Flag Day Observance Highlighted By State Convention
State DAY honors flag day with Waysbright and Tom Lippiatt among officers. Twenty four members attend. D A V Auxiliary hosts banquet with past commanders and a fashion show. Tours of St Mary of the Woods and Terre Haute Brewing follow. Parade Saturday led by Capt Archie Van Winkle with Joseph Burke arriving for closing sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waysbright
Tom Lippiatt
Merritt Howard
Tony Miller
Kenneth Bennett
John Weiss
Ward Anderson
Alex MacCallem
Douglas Crow
Lewis Caton
Harley Ward
Gerald Hunt
Eddie James
Robert Graves
Clarence Monroe
Joseph Shanklin
Indianapolis
Forrest von Schepper
Anderson
Ind
Robert Miller
Terre Haute
Lillian Holliday
Marie Makielski
South Bend
State Department
Auxiliary
Sta
Makielski
Iris Hurst
June Dilling
Judy Horn
D.A.V
Connie Caton
Carolyn Hurst
Ft. Wayne
D.A.W
National Service Officer
Mayflower Room
North Ninth Street
Charles Schelesker
Second Street
Wabash Avenue
Archie van Winkle
Dresser Drive
Ohio Street
U. S. Marine Corps On Guard
Marine Corps Recruiting Service
Marine Corps ‘Reserve Unit
Fontanel High School
Capt. van Winkle
Frew Schwartz
Farmers Say They Will Buy Fewer Chicks in 1957
U.S. farmers indicate a planned decrease in chick purchases for 1957, signaling tighter poultry production plans and adjusted supply expectations in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
D A V Chief Urges Halt to Draft and Supports Training
The D A V state commander warns against changing the Selective Service Act and calls for a halt to the draft while backing compulsory six month military training. He argues the emergency draft is over once declared and favors integrating training into schools. He says recruitment would meet needs if military rules were loosened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smitley
Defense Department
D.A.V
Harrison Two Receives Funds Across Multiple Tax Units
County allocations total hundreds of thousands across townships and schools. Receipts listed include Harrison Two at 312,505.18 and Fayette 124,158.93 among numerous other towns and civil townships.
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Fayette
Harrison
Honey Creek
Linton
Lost Creek
Nevins
Otter Creek
Pierson
Prairie Creek
Prairieton
Riley
Sugar Creek
Seelyville
West Terre Haute
Terre Haute
General Corporation
Mrs Rose J Berlau Dies In Terre Haute
Mrs Rose J Berlau of the Terre Haute House died at 12 50 Friday morning. Survived by sister Mrs Isaac L Goodman and brother Leo Joseph of Terre Haute and several nieces and nephews. Body to P J Ryan and Sons Funeral Home. Friends may call after 7 Saturday evening. Funeral at 11 Monday in Ryan Chapel with Rabbi David Raab officiating. Burial in Highland Lawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose J. Berlau
Terre Haute
Isaac L. Goodman
Leo Joseph
P. J. Ryan and Sons Funeral
Ryan Chapel
David Raab
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Deaths: Charles Higginbotham and Charles O Layer
Charles Higginbotham 35 of Lawton Ok killed when a tree limb shattered the car windshield. Funeral 1 p m Saturday Callahan Funeral Home with VFW burial rites at Durham Cemetery. Charles O Layer 85 of Terre Haute buried in High Cemetery after arrival at Gillis Memory Chapel. Services 3 p m Saturday. Burial in High Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Higginbotham
South Seventeenth Street
Callahan Funeral Home
Clyde Rodabaugh
Durham
Lawton Byrum
Funeral services for Mrs Hazel L Kruse in Terre Haute
Funeral services for Hazel L Kruse 56 of 721 South Eighteenth street a longtime grade school teacher in Terre Haute will be held at Gillis Memory Chapel at 2 PM Saturday Burial follows at Highland Lawn cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel L. Kruse
South Eighteenth Street
Terre Haute
Gillis Memory Chapel
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Mrs. Mattie Scott Services Set at Martin Tearman
Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Scott, age 178, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Martin Tearman Funeral Home with Dr. Marvin E. Utter officiating. Burial follows at Roselawn Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Scott
North Sixth Street
Martin Tearman
Marvin E. Utter
Roselawn Memorial Park
Funeral services for Mrs Barbara Strachan
Funeral services for 88 year old Mrs Barbara Strachan who died Wednesday will be at 3 p m Monday at Thomas Funeral Home with Rev R Richmond Blake officiating. Burial will be in Perth Semet Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Strachan
Thomas Funeral Home
R. Richmond Blake
Perth Semert
Mrs Helen Finley Of Brazil Dies At 52 After Illness
Mrs Helen S Finley 52 wife of Harvey F Finley of 720 South Alabama street died unexpectedly at 11 30 Thursday morning. She had been a patient at Clay County Hospital since May 7 after a compound fracture of the right leg from a fall. A lifelong Brazil resident she attended Indiana State Teachers College and belonged to First Methodist Church along with American Legion Auxiliary and Past Presidents Parley. Survived by husband a daughter and four sons, and several relatives, with eight grandchildren. Body taken to Lawson & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
Helen S. Finley
Harvey F. Finley
South Alabama Street
Clay County
Indiana State Teachers College
Terre Haute
First Methodist Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Parley
Mabel van Arsdall
James J. Finley
Levittown
Earl W
Jackson, Mich
Richard
Jerry
James Patrick
Mabel Wedel
William F. Howard 91 Died At Home Turner Indiana
William F. Howard a retired miner aged 91 died at his Turner home early Thursday. He belonged to Evangelical United Brethren Church of Brazil with survivors including three sons William Vernon and Robert of Brazil area and five daughters. Also surviving are two brothers and two sisters, twenty grandchildren and twenty eight great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Saturday at Miller & Sons Funeral Home with Rev. A R Jansen officiating and burial at Summit Lawn cemetery.
