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Terre Haute Tribune

Location

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1956

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Argentine Rebel Is Given Asylum

Argentina's government returned rebel Gen Raul Tanco and six fugitives to the Haitian embassy after they were abducted and later handed to the army. Ambassador Brierre said the seven are safe in the embassy garage as talks continue.

Buenos Aires Argentina Raul Tanco Pedro Arambura Jean Brierre Tanco Aramburu Brierre Uruguay Juan D. Peron Juan Jose Valle Valle Peron Panama Jean Brietre

President Eisenhower to Meet Nixon in Hospital Monday

President Eisenhower will hold a hospital room conference with Vice President Richard M. Nixon next Monday the first such meeting since his illness. White House secretary Hagerty said the President will also meet Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. No political talks were planned while in hospital and aides noted the medical bulletin was optimistic.

Washington Eisenhower Richard M. Nixon White House James C. Hagerty John Foster Dulles Dulles Konrad Adenauer Hagerty Stuart Alsop Republican High Command Sherman Adams

Near Accidents Prompt Tower Debate At Hulman Field

Indiana Adjutant General warns of acute hazard as LAN G jets and civilian aircraft cross paths at Hulman Field. City and state officials push for an immediate air traffic tower after a seven day CAA survey showing traffic 22 percent above the threshold.

CAA Hulman Field Indiana Adjutant General Air National Guard Indiana Air National Guard Adjx Harold W. Doherty George N. Craig La.n.g Doherty Craig Civil Aeronautics Authority Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks Ray Thomas Kansas City Thomas Washington George E. Myers 122Nd Air Base Group 1.A.N.G Jet

County Divides 4 815 792 In Tax Revenue

Vigo County auditor Everett J. Acree reports six months tax revenue totaling 4 815 792.66 with 163 457.69 forwarded to the state and 4 660 979.57 apportioned to county units including welfare, schools, library, parks, and various bonds and funds.

Vigo County Everett J. Acree Indiana State Fair Board General Corporation

University of Illinois student held in narcotics case

Danville Illinois June 15 a University of Illinois student Bernard Adams 25 Danville charged with illegal possession of narcotics He is the 17th arrest in 10 days in a campaign by sheriff police against narcotics The Sheriff said more arrests are expected and those seized appear part of an illegal drug ring operating over a large Midwest area.

Danville Ill University of Illinois Bernard Adams Adams William C. Hendrickson Midwest

Weather Map Report for Terre Haute and Vicinity

Partly cloudy and hot with highs around 85 to 86 in Terre Haute. Tonight and Saturday stay hot and humid with scattered thundershowers. lows near 63. Indiana outlook mostly cloudy, warm, humid with isolated showers in afternoons and evenings. River stage 3.2 ft, steady. Sunrise 5 23, sunset 8 18.

Terre Haute Indiana

Eye specialist slams wrap around windshields as hazard

Dr Dupont Guerry of the Medical College of Virginia condemns wrap around windshields calling them a hazard of the first magnitude. He cites prismatic distortion glare double vision and ghost images worsened by chrome trim as factors increasing driver fatigue and accident risk at the AMA meeting.

Associated Press Chicago Dupont Guerry Medical College of Virginia Richmond

Despondent Railroad Conductor Ends His Life

William F. Pfirman 63 a Milwaukee Railroad conductor took his life early Friday at 1704 South Twenty seventh Street. Deputies found him suspended from a soil pipe in the basement and he died en route to St Anthony Hospital. Coroner said death occurred about 1 am amid ill health and recent hospital discharge. Surviving wife Alice L two brothers August Terre Haute Louis Pfirman Los Angeles and several nephews. He belonged to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Body taken to Ryan Funeral Home pending arrangements.

