Terre Haute Faces Loss Of Allis Chalmers Plant
Citizens fear the Terre Haute Allis Chalmers plant may relocate if 340 workers refuse to return to bargaining. Local leaders warn of a $10 to $12 million annual payroll loss and economic blight without a signed contract. Weather forecast predicts a four day heat break with cooler air moving in from Western Canada.
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Terre Haute
Allis- Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers
United States Weather Bureau
Canada
Canadian
Secion
United States
A C Union Men Call Off Negotiations
A-C Union men end talks amid a seven week strike at Allis-Chalmers Terre Haute as 40 police guard the picket line. Union balks at arbitration without wage and union election clause changes. Berndt protests police presence. company rejects arbitration. Negotiations again postponed. 200 workers enter plant past guard lines amid heavy traffic.
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Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Raymond H. Berndt
C.I.O. United Automobile Workers
Ralph Tucker
Martin L. Carson
Allis-Chalmers Terre
C.I.0
United Automobile Workers
Wabash Avenue
Hoosier Dead Arrive in U.S. From Korea
San Francisco dispatch reports the American Victory delivering 134 dead Americans from the Korean conflict. Indiana soldiers listed include Pfc Joseph E. Bartle of Muncie wife Mary E. Bartle 1210 East Main. Cpl Moise J. Ladner wife Betty J. Ladner 2462 North Kentucky Evansville. Cpl James A. Lawson son of Thomas A. Lawson Bloomingdale. Cpl Walter E. Ruff son of Lillian V. Ruff 125 South Spring Mishawaka. Lt Jack L. Tucker son of Carl M. Tucker 1503 Waldron Circle Fort Wayne.
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San Francisco
Korea
Indiana
Joseph E. Bartle
Mary E. Bartle
E. Main
Muncie
Moise J. Ladner
Betty J. Ladner
Kentucky
Evansville
James A. Lawson
Thomas A. Lawson
Bloomingdale
Walter E. Ruff
Lillian V. Ruff
S. Spring
Mishawaka
Jack L. Tucker
Carl M. Tucker
Waldron Circle
Fort Wayne
C10 Official Faces Suit Over Hammond Beating Incident
Harold Lentner of Hammond sues the CIO United Steel Workers and a Chicago local for 500000 in a case filed in Hammond. He alleges Norman Harris an international union official beat him during an election at Republic Steel Corp on January 27, 1950. A related 75000 suit by Peter Danko against Harris was filed last year over a 1949 picketing incident.
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Hammond
Ind
C.I.0
United Steel Workers
Chicago
Harold Lentner
Lentner
Norman Harris
Republic Steel Corp
Harris
Peter Danko
Repu
Showdown Vote On Price Wage Curbs In House
Washington June 26 House votes to end federal rent controls September 30 except in critical areas and faces final roll calls on the stripped bill. Republican Martin of Massachusetts forecasts possible reversal of yesterday’s 118 to 87 vote to end wage and price controls July 31. Senate House conference likely to strip out the amendment.
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Washington
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Rep
Barden
D.-N.c
Heat Belt Covers Half of Nation
The Associated Press reports June heat continued its relentless surge across the Eastern half of the nation. Wednesday was the season's hottest day in hundreds of cities with temperatures climbing into the 90s and above 100 in the East, South, and Midwest. Many records for the date were broken as cooler air began moving into the Northern Plains from the north.
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Associated Press
Ieat
Midwest
Plains
Strip Teaser Stunt Probed in Evansville Restaurant
The Alcoholic Beverage Commission will hold a hearing July 17 on a charge that the Sea Village in Evansville failed to maintain an establishment of high reputation. Prosecutor Charles Swaim cited a June 10 strip tease floor show from state excise officer and Evansville vice squad. ABC can revoke the license for such a violation.
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Indianapolis
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Evansville
Sea Village
Charles Swaim
A.B.C
Polio Fighters Mobilize Over Texas Epidemic Signs
United Press reports from June 26 indicate Texas may face a major polio epidemic this year, with early, virulent cases and authorities warning there is no preventive. Dr. Kenneth Landauer notes risk and urges precautions while stressing improved defenses and medical progress.
