Weather Outlook: Heat Persists With Scattered Heavy Rain
Heavy rain is forecast across the north with continued heat through the weekend. Temperatures over the next five days average 4 to 8 degrees above normal, highs 82 to 90 and lows 60 to 71, with a possible cooler turn by Tuesday or Wednesday. Rain totals around the state reach about 1 inch, mostly from scattered afternoon storms, and highs today near 90s with Saturday in the low 90s.
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South Bend
Elwood
Rushville
Cincinnati Area
Louisville
Indianapolis
Lafayette
A Trace
Wabash
Peru
Rochester
Driver James Harrison Dies In Indiana Crash
James Harrison 19 of Indianapolis is killed when he appears to fall asleep at the wheel and his car wrecks into a tree on Ind 37 south of Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
James Harrison
Ind. 37
Here
Hospitality trap nets tourists in Mount Airy
Mount Airy officers headline a hospitality trap every Wednesday targeting out-of-state plate motorists. A patrolman stops a tourist group and offers a free supper, hotel or motor court stay, a movie, and a city tour. The program includes no charges for the guests.
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Mount Airy
N. C
Two Area Women Die in Lake County Crash Near Freedom
Mrs. Clara M. Sorrells 41 of Griffith dies after midnight from injuries suffered in a one car crash on U S 41 two miles south of Lowell. Her husband Roy H. Sorrells 43 also died. Their daughter Carolyn 12 suffered facial cuts and a leg fracture and was hospitalized. The car pulling a boat trailer left the road and hit a concrete culvert. All three were pinned inside. Also reported were two other fatal crashes Ind 37 south of Indianapolis and U S 460 near Wadesville where the drivers perished after losing control and crashing into a tree and a bridge abutment respectively.
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Clara M. Sorrells
Griffith
Mercy Hospital
Gary
U. S. 41
Lowell
Lake County
Roy H. Sorrells
Carolyn
U. S. 460
Wadesville
Posey County
Erwin
Harrison
Warships to pass Indiana shore during Seaway dedication
Northern Indiana residents will view about 20 ships including cruisers destroyers and submarines as a Great Lakes flotilla passes the Indiana shoreline on July 2. The ships travel from Chicago to join the Atlantic Fleet as part of St Lawrence Seaway ceremonies.
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Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Chicago
Body Found Along White River Parkway in Indianapolis
The body of Cordelia Disney, 50, was found Wednesday by boys returning from a fishing trip along the White River Parkway. An autopsy by Dr. Dennis J. Nicholas cited internal head bleeding from a possible fall with no signs of violence.
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Indianapolis
Cordelia Disney
White River Parkway
Dennis J. Nicholas
Death of Robert J. Man in Peru Crash
John Fern of 411 South Twenty second street learns his son Robert, a federal translator, died in a Columbian Airlines crash in the Bolognesi Province Peru. Six Americans aboard. air searchers report no survivors. Robert leaves a wife Violet of Washington DC and sister Leila Thompson, librarian at Indiana State Teachers College.
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John Fern
South
Peru
South America
Robert
Bolognesi
Violet
Washington, D. C
Leila
Donald Thompson
Unitarian Universalist Church
Six Americans Identified Among Plane Crash Victims
Upl airline authorities in Bogota say six Americans believed killed in a Colombian plane crash in the northern Peru mountains have been identified. The victims include Raymond Wimber of Salt Lake City and his wife, John M. Miner of Houston, Carl Tracy of Lockheed's Rio de Janeiro office, and Robert Fern and Eric Radhe, Washington cartographers for the U S Army Engineers, among others.
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Bogota
Colombia
Upl
Peru
Raymond Wimber
Wilson Ave
Salt Lake City
John M. Miner
U.S. Army
Dumbarton Street
Houston
Carl Tracy
Lockheed Aircraft
Rio de Janeiro
Robert Fern
Eric Radhe
Washington
U. S. Army Engineers
Coroner Probes Death of Model Agency Chief
Coroner investigates the death of model agency chief Muntz. The report notes a divorce from Tom Fizdale in 1952 and a 1955 marriage to Miss Stevens. Will and power of attorney documents dated June 24 involve Patrick Stevens and secretary Marcella Haney. No details on her brother Patrick or her mother Celia Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcella Haney
Muntz
Miss Stevens
Superior Court
Two Cars Damaged in Third Street Wabash Avenue Crash
A two car collision at Third street and Wabash avenue Thursday evening caused about 300 dollars in damage. Police report cites John C. Bumgardner of Danville Illinois and Billy Lee Purser of St Joseph Michigan. Bumgardner said a brake pedal rubber slipped off, preventing him from stopping after Purser's car halted for a traffic signal.
