Mayors Named To Investigate Unemployment
An 18 member task force led by Governor G Mennen Williams and UAW President Walter Reuther was formed at the Detroit unemployment conference. Mayors from Detroit Hamtramck Lansing Flint Pontiac Muskegon Milwaukee Toledo and South Bend join along with union officials to present a five point immediate program and a long range stability plan including higher minimum wage and increased public works.
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Detroit
Midwest
Eisenhower
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
U.A.W
Williams
Reuther
Emil Mazey
Hamtramck
Lansing
Flint
Pontiac
Muskegon
Milwaukee
Wis
Toledo
Ohio
South Bend
Ind
Waldon Jr Named Commander At Pioneer Post 340
Thomas G. Waldon Jr is the new commander of Pioneer Post No 340 of the American Legion He is also a state convention delegate with Huey McBride Alternate delegates are Lloyd N Mills and Felix A Winston Installation is set for Thursday June 14 with Don Waltz as installing officer Other new officers include Huey McBride Robert Watkins Felix A Winston T G Walden Sr William M Holmes Harry B Griffin Nehemiah Wilson Harold Jones and Robert Watkins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Waldon Jr
Pioneer Post
American Legion
Huey McBride
Lloyd N. Mills
Felix A. Winston
Don Waltz
Robert Watkins
T. G. Walden Sr
William M. Holmes
Harry B. Griffin
Nehemiah Wilson
Harold Jones
New York Central to Install Nationwide Car Network
Terre Haute yards of the New York Central Railroad will join a new automated car reporting and accounting network within five months. The system, built to boost freight yard efficiency and speed train operations, uses a teletype network with IBM equipment. It expands from the Eastern District to the Western District this week and will reach Southern and Northern districts next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
New York Central Railroad
International Business
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Father Murray Is Moved to Louisville
Rev. Pascal Murray pastor of St. Joseph church has been moved from St. Anthony Hospital to a Louisville Kentucky hospital to be near his parents and the mother house of the Franciscan order at Mount St Frances Indiana His new mailing address is Mount St Frances Indiana
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascal Murray
St. Joseph Church
St. Anthony Hospital
Louisville, Ky
Franciscan Order
Mount St. Frances
Ind
Man Fined and Sentenced in Local Attack Case
Charles W. Allensworth, 29, 824 South Fourteenth Street, was fined 25 dollars and costs and sentenced to 90 days in the Indiana State Farm after pleading guilty to assault and battery with intent. He admitted attacking a 52 year old widow at her south side home early Friday morning while her two daughters slept. He claimed he had been drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Allensworth
South Fourteenth Street
Indiana State Farm
Allensworth
Southside
Edward S. Everett
Clinton W. McDonald
Arizona
Seelyville
Fred Wild
South Twenty-fifth Street
John McFall
South Eighth Street
South Seventh Street
Asphalt melts in Gonzales heat stalls truck load
In Gonzales Texas on June 9 the 102 degree heat melted downtown asphalt trapping a truck loaded with chicken feed. Crews unloaded the feed to free the vehicle as the sun bore down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzales
Tex
City Official Wounded By House Burglar
Newark, June 9. City Councilman Jack M. Walder was shot twice in a home burglary as his wife surprised the intruder in a bedroom closet. The attacker escaped with a mink from Mrs Waldor. Walder remained conscious before an operation. condition critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Jack M. Walder
Walder
Waldor
Waldors
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Beth Israel Hospital
Pilots' Strike Ends for Italian Airlines in Rome
Rome June 9 Italian air lines resumed international operations after a month long pilots strike over higher wages and benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Iitalian Airlines
Truman Aids Tax Conspiracy Trial Near End
In St Louis on June 9 the Connelly Caudle conspiracy trial nears verdict. Defense rested after 23 days with closing arguments set for Monday. Judge Hulen upheld only conspiracy to defraud services, dropping bribery perjury and related charges. Sachs, a shoe maker, pleaded guilty in 1951 to tax evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Matthew J. Connelly