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Texas
United Press
New York
Kenneth Landauer
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Annual Fourth of July Fireworks Display at Memorial Stadium
Ft Harrison Post 40 of the American Legion presents its twenty ninth annual fireworks show at Memorial Stadium on July 4. Gates open at 7pm with free admission for children under 12. The program features 28 large and 254 small pyrotechnic pieces set to music, including “176 Years of Independence” and “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Committee roles and ticketing details are listed, with Commander Louis Britzius coordinating.
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Ft. Harrison Post 40
American Legion
Memorial Stadium
Louis Britzius
Britzius
Fred Schwartz
James Fagin
William Champion
John Taylor
Darrell Davey
J. B. Harned
Robert Morris
Joe Zwerner
Earle Prewitt
William Woodard
John Brinkman
Robert Pfrank
Charles Downing
Kenneth Benjamin
Gus Theodore
Herbert Gerdink
Gibault
John K. Lamb
W. A. Shanklin
John Hart
James Evele
Harry Fitch
Stuart Stimson
Reds Forced to Quit Hill Near Yonchon
Allied infantry and armor backed by Chinese troops fought a 50 hour battle on a western Korean hill. One Communist armored vehicle was damaged by planes. two more were seen. Reds abandoned the hill as U N troops advanced northwest of Yonchon using flamethrowers on bunkers. Marine planes destroyed two front airstrips and carrier planes hit rail yards and supply sites with bombs rockets and napalm.
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Seoul
Korea
U.N
Eighth Army
Yonchon
Truman orders halt on farm worker drafting to aid production
President Truman told the armed services to stop recruiting farm workers if they are deferred from the draft for essential agricultural production. The directive aims to keep labor focused on farming needs during a critical period.
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Washington
President Truman
The
Armed Services
Partly Cloudy and Cooler Weather Report
The Weather Bureau notes a partly cloudy sky with cooler conditions. River stage is 11.9 feet and falling. humidity averaged .67 yesterday. Sunrise at 5 25 and sunset at 8 21.
Local Conditions Report
Yesterday's high reached 93 with a low of 76 last night. No precipitation reported.
Forecast for Terre Haute and region
Forecast shows partly cloudy cooler conditions for Terre Haute and vicinity tonight and Friday with a low near 70 and high around 85. Indiana and Illinois readings indicate scattered showers possible near Lake Michigan and local storms north, while temperatures range from the mid 60s to mid 90s across zones.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Illinois
Collazo Set to Die August 1 for Plot Against Truman
Oscar Collazo, the Puerto Rican who tried to kill President Truman, learned in U.S. District Court that August 1 is the execution date. He was convicted of murder in the death of a White House guard and exhausted his appeals. he remained silent during the tribunal.
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Washington
Oscar Collazo
Truman
Collazo
White House
U. S. District Court
Christopher Duddleston Dies in Springfield Illinois
Mrs Daisey E Jobe of Terre Haute reports the death of her brother Christopher J Duddleston aged 76 at St John Hospital Springfield Illinois He was a former Terre Haute Old Boy of BPOE 6 member of Knights Templar and the Shrine Survivors include widow Mayme two children and a granddaughter Funeral services set for 2 pm Friday at Bisch Mortuary with burial in Oak Ridge Cemetery Springfield
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Daisey E. Jobe
South Center Street
Christopher J. Duddleston
Terre Haute
St. John Hospital
Springfield
Ill
B.P.O.E
Knights Templar
Shrine of Indianapolis
Mayme Springfield
Dorothy Brownlee
Flossmoor
Lewis Duddleston
Woodstock
Joan Taylor
Seattle
Wash
Thelma Jobe
Charles Jobe
Bisch Mortuary
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Retail grocers elect Hoosier president
Miami Florida June 26 Alvin W Hokanson Porter Indiana was elected vice president of the National Association of Retail Grocers and he has been elected to the office as part of the annual meeting proceedings.
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Miami
Fla
Alvin W. Hokanson
Porter, Ind
National Association of Retail Greec
Kentucky Prison Rioters Hold Two Guards Hostages
Eddyville Kentucky June 26 two guards were reported held as hostages after a riot at the State Prison housing about 1 000 prisoners Police from Western Kentucky were summoned to the penitentiary where the uprising began Wednesday night and lasted four hours another riot broke out at noon today In Frankfort State Police Commissioner Guthrie Crowe called it a riot of undetermined proportions State Director of Probation and Parole Dr W E Watson rushed to the scene from La Grange 220 miles away Eddyville is Kentucky s maximum security prison for hardened criminals.
