Civil Air Patrol Maneuvers Planned at Paul Cox Airport
Civil Air Patrol will conduct a statewide search and rescue drill at Paul Cox Airport Sunday with Air Force officers arriving Saturday to organize. Private pilots from across Indiana join in the mock search while radio operators assist communication. Ground duty intent includes Vigo County auxiliary police and fire personnel, Red Cross first aid, and a public jet engine display from Chanute AFB.
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Air Force
Terre Haute
Civil Air Patrol
Paul Cox
CAP
Hoosier
Wabash Valley Amateur Radio Association
John Lamb
Vigo County Civil Defense
American Red Cross
Chanute Air Force Base
Three Miners Killed in German Mine Blast
A coal dust explosion in a Dortmund suburbs mine killed three miners and left 25 injured, police reported. Fire crews controlled the blast and a rescue effort followed as authorities investigated the accident.
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Dortmund
Germany
Trucker Killed Near Sterling After Bridge Collision
Veedersburg Ind June 19 John Timberman 35 of Brazil Ind was killed Thursday when his truck struck a bridge on U S 41 seven miles south of Sterling The impact threw him from the cab and his body burned as gasoline exploded and the truck caught fire State police said he died instantly.
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Veedersburg
Ind
John Timberman
Brazil
U.S. 41
Sterling
Timberman
Snow stored in Hartz mines draws summer tourists
The German tourist office notes a unique attraction in the Hartz Mountains where abandoned mines hold large snow supplies. Visitors can hold snowball contests during the summer, turning a once-closed site into a year round fantasy for travelers.
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Hartz Mountains
Cost-of-Living Near Januarys Record High
Washington reports the cost-of-living index rose to 189 percent of the 1935-39 average for the month ending May 15, within 0.1 point of January’s record high. Rent up 0.4 percent led gains. food rose 0.3 percent while clothing and utilities eased slightly. About 1.35 million rail workers gain a 2 cent hourly wage rise, with 100,000 workers in textiles, aircraft, and oil refining receiving at least 1 cent boosts.
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Washington
Cincinnati auto crash victim dies in hospital
George Poppa, 58, of Indianapolis, died today after a Saturday collision east of Miamitown, Ohio. His wife Bonnie, 53, remains hospitalized with a possible hip fracture.
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Cincinnati
George Poppa
Indianapolis
Miamitown
Poppa
Bonnie
County harvest events feature family acts and amateur show
A county Harvest Home Day revival highlights a family with father mother four daughters and a son in television engagements while each township hosts amateur show contestants. A farmer pressed dollar bills with a steam iron before giving Thomas Frederick change from a five dollar bill.
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Thomas Frederick
Sullivan Youth Is Electrocuted In Lucedale Miss
Sullivan county youth Charles C. Haddix, 20, was electrocuted in Lucedale Mississippi when he accidentally touched high voltage lines. He was a son of Mr and Mrs Ray Haddix of Sullivan Indiana. Survived by two brothers William of Fort Knox Kentucky and Ray Jr at home.
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Sullivan, Ind
Sullivan County
Charles C. Haddix
Lucedale
Miss
Haddix
Ray Haddix
Sullivan
William
Fort Knox
Ray, Jr
Local man injured in fatal crash near Watseka
Willard Paul Mewhinney a 28 year old Terre Haute man was among three people critically hurt in an auto and truck collision that killed two Indiana residents Ellis Hedder 27 of Monticello and Helen Hunt of Norway The injured include Joseph Adkins John Mewhinney John Shelton and Paul Birch all hospitalized at Iroquois Memorial Hospital Watseka with Birch reported in serious condition Eight others involved were occupants of a car and a semi trailer driven by John E Heller 45 of Champaign injured lightly or shaken up The crash occurred at a road junction seven miles west of Watseka Illinois near U S 24 and Illinois 49 S:
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Willard Paul Mewhinney
Terre Haute
Indiana
Watseka
Ill
Ellis Hedder
Monticello
Ind
Helen Hunt
Norway
Superior Tree Expert Co
Muncie
Joseph Adkins
Putnam
Danville
Rural Life Sunday Planned at Brazil Indiana
Farmers and families across Clay county will gather at Forest Park Brazil on Sunday June 29 for Rural Life Day. A noontime basket dinner will be followed by a program in the park auditorium. Rev Ralph Miller Jr will lead the devotional service. Dr George Harvey of Indiana Farm Bureau will speak on Adjusting the Carburetor. The Seven Jewlians will provide entertainment.
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Brazil
Ind
Clay County
Forest Park
C.S.T
Park Auditorium
Ralph Miller, Jr
Harmony E.U.B
George Harvey
Research Department
Indiana Farm Bureau
Greta Garbo Dodges Cameras in Riviera Car Ride
Greta Garbo, famed for shunning photographers, avoids the camera while riding in a car during a French Riviera vacation. The silent film icon keeps a low profile as paparazzi circle, amid sleek coastal scenery and a quiet holiday backdrop.
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Greta Garbo
Riviera
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University of Missouri
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Eugene J. McNeely
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Cleo F. Craig
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
William V. Kahler
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Bell Telephone Laboratories
International
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