Woods Searched For Death Weapon and Family Tragedy
Thomas Whitaker faced a two hour search for a 16 gauge shotgun believed to be the murder weapon after a deadly confrontation at a Terre Haute home. His daughter Regina lies critical after shotgun and pistol shots wounded two others, with one man killed.
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Thomas Whitaker
Stewart Martin
Whitaker
Ellis DeBord
Harold Roseberry
John Trierweiler
Terre Haute
Union Hospital
Regina
Martin
Westwood
Communists Press for Korea Peace Conference at Panmunjom
North Korea called for a broad international conference to withdraw foreign troops and seek a peaceful solution in Korea. The proposal was rejected by the U N Command. Chou En-lai voiced support in Peiping, denouncing U S policy while North Korea accused the Allies of seeking a new war and breaking talks at Panmunjom and Geneva.
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Panmunjom
North Korea
Korea
Joint Military Armistice Commission
U.N
Chou En-lai
Peiping
U. S
U. N
South Korea
Chung Kook Rook
Chung
Col Nickerson Seeks Mitigation For Secret Missile Data Leak
Huntsville June 26 Col John C Nickerson faces mitigating evidence from his defense in a 15 count Army rule violation case regarding leaking secret missile information. Witnesses including Dr Ernst Stuhlinger assert Nickerson acted in loyalty to the Army and country. The case follows his guilty plea after espionage and perjury charges were dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
John C. Nickerson
Army
Nickerson
Ernst Stuhlinger
Hitler
Redstone
Stuhlinger
Army Ballistics Missiles Agency
Jenkins
Charles E. Wilson
Air Force
Hurricane Audrey Heads to Texas and Louisiana
The first hurricane of the season, Audrey, with 100 mph winds, moved northward toward the Texas Louisiana coast. At under 500 miles southwest of New Orleans and 300 miles south of Brownsville, gales extended 125 miles from the center. Forecasters expected a north northeast turn as the Louisiana coast faced the most likely landfall, with high tides and rough seas along the coast and ships advised to remain in port.
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New Orleans
Audrey
Texas-Louisiana
Brownsville
Tex
Louisiana
Texas
Plan double rites for Alma L. Martin and son Jackie Whitaker
Double funeral services for Alma L. Martin 36 and her 11-year-old son Jackie Thomas Whitaker of R R 1 Terre Haute will be held at the Bedino Chapel of the Valley at 1 30 PM Friday. Rev Paul Shelton will officiate and burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Park. Bodies are at Bedino Chapel with viewing after 4 PM Thursday.
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Alma L. Martin
Jackie Thomas Whitaker
R.R. 1
Terre Haute
Bedino Chapel of the Valley
Paul Shelton
Roselawn Memorial Park
Bedine Chapel
Russia Is Cool To Army Cut Plan
London report on June 26 describes East and West awaiting UN disarmament talks outcomes. Stassen proposed U S and Soviet troop cuts to 1 700 000 each in later stages. Britain and France pledged lower totals while linking deeper reductions to settlements such as German reunification. Zorin pressed for clarity on settlements and nuclear test suspensions.
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London
U.N
Russia
U. S
Harold E. Stassen
United States
Stassen
Valerian Zorin
Zorin
Britain
State Dulles
Washington
France
Germany
Selwyn Lloyd
U.S
Highland teen drowns in gravel pit near Hammond
Robert Bailey aged 16 from Highland drowned Monday night while swimming in a gravel pit near Hammond Indiana. His companions were present and the body was recovered.
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Hammond
Ind
Robert Bailey
Highland
Here
Chou En-lai Claims Communist Bloc Strength Rises
Premier Chou En-lai told Parliament in Peiping that the Communist bloc is stronger than ever while the United States is losing influence globally. He cited unity within the bloc after Hungary and noted allied shifts toward neutrality and anti American sentiment in Formosa and U S controlled regions. He warned of war prep under U S leadership but said the international situation favored peace.
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Hong Kong
Chou En-lai
Red
Peiping Radio
Chou
Mao Tze-tung
U. S
Formosa
United States
America
Middle
Near East
North Africa
World
Rover the brave dog saves Whites from deadly fire
In Madera California on Tuesday a four month old mixed breed dog named Rover woke the Tyree White family by barking as a house fire started. He guided the sleeping children to safety before a beam trapped him inside the ruined home, where his body was later found.
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Madera
Calif
Rover
Tyree White
Girl, 10, Fatally Injured In Personal Offense Case
The body of Shirley Alice Kyle, 10, was found near her home in Kansas City. A 15-year-old neighbor, Salvatore Joseph Falbo, with a prior record for molesting children, was arrested after an overnight manhunt. he reportedly admitted the slaying.
