Lake County backs Tucker for governor in 1948 race
Lake County Democratic leadership endorsed Mayor Ralph Tucker of Terre Haute for governor and Bartel Zanstra for lieutenant governor. The move follows a county central committee vote with Motive Peter Mandelich aligning to Tucker’s bid, boosting anticipated county support at the state convention in Indianapolis.
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Gary
Ind
Lake County
Ralph Tucker
Terre Haute
Griffith Rees
Tucker
County Central Committee
Rees
Bartel Zanstra
Zandstra
Indianapolis
Nasser weighs Soviet loan for Aswan Dam
Cairo reports Premier Nasser studies a $1.12 billion Soviet loan offer to fund almost all of the Aswan Dam. He has not decided, while Britain and the United States back a Western package including World Bank aid. Shepilov promotes Soviet friendship and economic aid to Arab states as talks continue.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Soviet Union
Aswan
Nasser
Dmitri Shepilov
Shepilov
Suez Canal Zone
Britain
United States
Nile
World Bank
Russia
Group Approves New Ceiling On U S Debt
The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved a bill setting a 278 billion dollar federal debt limit for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The ceiling is 3 billion higher than the permanent limit but 3 billion below the current temporary cap. Treasury Secretary Humphrey endorsed the figure and opposed tax relief this year. He cautioned no budget room for tax cuts and urged any surplus go to reduce the debt.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Humphrey
U. S
Bodies Sought After Quarry Slide in New Jersey
In Riverdale New Jersey nearly 50 rescuers search rubble at the Pomp ton Crushed Stone quarry for two missing men after a rock slide buried three workers. Wallace Van Orden Jr. 29 Bloomingdale was found crushed in his truck. Charles Baldwin 40 Cedar Grove and Grant Harris 56 Pompton Lakes remain missing.
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Riverdale
N. J
Pompton Crushed Stone Company
Wallace van Orden Jr
Bloomingdale
Charles Baldwin
Cedar Grove
Grant Harris
Pompton Lakes
Cyprus May Get Self Rule In British Offer
The British government may offer Cyprus local self government later this week to end the island rebellion. The plan reportedly promises a vote on union with Greece at a future date and elections for a Cypriot government while preserving rights for the Turkish minority. Britain would retain defense and foreign affairs, plus initial internal security.
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London
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Greece
Britain
Earthquake Toll Claimed in Afghan Kunhar Valley
Kabul radio reported 140 to 150 killed and about 900 wounded from Sunday’s quake in Afghanistan’s Kunhar River valley. Officials fear the final toll could reach 2,000 as large boulders cascaded into the river and buried several villages.
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Lahore
Pakistan
Kabul
Afghanistan
Kunhar
Proposed City Ordinance to License Bicycles in Terre Haute
The Terre Haute City Council will introduce Special Ordinance No. 16 at a regular meeting. The ordinance establishes bi annual bicycle licenses at fifty cents, requires tagging and identification, regulates second hand bicycle dealers, and mandates lights or reflectors for night riding with penalties for violations.
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Terre Haute
John S. Lamb
Bicycle Licensing Measure Announced by Police
The article outlines a program for licensing unlicensed bicycles with two year licenses issued by the police department starting September 1, 1956. Metallic tags and seals will be provided and a department record kept. Violations are treated as a misdemeanor. Continued on Page 9.
Pineau Seeks U S Backing in Algerian Crisis
French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau will ask Secretary Dulles for firm American support in France fight to crush the bloody revolt in Algeria. The State Department talks review broad foreign policy questions as Pineau presses for more East West cooperation and aid programs while Dulles hints at cautious trade easing and UN funds.
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John Foster Dulles
Washington
Christian Pineau
Dulles
France
Algeria
Indochina
State Department
Pineau
Russia
Stalin
United Nations Fund
Acts To Amend State Charges In Baby Case
Samuel Arthur Sheldon and his wife Bonnie face child abandonment charges in Vigo Circuit Court. Prosecutors seek to amend the affidavit in three counts while defense moves to quash the filing as repetitious. The baby David remains hospitalized after the May incident and the case resumes June 28.
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Samuel Arthur Sheldon
Vigo
John Kesler
Herbert R. Criss
Jack H. Mankin
William R. Johnson
Sheldon
Bonnie
St. Charles
Rochester
N. Y
David
Terre Haute
St. Anthony Hospital
Little Joe
Southside Hospital
New York
Criss
Liberace Brother Cleared of Burglary Charges
Rudolph Liberace, 24, younger brother of pianist Liberace, was cleared by the Los Angeles city attorney's office of burglary suspicion with no evidence to back the charge. He was arrested after pounding on a San Fernando Valley residence door seeking admission amid a domestic dispute. witnesses refused to sign a complaint.
