State to Seek Death Penalty in Flowers Murder Case
Prosecutor John R. Jett said he will seek the death penalty for Elmer J. Flowers in the murder of his former wife Ione Fagg Kennedy Flowers. The trial in Vigo Circuit Court opened with instructions and opening statements as Flowers faces first degree murder charges. The defense claims temporary insanity.
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John R. Jett
Elmer J. Flowers
Vigo
Herbert R. Criss
Flowers
Ione Fagg Kennedy Flowers
Jett
Eisenhower backs Adenauer stand amid Moscow invitation
President Eisenhower expressed utmost confidence that Chancellor Adenauer will stand with the West in dealings with the Soviet Union. He noted Moscow invited Adenauer to discuss relations with a newly sovereign West Germany and said the decision to accept rests with Germany. He praised Adenauer as a great statesman and said he will stand by Allies.
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Eisenhower
West Germany
Adenauer
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Western
Germany
Kremlin
Russia
Europe
Union Leaders Say It Must Be As Good As Pact With Ford
Detroit reports say Ford and the CIO United Auto Workers signed a three year contract guaranteeing a wage plan. GM prepared a new offer as talks resumed to avert a Sunday midnight strike deadline. Wildcat strikes spread from Rouge and other plants with tool and die workers seeking larger wage gains.
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Detroit
U.P
C.so
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corporation
C.S.O
G.M
U.A.W
Rouge
Monroe
Mich
St. Louis
Kansas City
Buffalo
Cleveland
Linden
Courthouse Lawn Parking Will Continue Unchanged
Vigo County officials led by Harry Brentlinger Jr insist the courthouse lawn parking will remain open to the public and courthouse employees. The board rejected a Banks of the Wabash proposal to fund a separate lot two blocks away, noting inclement weather makes a longer walk unsuitable. The plan to permanently black-top the southwest lawn area continues, asserting taxpayer ownership and use of the grounds as originally intended.
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Vigo County Board of Commissioners
Commission
Tee
Wabash Association
Brentlinger
Banks of the
Vigo County
Symonds Death Ruled Murder by Unknown Person
A Singapore coroner ruled that United Press staff correspondent Gene Symonds was murdered by an unknown person or persons. The inquiry cleared the Singapore police of criminal responsibility and praised officers for their conduct during the investigation.
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Singapore
United Press
Gene Symonds
K. T. Alexander
Tely
Alexander
Amoy Shelled
In Formosa at Amoy a shelling incident was reported during June. Details remain partially legible with brief notes on bombardment activity and coastal defense actions. Local authorities cautioned residents near the harbor while observers tracked naval movements in the area.
House Exempts Gas Producers From Price Fix
The House Commerce Committee approved a bill to exempt natural gas producers from direct federal price control. In a secret session the vote was 16 to 15. Chairman J Percy Priest said the bill would let the EPC review new contracts between producers and pipelines and allow pipelines to deduct reasonable market prices for gas as operating expenses.
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House Commerce Committee
J. Percy Priest
D.-Tenn
EPC
Ten Saar coal miners killed in tunnel collapse
A tunnel collapse at the Gneisenaar coal mine in Neukirchen Saar left ten miners dead and sixteen trapped or missing with six others injured as 210 feet of tunnel caved in 1,500 feet underground on Tuesday.
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Neukirchen
Saar
Glover Named Chairman of Anaconda Board
Roy H. Glover, longtime Anaconda Copper Mining Company executive, was elected May 26 to chairman of the board succeeding Cornelius F. Kelley who retired after 54 years with the firm. Born 1890 in Goldendale Washington, Glover joined Anaconda in 1943 and has been vice president and general counsel since 1951. The company will rename to The Anaconda Company effective June 18 1955.
