Eight Gambling Defendants Face Trial in Terre Haute
In U S District Court in Terre Haute eight alleged gamblers face a conspiracy and tax evasion trial. The defendants include Leo Shaffer Jules Horwick and Buck Sumner along with Joseph Jacobson E M Wyatt Irwin Gordon Phillip Share James Tanner. A joint motion seeks an indefinite continuance amid claims of media prejudice.
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U. S. District Court
Terre Haute
Dale J. Holder
Holder
Leo Shaffer
Chicago
Winnipeg
Canada
Jules Horwick
Shaffer
C. L. “Buck” Sumner
Indianapolis
Marion County
Joseph Jacobson
E. M. Wyatt
Irwin Gordon
Las Vegas
Nev
Phillip Share
James Tanner
Miami Beach
Fla
Wyatt
U. S
Don A. Tabbert
State Rights Debate Moves Through House Chamber
The House opened debate on a bill to prevent federal laws from invalidating similar state statutes. Opposed by the Eisenhower administration, it aims to curb Supreme Court decisions and would bar courts from striking five laws without Congress action, prompting a fierce fight led by Emanuel Celler.
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Washington
UPD
House
Eisenhower
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Congress
Justice Department
Senate
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
Federal Reserve System
McNamara
Treasury
Fed
Unrest in China described as at peak by official
Walter Robertson told Congress that unrest inside Red China is at an all time peak. He doubted Peiping could be overthrown unless its army rebels but said it may reach a point where the army could side with the people. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released censored testimony from Robertson and others given in closed sessions.
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Washington
Red China
Walter S. Robertson
Congress
Robertson
Far East
Peiping
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Weather Map Forecast On Page Seven
The Weather By U S Weather Bureau notes neon time markers indicating sunset at 8 20 with a 2 p m observation and map context for the page seven weather layout.
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U S. Weather Bureau
Neon
Regional Weather Summary from Terre Haute Area
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Tuesday with lows in the 60s to 70s. Indiana regions show fair to partly cloudy skies, cooler nights, and a Tuesday with Mostly 70s. Illinois areas mostly fair and cooler, with a few showers possible in the south. The street thermometer reads 70 at AM and 82 at 2 PM.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Chinese Battle Heavy Floods In Prized Delta Fight
Chinese laborers, in the Pearl River delta regions of Kwangtung and Kwangsi, battle rising waters as rains from June 15 to 21 prompted Peiping radio to report 250000 acres damaged and a potentially historic flood. Peak flood stage expected Tuesday or Wednesday along major rivers.
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Tokyo
Kwangtun
Kwangsi
China
Kwangtung
Pearl River
Peiping Radio
Steel Strike Deadline Near as Talks Stall
Federal Mediation Chief Joseph Finnegan meets steel executives in New York as a nationwide strike deadline looms in eight days. Talks between 12 companies and the United Steelworkers linger with no progress, while mill towns brace for shutdowns and officials plan to address strike fallout.
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Washington
UPI
Joseph F. Finnegan
Fourman
United Steelworkers of America
New York
Pittsburgh
John F. Murray
Trucker Killed As Truck Explodes On U S 40
An unidentified truck driver died early today on U S 40 in Richmond Indiana after losing control, hitting two trees and a lamp post, causing the truck and its metallic dust laden trailer to explode and burn within city limits.
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Richmond
Ind
U. S. 40
Rites Tuesday For F.R. Waldron Business Leader
Funeral services are set for Tuesday morning at Martin Tearman Funeral Home for Fred R. Waldron a prominent business and civic figure who died Sunday in Indianapolis He was executive vice president and secretary of Morris Plan Bank and suffered a fatal heart attack at the Columbia Club. Waldron longtime Terre Haute resident active in the Chamber of Commerce and Methodist Church.
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Fred R. Waldron
Indianapolis
Martin Tearman
Waldron
Morris Plan Bank
Columbia Club
Chamber of Commerce
The
Methodist
Mine Inspectors Institute Opens Forty Ninth Annual Convention
The Hoosier founded Mine Inspectors Institute of America opened its forty ninth annual convention in Terre Haute with 300 registered. Delegates from across the nation plus Canada and Nova Scotia attend. they seek uniform mining laws and safety improvements, welcomed by local officials.
