Haiti in turmoil after 50 slain and coup fears rise
Amid floods in Port au Prince and strikes planned by workers and peasants, embassies are guarded as the military junta clamps down. U S envoy Gerald Drew says there is no anti foreign sentiment and no evacuation needed. Fignole, a 43 year old labor leader, fled to New York after a junta move. supporters doubt his survival amid rumors of execution.
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Negro Republic
U. S
Gerald Drew
Fignole
New York
Antonio Rebreau
Francois Duvalier
Firefighters Stop Bees at Sigmund Stern Grove
San Francisco firefighters moved on a bee swarm threatening children at Sigmund Stern Grove. Lt. Eugene McLaughlin and three crew sprayed carbon technichloride then used insect repellent. no bees survived.
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San Francisco
Pilot dies at control as co-pilot lands Trans World flight
Grand Island Nebraska June 17 A Trans World Airlines Super Constellation with 29 aboard lost its pilot to a fatal heart attack. Co pilot Capt L A Girard took control and landed the jet safely from Chicago to Denver. Capt Horton Hale 53 died. survived by wife and daughter Sally 11.
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Grand Island
Neb
Trans World Airlines
L. A. Girard
Hale
T.W.A
Tom Evans
Sally
Supreme Court Frees Five on Red Charges in Major Ruling
The Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision led by Justice John M. Harlan, frees five defendants on red charges amid debate over acquittal standards. Justice Clark dissents, urging affirmations and noting possible retrials under new Smith Act theories. The ruling also held that Dean Acheson lacked authority to dismiss China expert John Stewart Service, who could seek back pay.
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John M. Harlan
Tom Clark
Hugo L. Black
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Charles E. Whittaker
Clark
Supreme Court
John Stewart Service
State Department
Foreign Service
Service
Dean Acheson
United States
Acheson
Loyalty Review Board
Department
Vigo County Seeks Emergency Funds For Glenn Home and Highway
Vigo County requests emergency appropriations totaling eleven thousand dollars for Glenn Home heating system renovation and highway department equipment including two new trucks. The proposals will be discussed at a public hearing before the county council on June 26 at 10 a.m. in the courthouse.
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Vigo
Glenn Home
Highway Department
Harry P. Brentliner, Jr
County Commission
County Council
Court House
Indiana weekend traffic death ends streak with fatal collision
Indiana nearly finished a 54 hour weekend without a highway fatality when a collision at a Henry County intersection killed 17 year old Larry Lee Stohler of Middletown.
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Indiana
Larry Lee Stohler
Middletown
Henry
Storm and Flood Toll Bites Across Midwest and Plains
As storms pound Iowa Nebraska Minnesota and surrounding states power outages reach 135900 homes and 26000 phones. Tornadoes strike Ayshire Iowa and twisters hit Sherburn and Hill City while floods inundate western Iowa and Nebraska. Weather remains hot and humid in the east with scattered temperatures listed across major cities.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Ayshire
Spencer
Storm Lake
Kansas
South Dakota
Minnes
Sherburn
Minn
Hill City
Kan
Minnesota
Chicago
Detroit
New York City
Denver
San Francisco
Heat Perseveres As Indiana Records Fatal Drowning Toll
A brutal hot spell across Indiana pushed temperatures into the 90s with city highs in Indianapolis South Bend Fort Wayne and Evansville reaching 91 to 93. The heat drove thousands to pools creeks lakes and ponds and six drownings were recorded as weather forecasters warned of persistent heat and humid conditions through midweek with scattered showers and 0.75 to 1.50 inches of rain expected over the next five days.
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Indiana
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Indianapolis
Walter F. George in Serious Condition in Atlanta
Former Senator Walter F. George aged 79 remained in serious condition in Atlanta as he entered the second week of hospitalization for a heart ailment.
