House Votes to Raise Debt Limit
Geneva dispatch reports a big four foreign ministers conference recessed without a Berlin settlement. Western officials warn of a Soviet push for a summit and Khrushchev’s tactic seen as seeking a summit rather than concessions. Herter and Lloyd view the stalemate as fueling the need for a summit.
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Geneva
Berlin
Khrushchev
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Andrei A. Gromyko
West Berlin
Gromyko
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Selwyn Lloyd
Debt ceiling bill advances amid heavy opposition
The House approved a peacetime debt limit raise to 295 billion dollars by a 255-117 vote, aiming to avert a credit crisis. Critics within both parties fault heightened borrowing while the current debt nears 286 billion, with Senate opposition expected but eventual passage anticipated.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Treasury
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Louisiana Governor Earl Long Fight to Win Release Trials
Louisiana officials clash over who leads as Governor Earl Long seeks a sanity hearing and release from a third mental hospital. Long, confined at Mandeville State Hospital, has his lawyers planning a court challenge while Lt. Gov. Frazar acts uncertainly and Wade Martin refuses to recognize non Long signatures.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Long
Earl Long
State Hospital
Mandeville
Two Are Killed In Minnesota Resort Blaze
A flash fire ripped through the Breezy Point resort lodge north of Brainerd Minnesota early today. Two people died leaping from windows and the death toll could rise as search crews worked the ruins. Over 20 were injured and eight hospitalized with others treated at the scene or en route for care. Frank J. Hildinger of Cleveland Ohio and his wife were fatally injured, with guests scattered and many fleeing by boat to Pelican Lake. Lodge manager Edward F Nash estimated losses around 1 350 000, and officials noted the resort was one of northern Minnesota’s best known.
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Brainerd
Minn
Frank J. Hildinger
Cleveland
Ohio
Pelican Lake
Frank Searcy
St. Charles
Billy Fawcett
Edward F. Nash
Minnesota
Russell V. Vogel
Sioux
The Weather By U. S. Weather Bureau Update
The Weather By U. S. Weather Bureau reports river stage at 3.0 feet and stationary. Sunrise at 5 23. Sunset at 8 18. Neon and m. 59 and 62pm noted in the time display.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Local Weather Outlook for Indiana and Illinois Regions
Partly cloudy and mild in Terre Haute and vicinity. Sunday fair and pleasant with highs near 89. Indiana looks for little temperature change tonight and Sunday with lows around 55 to 62 and Sunday highs 74 to 82. Illinois remains fair and pleasant with lows in the 50s to 60s and Sunday highs around 60s to 70s.
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Terre Haute
Eargh
Indiana
Illinois
Mother Rescues Daughter From Abductor in Car Crash
In Hapeville Georgia a mother shielded her 7 year old Sally Carroll from an abductor by ramming her sedan into another car. She told police she prayed to stop him and succeeded. The suspect was detained as 17 year old Raymond A McMahon of Chicago based on papers found on him.
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Atlanta
Hapeville
R. E. Carroll
Sally
Raymond A. McMahon
Chicago
How They Voted on Debt Limit Bill in Washington
Indiana members split on the national debt limit vote. Six endorsed the bill while four opposed. Democrats Barr Harmon Hogan Roush voted no alongside Republicans Adair Bray. Brademas Denton Madden and Wampler supported the measure. Halleck not recorded.
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Washington
Indiana
House
Senate
Barr
Harmon
Hogan
Roush
Adair
Bray
Brademas
Denton
Madden
Wampler
Halleck
Queen Elizabeth Wearies During Canadian Tour
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip press through a grueling Canadian itinerary. They visit logging and paper operations in Labrador and inspect an iron mine while the Queen shows signs of fatigue after long days, including a bow to the Gan der air terminal and Bowater mill visit.
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Relman Morin
Corner Brook
Mid
Queen Elizabeth II
Canada
Queen
Prince Philip
Labrador
Gander
Bowater
Elizabeth
College Professor dies by suicide in Chicago home
Harry B. Sell 59 a sociology instructor at Roosevelt University was found dead by hanging in his South Side residence Friday He left a final note saying there is just no satisfactory alternative His widow Jean said he had been under psychiatric care He previously taught at several major universities.
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Chicago
Harry B. Sell
Roosevelt University
South Side
Jean
University of Chicago
Northwestern
University of Minnesota
University of Iowa
Gary
Indiana University
City appoints Brademus to lead redevelopment efforts
Commissioners vote to hire T Brooks Brademus of City Planning Associates Detroit as executive director of the new Department of Redevelopment pending council approval. His $25 000 annual salary and background in federal urban renewal are outlined, with Lansbaum, Winterhalter, Curry and others named to the commission.
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City Department of Redevelopment
T. Brooks Brademus
City Planning Associates
Detroit
Brademus
Morris T. Lansbaum
Herbert Winterhalter
John Curry
Herbert Patterson
Gilbert Bosworth
Indiana
City Planning Organization of
Mich
Federal Urban Renewal Administration
W Terre Haute Youth Critical In Auto Crash
Melvin Slater 28 of West Terre Haute suffered crushing chest injuries a fractured right leg and head wounds in a State Highway 46 crash near Riley at 2 15 am. Jerry Bowman 21 of South Fifteenth Street had a fractured shoulder and other hurts. Both were taken to St Anthony Hospital in Callahan ambulance with Slater listed as critical and Bowman as satisfactory. State Police Detective George Kerns said Bowmans car overturned while rounding a curve north of Riley. The crash was investigated by Trooper Bob Phillips.
