Head On Crash Kills Two and Collapses Bridge
A head on collision near Alexandria collapsed a 75 foot bridge, sending two cars into a creek and killing Lawrence Plake and John R. Sullivan, both Tipton residents. Injured were Alexandria youths James Brannum and Maria K. , while the Indiana weekend totals included multiple deaths across several counties.
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Alexandria
Indiana
Lawrence Plake
John R. Sullivan
Tipton
James S. Brannum
Maria K
Madison County
Plake
John Plake
Mia Aee
Cecelia
Camby
Indianapolis
Howard S. Lutz
Evansville
Lutz
Allan A. Cohn
Emma A. Fath
Anderson
Pennsylvania
Alton A. Blankenship
Oressa Ingram
Newport
Clinton
Ind
Ted Jones
Clermont
Ted
Terry
Billy Ball
Barlow
Earl Hunter
Kokomo
Jack Wetnoski
Gary
Russell McAradden
New Haven
U. S. 24
U. S. 30
Fort Wayne
Charles Scott
Marion
Jarion
Anna Frazier
Elizabeth Green
Calvin Utz
Miami
Marshall
Lucy Ann Haymore
Carl Smith
Seymour
Public Hearing Set on Alcohol Permits in Terre Haute
Vigo County Local Alcoholic Beverage Board schedules a public hearing at 9 A M on June 27 1955 in the Clerk's Office Terre Haute Indiana to review permit applications for Don McMillan John Boyd Frederick Lynn Joseph Lessere Angelo Savio Herbert H Redwitz and others at addresses in Terre Haute. The inquiries will assess fitness and propriety for packages restaurants and beer liquor wine retailers with public attendance requested. Sponsored by Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Victor G Walmer Exec Sec DeWitt Owen Chairman.
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Alcoholic Beverage Board
Vigo County
Indiana
Court House
Terre Haute
Don McMillan
Lafayette Ave
Ind
John Boyd
Frederick Lynn
N. 2Nd St
Joseph Lessere
South 6Th St
Angelo Savio
Wabash Ave
Herbert H
Ida M. Redwitz
South 3Rd St
Terre Haute Patrolman Completes Training In Traffic Administration
Patrolman John J. Sedletzeck of the Terre Haute Police Department has earned a nine month certificate from the Traffic Institute of Northwestern University Evanston Ill He was one of 36 officers from five nations in the Institutes twenty ninth class in police administration The Kemper Foundation funded the course and the graduation marks the Institute's continued training of personnel in traffic supervision accident prevention and interagency cooperation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Stedietzeck, Jr
City Traffic Bureau
Northwestern University
Ray Ashworth
Terre Haute
John J. Sedletzeck
Ratroiman Seaietzeck
Institute
Kemper Foundation For
Chicago
Kemper
Nel
States
Canada
Philippines
Formosa
Indonesia
Ashworth
Margaret Kostyo
Peggy Sue
Johnny
J. J. Sedletzeck
South Nineteenth Street
Frank Kostyo
North Thirteenth Street
Rites Tuesday For Newport Crash Victim
Newport woman Oressa Ingram dies from injuries after a two car crash on State Highway 62 near Clinton. Charlotte Metcalf, a Milwaukee teacher, survivals include husband Roy Ingram and four children. Funeral services set for Tuesday at the Friends Church Newport with burial in Thomas Cemetery.
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Clinton
Ind
Newport
Here
Oressa Ingram
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Roy A. Ingram
Fairview
Charlotte R. Metcalf
Fred Metcalf
Vermillion County Hospital
Metcalf
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert Wiot
Ingram
Martha Sellars
Georgetown
Mary Belle Swayze
Russell
Marion
Ill
Ora
Gary
Ethel Norman
Hillsdale
Erma Holton
Phoenix
Ariz
Brown Funeral Home
Montezuma
Friends Church
L. L. Bickett
Methodist Church
Thomas Cemetery
Burglary At Dale Patterson D X Service Station
Deputies report a break in at the Dale Patterson D X service station about a mile and a half south of the fairgrounds on U S Highway 41. Tools valued at over 50 dollars and about 3 dollars in change were stolen from three vending machines after breaking out a west garage window. This was the second break in at the station within three weeks.
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Dale Patterson
Fairgrounds
U. S. Highway 41
Fred Carpenter
Mervin Taylor
Carnival worker commits suicide in La Porte jail
Dan V. Allen a 33 year old carnival worker jailed on narcotics and abuse complaints hanged himself with his belt in his cell. He was remanded after arrest on domestic abuse allegations as his wife and 10 year old son prepared to leave for New Orleans. The couple had separated seven years and remarried three weeks earlier.