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Atlanta
Walter F. George
Deaths Abner Cooper Austin 71 Railroad Man
Abner C Austin 71 died at 5 am at 2520 Dillman Street. A retired Milwaukee Road employee of 40 years he is survived by his wife Oka a son Lt Cooper J Austin Temple two daughters Eugenia Sellers and Maxine Wells both of Temple two brothers Wesley and Herschel Terre Haute one sister Celia Pellett and two grandchildren. The body will lie in state at Gillis Memory Chapel with services at 1 pm Wednesday burial in Roselawn Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 pm Monday.
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Abner_ C Austin
Dillman Street
Milwaukee Road
Oka
Cooper J. Austin
Temple
Tex
Eugenia A. Sellers
Maxine Wells
Wesley
Herschel
Terre Haute
Celia Pellett
Gillis Memory Chapel
Roselawn Memorial Cemetery
James Arthur Helton dies at 54. funeral Wednesday in Dugger
James Arthur Helton 54 died Saturday night at his home 1121 Eagle Street. Funeral services will be held at Isaac Ball Funeral Home at 2 PM Wednesday with Rev. Theodore Simmons officiating. Friends may call after 6 PM Monday. Survived by wife Mar e , daughter Betty Skeen, mother Susie Montgomery, two sisters Merle Miller and Ruby Long, two brothers William and Tony. Burial in Dugger cemetery.
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Isaac Ball
James Arthur Helton
Eagle Street
Theodore Simmons
Mare
Betty Skeen
Martinsville
Susie Montgomery
Terre Haute
Merle Miller
Carbon
Ruby Long
West Terre Haute
William
Fontanet
Tony
Dugger Cemetery
Dugger
Ind
Jasonville
August Leturgez
McClanahan Funeral Home
Oud Plew
Lebanon Cemetery
Pauline Parker
Baton Rouge
Armand
Louis
Shelburn
Louise Surtee
Clay City
Theresa B. Jordan
Howesville
Rogers Rest
Earl W. van Horn
Schoppenhorst
Lloyd Miller
Link Cemetery
Mrs Lydia Thompson Freeman Dies at 86 in Brazil
Lydia Thompson Freeman 86 of Brazil died at 5 am Monday. Survived by husband Harvey two daughters Josephine Roberts and Everett Dickerson two sons Clyde and Elmer Thompson one sister Laura Arnold and two brothers Walter and Wilfred Stone five stepchildren 26 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren. Church of Christ member. Body to Gillis Memory Chapel.
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Lydia Thompson Freeman
B. R
Brazil
Harvey
Josephine Roberts
Everett Dickerson
Clyde Thompson
Elmer Thompson
Burnett
Laura Arnold
Jeffersonville
Walter Stone
Wilfred Stone
Shoals
Church of Christ
Gillis
Funeral notice for Louis Thompson veteran of World War I
Louis Thompson aged 64 of 2126 Dillman Street died at St Anthony Hospital at 8 10 Monday morning. He leaves wife Verna two sons Harold B Sandford Ind and Chester V Paris Ill R R 2 two daughters Mrs Michael Cahill Gary Ind and Mrs Edward Kropus Terre Haute one sister Mrs Verna Nickel son Danville Ill and four grandchildren. The body was taken to the Bedino Chapel of the Valley.
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Louis Thompson
Dillman Street
St. Anthony Hospital
Verna
Harold B
Sandford
Ind
Chester V. Thompson
R. R
Paris
Michael Cahill
Gary
Edward Kropus
Terre Haute
Verna Nickelson
Danville
Jll
Bedino Chapel
Valley
Funeral services for Mrs Helen M Sutter
Mrs Helen M Sutter 48 died Saturday. Funeral services set for Wednesday at Becvar Funeral Home Chicago with burial in Chicago. Body remains at P J Ryan & Sons Funeral Home where friends may call until 10 pm Monday then moved to Chicago. Rosary at 730 Monday evening at Ryan Chapel.
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Helen M. Sutter
Becvar
Chicago
P. J. Ryan & Sons
Ryan Chapel
Funeral services for Dorothy C Coldwell
Funeral services for Dorothy C Coldwell of 2128 North Eleventh Street will be held at 10 am Tuesday at Cross Funeral Home. Rev Osborne L Schumrt will officiate. Burial is in Edgar Cemetery at Paris Illinois.
