
John D. Ennis
Ann
Thomas A. Hadley
Harry L. Snyder
George P. Mank
Ray H. Scofield
Herman E. Halberstadt
John Holvey
Council On the
Paul W. Thompson
Henry Rose Pounds
John Schwinda
Two Kansas youths join U.S. Air Force from Edgar County
John W. Wright 20 and Robert Kerans 18 from Edgar county Kansas were sworn in as Air Force recruits this week. They will receive basic training at Lackland base San Antonio Texas. Kerans is a 1951 Kansas High School graduate and Wright has been farming since graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ill
John W. Wright
Robert Kerans
Kansas
Edgar County
U.S. Air Force
W. P. Allin
Clark
Edgar Counties
Kerans
Kansas High School
Wright
Lackland
San Antonio
Tex
Girl Scout Camp Opens June 24 At McCormick Creek Park
Miss Kermit F. Cochran announces opening of the Girl Scout Camp at McCormick's Creek Park on Sunday June 24 for senior girls with all first two weeks filled. Younger girls may join in later one week sessions starting July 8 and July 15 at the Terre Haute headquarters. Day camp for senior girls opens at Deming Park next Monday under Mrs. Pat Dailey. Primitive camp near Poland also opens Monday with tents pitched early, under Mrs. O C Johnson and Miss Emma Flack, lasting all week.
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McCormick’s Creek Park
Kermit F. Cochran
Terre Haute
Girl Scouts
Miss Cochran
Deming Park
Pat Dailey
Poland
O. C. Johnson
Emma Flack
Motorist Fined After Wrong Side Route Collision
Rex N. Snider, 40, of Robinson Illinois, living in Clinton Indiana, was fined 50 dollars and costs by Police Magistrate Walter Downing for driving on the wrong side of U S Route 36 near Chrisman and causing a collision. He suffered minor injuries.
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Paris
Rex N. Snider
Robinson, Ill
Clinton
Ind
Wabash River Ordnance Works
Walter Downing
Chrisman
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Baruch
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Root’s June Beauty Fair
Am Glass Perfume Purser
Cory, Inc
U.S.A
Root
Root’s Gift Registry
Root’s
AIRN
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