Senate Debates Extra Funds For U S Air Force
Senate discussion centers on extra funding for the U S Air Force to bolster programs for catastrophic illness coverage and rural and elderly populations. McClellan invites Maxwell Rabb to testify on White House disclosure of confidential information to reporters.
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Senate
U.S. Air Force
Folsom
John L. McClellan
D.-Ark
Maxwell Rabb
Eisenhower
Senate Permanent
White House
Congress
McClellan
Robert J. Donovan
New York Herald Tribune
Marion B. Folsom
Graham A. Barden
House Education Committee
House
Heat victim Arthur Einecke in recovery after prostration
Police reported a heat related incident at 88 Potomac Avenue involving 88 year old Arthur Einecke. A fire department resuscitator was called but not used. The incident occurred Sunday and health status was updated on Monday.
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Arthur Einecke
Potomac Avenue
Fire Department
Einecke
Parakeet Owner Alleges Theft of 18 Birds
In Inglewood California Enos H. Davis reported that 18 of his parakeets were taken from a back yard cage. He said some birds could not fly and he suspects they were stolen and notified police.
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Inglewood
Calif
Enos H. Davis
Davis
President Plans July Panama Trip In Health Update
President Eisenhower agreed to a July 21 22 meeting in Panama after postponement due to his hospitalization. He signed 16 congressional bills and approved a tariff commission recommendation while remaining in hospital with medical bulletins noting progress and high spirits.
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Panama
Eisenhower
Ricardo Arias Espinosa
Arias
Iceland election tilts as oust America flagged
Independence Party led Reykjavik with 16 928 votes securing five seats, a city record for Thors party. Progressives and Social Democrats may need Conservative support if they fail to reach 27 seats, risking a government stance on removing U S forces from Keflavik base.
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Progressives
Social Democrats
Keflavik
Independence Party
Reykjavik
Althing
Thors’ Party
Gubernatorial Contest Draws Most Attention
The piece centers on Indiana politics. It notes Wickard, Welsh, Caughran and Branigin in a senate race tug of war while Welsh insists on governor candidacy. Broad power blocs jar over possible switch and rivals resist ceding influence.
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Senate
Wickard
Welsh
Caughran
Branigin
John Hurt
Butler
Indiana
Frank E
Indiana Democratic state convention nominees list announced
Candidates officially entered in the Indiana Democratic state convention races include U S Senator Claude Wickard from Camden for the Senate. Ralph Tucker Terre Haute Thomas Johnston Lafayette Matthew Welsh Vincennes Hugh Dillip Petersburg Von Eichhorn Uniondale Roger Branigin Lafayette for Governor. Bartel Zandstra Highland Joe L Brogdon Anderson Robert O Neal Indianapolis for Lieutenant Governor. Mahlon Leach Gary for Secretary of State. Albert Steinwedel Seymour Treasurer. Charles P Burke Bedford Auditor. Charles S White Indianapolis Attorney General. John G Bunner Evansville Warren Martin Sr Boonville Patrick Barton Indianapolis Lloyd C Wampler Plymouth Paul Ritterskamp Indianapolis Earl Utterback Kokomo. and Mrs Alvin Johnson Indianapolis as Court Reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Tucker
Terre Haute
Thomas Johnston
Lafayette
Matthew Welsh
Vincennes
Hugh Dillip
Petersburg
von Eichhorn
Uniondale
Roger Branigin
Bartel Zandstra
Highland
Joe L. Brogdon
Anderson
Robert O’neal
Indianapolis
Mahlon Leach
Gary
Charles S. White
Supreme Court
John G. Bunner
Evansville
Warren Martin Sr
Boonville
Patrick Barton
Lloyd C. Wampler
Plymouth
Paul R. Ritterskamp
Earl Utterback
Kokomo
Indiana Gubernatorial Feud and Kefauver Drive Ahead
McKinney and Frank McHale back Caughran after Welsh and Branigin loyalties shift. Kefauver seeks solid Indiana support at the national convention after winning the May 8 primary. Several candidates paid convention fees while one backed Caughran. Grills dropped out to aid him. An unrelated note credits Irish immigrants with introducing white potatoes to New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney
National
Frank McHale
Caughran
Wickard
Butler
Welsh
McHale
Branigin
Owen Mullin
Kefauver
Tennessee
Indianapolis
Thomas Johnston
Lafayette
von Eichhorn
Uniondale
John Gonas
South Bend
Nelson Grills
Grills
Prater Family Miscount Sparks City Police Call
Mr and Mrs Cecil Prater of Milwaukee forgot their six children during a trip and left eight year old Carrie at an Indianapolis filling station a hundred miles south. A phone call to police revealed Carries absence and she was later retrieved by her parents.
