Doctors Believe Flowers Was Sane Case Expected To Reach Jury
Three doctors testified in Vigo Circuit Court that Elmer J. Flowers was sane when he allegedly shot and killed his former wife Ione on Oct 4. They stated no indication of unsound mind and were cross examined after prosecution and defense rested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer J. Flowers
Vigo
Ione
Donn R. Gossom
Melville E. Caracob
Norman M. Silverman
Flowers
Herbert R. Criss
Gossom
Caracob
Silverman
Finnegan Is Released From Federal Prison
James P. Finnegan 54 once a St Louis internal revenue collector was freed Wednesday from the federal prison south of Terre Haute after an 18 month term for misconduct in office. He left with his wife at 8 12 am. a parole was previously denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Finnegan
Internal Revenue
St. Louis
Terre Haute
Donald M. Byington
Finnegan
Byington
Internal Revenue Collector
Wives Arrested in Poker Game in Houston
Houston police raided a two bit limit poker game and arrested eight housewives aged 45 to 68 while playing high low split. They posted $10 bonds and were released. Lieutenant Otto Vahidiek said a neighbor reported the initial complaint at 9 30 am and phoned again at 3 30 pm reporting the players were still at it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Otto Vahidiek
Employers Face Tax Liens in Indianapolis Drive
Gary Campbell Indiana IRS director said a drive to collect withholding taxes from employers who failed to turn funds over is underway. He estimated about 3,000 employers have collected roughly 2.7 million dollars from employees and not remitted it, with liens to be filed against property of delinquents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Gary Campbell
Indiana
Internal Revenue Service
Campbell
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
The bulletin notes a mostly fair and pleasant forecast with little temperature change tonight and Thursday. Low temperatures range from 44 to 53 and highs reach around 74 to 75. Indiana and Terre Haute expect fair and cool tonight with sunny, pleasant conditions Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Indiana
Mayor Clarifies Terre Haute Fire Protection Stand
Mayor Ralph Tucker issued a statement clarifying the City of Terre Haute’s position on terminating fire protection for Harrison Township. He notes the township officials initiated the cut, cites costs of 8 dollars per capita for the city and 4 dollars per capita for Harrison residents, and states no post July 1 arrangements exist with the city for fire emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Tucker
Terre Haute
Harrison Township
City of
Illinois House filibuster ends as protest ends
Springfield Illinois June 1547 a week and a half long filibuster by Representatives Morris and Ziegler delaying Illinois House business ends as they withdraw demands for reading all bill texts. They say their protest highlighted opposition to bills authorizing a huge Chicago convention hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois House
John W. Morris
D.chadwick
Paul A. Ziegler
D.carmi
Morris
Ziegler
Chicago
Three F100 Jets Arrive in Japan for Familiarization
Tokyo reports that three F100 Super Sabre Jets arrived this month for Far East Air Forces pilot familiarization flights. The aircraft can exceed speeds of 700 miles per hour as U S airmen begin training in the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Far East
Adenauer reassured as he departs for Moscow after Geneva
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer leaves Washington bound for Moscow after the Geneva talks. Officials say he will not concede on Germany neutralization and will honor NATO obligations. He asserts reunified Germany must remain independent within collective security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Heinz L. Krekeler
Herbert Hoover Jr
Washington
U.S
Eisenhower
Russia
Adenauer
Moscow
Boston
Geneva
Germany
Soviet Russia
Europe
NATO
Ex-Congressman Bramblett Put On Probation After Fine
Former Rep Ernest Bramblett of California was fined 5000 dollars and placed on one year probation for falsifying his office pay roll in a salary kick back scheme. He was convicted 16 months ago and said he will appeal. The judge suspended the sentence of four months to one year and imposed probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ernest Bramblett
R.-Calif
Bramblett
Walter M. Bastian
Edward Bennett Williams
Wife holds husband to jail in unique City Court act
In City Court Judge Edward S. Everett let Roy P. Swain's wife Pass sentence on him after she testified to his chronic drunkenness and unemployment. She fined Swain $14 and ordered three days in Vigo county jail for supporting a seven child family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Everett
Roy P. Swain
South Eighth Street
Winifred
Everett
Vigo County
Mail Carriers Re-walk Routes For Cerebral Palsy Drive
Terre Haute postmen will rewalk routes tonight from 7 to 9 o clock to collect donations for Vigo countys Cerebral Palsy Association. Contributions may be left in mail boxes or signaled by porch lights. Funds help operate a new training center for children with CP opened at the Rose Home on North Twenty fifth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
West Terre Haute
Cerebral Palsy Association of
Vigo County
Calinan
Rose Home
North Twentyfifth Street
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
City Hall
Branson Dunlap
Postmen’s Walk
Frank Peebles
Loren Raines
George Weymuth
Peron Expels Two Catholic Church Leaders From Argentina
President Juan Peron’s government ordered the expulsion of Msgr Manuel Tato and Ra mon Carlos Novoa, Buenos Aires archbishop and a top prelate, after raids on Catholic Action offices across 145 parishes. The two clerics were jailed at dawn and deported to Rome aboard a government plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. F. Horsey
United Press
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Catholic Action Organization
Msgrs
Manuel Tato
Ramon Carlos Novoa
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Aerolineas
Rome
Catholic Action
Tello
San Jose
Hailstorm Ravages Crops Across Indiana Counties
A 20 minute hailstorm followed by a heavy rain lashed Carroll and White counties near Delphi on June 15. The worst damage occurred in a two mile wide strip south of Delphi, with inches of hail in fields. Wheat oats and tomatoes suffered widespread destruction over thousands of acres. corn and soybeans may need replanting in places. Farmers await later week assessments to judge regrowth potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Ind