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LA Porte
Ind
Dan V. Allen
Allen
Diana
New Orleans
Couple in Knife Attack Bonded in Local Court
Hayes Butler and Sally Butler face assault and battery with intent to kill charges in Lee Easton JP Court. The affidavit by City Detective Huerta Tribble cites an June 4 attack on Robert Oakley at Edwards Tavern after a dispute. Oakley, 45, is hospitalized with a lung puncture at St. Anthony. Mrs Butler posted 2500 dollar bond and Hayes 4000 dollars.
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Justice of the Peace Court
Lee Easton
Hayes
Sally Butler
South Thirteenth
Huerta Tribble
Robert Oakley
South Thirteenth Street
Edwards’ Tavern
Oakley
St. Anthony Hospital
Butler
Found money on river bank near St. Paul
Two workmen turned over a rock on the Mississippi River bank near St. Paul and found a billfold and two pouches containing 418 dollars. If unclaimed within six months the money and contents will belong to the discoverers.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Tell Anything Plan To Be Told By Adm Gallery
Rear Adm. Dan V. Gallery plans to tell a Defense Department board in Washington about a tell anything method to stop Reds brainwashing of American POWs. He urges prisoners be allowed to say yes to all questions, argues Geneva conventions are outdated, and says propaganda can be manufactured for the Iron Curtain regardless. Gallery, head of naval air reserve training at Glenview, cites past abuses and seeks UN transmission of his plan.
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Chicago
Dan V. Gallery
Defense Department
Washington
Gallery
Eisenhower
Free World
United Nations
Iron Curtain
U.S
Naval Air Reserve
Glenview, Ill
Naval Air Station
Korea
Pleads Not Guilty To Drunken Driving
Frank K. Pedigo 44 of 1461 Sycamore street pleads not guilty in City Court to driving while intoxicated. Judge Edward S. Everett continues the case to July 2. Other notices include Ivan Pine charged with possession and sale of alcohol and selling beer without a license. Joseph Kirkman fined for driving without a license. Jackie Arbuckle pleads not guilty to public indecency with case set for June 24. Howard Salesman pleads not guilty to failure to provide for his wife with June 17 set for continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank K. Pedigo
Sycamore Street
Ernest Zwerner
Edward S. Everett
Ivan H. Pine
North Third Street
Indiana
Oda Collins
Collins
Pine
Everett
Joseph D. Kirkman
South Third Street
Jackie Lancaster Arbuckle
North Second Street
Charles Akers
North First Street
Howard W. Salesman
Jasonville
Ind
Rex E. Poe
Divorce Decrees Granted In Superior Court
Judge Albert R. Owens in Superior Court No 2 granted divorce decrees to two women. Ruth Evelyn Roberts of Seelyville was divorced from Harold Roberts and her former name Smith restored. Mary Alice Agnew of 206 South Fifth Street was divorced from Thomas R. Agnew and her former name Canada restored.
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Albert R. Owens
Superior Court No. 2
Ruth Evelyn Roberts
Seelyville
Harold Roberts
Smith
Mary Alice Agnew
South Fifth Street
Thomas R. Agnew
Canada
Car Collision on Sixth Street Involves Fisher and Moore
Vernon Fisher aged 51 of R. R. 7 says his northbound car was struck at the Tippecanoe street intersection by Mrs. Gladys A. Moore 60 of 2529 Garfield avenue who he claims did not yield. Passenger Thomas Levitt 75 of Sandcut sustained a cut hand and received hospital treatment.
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Vernon Fisher
Sixth Street
Tippecanoe Street
Gladys A. Moore
Garfield Avenue
Elberht
Fortune
Bedwell
Thomas Levitt
Sandcut
Fisher
New York Markets Averages and Sales Report June 13 1955
On Monday June 13 1955 Francis LePont & Co. reports New York markets with 1 PM averages and 1 PM sales totaling 1 540 000 shares. The note also references Rails as a sector in the market brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Lepont & CO
Nat's Bank
National Debt May Exceed Property Values in 1956
The Tax Foundation reports in Tax Outlook that the national debt could reach 276 billion dollars by end of fiscal 1956, exceeding the 240 billion dollars assessed value of all taxable property. It notes 31 states have a debt share above property valuations using the foundation's state allocation formula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tax Foundation
Foundation
Three-Car Crash Sent One To Hospital On Poplar Street
A three-car collision between Seventh and Eighth streets on Poplar sent one man to hospital. Michael Del Grande, 24, of 247 South Twenty-second Street, stopped at an alley and was struck from behind by Phillip Schiff, 62, of 2139 Deming Street. Mrs Florence Schiff, 45, of the same Deming address, sustained back injuries and was taken to Union Hospital. The third vehicle, driven by Donald Hurst, struck the Schiff car from the rear.
