Ohio man in rampage kills three including teen girl
Alfred Wilson 37 of Leavittsburg enraged over quarrel with his wife uses car to attack, fatally wounding sisters-in-law Hazel Botts 33 and Nancy Worthington 16 and injuring a man Emmitt Dennison 42 and abducting Worthington. Worthington's body was found in a ditch near Windham. Wilson had been released on bond days earlier and vow about not getting away alive.
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Warren
Ohio
Here
Harry Crozier
Alfred Wilson
Leavittsburg
Wilson
Crozier
Geraldine Brown
Crosier
Emmitt Dennison
Dennison
Hazel Botts
Cortland
Arthur Johnson
Thomas Heidelberg
Nancy Worthington
Miss Worthington
Windham
Joseph Murphy
Murphy
Talks On Steel Deadlocked As Deadline Nears
New York June 22 Talks on steel labor contract negotiations stalled eight days before a strike deadline. The United Steelworkers accuse industry conspiracies while the Big Three U S Steel Bethlehem and Republic urge acceptance of a five year package. Wage hikes and first year costs are debated as unions push for higher pay.
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New York
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem and
Republic
Bethlehem and Republic
Schricker Named Delegate at Large for Democratic Convention
Indianapolis June 22 Former Gov Henry F Schricker will be one of Indiana eight at large delegates to the Democratic national convention in Chicago Aug 13 Also named are State Chairman Charles F Skillen Vice Chairman Georgia Arnsman of West Lebanon Reps Ray J Madden and Winfield K Denton and national committeewoman Mrs Kenneth Luckett One of two remaining at large seats will go to the Democratic nominee for Indiana governor at the state convention Tuesday
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Indianapolis
Henry F. Schricker
Indiana
Chicago
Charles EF. Skillen
Georgia Arnsman
West Lebanon
Ray J. Madden
Winfield&k
Rained Out Championship Match in Terre Haute Golf Tourney
The Ladies Spring Handicap golf championship between Mrs J S McHargue and Mrs Robert Oliphant at the Country Club of Terre Haute was halted by rain after the eleventh hole this morning. Play to resume this afternoon.
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J. S. McHargue
Robert Oliphant
Country Club of
Terre Haute
Ex Chief Hughes Dies in Chicago at 86
Michael J. Hughes, 86, former Chicago police chief and renowned detective, died Thursday night after a brief illness. He served 39 years with the department, retiring in 1935.
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Chicago
Michael J. Hughes
Chicago Police Department
Hughes
Police Department
Wilson Attacks Air Budget Drive Sparks Senate Debate
Secretary of Defense Wilson, at the Quantico base, called the proposed defense budget “phoney” while Senate action began on a $34.938 billion defense bill. He warned he would cross the bridge if Congress votes the extra Air Force funds but said he did not yet need them. Senate debate opened with Chavez urging approval to maintain air superiority over Soviet Russia.
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Quantico
Wilson
Senate
Apn
Marine Corps Base
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Sen. Bridges
Reds Predict Atomic Aircraft Soon in Soviet Union
The Soviet Army paper Red Star says atomic air craft will arrive soon, citing advances in nuclear physics and electronics. It notes an improved TU104 jet passenger version with 170 seats is in use on internal routes and promises faster jets later. General Nathan F. Twining arrives for a seven day visit to inspect facilities as U S officials keep Twining location classified.
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Moscow
Red Star
Soviet Union
Nathan F. Twining
U.S. Air Force
Twining
Russia
London
Ivan Serov
Georgi
Washington
Wiesbaden
Germany
U.S
Twi‘ning
Pentagon
Berlin
Electrocution at Shasta Strip Mine Claims 50 Year-Old Worker
Reynolds Figg aged 50, a 12 year employee at the Shasta strip mine in Vincennes Indiana, was electrocuted when a truck cable brushed a high tension line Friday afternoon. He died at the scene.
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Vincennes
Ind
Reynolds
Shasta
Fire at Clay City locker wipes out $70,000 stock
A $70,000 fire destroyed a frozen food locker in Clay City Indiana early today with no injuries. Owner Al Herrick estimated $35,000 of the loss was stored food. Two explosions sent flames 100 feet high and blew out windows across the street as ammonia fumes hampered firefighters.
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Clay City
Ind
al Herrick
W. M. Smith
Keeps Survival Kit in Readiness in Boston
Mrs Katherine G Howard adviser to Civil Defense head Val Peterson urges Americans to pack survival kits for enemy attack. She and her husband keep two suitcases with food and essentials under the front stairway for quick evacuation in Boston.
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Boston
Katherine G. Howard
Civil Defense
Val Peterson
Heavy Storms Kill Two in Indiana Linton Area
Violent electrical storms across Indiana left two people dead near Linton and caused severe flooding. Frances Tolbert 14 died when lightning struck a shed in Shoals. Rollie Kirchoff of Freelandville was killed under a tree. Evans of Washington hospitalized after injuries to others. Flooding damaged crops, forced evacuations, and stranded motorists as 7 inches of rain drenched the area.