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Third Street
Wabash Avenue
Jackie Haynes
Warren Yontz
John C. Bumgardner
Danville
Ill
Billy Lee Purser
St. Joseph
Mich
Purser
Wabash
Bumgardner
Iraqi Premier Grants Amnesty to Mountain Tribes
Lebanese dispatch reports Iraqi Premier Gen. Abdel Karim Kassem issued an amnesty Thursday night for all villagers and tribesmen in the mountainous areas of Iraq who had participated in anti-government activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Abdel Karim Kassem
Iraq
Labor unions lag in membership growth says AFL-CIO official
John W. Livingston told the Retail Clerks International Union convention that 39 percent of the U S labor force belongs to unions, down from 40 percent six years earlier. He cited 43 5 million eligible workers and 17 2 million union members, with over 26 million still eligible for joining.
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Los Angeles
Afl-Cio
John W. Livingston
National
Retail Clerks International Union
U. S
Deaths Charles E Endicott 80 former Terre Haute resident
Charles E Endicott, 80, died at his Indianapolis home at 11 p.m. Thursday. Survived by daughter Ruth Hoff and son Ralph, both of Indianapolis, brother Walter of Winchester, sisters Mary Giverson and Lena Taylor, and one nephew. Body to Flanner Buchanan Mortuary, then to Thomas Funeral Home Terre Haute for viewing Sunday after 10 a.m. Services Monday at 3 p.m. at Thomas chapel. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Cemetery.
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Charles E. Endicott
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Ruth Hoff
Ralph
Walter
Winchester
Mary Giver
Lena Taylor
Flanner and Buchanan Mortuary
Thomas Funeral
Thomas Funeral Chapel
Mildred Gower
Roselawn Memorial Cemetery
Death notices for Mrs Lillian Olsen and Emerson Biggs
Mrs. Lillian Eppert Olsen 66 died at 12 30 a m Friday at 2046 North Twelfth street She was a Trinity Methodist Church member Surviving include husband Louis two brothers Dick Eppert Terre Haute Carl Eppert Milwaukee Wis two sisters Mrs Mary Fishback Tulsa Okla and Mrs Francis Farmer RR 3 West Terre Haute one niece The body to Thomas Funeral Home with calling after 7 p m Saturday Services Monday 10 a m Thomas Funeral Chapel Burial Rose Lawn Memorial Cemetery Emerson Biggs 53 died in Evansville jeweler formerly of Terre Haute His widow Dorothy five sons Emerson Jr David Dennis Donald Fowler and Daniel in Germany two daughters Mrs Marilyn Roll Chand ler and Cathy Biggs Evansville a brother Kenneth Indianapolis and sister Mrs Spiegel Terre Haute Burial at Fountain Terrace Chapel Evansville
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Lillian Eppert Olsen
North Twelfth Street
Trinity Methodist Church
Louis
Dick Eppert
Terre Haute
Carl Eppert
Milwaukee
Wis
Mary Fishback
Tulsa
Okla
Francis Farmer
RR 3
West Terre Haute
Thomas Funeral Home
Thomas Funeral Chapel
Roselawn Memorial Cemetery
Dorothy Spiegel
Emerson B. Biggs
Evansville
Dorothy
Smerson Jr
David
Dennis
Donald
Fowler
Daniel Biggs
United States Army
Germany
Marilyn Roll
Chandler
Cathy Biggs
Kenneth
Indianapolis
Spiegel
Fountain Terrace Chapel
Funeral services for Willard P. Eley
Funeral services for Willard P. Eley aged 48 who died Wednesday are set for 2 30 PM Saturday at the Masonic Temple with Rev. Omer Fishers officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park. Social Lodge No 86 will conduct Masonic rites. The body is at Thomas Funeral Home and will be moved to the temple at noon Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard P. Eley
Masonic Temple
Omer Fishers
Roselawn Memorial Park
Social Lodge No. 86
Thomas Funeral Home
Temple
Funeral services for Mrs Belle Bryant at Bedine Chapel
Funeral services for 77 year old Mrs Belle Bryant who died Wednesday will be held at 3 PM Saturday at the Bedine Chapel of the Valley. Burial follows in Woodlawn Cemetery with rites by members of the Claude L Herbert Auxiliary.
