Sorrell Named to State Highway Commission in Shake-up
Indianapolis June 11 William H Sorrell 51 of Knightstown was appointed by Governor Craig to a vacancy on the Indiana State Highway Commission. The longtime maintenance chief succeeds Virgil Smith who became chairman, with Neil Godwin stepping aside. Sorrell’s career includes Army Engineers service hub Knightstown High teaching and a 1946 return to the highway department.
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Indianapolis
William H. Sorrell
Knightstown
State Highway Department
Threeman State Highway Commission
Sorrell
Craig
Virgil Smith
Milan
Neil Godwin
Franklin
Renance
Purdue
Army Corps of Engineers
Kansas
Vincennes
Senate Reserve Action Hinges On House Vote
Sen Richard B Russell said he would back Senate action on a military reserve bill if the House commits to follow. A House dispute over a segregation ban in National Guard units stalled the measure. The President urged the Senate to pass its bill and send it to the House again. Russell opposed attaching a rider to cash benefits due to June 30 draft law expiry and lack of public hearings.
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Richard B. Russell
Senate
House
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congressional
Rose Seniors Receive Degrees at Rose Polytechnic
Rose Polytechnic Institute graduates 57 seniors and three advanced degree recipients at a morning ceremony led by Major General Samuel D. Sturgis. Herbert E. Smith wins the Hammanwavid medal for highest four year scholastic average, while Carl Wischmeyer receives an honorary Doctor of Engineering as he retires. President Ford Wilkinson presides as studies and a four dimensional world are urged by the speaker.
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Rose Polytechnic
Rose Fieldhouse
Ford L. Wilkinson
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Samuel D. Sturgis
United States Army
Haminwavanid
Herbert E. Smith
Herbert F. Smith
West Terre Haute
Rose
Smith
Henry Y. Offutt
Louisville
Kentucky Trust Company
Althou
Engineering
Carl Wischmeyer
Blankets Are Stylish Again
Terre Haute residents may find relief from the cold as weather data from Alfred Dietzel at the Pfizer plant shows a Friday high of 60 and low of 53 in Terre Haute. The 24 hour average was 56 with a forecast for cloudy skies tonight and a Sunday high of 62. Monday is expected mostly cloudy and cool.
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Terre Haute
Charles Pfizer
Alfred Dietzel
U. S
Father and two sons killed as train hits truck
A New York Central passenger train struck a panel truck at a Clermont crossing in Marion county killing Ted Jones, 25, and his sons Ted Jr., 5, and Terry, 3. The truck was split in two and hurled 75 feet. two other traffic deaths in Indiana that night brought the toll to five.
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New York Central
Clermont
Marion County
Indiana
Ted Jones
Ted Jr
Terry
Tansel Road
Tragedy at London Fair as Man Ends Life with Rifle
Terence Hennessey aged 23 went to a shooting booth at a London fair on Friday night, paid sixpence for six shots, and then shot himself dead lying on the ground. Police report no one else harmed.
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London
Terence Hennessey
GM Settlement May Be Shaped On Ford Plan
Detroit June 1 The potential settlement for 385 000 GM workers could mirror Ford's guaranteed wage plan. A long Friday session ended with no offer from GM as Reuther and UAW negotiators digested proposals. Wildcat strikes and strategic timing may push a settlement before Sunday midnight.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Reuther
John Livingston
Livingston
Attempt To Halt Parking Plans At Courthouse
Vigo County judge declined a restraining order blocking a permanent lawn parking plan at the courthouse amid a lawsuit by the Banks of the Wabash Association. The group contends the action is capricious and discriminatory and that 55 area merchants oppose the lot.
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Vigo
Herbert R. Criss
Vigo County
Criss
Harold J. Bitzegaio
Catherine M. Fee
Carl E. Bauermeister, Jr
Banks of Wa
The
Wabash Association
Lev says he never paid for favors in Senate probe
Senate Investigations subcommittee closes in on bribe allegations around Chicago hatmaker Harry Lev who denies the charges. Lev asserts he never paid a bribe or obtained inside information and claims profits of over a million dollars from making caps for the armed forces. Navy inspector Henry B. Vining admits some white sailor cap shipments from Lev’s Puerto Rico factory slipped past him after accepting favors from Lev’s partner Maurice Ades, but denies links to hotel-rate favors. The Navy seeks 70418.99 dollars from Lev for defective shipboard caps and delays in a seven million cap contract bid May 5, 1953, citing lack of plant, machinery, and workers.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Chicago
Harry Lev
Lev
Subcommittee
Leo
Navy
Henry B. Vining
San Patricio
P. R
Puerto Rico
Maurice Ades
Vining
Ades
Spencer Manufacturing Co
Jack Balaban
Spencer
Charles J. Meise
Round Brook
N. J
Transfer bid aims to move Slayer trial back to Vanderburgh
Princeton Indiana June 11 Leslie Irvin's Evansville lawyer seeks to return murder charges to Vanderburgh Circuit Court from Gibson Circuit Court arguing the case was not sent to the most convenient county. Irvin is charged with the holdup killings of W Wesley Kerr and Mary Holland in Evansville.
