New Ship George Washington Debuts as Vital Deterrent
In Groton on June 9 the 380 foot 5400 ton nuclear powered submarine George Washington was launched as the first in a Polaris firing class. President Eisenhower hailed it as a peacekeeping deterrent and pledged it be ready but never used. Attending were Wilfred J. McNeil William B. Franke and Rear Adm. William Raborn Jr. Mrs. Robert B. Anderson sponsors the ship.
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Groton
Conn
Wals
Eisenhower
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
George Washington
Asst
Defense
Wilfred J. McNeil
the Navy
William B. Franke
Navy
Special Projects Office
William ©. Raborn Jr
Robert B. Anderson
Secretary of the Treasury
George Washimeton
General Dynamics’ Board
Frank Pace Jr
the Army
St Patrick’s School to add 4 classrooms and cafe torium
Construction begins on a 150000 project between Poplar and Oak streets on South Nineteenth to expand St Patrick’s School. The brick and stone addition extends 73 feet south, adds four classrooms and a 250 seat torium, with future second story space. The Glenn W North Construction Co is the general contractor.
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St. Patrick’s School
Poplar
Oak Streets
South Nineteenth Street
Herbert F. Winterhalter
Glenn W. North
Oak Street
City breathes easier as chlorine leaves
McRae Georgia June 9 two derailed tank cars carrying chlorine gas were righted and moved after a Sunday overturn. Officials had declared a standby state of emergency for fear of leaks but canceled it as no gas leaks were found and the wreckage was cleared.
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Mcrae
East Germans bluffing about blockading West Berlin
East German Communist leaders appear confident they can influence Allied garrisons but doubt their grip on 17 million East Germans. They claim Soviet backing for bans on West Berlin actions while remaining vague on a separate treaty with Russia as stalemated talks continue.
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West Berlin
East Berlin
East Germany
Communist Party
Russia
Fatal death of longtime Tribune editor Harry H Hamby
Harry H Hamby state editor of THE TRIBUNE and oldest editorial employee died at 9 40 this morning at Union Hospital. He was 61 and had been in failing health for some time. Hamby joined THE TRIBUNE in 1920 after World War I service and was valued as a reporter and feature writer.
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Harry H. Hemby
the Tribune
Union Hospital
Mr. Hamby
THE
Tribune
Body sought in Salt Creek near Oolitic after fishing disappearance
Lawrence county authorities and state police began dragging Salt Creek east of Oolitic in search of Charles Sullivan a 55 year old man who disappeared while fishing Friday night in the Oolitic area June 9 UPI report from Indiana authorities continued the search along the creek Monday for the missing man’s body
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Oolitic
Ind
UPI
Lawrence County
Salt Creek
Here
Charles Sullivan
Western ministers fear Geneva talks may collapse without Berlin accord
Western foreign ministers warned a Geneva conference with the Soviet Union could fail without a Berlin settlement or summit. Christian Herter and Maurice Couve de Murville pressed Soviet envoy Gromyko for last minute concessions as Khrushchev weighs a broader peace appeal with East German leaders.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Berlin
Christian A. Herter
Maurice Couve de Murville
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
Herter
R ‘Sss
Niki
Kh.shchev
Hungary
Gromyko
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Moscow
Red
Walter Ulbricht
Otto Grotewohl
Mikhail Kharlamov
U. S
France
Diamond Woman Is Well Rescue Victim In Indiana Town
Margaret Ann Durkos, 30, remained unconscious after being pulled from a 30 foot well on her father’s farm near Diamond, Indiana. Firefighters and a well cleaner struggled to reach her through a two foot diameter shaft as oxygen was forced into the confined space.
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Brazil
Ind
Margaret Ann Durkos
Clay County Hospital
Diamond
Frederick “Buster” Walton
Mike
Gost
Here
Lawson and Son
Walton
Mike, Jr
Lawson
Kenneth Royer
Robert Cox
Lovell E Waterman Dies at 76 In Terre Haute
Lovell E Waterman a longtime Terre Haute real estate developer died at St Anthony Hospital at 76 after a heart attack. He lived at 40 South Twenty first street and was a former newspaper editor and Deming Land Company founder with extensive south side holdings. He served as bank director chamber president and hotel manager and was active in Masonic and Shrine groups. Services are set for Wednesday at Callahan Funeral Home with burial in Highland Lawn. pallbearers named.
