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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1956
Page
5
The Terre Haute Tribune and Gazette outline delivery and contact details including call times for copy requests and special messenger service. It lists offices, sports editor, and Crawford numbers, plus mail subscription rates for zones and rural routes and a note about second class matter and risk of unsolicited submissions.
The piece urges readers to avoid idle gossip and unfounded criticism while maintaining faith in America. It warns against running down the government, spreading rumors, and encourages constructive engagement with civic matters.
Terre Haute police and state police arrested several youths linked to the Night Riders gang after a man was robbed of his wallet and driven away in his own car. Three members are held on robbery charges with heavy bonds. others face vagrancy charges as investigators probe gang activity. Police pledge action and community support.
A Cleveland Mental Health Association speaker says hope lies in growing public understanding that mental illness is not demon possession or hereditary doom. He notes improvements in treatment and stigma, but cites underfunded institutions and staffing as ongoing obstacles to wider cures.
The article argues that disagreements over guided missiles will not be settled soon. It asserts that any decision must prioritize national defense and avoid letting interservice disputes obscure that core objective.
The argument over governance of guided missiles pits the Air Force against Navy and Army. Each service has reasons to maintain missile programs, and unity could hamper battlefield flexibility. A balanced, multi service discussion is urged to optimize national defense.
A fragment discusses medieval home life contrasted with modern comforts in the United States. It cites Coulton's Medieval Panorama noting kings and popes sat on beds, early households lacked easy chairs and forks, and daily life featured rough fabrics and seasonal floor rushes.
About 30 Los Angeles citizens donated 71 235 to University of Southern California athletes through the Southern California Education Fund. Donors include two judges and a former national veterans group commander. They aimed to support football programs, ignoring an intercollegiate agreement against subsidies.
A lighthearted dialogue contrasts reactions to weather in a dismal day scene. Two men joke about seasons and forecasts, noting a slow spring and the possibility of late or early falls as wind hints at a windy summer.
In May the Ohio State University radio observatory picked up strong signals believed to originate from Venus. Some hear thunderstorm static, others propose a more intriguing theory: an intelligent contact attempt, noting the 27 million mile distance and hams eager to try.
Terre Haute notices report death of James E. Britt at the Union Printers Home in Colorado Springs. Toledo and Ohio Central master mechanic Mike Burke, a former Terre Haute resident, visited the city. Fly control plan distributed five thousand fly traps and forty-two centimeter swatters to students. Multiple marriage licenses issued including Charles W. Hollinger Oliv ia Claywell and Martin A. Scales Anna Pettiform and Bernard Brooksma Bes sie Hermeling. Sol Goodman and grandson Eugene Lowenberg from Norfolk Va. arrive from visit with Levi and August Goodman families. A C Lafferty called to Columbus Ohio due to his father illness. Miss Gertrude M Grafe Roy Klaus marriage announced. Leroy Finkbinder and Detroit bride visit local aunts. Mrs Edgar L Brown hosts Friday Social Club. Mrs David Watson entertains guest Mrs John Waldron Chattanooga Tenn. Mrs Grover Effie Dobbs. Mr and Mrs W W Myers and son Billie plan trip to Chicago in their new Mitchell car.
Walter Winchell’s column catalogs a night of celebrity sightings in New York including Rex Harrison Kay Kendall Sonja Henie Johnnie Ray and James McKinley Bryant. It notes dining at Cerutti's Stork Lindy’s Plaza and the Broadway set at the Cop a and El Moroccos while detailing marriages signings and possible memoir advances.
Tasso was a contemporary of Julius Caesar false. Wheels in Tibet are used for prayer wheels. In mythology the labyrinth of King Minos was built by Daedalus. The orchestral instrument meaning small is piccolo. Madame Dudevant was the writer George Sand.
The term describes conflict and lack of agreement in speech and music. It traces to Old French and earlier roots descending from Descorder. The passage defines discord as disagreement and harsh musical sounds.
The record lists Beau Brummel born in 1778, film star Jean Harlow's death in 1937, the 1942 Midway naval victory for the Allies, and the 1944 Allied capture of Bayeux in Normandy during World War II.
A witty reflection on wandering from Dan to Beersheba and finding barrenness in spirit. The author cites Lawrence Sterne to lampoon inability to see value in distant places. The quote underscores irony of distance and perspective.
The text offers generic guidance on avoiding scams and notes that today’s child tends to be sociable, but lacks concrete people, places, or events to form a proper news-style item.
Notables born on this date include conductor George Szell of the Cleveland Orchestra, aircraft designer Alexander de Seversky, actress Jessica Tandy, baseball star Bobby Avila, and boxing great Rocky Graziano, reflecting a varied roster of achievements.
The item lists five quiz clues and answers. Torquato Tasso is the Italian poet 1544 to 1595. Julius Caesar is the Roman leader. Daedalus is the mythic craftsman of Athens. The piccolo is the small flute. The French writer using the pseudonym George Sand is indicated.
Charleston report: a man arrested on a drunkenness charge gives the name John Smith Jr. When pressed for his real name he presents a Social Security card bearing the same name. The sergeant remains skeptical.
Born under strong emotions you gain self discipline and judgment. Your magnetic personality attracts others and politics or homemaking may suit you. For each sign, paths to progress and success are outlined with practical financial and social advice.
An absurd news item reports two circus elephants rocking in a trailer, breaking loose and rolling down a Tennessee hillside. The quip references rock n roll culture and oddball cultural notes appear throughout.
Grandpappy Jenkins predicts prosperity with two cars per household as Madrid welcomes Prince Rainier, his bride, and a parade of European royalty including the king of Iraq, former kings of Italy and Bulgaria, a Luxembourg princess, and an Austrian archduke, all enjoying a grand time.
Lebanon Oregon. Bill Paestch a 28 year old logger had a close call while unloading logs when a log rolled from a truck and toppled him. The log sank into mud but he escaped with only a minor left ankle injury.
Farm leaders outside the Agriculture department press for a scientific study of how farm prices affect production. They want a top priority on research into basic economic problems, including the impact of price policy and the Soil Bank, with action unlikely before the election unless pressure mounts.
Guidance urges cutting calories to reduce overweight and lower health risks. Ten concise rules include avoiding snacks and alcohol, skipping sugar in fruit, using vinegar or lemon on salads, baking instead of frying, trimming fat, avoiding fat as seasoning, avoiding heavy creams, and not adding cream or sugar to beverages.
Vomiting may be due to habit formation or wrong feeding. Digestive disorders or infection can also trigger continual vomiting in a three month old baby.
At the AFL CIO headquarters dedication across Lafayette Square President Eisenhower and a crowd of thousands watched an ambulance pass by after a brief alarm. Bob Hope will entertain at a White House News Photographers dinner. Campaign trinkets include elephant cufflinks bearing Ike.
Joseph R. Williams, a former Detroit lawyer, was appointed as the first president of Michigan State College in 1857.
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