Democratic National Chairman Hints Shift In Governor Nominee Race
Indianapolis June 25 Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler and Lafayette’s Roger D. Branigin conferred about 40 minutes amid indications Butler might switch support from S Hugh Dillin of Petersburg to Branigin. A deal could offer Dillin a lower ticket post while Welsh weighs a Senate bid against Wickard and Caughran, reshaping the governor contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Paul M. Butler
Roger D. Branigin
Lafayette
Butler
S. Hugh Dillin
Petersburg
Branigin
Dillin
Mathew E. Welsh
U. S. Senate
Claude R. Wickard
Camden
B. Howard Caughran
Welsh
Senate
Wickard
Ralph Tucker
Terre Haute
12 Year Old Billie McKee Wins Soap Box Derby
Billie McKee 12 wins the Derby Hill race in Terre Haute in 44 seconds to take Class B honors and the day’s top time. He beats Walter Barcus 14 and cousin David McKee in the A division, with Arabest Control sponsoring the entrant.
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Billy McKee
Charles McCosky
Walter Barcus
Young McKee
Juanita Humble
North Thirteenth Street
Tribune-Star
Chevrolet
Terre Haute
Billie McKee
Derby Hill
Loren Barcus
Farrington Street
Barcus
McKee
David McKee
Arabest Control
Eisenhower Plans Panama Trip Late In July
President Eisenhower will fly to Panama late in July for talks with American state leaders. He postponed a July meeting with Indian Prime Minister Nehru due to convalescence from June surgery. The Eisenhowers will mark their 40th anniversary at Gettysburg farm as he recovers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Panama
Jawaharlal Nehru
Walter Reed Hospital
Gettysburg
Eisenhowers
James C. Hagerty
Nehru
London
Woman Embezzler Given 20 Years
Minnie Mangum ex-officer of a troubled financial institution was sentenced in Norfolk to 20 years in prison for embezzling 1 082 968 25 dollars and 10 years for giving false information to the State Corporation Commission. The sentences run consecutively with two year terms on eight indictments and other forgery counts, all to be served concurrently with the 20 years.
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Norfolk
Minnie Mangum
Heard Corporation Court
H. Lawrence Bullock
State Corporation Commission
Bullock
Freight train crash kills 11 in Madrid
A fast freight train rammed the rear of a slow passenger train near Madrid on Sunday, killing 11 and wounding 77 as emergency crews moved to clear wreckage and tend to the injured.
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Madrid
Spain
Annulment Granted in Bigamy Case Against Convict
Mrs Patricia Jean Long won annulment from William Robert Long in Vigo Superior Court No 2 after alleging she wed a man who misrepresented himself as single on October 25 1955 in Mississippis Nitta Yuma. The defendant is serving a one to seven year term for an earlier Vigo Circuit Court conviction and is the husband of Ella Fay Long.
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Patricia Jean Long
North Fifth Street
Vigo Superior Court
William Robert Long
Indiana State Reformatory
Vigo
Long
Albert Owens
Ella Fay Long
South Fifteenth Street
Herbert Wayne Patton
Marion Goddard Jr
Summer Complaints Highlight Quiet Police Week End
City police on Monday summarized a typical summer week end listing minor incidents. A card game dispute a theater lobby firecracker thrown and a flowerpot tossed at a neighbor no arrests were made.
Airliner Crash Near Kano Kills 30 of 45 aboard
A BOAC four engine jet crashed on takeoff from Kano Airport bursting into flames and killing 30 of the 45 people aboard. Pilot Captain Herbert Tomlinson survived the impact in the Nigerian forest as rescue teams pulled out survivors.
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Kano
Nigeria
Minster of
Harold Watkinson
House of Commons
London
British Overseas Airways Corp
Herbert Tomlinson
BOAC
Owen County Search Party Hunts Missing Terre Haute Youth
Sheriff Charles F. Douglas leads 75 searchers northwest of Spencer for 18 year old Carl F. Haas of Terre Haute missing from his family farm since Sunday afternoon. Deputy Ross Hamilton says he hasn’t been seen since about 2 PM. State police notified and checking highways as search continues.
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Owen County
Charles F. Douglas
Spencer
Carl F. Haas
Terre Haute
Ross Hamilton
Carl Haas
Liberty Avenue
Indiana
Elizabeth Lemen 106 Celebrates Birthday in Carlisle
Mrs Elizabeth Lemen celebrated her 106th birthday in Carlisle Ind Born near Nashville Ohio she has lived in Sullivan County since age eight and marks a century plus six years of life in the community
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Carlisle
Ind
Elizabeth Lemen
Nashville
Ohio
Sullivan County
Oust America Parties Win Iceland Election
In Reykjavik the coalition of Oust America parties swept to a likely parliamentary majority, seizing 4 seats to push toward ejecting U S forces from Keflavik. The Progressives and Social Democrats gain seats while Prime Minister Olaf Thors loses ground as the race narrows in the 52 seat Althing.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
America
U. S
Keflavik
Althing
Olaf Thors
Communist Party
Social Democrats
National Defense
Progressives
Thors
N.A.T.O
Washington
Shah of Iran Flies to Moscow on Trade Talks
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and Queen Soraya left Tehran in a deluxe army plane for a two week visit to the Soviet Union. Court sources said leaders from Russia and Iran would discuss expanding trade during the trip.
