Third Escapee Chief Kidnapper Caught After Ill Jail Break
Norman P. Kelly 20 led three Chicago youths to a two state flight in stolen cars. Kelly was nabbed at Midway Airport Chicago while two accomplices 14 year old Warner Pates and 20 year old Raymond Schneider were captured west of Indianapolis. Four hostages were released unharmed. The trio overpowered jailer P M Bandy at Montgomery County Jail Hillboro Ill and seized weapons. Kelly later traveled from Indianapolis to Chicago.
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Chicago
U.P
Illinois
Norman P. Kelly
Midway Airport
Warner Pates
Raymond Schneider
Indianapolis
Ind
Montgomery County
Hillboro
Ill
P. M. Bandy
Kelly
Selma Richter
William R. Horton
Pana
Don Fogler
Irving
Midway
Frank Pape
Martinsville
Clem Neely
Hillsboro
Sacred Heart Church Dedication Set For June 24
The new Sacred Heart Church and rectory on Thirteenth and One-half Street and Barbour Avenue will be formally dedicated Sunday afternoon at 5 oclock by Archbishop Paul C. Schulte with a solemn high mass to follow. A reception will be held in the school auditorium after the ceremony. Groundbreaking occurred May 8 with corner- stone rites Oct. 16 of the previous year. The building cost about 275000, funded by a monthly special collection. The colonial style edifice features red brick walls, white trimmed arched windows, and four large columns at the entrance.
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Sacred Heart
Barbour Avenue
Paul C. Schulte
Archbishop Schulte
James McBarron
Schulte
Archdiocese of
Indianapolis
Fathers Day Today Successful Sons Make Dad Happy
Father’s Day reflection on sons following in fathers’ footsteps. Noting continuity of work, few lines fit, from John D Rockefeller Jr. to Henry Ford II. Examples include Donald W. Douglas and Frederick H. Ecker, with business legacies carried forward.
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John D. Rockefeller Jr
Henry Ford II
Donald W. Douglas
Donald Jr
Frederick H. Ecker
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Harriman Defends Civil Rights Stand at Denver Conference
Governor Averell Harriman of New York reiterated that his civil rights position had not changed. He clashed with Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary over whether Harriman endorsed Oklahoma’s desegregation approach, while Gary backed Harriman’s leadership for the national convention.
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Denver
Averell Herriman
New York
Farler
Harriman
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Gary
Auggust
Craig Proclaims Traffic Safety Week in Indiana
Gov. Craig declares the week of July 17 Traffic Safety Week in Indiana. He urges mayors police chiefs judges and prosecutors to increase safety education and enforcement during vacation season. He notes 24 deaths in the first week of July 1954 dropping to 21 the previous year.
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Indianapolis
Craig
Indiana
Father of Year honors Carl Lash in Indianapolis
Carl Lash 30, executive director of Werle Children's Home in Richmond, was named Indiana Father of the Year by the Men's Apparel Club. He won by a vote of past club presidents over local winners from 54 other cities. Lash is married with two children.
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Indianapolis
Carl Lash
Werle
Richmond
Indiana
Lash
Bombs Kill American and Wound Six at Cyprus Restaurant
In Nicosia two bombs struck the Little Soho restaurant Saturday night killing one American and injuring six other U S Consular Service employees. The death marks the first in this year’s union with Greece violence. Precautions have long guarded the dining spot against EOKA attacks.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U. S
Soho
Ray Courtney
EOKA
Greece
Fall Down Stairs Fatal for 74 Year Old Cooper Black
Cooper Black, 74, of 109 South Eighteenth Street, fell in a basement stairway Saturday morning, suffered a head laceration and died Saturday night at Union Hospital. He is survived by his wife Nellie, three children, two sisters, one brother, and six grandchildren. Funeral services are pending at Isaac Ball Funeral Home.
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Cooper Black
South Eighteenth Street
Union Hospital
Black
Nellie
Phyllis Russell
Marjorie Watkins
Terre Haute
Dean
Winchester
Clarence Ingram
Mary Cusick
Herschel Black
Isaac Ball
Indianapolis Clerk Named In Bank Robberies Across Suburbs
FBI agents and state police detectives announce the arrest of 25 year old Rose Marie Gray in Indianapolis in the Union State Bank of Carmel robbery on Sept 26. Drake Pauline Fowler and the clerk’s ex husband were linked to Southport and Carmel holdups. Drake remains at large.
