Alumni Honored as College Holds Convocation
The convocation recognized distinguished alumni including Miss Hilda Maehling Dr Horace M Powell and Fitzhugh Traylor with stage escorts named by college faculty and past presidents. Senior addresses were delivered by Norma Nikolic and Harold Mohamed as Book and Torch ritual was reenacted. Memory Lane and baccalaureate events followed with 787 graduates and 44 nursing diploma candidates.
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University of California
Indiana State
Hilda Maehling
National Education Association
Washington, D. C
Horace M. Powell
Eli Lilly and Company of
Indianapolis
Fitzhugh Traylor
American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters
Dr. Jardine
Leslie Miley
Petersburg
Norma N. Nikolich
Gary
Harold Mohamed
Michigan
Rex Crowder, Jr
Perrysville
St. Anthony Hospital School of Nursing
Union Hospital School of Nursing
First Washington Ice Cream Plant Still Operates
The first ice cream plant established in Washington remains in operation today, continuing to produce frozen treats and contributing to the state’s dairy history.
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Washington
Penitentiary Escapee Still At Large Near Terre Haute
Intensive search continues for Allie Bryan Harris a 55 year old inmate who escaped from the U S Penitentiary reservation south of Terre Haute He arrived from Portsmouth Ohio to serve a two year term for operating an unregistered still He was on the garden crew and vanished after lunch officials describe a 5 8 195 pound man with blue eyes brown hair and tattoos including a woman on his right shoulder and a horse on his left shoulder
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U. S. Penitentiary
Terre Haute
Allie Bryan Harris
Portsmouth
Ohio
Harris
Donald E. Byington
Deaths Mrs. Addie M. Howard 69 Terre Haute
Mrs. Addie M. Howard age 69 of Terre Haute died at 4 30 Friday at home. Survived by three sisters Fern Smith Clinton R R 2 Nettie Summerville Dana Lora Baught Washington DC and three brothers Frank and alert own both Bernice John Newton of RiamT The body taken to Bedino Chapel of the Valley Friends may call after 6 pm This evening Funeral services 1 pm Monday at the funeral home burial Woodlawn cemetery.
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Addie M. Howard
R. R
Terre Haute
Fern Smith
Clinton
Nettie Summerville
Dana
Lora Baught
Washington, D. C
Frank An
Alert
Bernice Ohn Newton
Riamt
Bedino Chapel
Woodlawn Cemetery
Mrs Emma Marts Woodsmall obituary in Indiana burial plot
Mrs. Emma Marts Woodsmall 74 of 1851 Park street died Saturday at home. She belonged to Central Christian Church and the National Association of Letter Carriers Auxiliary. Survived by husband Isaac a daughter Naomi Lloyd Terre Haute two sons Harlan Paris Ill Dorleen Arlon Va a sister Ida Osborn Shelburn and a brother William Marts Shelburn Final rites Monday 2:30 p.m. Martin Tearman Funeral Home. Burial Roselawn Memorial Park. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Sunday.
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Emma Marts Woodsmall
Park Street
Central Christian Church
National Association of Letter Carriers Auxiliary
Isaac
Naomi Lloyd
Terre Haute
Harlan
Paris
Tll
Dorleen
Arlon
Ida Osborn
Shelburn
William Marts
Martin Tearman
Hosea Foust Dies at 78 in Paxton Area
Hosea Foust aged 78 died Friday afternoon at St. Anthony Hospital. He is survived by three brothers Fred and Burke of Paxton and Walter of Carlisle. The body was taken to Bedino Chapel in the Valley for calling after 3 p.m. Saturday. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Bedino Chapel with Rev. Albert Lucchi officiating. Burial will be in Black Cemetery.
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Hosea Foust
South First Street
St. Anthony Hospital
Fred
Burke
Paxton
Walter
Carlisle
Bedino Chapel
Albert Lucchi
Black Cemetery
Funeral services for Rev Price Owens at Highland Church
Funeral services for 71 year old Rev Price Owens who died Thursday will be held at 1 pm Monday at Highland Baptist Church. Rev C W Saunders will officiate with burial in Grandview Cemetery. Friends may call at Russell Funeral Home after 1 pm Sunday until 11 am Monday when the body will be taken to the church.
