British Oil Firm Staff Prepare Mass Exit From Iran
In Tehran on June 22 British employees of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company began final preparations to leave Iran as Iranian pressure mounts to nationalize the industry. About 3,000 Britons faced orders to secure passports for a rapid departure amid threats to shut Abadan refinery. The developments come as U. S. and domestic policy reports note Washington debate over a large tax bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
A.E.C. Drake
AIOC
Great
Abadan
Washington
House
C.S.T
Ways and Means Committee
Percy Priest
Tennessee
Ways and Means Group
Truman
Senate
Hossein Fatimi
Eric Drake
Persia
Miner Kills 3 And Himself In Republic Tragedy
In Republic Pennsylvania a 51 year old coal miner named William Johnson shot and killed two women and a deputy fire chief then died by suicide. Victims Mrs Frank Shimer 30 Mrs Susie Gaszdo 34 and Michael Krocheck all from the same household. Detective William J Long of Fayette County identified the shooter and victims. The motive remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Republic
William J. Long
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
William Johnson
Frank Shimer
Susie Gaszdo
Michael Krocheck
Long
Johnson
Weather Update and River Stage Reading
Occasional showers expected with sunrise at 5 23 and sunset at 8 26. River stage reads 38 stationary as of the morning forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No&m
Local weather report shows mild temps and light trace
Yesterday reached a high of 85 degrees with a low of 66 last night. Precipitation recorded at 0.06 inches. Local conditions indicate comfortable daytime warmth and cooler overnight cooling.
Weather Outlook For Terre Haute And Vicinity
Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms tonight and Saturday. Lows around 65 tonight. highs near 85 tomorrow. Indiana shows similar trends with lows 55 to 60 and highs 70s to 80s across the state. Illinois forecasts cloudy skies with showers, lows 55 to 65, and highs around 70 to 80 near the Ohio River. Temperature at street thermometer reads 78 at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Cairo
Ohio River
New York Bound Plane Missing With 40 Aboard
A Pan American World Airways flight from Johannesburg to New York with about 40 people aboard was nine hours overdue. It did not stop at Roberts Field Liberia and last landed in Accra. Dakar officials said fuel suggested it might still be aloft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakar
French West Africa
Pan American World Airways
Johannesburg
New York City
Roberts Field
Monrovia
Liberia
Accra
Gold Coast
Blinded veteran receives deed to his gift home
Peru Ill June 22. Joseph Kristapovich, blinded by a World War II minesweeper blast, receives the deed to his home after five years of fundraising by local residents. The campaign raised 11,059.62 dollars and trustees Clarence Charlton and John Cusick distributed the final funds. Kristapovich works at the Westclox plant in Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ill
Joseph Kristapovich
Kristapovich
South Pacific
Clarence Charlton
John Cusick
Westclox
Charge for Children at Fireworks Display
Ft. Harrison Post, American Legion, will charge twenty five cents for children at the Fourth of July fireworks. Publicity director Earl Prewitt said the fee is needed after slot machines were removed from the post home. The post typically spends 2200 on the display, with children admitted free in past years to reduce hazards for Terre Haute. The Terre Haute event is among Indiana’s largest displays.
Terre Haute Day At Atterbury Air Force Base
Atterbury Air Force Base in Columbus Indiana marked Terre Haute Day with a caravan of about fifty cars. Terre Haute Reservists on extended duty observed drill teams and the base area, tracing the evolution of the Air Force Reserve since 1947 and the 434th Troop Carrier Wing formed in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Atterbury Air Base
Whitey” Hawk
434Th
Dick Hassinger
Ivan Huxford
Hawk
Edgar S. Tingley
Branson Dunlap
Joseph E. Gill
Tribune
Atterbury Air Force Base
Columbus
Ind
Wabash Valley
Air Force
Vigo County
Air Force Reserve Program
Uncle Sam
80Th
Bloomington
434Th Troop Carrier Wing
Five Red Jets Down as Yanks Run Toll to Twenty Nine
United Press reports U S fighters shot down or damaged five Communist jets in two battles over northwest Korea. F-86 Sabrejets downed two MiG-15s, damaged three, and drove others to the Manchurian border. UN forces bombed four airfields and probed enemy positions near Kumchon and Pyongyang as Chinese troops held hills south of Pyongyang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Tokyo
USS
Korea
Manchurian
U.S. 5Th Air Force
Yalu River
Manchuria
Red Air Force
United Nations
Kumchon
Pyongyang
8Th Army
U.S. Urges Allies to Speed Korea Reinforcements