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Eighth Street
Poplar
Michael del Grande
South Twenty-second Street
Phillip Schiff
Deming Street
Florence Schiff
Union Hospital
Schiff
Donald Hurst
Suit Seeks Divorce and Child Custody in Superior Court
Lynwood H. Bartley filed for divorce from Mary Rose Bartley in Superior Court No. 2 claiming cruel and inhuman treatment. He seeks custody of their 18 month old daughter. the couple married March 13 1955 and separated June 6 1955 at 449 North Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynwood H. Bartley
Superior Court No
Mary Rose Bartley
North Sixth Street
Accident Report Near Lost Creek Bridge on US 41
Paul Luci of Rosedale reported to Deputy Sheriff James Elliott that his car was heavily damaged Sunday when an unidentified motorist forced it into a bridge over Lost Creek on US Highway 41. Luci, uninjured, said the rain prevented identifying the other vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Luci
Rosedale
James Elliott
Lost Creek
U. S. Highway 41
Luci
High Twelve Club to Hear E. J. Hines on A Greater Tomorrow
The High Twelve Club will host a Wednesday noon address by E. J. Hines of Commercial Solvents Co. on the subject A Greater Tomorrow. Dolph Cross serves as June meeting chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Twelve
E. J. Hines
The
Commercial Solvents Co
Five Reds Held In Singapore Strike
Singapore June 13 five Chinese union leaders arrested as Communist backed general strike hits the crown colony today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Chicago Produce Market Report on Poultry Prices
June 13 Chicago market shows steady live poultry with varied prices from the Chicago Poultry Board. Hens over 5 lbs 22% asd and 5 lbs and under 28. Fryers 23. Broilers 17. Ducks heavy 20 and small 18. Turkeys hens 34 and old hens 30-32.
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Chicago
Chicago Poultry Board
White Rock
Plymouth Rock
Chicago rookie policeman slain on North Fairfield
The body of 27 year old Donald Cathay, a rookie Chicago police officer who joined Oct 1, was found shot in the back on a sidewalk in the 1500 block of North Fairfield Avenue. He had been on duty from 4 pm to midnight and was found off duty in uniform at dawn.
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Chicago
Donald Cathay
Cathay
Fairfield Avenue
Bernice Seay
Forest
1500
North Fairfield
North Avenue
Theodore Wasco
Vigo County Beverage Board approves six permit renewals
The Local Alcoholic Beverage Board at Vigo County Court House approved six permit renewals and sent petitions to the Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission for final approval. Approvals include a beer and wine permit for T. K. Nasser grocery and another for Phil Redd and Vendetta Mason, plus four restaurant permits. Also noted is a Sweden long distance power transmission detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoholic Beverage Board
Vigo County Court House
Indiana Alcholic Beverage Commission
T. K. Nasser
Ash Street
Phil Redd
Vendetta Mason
North Third Street
F. H. Williams
J. P. Kurisas
North Twenty-fifth Street
Harley E. Hidgley
National Avenue
West
Terre Haute
Albert and
Louise Ambrosine
Wabash Avenue
Ross
Ada Buckley
South Seventh Street
Fathers Day Markets Promise Big Business and Changes
New York May 13 Father’s Day boosts retail demand as stores expect stronger sales across clothing, hardware, and home goods. Ads highlight gifts from ties to slow wear fabrics while many men embrace DIY tasks at home. The National Tie Foundation forecasts 21 million ties will be given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.’s
National Safety Council
Men’s Tie Foundation
Dairy and cheese prices and milk tonnage report
The report lists toms under 20 lbs and 20 lbs and over with weight divisions. Cheese prices show single daisies longhorns at 3642-37 a lb, processed loaf 34'2-36, Swiss Grade A 42-44, B 40-42, C 38-40. Butter totals 1 754 675 lbs with scores 93 and 92 at 56% a lb, 90 score 54'4, 69 score 52'y. Eyes data show 20 327 cases with white large extras and mixed large extras 36 a doz, mediums 33, standards 431, current receipts 30.