Carroll
White
John Gingrich
Johnson Emerson
White County
Dead man fined in Little Rock traffic court
Doyle E. Gullick was fined 51 dollars and given a one day suspended sentence for drunken driving in Little Rock Traffic Court. Officials later learned Gullick was killed in a car-train crash the previous Saturday. his bondsman said the case had been called May 23, with a guilty verdict and time to pay the fine. The payment arrived at the court three days after his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Doyle E. Gullick
Gullick
Industry Seeks Way To Combat G A W Demands
Chicago June 15 An industrial leader argued that a real guarantee of annual wages would raise costs and raise prices, weakening industry’s ability to create better jobs. Dr. Robert E. Wilson of Standard Oil & Co Indiana headed the discussion at a conference on America’s Economic Crisis The Guaranteed Annual Wage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert E. Wilson
Standard Oil &Co
Indiana
America
National Assn. of Manufacturers
Illinois Manufacturers Assn
Wilson
Local firm low bidder on toll road work in Indiana
H. G. Christman Construction Co of South Bend and Johnson Drake Piper Inc of Terre Haute submitted a joint bid of 13 670 231 for five east west toll road service areas. Sollitt Construction Co of South Bend bid 13 727 268. If not readvertised the contract may proceed. sites include East Gary Porter county Rolling Prairie La Porte Elkhart Brighton La Grange and Fremont Steuben counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
H. G. Christman Construction Co
South Bend
Johnson, Drake & Piper, Inc
Terre Haute
Sollitt Construction Co
East Gary
Porter County
Rolling Prairie
la Porte County
Elkhart
Brighton
la Grange
Fremont
Steuben County
Quinn Re-elected President of Terre Haute Chamber
Joseph L. Quinn Jr was re elected president of the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce at a board meeting held at Anton Hulman’s lodge east of the city. Officers and directors were installed with holdover and new members named, including Milton Levin as vice president and Ralph Llewellyn as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Quinn, Jr
Terre Haute
John K. Lamb
Pearl York Gibson
Child Dies in Car Crash After Heart Attack
Richard John Schlacks, 9, of Marion, died of a heart attack while driving on U S 12 in Michigan City Tuesday night. His car veered off the road and struck a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Richard John Schlacks
Marion
U. S
Schlacks
Police seek 17 year old Sharon Ratliff in Chicago
Chicago police seek 17 year old Sharon Ratliff of Griffith Indiana who vanished from her home five days ago. She is the daughter of Morris Ratliff and was last seen in the Chicago area on June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jp—Police
Griffith
Ind
Sharon Ratliff
Morris Ratlifts
President, Cabinet Flee to Secret Shelter in 1955 Alert
Washington tests of Operation Alert 1955 simulate a 300 mile attack arc around the capital. Eisenhower and 15 000 officials relocate to emergency sites while Congress stays out. The drill measures emergency communications and reorganization of a stricken nation with open ended follow ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Pentagon
Defense Wilson
Wilson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Governor Craig to keynote Terre Haute club dinner
Seventy seven organizations booked for an organizational meeting of a new industrial and civic development group. Governor George N. Craig will speak at 7 p m in the Terre Haute House Wabash Room with Ralph Tucker and John Lamb among those on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
New Industrial and Civic Development Organization
James Shanks
Jaycee Industrial Committee
Wabash Room
Terre Haute House
George N. Craig
Ralph Tucker
John Lamb
Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce
Richard Tucker
The
Jaycees
Arthur Lukens
Frank MacArtor
Three Days Underground Shelter Test In Houston Family Begins
A Houston family of four enters an underground H-bomb shelter for a three day test as part of Operation Alert Civil defense drill. Mr and Mrs Christmas and children Stan ley and Mary Lou ise will provide hourly updates to officials and enter at 7 15 p m weathering a simulated air raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
John R. Christmas
Stanley
Mary Louise
E.D.T
Civil Defense
Christmas
Secret Center For News Used In Alert Test
A secret emergency news center coordinated mock atomic attack briefings. Operated by 100 press, radio, and TV reps under voluntary censorship, it linked with 31 secret points and Civil Defense HQ in Battle Creek, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
National Civil Defense Administration
Battle Creek
Mich
Eisenhower
Railroads Seek to Keep Coal Rates in Midwest
The Interstate Commerce Commission hears a bid from twelve Midwest railroads led by Burlington to extend through Oct 10 the 65 cent per ton cut on bituminous coal from Illinois Indiana and western Kentucky to Chicago. Intrastate rates are also under review. A joint hearing adjourned after briefing deadlines set for June 28.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Midwest
Ilinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Chicago
Burlington Railroad
Burlington
Illinois Commerce Commission
LCC
Burton Fuller
F. B. McElroy
Illinois Board
Jets for Korea receive first Sabre Jets on loan
Seoul June 15 South Korea to receive five U S Sabre Jets Monday under the military aid program The air force will organize one Sabre Jet wing of 75 ton planes this year according to South Korean sources
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
South Korea
U. S
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AL Ppr
Ckee
Jas. Finnegan
Bye & Weather Bureau
Illinois
Japan
West
C.P
Peron
Tato and
Novoa
Manuel Rio
G.A.W
Quinn
J. H. Chamber
Marshall Hubbard
James S. Rouse
Hugh B. Lee Jr
P. W. Reder
Carl Frederman
Herbert N. Mace
Robert E. Schultz
Albert Dennis
Forrest Sherer
Joe Walker
Ted Bauer
Edward Baur
Morris Blumberg
Ruel F. Burns
Joseph Cloutier
Robert Paitson
Paul Pfister
Sterling Pittman
Harry Adams
David Bartram
Arthur Blood
John Ennis
John Haslem
Milton Levin
Chapman S. Root
Henry P. Smith
Michael Yatsko
Secret Center For News
JETS
Korea
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