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Brazil
Ind
William Frederick Howard
Turner
Evangelical United Brethren Church of
Lela
Olive
Peter
Knightsville
George
Jackson Township
Flora Keller
Terre Haute
Sally Tiefel
Miller & Sons
A. R. Jansen
Summit Lawn Cemetery
Claude Parker Tangier Ind dies at 64
Claude Parker age 64 died at 12 05 Thursday afternoon at his home on Tangier rural route He belonged to Rockville Post 48 American Legion and Waterman Baptist Church at Lodi Ind Surviving are his wife Ruby a son Orville a daughter Mrs Paul Byerly three brothers and three sisters and three grandchildren The body is at Watson Funeral Home Cayuga with funeral services at 2 o clock Sunday Rev Dean Hartman officiating burial in Miller Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Ind
Claude Parker
Rockville
American Legion
Waterman Baptist Church
Lodi
Ruby
Orville
Clinton
Paul Byerly
Cayuga
Cyril
Tange
Wayne
Rutherford
N. J
State of Washington
Ruth Hazelwood
Lucy Craig
Frankfort
Reba Mast
Kokomo
Watson Funeral Home
Dean Hartman
Miller Cemetery
Funeral services set for Owen H Sullivan
Owen Howard Sullivan 61 of Sullivan died at 2 PM Thursday at Mary Sherman Hospital. He was a World War I veteran. Survived by wife Nannie daughter Mrs. Thomas Kincade Evansville two brothers Ray New Albany Guy Moorman Ky and one grandson. Body to Alexander Funeral Home 10:30 Saturday. Rev Earl Vaughn to officiate. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery Evansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill Cemetery
Evansville
Funeral services for Mrs Florence Carmichael held Saturday
Mrs Florence Carmichael of Paris Illinois will have funeral services at 3 PM Saturday at Ward Sutton Funeral Home. Burial is planned at Oak Grove Cemetery. She is survived by husband Moss Carmichael a daughter Ruth Miller of Brocton four brothers Bert Neal Clyde and Pearl Buntain and sister Mabel Buntain all of Illinois and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ill
Florence
Ward-Sutton
Oak Grove
Moss Carmichael
Ruth Miller
Brocton
Bert
Neal Buntain
Clyde Buntain
Pearl Buntain
West Terre Haute
Mabel Buntain
Aris
Funeral services for William Stultz held in Clinton
Funeral services for William Jultz, 48, who died Wednesday, will be at 10:30 Saturday morning at the First Funeral Home. The Rev. Fred Oliver will officiate. Burial will be in Walnut Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Ind
William Jultz
Fred Oliver
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Funeral rites for Fred E. Dyer in Worthington
Funeral services for Fred E. Dyer 80 longtime attorney and banker will be held at 3 o clock Saturday afternoon at Bemingham cemetery and Rev Louise March will officiate with burial in Worthington cemetery He is survived by the
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Ind
Fred E. Dyer
Bemig Peo Eetax
Louise March
Worthington Cemetery
Civil rights bill advances amid debate over jury trials
The House moves a civil rights bill toward passage despite Southern calls for jury trials. Proponents win key votes while an amendment broadening the rights commission authority is adopted. A King led voting rights campaign plans three million Southern Negro voters for 1958, discussed with Vice President Nixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hoffman
R.mich
Civil Rights Commission
Rep. Alger
R Tex
Rep. Forand
D.-R.i
Forand
Alger
South
Martin Luther King
Montgomery
Ala
Nixon
Buses Collide on Wet Chicago Pavement injuring 24
Twenty four passengers were hurt when a southbound Chicago Transit Authority bus skidded on slick pavement and struck a stopped bus on the South Side. The moving bus driver was David L. Durden, 40, of Gary Indiana. The other driver, A T Reed, 44, of Harvey Illinois, escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
David L. Durden
Nineteenth Avenue
Gary
Ind
A. T. Reed
Harvey
Test Postponed At Atomic Test Site
The fourth nuclear blast of the current test season was postponed 24 hours due to unfavorable winds.
