Hoosier Boys State delegates wind down week of government play
About 500 delegates at Indiana State University end their Hoosier Boys State session with elected officials visiting Terre Haute and Vigo County offices, a talent show, and a slate of final government activities. Governor-elect Dave Shellito notes key bills for teacher pay and press freedom as the group prepares for a grand review led by Gov Otis Bowen and awards.
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Kossa County Park
Gillum Hall
HBS
Dave Shellito
Penn High School
Mishawaka
Shellito
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Eran
Dennis Perry
FBI
Marks Field
Indiana
Otis R. Bowen
Carl Graham
B. W. Breedlove
Tilson Music Hall
Tirey Memorial Union
Hoosier Boys
Indiana State University
Gary Smith
Kossa County
Otis Bowen
House of Photography
Tim Leonard
Franklin
Mark Kafader
Indianapolis
Hoosier
Illinois Lottery Numbers Drawn for Weekly Lotto and Prizes
Chicago AP reports the Illinois State Lottery numbers for Weekly Lotto 14 01 43 26 35. Bonanza qualifiers 734 267 506. Spring Stampede 128 3 14. Prizes list cars by color: black 5000, orange 4000, green 3000. A 1943 note recalls Allied bombers pounding Naples and Sicily.
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Chicago
FBI Program Described for Hoosier Boys State
Local FBI agent Bowen Johnson outlined the agency's role as a federal investigative and domestic intelligence arm within the Justice Department. He highlighted NCIC computer use, the FBI lab, fingerprinting, field police training, statistics and bomb sections, and emphasized interagency cooperation with state and local police.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Hoosier Boys State
Bowen Johnson
United States Justice Department
Johnson
NCIC
Washington, D. C
FBI Lab Service
Local Markets Grain and Hogs Report
Wheat at 2.79 and 2.71 for contract, corn 2.76 and 2.17 contract, oats 1.72, soybeans 5.01 and contract 4.50 per hundred. Hogs for 200 to 230 pounds fetch 49.50 to 49.75, sows 40.00 to 41.00.
Bolin Sets Trial Dates in Vigo County Preliminary Matters
Several defendants appeared before Vigo County Master Commissioner on preliminary charges. Bolin set August 11 for jury trials of Donna Jeanne Hand for cruelty to children and Everett L. Leach for assault and battery, both with Public Defender Robert H. Brown. Donald McCoy gained a week to June 19 to obtain counsel on fraud charges. Two Indianapolis men, Alvin Merritt and James Fogle, accused of taking guns from Montgomery Ward, faced auto banditry and theft charges with $50,000 bond each. their withdrawal symptoms prompted court-ordered medical aid and a June 18 continuation.
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Vigo County
Bolin
Donna Jeanne Hand
Everett L. Leach
Robert H. Brown
Donald McCoy
Indianapolis
Terre Haute grads attend ninth Accounting Careers Conference
Two Terre Haute graduates Bruce R. Lowder and Kevin Rose from Terre Haute North Vigo attended the ninth annual Accounting Careers Conference at Indiana Central University Indianapolis. They heard guest speakers observed CPA offices and talked with college and university representatives about accounting curricula.
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Terre Haute
Indiana Central University
Indianapolis
Bruce R. Lowder
Kevin Rose
Terre Haute North Vigo
CPA
Beef Committee Plans Beef Buyers Dinner Meeting
Members of the 4 H Beef Committee will meet at 8 p.m. on June 19 at the Extension Office to plan the annual Beef Buyers Recognition Dinner.
WGY Launches Regular TV Schedule in 1928
In 1928 the Schenectady New York station WGY began a television program schedule broadcasting three times weekly as part of early U.S. television experiments.
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Schenectady, N.Y
WGY
Thomas Easley Elected Methodist Lay Leaders
Two area men will be among 18 delegates to the United Methodist Church general conference next year in Portland Oregon. John J. Thomas of Brazil will lead the lay delegation of nine men, with John Easley of Clay City among the group. Clergy leaders include Rev. Kenneth Forbes Indianapolis executive assistant to the bishop. Other clergymen are Rev. Gene Crawford Indianapolis Rev. Leroy Hodapp Bloomington Rev. Robert Holmes Greensburg Rev. David Lawson Evansville Rev. Richard Hamilton Indianapolis Rev. Charles Stanton Bloomington Rev. Richard Christopher New Castle and Rev. Robert Koenig Mount Vernon. Other lay members include Thomas V. Bryant Jeffersonville Edward Susat Evansville Clifford Dingham Washington Ray Crawford New Albany Mrs. C. O. Harris Columbus Basil Lorch Jr. New Albany.
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United Methodist Church General Conference
Portland
Ore
John J. Thomas
Brazil
John Easley
Clay City
Kenneth Forbes
Indianapolis
Indiana Area
United Methodist Church
Gene P
Washington
Donald Ludwig
Bloomington
Ray Crawford
New Albany
C. O. Harris
Columbus
Basil H. Lorch Jr
Indiana Milwest Unite Picket Amax in Support of Wyoming Strike
About 35 milwest United Mine Workers members gathered at Amax Coal Co headquarters in Indianapolis in solidarity with Belle Ayr miners on a 20 week Wyoming strike. Pickets came from Indiana Kentucky West Virginia and Illinois. They demanded Amax sign a contract with the Wyoming mine workers.
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Indianapolis
Milwest
United Mine Workers Union
Amax Coal Co
Wyoming
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Illinois
Amax
Gillette
Wyo
France asks Germany for peace terms in 1940
In 1940 France sought peace terms from Germany during World War II, signaling a major shift as full-scale conflict pressed into Western Europe and negotiations potentially reshaped the course of the war.
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France
Germany
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