Rail Service Restored After Car Wreck On NYC Mainline
Train service on the New York Central mainline across the Wabash River bridge resumed shortly before 8 the morning after a Friday derailment of three NYC freight cars. A broken journal box caused the eastbound 106 car train to derail near the bridge, with shelled corn bound for Eastern seaports.
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New York Central Railroad
Wabash River Bridge
N.Y.C
J. O. Phillips
Phillips
Eastern Seaport
Seventh Street
Lewis heads new budget committee of Chamber of Commerce
William Lewis was named general chairman of the Chamber of Commerce budget committee at its first meeting. John K. Lamb said the panel reviewed current organization and past finances as part of a year long development survey. The group will meet in executive session to craft a financial plan for the chamber.
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William Lewis
Chamber of Commerce
John K. Lamb
Chamber
Harry Krust and
Notice to Bidders for Terre Haute Park Pool Project
The Board of Park Commissioners of Terre Haute Indiana invites sealed bids for labor materials and equipment to construct a monolithic municipal swimming and diving pool with wading area diatomaceous earth filtration chlorination and related facilities at Deming Park. Bids due June 21 1957 at 10 00 A M in Room 218 City Hall. Bonds required and plans on file for bidders. The board may reject any or all bids and waive informality.
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Board of Park Commissioners
Terre Haute
Indiana
Deming Park
City Hall
Haute
Park Commissioners
Board of Parkners
William L. White
Theodore K. Moore
Notices of Administration in Vigo County Probate Court
In Vigo Circuit Court May Term 1957 Estella Deckard named executrix of Alice M Hogan estate. Eva Beshaw appointed administratrix of Josie Hardesty Thomas estate. Ralph appointed administrator of Martin Van Hoose estate. All claimants must file within six months of first publication. Terre Haute Indiana dates May 1957 final.
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Ind
Vigo
Alice M. Hogan
Estella Deckard
Terre Haute
Indiana
Cather M. Fee
Vigo County
William R. Johnson
State
Josie Hardesty Thomas
Eva Beshaw
Tae — E
Catherine M. Fee
Bauer & Beecher, Jr
Co of
County of
Martin van Hoose
Ralph
Esenarh van Hoose
Aera Catherine M
Vigo Cit
Ae County
Kincade
Attys
State of Indiana
Lloyd Riley
Carl Riley
Terre Pe Indiana
Therine M. Fee
Ans
Beryl Blanchard
Cecil A. Blanchard
Therine M CA . Fee
Apa
N. Cox
Book Almost Banned Detroit
Detroit police in the juvenile detention section found and pulled a renamed novel from the shelf. The book Ten North Frederick by John O'Hara had recently been banned by Police Commissioner Edward S Giggins.
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Detroit
North Frederick
John O’hara
Edward S. Piggins
Purse Snatched From Mother of Five on Downtown Corner
Police report a 32 year old man grabbed the purse of Mrs. Kathry n Sims a mother of five at the Fourth street Wa bash avenue intersection at 1 am Wednesday. The cream colored purse contained a red bill fold and valuable papers and the victim was standing on a downtown street corner. The purse was valued at ten dollars.
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Kathryn Sims
South Thirteenth Street
Japanese Fishermen Return to Homeland
Twenty seven Japanese fishermen captured by Soviet patrols off Sakhalin returned to Wakkanai in Hokkaido after release by the Russians. The group and their boats were seized early last month on charges of alleged violations of Soviet territorial waters.
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Tokyo
Sakhalien
Wakkanai
Hokkaido
Notice of Estate Claims and Administrations in Vigo County
State of Indiana Vigo County probate notices announce actions in the matter of Lloyd Riley and Beryl Blanchard estates. Carl Riley and Cecil A Blanchard are named as claimants with filing deadlines. Clerks Therine M Fee and attorneys Cox and Beasley oversee the proceedings and bar claims after deadlines.
Notice of Probate in Vigo County Court
State of Indiana Vigo County Vigo Circuit Court announces probate in the matter of Lizzie A Davis estate Perry A Davis will executor. All persons with claims against the estate must present them by June 7 1957 to clerk Weolaea Smith Vigo County Circuit Court.