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Indianapolis
Cecil Prater
Milwaukee
Knoxville
Tenn
Carrie
Violent Death Toll Rises Over Busy Weekend
A spate of drownings and a fatal traffic crash marked a deadly weekend. Glenda Bordner, 32, died after a crash on U S 31 near Peru as her husband’s car was struck near a bridge. The couple’s 13 week old daughter was uninjured. Drowning victims ranged from 2 to 32 including Delores Bryan, 32, of Indianapolis, Paul Ray Morrison, 26, of Vincennes, David Kern, 21, of Martinsville, Cecil Slusser, 19, of Logansport, Duane Burton, 22, of Talbot, and a two year old in Indianapolis.
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Glenda Bordner
Anderson
U. S
Peru
Bordner
Delores Bryan
Indianapolis
Monterey
Paul Ray Morrison
Vincennes
Mirror Lake
David Kern
Martinville
White River
Cecil Slusser
Logansport
Lake Maxinkuckee
Culver
Duane Burton
Talbot
Airliner crash kills 30 with 15 survivors in Nigeria
A Nigerian Civil Aviation probe and a British team from London are investigating after an Argonaut airliner crashed near Kano. The craft fell 5 000 yards from the field and burned minutes after takeoff, with 30 dead, 15 surviving, including crew member Kay Buckley. Survivors sustain severe burns.
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Nigerian Department of Civil Aviation
Lago
Kano
London
Harold Whittingham
BOAC
Kana
Sahara Desert
Desert
Kay Buckley
Britain
Nigeria
Lagos
Tripoli
Libya
Deaths Mrs Gertrude Jackson 55 West Terre Haute
Mrs Gertrude Jackson 55 of 320 Olive street West Terre Haute died Sunday at St Anthony Hospital The husband Charles two daughters Ruby and Violet two sons Jesse Piker and William Jackson three brothers and two grandchildren survive Body to Bedine Chapel Valley for viewing Tuesday after 4 Services Thursday at 1 Rev Harold Thornton to officiate Burial Rose Hill Cemetery
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Gertrude Jackson
Olive Street
West Terre Haute
St. Anthony Hospital
Charles
Ruby Jackson
Violet Jackson
Jesse Piker
William Jackson
Cal
Orlie Piker
Harry Piker
Sanford
Carl Piker
Libertyville
Bedine Chapel
Rosehill Cemetery
Harold Thornton
Obituary of Harry S. Waggoner of Mattoon Illinois
Harry S. Waggoner 67 of 900 North First street died 7 11 Sunday. He was a former New York Railroad signal man for 44 years retired 1944 and a member of Odd Fellows Lodge. Survived by wife Inez two sisters Essie Haskell and Anna Spalding both of California and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services Wednesday at 1 30 pm at his residence burial Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Harry S. Waggoner
North First Street
First Christian Church
Mattoon
Ill
Inez
Essie Haskell
California
Anna Spalding
Gillis Memory Chapel
New York Railroad
Odd Fellows Lodge
Roselawn Memorial Park
Clarence M. Eaton 86 Died at Kesler Nursing Home
Clarence M Mellie Eaton aged 86 died at 5 30 Sunday afternoon at Kesler Nursing Home Surviving are sister Mrs Cora Dudley Terre Haute brothers Jess Eaton New Lebanon half brothers J Newt Dudley Linton and Henry Hart New Lebanon niece Mrs Gilbert Gambel and nephew E J Dudley Terre Haute plus several other nieces and nephews Funeral services 130 Tuesday at Callahan Funeral Home Rev C W Longman officiating Burial Center Ridge Cemetery Sullivan Friends may call at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence M. Eaton
Kesler
Cora Dudley
Terre Haute
Jess Eaton
New Lebanon
J. Newt Dudley
Linton
Henry Hart
Gilbert Gambel
E. J. Dudley
Callahan Funeral Home
Rev
C. W. Longman
Center Ridge Cemetery
Sullivan
Father Cornelius Hall Dies After Sudden Illness
Father Cornelius Hall 55 of Napoleon died at 9 15 Sunday morning at St Anthony Hospital. Ordained in 1928 in Indianapolis he served at St Maurice Church Napoleon the last 12 years. Funeral arrangements listed with P J Ryan Sons and Fallis Law funeral homes.