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Indianapolis
FBI
Southport
Carmel
Roy Rudolph Drake
Rose Marie Gravy
Union State Bank of
Drake
Pauline
Miss Gray
Robert Eugene Fowler
Fowler
Coal Industry Awaits Lewis Wage Move
Industry leaders watch steel labor talks for possible coal wage demands from John L. Lewis. The UMW contract runs as a continuing agreement with a 60 day termination notice possible after July 1. Soft coal output runs about 10 million tons weekly, up nearly 20 percent from last year.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
U.M.W
Red Fleet Plans Visit to Shanghai
Soviet naval squadron to visit Shanghai next week as reported in Moscow dispatches on June 14.
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RED Fleet
Shanghai
Moscow
Shanchai
Liberace's Younger Brother Held as Burglar Suspect
Rudolph L Liberace 24, brother of pianist Liberace, was arrested in Van Nuys California and questioned in connection with a burglary and the knife slaying of 18 year old Barbara Jepsen. Neighbors reported a suspicious car and door knocking. Liberace said he would support his brother.
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van Nuys
Calif
Rudolph L. Liberace
Liberace
Barbara Jean Jepsen
Granada Hills
San Fernando Valley
Dick Miller
Young Liberace
Miller
United Press
Rudolph
Weather Map Forecast for Terre Haute and Indiana
The forecast predicts scattered showers and thunderstorms, warm and humid conditions. Terre Haute area expects high near 88 with low around 70, and a continuation of heat into Monday with possible afternoon storms. Indiana wide shows 85 to 90 degrees with similar rain chances, Illinois similar trends.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illnois
Negotiators Seek To Break Steel Deadlock
In New York on June 16 negotiators for United Steelworkers and the three big steel producers reported progress in breaking a contract deadlock ahead of the June 30 strike deadline. After a long two hour session, talks recessed until 2 p.m. Sunday ET. The producers outlined a separate proposal to cover supplementary unemployment benefits for workers in Ohio, Indiana and Virginia.
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New York
Dp— Company
United Steel Workers Union
E.C.T
U. S. Steel
Bethleham Steel
Republic Steel
Ohio
Indiana
Virginia
Com
Russians ask West to see withdrawal from West Germany
Berlin dispatch reports June 16 that the Soviet Union formally invited Allied chiefs of staff in West Germany to witness the withdrawal of 33 500 Soviet troops next Wednesday and Thursday. A U S Army spokesman at Heidelberg said the invitation is under study with no immediate comment from Britain or France.
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Berlin
West Germany
Heidelberg
Eisenhower enjoys solid food and golf Open viewing
President Eisenhower, recovering from emergency surgery, eats his first solid meal a bowl of cereal and sugar milk and watches the National Open on television. Press Secretary Hagerty says he grinned and enjoyed the moment as a giant greeting card from 156 competitors arrives and motivates him.
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Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Ike
Rochester
New York
Rochester Times-Union
E. R. Messner
Tke
Hagerty
Sticky weather to persist across Indiana this weekend
Indiana forecasters report continued warm humid conditions with temperatures mainly in the 80s. Fort Wayne reaches 91, Indianapolis 86, Evansville 84, with a Sunday dip to 68 followed by a rise to 88 and scattered showers and thunderstorms through Monday.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Goshen
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Chamber economist predicts 1956 to outpace 1955 and carry into 1957
Dr Emerson P Schmidt of the National Chamber of Commerce, after reviewing 15 industry reports, says 1956 will be the biggest year and prosperity could extend into 1957. He argues Eisenhower's illness would not derail the trend, though withdrawal might shake confidence temporarily. Executives from 14 trade groups and a banker spoke at the midyear symposium, with mixed optimism about gains in 1956.
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Emerson P. Schmidt
Eisenhower
Chamber
National Automobile Dealers Assn
Frank
Six Hurt Near Rockville In Head-On Crash
Six people were injured in a head-on collision 11 miles north of Rockville Indiana on U S Highway 41. Edward Conkright 18 Crawfordsville suffered a fractured skull and was listed critical. The drivers Thomas Walden 20 Crawfordsville and Ira Carpenter 41 Bloomingdale also injured.
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Rockville
Ind
Here
U. S. Highway 41
Edward Conkright
Crawfordsville
Conkright
Thomas Walden
Walden
Ira Carpenter
Bloomingdale
Carpenter
Parke County
Earl Dowd
Larry
Eddie
Ermil D. Manion
Robert Wiot
Robert Connelly
Culver Hospital
G O P Convention Officers Chosen In Indianapolis
The Republican State Committee named Rep. William G. Bray of Martinsville as temporary chairman for the June 29 state convention and Rep. E. Ross Adair as permanent chairman. Gil Vaught of Parke County was named chief doorkeeper.
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Indianapolis
Pthe Republican State Committee
William G. Bray
Martinsville
G.O.P
Alvin Cast
E. Ross Adair
Virgil Vaught
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