Ditch Cleaning Cost Estimated At 17855.51
Vigo County Surveyor Paul D. Meadows submitted to the Vigo Superior Court an estimate of 17 855.51 for dredging Cox No 1 drainage ditch. The project would clear channels and banks and build spoil banks with drag line dredging. Benefits to landowners and counties are projected at 22319.39, with the work tied to past flood losses along the Nigger Lake Ditch in Parke County.
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Cox No. 1
Lyon Township
Vigo County
Florida Township
Parke County
Paul D. Meadows
Vigo
Edgar Lowry
Nigger Lake
Meadows
Nevins Township
John Luechel
Roy Hartman
Lloyd Co. Adamson
Panchen Lama Returns to Lhasa from China
Peiping radio reports the Panchen Lama has returned to Lhasa after a three month stay in Communist China. The Australian press recap notes the long journey from Peiping to the Tibetan capital.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Lhasa
China
Good Food Way to Fight Constipation
An advertisement promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a natural bulking cereal to relieve irregularity. A half cup with milk provides daily bulk for regularity, claiming millions stay on schedule and suggesting a 10 day trial.
Spaghetti Leg Phenomenon Described In Child Booting Incident
A playful yet vivid description details a parent forcing a child’s leg into a boot, yielding a limp state likened to overcooked spaghetti. The passage, from a Simon and Schuster book 1958 1959, is distributed by King Features Syndicate and credits Curtis, Atkinson, and Darrow Jr.
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Simon and Schuster
Curtis ‘Publishing Co., Inc
B. M. Atkinson, Jr
Whitney Darrow, Jr
King Features Syndicate
Gary official resigns amid Lake County vice probe
Holovachka announced his resignation amid a Lake County vice and gambling investigation after denying charges of selling protection to racketeers. He refused to explain how he saved 327000 dollars from 1952 to 1958 while earning 12000 a year plus small law income. The meeting heard from Indiana State Police Supt Zeis who cited 150 raids and 200 arrests, urging strong prosecution and citizen support.
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Lake County
Holovachka
Edward Burton
Edward Burton, A Member of the Women's Committee
Burton
Vance
Washington
Zeis
Harold S. Zeis
Indiana State Police
Glen VanTrease
Gary
Senate
Cornelius Verplank
Calumet
Verplank
David Stanton
Women’s Committee
Senate Committee
Stanton
Capehart Defends Holo vachka Says Evidence Circumstantial
Sen Homer Capehart argues the charges against former Lake County deputy prosecutor Metro Holovachka are largely circumstantial and hearsay. He notes Holovachka quit amid accusations of aiding racketeers, while saying the senator cannot judge guilt without proper court procedures and cross examination. Portugal is the world's leading cork producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Homer E. Capehart
Holovachka
Capehart
Senate
Indiana
Steel Union Agrees to Resume Industry Wide Talks
The United Steelworkers Union backed down from company by company talks and agreed to resume industry wide negotiations ahead of the June 30 strike deadline. The move follows a four day recess as copper lead and zinc sectors face possible strikes. Union President David J. McDonald said the 435 member wage policy committee would stand by for new talks with 12 major steel companies.
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New York
UPI
United Steelworkers Union
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Denver
Steelworkers Union
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Washington
Ing
Finnegan
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Blough
Philadelphia
Wiley Youth Bids for Boys State Post
James Garett of Wiley High School is among Federalist candidates for governor at Hoosier Boys State session in Bloomington. Five nominees named by the party as its nominating convention proceeds. Seventeen Terre Haute and Vigo County youths attend the event where Ist party also names its candidates.
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James Garett
Wiley High School
Venue Change Sought In NL A Injunction Case Against Harrington
The National Literary Association seeks a change of venue for a $25,000 damages suit and temporary injunction against Richard C. Harrington and Readers Service Inc. filed in Vigo County. Judge Albert R. Owens set June 23 for a hearing. attorneys dispute the proper venue among Vermillion Parke Clay and Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Literary Association
Richard C. Harrington
Readers Service, Inc
Vigo Superior Court No. 2
Thomas M. Patrick
NL Association
Leo Light
Terre Haute
Roy C. Hodge
New York
Albert R. Owens
Patrick
Owens
John Hoke Beasley
Vermillion, Parke, Clay and Sullivan
Vigo County
National Literary
Wabash Avenue
Harrington
Boy, 3, Injured in Traffic Accident
A three year old boy was injured slightly yesterday when the car he rode in toppled after a collision near the city. Police said the boy was strapped in a child seat and received minor bumps.
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Boy
Traffic collision at intersection injures teen driver
Raymond Mitchell was treated and released at Union Hospital after a collision at Fourth avenue and Fourteenth street. Orville J. Thomas admitted running a stop sign and was involved when his car was struck by Lamsey Farrand. Both vehicles suffered damage.
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Fourth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Raymond Mitchell
North Twenty-eighth Street
Union Hospital
Orville J. Thomas
Granger
Lamsey G. Farrand
North Twentieth Street
Filibuster Defined as Unlawful Foreign Expedition
A filibuster is described as a person who leads an unlawful military expedition into a foreign country, defining the term within this historical context.
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All-Bran
Dr. Spock
Dan River
Sen. Capehart
Portugal
Steel Union
Joseph Finnegan
R. Conrad Cooper
Roger M. Blough
U. S. Steel Corp
WILEY
the Mission OF
North 3Rd ST
Charles Bridgewaters
Marjorie O'Neal
Edward Shemelin
Muncie
Ind
Dorothy and
Bob Weeks
Plen Smith
James Egan
Sana
Tor
Wesleyan Pilgrim Mission
Terre Haute Ind
America
Ford Dealers
Ford
Ford Wagons
Thunderbird
Jack Thrasher
Ford Sales
F.d.ap
Terre Haute, Inc
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