William F. Pfirman Milwaukee Railroad South Twenty-seventh Street Carpenter and Taylor Pfirman Ryan St. Anthony Hospital Vigo County Denzil M. Ferguson Alice L August Terre Haute Louis Pfirman Los Angeles Calif Brotherhood of Railroad P. J. Ryan and Sons

Two Children Die In Car Accident In Indiana

In Edinburg Indiana on a Thursday afternoon Sara Ann Creekmore aged 2 was accidentally shot dead by her brother Fred 7 while waiting in a car for their mother who had gone into a grocery. State police said Fred played with his father's rifle in the back seat when it fired.

Edinburg Ind Sara Ann Creekmore George Creekmore Sara Fred

Not Big Enough McDonald Rejects Steel Contract Offer

United Steelworkers president David J. McDonald condemned the big three steelmakers for an offer he called inadequate. He argued the proposed 5 cent hourly raise plus 1 percent health‑care contribution yields only a nickel more take home per hour over five years and criticized the five‑year package as obsolescent.

New York U.P United Steelworkers David J. McDonald McDonald Picayune

Woman is killed in two-car crash on U S 50 near Butlerville

A woman identified as Marjorie Ann Hansel of North Vernon was killed when two cars collided on U S 50 near Butlerville. Four others were injured including Vincent Ebbing, 22, Latricia Cox, 22, and her husband Robert Cox. Ebbing attempted to pass a car and rammed head on into the Cox vehicle. All injured were taken to Schneck Memorial Hospital in Seymour.

Butlerville Ind U. S. 50 Marjorie Ann Hansel North Vernon Vincent M. Ebbing Marjorie Stacey Latricia Cox Osgood Robert Ebbing Cox Schneck Memorial Hospital Seymour

Indiana ANG units train in Michigan at Alpena

About 600 men from Hulman Field Indiana Air National Guard join 600 from Baer Field Fort Wayne for a 14 day summer training at Phelps Collins Field Alpena Michigan. They will fly 12 F 86s 2 T 33s from Hulman Field to Alpena while a C 47 carries mechanics. The exercise aims to qualify air crews and support personnel for air defense with gunnery high altitude and pilot training. A Wing review and award presentation is planned for June 23 with a jet T 33 flight as highlight.

113Th Fighter Interceptor Squadron Indiana Air National Guard Hulman Field Phelps-Collins Field Alpena Mich A.N.G Middle West Baer

Indiana Heat Wave Expected to Persist Across State

The Associated Press reports an indefinite extension of Indiana's June heat wave with only brief relief from clouds and isolated thunderstorms. The five day forecast shows highs from 89 to 93 in the north and 93 to 97 in the south, about 6 to 10 degrees above normal, with a quarter to half inch of rain possible mainly over the weekend. Fort Wayne reached 96 as Evansville and Indianapolis saw trace rainfall.

Indiana Weather Bureau Evansville Indianapolis Fort Wayne Calumet South Bend

Two Tigers Run Loose in Rome as Circus Breaks Out

Two circus tigers escaped from the Togni State Circus in downtown Rome near St. John Lateran. Fire units and riot police formed a chain to corral the beasts. one tiger was captured, the other remained at large an hour later. The animal slaughtered a donkey as officers closed in.

Rome Togni Church of St. John Lateran

Fringe benefits ruled not wages in Indiana decision

Indiana attorney general Edwin Steers ruled that wages do not include money employers pay into welfare retirement pension holiday and vacation funds. State Labor Commissioner George Hinkle asked if such payments could be deemed wages for government construction wage scaling. Steers cited state law excluding these payments from wages.

Indianapolis Indiana George Hinkle Edwin Steers Hinkle Labor Department Steers

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Nixon An.g Pauline Drake U. S Indianapolis Federal Building Southport Roy Drake U 8. Weather Bureau NEW Bankers’ Organization Wabash Valley American Institute of Banking William Thompson Indiana State Bank King A. Fasig Terre Haute First National Bank Robert A. Blower The Merchants National Bank of Lawrence A. Hamilton Terre Haute Savings Bank William V. Cahill Fred D. O’rear Merchants Nationa Bank of William E. Lewis Charles H. Ray State Bank of West By Alton Blakeslee Ers
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