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Price Owens
Highland Baptist Church
C. W. Saunders
Grandview Cemetery
Russell Funeral Home
Funeral services for Miss Dora Eppert announced
Miss Dora Eppert of 2050 North Seventh street died Friday. Services set for 10 o'clock Monday at Thomas Funeral Home with Rev. Frank Nordby officiating. Burial will be in Highland Lawn cemetery. Friends may visit the funeral home after 10 o'clock Sunday morning.
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Dora Eppert
North Seventh Street
Thomas Funeral Home
Frank Nordby
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Thomas McPherson Dies at 80. Rites Planned in Sullivan
Thomas McPherson, 80, died Thursday. Services set for 2 PM Sunday at Thomas Funeral Home with Rev. George Atkinson of Indianapolis officiating. Burial in Center Ridge Cemetery at Sullivan.
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Thomas McPherson
Thomas
George Atkinson
Indianapolis
Center Ridge Cemetery
Sullivan
Davy Crockett Ranks Among Top French Heroes
A nationwide Parents Assn survey of thousands of elementary and high school students shows Napoleon remains the No 1 hero. Davy Crockett is the sole foreign figure in the top 10, ranking eighth among French schoolchildren.
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Paris
Napoleon I
Parents Assn
Davy Crockett
Cross Suspect in Ring Case as Ophra Testifies
A Los Angeles witness testified Cross beat a woman who gave a ring to another man while she denied fear of Cross. Police records list Kay Lower alias Kay Thorpe with 15 arrests since 1949 including prostitution. a 60 day jail term in 1951 for offering herself. Former baker Albert Barclay testified Lower was Crosss girlfriend and paid 75 dollars weekly as a union organizer.
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Los Angeles
Kay Lower
Kay Thorpe
Albert Barclay
Miss Lower
Vandekamp’s Bakery
Terre Haute native dies. funeral set for Monday
Former Terre Haute resident dies on Thursday. The funeral will be held at 2 PM Monday at Callahan Funeral Home with Rev. Arthur Anderson officiating. Burial follows at Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Terre Haute
Callahan Funeral Home
Arthur Anderson
Roselawn Memorial Park
Funeral services for Daniel R. Campbell announced
Daniel Roy Campbell 68 died Thursday. Services set for 1 p.m. Monday at Thomas Funeral Home with Rev. Owen Ashley officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Daniel Roy Campbell
Thomas Funeral Home
Owen Ashley
Roselawn Memorial Park
Mrs Ethel Bovenschen Linton Obituary
Mrs Ethel Bovenschen 72 died 11:35 Friday morning at Freeman-Greene County Hospital. Survived by son Arthur of Linton, brothers William A. Pope of Waterloo Iowa and Leonard Pope of Vicksburg, sister Mrs Etta Gabbard of Midland and five grandchildren. Member Olive Branch Church. Body to Welch Cornett Funeral Home then church for 2 PM services conducted by Rev Donald Renee. Burial in Fairview cemetery.
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Linton
Ind
Ethel Bovenschen
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
Arthur
William A. Pope
Waterloo
Iowa
Leonard Pope
Vicksburg
Etta Gabbard
Midland
Olive Branch Church
Welch & Cornett Funeral
Donald Renee
Fairview Cemetery
Funeral services set for Mabel Williamson in West Union
Mrs. Mabel Williamson 69 of Gary Indiana died Friday at her sister Mrs Esther Cornwell's home in West Union. She leaves two sons Vernnie and Freddie of Gary and four brothers Fred Strohm Martinsville Dan Strohm Fontana Cash Strohm Detroit Jeff Strohm West Union. Services Sunday at 2 pm CST at Prust Hosch Funeral Home with Rev Paul Hazeltine. burial in Harrison Cemetery.
