Defense approves Dana heavy water plant revival for classified materiel
The Army, with inputs from Senator Hartke and Senator Capehart, approves plans to renovate the former Atomic Energy Commission heavy water facility at Dana for secret chemical warfare materiel. Initial work costs about 8.2 million dollars with construction to begin in four months and a two year timetable. A 400 worker construction crew is planned, peaking at 175 to 200 workers once in operation, with potential to raise total project cost to about 13.5 million dollars.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Dana
Department of Defense
Tribune
Fred Wampler
Army
Vance Hartke
Homer Capehart
P. E. Feucht
Food Machinery and Chemical Corp
New York City
Wampler
Department
Vermillion County
Vigo
Parks
Illinois
Defense
Neil McElroy
Prospective Jurors Hear Gambling Plan In Terre Haute Case
Prospective jurors in a U S tax evasion case heard a sketch of a gambling syndicate operation in Terre Haute. Eight men are named in the five count indictment charging conspiracy evasion of taxes and failure to register a gambling operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Terre Haute
Internal Revenue Department
Dale J. Holder
Holder
Chester Black
Spencer Insuranceman
Edmond Cissna Jr
Chrisney Farmer
Internal Revenue Service
Robert M. Lewis
Greencastle
Jules Horwick
Leo Shaffer
Chicago
Charles L. (Buck) Sumner
Marion County
Edgar M. Wyatt
Joey Jacobs
Indianapolis
Philip Share
Irwin Gordon
Las Vegas
Nev
James Tanner
Detroit
Wyatt
Joseph Traum
Wabash Avenue
General Telephone Co
Louis Armstrong Hospitalized With Pneumonia in Spoleto
Louis Armstrong, 58, was rushed to Spoleto civil hospital with pneumonia after a suspected heart attack. Doctors initially feared a heart issue, but specialists confirmed pneumonia. The New Orleans trumpeter arrived for the Festival of Two Worlds directed by Gian Carlo Menotti.
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Spoleto
Italy
Louis Armstrong
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Weather update and river stage report
The noon reading notes sunrise at 5 23 and a river stage of 28 feet remaining stationary. The brief records a calm condition with no flood risk indicated at this time.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Indiana Regions Today
Partly cloudy and cool conditions with a high near 75 in Indiana. Tonight mainly upper 50s with Lew readings. Wednesday remains partly cloudy with little temperature change and a high around 898.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Lew
Tillandis
Illness Proves Fatal To Terre Haute Engineer A G Belden
Albert G. Belden 63 longtime president of Belden Heating Inc died at St Anthony Hospital after a short illness He lived at 2700 Wilson St and had undergone surgery Monday He is survived by wife Beatrice L daughter Mrs John McClure of Redondo Beach Calif and three grandchildren Funeral services by Rev R Powell Mead will be private at Martin Tearman funeral home with no visitation
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Albert G. Belden
Terre Haute
Belden Heating, Inc
South Fruitridge Avenue
St. Anthony Hospital
Belden
Wilson Street
Belden Company
Beatrice L
John McClure
Redondo Beach
Calif
Martin Tearman
R. Powell Mead
Father of 34 Children Dies in Bulldozer Accident
Gary Armstrong, 58, of Maitland, Florida, was electrocuted on Monday when a bulldozer struck a guy wire supporting a power pole. He leaves a second wife and 33 of his 34 children, aged from toddlers to adults. Armstrong’s 16-year-old son had died in a drowning last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
Gary Armstrong
Maitland
Armstrong
Teacher's Formula For Handling Problem Youths
John H. Tully, longtime principal of Public School 68 in the Bronx, outlines a simple method for troubled students. He admits he was a disruptive pupil and believes firms but nonpunitive discipline can reform without chastisement. He says no child is truly bad if treated correctly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Sheehan
New York
John H. Tully
Bronx
Tully
Herter to Make No Retreat Stand in Berlin Talks
Secretary of State Christian A Herter plans a national radio and television address to outline a united Allied no retreat policy on Berlin. He will explain six weeks of Geneva talks failed to break East West deadlock and press for a firm Western stance in West Berlin with Eisenhower backing.
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Washington
Christian A Herter
Berlin
Herter
Geneva
Germany
Nbc-Tv
Cbs-Tv
Terre Haute
Abc-Tv
Eisenhower
White House
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Kremlin
West Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
State Department
New Mystery In Reeves Death Reopens Suicide Case
Puzzling new developments reopen the George Reeves death case. The actor's will leaves most of a 50 000 dollar estate to a film executive's wife. Lawyer Jerry Giesler reports a coroner seal was broken at Reeves Benedict Canyon home and 5000 dollars missing.