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New York
Roy H. Glover
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Cornelius F. Kelley
Glover
Anaconda
Butte, Mont
Chile Copper Company
Chile Exploration Company
Bernardo O’higgins
Carlos Ibanez del Campo
Republic of Chile
Anaconda Company
Five Die in Associated Airways Plane Crash Near Edmonton
Five employees of Associated Airways were killed when a twin engine plane crashed and burned ten miles west of Edmonton Alberta yesterday. The victims included Phillip Shallo 33 of San Mateo California and four other American and Canadian crew members.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Associated Airways
Here
Phillip Shallo
San Mateo
Judge rules no breach of peace for soft voiced insult
Municipal Judge Armand W. Scott dismissed a charge after finding a woman did not raise her voice when calling a policeman a name. The ruling came in Washington on Tuesday.
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Washington
Armand W. Scott
Adenauer Barred From Talks With Russia Under Western Pact
The British Foreign Office stated that West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer is barred by agreements with the major western powers from negotiating with Russia on German reunification or a peace treaty. A spokesman added Britain has full confidence in Adenauer and is not concerned about potential talks with Soviet leaders.
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London
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Germany
Adenauer
Bonn Faces Positive German Stand on Russia Invite
The West German cabinet under Chancellor Adenauer voiced a positive attitude toward Russia inviting Adenauer to Moscow to normalize ties. A spokesman said no definite decision yet and top officials will consult with President Heuss and Prime Minister Eden. observers expect negotiations later and not before the Big Four meeting in July. France’s Edgar Faure sought motives behind the invitation as Molotov agreed to lunch en route to the U.N. anniversary event.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Britain
France
Russia
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Moscow
Ei Wer
Anthony Eden
Edgar Faure
Faure
V. M. Molotov
Paris
United States
U.N
Molotov
Heinrich von Brentano
Swea City Welcomes Home Capt Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City Iowa crowded with six thousand residents to greet Capt Harold Fischer Jr and two other U S fliers freed by Chinese communists Militants included Gov Leo Hoegh at a public welcome in the town park Fischer rode at the head of a brass band parade from his farm home to town with family and veterans groups in attendance
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Swea City
Iowa
Leo Hoegh
Fischer
Midwest
Cs.t
Eloretto Mino
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Muncie Engineer Receives Silver Vail Medal
Richard Nance, a 26 year old Indiana Bell engineer from Muncie, was awarded the Silver Vail Medal and $500 for saving firefighter Eugene Sanders during a February blaze. Nance earned the honor as the seventh Hoosier recipient, presented by Indiana Bell official Roy C. Echols at a luncheon.
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Muncie
Ind
Richard Nance
Indiana Bell
Nance
Roy C. Echols
Eugene Sanders
Aid for refugees launches Taiwan relief program
An American aid check of $1,291,000 arrived in Formosa to fund community settlement and self help for 18,503 evacuees from the Tachen Islands. Projects include wells schools clinics roads and drainage systems.
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Taipei
Formosa
Tachen Islands
Japanese drug firms ship medicines to China amid trade talks
Tokyo sources report June talks as Nihon Keizai notes three Japanese drug companies agreed to export certain medicines to Red China. The item highlights a bid to bolster Sino Japanese commerce through pharmaceutical shipments.
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Tokyo
Nihon Kezai
Rose Polytechnic to Host Army Chief Engineer for Commencement
Major General Samuel D. Sturgis Jr will deliver the commencement address at Rose Polytechnic Institute graduation exercises. Fifty seven candidates will receive engineering degrees at 10 a.m. Saturday in Rose Fieldhouse with alumni address by Henry Y. Offutt of Louisa Kentucky.
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United States Army
Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Rose
Henry Y. Offutt
Lou , Ky
Offutt
General Sturgis
Minnesota
Sturgis
Sixth Armored Division
Fort Leonard Wood
University of Minnesota
West Point
Graduate Engineering School
Command and General Staff School
Army War College
Thirteenth Engineering Corps
Sixth Army
Australia
Luzon
Washington
Cable dynamiter sent to prison in Louisville case
A former Southern Bell employee received a two year jail term and a $500 fine for dynamiting a telephone cable during a strike. John D. McDermott Jr. denied responsibility as trial opens for three more defendants including Arthur Chism Marvin Scott and Gus Pack. Perjury indictment against Lewis Cureton also noted.