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West Union
Ill
Mabel Williamson
Gary
Ind
Esther Cornwell
Vernnie
Freddie
Fred Strohm
Martinsville
Dan Strohm
Fontana
Cal
Cash Strohm
Detroit
Jeff Strohm
Prust-Hosch Funeral Home
Paul Hazeltine
Harrison Cements
Death of Mrs Theodocia Klin in Bloomingdale
Theodocia Klin 83 died at Mrs Kesterson Friendship Home at 5 PM Friday. She is survived by five cousins. Body to Davies Funeral Home Marshall. Visitation after 6 PM Saturday. Funeral 2 PM Sunday at the Davies Funeral Home conducted by Rev Franklin Chant. Burial in Bloomingdale cemetery.
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Bloomingdale
Ind
Theodocia Klin
Mrs. Kesterson
Davies
Marshall
Franklin Chant
Bloomingdale Cemetery
Mrs Flossie Bowser Dies at Vermillion County Hospital
Mrs Flossie R Bowser 52 of 814 Sycamore St Clinton died at 3 55 pm Friday at Vermillion County Hospital She is survived by husband August and one niece Mrs Rosie Jackson of Terre Haute The body at Karanovich Funeral Home to lie in state for services at 130 pm Monday Burial in Walnut Grove cemetery
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Clinton
Ind
Flossie R. Bowser
Sycamore Street
Vermillion County Hospital
August
Rosie Jackson
Terre Haute
Karanovich
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Reduced Scale For Soil Bank May Be Okayed
The House approved measure and Senate bill alter soil bank limits. House sets 1958 acreage reserve payments cap at 2500 per producer and 1958 total at 250 million dollars. Senate cap rises to 350 million with 7.50 per acre rental limit. Senate vote to restore 1958 payments 18 to 2. Critics note past subsidies failed to cut surplus output.
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Senate
Soil Bank
House
Senate Committee
Richard B. Russell
D.-Ga
Senate Agricultural Appropriations Subcommittee
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Agriculture Department
Funeral services for Eva R. Searley
Eva R. Searley 61 died Thursday in Brazil Indiana. Funeral services set for 2 p m Monday at Miller and Sons Funeral Home with Rev Chester Mahan officiating. Burial will be in Summit Lawn Cemetery.
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Brazil
Ind
Eva R. Searley
Miller and Sons
Chester Mahan
Summit Lawn Home
Funeral services for Curtis Eades at Lawson and Son
Funeral services for Curtis Eades age 76 who died will be held Sunday at 3 PM at Lawson and Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Earl S. Cummings Jr officiating. Burial will be in Calcutta cemetery north of Brazil.
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Brazil
Ind
Curtis Eades
Lawson and Son Funeral Home
Earl S. Cummings Jr
Calcutta
Graham shifts to fund raising for New York Crusade
Evangelist Billy Graham appeals directly for donations to finance the New York Crusade. He reports $420,000 raised privately with at least $175,000 more needed to meet the July 21 closing date. A benefactor funds two coast to coast telecasts. four telecasts cost over $200,000. The second telecast airs tonight on 57 ABC stations. A San Francisco Cow Palace crusade is planned starting April 27, 1957.
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New York
Billy Graham
Graham
Madison Square Garden
Crusade Executive Committee
the Garden
E.C.T
American Broadcasting Co
Perry Como
NBC
Jackie Gleason
CBS
San Francisco
Late Hours Still Okay for Taverns in Indianapolis
Indiana taverns may stay open until 1 a m CDT for at least a week after Judge John Ryan overruled a motion to dissolve his restraining order blocking the Alcoholic Beverage Commission from ordering midnight closings. A second hearing is set for next Friday to decide if the order becomes permanent.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
John Ryan
Marion County Superior Court
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Edwin K. Steers
Ryan
Funeral services set for Alfred B Hill Bicknell
Alfred B Hill 76 died recently with funeral services planned for 2 PM Sunday at the Pilgrim Holiness Church. Rev C D Jester will officiate and burial will be in the IOOF Cemetery. The body rests at Wampler Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bicknell
Ind
Alfred B. Hill
Pilgrim Holiness Church
C. D
Wampler Funeral Home
Rose Engineers Urged To Build Creative Superstructure
Rose Institute honors graduates with bachelor of science in engineering. Dr Barker urges political participation to strengthen democracy and industry. G Lee Berry welcomes graduates to the Alumni Association as they join a legacy of evolving engineering from hand processes to automated methods.