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Princeton
Ind
Leslie Irvin
Evansville
Vanderburgh Circuit Court
Gibson Circuit Court
Irvin
Vanderburgh
Theodore Lockyear Jr
W. Wesley Kerr
Mary Holland
Union predicts quick Goodrich strike settlement in Chicago
A United Rubber Workers spokesman said a quick and satisfactory contract deal with B F Goodrich Co would be reached before the strike deadline at midnight. Negotiators worked through the night and were reported pretty close with only pension and insurance terms left unresolved.
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Chicago
B. F. Goodrich Co
CLO
United Rubber Workers
Weather item cloudy and cooler with river stage seen
The weather page notes cloudy conditions and cooler temperatures with a 6am reading of 57 degrees. Sunrise is 5 23 and sunset 8 17. River stage reported at 6 9 feet and stationary.
Local Weather Update for Terre Haute and Indiana
Cloudy and cool with showers and local thunderstorms tonight. Sunday remains mostly cloudy and cool. Highs near 62, lows around 52. Street thermometer reads 58 at 6 am and 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Flowers Testifies He Blacked Out In Murder Trial
Elmer J. Flowers 42 testifies he has no memory of the slaying of his former wife Ione on Oct 4 and says he learned of her death from jail inmates. He describes a five year marriage, divorce, and a growing relationship between Ione and another man, while defending on temporary insanity.
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Elmer J. Flowers
Flowers
Herbert R. Criss
Ione
George Nasser
Nasser
Leland Guy Fish, Jr
Fish
National Guard earns top rating in state’s military office
Indianapolis June 11 The army gave its highest rating superior to the Indiana National Guard property and fiscal office. Adj. Gen. H A Doherty said the governor received a report showing great progress in Indiana's military business over the past year. The inspection by the inspector general of the 5th Army covered March 7 to 11.
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Indianapolis
Indiana National Guard
Adj
H. A. Doherty
Indiana
5Th Army
Courageous clergyman braves Berlin border weekly meeting
In Berlin a Lutheran pastor, Rev. Guenther Jacob, crosses the Iron Curtain each Thursday for a West Berlin church gathering. He risks Communist punishment for speaking against them at Evanston in August about Christianity and communism while observing shortages of clergy and youth in East Germany.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
Guenther Jacob
Evanston, Ill
World Council of Churches
Deena Ial Lutheran Church
Eisenhower proposes 50-50 atoms for peace funding aid
President Eisenhower urges Congress to fund half the cost of building research reactors for free nations and to provide know-how under security safeguards for peaceful nuclear power. He unveiled the plan at Penn State after touring a university reactor and receiving an honorary degree.
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University Park
U.P
Eisenhower
United States
Congress
Mr. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
Milton S. Eisenhower
United Nations
Soviet
Russia
Plane Strikes Alpine Peak Killing 10 U.S. Airmen
A U S Air Force SB-29 carrying 10 crew crashed in fog in the Swabian Alps near Owen Germany. Visibility was about 30 feet as the supply plane struck a 2 200 foot peak during a non stop training flight from England to Germany. All ten crewmen perished in the blaze, with rescue teams confirming no survivors.
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Stuttgart
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Air
Japan
England
C.S.T
Owen
Wurtemberg-Baden
582Nd
Molesworth
Huntingdonshire
Jet pilot dies in flaming crash near Bishop Field
Flint Michigan reports Lt Joseph A Bostic 27 of Springfield Missouri died after his Air Force F69D Scorpion jet caught fire during a routine training flight. The radar man Lt Leo P Bouska 23 survived the incident near Bishop Field during instrument landing practice from Wurtsmith AFB.
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Flint
Mich
Air Force
Bishop Field
Joseph A. Bostic
Springfield
Leo P. Bouska
Bostic
Wurtsmith Air Force Base
Health Service Controversy On Polio Continues
Washington reports a clash over polio vaccine safety as Surgeon General Scheele upholds vaccine safety after a Health Service white paper. Basil O’Connor and Wyeth Inc. executives challenge the document while the timeline for mass immunization remains uncertain and booster supplies near summer demand.
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Health Service
Washington
The
Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
New York
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Philadelphia
H. W. Blades
Wyeth Inc
James A. Shannon
National Institutes of Health
Shannon
Wyeth
Blades
French Capture Algerian Terrorist Leaders Reported
Paris reports the arrest of top terrorist leaders in Algeria with documents seized. Violence persists with arrests, shootings, kidnappings, sabotage and ambushes continuing to arrive from Algeria. Batna activists allegedly hurl razor‑bladed potatoes at opponents. A French monopoly campaign to curb tobacco spreads in Algeria and Morocco as shopkeeper strikes grow.
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Paris
Algeria
Batna
Morocco
Coffee Prices Confidence in Stability Ahead
Rio de Janeiro June 11 Alkindar Junqueira president of the Brazilian Coffee Institute says prices should stay at current levels in the coming months.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Alkindar Junqueira
Brazilian Coffee Institute
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