Train Hits Auto Kills Linton Man in Crashes on Haythorne
A miners train and a car collided at the Milwaukee Railroad crossing on Haythorne avenue north of the city. Chester Jackson, 29, was killed instantly from a broken neck. Richard Harper, 21, suffered multiple injuries and possible internal injuries. Both occupants were ejected. Harper was taken to Union Hospital, Jackson to Ball Funeral Home.
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Linton
Terre Haute
Haythorne Avenue
Chester Jackson
Union Hospital
Richard Harper
South Center Street
Harper
Thomas Ambulance
Jackson
Ball Funeral Home
Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel
Ervin Jackson
Pearl Karns
Mary Jackson
Maple Avenue
Snow Hill Mine
Seventh
Thirteenth Streets
Weekend Highway Toll Hits Fourteen Dead in Indiana
A string of deadly crashes across Indiana over the weekend leaves fourteen dead. Names include John G. Clark 20 Franklin Christine Johnson 31 Muncie Elsie Pickard 63 Muncie and George Cecil 7 Muncie. Other victims include Clarence Lynder 65 Goldie 69 of Indianapolis Joseph Jerkowitz 20 and Walter Ruble 43. Jacob Schmitt 12 and Frederick Schmitt 18 of Tipton Orville Wratton 42 of Washington Raymond Lee Jr 29 of Jasonville John Hayes 20 Campbellsburg and David Ritchie Jr.
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Indiana
Rushville
Cincinnati Zoo
John G. Clark
Franklin
Christine Johnson
Muncie
Elsie Pickard
George Cecil
Clark
Johnson
Indianapolis
Clarence B. Lynder
Goldie
Fort Wayne
U. S
Joseph Jerkowitz
Ind
Saint Leon
Dearborn
Walter Ruble
Winchester
Ruble
Jacob Schmitt
Tipton
Frederick Schmitt
Orville S. Wratton
Washington
Raymond Lee, Jr
Jasonville
Lewis
John F. Hayes
Campbellsburg
David O. Ritchie, Jr
Fair Weather To Return Tuesday In Indiana
The Weather Bureau predicts fair, summery 80s return Tuesday and last through the week. Evansville reports over an inch of rain today with more showers likely Thursday or Friday. West Baden records 1.67 inches and Seymour 0.83 inches as Sunday’s highs range from 80 to 88. A possible cooloff again Saturday is noted.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Evansville
West Baden
Seymour
South Bend
Weather Summary From Local Station
Fair conditions with no rain. River stage at 6.1 feet and falling. Yesterday’s high 87, low 60, precipitation 0.45 inches. Sunrise 5 23, sunset 6 72. The report reflects standard Weather Bureau map notes and local conditions.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Indiana Regions
Fair and cooler tonight with lows around 60 to 62. Tuesday and Wednesday trend fair and warmer. In Indiana, cooler tonight with 53 to 58 north and 58 to 63 south, and a high Tuesday around 85 degrees. Temperature readings show 63 at 9 am and 65 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Ex-Miners' Chief and Wife Injured in Clinton Transit Crash
Robert Anderson former president of the United Mine Workers district was hurt in a Sunday afternoon crash in Clinton Ind. He and his wife were admitted to Vermillion County Hospital with possible neck back and hip injuries. The second car was driven by 17 year old David A Holt of Clinton who sustained minor injuries.
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Clinton
Ind
Robert Anderson
United Mine Workers’ District
Anderson
Terre Haute
Vermillion County Hospital
R. R. J. Clinton
Rocket Expert Goes On Trial For Espionage
Col. John C. Nickerson Jr a leading Army rocket expert faces a 10 man general court martial on 18 charges including espionage perjury and disobedience of orders The case highlights debates over missile programs and national security as proceedings begin Tuesday in Huntsville Alabama
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Huntsville
Ala
Army
John C. Nickerson
Nickerson
West Point
Billy Mitchell
Mitchell
Squirrel bites six children in Vincennes. rabies feared
Six children in Vincennes were bitten by a suspected rabid squirrel on Sunday. Physicians treated the children and planned rabies shots. A squirrel was later killed in the same neighborhood, believed to be the animal that bit the children.
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Vincennes
Move By U S Called Attempt To Start War
Tokyo dispatch reports Communist radio accusing the United States of planning to start a new war. Red broadcasts say the Reds will fight to defend the Korean armistice and oppose U S steps to match communist military buildup in Korea.
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U.S
Tokyo
U.R
U. S
Peiping
China
Korea
United States
Soviet Destroyers Pass Through Suez In Show of Strength
Two Soviet destroyers and an auxiliary tanker traversed the Suez Canal, the first Russian warships through since World War I. They cited plans for Vladivostok with possible stay in the Red Sea amid Middle East tensions involving Egypt Israel Aqaba access.
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Cairo
Suez Canals
Vladivostok
Far East
Red Sea
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Red China warned by North Vietnam Korea and Taiwan fronts
A broadcast quotes Peiping saying the three fronts are used to pressure against relaxation in Asia. The article notes the Friday decision to scrap paragraph 130 of the truce, allowing weapons into Korea, and cites North Korea and Red Korea leaders vowing consequences if the arms ban is ignored.
