Eisenhower Meets Adenauer in Hospital Visit
President Eisenhower in pajamas hosts German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at Walter Reed for a 10 minute talk on reunification of Germany. Adenauer calls Eisenhower recovery a miracle as the two discuss policy before Adenauer departs for New York City.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dulles
Henry Kellerman
State Department
Adenauer
New York City
U. S
Wife of Suspect Faces Accomplice Charge in Bank Robbery
Pauline Drake 23, wife of Roy Drake, was charged as an accomplice and with possessing stolen money in Indiana's biggest bank robbery in 28 years. Bond set at 50 000. FBI notes a similar suspect sought for the Southport State Bank heist and loot found in her car totaling 17 368 of 66 546.
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Pauline Drake
Roy Drake
Indianapolis
FBI
Robert Lewis
Drake
Southport
Ind
Associated Press
U.P
Indiana
U. S
Jack Brown
Terre Haute
Southport State
Marshall
Ill
Roy Rudolph Drake
Franklin
Pauline
Robert F. Dillon
Sheriff’s Office
St. Louis
Maria McGaha
Lawrence
H. William Irwin
C and E L Plan to Eliminate City Switching and Improve Crossings
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad outlined a plan in a special council session to remove all switch operations in the city and vacate Locust Street Yard and related facilities by January 1957. The project includes modern air conditioned yards at Baker Yard and auto signals at crossings. The measure also cites underpass and grade separation plans with no anticipated staff cuts.
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Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Locust Street
Round House
Poplar Street
Baker Yard
C. G. Rodgers
Rodgers
I. A. Moore
Margaret Avenue
Moore
Ralph Tucker
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Ash
Plum
Locust
North
Investigation of Attempted Attack on Woman On North Side
Police search for a man who entered 30 year old Janette O Rourke s north side home and attempted to attack her after blinding her with a flashlight The assailant wore work clothes and fled by the back door Miss O Rourke stated the rear door was left unlocked for family use She identified the flashlight and that the man flashed it in her eyes Officers Beasley Collins and Reeves assisted in the preliminary investigation
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North Side
Janette O’rourke
North Sixth Street
Flowers
Weather Map Shows Showers and Warm Readings Ahead
Showers and a few thundershowers tonight and Friday for Terre Haute and vicinity. Highs in mid 70s, lows in the 60s, with cooler north portion Friday. Indiana chiefly cloudy with periods of rain tonight and Friday, sunshine returning Friday afternoon. River stage 3.2 feet and falling.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Electric, Coal Industries Seek To Cut Freight Costs
Washington June 14 The electric utility and coal industries urged cooperation to reduce rail freight rates. John W. Evers of Commonwealth Edison said transportation costs limit coal pricing. The 39th National Coal Assn meeting noted improving prospects and a new 50 million dollar export ship venture with railroads and United Mine Workers, aimed at boosting coal exports.
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Washington
John W. Evers
Commonwealth Edison Co
Chicago
Evers
National Coal Assn
United Mine Workers
Richard L. Bowditch
Stalder Pleads Guilty to Auto Theft Charge in Vigo Court
Robert Louis Stalder a 29 year old Shelburn resident pled guilty to auto theft before Judge Herbert Criss in Vigo County Circuit Court Waived arraignment and received case advisement with his attorney Warren Everett The court held the plea until June 21 Stalder remains jailed in lieu of bond and is tied to the alleged theft of a late model car from Moore's Auto Exchange at 214 North Fourth Street.
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Robert Louis Stalder
Shelburn
Herbert R. Criss
Vigo County
Warren Everett
Criss
Stalder
Moore’s Auto Exchange
North Fourth Street
J Murdock Found Dead in Sullivan County Jail
James Murdock 20 of Terre Haute died in the Sullivan County jail from apparent self strangulation by tying a towel to a cell door. Sheriff Harold Conner said the act occurred between 9:15 and 11:15 am with coroner Russell Blubaugh ruling death by own action. Body taken to Thomas Funeral Home. trial moved from Vigo to Sullivan Circuit Court. continuation noted on Page 2.
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Sullivan County
Harold Conner
Murdock
Russell Blubaugh
Thomas Funeral Home
Terre Haute
Sullivan Circuit Court
Vigo
Honeymooner Falls To Death From Airliner
In Shelby North Carolina a 38 year old honeymooner Oren Ase Pruitt died after opening a door in flight and leaping from a plane near Zion Church cemetery. His bride, thirsty, asked for water causing him to seek the restroom then the side door. Authorities described a whistling sound and a fatal impact witnessed by Luther Haynes.