T. LaMar Caudle
Federal District Court
Wyllis S. Newcomb
Connelly
Truman
Caudle
Justice Department
Irving Sachs
Sachs
Rubey M. Hulen
Boy Killed While Riding Bicycle In Frankfort Street
Nine year old Danny Bowman died in a city street crash in Frankfort Indiana on Friday. Driver Nancy Pfiefer of Lawrenceburg said the boy attempted a turn in the street and drove into her car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Ind
Nancy Pfiefer
Lawrenceburg
Danny Bowman
Thomas Bowman
Indicted land promoter linked to brady bombing case
Brady Texas. B R Sheffield under 40 and his wife were questioned after a car bombing that wounded lawyer Sam McCollum III, a principal witness against Sheffield in veterans land scandals. J L V Ruffin said threats followed the disclosures as the probe widens into the Bascom Giles program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Tex
B. R
Veterans Land
McCollum
J. L. V. Ruffin
Brady Land
Veterans Land Program
Ruffin
Corpus Christi
Texas Land Commission
Bascom Giles
Giles
Texas
Auditor victim of freak accident near Cadiz
Cadiz Ohio June 9 acting coroner Walter Yost reports Ralph Simpson 59 auditor in the internal revenue service Steubenville died in a freak car fire. His vehicle slid into a ditch Thursday night wheels spun to free it and ignition set the tires ablaze with the windows shut he apparently suffocated from the fumes. The body was found by a boy going to work in a farm field Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadiz
Ohio
Walter Yost
Ralph Simpson
Internal Revenue Service
Steubenville
Simpson
Polish Poet Jan Serafinowicz Dies After Hotel Plunge
In New York a Polish poet and former embassy attache Jan Lechon Serafinowicz about 60, of Manhattan, died after leaping from a high window or roof of the Henry Hudson Hotel. Police say he was not registered. Radio Free Europe's George Krzywicki calls him one of Poland's foremost poets. He arrived in the U S about ten years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
Henry Hudson
Jan Lechon Serafinowicz
Manhattan
George Krzywicki
Radio Free Europe
Serafinowicz
Poland
United States
Blow Torch Causes Two-Alarm Blaze at Toll Plant
A two alarm fire at the National Automatic Toll Co. plant in Richmond Indiana Friday night caused about 4000 in damage. Firefighter Don Ashenfelter was overcome by smoke in the pattern shop ceiling but survived with non serious injuries. The blaze was blamed on a blow torch used to sweat a pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
National Automatic Toll Co
Don Ashenfelter
Earth Tremor Shakes Chile and Argentina
A strong earthquake rattled northern Chile and northwestern Argentina Friday. No casualties or heavy damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Argentina
Attempted robbery at Pioneer Post 340 American Legion
Police investigated an attempted break in at the Pioneer Post 340 American Legion home on Tippecanoe Street. Huey Lee McBride, second vice commander, found the glass of the front door broken after closing the post about 1 15 AM. Thieves sought to force open a cigarette machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Post
American Legion
Tippecanoe Street
Huey Lee McBride
McBride
Schoffstall and
Brill
Chicago Livestock Market Report Falls Across Hogs and Cattle
Salable hogs 300 base. butchers 25 to 75 lower. No 1 grade 200 210 lb butchers 18.00. sows 350 lower. ranges listed for various weights. Salable cattle 500. steers 50 lower at heavy weights, fed heifers steady to 25 higher. cows 25-50 higher. bulls steady. vealers 1.00 higher. Sheep sparse. lambs mostly steady with price ranges 24.00-31.00. pelts and slaughter ewes also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Local Livestock and Produce Prices Report
Salable hogs numbers and weights appear with prices for barrows gilts sows and surrounding lots Market steady to 25 cents lower Lamb pool shows price ranges for choice good medium and common cuts Eggs and poultry prices list current receipts and specific hen and cock rates Grain and feed prices cover Wheat Rye Oats Corn Soybeans with varying kernels and color grades per bushel or bag
Vigo County Estate of George Owen Final Account Set For June 27
Ralph Johnston as administrator has filed the final account in the estate of George Owen deceased, Estate No. 21696, Vigo Circuit Court Probate Division. The final settlement will be examined June 27, 1956, at 10:00 A M, and interested parties must appear to show cause why the account should not be approved and to prove heirship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Indiana