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Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Queen Soraya
Soviet Union
Steel Contract Talks Stall Amid Deadlock
In New York on June 25 the Big Three steel wage negotiators and United Steelworkers meet to avert a strike within a week. Key issues delay a five year contract including duration and company package size. Officials warn the agreement could raise employment costs by about $2.5 billion for 650,000 workers.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
Admiral Ernest J. King In Critical Condition
Admiral Ernest J. King 77, wartime U S Navy chief, remained critically ill at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. His son Lt Cmdr Ernest J. King Jr said the condition is heart failure caused by high blood pressure, not a heart attack.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Ernest J. King
U. S. Navy
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Naval Operations
Ernest J. King Jr
Wife Held In Mate's Death At Home Shooting
Delbert Lee, 29, was shot and killed at his Martinsville home on Saturday. His wife Betty Lee, 26, was held on open charges after she said the couple joked with a rifle. She claimed she accidentally fired when Lee urged her to shoot him.
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Martinsville
Ind
Delbert Lee
Camby
Betty
Morgan County
Victor Young
Young
Lee
Weather: Scattered Thundershowers Forecast
Weather forecast shows scattered thundershowers later in the day. Noon readings indicate warm humid conditions with typical afternoon highs and a gentle to moderate breeze. Sunset expected around eight thirty.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Partly cloudy with scattered thunder showers tonight and Tuesday. Warmer and more humid Tuesday. High around 85 today, low near 65. Tuesday should be warm and humid with lingering thundershowers. Street thermometer reads 75 at 6 am and 75 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Mugey Weather Still Ahead For Next Five Days
Thundershowers cleared air in Indiana with only the north likely to gain relief from a hot muggy spell. Warm temperatures and high humidity persist elsewhere with continued showers and thunderstorms Tuesday through Saturday. Temperatures ranged from 58 to 94 last night and highs tomorrow were forecast 75 to 90, cooler in the north and central regions.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Evansville
South Bend
Indianapolis
Central
Confusion Over Identity In East Sparta Auto Crash
Canton Reuters reports a misidentification after a recent automobile accident. A caller claimed the victim was Burby Mae Sandy, later clarified as Sandy Mae Burby of Columbus visiting East Sparta.
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Canton
Ohio
Canton Repository
Sandy Mae Burby
East Sparta
Burby Mae Sandy
Columbus
Senate Debates Extra Funds For U S Air Force
In Washington on June 25 the Senate debated a 35 billion defense appropriation focusing on extra Air Force funding. Sen. Henry M. Jackson warned without 1.16 billion more the United States risks losing air supremacy to Russia within three years. Republicans pressed to cap Air Force funds at 600 million amid controversy over Defense Secretary Wilson’s use of the word phony.
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Washington
Senate
Henry M. Jackson
D.-Wash
United States
Russia
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
R.N.H
G.O.P
Marion B. Folsom
Mayor of Algiers Wounded in Gun Attack
Mayor Paul Pantaloni of Algiers was slightly wounded when a Moslem gunman fired at him on the way to city hall. A passerby Louis Trombi was wounded while trying to intervene, and the assailant was shot by police near a station.
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Algiers
Algeria
Paul Pantaloni
Louis Trombi
Pantaloni
Independent Party
Personal Message From Eisenhower Delivers To Zhukov In Moscow
Gen. Nathan Twining met Marshal Zhukov in Moscow to relay the president's personal thanks and then toured the Gubinka air base. He inspected installations but no word on viewing seven new Soviet jet planes revealed on Soviet Air Force Day.
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Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Moscow
Tushino
Nathan S. Twining
U. S
U.P
Nathan F. Twining
Eisenhower
Georgi K. Zhukov
Gubinka
Twining
U. S. Air Force
Russia
Zhukov
Mikoyan
Violent deaths plague Indiana over weekend
Indiana recorded a heavy weekend toll of violent fatalities with 17 names listed. At least 10 died in traffic between Friday 6 p.m. and Sunday midnight, with six drowned. A child died touching a lamp on a furnace register at Dag pers Saturday. A triple traffic fatality near Princeton on Ind 64 claimed Jack Warren 24 Mary Jo Miller 19 and Larry Orr 20. Two more deaths followed at Rockport from a seven car collision. Kathryn Franz 54 and Sam Stettler 78 died, while Albert Gaum 41 of Elkhart perished in a county road crash. Ora Banks 63 of Wabash died when a car hit a tree. Carl Pitman 38 of Pennville died in a collision southwest of Richmond. Pauline Cook 37 of Lafayette died on Ind 15 near Lafayette after her car skidded.
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Indiana
Russell Brian Smith
Jack Warren
Mary Jo Miller
Princeton
Larry Orr
Albion
Ill
Rockport
Kathryn Franz
Sam Stettler
Tell City
Franz
Vollmar Franz
Perry County
Albert Gaum
Elkhart
Ora Alvie Banks
Wabash
Carl L. Pitman
Pennville
Richmond
Pauline G. Cook
Lafayette
Ind
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Red Air Bases
Owen CO
Shah OF Iran
ADM
E. J. King
Mate
U. S&s. Weather Bureau
U.S. Air Force
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