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Hollywood
George “Superman
Reeves
Jerry Giesler
Giesler
Benedict Canyon
Santa Monica Superior Court
New York Case Society
Arthur Weissman
Palmer Returns to Savannah Jail After Inflation Torment
Pi Albert Palmer a 54 year old convicted murderer who escaped six months ago surrendered to police in Savannah on Monday He said he buried 100 in a jar before jail but inflation ate it away and he turned himself in when the money was gone He is described as a Negro and reportedly cited inflation as the motive for surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Albert Palmer
Palmer
Vanguard missile launch ends in failure at Cape Canaveral
Vanguard missile team reports repeated satellite failures with eight unsuccessful launches. Only Vanguard vehicle I or II achieved orbit in earlier attempts, while the second stage misfired on the 10th launch, sending the 22 pound satellite to fiery demise. fate rests on the remaining launcher to be used in coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fila
Vanguard
Rioting Patients Seize Guards At Springfield U S Center
In Springfield Missouri on Monday night rioting psychiatric patients seized five guards and took over a wing of the Federal General Hospital. Sheriff Glenn Hendrix said convicts sought to break through the 36 inch walls at the northwest corner of 10 North. Authorities formed three tight lines around the wing as state troopers police and federal guards blocked exits. The riot allegedly involved six or seven convicts including one serving a 20 year term. Continued on Page 9 Column 2.
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Springfield
U. S. Medical Center
Glenn Hendrix
Greene County
Leavenworth
Kan
Federal Prison System
General Hospital
Country Club
Hendrix
Wife of hostage guard faces long wait in Springfield
Mrs. William L. Fitch, wife of one of five guards seized by rioting psychiatric patients at the U S Medical Center, waited anxiously for news as her husband remained missing. Neighbors kept vigil, while the center’s chaplain notified her of the seizure.
Senator Suffers Stroke After Vote
Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming remained in the U S Naval Hospital at Bethesda Maryland for treatment of a mild stroke. The 74 year old lawmaker suffered the stroke Friday morning after the Senate rejected the confirmation of Commerce Secretary Lewis L Strauss. He was reported to be reacting very well to treatment with encouraging chances of recovery.
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Washington
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
U. S. Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Senate
Commerce
Lewis L. Strauss
Confederate Vet Walter Williams rallies after pneumonia
Confederate veteran Walter Williams, 116, the Civil War’s last survivor, shows improvement after a two week pneumonia spell. Doctor Russell Wolfe says Williams is weaker than last week but fever is down and may pull through, though he’s been on oxygen.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Russell Wolfe
Monay. Williams
Long's Hearing Set for Friday
Gov. Earl K. Long seeks habeas corpus to free himself from Southeast Louisiana mental hospital arguing improper commitment papers and fraud. Judge Jones scheduled a 10 a.m. Friday hearing with a diagnosis to be presented. Lt. Gov. Lether Frazar disputed succession while Secretary of State Wade Martin Jr. wavered on recognizing Long.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
22Nd Judicial Court
Robert Jones
Joe Arthur Sims
Long
Southeast Louisiana
Mandeville
Sims
Jones
Chester Williams
East Baton Rouge Parish
Jack Gremillion
Lether Frazar
Frazar
Wade O. Martin, Jr
Martin
Vigo Area Stage Canvass Supports MS Hope Chest Drive
Vigo County residents join the 1959 MS Hope Chest drive to fund research into multiple sclerosis. About 500 women will canvass homes today with MS badges and collection kits, calling neighbors 6 to 8 PM. A collection center opens after 6 PM in City Hall courtroom.
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Vigo County
Terre Haute
City Hall
Harriman Talks With Khrushchev In Moscow Kremlin
London dispatch reports W Averell Harriman former New York governor and World War II ambassador to Moscow met Premier Nikita Khrushchev today at the Kremlin. Harriman is touring the Soviet Union.
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London
W. Averell Harriman
New York
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Moscow
Harriman
Soviet Union
Mine Institute Banquet Follows LA Trip For Delegates
Mine Inspectors Institute holds its forty ninth annual session as delegates and their wives tour Indiana University campus in Bloomington. A barbecue luncheon at the fieldhouse precedes a 6 30 pm banquet at the Terre Haute House with Howard T. Batman of Lynch Coal Operators Reciprocal Association as principal speaker.
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Mine Inspectors’ Institute
Bloomington
Indiana University
University Fieldhouse
Mayflower
Terre Haute House
Howard T. Batman
Lynch Coal Operators Reciprocal Association
Purcell
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Etro
Medical Center
U. S. District Court
Southern District of Indiana
Lawrenceville
Satchmo
U S. Weather Bureau
A. Mp
M. Sunset
A. G. Belden
William L. Fitch
Jo Ann Lane
Don Robinson
Fitch
Lane
Center
Sue
William Jr
William W. Williams
Khrushchev
Mine Institute
Terre Hauteau
Charles A. Purcell
Indiana Bureau of Mines and Mining
Arthur Bradbury
Indiana Steel Coal Properties
Kentucky
G. J. Steinheiser
Pennsylvania
Robert D. Bradford
Oklahoma
Joseph Bierer
West Virginia
Frank T. Powers
Maryland
C. A.mcdowell
W. J. Schuster
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