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G. Lee Berry
Rose
Berry
Influenza Cases Rise Across Asia With First Death
New Delhi reports 2800 new influenza cases and its first death in the spread of the epidemic. Earlier tallies show around 3000 cases on Thursday and 3000 previously, as dampened hopes rise for containment.
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New Delhi
Brother Hurt Seriously in Bloomington Car Crash
Roy told officers he had been drinking as police noted the car was speeding on a wet rainy Bloomington road. The injured brother survived, while the other man died and was sent to Callahan Funeral Home.
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Mobile
Roy
Callahan Funeral Home
Girl Injured in Riley Auto Crash
A 14 year old girl Geraldine Gibson of 312 South Third Street was hospitalized after a collision on Old Louisville Road near Riley. Passenger Donald Kearschner 17 received minor injuries and was later released from St Anthony Hospital.
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Sheriff's
Riley
Louisville
Geraldine Gibson
South Third Street
St. Anthony Hospital
Donald Kearschner
Sycamore Street
Terre Haute
Edmund J. Bennett
North Fourth Street
Maxine Wells
Coal City
Bennett
Wells
Stella Collenbaugh
Doom Predicted For Jury Trial Amendment Bid
Voters contemplated the northern Democratic stance amid claims of pressure from white citizens councils. Powell remains in Bethesda Naval Hospital for exhaustive tests as support for or against the jury trial amendment remained unsettled ahead of a Thursday vote.
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Doom
Powell
Bethesda
MD.) Naval Hospital
Bolling
Missourian
House
Senate
Derailment Injures Two Men Near Aurora
Two B&O freight cars and a caboose derailed five miles west of Aurora Indiana. Crewmen Hamilton Dixon of Cincinnati and Norman Dodds of North Vernon, both in the caboose, suffered fractures and were taken to the Milan Clinic.
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Aurora
Ind
Baltimore & Ohio
Hamilton Dixon
Cincinnati
Norman Dodds
North Vernon
Milan
Visiting Briton Plans Shopping Spree On Overseas Allowance
Mrs. Monica Rodney, a London arrival, says she will spend the $280 overseas holiday allowance now approved by Britain. She aims to buy cowboy boots for her 11 year old son Christopher, a dress for daughter Lucinda 16, lingerie for herself, and pajamas for her husband as the old $28 allowance was revoked.
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New York
Monica Rodney
London
Christopher
Lucinda
Girard Fires His Attorney In Japan Trial Debate
Girard dismisses his attorney as the case moves to a Japanese trial. He predicts court will appoint a government-paid lawyer if he has no local counsel. Akikichi Sakai, husband of the dead woman, criticizes American calls for an American-style trial and accuses Americans of viewing Japanese as subhuman.
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Girard
Maebashi
Akikichi Sakai
Sakai
Eisenhower Attacks Congress as Modern Republicanism Rally
President Eisenhower delivered a strong speech to about 1,600 party officials and lawmakers, urging loyalty to the 1956 platform and signaling a break with congressional Republicans Knowland and Bridges. He warned Democrats face pressure over budgets and presidential proposals, noting prospects in 1958 and 1960 depend on embracing modern Republicanism.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
California
Sen. Bridges
Bridges
L Eisenhower
Jet crash halts train during rehearsal near London
Flight Officer David Garratt, 27, of the Royal Air Force Hawker Hunter team, died when his jet collided during a rehearsal near North Weald. The crash derailed a nearby train. several people were slightly injured as a car derailed on the damaged track. The other acrobat landed safely.
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London
David Garratt
Royal Air Force
Garratt
North Weald
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