Family notice lists survivors of Mrs. Ethel Dyer
Mrs Ethel Dyer is survived by her husband one daughter Mrs Abbie DeFrees of Worthington one sister Mrs Abbie Griffith of Indianapolis two grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Dyer
Abbie DeFrees
Worthington
Abbie Griffith
Indianapolis
Tax Reduction Debate Hinges On Economy And Congress
Testimony from Brundage and business groups shows broad opposition to tax cuts in 1958 under current conditions. He warned built in spending rises could add three billion dollars to annual federal outlays unless Congress acts. He urged restraint on reclamation flood control and harbor projects and urged industry to curb wages and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
National Assn
Brundage
Fr. Gabriel Richard First Catholic Priest in Congress
Fr. Gabriel Richard represented the Michigan Territory in the U S House. Elected in 1823 he remains the only Catholic priest ever to serve as a member of Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabriel Richard
Michigan Territory
U. S
House of Representatives
Congress
Man seeks clemency for father serving life for murder
Charles Russo of Lancaster asks the State Pardon Board to release his father George Russo, 63, who has been in prison since 1948 after pleading guilty to killing his second wife during an argument on a Lancaster street. Russo said his father is sincerely repentant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Pardon Board
Charles Russo
Lancaster
George
Russo
More Violent Weather Due Over Country
Tornado reports reached Great Bend Kansas with a twister sighted. The Weather Bureau logged tornadoes overnight near Charleston West Virginia and in central Arkansas. Funnel clouds were seen near Pontiac and Ann Arbor Michigan. Severe winds battered the Pittsburgh area Corning New York and parts of the lower Mississippi Valley.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Great Bend
Kan
Weather Bureau
Charleston
W. Va
Damascus
Arkansas
Monroe
Neb
Pontiac
Ann Arbor
Mich
Pittsburgh
Corning
N. Y
Mississippi Valley
New Year's Day Crash Fatal in Jeffersonville
Gordon A. Parson, 22, of Jeffersonville, died in a Louisville hospital from injuries after a New Year’s Day automobile crash near Jeffersonville occurred this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Gordon A. Parson
Parson
Louisville
Military Truck Plunge Kills 14 in Bas Basqua
A 327th Airborne Infantry truck plunged during a siege near Bas Basqua, killing 14 including 3/C Ernest J. McNeill. Pvt Ronald J. Curtis survived, aided by a jeep and a telephone repairman spotted by him as helicopters lifted the casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
Post Headquarters
Army Unseats Haiti Leaders
Former Police Chief Col. Pierre Armand sought refuge in the Spanish Embassy after a coup. Haiti’s six months of turmoil followed presidential candidate rivalries and rumors Fignole would seize power without an election. Kebreau’s officers forced Fignote to resign, sending him into exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Armand
Haiti
Fignole
Kebreau
Fignote
Funeral services for Kenneth R. Davis in Paris Saturday
Kenneth R. Davis known as Bucky, 54, a Paris businessman, died Thursday at Paris Hospital. Funeral services set for 9:30 Saturday morning at St. Mary Church. Body lies at Zieren Funeral Home awaiting service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Kenneth R. “Bucky” Davis
Paris Hospital
St. Mary Church
Zieren Funeral Home
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Frank Jozsa
Steve Rozgony
Lavander Paschal
Ralph Tucker
Charles
Harrison Two
Charles O. Layer
Jorces Afi
Helen L. Finley
William Howald
Owen Howard
Mrs. Florence Carmichael
William Stultz
Rep
Celler
Martin
Massachusetts
Meis Basement Thrift Store
Meis
Sale
Cool Shortie
327Th Airborne Infantry
Bas
Pvt
Ronald J. Curtis
Kalamazoo, Mich
Ernest J. McNeill
Lamberton
N. C
ALL
Funeral Home
Poplar Sts
Crawford
Tea Be Thrift Store
Meis Basement Thrift Stere
Kenneth R. Davis
Garfield Flower Shop
Kole
Green
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