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Shelby
N. C
Oren Ase Pruitt
Charlotte
Zion Church
Pruitt
Luther Haynes
Haynes
Congress To Act On Security Law
Senators Mundt Eastland and McCarthy unveiled bills to negate a Supreme Court ruling that barred summarily dismissing workers on security grounds. Former Sen. Cain supported the move calling the Court ruling a hole in loyalty security. At a judiciary subcommittee hearing Cain cited cases of injustices and a GI who lost an American Red Cross job over security questions. Continued On Page 5, Column 2.
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Washington
Mundt
Congress
Supreme Court
Sens
Eastland
D.-Miss
McCarthy
R.-Wis
Harry P. Cain
Cain
Eisenhower
Red Cross
Army
Peter Pirogov
Constantine Barsky
Senate
Internal Security
Pirogov
Anatole Borzov
Russia
Sweden police clarify drunkenness standard in Stockholm
Sweden's police state that a person is not considered drunk until they fall flat. Staggers don’t count. They add there are not enough clinics to house all the eligibles.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Truman Backing Harriman Felt by Some Democrats
A Southern Democrat observer says Adlai Stevenson leads in the Democratic race but faces a hurdle from Harry Truman. He would prefer Lyndon Johnson for the renomination and would be dismayed if Kefauver or Harriman secured the nomination as Chicago 1948 approaches.
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Washington
Senate
Adlai Stevenson
Harry Truman
Stevenson
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Estes Kefauver
Averell Harriman
Chicago
Kefauver
California
Truman
Reds Put Heavy Pressure On Exiles
A New York dated report describes a campaign by Communist Prague to persuade refugees to return home. The letter from Prague invites exiles to contact a Czechoslovak embassy and implies improved conditions and reintegration. The piece notes this as part of a broader strategy to win back anti Communist refugees.
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Reds
New York
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Bold payroll robbery shocks New Jersey city
A 36 year old Sullivan County Indiana native, Ralph Collins Jr., and colleague Donald Autere, were robbed of 6,967 in payroll funds at a New Jersey sewage plant site. Bandits looted envelopes after a bank withdrawal of 7,236 with two early payees, then fled in a parked car.
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Jersey City
N. J
Sullivan County
Ind
Municipal Service Company
Kansas City
Ralph Collins, Jr
North Court Street
Sullivan
Donald Autere
Cransford
Collins
Bayonne
Autere
Quiet Broken on Israel Jordan Border Clash Breaks Quiet
An Israeli army spokesman said a three hour exchange of fire near Beersheba Hebron broke several days of quiet on the Israel Jordan border. Jordan positions fired at an Israeli guard on Israeli soil and the Israelis returned fire.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Israel-Jordan
Jordan
Beersheba Hebron
Jurors Convict Two In St. Louis Tax Fix Trial
Federal court jurors convict Mathew J. Connelly and T. Lamar Caudle of conspiracy to defraud the government in a tax case. The eight male four female jury deliberated nine hours five minutes. Hearing for new trial and sentencing slated for July 19. Schwimmer named in indictment.
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ST. Louis
Truman Administration
Mathew J. Connelly
T. Lamar Caudle
Connelly
Caudle
Rubey M. Hulen
White House
Truman
Justice Department
Harry S. Schwimmer
Kansas City
Senate Passes Markland Flood Control Project
The Senate approved a flood control package totaling 872 million dollars for fiscal year beginning July 1. It includes 5 million for the Markland locks and dam in Indiana, plus funding for Mansfield reservoir New Harmony bridge Vincennes and Evansville planning.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Markland
Ind
Indiana
Mansfield Reservoir
County Seeks Bids On Welfare Bond Issue
Vigo County advertises a 50000 dollar bond to buy the former Fairbanks residence at Sixth and Oak to house the Department of Public Welfare. The remonstrance against the purchase was ruled illegal for insufficient signatures and lack of a valid affidavit.
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Fairbanks
Sixth
Oak Streets
Vigo County
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Raymond L. Tryon
Terre Haute Police Department
Southern Police Institute
University of Louisville
Free
China
David A. McCandless
Sgt
Tryon
Bares
U. 8. Weather Bureau
J. H. Man
Sullivan Co
James M. Murdock
Blaine Avenue
Gov. Harriman
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