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Mine Inspectors Institute of America Today
Terre Haute House
The
Institute
Canada
Nova Scotia
United States Bureau of Mining
United Mine Workers of America
Insurance Companies
Ralph Tucker
John K. Lamb
Chamber of Commerce
Hoosierland
L. Darrell Weaver
Indiana
Crawford Parker
Indianapolis
Floods Leave Thousands Homeless in Colombo
Widespread floods after three days of monsoon rains have left several thousand Ceylonese homeless. Government relief agencies fear the death toll may be large.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Herter to Address Geneva Deadlock on TV Report
Secretary of State Christian Herter met with President Eisenhower at the White House to outline a television report for Tuesday night on the stalled Geneva conference. He described his first hand briefing as general and said no summit with the Russians was discussed during Geneva talks.
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Washington
Christian O. Herter
Eisenhower
Geneva
Herter
C. Douglas Dillion
White House
Europe
Russia
West Berlin
West Germany
House
Senate
Louisiana Braces for Turmoil as Governor Battles Mental Hospital
In Louisiana a crisis week looms as Gov. Earl K. Long, held at Mandeville state hospital for schizophrenia, seeks release to regain power. A sanity hearing may occur in Baton Rouge or St. Tammany Parish, with doctors reporting satisfactory condition and ongoing tests.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Mandeville
Sue
Theo Cangelosi
Long
Board of Supervisors
Louisiana State University
Southeastern State Hospital
Cangelosi
J. Anthony Rouses
Southeastern Hospital
Victor Lief
Dr. Rouses
State Hospital
Fred S. Leblanc
East Baton Rouge Parish
Nuclear war fate studied by committee hearings begin
A congressional subcommittee opens five days of hearings to show Americans in 224 high risk locales how many would be killed, injured, or sickened by a multimegaton nuclear exchange. It warns fallout would affect the entire world for generations beyond the attacked nation.
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Washington
Russia
Special Atomic
Five swept into crevasse on Mt Hood tragedy at Timberline
At Mt Hood near Timberline Lodge five climbers were swept into a crevasse by thawing ice and snow. One 16 year old Boy Scout, David Draper of Vancouver Washington, died eight hours later in a Portland hospital. The group, part of a 48 member climb, was roped together when a 30 foot crevasse filled with wet snow. Four others were bruised but survived.
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Timberline Lodge
Ore
Mt. Hood
David Draper
Vancouver
Wash
Portland
Queen Elizabeth II talks with workers on Canada tour
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip tour Saguenay visiting aluminum mills and hydro plants en route to meet President Eisenhower for the St. Lawrence Seaway opening. At a Labrador iron mine she spoke with pit crew members, staying long after schedule amid dust and heat.
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Chicoutimi
Quc
Queen Elizabeth II
Canada
Prince Philip
Saguenay
Quebec City
Eisenhower
St. Lawrence Seaway
Labrador
Elizabeth
Philip
Walter Williams Rests in Paced Battle With Pneumonia
Walter Williams aged 116, last Civil War survivor, remains in an oxygen tent in Houston on June 22 1947. Doctors report little change as pneumonia persists. Dr Russell Wolfe notes slight temperature drop and steady pulse despite fever rising to 101.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Russell Wolfe
Stampede Kills Four in Toluca Movie Theater Roof Collapse
Four people died and about 20 were seriously injured when a wind storm tore a theater roof, triggering a stampede as patrons fled Toluca, Mexico, on Sunday night.
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Toluca
Mexico
Police hunt brothers armed with dynamite in St. Louis
Police pursue James Hecker and Joseph Hecker two brothers aged 23 and 18 for attempted burglary and bombing of the St. Louis Arena bowling alley. They are believed to carry four dynamite bombs with delayed fuses that could detonate if captured or forced to surrender. Authorities warn civilians to stay clear and consider the devices dangerous.
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ST. Louis
UPD
James Hecker
Joseph
St. Louis Arena
Arthur Sullivan
Heck
Sullivan
Summer Weather Arrives With Clouds and T storms
Indiana faces a cool front after a day of cloud cover and possible rain. Scattered thundershowers are forecast statewide with highs in the 70s and a five day trend toward 76 to 85 degrees, cooler than today’s southern highs near 90.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Weather Bureau
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James S. Raber
Federal
Charles
Robert Reynolds
Barbara
Coney Island Hospital
Reynolds
Finnegan
David J. McDonald
Roger M. Blough
United States Steel Corp
R. Conrad Cooper
Sched
F.R. Waldron
Mine Institute
Tallahassee
W. May Walker
Raiford
Patrick Scarborough
Wilson T. Collinsworth
Ollie Stoutamire
David Beagles
Joseph L. Myler
Stampede
City Desk
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