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Indiana
Vigo
Lizzie
Perry Ain
Tome
Take A. Davis
Terre Haute
Catherine M. Fee
Vigo County
Weolaea Smith
Summerfield Still Hopeful Of More Funds
Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield urged Congress for extra 149.5 million dollars to keep mail service from sharp cuts. House subcommittee demanded a concrete plan using current funds first and pushed back hearings until Tuesday.
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Summerfield
Washington
Arthur E. Summerfield
Congress
House Appropriations
Summerfeld
Subcommittee
J. Vaughan Gary
D.-Va
Gary
Gordon Canfield
N. J
Two Boys Drown in Baltimore Area After Seawall Fall and Diving
Wilbur Bohle Jr. 7 of south Baltimore fell from a seawall into the Patapsco River near Fort McHenry while playing hockey from school and drowned. Charles Bosley Jr. 12 of Reisterstown drowned while swimming in the Liberty Reservoir after playing hockey from school.
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Baltimore
Wilbur John Bohle Jr
Charles R. Bosley Jr
Reisterstown
Wilbur
Fort McHenry
Charles
Patapsco
Liberty Reservoir
Swift Mayflower Stirs Plymouth Rock Crowd
In Plymouth Massachusetts on June 8 a Mayflower II arrival spurred a town rush as spectators carpenters stage hands and media swarmed the waterfront. The replica is expected to reach Nantucket lightship late Sunday per skipper Capt Alan Villiers.
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Plymouth
Mass
Plymouth Rock
Nantucket
Alan Villiers
Bequest to Indiana Masonic Home and Youngstown Lodge
Sam C. Crandell will left $500 to the Indiana Masonic Home at Franklin and to I C C F Lodge No. 685 at Youngstown. The will, dated May 14, 1956, probate filed Friday names Terre Haute First National Bank as executor. Remaining estate, $6,450 in personal property, to be divided equally among eight nieces and nephews. Daniel Crandell named as life insurance recipient. Edward S. Everett and Warren R. Everett testified as witnesses and counsel.
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Indiana Masonic
Franklin
1.C.C.F
Youngstown
Sam C. Crandell
Masonic Temple
Daniel
Terre Haute First National Bank
John F. O’brien
Edward S. Everett
Warren R. Everett
Scaffold Collapse Claims Two Painters’ Lives
In New York on June 8 two painters fell nine stories when scaffolding slipped at a West Twenty Fifth Street apartment building. David Kapstein, 43, of Manhattan, died at the scene. Irving Kempler, 47, of Brooklyn, died later at a hospital.
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New York
West Twenty-Fifth Street
David Kapstein
Manhattan
Irving Kempler
Brooklyn
Capital Dice Raid in Indianapolis
Prosecutors investigators arrested 28 persons Thursday in raids on a dice game and three baseball lottery spots. Arraignment of those arrested was scheduled for a day in Municipal Court.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute Council Approves 250000 Sewer Bonds
The Terre Haute City Council approved issuing 250000 in general obligation bonds to fund a sewer for the Blanche E Fuqua elementary area, suspending a second reading to move quickly. Finance and bonding steps follow, with bids to be received and the highest bid chosen by lowest net interest cost.
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Terre Haute
Ray Thomas
Thomas
Myron Busby
Frank Doyle
Seven Teachers Retire and Twelve Resign in City Schools
Wayne P. Watson announces seven retirements and twelve resignations among city school staff. Retirees include Montrose principal Leona Collins and elementary teachers Mae Bray Bertha Shields Ruth Travioli Pearl True, and high school staff James H. Royer Nelle Strobel. Resignations listed for Lucille Dean Margaret Graddy Ruth Haugh Carolyn Kord Raedeane Nelson Carol Laney Ann Dunnichay Annabelle Henderson Madeleine Elam Beverly Payton Margaret Richardson Leonard Murtaugh.
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Wayne P. Watson
Leona Collins
Montrose School
Mae K. Bray
Sandison
Bertha Shields
Ruth Travioli
Davis Park
Pearl True
Rea
James H
Annabelle Henderson
Madeleine Elam
Beverly Payton
Margaret Richardson
Leonard Murtaugh
Children’s Day at Breden Memorial Church Observed
Children through kindergarten will attend a morning worship at 9 30 at Breden Memorial Evangelical Church. The junior and primary groups will sing and Pastor Rev Russell Hiatt will speak on Understanding Our Children. Children meet at the church by 9 20 Sunday.
