State Charges Killer Planned Ex-Wife's Death
The state asked the death penalty for Elmer John Flowers in Vigo Circuit Court for the Oct 4 slaying of his former wife Jane Kennedy. Prosecutor Mankin urged a first degree murder verdict, arguing premeditated malice and invoking the death penalty or life imprisonment.
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Elmer John Flowers
Vigo
Jane Kennedy
Herbert R. Criss
Jack H. Mankin
N. George Nasser
Criss
Mankin
Indiana
Elmer Flowers
Killer of 2 Girls Sought After Capital Slaying
Washington reports a daylight double murder in a suburban park as police hunt for a .22 caliber weapon and a killer. Victims are Nancy Marie Shomette 16 and Michael Ann Ryan 14 near Lane Manor Maryland, close to College Park. Ryan is a Washington policeman. Coroner says 14 bullet holes, no stab wounds.
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Washington
Wpolice
John T. Maloney
Prince Georges
Nancy Marie Shomette
P. E. Shomette
Michael Ann Ryan
Thomas W. Ryan
Lane Manor
College Park
Ryan
Two More Polio Cases in Indiana Raise State Total
Indianapolis June 16. Two more polio cases were added to Indiana's 1955 total last week, bringing the state total to 27. Both new cases were in Elkhart County, which now leads with five cases this year. a year ago the total was 19 and two years ago it was 41.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Elkhart County
Indiana State Health Board
Weather Forecast And Readings For Terre Halter Indiana
Fair and pleasant conditions expected tonight with sunny Friday. Indiana remains mostly fair with temperatures dipping to the mid forties to upper fifties and a high around the mid fifties. River stage reported at 79 feet with trace precipitation yesterday.
Make-Believe Attack Assayed By Government
President Eisenhower, leading a government exiled to the countryside, declared a mock state of martial law nationwide after the Operation Alert civil defense exercise. Officials said casualties could run into millions, justifying armed services policing until Congress meets and normal government resumes.
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United Press
U.S. News Center
U.P
Eisenhower
Armed Services
Congress
Big Three Foreign Ministers Plan Strategy Ahead of Molotov Talks
Western Big Three foreign ministers Dulles MacMillan and Pinay met at Wave Hill in New York for a two day strategy session before next week's talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov in San Francisco. They planned to present a united front at the 10th anniversary meeting with Molotov in San Francisco.
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New York
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
San Francisco
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
Wave Hill
Sir Pierson Dixon
United Nations
MacMillan
Molotov
Dulles
Pinay
Sunny Pleasant Weather Arrives For Hoosiers
The Weather Bureau forecasts sunny and pleasant conditions with highs near 80 in Indiana today and Friday. Evansville reached 80 and Fort Wayne 81, while Indianapolis topped 75. Lows ranged from 30 in South Bend to 55 in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis. Saturday looks partly cloudy and mild.
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Hoosiers
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
South Bend
Governor Craig outlines growth plan at civic dinner
Delegates from 77 organizations heard Governor George N. Craig praise the industrial and civil development committee. He warned businessmen to plan for Indiana’s rapid population growth, predicting up to a 20 percent rise by the 1960s and urging action to avoid greater federal intervention in education and housing.
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George N. Craig
Ralph Tucker
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Terre Haute
Jaycees
Tucker
Industrial and Civil Development Committee
Craig
Wabash Room
Terre Haute House
George Mitchell
First Congregational Church
Arthur Lukens
Junior Chamber
John Kesler
Brazilian airliner crashes near Asuncion killing many
A Brazilian Panair Do Brasil airliner with 24 aboard crashed in heavy fog five miles from Asuncion Paraguay. At least nine died or were unaccounted for, fourteen rescued including Time magazine’s John Dowling and Vesili Bartoli coach of Torino. Most passengers headed to Buenos Aires.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Panair Do Brasil
John Dowling
Time Magazine
Buenos Aires
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Cuatro Mojones
London
Paris
Lisbon
Dakar
Recife
Rio de Janeiro
Vessili Bartoli
Italy
Torino
Panair
Pan American Airways
Europe
Latin America
Taxpayers Protest Fire Protection Plan In Harrison Township
A Harrison Township meeting saw residents oppose ending city fire protection with plans for local volunteer services. Trustee Joseph A. Conrad Jr stated no reconsideration of a city contract would occur. The board approved funds for equipment 35650 salaries 6000 and supplies 11350 and arranged a 53000 loan over five years from Terre Haute First National Bank.
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Harrison Township
Joseph A. Conrad, Jr
Terre Haute First National Bank
Conrad
William En
Body of 9 Year-Old Boy Found in Whitewater River
The body of Ray Bosseau, 9, from Harrison Ohio, missing since Saturday, was recovered Wednesday by a fisherman in the Whitewater River near Lawrenceburg Indiana. Police report no signs of foul play. his father Clarence Bosseau, a patient in a Washington D C veterans hospital, is identified.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Ohio
Whitewater River
Ray Bosseau
Harrison
Clarence Bosseau
Washington, D. C
Taxpayers Hope For Peacetime Income Tax Cap
Western Tax Council says the drive to cap peacetime federal income taxes is close to fulfillment. A constitutional amendment would set a top rate between 25 and 35 percent, scaled down from the current 91 percent. Oklahoma just joined the demand, bringing states to 30. two more needed before Congress acts.