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Cornelius Hall
Napoleon
St. Anthony Hospital
Archdiocese
Indianapolis
St. Maurice Church
P. J. Ryan & Sons
Fallis & Law
Osgood
Theodore Alva Keaton Sr. Funeral Services Set
Theodore Alva Keaton Sr. aged 54 of 2510 Thompson Street died Thursday. Funeral services will be held at 3 PM Wednesday at Gillis Memory Chapel with Rev. Arthur Anderson officiating. Amico Lodge No. 707 services at 7:30 PM Tuesday. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Theodore Alva Keaton Sr
Thompson Street
Gillis Memory Chapel
Arthur Anderson
Amico Lodge No. 707
Roselawn Memorial Park
Funeral services for Mrs Maude Boruff
Mrs Maude Boruff 60 of 1515 Spring Hill Road died Saturday. Funeral services set for 10 30 Tuesday at Thomas Funeral Home with Rev Eldon Gourley officiating and burial at Prairie Chapel Cemetery.
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Maude Boruff
Spring Hill Road
Thomas Funeral Home
Eldon Gourley
Prairie Chapel
Obituaries for Harlow Harvey and Charles Seymour
Harlow Lee Harvey, 65, of Bloomingdale Indiana died at home Sunday. Survived by wife Tressie two daughters Zona Bayless and Rosalie Long one son Owen Harvey two sisters and two brothers six grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at Bloomingdale Friends Church with burial in Bloomingdale cemetery. Call Barnes Mortuary after 9:30 Tuesday. Charles A Seymour, 69, of Clay City Indiana died Sunday night at Clay County Hospital. Survived by widow Beryl three daughters and one son a pair of stepdaughters and a stepson, a brother, and many grandchildren. Body to Rentschler Funeral Home with arrangements pending.
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Bloomingdale
Ind
Harlow Lee Harvey
Bloomingdale Friends Church
Franklin Chant
Bloomingdale Cemetery
Barnes Mortuary
Clay City
Charles A. Seymour
Clay County Hospital
Beryl
Mary Sutton
Greencastle
Rachel Lurber
Reelsville
Wilma Duncan
Indianapolis
Hearth
Beatrice Griffith
Terre Haute
Josephine Rude
Jackson, Mich
Forrest Bevis
Ed Seymour
Cory
Rentschler Funeral Home
Obituary notices for Foxworthy Fontanet and Shaadd Dugger
George W Foxworthy 87 Fontanet died at his daughter's Fontanet home after illness. Surviving are daughters Merle Wagel May Bland, four sons Fred Archie Joe George, two sisters, two brothers, 41 grandchildren and 39 great grandchildren. Burial at Mattox Funeral Home Fontanet. Nick Shaadd 79 formerly of Dugger died in Pontiac Michigan at his daughter Mary Mooney home. Surviving are son George Shaedd and daughter Lillian Simmons, 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Rosary at Evans Chapel Monday. Burial details omitted.
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Fontanet
Ind
George W. Foxworthy
Clara Stuthard
Merle Wagel
R. R
Terre Haute
May Bland
Fred
Indianapolis
Archie
Brazil
Joe
George Foxworthy
Lucy Sowers
Minnie Smith
Jacob
Edward
Otter Creek Christian Church
Mattox Funeral Home
Dugger
Nick Shaadd
Mary Mooney
Pontiac
Mich
Dugger Catholic Church
George Shaedd
Lillian Simmons
Elizabethon
Tenn
Evans Chapel
Blind Man Held in Girl's Death
Percy Johnson a 33 year old 6 foot 4 inch blind man was held on a preliminary charge of murder in the beating death of his girlfriend Lillie Mae O Neal 23 on the near North Side Indianapolis police said Johnson claimed she fell from a fire escape as they returned to the apartment around midnight she was found in the apartment and died en route to a hospital.