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Louisville
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co
John D. McDermott
C.I.0
Communications Workers of America
McDermott
Arthur B. Chism, Jr
Marvin Lee Scott
Gus Pack
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Lewis H. Cureton
Driver Killed in Five Car Crash at Cemetery Curve
Scottsburg Indiana June 3 Deputy Everett Leroy Sipes 21 died in a five car crash in front of a cemetery on Ind 256 Clarence Hammond 45 hospitalized in Madison with injuries Dorothy Taylor 32 Paris Crossing stopped to place flowers on a grave and triggered the chain collision Gerald Shelton 21 Nav Deputy 17 skidded into the rear of another vehicle as Sipes swerved to avoid the wrecks background police said
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Scottsburg
Ind
Everett Leroy Sipes
Clarence W. Hammond
Madison
Dorothy Taylor
Paris Crossing
Parwoys
Gerald Shelton
Nav
Shelton
Sipes
Hammond
Hat Maker Faces Senate Quizzers In Bribe Probe
Chicago hat maker Harry Lev, under Senate scrutiny for alleged bribes, signs a restitution check and faces further questioning on his government contracts. Investigators will probe ties with former government worker Mrs. Mella Hart and rumors of blackmail demands linked to Lev’s 1951 169,646 garrison cap contract.
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Washington
Chicago
Harry Lev
Senate
Subcommittee
Lev
Mella Hart
Armed Services
Leon M. Levy
New York
Hart
Indiana Traffic Toll Drops Slightly in May
Indiana reports 90 traffic deaths in May, up ten from last year, while the year to date toll is 3 percent lower than 1954. State police superintendent Frank A. Jessup notes 413 fatalities on Hoosier streets and highways through last weekend, compared with 428 for the same period in 1954.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Frank A. Jessup
Hoosier
Steel Companies Engage in Pittsburgh Wage Talks
Bethlehem and Republic Steel join U.S. Steel in wage talks with the United Steelworkers in Pittsburgh. David J. McDonald leads bargaining with Bethlehem and will meet Republic later. The Big Six steel firms negotiate this week to set pattern for 90 smaller concerns and fabricators.
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Pittsburgh
Bethlehem and
Republic Steel Corporations
U. S. Steel Corp
C.so. United Steelworkers
U.S.W
U. S. Steel
David J. McDonald
Bethlehem
Republic
Joseph Larkin
Thomas Patton
Jones & Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Inland Steel
Rains Persist Across Indiana Hoosierland Weather Update
Shower activity continued across Indiana with Fort Wayne reporting the heaviest rainfall at 0.84 inch. Evansville, South Bend, and Indianapolis saw 0.62, 0.41, and 0.56 inch respectively as cool temperatures linger. Highs reached 70 in both Thursday forecast areas, with lows around 56 to 57 and a partly cloudy, cool outlook for Friday.
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Evansville
Fort Wayne
Weather Forecast and River Stage Update
Noon readings show river at 4.1 feet and rising. Sunrise at 5 22, sunset at 8 15, with afternoon high conditions noted.
Local Conditions Report
Yesterday reached 71 degrees as the high weather mark. Low visibility hindered sighting during an unclear period with precipitation listed at 74.
Cloudy With Showers Across Terre Haute Area
Forecast notes cloudy skies with occasional showers through tonight and early Thursday. Cooler nights with lows around 56 to 62 degrees and daytime highs reaching 65 to 79. Indiana region expecting scattered showers this afternoon and tonight with partly cloudy, cool conditions Thursday.
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Terre Haute
Lew
Indiana
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