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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1959
Page
4
Washington columnist Ed Creagh relays Hal Boyle’s light advice on cooling off quick by mental imagery. Visualize shrinking into an ice cube or mint julep while avoiding alcohol and heat. The piece notes Stanislavski’s acting method as a related idea without endorsing imitation.
Washington reports a discussion on the decline in the purchasing power of the dollar and its impact on U S government bonds. The piece cites 1935 gold redemption rulings and inflation eroding real value, naming three U S presidents as collaborators in the ongoing decline.
Chicago reports 71 year old PD Mrs. Lottie Kirchner reserved a jet plane flight to the West Coast saying she wanted to try man made wings before getting her own.
The article compares FDR HST and DDE on taxation and spending. It notes Eisenhower pursued economy yet in six years raised taxes and increased federal outlays past levels seen under FDR in twelve years. It cites trillions in deficits and close to one trillion in tax receipts over 1934 1959 with a $260 billion red deficit.
The June International Home Furnishings Market opens with eye catching pieces including invisible chairs and portrait chairs. Non matching styles replace traditional suites with tall thin frames balanced by long low items. Collections mix Adam English Regency Italian provincial and Louis XV elements for harmony. Beige and gold remain popular with lavender accents emerging in fabrics.
State Sen. Nelson G. Grills of Indianapolis announces another run for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He sent formal notice to Knox County Democratic Chairman Manfred Core after Core urged support for State Sen. Matthew E. Welsh. Both Grills and Welsh were also rans in 1956 when Ralph Tucker won the nomination.
A humorous poke at parenting manuals by B. M. Atkinson Jr with Whitney Darrow Jr drawings. The piece riffs on common childrearing advice and parental anxieties, offering light satire rooted in midcentury family life.
A humorous passage describes Roman Spine a mealtime collapse forcing a child to lie back as if dining on a couch. It also notes Scooter Foot a boy’s bound crotch bones keeping a foot upright beside the chair for a scooter impression and Snake Leg in girls who sit with a leg tucked beneath them.
Four people died in Indiana traffic crashes over the weekend including two bus incidents. Evansville youth James Lloyd, 21, died when his brakes failed and his car hit a Greyhound bus. A Studebaker-Packard proving ground bus accident near South Bend killed Mrs. Helen Fetz er, 49, and injured eight.
Three youths aged 10 to 13 planned a candy theft at Rosen Candy Co. They were arrested by police as investigators checked a Saturday night break in which money and candy were scattered.
A man named Moore was struck by a swinging truck door in Richmond as he stood on the tailgate. A head-on collision on Ind. 62 near Mount Vernon killed 18 year old Gary L. Jensen and injured six others. An eight month old Ohio infant, Danny Alan McDaniel of Troy, died in Terre Haute hospital from injuries sustained in a prior incident.
A head on car collision on U. S. 40, ten miles west of Terre Haute in Illinois, injured nine other people none from Indiana. Weekend deaths include John Wood, 15, Evansville, hurt June 6, and Robert Timmons, 83, Medaryville, who died Friday night from earlier injuries.
D Ward of Los Angeles touts LANACANE a new skin creme claiming fast relief from vaginal and rectal itch, chafing, rash, and eczema. The ad markets a scientific formula that allegedly kills germs while soothing irritated tissue and stopping scratching. Available at all drug stores.
New healing substance Bio-Dyne in Preparation H suppositories and ointment claims to shrink hemorrhoids, relieve itch and pain, with reported long lasting improvement across many years. Doctors observed rapid relief and reduction in various cases without narcotics or anesthetics.
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