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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1956
Page
6
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The Tribune urges readers to avoid gossip and rumors, to stay faithful to America, and to refrain from criticizing government without understanding. The platform emphasizes factual discussion and responsible commentary in public life.
The Eisenhower administration plans deep cuts in foreign military aid with both parties split. The House approved a 1.1 billion dollar reduction, signaling public scrutiny of tax money spent abroad. Reasons include high taxes and voter backlash, while a tax cut is unlikely and debt reduction remains preferred. Allies' uneven contributions and stability are noted.
Dr Grayson Kirk president of Columbia University urges a shorter summer break to reduce the overall education span. He argues a 12 year basic system plus college military service and professional study extends to nearly 30 before career start, urging serious public consideration of longer school terms.
On a quiet Sunday afternoon the United States Trust Co of New York moved its valuables and customer holdings about 800 feet to temporary quarters on Broad Street. The operation used a fleet of Wells Fargo armored vehicles in the brisk relocation.
A massive transport carried stocks bonds cash and valuables through a New York street in daylight. Police Pinkerton agents and 180 bank men escorted the hoard with 20 US firms and 41 British firms protecting the cargo amid piles of filing cabinets and jewelry.
Rep Howard W Smith questioned a sewage bill clause that defines the federal share as 100 percent less than the ratio to 50 percent based on state per capita income versus the national figure. Authors could not explain the sentence, saying it came from a sunset law and obscurity signals time to return to clear English.
The piece lauds President Eisenhower’s proposed White House conference on people-to-people partnership and atoms for peace. It argues true cooperation requires two sides, begins at home, and must align with existing U.S. and United Nations efforts for world peace.
A compilation from Terre Haute dated June 12 notes Edington of the Highlanders baseball club playing Monday while his Lyons-born father watches. Other items include a $900 settlement by Lee Roy Lawler in a suit against Jacksonville Mine No 1 and Terre Haute and Southeastern railroad, a special train to move crowds between Indianapolis and Terre Haute, Vigo Service exams for Fontanet postmaster at Terre Haute, Chattanooga Chamber notifying of a June preparedness conference, H L Britton finalizing the Hunt road estimate in Lost Creek Township, several marriage licenses, the first jitney dance by Company B of the Indiana National Guard, Roosevelt rumored as Republican candidate, and dispatches on Verdun suggesting a peace may follow its fall.
Walter Winchell on Broadway reports Sammy Fain denies divorce with Mrs. Fain, and, in Hollywood chatter, multiple marriages engagements and romances across stars like Glynis Johns, Del Courtney, Barbara Rush, Bing Crosby and Barbara Nichols. London and Berlin notes add industry move chatter and film plans.
An official from the Department of Health Education and Welfare advocates work centers for older citizens to learn new skills or apply past ones. Centers would let elders set their own pace and gain purpose through meaningful tasks, improving society by avoiding discard of productive lives.
A set of trivia questions asking for the Oriental potentate who hosted Marco Polo and family, the producer who once managed James J. Jeffries, the German author of The Song of Songs, the Idaho state name origin, and the Wyoming capital.
Anthony Eden prime minister and actor William Lun Digan celebrate birthdays today. The two figures receive public congratulations in a brief national observance reflecting on their careers and public service.
A cautious approach is expected to bring a successful year. A quick, shrewd, and enterprising child born under these influences may shape the year with thoughtful action.
A George Washington quotation emphasizes that the people's power to form government carries a duty for every individual to obey the government they help establish. The statement frames legitimate authority as inseparable from civic duty.
John Winthrop and Massachusetts Bay colonists arrived at Salem in 1630. New York City was incorporated in 1665. Cooperstown, New York celebrated baseball's centennial in 1939. In 1942 during World War II Japanese forces landed on Attu in the Aleutians.
The word described is preliminary a prep term from Latin liminaris meaning threshold. It outlines its origin and usage as an introductory or preparatory adjective or noun.
The list cites The Great Khan Kublai, the late William Brady 1863 1950, Hermann Sundermann 1857 1928, and notes an Indian word Edah Hoe meaning Light on the Mountains. It ends with Cheyenne.
Lithium mining leases cover over 2000 acres in Lincoln and Catawba counties in the western Piedmont region. A new Lincoln Lithium Co is prospecting on the site for the mineral.
Zodiac guidance for June 12 urges stubborn but disciplined traits, notes for women to soften rigidity, and praises tact in daily dealings. It lists notable readers born on this date and delivers daily sun signs with practical prompts from Gemini to Taurus.
Director Jose Ferrer producer Aaron Rosenberg and author Al Morgan decide the title part in The Great Man will be cast after filming finishes. Potential stars include Anthony Quinn Steven Allen Orson Welles Jeff Chandler and John Carradine. The fictitious radio TV star dies in a car crash at film start with Ferrer narrating his life. Morgan may take the role himself.
Walter Buckner, 18, was arrested in Westport for riding a motorcycle at 55 mph while standing on the seat. He said he felt like stretching but did not want to waste time stopping.
Washington officials react to Tito’s reconciliation with the Kremlin. They warn it may tempt Italy and France to hedge their Western pledge and could give satellites slightly more breathing room while maintaining Soviet control. The shift might ease internal pressures but keeps a closed eastern bloc.
President Eisenhower and aides plan a stronger but polite whip to push stalled legislation in the closing weeks of Congress. He summoned top House leaders from both parties to urge support for foreign aid cuts and other key programs.
Dr. Herman Bundesen discusses fatigue likely rooted in emotional factors and urges consultation with a physician and possible psychiatry. The piece notes high incidence across gynecology, obstetrics, and internal medicine, and explores ego, responsibility, and motivation as possible underlying causes.
The answer states no food is warming to the blood. It advises diabetics avoid large carbohydrate portions like oatmeal and recommends a physician plan the diet to control the condition.
Washington dispatch notes a side entrance at Walter Reed for visitors to the President as Hagerty jokes about reporters becoming doctors. Doctors explain public needs at conferences while speculation grows on whether the intestinal operation affects Eisenhower’s 1952 re election plans. Ten reporters among fourteen polled think he will run.
Frustration grows over access to the hospital as activists demand the President be moved out of care, drawing attention from supporters and critics. Demonstrators gather outside the facility while officials consider treatment options and public safety.
Mrs. C W Hedges reported a shotgun cartridge belt and men's shoes found in her locked car. Jim D Tallman later told police he placed items in the car by mistake while returning them to his brother in law and locked the vehicle to prevent theft.
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