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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1956
Page
2
AP Foreign News Analyst notes Americans face a long struggle as Moscow issues a challenge. It highlights the U S economic lead with a 1955 GNP near 400 billion dollars versus about 140 billion for the Soviet Union and examines the broader political cultural and military dimensions of the rivalry.
Vienna reports Soviet secret police seized more than 100 persons in Georgia last week after posters appeared in Tiflis proclaiming an independent Georgian republic. May 26 marked the 37th anniversary of Georgia's 1919 independence amid searches for underground organizers.
The Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce holds its 1956 57 annual dinner at 6 30 PM in the Mayflower Room of the Terre Haute House. John K Lamb outlines the year’s work program while Joseph L Quinn Jr reports on past activities. Nine new directors are installed and Edward McFaul delivers a humorous talk titled So You Think Youre Slipping. Over 300 reservations already made.
Fire swept the Steuben County Jail second floor on Wednesday night in Angola Indiana. Four prisoners locked in cells were removed without injury. Damage is estimated at 12000 dollars, mostly from flames and some water. Prisoners transferred to Dekalb County Jail in Auburn. Cause of the blaze undetermined.
Tokyo dispatch cites Earnest Hoberecht and Asian leaders agreeing the United States can reverse a losing trend and emerge a winner in Asia. The report, based on two Asia tours totaling 14 000 miles, frames winning as influence not domination, with input from heads of state diplomats editors and citizens.
Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden announced in the Commons that Britain will conduct its first hydrogen bomb tests in the first half of 1957. The tests, described as megaton-range, will be high air bursts in a remote Pacific area to limit fallout. An atom bomb for a second test was believed to arrive at Monte Bello Islands, Australia.
Ronald Ward, 10, died in Logansport Indiana from burns after a hog house he had converted into a club room burned down. The incident occurred June 7 and was reported from Logansport.
In a backstage melee at the Casino Royal Mae West’s act broke into a bruise filled scene as Mickey Hargitay 26 of Indianapolis was hospitalised with a cut mouth. West announced a replacement for the show’s male chorus and denied the altercation tied to Hargitay’s status.
The Garfield high school class of 1956 graduated 114 seniors in a ceremony at the Student Union Building. Highlights included a choral reading The Spirit That Is America, a brass ensemble, and Ode To America. Max Cork and Suzanne Eberhart won Elks most valuable student awards. Cork received the Rea scholarship to Rose Polytechnic Institute.
Three of ten self styled Night Riders were arrested on robbery charges. Theodore Mc Daniels age 21 Donald J. Lewis age 20 and another youth were arraigned with bond set at 4000 each. They admit robbing a man May 27 and breaking into a parked car at the Paragon Cafe April 14 stealing five portable sewing machines.
Weather map notes scattered thundershowers across the area. Early morning temperature 60, midday 62, evening 79. River stage 6.8 feet and falling. Local conditions report yesterday high 83 and low 56 with no precipitation overnight.
Scattered thunderstorms tonight with partly cloudy days ahead. Friday remains warm and partly cloudy with cooler trends Saturday, and lows ranging 58 to 64 degrees across Indiana. Central regions may see scattered thundershowers, with highs in the 70s to 80s and regional temperature readings noted by the street thermometer.
Indiana residents can expect cooler weather this weekend as forecasts show temperatures in the 80s today after a brief 80 to 85 degree spell. The north and central regions stay near 80 to 82 with 85 statewide, then readings ease Friday and Saturday is partly cloudy and cooler. Weather officials warn of scattered thunderstorms this afternoon in the northwest and across the state tonight with more rain Friday in the south.
Niles Michigan June 7 The killer of Mrs Marion Davenjay shifts to Chicago as police seek associates who may know her latest activities. Ballistics find two .22 caliber guns not the murder weapon. one rifle found on a county road. McClane McGraw and McClellan cleared after lie tests. coroner rules homicide. Gerald Newman Canadian deputy consul general vouched for her exemplary character.
Washington June 7 Leaders battled to persuade House members to restore more than half the foreign aid cut. Speaker Rayburn and Rep Martin backed restoring funds while Richards pursued holding the $1.109 billion committee cut in Eisenhower’s $4.9 billion program. Eisenhower warned it would be tragic if Congress ignores his plan to aid free nations against communism and Yugoslav policy is reevaluated.
In PANMUNJOM Korea the Neutral Nations Truce Supervisory Commission proposes withdrawing its inspection teams from North and South Korea. The U N Command maintains the teams must leave South Korea and stay out until the truce terms are observed, with no withdrawal date set. The 400 to 500 warplanes and other equipment allegedly smuggled into North Korea would be removed if the truce terms are violated.
Public Health Service notes 121 polio cases last week, up seven percent from May 26, and below the 248 cases in the 1955 week. Total for the year reaches 797, not far from 846 in 1952, though July to September 1952 saw large outbreaks.
French forces led by the mobile 7th Mechanized Division swept through the Grand Kabylie mountains aided by the 27th Alpine Division sealing off rebel nests. Spokesmen called the initial results good and hoped Basque would match Iron Gates for effectiveness with hundreds of rebels killed or captured in prior actions.
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