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Dorothy C. Coldwell
North Eleventh Street
the Cross Funeral Home
Osborne L. Schumrt
Edgar Cemetery
Paris
Ill
Funeral services set for Mrs Minnie Walters Dugger Indiana
Mrs Minnie Walters Dugger 75 dies Saturday funeral at 10:30 Tuesday at Long's Chapel burial in adjoining cemetery Survived by five sons Rollie George Rollie Lester and Kenneth five daughters Caroline Brown Mayme Thompson Osa Fallis Helen Farris and Dorothy Adams one brother Wayne Millman one sister Ethel Bolls 12 grandchildren eight great grandchildren Body at Lester's residence Jasonville for calling.
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Dugger
Ind
Minnie Walters
Long’s Chapel
Rollie
George
Sullivan
Lester
Kenneth
Jasonville
Caroline Brown
Bloomington
Mayme Thompson
Osa Fallis
Glasgow
Helen Farris
South Bend
Dorothy Adams
Shelburn
Wayne Millman
Ethel Bolls
San Jose
Cal
Newkirk
South Horace Street
William L. Flock 83 dies in Bloomingdale residence
William L. Flock aged 83 dies at 3 15 p.m. Sunday at his Bloomingdale home. Survived by wife Mona seven sons including Dee A. of Russellville and Clifford of Beaverton Oregon two daughters Beulah Berry Anaheim California Pauline Bowen Indianics and Beatrice Comingdale. one brother John Fleck Corydon. 30 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Burial arrangements with Branson Funeral Home Rockville. He belonged to Corydon Lutheran Church Howard I. O O F Lodge and Bloomingdale Masonic Lodge.
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Bloomingdale
Ind
William L. Flock
Mona
Dee A
Russellville
Clifford
Beaverton
Ore
Carson L
Ralph W
Walter A
Howard R
Louisville, Ky
Herschel W
Venezuela
Beulah Berry
Anaheim
Cal
Pauline Bowen Indianics
Eens Ae Comingdale
John Fleck
Corydon
Corydon Lutheran Church
Howard I. O. O. F. Lodge
Bloomingdale Masonic Lodge
Branson Funeral Home
Rockville
Mrs Josephine Miller Baseman dies in Indiana at 79
Mrs Josephine Miller Baseman 79 of Howesville Indiana died 11 45 Sunday at Freeman Greene County Hospital Linton Surviving Grover Miller Howesville sisters Ethel Timmons Switz City Mary Dean Jasonville visitation after 6 Monday at McClanahan Oral Home Jasonville funeral 10 30 Wednesday Rev H J Keener burial Peavy cemetery
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Howesville
Ind
Josephine Miller Baseman
Freeman-Greene County
Linton
Grover Miller - Howesville
Ethel Timmons
Switz City
Mary Dean
Jasonville
McClanahan
Funeral
H. J. Keener
Peavy Cemetery
Young Woman Cop Hater Takes Over Station
Miss Masters, known as a troublemaker at the station, forces entry, threatens with a shotgun, and is restrained by Knoll and Dyda after a struggle. Charles Young had previously arrested her for running a stop sign. She had earlier damaged property at the station house.
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Hater
Charles Young
Young
Friedland
Miss Masters
Dyda
Knoll
Egypt Plans Submarine War Report Sparks Middle East Tension
A Damascus based report claims Egypt plans a submarine war with Israel as tensions rise among Saudi Arabia Egypt and Syria. The piece notes cooling ties involving King Saud and Egyptian and Syrian leadership amid assassination plots rumors and a Jordanian diplomat's expulsion.
