Navy patrol bomber returns from MIG attack with guns out
Lt. Cmdr. Donald Mayer and Lt. Litchfield led a Mercator patrol plane back to base after Communist MIG jets damaged two engines and knocked out tail and forward guns. A broken intercom prevented a fire order reaching tail gunner Eugene Corder, who was wounded. Admiral Burke commended Mayer and urged continued patrols.
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Yokosuka
Japan
Sea of Japan
Cmdr
Donald Mayer
Nyack
N. Y
Litchfield
North Korea
Mayer
Adm
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Burke
Corder
Yokosuka Naval Hospital
Withington
Geneva
Pinball Bar Seizure Put On Hold In Vigo Court
A temporary restraining order prevents immediate seizure of pinball machines and other coin operated devices in Terre Haute and Vigo County. The injunction suit, filed by operators against city county and state officials, sets a hearing for July 7 before Judge Harold J. Bitzegaio. The operators claim they would be irreparably damaged if seizure proceeds.
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Terre Haute
Vigo County
Vigo
Harold J. Bitzegaio
Boone
Coyles Taken in Massachusetts Manhunt Ends in Death
The Coyle brothers, targets of a major statewide manhunt, were captured in woods near a Mass liquor store hold up. William Coyle, 22, died at St. Luke's Hospital from police gunfire. John Coyle, 24, was unharmed. They had abducted hostage William Sedgwick, 49, and fled from Philadelphia before the confrontation. Sedgwick escaped as officers closed in.
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Middleboro
Mass
Coyle Brothers
Massachusetts
Woods
St. Luke’s Hospital
William Coyle
John
Philadelphia
William Sedgwick
Sed
Conservation
FBI
Walter Schmidt
Union City
N. J
Victoria Canova
Canova House
John Lacasse
New Bedford
Council Delays Selection of New Trustee
The City Council postponed naming a replacement trustee on the city redevelopment department after approving a rezoning ordinance and two fund transfer measures. Four other items were set for first reading, including a dispute over a business district designation at 1712 South Third Street and a planned transfer from the gas tax fund for street work.
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City Department of Redevelopment
Frank Doyle
George Clements
Board of Public Works and Safety
Legal Department
Fire Department
South Third Street
Terre Haute
Board of Health
Aviation Fund
Department of Aviation
Police
President Requests Public Report on Gun Failures
President Eisenhower directed the Navy to produce a prompt public report on why guns aboard an American aircraft failed during an attack by unspecified jet fighters off Korea. He cited reports from Japan of missing parts and noted uncertainty over the attackers' nationality. He urged a full investigation and report.
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Washington
UPD
Eisenhower
Navy
Korea
Japan
Sea of Japan
Wampler protests to Sec McElroy on works transfer
Rep. Fred Wampler protests Army plan to transfer machinery from Wabash River Ordnance Works to Holston Tenn during a June meeting with Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy. He warns the move would cost 160000 and argues manufacturing at Wabash is more sensible given higher local unemployment in Terre Haute and the Wabash area.
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Washington
Army
Holston, Tenn., Ordnance Works
Fred Wampler
D-Ind
Wampler
Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Wabash River Ordnance Works
Holston
Wabash Plant
Terre Haute, Ind
Wabash Works
Gromyko Hints at Berlin Plan Talks Extension
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko agreed to consider the West Berlin peace plan and promised a fuller reply Thursday. The move kept the deadlocked Big Four talks from breaking up and suggested Khrushchev must decide in Moscow.
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Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Kidnaper Held In Paris Jail Bond Is $7,000
Ex convict Kenneth Adkins 22 abducted his half sister Nyra Kennedy 34 held police at bay for 16 hours with an empty rifle and shotgun He was arraigned on kidnapping and faces a probable rape charge Bond set at 7000 He admitted raping Kennedy in his mother's bungalow near Charleston and police continued carryout investigation with local and state agencies.
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Paris
Upp
Kenneth Adkins
Adkins
Nyra Kennedy
Edgar County
Wayne S. Jones
Jones
Charleston
Capt
Logan Cox
Moving Train Sideswipes Freight Near Twenty Fifth Street
A Pennsylvania railroad diesel engine leaving the yards sideswiped a moving freight on the main line early Wednesday at 2:55 am just east of the Twenty-fifth street crossing. The impact derailed eight freight cars and damaged the engine. engineer Leslie Robertson and fireman Hubert C. Hughes received slight injuries and were treated at Union Hospital.