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Chicago
Western Tax Council
Congress
Oklahoma
Frank F. Packard
The
Tax Council
Packard
Trial date set to return slayer case to Evansville
Gibson Circuit Judge A Dale Eby scheduled July 26 for a hearing on motion by Leslie Irvin defense lawyers to return the murder case to Evansville after a venue change. Irvin is accused of killing six persons in Indiana and Kentucky from December to March. The motion follows a preliminary ruling denying the request to move the trial back to Vanderburgh County.
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Princeton
Ind
Gibson
A. Dale Eby
Leslie Irvin
Evansville
Eby
Irvin
Indiana
Kentucky
Vanderburgh County
Bankers Trust chairman dies after illness
Indianapolis June 16. Howard C. Binkley chairman of the board of Bankers Trust Co. died Wednesday after several weeks illness. He would have been 68 years old today.
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Indianapolis
Howard C. Binkley
Bankers Trust Co
Sidon sinks with 13 feared dead in Portland harbor
Royal Navy submarine Sidon exploded and sank in Portland Harbor. Thirteen crewmen feared lost, seven injured slightly. The submarine, launched 1944, normally carries 44 aboard, with six 21 inch torpedo tubes and light guns. An eyewitness described smoke and a forward flooding.
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Portland
England
Sidon
Admiralty
Hong Kong
Blackhawk Principal Repays $3253 Shortage
The State Board of Accounts reports a $3,253.34 shortage in Blackhawk School Vigo County funds with Principal Paul Swofford repaying the amount. The audit covers 1953 to 1955 and lists cash receipts gaps in cafeteria and basketball funds. Vigo County Prosecutor Jett said the case will be prosecuted if evidence supports it.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Accounts
Blackhawk
Vigo County
Paul Swofford
Robert R. Wickersham
Grand Jury
Wickersham
John R. Jett
Driver Killed in Florida Car Crash
Clifford E. Wilcox of Hollywood Florida was killed Monday night in a collision near Gainesville as he returned from North Carolina where he had bought a new car.
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Gainesville, Fla
Clifford E. Wilcox
Hollywood, Fla
Gainesville
North Carolina
Revolt Fights Erupt as Peron Regime Struggles
In Buenos Aires the Peron government battles revolt forces after the Vatican excommunicated Peron and allies. Planes bombed Government House as soldiers and naval units clash in urgent efforts to restore order. News reached that Rosario may be affected while government officials claim quiet elsewhere.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Vatican
Government House
Rosario
Peron
Adenauer Calls for U S Russia Arms Reduction Effort
West German Chancellor Adenauer urged the United States to press the Soviet Union for a disarmament agreement. He spoke at Harvard during commencement and said world peace hinges on U S Soviet actions. He noted Eisenhower's July Geneva meeting with Soviet and British French leaders.
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Cambridge
Mass
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Harvard University
Eisenhower
Geneva
Britain
France
Adenauer
Washington
Dulles
Soviet Russia
Probe Blast Fatal to Three Men at Barksdale Plant
DuPont officials investigated a blast at the Barksdale Wisconsin chemical works that killed three workers Stanley Berg 44 Ashland Wis Elmer Nelson 45 Washburn Wis and Russell Nelson 46 Bayfield Wis The two story powder mixing building was destroyed and a crater formed The incident occurred 15 minutes after the men arrived at work It was the plants second fatal explosion in two years with a 1953 blast killing eight workers.
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Barksdale
Wis
Elmer
Russell Nelson
Step by Step Events Leading to Revolution
Chronology of Argentina high tension between the government of Juan Peron and the Roman Catholic Church from Nov 1954 to Jun 1955. Key moments include priest arrests, church expulsions, bans on masses and catechetical teaching, and rapid confrontations in Buenos Aires with excommunications and police actions.
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Argentina
Juan Peron
Church
Peron
Santiago Luis Cardinal Capello
Congress
Vatican
Peron Party
Buenos Aires
Rome
Catholic Action Societies
Woman Slain in San Jose Home Police Seek Husband
An attractive former college dormitory house mother, Donna Rinaldi, 51, was found garroted in the basement of her San Jose house. Police sought her estranged husband Joe, a glass company employee, after reports she was last seen with him. The body lay under basement steps, covered by carpeting, found by daughter Barbara Thrift, 27.
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San Jose
Calif
Donna Rinaldi
Joe
Barbara Thrift
Body Found in St Joseph River Near Osceola
The body of Clarence Greening, 57, of South Bend, was recovered Wednesday from the St Joseph River near the Elkhart County line bridge. Authorities say he had a heart condition.
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Osceola
Ind
Clarence Greening
South Bend
St. Joseph River
Elkhart County Line
Greening
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