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South Korea
South Viet Nam
Taiwan
Formosa
China
Peiping ‘People’s Daily
Asia
Korea
North Korea
Kim Ki Soo
Red Korea
Democratic Youth League
U. S
Park Board Opens Bids for Deming and Booker T. Washington Pools
Three bids were opened for Deming Park pool construction and Booker T. Washington Park renovations. Dunk Pools, Inc. of Cleveland led at 104 545 for the Deming Park steel pool, while 28 900 covered Booker T. Washington renovation. One bid excluded bathhouse, fencing and lights.
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Deming Park
Board of Park Commissioners
W. K. Nelson Associates
Speedway City
Ind
Booker T. Washington Park
Dunk Pools, Inc
Cleveland
Ohio
Park Board
Tony Dyer
Amerete Corp
Ossing
N. Y
W. K. Nelson
Sun and Fun Concrete Swimming Pool Corp
Terre Haute
Robert Reynolds
Harold Harrison
Block Blamed For Airliner Crash At Port Hardy
A Pacific Western Airlines DC3 crash near Port Hardy, B C, Sunday killed 14, with four survivors. Ground control blocks left in the tail assembly were blamed as the cause. Survivors and witnesses described a failed takeoff, left bank, and fatal nosedive. stewardess Pat Wilson of Vancouver was praised for aiding the injured.
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Pacific Western Airlines
Port Hardy
B. C
P.W.A
Gerald Allen
A.P
Pat Wilson
Vancouver
Safe emergency landing in Minneapolis avoids injuries
A North Central Airlines DC3, with landing gear crippled after a collision with a truck, executed an emergency belly landing in Minneapolis today. Seven passengers and three crewmembers escaped unharmed, piloted by Orlin T. Gudim, 34, a World War II air veteran.
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Minneapolis
North Central Airlines
Orlin T. Gudim
Force veteran lands at Wold-Chamberlain after gear strike
A force veteran’s airliner touched down at Wold-Chamberlain International Airport after circling to burn fuel. The right front wheel was damaged when the landing gear hit a truck in Grand Forks North Carolina. The plane returned to Minneapolis for emergencies.
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Wold- Chamberlain International
Grand Forks
N. C
Minneapolis
Infiltrator Killed in Negev Desert Clash
An Arab infiltrator was killed Sunday in a clash with an Israeli army patrol in the Negev Desert. The government reported no Israeli casualties.
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Jerusalem
Negev Desert
Israel Army
Fifth Atomic Device Is Set Off In Test
The Atomic Energy Commission detonated its fifth and largest test of 1957 at the Nevada proving grounds. The blast, set at 8:30 a.m. local, damaged a control door and cracked the wall of the blockhouse but caused no injuries at the control point. The test aimed to study civilian underground shelters radiation protective gear and fallout effects on food and personnel.
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Angels’ Peak
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Reno
Nev
C.D.T
Nevada Proving Grounds
Governor Attacks Federal School Aid Plan in Virginia
Virginia Governor Thomas B. Stanley keynoted the 49th annual governors conference in Williamsburg denouncing President Eisenhower’s federal school aid proposal as totally unwarranted. The four day meeting opened with talks on highway and school problems including a plan for 12 month school operation with staggered vacations to maximize textbooks and teaching staff.
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Williamsburg
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
Eisenhower
Stanley
Massive Police Raids Listen as Juvenile Warning
A massive police raid arrested 17 people late Saturday night with Mayor Ralph Tucker calling it highly successful. He said the operation warned juveniles and out-of-town suspects that Terre Haute means business, with many detainees under 18 and a gun destroyed after a weapon charge.
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Ralph Tucker
Terre Haute
Thirteenth Street
College Avenue
Twelfth Street
Robert Henry Mayberry
South Fifteenth Street
Edward S. Everett
Mayberry
Booker T. Washington Park
Danville
Sydney-Brisbane Express Crash Injures 100 at Brisbane Station
The Sydney-Brisbane Express crashed into Brisbane station as its engineer pulled the failing brake. The diesel locomotive rammed a concrete wall near a busy street, injuring about 100 people, mostly passengers in the first two cars.
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Brisbane
Australia
Six Teenagers Die in Painted Post Crash
Six teens bound for a swimming party were killed when their car swerved to avoid a left turning vehicle, struck a second car, vaulted a ditch and hit a tree near Waneta Lake. A seventh youth was injured. Three of the dead were to graduate tonight from Painted Post High School.
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Painted Post
N. Y
Painted Post High School
Waneta Lake
Here
Roland Leinhos
Jack van Deventer
Dorothy
Patricia Bonzo
Mary A. Murray
Stanley Bartlett
Richard Gumberts
van Gumberts
August Draft Call is Slashed
The Army issued a draft call for 11,000 men in August, 2,000 below prior quotas for April through July and the smallest call since April 1956. The Army remains the only service using the draft.
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Washington
Army
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Ose
MRL
Haythorne Ave
Associated Press
Col
John C. Nickerson, JR
Suez
Park Pool
Block
Averell Harriman
New York
C. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Williamsburg Inn
U. S. Territories
A.P. Wirephote
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