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Pennsy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Twenty-fifth
Locust Streets
Leslie Robertson
Hubert Hughes
Charles
Twenty-fifth Street Crossing
Hulman Street
Hubert C. Hughes
North Seventh Street
Union Hospital
Sunrise Sunset Times and River Stage Report
The weather note records sunrise at 5 23 and sunset at 8 19. River stage is 3 4 feet and falling, indicating lower water levels.
Local Conditions Report Snapshot
Yesterday saw a high of 88 degrees and a low of 51 with no precipitation. The conditions reflect a dry period with comfortable cool overnight temperatures and a hot daytime peak.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity and Indiana Illinois
Fair conditions expected through Thursday across Terre Haute and vicinity with lows in the 50s and highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Indiana and Illinois show generally fair weather with minimal temperature changes, lows mainly in the 50s to 60s and Thursday highs around 77 to 85 in the south. Temperature readings at 9 am 67 and 2 pm 77.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Beck Indicted in $200000 Bribe Scheme With Truck Firms
Former Teamster chief Dave Beck was indicted by a federal grand jury for accepting $200,000 from two trucking firm presidents Roy Fruehauf of Fruehauf Trailer Co Detroit and Burge Seymour of Associated Transport Inc New York. The executives and the Brown Equipment and Manufacturing Co were named as defendants. Pleas set for June 24. max penalties include one year in prison and $10000 fines per party.
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New York
Teamster Union
Dave Beck
Roy Fruehauf
Birmingham
Mich
Fruehauf Trailer Co
Detroit
Burge Seymour
Litchfield County
Uconn
Associated Transport, Inc
Beck
U. S. Atty
S. Hazard Gillespie
Brown Equipment and Manufacturing Co
Associated Transport
Liberace Wins 22400 Libel Damages in Mirror Case
A London jury awarded Liberace 22400 pounds against the Daily Mirror and columnist Cassandra for a Cassandra column three years old that implied the pianist was homosexual. The 12-member jury deliberated three hours and 24 minutes.
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London
Liberace
London Daily Mirror
William Connor
West Coast Waters Warm Up and Shark Menace Grows
Marine scientists warn warming California coastal waters heighten the danger from great white sharks. In six weeks two swimmers were killed, a rare increase from prior decades. Officials cite a six degree warming over two years and discuss possible underwater nets as a protective measure.
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San Francisco
California
Australia
J. F. T. Sauer
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Stanford University
Pacific
Whirlpool Plant Strike Looms as Contract Expires
In Evansville Indiana more than 2000 workers at the Whirlpool Corp plant are expected to strike at noon when the old contract expires. Local 108 president Charles Pearce said talks broke off Tuesday over vacation incentive pay and working conditions.
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Evansville
Ind
Whirlpool Corp
Charles Pearce
International Union of Electrical Workers
Pearce
Eisenhower rejects White House steel leaders meeting plan
President Eisenhower declined proposals to summon steel companies and workers to a White House conference to avert a strike. He reiterated no government intervention in the ongoing collective bargaining. Senator Symington urged a meeting to create a climate of accommodation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Five Children Die in West Side Fire in Chicago
Five children perished as fire swept a four story building on Chicago's West Side. The blaze started on the third or fourth floor and forced more than 100 residents, all Black, from the apartments. Firemen recovered the bodies of Mary Morris age 5 and her 11 month old brother Willie on the fourth floor and John Yar borough age 3 and his brother Lawrence age 2 and an unidentified little girl on the third floor.
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Chicago
Mary Morris
Willie
John Yarborough
Lawrence
Robert O’brien
Laugh It Off Proverb on Golf Preference
A lighthearted quip compares a game’s appeal to golf, with the speaker saying the game is okay but golf is preferred. The remark underscores humor over competition and highlights pastime priorities.
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Pennsylvania Diesel
Frederick S. Withington
U. S. Naval
Russian Lake
Coyles
Council
Cape Cod
James F. Kane
Sedgwick
Kane
Sec. McElroy
U. S. Navy
Yokosuka Naval Headquarters
Frederic S. Withington
U. S
Donald R. Mayer
S. Weather Bureau
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