Summer Recreation Program Opens for City Children
The 1959 summer program for school-age children starts Monday at 10 a.m. with activities across playgrounds including swimming baseball tennis 4H clubs music and drama. Schedule lists multiple school sites with daily morning sessions and centers for instrumental music swimming and 4H clubs run by local leaders and organizations.
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Earl Pike
Cruft
Fairbanks
Montrose
Meadows
Maple Avenue
Davis Park
Sandison
Sheridan Park
Rankin
Thornton
Woodrow Wilson Junior High
Collett Park
McLean School
Sarah Scott
Washington Park
Garfield High School
YWCA
Woodrow Wilson
Deming
Greenwood
Nancy Forbes
Jane Fleming
Phyllis Sloan
McLean
Sandra Drake
Vigo County
Ronald Whallon
A.m. Deming
A.m. Rankin
P.m. Rea
Am. Craft
A.m. Laboratory
Fuqua School
Shakamak
Dramatic Frozen Slam Plays Out In Masters Bridge
In the 1944 Masters pair championship a dramatic hand from Table No 1 ended with Schenken and Crawford delivering a cold slam after East-West errantly played there. Crawford ruffed with dummy, cashed trumps, and the squeeze forced East to discard a diamond, enabling the slam over an overtrick.
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Obie
Howard Schenken
John Crawford
Schenken
East-West
West
Crawford
East
Declarer
North
Woman bitten by dog treated at St Anthony Hospital
A 66 year old woman named Emila Grace, of 730 South First Street, was bitten above the ankle on her left leg a few blocks from home. She was treated and released Sunday evening at St Anthony Hospital. A P. J. Ryan and Sons ambulance transported her for treatment. The report notes bower birds of Australia decorate nests with shells and bright objects.
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St. Anthony Hospital
Emila Grace
South First Street
P. J. Ryan and Sons
Dear Abby Advice Column Snippet
A reader asks about mail to soldiers and keeping correspondence, Abby notes letters should be written by service members who want mail. A couple reports a ring conflict and Abby calls the wife childish, stressing feeling married over appearance. In a gift inquiry Abby advises not to send or ask about a missing gift, suggesting to check via a mutual friend.
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Abby
Red Cross
Fran
Hates
Two Attacks Reported by Police In Separate Incidents
John Lee of 1456 North Twenty seventh street says six youths attacked him in his backyard after he asked them to stop throwing firecrackers and breaking a window. He plans to swear out warrants against them. In a separate incident Ray Pruitt says two assailants attacked him after exiting a car. his wife fled to seek help. Pruitt was treated at Union Hospital for head cuts.
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John Lee
North Twenty Seventh Street
Lee
Ray Pruitt
Father saves daughter in attic fire escape
A New York father jumped from his burning attic window with his one year old daughter in his arms. He landed on a lower roof and dropped the child to safety while he escaped to a grassy area. Robert Reynolds aged 31 and his daughter Barbara received burn treatment but were not seriously hurt.
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New York
Robert Reynolds
Barbara
Nine Die in Indiana Weekend Auto Crashes
Indiana police report nine deaths in weekend traffic incidents including three Ohioans in a one car crash on the Indiana Toll Road near Elkhart. Victims were Joseph La Vetter 55 and Abe Kaufman 63 and Kaufman’s wife Esther. Sophie La Vetter 53 and Eugene Vogel 19 were injured. A Jeffersonville boy Patrick Cochran 2 was killed crossing between parked cars. Franklin Claxton 28 of Fort Wayne died when his car hit a rail underpass on U S 30 near Fort Wayne. Wayne Burger 35 of North Judson perished in a crash on U S 30 near La Porte County.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Elkhart
Joseph A. la- Vetter
Cleveland
Abe S. Kaufman
Cleveland Heights
Kaufman
Esther
la- Vetter
Sophie
Eugene Vogel
New York
LaVetter
Jeffersonville
Patrick Cochran
U. S. 30
Fort Wayne
Franklin L. Claxton
Manna
la Porte County
Wayne Burger
North Judson
Burger
Transit officials back married couples in Coventry
Coventry city transit officials announced a policy favoring married couples on the same route. They said women bus conductors should be paired with their husband drivers where possible, arguing teamwork and care improve with spouses nearby.
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Coventry
England
UPI
Fatal crashes claim several lives in Indiana region
A fatal weekend toll includes Patrick J. O Malley 18 of East Chicago killed in a Hammond freight depot collision with a struck truck. The truck driver George Jusko 46 of North Lake was charged with reckless driving. Donald Fell 17 of South Bend died when his motorcycle struck a car west of South Bend on Ind 2. Robert O Henderson 37 died in a two car crash at an Indianapolis street intersection. Madeline Pilet, a Hammond woman, also died in a separate Sunday incident.
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Patrick J. O'Malley
Chicago
Hammond
George Jusko
North Lake
Ill
Donald Fell
South Bend
Ind
Indianapolis
Robert O. Henderson
Madeline Pilet
Car Crash Kills Driver in Illinois Field
A car driven by Eugene Gauer, 29, of Chicago, lost control on Route 1 and veered into a corn field in Kankakee County. The vehicle rolled over and threw occupants out. Gauer was killed and others were injured.
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Kankakee County
Illinois
Eugene Gauer
Chicago
Gauer
Stove on fire at O. W. Taylor Restaurant blaze
Frying fat near a gas plate leaked hose fumes sparked a Sunday blaze at the O. W. Taylor Restaurant. Firemen battled flames and contained the fire with minor damage reported to the kitchen area.
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O. W. Taylor
Fire report cites $10 damage to equipment at 501 Wabash
Terre Haute Fire Department officials report damages to equipment totaling about $10 from the incident at 501 Wabash avenue. No damage occurred to the building.
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Wabash Avenue
Terre Haute
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Baseball
Spencer Ball Park
Hyte Center
Voorhees Park
Rose-Herz
Thompson Park
Terre Town
Fuqua
Sugar Grove
Memorial Park
B. Jay Becker
Central Press
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Australia
Abigail van Buren
Pruitt
Union Hospital
Transit Bliss
Osco
Hazel Scott
Woodburn Printing Co., Inc
South 6Th St
New York, N. Y
Whitehall Pharmaca Domesae
Indiana State Bank
Wabash Ave
F.D.I.C
Ford
Ford Division
Ford Netor Company
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