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Breden Memorial Evangelical Church
Russell Hiatt
New Programs at Brandenburg EUB Church
A daily Vacation Bible School will begin Monday June 10 at Brandenburg EUB Church and run through June 21. Unified summer services are planned with Sunday worship at 9 30 a m and Sunday School at 10 45 a m led by Pastor Rev O A Bean blossom.
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Brandenburg
The Last Supper filet crochet pattern offer
Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Pattern 519 presents The Last Supper in filet crochet for home or altar cloth. Send 35 cents per pattern, 5 cents extra for first class mail, to Terre Haute Tribune Needlecraft Dept. Include name, address, zone and pattern number. Two free patterns offered. 25 cents for Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book 1957.
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Terre Haute Tribune
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Laura Wheeler
4-H Junior Leader Camp Underway at Shakamak Park
A. D. Luers and Vera Peterson assist as Vigo county 4-H members attend the Junior Leader training camp at Shakamak State Park. About 275 youths participate with 23 Vigo club members and 450 Vigo youth expected overall. The camp runs through Tuesday with two sessions July 28-31 and July 31-August 3.
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A. D. Luers
Shakamak State Park
Vigo County
Vera Peterson
Mary Elizabeth Jones
Indiana
Indiana Camping Association Was Also Held At the State Park
Luers
Theft by Gypsy Woman Cost Man $92 on South Side
Police report a man, Edward Wishart, 1616 South Second Street, was swindled when a carload of gypsies offered a rheumatism examination on a Thursday morning. One woman touched him and then a theft of $92 occurred from his billfold, leaving him only two dollars. Officers Pesteff and Catlin investigated.
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South Side
Edward Wishart
South Second Street
Wishart
Tom Pesteff
John Catlin
Two South Carolina students jailed in Hungary on frontier trip
Mike A. Gilbert and Warren William Hair, both from South Carolina colleges, crossed the Hungarian border May 26 near Lake Neusiedl without visas. Hungarians detained them, placed them in separate jail cells, and later expelled them to Austria after two weeks of questioning. They faced possible fines and said they hoped to resume travel to West Germany and Holland.
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Vienna
South Carolina
Hungary
Mike A. Gilbert
Walterboro
Warren William Hair
North Augusta
S. C
Nickelsdorf
Rust
Hair
Lake Neusiedl
Sopron
Budapest
United States
U. S
Gilbert
West Germany
Holland
Dr Schumaker Heads Terre Haute Medical Society
Dr Robert Schumaker was elected president of the Terre Haute Academy of Medicine at a Friday meeting attended by about 60 physicians. He succeeds Dr Robert Lancet and will lead for the coming year. New officers include Donn Gossom as first vice president Henry W Bopp as second vice president Paul Siebenmorgan as secretary treasurer and John Showalter Paul Humphrey as new board members. Holdovers are Roy V Pearce Charles Rust J L Stoelting J O Conklin and Wilbur McIntosh.
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John T. Reynolds
Terre Haute Academy of Medicine
Robert Schumaker
Robert Lancet
Donn Gossom
Henry W. Bopp
Paul Siebenmorgan
John Showalter
Paul Humphrey
Roy V. Pearce
Charles Rust
J. L. Stoelting
J. O. Conklin
Wilbur McIntosh
Lumber yard along river sold to investor Palmer
Property owned by the Raymond Kintz Lumber Company between Wabash avenue Cherry street and Water street to the Wabash River was sold to Charles A. Palmer of 3116 Poplar Street for 39000 dollars. Palmer said he has no plans for the site and bought it as an investment.
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Raymond Kintz Lumber Company
Wabash Avenue
Cherry Street
Water Street
Wabash River
Charles A. Palmer
Poplar Street
Ralph Baxter
Benjamin B White III Receives MIT Bachelor of Science
Benjamin B White III of Terre Haute earned a bachelor of science at MIT’s ninety first Commencement Exercises. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin B White and served on the AIChE executive committee and Technique staff. He studied in the chemical department of the institute.
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Benjamin B. White
Terre Haute
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
White
Farrington Street
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Technique
M.st
Institute
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