Boys' State School Opens Saturday at Indiana University
The Hoosier Boys' State program kicks off Saturday on the Indiana University campus with 900 high school juniors forming Nationalist and Federalist parties. Precinct and city chairmen elected Saturday, Sunday sees county leaders and delegates to state conventions, and Wednesday names officers. Dr. Herman B Wells will address the opening meeting, Governor Welsh to review the delegation, and an outstanding citizen award will be given. B. W. Breedlove leads the program with Otto Hughes and Forest Carmichael as key counselors.
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Bloomington
Ind
Hoosier Boys’ State
American Legion
Indiana University
Herman B Wells
Welsh
B. W. Breedlove
Indianapolis
Otto Hughes
IU School of Education
Forrest Carmichael
Muncie Schools
Mt Aetna Bible School Planned at Mt Aetna Baptist Church
Mt Aetna Baptist Church on Rio Grande Road hosts Bible School from June 18 to 29, 9 30 to 11 30 a m. Theme is My Bible and I directed by Mrs Ruth Wise. Open to all local children.
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Mt. Aetna Baptist Church
Rio Grande Road
My Bible
Ruth Wise
Eisenhower to address world teachers meeting in Stockholm
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower will speak at a world teachers meeting in Stockholm on July 31, announced from Washington. The speech will be the former president's first international address since leaving the White House.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stockholm
Alumni Extend Reservation Date for Riley Township Open House
Riley Township Alumni Association extends the open house and banquet reservation to Saturday June 23. Reservations may be made until Sunday June 17 with requests sent to the Association at Riley Post Office. Honor guests are the class of 1912, observing its golden jubilee, with three of six surviving members expected to attend. Attendees span Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois Kentucky and Indiana. Event in the school gym starts at 3 pm with banquet at 6:30 pm. Larry Baker is president and Ruth Martin Criss is reservations chair.
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Riley Township Alumni Association
Riley Post Office
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Kentucky
Indiana
Larry Baker
Association
Ruth Martin Criss
Three Gary men sentenced to 210 years for narcotics
Crown Point Ind June 12 County Criminal Court Judge John McKenna sentenced three Gary men to 210 years in prison and fined them 500 dollars and court costs each on narcotics charges. James Jordan 22 Melvin Summers 21 and Willie Johnson 21 pleaded guilty to possession and sale of marijuana in a May 10 raid by Gary police and federal agents concluding a six month probe.
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Crown Point
Ind
Pi—Lake County
John McKenna
Gary
James Jordan
Melvin Summers
Willie Johnson
Sullivan Educator Harry C Gilmore Honored by Franklin College
Harry C. Gilmore, Sullivan educator and Franklin College alumnus, received an alumni citation during commencement. Gilmore taught and led schools from 1922 until 1959, later serving as assistant state superintendent of public instruction before retiring in 1961. Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dodgson, longtime Terre Haute residents, were also cited for their missionary work in India.
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Sullivan
Ind
Harry C. Gilmore
Franklin College
Franklin
Gilmore
National Wheat Harvest Declines in Yearly Report
The Agriculture Department estimates Indiana farmers will harvest 33 bushels per acre from 1,084,000 acres totaling 35,772,000 bushels. National wheat output is 1,057,670,000 bushels, down 14 percent from last year and 6 percent below the 10-year average due in part to the wheat stabilization program. Corn and other feed grains first estimates arrive next month. Farmers were ahead of the usual pace by June 1.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Indiana
Department
Fourth Soviet Ship Spies on Pacific Tests
The United States reports a fourth Soviet scientific ship, the A I Voyeykov, tracking U S nuclear tests in the Pacific. Washington prepares for a high altitude test over Johnston Island likely later this week while the FAA warns of radio blackout for hours.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U. S
Pacific
United States
Johnston Island
Federal Aviation Agency
Johnston
FAA
THOR
Pacific Test Area
Defense Department
Christmas Island
A. I. Voyeykov
Shokal
Skiy
Voyeykov
Japanese Defense Agency Director Invited to U S Visit
The Japan Times reports Sen suke Fujieda, head of Japan's Defense Agency, invited to visit the United States this fall. Lt. Gen. Jacob E. Smart delivered the invitation. Also noted is 1960 per capita red meat consumption in the United States at 161 pounds.
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Tokyo
Japan Times
Japanese Defense Agency
Sensuke Fujieda
United States
Jacob E. Smart
U. S
Japan
Canadian Air Relieves Hot Spell
Temperatures fell into the 50s across Indiana as cool Canadian air moved in for at least three days. Readings ranged from 53 in South Bend to 59 in Fort Wayne with lows predicted in the 48 to 55 range, and highs expected in the 60s to 70s before a continued cool spell.
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Indiana
South Bend
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Urban and rural housing contrasts in America
About seven out of ten Americans live in urban households, one in five rural nonfarm households, and only one in twelve in farm households. The data highlights unequal living patterns across urban, rural nonfarm, and farm areas.
Captive Yank Denounced U S In Viet Nam Broadcast
Vietnamese Communists aired what they claimed was a captured American soldier's denouncement of U S imperialist maneuvers in South Viet Nam. Spec. 4 George F. Fryett Jr., 26, of California disappeared December 24 near Bien Hoa Province and was allegedly captured by Viet Cong. U S Embassy cautioned no confirmation of the statement. Fryett's parents live in Long Beach and Los Angeles.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
George F. Fryett Jr
California
U. S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Bien Hoa
Liberation Radio
Viet Nam
Fryett
South
U. S. Army
George F. Fryett Sr
Long Beach
Calif
Marcella Schultz Bruce
Los Angeles
Births at Mary Sherman Hospital Shine in Sullivan
In Sullivan Indiana on June 12 Mary Sherman Hospital announced births. Tina Rachelle a girl to Mr and Mrs Robert Bond Carlisle Pennsylvania and Lela Annette a girl to Mr and Mrs William Shipman Sullivan Indiana.
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