U N Delegation Walks Out of Korean Armistice Talks
The United Nations delegation abruptly broke off stalled truce talks in Panmunjom aboard a three day recess after Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison and the Allied side walked out amid Communist accusations. Nam Il denounced the UN and proposed June 21 meetings while the Reds laughed in mock derision as U N spokesmen called the scene rehearsed laughter.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.P
United Nations
U.N
William K. Harrison
Harrison
Nam Il
Nam
William P. Nichols
House approves social security hike of at least five dollars
The House passed a measure to boost social security payments by at least $5 a month for about 4 million beneficiaries, with an estimated annual cost of $300 million. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Doughton, calls for tiered increases, widening caps, and extended eligibility with changes to survivor and disabled benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Rayburn
Ford
R.-Mich
Rep. Doughton
D.-N.c
Sweden Escorts Search Planes With Orders To Shoot
Sweden intensified its Baltic search for a missing DC-3 transport as jet fighters were dispatched with orders to return fire if attacked after Soviet MiGs shot down an unarmed Swedish flying boat. Seven crew members were aboard the downed craft, six returned to Stockholm, while seven were hospitalized. Demonstrations in Stockholm denounced the attack as piracy and terrorism and called for swift punishment of those responsible. The government filed a strong protest with the Soviet ambassador, insisting Sweden will not be pushed around.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic Sea
Hangoe
Finland
Stalin
Constantine Rodinov
Lhigh Air Force
Morgen Tidningen
Stockholms-Tidningen
Dagens Nyheter
End of Indiana four day heat wave cools state
A cooler air mass ended a four day stretch of record heat across Indiana. A 101 degree reading at Washington and 97 at Evansville marked the official highs. One death blamed on heat and five drownings were reported. Lloyd Farney a 14 year old drowned after slipping from an inner tube in Pine Creek near Fowler. International Harvester cut shifts as temps reached 115 in Indianapolis foundry. In South Bend 93 degree heat buckled U.S. 31 near Notre Dame campus. Eruption 8 inches high blocked three east lanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Indiana
Washington
Ind
Evansville
Lloyd Farney
Lochiel
Pine Creek
Fowler
International Harvester Company
Indianapolis
South Bend
U.S. 31
University of Notre Dame
Stanley Jones Named Fire Captain in Terre Haute
Stanley Jones, a Terre Haute fire department private, today was appointed to captain at Station 8, succeeding Harold Kadel who retired on disability pension. Jones, a Republican, serves at Engine House No. 7 and has 22 years with the department, plus World War II service as an Air Force pilot with the rank of major.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Jones
Terre Haute
Steel Strike Cuts Deep Wedge Into U S Economy
Pittsburgh report details a two week steel strike's widening impact on the U S economy with 650,000 CIO steelworkers out since June 2 and over 100,000 allied industry workers idle including 50,000 coal miners and 30,000 railroaders. Government and Steelworkers seek a plan to resume mill output to avert weapon production disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Amina
CIO
United States Supreme Court
Truman
Great Lakes
Wabash Mine To Be Closed Here June 18
Snow Hill Coal Corp announces the Wabash Mine north of West Terre Haute will close due to current economic conditions. The No 5 vein mine, 300 feet underground, shares shaft with Green Valley No 3 vein mine. Green Valley and Talleydale will continue operations. Wabash employment fell from 237 to about 160 in a year.
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Wabash
Snow Hill Coal Corporation
Terre Haute
Liggett
Green Valley Mine
West Terre Haute
Green Valley
Talleydale
A. G. Gossard
Nine suits seek 210000 in Vigo court damages
Bauer and Kincade filed nine lawsuits in Vigo Superior Court No 2 seeking 210000 for damages. Ignasia and Heriberto Valles of Flint Michigan seek 50000 and 25000 against Merchants Freight System Inc and driver Cecil A Frye for injuries from a April 26 crash near Casey Illinois. Betty Lou Hunt sues John L Parrish for 50000 over a March 28 accident at Fourteenth and Chestnut leaving her with a fractured ankle and hospital costs of 680.55. Dora J Moore seeks 50000 against John R Learnard for injuries from an April 8 accident at Fifth and Chestnut. she alleges a fractured pelvis and permanent injury. Continued on page 2 column 7.