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Eddyville
Kentucky
Frankfort
Guthrie Crowe
W. E. Watson
la Grange
Confesses Murder in St. Louis Hotel
Jose Romero, 23, confessed killer, told police of a midnight clash where he strangled his ex dancing teacher and former sweetheart, Mrs Irene Thompson, 30, mother of one, in a hotel room. He is jailed for first degree murder. The Latin lover described the struggle on the floor as he used a light cord to end the fight.
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ST. Louis
Jose Romero
Romero
Irene Thompson
Thompson
Plane Missing After Night Flight From San Bernardino
A large air-ground search began at dawn for an Air Force C-47 transport with seven aboard, missing since Wednesday night on a 70 mile hop from San Bernardino to Van Nuys. The flight disappeared in nearly clear weather.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
San Bernardino
van Nuys
Eden Seeks Acheson Input On Korean Strategy Demands
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden pressed U S Secretary Dean Acheson for a bigger British voice in Korean strategy after the Yalu river raids. Cabinet drafted proposals call for closed U S ally consultations, a British deputy for Gen Clark, and a UN committee to study political implications. Britain cites lack of allied consultation as a fault of Washington.
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London
U.P
Anthony Eden
U. S
Dean Acheson
Yalu River
Earl Alexander
Yalu
Acheson
Britain
United States
Alexander
U.N
Mark Clark
U.S
Washington
United Nations Committee
Korea
Yugoslav Plane Seized by Three Armed Men in Italy
In Foligno Italy on June 26 three Yugoslavs armed with revolvers hijacked a Yugoslav plane en route from Zagreb to Pola. They forced the crew to fly to Foligno with 20 passengers aboard. Local peasants alerted federal police who detained all aboard for questioning.
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Foligno
Italy
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Pola
Adriatic Sea
Gen Clark's critic ordered to Korea
Monterey Calif June 26 41 That sergeant who was court martialed and busted in rank for writing Gen Mark Clark an insolent letter soon will be writing letters for Clarks command. C Deane Chase now a private first class has his orders assigning him to the Far East theater as a stenographer. After Clark repudiated some promises made under duress to rioting Reds at Koje Island prison in Korea Chase wrote the general his action was repugnant and disgraceful.
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Monterey
Calif
Mark Clark
Clark
C. Deane Chase
Far East
Koje Island
Korea
Chase
Bedroom Deal and a Guilty Verdict in Reno Mansion Case
In Carson City on June 26 7 a French Canadian divorcee Jeanne d Arc Michaud 36 was found guilty by a Federal Court jury of directing a 1 million dollar burglary to steal loot from Le Vere Redfield. The jury rejected her claim of consent in a Reno mansion bedroom tryst on December 28. She faces five to ten years. FBI found 270000 in a secret basement room, along with many postage stamps. Michaud to be sentenced June 30.
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Carson City
le Vere Redfield
Jeanne d’Arc Michaud
Redfield
Reno
Manision
FBI
Field Stone
Michaud
Reds On Ropes In Peace Parleys At Panmunjom
At Panmunjom June 26 General Harrison pressed Communist delegates for a clear explanation of opposing voluntary repatriation in Korea. North Korea’s Nam Il faltered under questioning as Har rison noted the Reds’ precarious position and ended the 35 minute session without a recess. He said Nam Il disliked the current situation and viewed Communist truce defenses as confused.
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Panmunjom
Korea
William K. Harrison
Harrison
Russia
Nam I
Strike Delayed To Keep Jets On Way To The Front
Federal Mediator Cyrus S. Ching to set time and place today for talks to avert a strike and keep F 86 SabreJet production rolling. United Auto Workers postponed a walkout at North American Aircraft Corp involving 25,000 workers at four plants on the west and midwest. North American, sole F 86 producer, faces ongoing wage dispute and a separate GE strike at Lockland plant cutting engine supply.
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Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
United Auto Workers, Co.0
North American Aircraft Corp
North American
West Coast
Midwest
Defense Department
General Electric Co
Lockland
Cincinnati
Weekly Band Concerts Begin in Deming Park
The Terre Haute Board of Park Commissioners announce Sunday night band concerts from 7 to 8 in Deming Park every week. Twenty musicians led by Stanford Gilley will perform a varied program of classic romantic and modern jazz for residents.
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Deming Park
Terre Haute
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