Inmates Nabbed After Intoxicated Hold-Up At Indiana Reform School
Two inmates armed with improvised knives took guards hostage for under an hour at the Indiana Reformatory in Pendleton. Officials said the men were visibly intoxicated from homemade brew and were placed in solitary. Guards were unhurt and no property damage occurred as more than 50 state troopers responded to the riot call.
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Pendleton
Ind
Indiana Reformatory
Handley
Paul B. Whelchel
Kenneth Buell
Anderson
Bernard Vaughn
New Castle
Whelchel
Statehouse
Governor’s Mansion
Arthur Campbell
State Correction Board
Girl’s Body Found At Detroit Dump In Fatal Case
Six year old Mary de Caussin was found fatally injured at a dump near Dix and Trenton roads in Ecorse Township. Her hands were tied behind her back and her head nearly severed. Police, aided by volunteers, searched for clues after she vanished Wednesday evening. Continued on page 5.
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Detroit
Mary de Caussin
Ecorse Township
Paul Panter
Dix
Trenton
Panter
Mary
Edmund de Caussin Jr
Geraldine
Handley Opposes Federal Aid to Education in Indiana
Indiana Governor Handley declared stronger opposition to federal aid to education and called President Eisenhower misinformed after a White House claim Indiana needs aid. He argued Indiana already funds school construction, taxes would rise with aid, and the state builds more classrooms than the 1,000 cited by the White House Conference on Education.
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Indianapolis
Handley
Eisenhower
Indiana
White House Conference On Education
Sam McConnell
House Committee On Education
Weather Map Bulletin Partly Cloudy and River Stage Rises
Forecast shows partly cloudy skies with sunrise at 5 23 and sunset at 8 18. River stage reported at 10.4 feet and rising.
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Avene
Local Weather Summary Noted Stats
Yesterday's high reached 86 degrees with a low of 67 last night. Precipitation measured at .18 inches.
Forecast for Terre Haute and vicinity mild with storms
Partly cloudy warm and humid forecast for Terre Haute with scattered thundershowers tonight and Friday. Low tonight around 68 with highs in the 80s on Friday. Indiana area expects considerable cloudiness and warm humid conditions with storms ending late tonight or early Friday followed by pleasant Friday afternoon. Lows in the 60s north and around 70 south. Temperatures shown on street thermometer read 78 at 2 pm and 81 later.
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Terre
Haute
Indiana
Handley Probes Muscatatuck Workers Suspected of Communism
Indiana Governor Handley said his office is reviewing a Jennings County grand jury report about staff at the Muscatatuck State School for retarded children being sympathetic to Communism. An interim mental health report questioned some findings, but Handley pledged to fire any card-carrying Communists in state institutions.
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Indianapolis
Handley
Jennings County
Grand Jury
Muscatatuck State School
Statehouse
Muscatatuck
Stewart Ginsberg
Vernon Anderson
Anderson and
Ginsberg
St Anthony Hospital Introduces Fathers Day Waiting Room
St Anthony Hospital creates a dedicated wood paneled room for expectant fathers featuring indirect lighting air conditioning a coffee maker and electric shaver to ease waiting. Sister M Arnolda head of Obstetrical division notes the addition aims to honor dads year round.
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St. Anthony Hospital
M. Arnolda
Storm Claim L Ife As Falling Limb Hits Car
A second fatality from Tuesday night’s storm occurred east of the city when a falling tree limb crushed through a windshield and fatally struck Charles Higginbotham 35. He was a passenger in a car driven by Neville Wilson. The limb had loosened in the gale and fell during a brief rain squall. A Clinton construction worker William Stultz 48 died of an apparent heart attack while on duty with an emergency crew in Dresser. The Higginbotham accident occurred on Hulman Street about a mile east of Fruitridge Avenue. The body was taken to Callahan.
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Charles Higginbotham
South Seventeenth Street
Clinton
Public Service Company
Dresser
William Stultz
Higginbotham
Inlaw
Neville L. Wilson
Putnam Street
Fred Carpenter
Ed Reely
Hulman Street
Fruitridge Avenue
St. Anthony Hospital
Callahan
Army pressure cited in Girard trial by Japs case Ottawa
William S. Girard, 21, an Army specialist, says in taped calls from Ottawa that the Far East Command is pressuring him over his plan to be tried in Japanese courts for the shooting of a Japanese woman. He tells his brother that pressure is not from a single person but from the whole Far East Command.