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Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Damascus
Alraf Alaam
Saud
Egypt
Syria
Hussein
Rifai Said
Amman
Cairo
Illness Fatal To Mrs Harry Wann In Warsaw Indiana
Mrs Harriet L Wann 68 died after an extended illness Sunday at Murphy Medical Center Warsaw Indiana She was wife of Dr Harry W Wann former chairman of ISTC foreign language department Survivors include daughter Mrs Robert Elder of Silver Spring Md son David Wann of Park Forest Ill two brothers Joseph and Donald Lessig Warsaw two sisters Mrs Frances Conrad Warsaw and Mrs Robert Davies LaGrange Ill and five grandchildren Funeral services set for 2 pm Tuesday at Warsaw Presbyterian Church burial at Warsaw Presbyterian Church The body remains at McHatton Funeral Home Warsaw
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Harriet Lessig Wann
Murphy Medical Center
Warsaw
Ind
Harry W. Wann
Indiana State Teachers College
Robert Elder
Silver Spring
David Wann
Park Forest
Joseph Lessig
Donald Lessig
Frances Conrad
Robert Davies
LaGrange
Ill
DePauw University
Wann
First Congregational Church
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Phi Beta Kappa Sorority
Woman’s Department Club
Faculty Wives Club
Is.t.c
Presbyterian Church
McHatton Funeral Home
Dennis, 88, dies in Rockville nursing home
Olién Dennis, 88, died at 9 o’clock Monday morning at Britton Nursing Home in Rockville. Surviving are three daughters, two sisters, three brothers, seven grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren. Body taken to Branson Funeral Home.
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Rockville
Ind
Olién Dennis
Britton
Jewel Rogers
Ethel Dilley
Bertha Cox
Indianapolis
Ernest
Enoch
Centralia
Ill
Allen Dennis
Montpelier
Etta Beaner
Danville
Ida Bales
Ashley, al
Branson
Ferry Sinks Off Korea Killing Seven
A ferry overloaded with 82 people sank off the southwest tip of Korea. Seven drowned and two are missing, reports say.
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Seoul
Korea
Bear Steals Purse From Texas Woman in Smokies
Publicity shy bear in Great Smoky Mountains National Park grabbed a Texas woman's purse after she fled in fear. Mrs Westly Edwards of Houston dropped the purse at a picnic table. the bear seized it but dropped it when discovering $120 inside. Park officials later returned the purse to Edwards.
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Gatlinburg
Tenn
Texas
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Westly Edwards
Houston
Tex
Robert I Cowan accountant dies in Terre Haute
Robert Irvine Cowan 54 an accountant for Eastern Express and a longtime chaplain for Terre Haute Lodge No 86 F and A M died at St Anthony Hospital. Survived by wife Opal three stepdaughters and three stepsons and a niece. Burial at Roselawn Memorial Park with Masonic services by Terre Haute Lodge No 86. Friends may call at Cross Funeral Home. Burial Wednesday at 10 with Rev Robert Taylor officiating.
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Robert Irvine Cowan
Eastern Express, Inc
Terre Haute Lodge No
St. Anthony Hospital
Mr. Cowan
South Twenty-fifth Street
Opal
LoRene Jones
Delores Beasley
Terre Haute
Nancy Bullock
Corpus Christi
Tex
Harry A. Potts
Carrolton
Ill
Ira R. Potts
Gary
Ind
John “Bill’’ Potts
Marian Barnes
St. Elmo
the Cross Funeral
the Cross Chapel
Robert Taylor
Roselawn Memorial Park
Terre Haute Lodge No. 86
Public lands total area reaches 413 million acres
The United States holds about 413 million acres of public lands. This figure reflects the extensive federal land portfolio across multiple states and regions.
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The
United States
Six Drowned Over Sunday In Indiana
A Sunday drowning spree in Indiana left six people dead. At Gary Municipal Beach on Lake Michigan lifeguards pulled three young girls from deep water but only two were saved. In Evansville temperatures reached 93 while Indianapolis Fort Wayne and South Bend saw 91.
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Portland
Shirley
Johnnie Boyd
Dixie Barnett
Gary
Gary Municipal Beach
Lake Michigan
Evansville
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Reds Building Up Taipei Shoreline Defense
June 17 report from Taipei quotes a Nationalist general commanding the Matsu Islands stating the Communists are increasing strength on the mainland and the danger of a Red attack on the offshore islands is mounting.
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Taipei
Matsu Islands
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