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Shirley Kyle
Gladstone
Kansas City
R. J. Kyle
A.P
Shirley Alice Kyle
Salvatore Joseph Falbo
Verda Reynolds
Young Falbo
Shirley
Indiana Acts Of 1957 Put Into Immediate Effect
Acting Gov Parker promulgated the 1957 Indiana laws including the right to work measure. The proclamation followed receipt of the last county clerk bound copy and completes distribution to all 92 counties. Lt Gov Parker signed in Virginia. the acts bar requiring union membership for employment.
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Indianapolis
Crawford F. Parker
Indiana
Frank A. Lenning
Kosciusko
Gov
Parker
Handley
Williamsburg
Virginia
Tuskegee Negro boycott urged after gerrymander plan
In Tuskegee Alabama the Negro Civic Association urged economic retaliation against a legislative act redrawing city boundaries to exclude most Black residents. About 2 000 people heard Charles Gemillion say Negroes should not feed those who would devour them. The plan would leave only around 10 Black voters in city elections.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Negro Tuskegee Civic Assn
Charles G. Gemillion
Gomillion
Czech arrests priests and nuns for underground activity
Berlin June 26 report from ADN says Czechoslovakia's Communist government arrested several Roman Catholic priests and nuns on charges of underground work and espionage for foreign agencies and the Vatican. The agency did not disclose the total number rounded up.
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Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Vatican
ADN
East Germany
Weather Update and River Stage Noted
Morning temperature reading at 9 a.m. shows 38 degrees with 2 p.m. percent humidity. Sunrise is 5 24 and sunset 8 21. River stage at 4 8 feet and falling.
Weather snapshot for Terre Haute area
Local conditions show yesterday's high 80 and low 59 with no precipitation. Forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms, warmer tonight, low around 60, then fair Thursday. Friday turns cloudy and warmer with rain likely. Indiana sees similar today and tonight with high around 53. Morning and afternoon readings: 6 am 74, 2 pm 78.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Israel strengthens border villages amid Syrian threat
Reinforcements manned trenches around border villages as fresh Syrian troops reportedly moved toward the frontier from the east and north. U N observers arrived in Gadot to probe a half hour shooting that killed a woman settler. Israel said the village was hit by machinegun fire from the Syrian shore of the Jordan River.
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Tiberias
Israel
P— Guard
U.N
Gadot
Israali
Jor
British doctor admits mercy killings in TV program
A doctor told a national TV audience that he deliberately let two patients die to end their pain. He described one birth case left unattended and a severely injured air raid victim given a morphia overdose. The BM A said no action would be taken.
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London
Britain
British Medical Assn
B.M.A
Robert Morgan
Exeter
Church of England
Indiana pig crop sets record in 1957
Lafayette June 26 Indiana's 1957 spring pig crop is estimated at 4 304 000 head a new high. Purdue University experts say the crop is three per cent above last year and 1943's peak. The survey records 607 000 sows farrowed pigs two per cent above last year seven per cent above the 10 year average through 1955. Litter size averaged 7.09 pigs per litter up from 6.99.
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Lafayette
Indiana
Purdue University
Merger Forms United Church of Christ From Two Denominations
A major church merger unites the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church into The United Church of Christ. About 1.4 million Congregationalists and 0.9 million E R Church members join in 8 311 congregations. President Eisenhower commends the move as a new strength for service.
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Cleveland
Eisenhower
Congregational Christian Churches
Evangelical and Reformed Arch
United Church of Christ
President Eisenhower Eyes Clean Hydrogen Bomb Hopeful
President Eisenhower said scientists believe a completely clean hydrogen bomb could be produced after four to five more years of testing. He stressed tests are needed to gain knowledge of peaceful uses of atomic power while still hoping for a Russia disarmament pact. He outlined limited aerial inspection and reducing manpower as parts of his disarmament package.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
United States
Russia
Secan Oe
Dulles
Bribery Claims Touched Hoffa Case On Senate Spies
Senate Rackets Committee chair McClellan said he has known Hoffa claimed to have spies in the Senate but will not discuss evidence or public statements. Star witness Cheasty testified Hoffa offered 18 000 to place a staffer and feed Hoffa information to prepare Teamster leaders for questioning. Cheasty said Hoffa spoke of a “fellow” in the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s office.
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Washington
John J. L. McClellan
Senate Rackets Committee
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Senate
McClellan
Arkansas Democrat
United Press
John Dye Cheasty
Element
Hoffa
Cheasty
Committee
FBI
Joseph R. McCarthy
R.-Wis
Hof
Indiana traffic deaths fall to 481 in 1957 toll
Indiana state police said the 1957 traffic death toll reached 481 by Sunday, down 29 from 510 a year ago. The report notes the decline as part of the year’s fatalities through June 26 in the Indianapolis area.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
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Grand Jury
Vigo County
John “Jack” Jett
Jett
John R. Jett
Jack
Lee Easton
Charles
Commies
Col. Nickerson
Commie
By Irwin J. Miller
Tuskegee Negroes
U. S. Weather Bureau
George W. Cornell
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