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Ottawa
Ill
William S. Girard
Army Far East Command
William
Third Glass
Louis
WCMY
Far East Command
Levin
Stanley Levin
Senate Debates Ike Foreign Aid Bill Start
The Senate opened discussion on President Eisenhower's 3.6 billion dollar foreign aid plan. GOP leaders expect broad passage, while Democrats warn against premature cuts before House review and hearings. Senator Long moves to trim nearly 400 million, reducing military aid and defense support.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
G.O.P
William F. Knowland
Calif
Foreign Relations Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
House
House Appropriations Committees
Russell B. Long
D.-La
The
D A V Delegates Arrive for State Convention in Terre Haute
The 32nd annual Disabled American Veterans state convention opens with delegate registration at Terre Haute House. Organizers expect 500 to 600 delegates and list national and state leaders attending. A 3 PM tour of St Mary of the Woods College is set for today, with a 6:30 PM past commanders banquet in the hotel Green Room.
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Disabled American Veterans
Terre Haute House
Robert Cates
Lewis Caton
Leon von Schepper
Joseph F. Burke
John Feighner
Gerald Smitley
Howard Watts
Mel Corbly
Helen Ishnael
Marie Makielski
State Department
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
Terre Haute
D.A.V
Bourges Maunoury Confirmed France Premier After Crisis
Paris June 13 Maurice Bourges-Maunoury was confirmed as France’s 22nd postwar premier by a slim majority amid a three week cabinet crisis. The vote showed little enthusiasm with 240 to 194 support and 73 abstentions. Bourges-Maunoury pledged vigorous action in Algeria and limited reforms, continuing Mollet’s policy.
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Bourges-Maunoury
France
Paris
National Assembly
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury
Assembly
Guy Mollet
Mollet
City to file petition for swift annexation action
City Attorney Frank P. Crawford announced plans to file a petition with the Indiana Supreme Court for quick annexation of Harrison Township. He aims to advance the case on the court docket, hoping for a ruling this month to align with the 1958 city budget and August budget considerations. Mayor Ralph Tucker emphasized a term-end decision is essential.
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Frank P. Crawford
Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Harrison Township
Crawford
Supreme Court
Indiana Appellate Court
Indiana Supreme City
Ralph Tucker
George Enters Hospital With Heart Ailment
Elder statesman Walter F. George 79, former Democratic Senate dean and NATO ambassador, was hospitalized at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta for a heart ailment. He was treated with anti coagulants and doctors ordered several weeks of rest at his home in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Walter F. George
Senate
Dean
Eisenhower
NATO
Emory University Hospital
George
Willis Hurst
U. S. Senate
Evansville Scout Drowns at Local Municipal Lake
Scout Tony Wiggins drowned in Silver Lake at Helfrich Field after swimming 50 feet to study aquatic life. Companion Robert Taylor escaped and reached safety. Local authorities investigated the incident at the municipal golf course.
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Evansville
Ind
Tony Wiggins
Silver Lake
Helfrich Field
Municipal
Robert Taylor
Man's Body Found Near Seymour in Suspected Death
A man's body with no identification was found along a country road south of Seymour Indiana on Wednesday. State police reported the scene but did not yet know the identity or cause of death.
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Seymour
Ind
I Camia
Harley Young Dies at Home in Petersburg Kitchen
In Petersburg today 72 year old Harley Young a retired carpenter fell dead in the kitchen of his home while helping his wife with breakfast dishes.
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Petersburg
Harley Young
Navy May File Protest With Peiping Regime
Washington June 13 U P Communist China warned retaliation would follow any further aggression as U S forces reported Chinese coastal batteries firing on an American carrier plane eight miles from the mainland Peiping accused the flight of a planned attack aimed at hindering Formosa liberation State Department kept silent pending Navy inquiry with a protest likely to be lodged against Peiping
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Washington
U.P
China
U. S
U. S. Navy
Peiping
Formosa
State Department
Navy
R. R. Conductors Win 26 Cent Pay Increase
Major railroads and the 20 000 member Conductors Union reach a three year contract for a 26 percent total wage rise. Immediate 12 cent raise retroactive to November 4 1956, plus 7 cent increases in November 1957 and November 1958, plus cost of living adjustments. Average monthly pay before was 659 dollars for road passenger conductors and freight crews earned similar figures. Negotiations began October 17 with carriers and the union.
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Chicago
National Railway Mediation Board
Leverett Edwards
Omonel
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Beatrice Biggs
Mary Lenhart
Bob Modesitt
Charles
Storm
Girard
By Joseph E. Dynan
Marion
John L. Niblack
Niblack
Edwin Beaman
Beech Grove
William Buchanan
Taylor Bookkeeping Co
BOY Scout
William Galbraith
United Press Staff
Peiping Peoples Daily
Peiping Radio
Red China
Far East
Taiwan
R. R
Soap Box Derby
Akron
Ohio
Europe
Chevrolet
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