At the United Nations in New York on June 22 the United States asked member states to send more troops to Korea. Ernest Gross cited Chinese Communist concentrations and aggression, urging nations that pledged support but have not sent forces to act. Fifty-three countries pledged aid. sixteen sent ground troops, nine naval forces, and eight air units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
United States
U.N
Ernest Gross
U.S
Trygve Lie
Winds Heavily Wind Lashes Midwest Texas Dust Storm
A violent windstorm swept northern Illinois northern Indiana and parts of Texas last night. Winds near tornadic velocity caused extensive property damage in Snyder Texas and a dust storm accompanied the wind injuring two people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
E.S.T
Illinois
Indiana
Texas
Snyder
Swim kids barred from British soil
London June 22 U P Britain refused to admit Miami children Bubba Tongay five and Kathy four who hoped to swim the English Channel. Home Secretary James Chuter Ede said conditions would be laid down before admission and then announced the children would not be allowed to land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Britain
Miami
Bubba Tongay
Kathy
James Chuter Ede
Indiana twister sweeps three counties causing damage and injuries
A northern Indiana tornado cut a two mile path from Pulaski to Star City across Winamac and Akron with damage estimates of 500000 in Pulaski and 250000 in Fulton. Four injured, locals sheltered as trees and debris blocked roads and power lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twister
Indiana
Winamac
Pulaski County
Akron
Fulton County
Warsaw
Kosciusko County
Pulaski
Star City
Bruce
Sam Rearick
Mayor Calls Board To Study Fire Police Runs
Mayor Ralph Tucker called a special Board of Public Works and Safety meeting to study regulations for emergency fire trucks police cars and ambulances after a fatal crash between the fire chief's car and a police squad car. Equipment delays and a radio purchase are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Tucker
Board of Public Works and Safety
Richard Gray
Nicoson
Wayne Jones
Walter Thompson
Seventeenth Street
Nineteenth Street
Nineteenth and
Washington Avenue
Shipping talks end in deadlock after six day strike threat
New York June 22. A joint negotiation session to settle the six day east and Gulf coast shipping strike ended early with no agreement after three and a quarter hours. Joseph Curran, president of the CSO Maritime Union, said we got exactly nowhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
C.S.T
Joseph Curran
C.so. Maritime Union
Navy Privateer Crashes Off Whidbey Island Coast
A four engine Navy Privateer crashed in mudflats near Whidbey Island Naval Air Station at noon yesterday killing five crewmen. Five others were injured, with one in critical condition. witnesses described bodies thrown as far as 50 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station
Crash Victims Remain Serious Gray Rites Man
Terre Haute fire chief and a policeman in critical condition today after a Thursday crash that killed Fire Capt. Richard Gray. Fire Chief Denis Nicoson comatose? 43, and Officers Wayne Jones 35 and Walter Thompson 32 listed as serious. Coffin, firefighter aide, remains in fair condition after gas main explosion. Funeral for Gray set for Monday 1:30 pm with an honor guard and Masonic rites at Cross Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Richard Gray
Denis Nicoson
Plum Street
Wayne Jones
Seabury Avenue
Walter Thompson
Eighth Avenue
Nicoson
Gray
Nineteenth Street
Washington Avenue
Twenty-first
Hulman Streets
Clifford E. Coffin
Terre Haute Gas Corporation
Coffin
Capt. Gray
the Cross Funeral Home
A. L. Althaus
Euclid Lodge 573
Roselawn Memorial Park
John Lamb
Norman Fesler
Leo Geiger
Evan Jones
Fred McConnell
Charles Eisman
May Get Academy For U S Air Force
A 10 000 acre Indiana site near Madison, with an Ohio River bluff view, is among seven locations under consideration for an Air Force academy. House committee chair Vinson said he would introduce a $20 million bill to authorize a temporary establishment at an Air Force base or civilian institution while a permanent academy is built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Indiana
Madison
Ind
Bunker Hill
Carl A. Spaatz
Ohio River
Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Annapolis
West Point
Navy
Army
Secretary of the Air Force
Air Force Base
Snow Hill Miners End Walkout Over Shift Change
Snow Hill coal mine workers voted to return to work this evening, ending a walkout that began Tuesday. The Snow Hill local of the United Mine Workers of America met to discuss the dispute over starting time for two topside workers, and a return to work order was issued after the meeting. The company had shifted hours from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. for those two men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow Hill
United Mine Workers of America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ae al
G.O.P
Atterbury
Bill Winslow
Frank Hilton
Bill Whitmer
Miner
U. S
Weather Bureau
Atterbury ON Parade
Far Flung
RED Jets
Earnest Haberecht
SWIM
Delvie Masterson
James Bruce
Gray Rites
State
U.S. Air Force
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!