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Los Angeles
Liberace
Rudolph
Young Liberace
San Fernando Valley
Dan Whiteside
Missing Man's Body Found Near Taber Town Road
The body of William Barton Murphy, 29, of 2707 Dean Avenue, was found in a De Soto car two miles south of Seelyville on the Taber Town Road. Identified by a billfold, he appears to have died recently with a hose in the exhaust trunk. coroner and sheriff investigate.
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William Barton Murphy
Dean Avenue
Seelyville
Taber Town
Vigo County
Fred Carpenter
Murphy
Sheriff’s Office
D. M. Ferguson, Jr
Taber Town Road
Deadline Put On Negotiations For Steel Pact
Leaders of the United Steelworkers empowered to call a nationwide steel strike if no new contract by June 30. The 170-member wage policy committee warned time is short to avert a walkout of 650,000 workers as negotiations with the Big Three faded and eight other firms began. McDonald disputed the Big Three value of their offer while Inland defended it as fair and in the national interest. The union seeks substantial pay increases, a 52-week layoff pay plan, weekend premium pay, and company-paid insurance.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
U. S. Steel
Bethelehem
Republic
Inland
Youngstown
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Joseph L. Block
Cooler Weather Follows Rains
The Associated Press reports lingering rain and a break from Indiana heat with more showers expected. Highs reach 85 Wednesday, 80 today, and humidity remains high as clouds break. The northeast sees cooler air while other areas warm quickly with sun.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Doctors Strike in Athens Across Suburbs
About 4,500 doctors in Athens and its suburbs began a three day strike to protest what they call the government failure to solve their problems and claims.
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Athens
President Mum on Ike re election plans while in hospital
President Eisenhower remains hospitalized after June 9 surgery and no official word on his re election bid. Senator Bricker expects a statement soon while Vice President Nixon says no political talk has occurred. GOP officials in Hartford and elsewhere proceed with convention plans assuming Eisenhower will run.
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Eisenhower
Sen
Bricker
Ohio
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Nixon
Search for body in White River near Columbus
Police hunted the east fork of White River for the body of Eugene R. Johnson a 24 year old part time singer and guitarist who disappeared while swimming with a nephew after being caught in a strong current on Monday afternoon in Columbus Indiana.
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Columbus
Ind
White River
Eugene R. Johnson
Johnson
Mother jailed as two infants starve in New York tenement
Police probe possible official blame after the starvation deaths of 21 month old Josephine Velez and 8 month old Antonio in an East Side tenement. Mother Anastasia Velez 33 was arrested after forcing entry to a Second Avenue saloon and later taken to Bellevue for observation as authorities review police hospital and welfare department actions.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Josephine Velez
Antonio
East Side
Anastasia Velez
Second Avenue
Velez
House Group Alleges Favoritism in Nickel Plant Contract
A House investigations subcommittee charged the Eisenhower administration with political favoritism in a 43 million dollar contract to expand the Nicaro nickel plant in Cuba. It cited withheld papers and said delays cost 10 million pounds of nickel for strategic stockpiles.
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Washington
U.P
House
Eisenhower
Cuba
Justice Department
Congress
Jack Brooks
D.-Tex
Eisenhower Makes Light Day As Recovery Advances
President Eisenhower resumes a light schedule of official duties after a good night’s rest and improved spirits at Walter Reed. Doctors report he weighs 162 pounds before breakfast, seven pounds under his June 8 weight, and continue to monitor possible ileitis recurrence as he moves to soft foods.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Walter Reed
Weather map summary from local bureau bulletin
The weather page notes fair conditions with a 79 to 82 degree progression from morning to afternoon. River stage listed at 3 feet and rising. Yesterday’s high reached 90 degrees and the low 64 with .21 inches of precipitation.
Weather outlook for Terre Haute and Indiana
Fair and cooler tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy with possible afternoon thunder showers. Lows around 60 in Terre Haute. Warmer Thursday with scattered afternoon thundershowers. Indiana clears and cools tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy with chance of afternoon thundershowers. High near 80, low around 69. Street thermometer readings: 73 at eight a.m., 83 at two p.m.
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Terre Baute
Indiana
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Associated Press
Thomas A. Nielson
James B. Leggett
Leggett
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