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Riley
Melvin Slater
South Ninth Street
West
Terre Haute
Jerry Bowman
South Fifteenth Street
Slater
Bowman
St. Anthony Hospital
Callahan
George Kerns
Bob P Nillips
Last Civil War Veteran 116 Fights For Life
Walter Washington Williams 116 year old Civil War veteran remained in critical condition in an oxygen tent at his daughter's Houston home after a pneumonia relapse. Williams, the last living symbol of about four million Civil War veterans, had predicted he would outlive the Union survivor Albert Woolson who died two years earlier.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Washington Williams
Williams
Willie Mae Bowles
John Salling
Kingsport
Tenn
First Lady Seated After Senate Gallery Confusion
Mrs Edmund G Brown faced embarrassment when told to move to a seat in the Senate gallery in Sacramento on Friday night. The incident occurred as she attended the session the first time since the inauguration, with a sergeant at arms guiding her to seating.
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Sacramento
Calif
Senate
California
Edmund G. Brown
He Wasn't Anonymous Enough At Meetings of Alcoholics
Walter Bernard O'Donnell, listed among the FBI's 10 most wanted, was captured in Norfolk after a local tipster spotted his photo at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. The 57-year-old burglar, who used fraudulent reducing pills and a knockout punch to prey on overweight women, faced agents at the Virginian Hotel. The Norfolk FBI chief W. Wade Bramwell said he was unarmed.
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Norfolk
UPI
Alcoholics Anonymous
FBI
Walter Bernard O'Donnell
Virginian Hotel
W. Wade Bramwell
O'Donnell
Youth 17 fatally stabs stepfather in Houston
In Houston on June 20 1947 a gangling 17 year old stabbed his stepfather, 46 year old Robert Griswold, after the stepfather beat his mother. The youth, Gerald Owen Johnson, said he tried to revive Griswold by breathing into his throat. No charges were filed immediately.
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Houston
Tex
Gerald Owen Johnson
Robert Griswold
Parade Highlights Indiana VFW State Convention
A parade along Wabash avenue featured bands drill teams color guards and floats as Indiana VFW delegates and auxiliaries publicly paraded in the 38th annual state convention in session. Over 3 000 had registered by Saturday morning and more than 1 000 participated in the procession with Mishawaka and Logansport posts taking top drill team honors.
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Wabash Avenue
Indiana Veterans of Foreign Wars
Third Street
Fourteenth Street
Eleventh
Twelfth Street
Terre Haute Boy Scouts
Main Street
VFW
Noblesville
Dorotha Woods
Indiana
Mishawaka
Logansport
Indiana Weather Outlook Warm Sunday Across State
Indianapolis forecast calls for slightly below normal highs around the mid 70s to near 80 Sunday as spring ends and summer begins. Partly cloudy today, then fair Sunday and mostly fair Monday with no rain expected through Monday and temperatures remaining steady.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Weatherman
Hoosierland
Escapees Caught After Garden Work Break
Two inmates serving 2 to 5 years for burglary were recaptured by Indiana Reformatory guards after walking away from a garden work detail in Pendleton. Identified are Kenneth E. Sallee 21 of Selma and Carl W Farmer 22 of Coloma Mich.
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Pendleton
Ind
Indiana Reformatory
Kenneth E. Sallee
Selma
Carl W.W. Farmer
Coloma
Mich
Wife Wounded by Gunfire in Terre Haute Home
A 36 year old Terre Haute housewife Eva Walker was shot by her 62 year old husband Gary H Walker at their home on Harding Avenue. She says he did not intend to shoot her while police investigate conflicting accounts and a revolver incident is noted.
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Toshiko Corder
Aviation Electrician
Donald F. Corder
Jacksonville
Yokosuka Naval Hospital
Corder
Iwakuni
Hiroshima
Japan
Navy
Tokyo
Terre Haute
Gary H. Walker
Harding Avenue
St. Anthony Hospital
Eva Walker
Walker
Fort Wayne Man Burned to Death in Apartment Fire
Fort Wayne Indiana June 20 Dick K Bloemker 32 died early today in a blaze that swept the living room of his second floor apartment One of his two small children was severely burned Diana Jean Bloemker 4 was taken to St Josephs Hospital with burns Sherry Lynn Bloemker 6 was not hurt Two other families fled the three apartment building Firemen said Bloemker a machinist may have fallen asleep while smoking but could not confirm.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Dick K. Bloemker
Bloemker
Diana Jean Bloemker
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sherry Lynn
Art
Diana Jean
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Martha Brannon
Bishop, S. C
Hollywood
Fla
N.P.P.A
National Press Photographers Association
Diplomat Hotel
Carolinas
T. H
W. Terre Haute
Iver Johnson
FT. Wayne
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