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Ignasia
Heriberto Valles
Flint
Mich
Ask
Merchants Freight System, Inc
Cecil A. Frye
Valles
Casey, Ill
Betty Lou Hunt
Chestnut Street
John L. Parrish
Hulman Street
Fourteenth and
Chestnut Streets
Big Guns Fail to Move Allies at Korean Front
In Korea near Chorwon on the Western front, Chinese forces with about 750 troops attacked a T shaped hill three times in 24 hours but were repelled by United Nations infantry. The six day battle is the war’s bloodiest since January with heavy shelling reported on both sides and Allied troops holding three of the hill’s rocky knobs.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Chorwon
US S. 8Th Army
Hershey Sees Draft Of Deferred Men Soon Induct 4-Fs
INDIANAPOLIS June 17 Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey says the draft may hit 184 year olds college students fathers and 4-Fs about a year from now He indicated most interest in 4-Fs in an interview at Indiana Selective Service headquarters He estimates half a million men will be eligible for induction by June 30 1953 and 1 250 000 must be inducted to lift armed forces from 3 500 000 to 3 700 000 to replace discharged men Hershey registered 18 year old Robert T Hitchcock son of Brig Gen Robinson Hitchcock during the visit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Lewis B. Hershey
Indiana Selective Service
Hershey
Indiana
Gen. Hershey
Robert T. Hitchcock
Robinson Hitchcock
Mother and three children die in Jerseyville farm blaze
In Jerseyville Illinois a young mother Doris Evelyn Farmer 24 and her children Nedra Janelle 4 Marline K 3 and Darla Joy 2 months died when fire swept a frame house nine miles northeast of town during an electrical storm neighbors say lightning may have struck the dwelling. The father Le Roy Farmer 27 escaped with a 2 year old son Dennis uninjured. The victims were trapped in a bedroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerseyville
Ill
Leroy Farmer
Dennis
Doris Evelyn Farmer
Nedra Janelle
Marline K
Darla Joy
Young Soldier Waters Freed by Vigo County Jury
After 22 minutes deliberation, a Vigo County Circuit Court jury acquitted 21 year old William J Waters of voluntary manslaughter. Spectators applauded as the Long Island native was cleared of charges linked to the death of railroad conductor Paul H Wendholt on a southbound C and EI train. Coroner listed death from cerebral contusion with heart factors, defense argued heart attack, asserting no criminal intent. The case referenced Waters riding the Evansville line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Waters
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Vigo County
Paul H. Wendholt
Evansville
Terre Haute
Vigo County Circuit Court
Waters
Wendholt
Indiana
D. M. Ferguson
Robert G. Nunn
Thomas Patrick
Ft Harrison Post 40 election slate announced
Ft Harrison Post 40 of the American Legion will elect officers this evening at 8 o'clock. A committee slate lists Kenneth Benjamin as commander and a broad roster including Gus Theodore first vice commander Ralph Johnson second vice commander and membership chairman Harry E Fitch adjutant William Otte finance officer James Evele chaplain Ray Brown service officer William Champion sergeant at arms Robert McPeak judge advocate Victor Aldrich graves registration officer Curtis Bridwell historian Joe Wagoner athletic officer William Woodard ism and oratorical officer Boyd Shepper Sons of the Legion officer Stuart Stimson employment officer Lee Porter national defense officer Earle Prewitt publicity officer Archie Monk poppy officer and an executive board of David Ginsberg Lee Porter George Pair Albert Heller and Dave Goodwin.