County of
Vigo
Issane
George Owen
Cocaneer
Ralph Johnston
Vigo Circuit
Herbert R. Criss
Vigo Circuit Court
H. Ralph Johnston
Terre Haute Seeks Bids for Street Resurfacing Project
The Board of Public Works and Safety of Terre Haute Indiana invites sealed bids for resurfacing South Twenty second Street from Crawford to Park with bituminous mix in two courses and for raising and adjusting manholes catch basins and center stone castings. Bids due June 20 1956 at 9 00 A M CST. Bid forms 95 96 a and a $100 certified check required. bond with surety within 10 days if awarded. The board may reject all bids. Raymond F. Thomas Albert Ellis Ernest J. Zwerner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Aute
Indiana
Board of Public Works and Safety
Twenty-second Street
Crawford Street
Park Street
State Board of Accounts
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Raymond F. Thomas
Albert Ellis
Ernest J. Zwerner
Department of Public Works and Safety
Office of the Board
Terre Haute Ind
Board of Public Works
Ohio Boulevard
19Th Street
25Th Street
20Th Street
Notice to Bidders Terre Haute DPW seeks bids for street inlets
The Terre Haute Indiana Board of Public Works and Safety announces a bid call for three combination inlets and catch basins and one manhole at 24th and Ohio and one inlet at 25th and Ohio. Sealed bids due by 9:00 A M June 20 1956 with a $100 certified check and bid form 95. Bond with surety required within ten days of award. Albert Ellis vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Works and Safety
D. Terre Haute
Indiana
Board of Public Works and Safety
24Th & Ohio Street
25Th
Ohio Street
Terre Haute
Vigo County
State Board of Accounts
Vacation of Railroad Street in Keller town described
Everett J. Acree Vigo County Indiana Auditor announces petition before the Board of Commissioners on June 25 1956 at 10 00 A M for vacation of 30 foot wide Railroad Street in Riley Township Keller Ferrel Linghurst Road and Southern Indiana Railroad right of way described by lot and street lines. Public notice and legal action by the county auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette Township
Board of Commissioners
County of Vigo
Everett J. Acree
Vigo County
Indiana
Riley Township
County of Vige
State of
S.T
Railroad Street
Keller
Ferrel
Kellar
Vigoounty Recorder’s
Ferrel Avenue
Linghurst Road
Southern Indiana Railroad
Terre Haute school bids sought for cafeteria and heating work
The Board of School Trustees of the School City of Terre Haute Indiana will accept sealed bids until 3 00 P M CST June 25 1956 for new cafeteria equipment at Woodrow Wilson Junior High and for temperature controls and traps at Garfield High School. Bids require a 10 percent certified check or 500 bond, with performance bond and non collusion affidavit. The board may reject all bids. Dated June 1 1956. Loring C Halberstadt Director of Business and Research.
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Board of School Trustees
Terre Haute
Indiana
Board of School
Woodrow Wilson Junior High
Garfield High School
Twelfth Street
Maple Avenue
Ralph Stuart
Opera House
Loring
CRAFT
Fairview
Eighth Street
College Avenue
Twenty-fifth
Chase Streets
Yeager Architects
Ohio Street
Loring C. Halberstadt
Guardianship case set for nonresident parents in Vigo County
In Vigo Circuit Court Juvenile Division May term 1 guardianship of David Sheldon a minor is in process. Samuel Arthur Sheldon and Bonnie Sheldon non residents are notified the case will be heard July 31 1956 unless they appear and answer. Also Vigo County Council schedules a special meeting for taxpayers June 13 1956 at 10 00 A M in Terre Haute Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Indiana
Vigo County
Vigo Circuit Court
David Sheldon
South 4Th Street
Terre Haute
Indiana
Samuel Arthur Sheldon
Bonnie Sheldon
Catherine M. Fee
Court House
Everett J. Acree
Notice of Sale of 1946 Dodge 1 ton bed truck
Public auction at Vigo Motors Terre Haute Indiana on June 16 1956 at 10 am for cash to the highest bidder a 1946 Dodge 1 ton bed truck serial number 81395239 taken under a conditional sale contract from Jack L Sears 3622 Wabash Ave Terre Haute Ind We reserve the right to bid Universal C L T Credit Corporation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigo Motors, Inc
8Th
Eagle Sts
Terre Haute
Indiana
Jack L. Sears
Wabash Ave
Ind
Universal C. L. T. Credit Corporation