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Indianapolis
Percy Johnson
North Side
Johnson
Lillie Mae O’neal
Oscar Donahue
Annulment Won By Convict In Bigamy Case In Terre Haute
The July 18 1955 crime saw an ex convict win an annulment after allegedly faking auto ownership papers and securing an $800 loan from a Terre Haute bank. Long resisted arrest violently and escaped a hospital during treatment before sentencing. Patton got a suspended one to seven year term and probation after pleading guilty as an accessory before the fact to fraud. Goddard received six months at the Indiana Penal Farm for obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Terre Haute
Long
Patton
Goddard
Indiana
Tangier Woman Nora Hobson Dead at 80
Mrs. Nora L. Hobson 80 of Tangier died Sunday at Vermillion County Hospital Clinton. Survived by two stepdaughters Dorothy McMasters Tangier and Doris Williams Indianapolis six grandchildren seven great grandchildren. She belonged to Lodi Baptist Church. Body to Branson Mortuary Rockville for calling after 10 Tuesday. Funeral 10:30 Wednesday Tangier Cemetery burial.
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Tangier
Ind
Nora L. Hobson
Vermillion County Hospital
Clinton
Dorothy McMasters
Doris Williams
Indianapolis
Lodi Baptist Church
Branson
Rockville
Tangier Cemetery
Obituary of Nora Ridgeway of Sullivan Indiana
Nora G Ridgeway 75 of Sullivan died Sunday at Mary Sherman Hospital after an extended illness. She was a Sullivan Methodist Church member. Survived by brother Charles O Ridgeway niece Kathryn Nowlin and great niece all of Sullivan. Funeral at 3 PM Tuesday at Alexander Funeral Home. Reverend E Aldrich officiating. Burial Center Ridge cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Ind
Nora G Ridgeway
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan Methodist Church
Charles O. Ridgeway
Kathryn Nowlin
Alexander Funeral Home
E. Aldrich
Center Ridge Cemetery
Mrs Fanny Long Dies at 82 in Martinsville
Mrs. Fanny Long, 82, died at her Martinsville home Sunday night. The body was taken to Greenwell Funeral Home with viewing until 11 a.m. Tuesday. Surviving are daughter Lois Anderton of Chicago and sister Ella Henderson of Martinsville. Funeral at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Martinsville Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Fred Menze. Burial in Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon, Illinois.
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Martinsville
Iil
Fanny Long
Greenwell
Lois Anderton
Chicago
Ella Henderson
Martinsville Methodist Church
Fred Menze
Dodge Grove Cemetery
Mattoon
Ill
Steel contract talks stall amid wage dispute and strike fears
The Big Three U.S. SteelBethlehem Republic firms stand firm as the United Steel Workers reject a five year package. Union chief David J McDonald calls industry offers shameful while urging a short term deal. Workers seek about 27.5 cents an hour raise versus 65 cents in a package. McDonald cancels a Washington luncheon to press talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
United Steel Workers Union
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Washington
Death of William Lanning in Rockville Indiana
William Lanning aged 78 died at 11:45 Sunday morning at Wallace Nursing Home in Rockville Indiana. Survived by two sons Thomas of Munster and William Enos of Evansville and four grandchildren. Body to Barnes Mortuary for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Ind
William Lanning
Wallace Nursing Home
Thomas
Munster
William Enos
Evansville
Barnes Mortuary
Upper Peninsula matches New England plus Delaware
The Michigan Upper Peninsula covers about one third of the state and equals the combined land area of Delaware Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut.
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Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Delaware
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Direct wage increase noted in annual table
The article mentions a direct wage increase each year averaging 7.3 cents an hour, highlighting steady pay growth.
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Ohio St
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Mgr
Ivory
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Emerson
Fresh 'N Aire
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Camden
Albert Steinwedel
Seymour
Charles P. Burke
Bedford
Alvin Johnson
New England
Clarence M. ‘Mellie’ Eaton
Mrs. Maude Boruff
Gilfoy’s
Blue Ribbon
Johnny
Blue
Neral
Father Henry Bilz
Dugger Cemetery
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Mrs
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MR. Grocer
H. P. Shirley & Company, Inc
P. J. Ryan
6Th and
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Crawford
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