Indiana livestock market report from Indianapolis auction
The Indianapolis market shows hogs 9 000 head active with near 20 dollars per hundred weight, cattle 3 200 with steers and heifers opening fairly active and cows steady to strong, sheep 390 with spring lambs steady around 23 24 dollars. Prices span from pigs 14 19 dollars for heavy loads to calves 20 22 dollars, steers 21 25 dollars, cows 12 15 dollars, lambs 23 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Chicago hog and cattle market report shows prices up and down
Hog trade mostly higher with lots of numbers across weights 190 to 340 pounds and up to 2300 price ranges. Cattle and calf runs steady to higher in parts with prime steers above 24.00 and heifers 14.75 to 23.00, cows 10.00 to 15.00, stocker and feeder activity mixed.
Butter and egg market report from New York on June 13
Butter prices steady with receipts of 714 140 lbs and wholesale ranges AA 93 score 54 56 percent, A 92 score 57 58, B 90 score 55 56, C 89 score 53 44 54. Eggs steady to firm with 19 144 cases. minimum 10 percent AA quality. Large white 41 42 4, brown 42 43. medium white 37 2 39, brown 39 39 40. extras minimum 65 percent A including Midwest large 44 4 50 lbs white 9 41 brown 42 mixed colors 39 40.
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Canada
Lone Star
Johns-Mann
Libby McNeil
Libby-Owen-Ford
Pepsi Cola McKess. & Robb
Murray Corp Mayt
Otis
Owens It Gi
Oliver Farm Pullman, Inc
Proct. & Gamb
Rem. Rand
Simmons A'S
Servel
Timken R
E Rexall
Union Bay
Eric Wrigley
Phillip Morris
Am. Tob
Reyn. Tob. B
Loris Rd
Ligg. & My. Tob. B
Lee Rubber
Goodrich
Goodyear Firestone U. S. Rubber
Richfield Oil
Eeeeyne Cook
Sinclair
Royal Dutch Ti“ Ltd
Calif
Skelly
Ind
Standard Ohio Shell Union Git Socony
Plym Onn
N. J
Ohio Oi
Phil Pet Tex Pac
Sale Alley
Cruc St
Vanadium
Young S. & T Bom
St Joe
Granite Corp
Motors Fruehauf Trailers
Cent. Motor
Gen. Motors
Stu-Packard
Chrysler
Amer. Motors
Mack Truck
Borg-Warner
Eaton Axle
White Motor Gram. Paige
Nat Dist
New York
Midwestern
Local Markets Livestock Prices Stronger Across Hog Classes
Salable hogs ranged 160 to 300 pounds with values from 17.25 to 20.15 dollars per hundredweight. Sows sold at 15.75 and down as markets rose by 25 to 40 points across the board.
Lost and found and services ad roundup
Classified notices list pets and valuables lost in Terre Haute area with rewards. Items include a brindle terrier named Frisky, a Maltese cat with yellow spots near 2000 Lafayette, a Redbone hound named Red, and reading glasses linked to Terre Haute Drive-In N-3762 or N-4582. Also lists dressmaking alterations, fabric sales, and cleaning services with local business addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute Drive-In
Central Institute ad seeks men and women 17 39 for airline roles
A wartime style job notice invites men and women ages 17 to 39 to join an airline training program. It promises good pay, travel, glamour, and security with positions ranging from hostesses to radio operators. Training occurs in Kansas City or Hollywood, with a high school diploma required and veteran approval noted. Central Institute, Box 122, Tribune Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Hollywood
Central Institute
Box
Tribune-Star
IBM Seeks Male Maintainers for Small Mechanisms
International Business Machines Corp announces positions for men to handle maintenance of small mechanisms and electrical work. Requires high school education, technical training preferred, military electronics helpful. Excellent advancement with company benefits and full salary during training. Call Mr Irwin at 1725 Wabash Ave, phone C-1315.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medey
Irwin International Business Machines Corp
Wabash Ave
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Commonwealth Loan CO
ST. Terre
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Ohle St Coon
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Len M. Sharp
Bob Cronin
Chas. E. Blanford
Mgr
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Lucky Rock
Adm
Carl H. Adam
RAILS
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Bruns.Balke Coll
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Lodge
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Lois Jessup
Centerpoint
Busy _Bee
Big Hill Park
Grainger Chiropractor
Rose Beauty Shop
Miller's Beauty Shop
Washington Ave
Huffer
Wabash
Alma
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ROVER
20Th St
Davis
Angelos
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Singer Electric Portable
Easy Tarme
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ORSON
Jack & Jill
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Krausbek
Kraushbek
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