Notice of County Claims in Vigo County Auditor Files
Claims filed in the office of County Auditor Everett J Acree will be presented to the Board of County for allowance on Friday June 1. The list includes payroll totals and individual amounts for numerous county staff and associates such as Coy Funkhouser William Hodges Conrad Hofmann Glen A Jones Harry McCrocklin James A Perry Raymond Baker Glen Brock Homer Cress Paul Montgomery Frank McDonald Everett Newton Mike Piasse Fred Reinhard Daniel Shafer Claude Simmons Oscar Oxendine Lewis Satchett Leland Starkey Clayton Wilson Clarence Cox Francis Connelly Raynes Deal Garnett Denham Clarence Fagg Boyd Green James Henderson Roy Henneman James Johnson Blythe Kendall John LaSalle Charles Lagle Albert Leslie Frank Longies Virgil Jones George Allbright William Berry Thomas Branam Albert Burgan Melvin Denham Leonard Harmon Leonard Isles Carl Miller Fred Maurer Lester Moore Festus McDonald Joe McDowall Albert Nelson Harry Newkirk Fred Pine D C Price Everett W Pou Hillman Rigney Ralph Ruchsel Robert Schaffer George Shafer Lawrence Price Lavergne Terrell Charles Walden Leroy Walden William Ward Earl Watson John Wren Arlington Haynes Westley Bird Thomas Hanley James T Denny. The notice logs witness and seal attestations by the Vigo County Auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett J. Acree
Board of County
Funkhouser
William Hodges
Conrad Hofmann
Glen A. Jones
Harry McCrocklin
James A. Perry
Raymond Baker
Glen Brock
Homer Cress
Paul Montgomery
Frank McDonald
Everett Newton
Mike Piasse
Fred Reinhard
Daniel Shafer
Claude Simmons
Oscar Oxendine
Lewis Satchett
Leland Starkey
Clayton Wilson
Clarence Cox
Francis Connelly Raynes
Garnett Denham
Clarence Fagg
Boyd Green
James Henderson
Roy Henneman
James Johnson
Blythe Kendall
John LaSalle
Charles Lagle
Albert Leslie
Frank Longies
Virgil Jones
George Allbright
William Berry
Thomas Branam
Albert Burgan
Corbett Cooprider
Melvin Denham Leonard Harmon i
Leonard Isles
Carl Miller
Fred Maurer
Lester Moore
Festus McDonald
Joe McDowall
Albert Nelson
Harry Newkirk
Fred Pine
D. C. Price Everett W. Pou Hillman Rigney Oy
Ralph Ruchsel
Robert Schaffer
George Shafer
Lawrence Price Lavergne Terrell
Charles Walden
Leroy Walden
William Ward
Earl Watson
Terre Haute Public Works Seeks Bids for Street Improvements
The Terre Haute Board of Public Works and Safety invites proposals by June 2, 1956, for road work on Ohio Boulevard from 19th to 25th Street including manholes catch basins and center stone castings. Bid forms 95 and 96 a required. $100 certified check due with bids to ensure contract completion. bids read by Raymond F. Thomas Albert Ellis and Ernest J. Zwerner.
Estate of Edward Drought in Vigo County 1956
In the Vigo Circuit Court May term 1956 Walter J. Uffen as administrator of the estate of Edward Drought deceased No 21188 gives notice for all interested persons to appear July 2 1956 and show cause why the account should be approved and proof of heirship or claim to any part of the estate. Bauer Kincade and Berry attorneys for the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Indiana
County of
Vigo
Edward Drought
Walter J. Uffen
Vigo Circuit Court
Herbert R. Criss
Bauer, Kincade and Berry
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Commonwealth Loan CO
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South Ninth Street
East Wabash Avenue
Nicholas M. Defuria
Mich
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Elkhart
George S. Levain
North Twentieth Street
David W. Martin
South Twenty-first Street
Cecil O. Stevens
South Johnson
West Terre Haute
Thelma M. Booker
Hendrix Avenue
Robert Glaziner
West Johnson
West
Samuel Lindsay
John F. Fuller
Dresser
James P. Kerins
Penses
Exer
Blanford, Mgr
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Boy
U. 5
Ivan Lawrence
Reseda
Calif
University of California, Los Angeles
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Ivan
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Ivan, Jr
Dianna Jo
International Soundphoto
Honolulu
Harry W.W. Huking
United Airlines
Captain Huking
International
Legion Home
Chicago Livestock
Everett Cornelius Cade
Superior Court
Viola Ruth Cade
Tribune-Star
Anna Terrell
Lafayette
Gano
N. 4Th
Callahan Funeral Home
Johnny Jones
Roberts Tavern
Swan
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Lodge
Terre Haute Commandery No. 16
K. T
Order of Red Cross
Herman C. Roesch
Marvin L. Foulke
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