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Ft. Harrison
American Legion
Kenneth Benjamin
Gus Theodore
Ralph Johnson
Harry E. Fitch
William Otte
James Evele
Ray Brown
William Champion
Robert McPeak
Victor Aldrich
Curtis Bridwell
Joe Wagoner
William Woodard
Boyd Shepper
Stuart Stimson
Lee Porter
National Defense
Earle Prewitt
Archie Monk
Sons of the Legion
Herbert Gerdink
David Ginsberg
George Pair
Albert Heller
Dave Goodwin
Cooler Weather Ends Heat Wave At Terre Haute
Cooler, drier air moving in from the north cut Terre Haute’s heat wave this morning with a 10 degree drop. Temperatures to average 60 at night and 85 in the afternoon through the weekend, with showers likely starting Thursday. Monday topped at 94 with a 73 low. Wabash River crest around midnight near 17 feet, three feet above flood stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
P. G. Stewart
Hulman Airport
United States Weather Bureau
Wabash River
Allis-Chalmers and Union Continue Talks in Terre Haute
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company renewed negotiations with 340 members of the C I C United Automobile Workers on strike at the Terre Haute plant since May 7. No progress report was given by state labor commissioner Thomas Hutson or federal conciliator Arthur Pierson assigned to the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Company
C.I.C. United Automobile Workers
Terre Haute
Thomas Hutson
Arthur Pierson
Coast Guard Rescues 2 Boys From Bay After Boat Sinks
In SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CALIF June 17 two boys aged 8 and 14 rode an old cement mixer box onto San Francisco Bay. A wind swept surf dragged them to a piling while others tried to assist. Coast Guard helicopter and crash boat later rescued all. Ronnie treated for shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
San Francisco Bay
Ronnie Arellanes
Jerry ‘Frayne
Ronnie
Jerry
William J. Jessen
Tyrone Farley
Jim Buckley
Leroy Hooper
Coast Guard
Tyrone
Dedication by Major General Nold at Cagles Mill Dam
Major General George J. Nold deputy chief of engineers will fly from Washington to represent the Army and deliver the dedication speech for Cagles Mill Dam and Reservoir near Cloverdale Indiana on Wednesday at 1 30 pm Gov Henry F Schricker former Gov Ralph F Gates and Anton Hulman Jr Terre Haute chair man of the Indiana Flood Control and Water Resources Commission will participate A luncheon at 11 30 am at the Old Trails Inn will precede the ceremony The project under construction since 1948 is Indiana s first major flood control effort and will include extensive recreation facilities The official route to the site is State Road 42 and the entrance road lies between Cloverdale and Poland The North Shore portion of the seven mile reservoir is slated to become a state park with fishing boating swimming picnicking and camping facilities}
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Nold
Washington
Army
Cagles Mill Dam
Henry F. Schricker
Ralph F. Gates
Anton Hulman Jr
Terre Haute
Indiana Flood Control and Water Resources Commission
Cloverdale
Purdue University
Alaska
Army Engineers
Cagle Mill
Ohio River Basin
State Department of Conservation
Kenneth M. Kunkel
Seven-Mile Reservoir
U S Welcomes Chance To Reply To Germ Charges
The United States says it welcomes a Security Council session to expose what it calls falsehoods and propaganda in Russia’s charges of germ warfare in Korea. Ernest A. Gross states the U S will rebut Soviet claims and expose propaganda in the council meeting.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
Security Council
Russia
U. S
U.N
Korea
Ernest A. Gross
U.S
Jacob A. Malik
Malik
U. N
Geneva
Weather Summary: Fair and Cooler With River Rise
The report notes fair and cooler conditions with sunrise at 5 23 a m and sunset at 8 19 p m. River stage is 16 3 feet and rising, with an expected peak later in the day.
Local Conditions Reported Weather Stats
Highest temperature yesterday reached 4. Lowest temperature last night was 74. Precipitation recorded as none.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Cooler and less humid tonight through Wednesday with highs near 85. Indiana fairs and cools Tuesday night with lows 55 to 64 north and 60s south, Wednesday highs in the 80s. Illinois fair and cooler Tuesday night with Wednesday highs around 85 north and near 90 south.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
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Reds
State
United Steelworkers
Cleveland
Lempco Products, Inc
Vigo Superior Court No. 2
Bauer & Kincade
Miami
Lawton McCall
Mahi Temple
Paul R. Gray
A.C
UNION
Tub
Nold
Cagles Mill
U. S. Weather Bureau
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