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Indiana
Linton
Frances Tolbert
Shoals
Rollie Kirchoff
Freelandville
Larry Davis
Harry Belcher
Washington
Maude Miller
Thomas Greenwood
Felix Haffley
W. C. Taylor
Gilbreath
Backyard vanishes in 25 foot deep cavern in Rossville
A mother and neighbor watched as a back yard sank Thursday creating a 25 foot hole, revealing an underground cave filled with water. Willow Morrison reported his new home backyard dropping to a large crater as dust rose and bushes slid away. Constable Lefty Denton suggested an underground lake may lie beneath the area once used for limestone mining.
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Rossville
A. R. Templeton
Willie Morrison
Morrison
Lefty Denton
Weather Map Update Warm and Humid Conditions
The weather map notes warm and humid conditions with river stage at 10.8 feet and rising. Timings show noon at 70, 9 a m at 72, sunrise 5 23, sunset 8 20.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Local Weather Temperatures and Rainfall Recorded
Yesterday peak reached 93 degrees with a low of 69. Total precipitation measured at 1.65 inches.
Terre Haute Weather Summary for Weekend
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered thundershowers tonight. Saturday is partly cloudy turning cooler and less humid. Low tonight around 70. Sunday expected to be fair and pleasant. Indiana outlook: showers and thunder storms tonight, cooler north, Saturday partly cloudy cooler and less humid. Temperatures near 71 at 6 am and 73 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Estes and Kefauver Spar Over Farm Policy in Iowa
Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson and Sen. Estes Kefauver clashed on a shared platform at the Corn Belt Farm Family Fields Day Exposition in Eldora Iowa. Benson defended price supports and warned against political gambles with farmers while Kefauver accused President Eisenhower of breaking 1952 promises and resisting a new farm policy.
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Eldora
Iowa
Benson
Truman
Not Guilty in Clarkston Stop Sign Fatality Case
City Court Judge Edward S. Everett ruled Roy Wade of Clarkston not guilty of violating a stop sign at Poplar street and Harding avenue on April 25 1955. Wade's 22 ton westbound truck collided with a southbound car killing two and a half year old Linda Ann Neal daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren Neal of 1824 Harding avenue. The baby was riding in the back seat and was thrown from the car by the crash impact.
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Edward S. Everett
Roy Wade
Clarkston
Mich
Poplar Street
Harding Avenue
Everett
Ralph Johnson
Wade
Linda Ann Neal
Warren Neal
House Seeks Action On Civil Rights Bill Amid Senate Moves
Northern Democrats and Republicans regroup to force a House vote on the civil rights bill after a surprise move by Southern lawmakers to adjourn the Rules Committee meeting. Kennedy proposes registering lobbyists for influence activities. Senate subcommittee to investigate McLeaish lists and farm agency appointments. Meat industry powers cited by Forbes. Commerce panel backs a bill to allow industry and utility collaborations in atomic power research free of PUHCA limits.
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Washington
House
Smith
John F. Kennedy
D.-Mass
Senate Committee
Kennedy
McLeaish
Senate Permanent Investigating Subcommittee
Robert B. McLeaish
Edwin F. Forbes
Western States Meat Packers Assn
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Public Utility Holding Company
Police Gunfire Halts Flight In Stolen Auto
Police chase on U S Highway 41 ends when officers fire on a late model auto fleeing at 90 to 95 mph. Four occupants are arrested at gunpoint near Campbell crossing. driver Dennis Sierkowski 16 and three adults face vehicle taking and related charges.
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Allendale
Dennis Vincent Sierkowski
Charlotte
Mich
Edward T. Emerick
Union Town
Verle Zone Ott
Hartville
Paul Dwane Jenkins
Urbana
Frank Stroet
Campbell Crossing
Captain Street
Glenn Means
Third
Voorhees Streets
Francis Fischer
Means
Fischer
C. D. Thompson
Wheeler, Catlin
Ed Fischer
Sierkowski
Lansing
Egypt to Vote Saturday in First Six-Year Polls
Cairo June 22 Egyptians will go to the polls Saturday for the first time in six years to elect a president and ratify a new constitution. The vote aims to begin constitutional life after four years of military rule under Col Gamal Abdel Nasser.
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Cairo
Col
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Watchman Theo A. Keaton Sr. Die En Route to Work
Theodore A. Keaton Sr. a straw steel watchman at 1033 Crawford St died of a heart attack after his car stalled during a night storm. He flagged a passerby for a ride, was taken to a first aid station then to St Anthony Hospital where he died at 11 45 p m. He had worked 38 years as a baker at Miller Parrott Baking Co and belonged to Odd Fellows Bakers Local 70 and First Baptist Church. Survived by wife Marjorie son Rev Theodore A Jr Akron NY and daughter Mrs James Holler Terre Haute. Body to Gillis Memory Chapel.
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Theodore Alva Keaton, Sr
Thompson Street
Straw Steel Corporation
Crawford Street
Straw Steel
St. Anthony Hospital
Keaton
Miller-Parrott Baking Company
Odd Fellows Lodge
Bakers Local No
First Baptist Church
Marjorie
Theodore A., Jr
Akron
N. Y
James Holler
Terre
72 New Mowers for State Roads in Indiana
The Indiana State Highway Department announced 72 new mowers will soon operate along Hoosier highways. Officials urged motorists to stay alert to prevent accidents after several recent collisions with tractors and work machines. The $149000 purchase raises total mowers to about 500 in service.
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Pthe
Indiana State Highway Department
Hoosier
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