Manhunt For Killer Thomas Whitaker After Triple Family Tragedy
Authorities pursue 36 year old truck driver Thomas Whitaker in Indiana after he fatally wounded his ex wife Alma Martin and her son Jack, critically injured daughter Regina, and seriously injured her husband Stewart Martin. Whitaker remains at large near the Illinois Indiana line as a gun battle is recounted.
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Indiana
Sheriff's Deputies
Terre Haute
Alma L. Martin
Jack
Regina
Stewart Martin
Wabash Avenue
Thomas Whitaker
Gilbert Avenue
Whitaker
Illinois-Indiana
John Trierweiler
Harold Roseberry
Ellis de Bord
Westwood
Robinson Road
Martin Tells Reporter of Battle With Berserk Killer
Stewart Martin recounts his life and death struggle with berserk killer Thomas Whitaker at his Union Hospital bed. Authorities say Whitaker killed his wife and son and wounded his daughter and Martin, husband of Whitaker's ex-wife, during a terrifying dawn attack.
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Stewart Martin
Thomas Whitaker
Tribune
Union Hospital
Martin
Whitaker
Tom
Bloodhounds Help Police Track Slayer Whitaker
Indiana State Police said a pack of bloodhounds aided the search for Whitaker. The hounds were brought from the Illinois State Farm at Vandalia to the murder scene as officers scoured the South Lake area near the Martin home. A reported sighting in the area proved baseless.
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Martin House
Thomas Whitaker
Whitaker
Indiana
Mhitaker
L.S.P
Ned Woodward
Illinois
Vandalian
South Lake
Martin
Whitaker Said to Entry Martin Home West Terre Haute
De Bord reports Whitaker allegedly entered the Martin residence west of West Terre Haute before dawn and fired a volley from a .16 gauge shotgun. Martin reportedly tried to wrestle the weapon away as shots rang out.
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de Bord
Whitaker
Martin
West Terre Haute
Pay Increases For Teachers Are Approved
The Terre Haute Board of School Trustees approved salary increases for 1957 58 for teachers library staff and non teaching personnel. Beginning teachers with a bachelor degree gain 200 dollars yearly and those with a master's 259 dollars. Higher steps for experienced staff push bachelor degree salaries to 4000 5900 and master degree salaries to 4129 6450. Continued on page 9 column 5.
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Terre Haute
Weather Outlook for Terre Haute and Indiana
Partly cloudy and cool tonight with lows 58 to 62. Wednesday turns partly cloudy and warmer with afternoon and night thunderstorms. Thursday stays partly cloudy and a bit warmer. In Indiana expect scattered showers and possible thunderstorms by afternoon or night, with Wednesday warmer and highs in the 80s. River stage 5.4 ft. at 8:59 a.m. local time.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
U S Intensifies Arms Race Says Soviet Foreign Minister
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko accused the United States of using London disarmament talks to hide an intensified arms race. He urged Washington to curb aggressive rhetoric or admit hostile aims, referencing NATO commander Lauris Norstad’s testimony about Russia facing assured destruction from air attack. Continued on page 2 column 6.
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Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
United States
London
Gromyko
U. S
Lauris Norstad
NATO
Europe
Norstad
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Governors Cool To Plan Of President
President Eisenhower faced a chilly reception at the Governors Conference in Williamsburg as he proposed that states and the federal government share or return power. He suggested a joint federal state task force to study reviving state control and hinted at possible tax relief if programs were shifted back to state incumbents.
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Williamsburg
Eisenhower
Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
Chiang Alerts Forces After Largest Red Bombardment Since 1954
Nationalist China under Chaing Kai-shek warned offshore fortress garrisons amid fears of a possible Communist invasion after Amoy based artillery fire pounded Quemoy and Little Quemoy. Officials reported civilian casualties and wounded as batteries on both sides returned fire.
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Taipei
U.P
China
Chaing Kai-shek
Defense Ministry
Amoy
Quemoy Island
Little Quemoy
Formosa Straits
Quemoy
Hoffa Accuser to Tell Story in Court
Federal Judge denies defense bid to bar testimony by James R. Hoffa’s alleged spy John Dye Cheasty. Prosecutors say Hoffa offered $18,000 for a Senate staff job and confidential committee information and paid $3,000 for documents Cheasty obtained after employment.
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Washington
Burnita S. Matthews
Oes
Hanisters Union
James R. Hoffa
Edward Bennett Williams
Hoffa
John Dye Cheasty
Senate Labor
Cheasty
Williams
Matthews
Edward P. Toxell
Senate Committee
Texell
Frame
Stassen proposes three stage cut to armed forces
London June 25 Harold E Stassen proposed a three stage plan to cut American and Russian armed forces to 1,700,000 men each. He told the U N Disarmament Subcommittee the reductions depend on progress in political problems.
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London
Harold E. Stassen
U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee
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Dorothy Martin
Alma Whitaker
Sheriff's Office
Trierweiler
Max May
D. M. Ferguson, Jr
John Kesler
Jack Whitaker
Regina Whitaker
By Howard Stevens
Ed Reely
Mervin Taylor
Joab Lane
Charles
Weather Bureau
Russ
Chiang
John P. Jeffries
Vigo County
Riley
Sylvia Bennett Jeffries
Quentin R
Donald W
Washington, D. C
Catherine Lee
Stassen
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