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Lovell E. Waterman
Waterman
St. Anthony Hospital
South Twenty-first Street
Danville
Terre Haute
Deming Land Company
Deming
Deming Woods
Ohio Boulevard
Fruitridge Avenue
Wabash Avenue
Twenty-fifth Street
First National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Country Club of
Euclid Lodge
F& AM
Zorah Shrine
Terre Haute Valley
Scottish Rite
E'ks
Helen M
Demas
Hotel Deming
Charles E Mieg
Scottsdale, Ariz
Robert O. Bayfield
Indianapolis
Amy Colson
Adelaide Skinner
Houston
Tex
Callahan Funeral Home
Thomas Mabley
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Guy Kornblum
Lenhardt Bauer
Thomas Patrick
John B. Hunter Ross Woodburn
George Ranes
Callahan Chapel
Crime Career Started at 13 Ends in Prison
Dallas W. Smith 19 of Selma drew a three year Federal Court prison term after pleading guilty to transporting a stolen car across state lines. Authorities said Smith began his criminal career at age 13 at the Indiana Boys' School.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Dallas
W. Smith
Selma
Smith
Indiana Boys’ School
Contempt Questioned in Pinball Graft Probe
The Senate Rackets Committee heard testimony accusing Lakeside Specialty Co. of supplying gifts worth thousands to East Chicago officials in a bid to protect a pinball gambling monopoly. Officials named include East Chicago Mayor Walter Jeorse and Sheriff Jack West as investigators seek tax records from ex-prosecutor Metro Holovachka.
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Washington
Senate Rackets Committee
Indiana
Laverne Duffy
Lakeside Specialty Co
East Chicago
Ind
Duffy
Indiana Harbor
Walter Jeorse
Mike Vinovich
Jack West
Lake County
Metro Holovachka
Holovachka
Robert F. Kennedy
Lakeside
Jeorse
Roland Schaefer
John Powers
Oak Park
Powers
Chicago
Kennedy
Frank J. Smith
Westinghouse Gift Brings Lab Equipment to Rose Polytechnic
Stanley Perkins and John Bartholome of Westinghouse Electric Corporation presented engineering laboratory equipment to Rose Polytechnic Institute on behalf of the Westinghouse Educational Foundation. The nationwide program funds over 500000 in equipment for about 150 electrical engineering departments nationwide. Dean Herman A. Moench accepted the gift.
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Stanley Perkins
John Bartholome
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Indianapolis
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Westinghouse Educational Foundation
Electrical Engineering Department of Colleges and Universities
United States
Mr. Perkins
Herman A. Moench
Institute
Tennessee mine owner killed by sniper near flood project
Jess Fesler, 53, of Sunbright was shot in the back while operating a bulldozer on a federal flood control site near Lake City High School. Five men were questioned by Anderson and Campbell counties sheriffs as authorities investigate motives beyond union tensions. Fesler had been involved in a 1957 UMW welfare fund dispute and faced other legal questions, including an armed robbery witness status and alleged extramarital associations.
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Lake City
Tenn
Jess Fesler
Sunbright
Anderson County
Glad Woodward
Clinton
Campbell County
Rose Kitts
Tioning
Jacksboro
Anderson-Campbell County
Knoxville
Kentucky
Tennessee
United Mine Workers
Woodward
UMW Welfare Fund
Fesler
Franklin D. Smith
Campbell County Grand Jury
Jailer Sends Bank Robber to Higher Security Jail
Robert A. Spencer an Indianapolis accused bank robber was moved from Marion County Jail to Vanderburgh County Jail Evansville for maximum security amid inmate unrest and rumors of a jail break authorities said the transfer aims to prevent violence and maintain order at the facilities.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Robert A. Spencer
Marion County
Vanderburgh County
Evansville
Spencer
Weather Map Snapshot and River Stage Report
The Weather By U. S. Weather Bureau shows sunrise at 5 23 and sunset at 8 16 with noon temperature 75 and 2 pm unknown. River stage is 3.9 feet and stationary on the map page 14.
Florida City Hears Rape Trial Opens Wednesday
In Tallahassee the case of four white youths facing charges for raping a 19 year old Negro Florida A and M University coed begins on Wednesday. A 256 man all male jury panel is called as prosecutors seek justice amid public unease and attention to southern fairness.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
W. May Walker
Poplarville
Miss
Negro Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Forecast for Terre Haute and Indiana Region
Local conditions show yesterday’s high around 67 with a low of 62 and no precipitation. Tonight and Wednesday remain mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms and highs reaching the mid eighties. statewide, rain may spread tonight with a low around 64 to 70 and Wednesday’s high in the eighties. Temperature readings at 6 am and 2 pm were 67 and 43 respectively.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Gerstmeyer High School Graduation Tonight 197 Diplomas Awarded
The 34th annual commencement at Gerstmeyer High School begins at 8 p m in Memorial Gymnasium. Ninety seven diplomas will be awarded to seniors including graduates from Tannary vanuasy. Speakers include Sharon K Berry Stephen Jay Newton Janet Kay Guptill and Frank Paul Jozsa presenting on excellence in various themes. The program features processional invocation Star Spangled Banner pledge chorus solos and a trombone solo before guest addresses.
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Gerstmeyer High School
Memorial Gymnasium
George Mills
Fern Rapp
Burdette Phillips
Wayne P. Watson
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Bertis Long
Ernie Greenwood
Bill Roberts
Meadows Branch
Charles
Monsignor Winterhalter
Wellington Long
Germany
Wellington
Long United Press International
Harry H. Hamby
Andrei Gromyko
Levs
LE Waterman
Real Estate Holdings
Rose Poly
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dillon T. Collinsworth
Gerstmeyer
Sir Walter Raleigh
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