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Belle Bryant
Bedine Chapel
the Valley
Woodlawn Cemetery
Claude L. Herbert
Funeral services for Leslie Carl Wilson
Leslie Carl Wilson 73 of 736 View Avenue died Wednesday. Services set for 1 30 PM Saturday at Gillis Memory Chapel with Rev Robert Woehler officiating. Burial in Rose Lawn Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Carl Wilson
View Avenue
Gillis Memory Chapel
Robert Woehler
Roselawn Memorial Park
Funeral services set for Calvin L. Barr
Funeral services for Calvin L. Barr aged 71 who died Wednesday will be held at 1 PM Saturday at Thomas Funeral Home. Rev. Glenn O Mortensen will officiate with burial in Casey Illinois. Friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin L. Barr
Thomas Funeral Home
Glenn O. Mortensen
Casey
Funeral services for Mrs Lucy Billingsley to be held
Mrs Lucy Billingsley died Tuesday and funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Russell Funeral Home. The Rev R H Carter will officiate and burial will follow in Grandview cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Billingsley
Russell Funeral Home
R. H. Carter
Grandview Cemetery
Mae Weldele Henry Funeral Services In Vincennes
Funeral services for Mae Weldele Henry 75 who died Tuesday will be held at 10 Saturday morning at Flummerfelt Funeral Home Vincennes. Burial follows at Rose Lawn Memorial Park Vincennes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Weldele Henry
Flummerfelt
Vincennes
Roselawn Memorial Park
Funeral notices for Lavene Hill and Exie Hughes
Funeral services for Lavene Ann Hill 55 will be at Bedino Chapel Valley at 1 PM Saturday with burial in Rose lawn Memorial Park. Paris II reports Exie Mae Hughes 56 died Thursday at Paris Hospital. service at Blume Funeral Home Saturday at 2 PM with burial in Forsythe Cemetery near Oliver. she leaves two sons Harry and Wendell of Paris three daughters Norma Hess Norman and Betty Lou Welsh and three brothers Jesse A Kennedy and Charles Kennedy.
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Lavene Ann Hill
Bedino Chapel
Valley
Roselawn Memorial Park
Paris
Exie Mae Hughes
Oliver
Blume
Forsythe
Harry and
Wendell
Norma Hess
Norman
Betty Lou Welsh
Marshall
Jesse and
A. Kennedy
Charles Kennedy
Terre Haute
Martinsville obituary notices for Nettie Taggart and Jennie Myers
Nettie Taggart aged 92 died Thursday in Toledo Ill at her daughter Grace Ryan’s home. Surviving daughter Lula Tuttle of Portland Ore and son Charles Taggart of Martinsville. Burial in Ridgelawn Mausoleum. Services 2:30 pm Saturday at Greenwell Funeral Home. Jennie R. Myers aged 69 died Thursday in Logansport. Member of kville Pythian Sisters. Surviving brothers Harold Boyd Robert Boyd Andrew Boyd and sisters Mary Nett Pearl Thompson. Body to Barnes Mortuary.
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Martinsville
Ind
Nettie Taggart
Grace Ryan
Toledo
Ill
Lula Tuttle
Portland
Ore
Charles Taggart
Greenwell Funeral
Ridgelawn
Rockville
Jennie R. Myers
Logansport
Kville Pythian
Harold Boyd
Robert Boyd
Andrew Boyd
Mishawaka
Mary Nett
Pearl Thompson
South Bend
Barnes
Funeral rites planned for John Kiefer Jr in Brazil
John Kiefer Jr 61 died 10 40 pm Wednesday at Clay County Hospital. Funeral 1 30 pm Saturday at Miller & Sons with Rev Orville Moore officiating. Burial in Summit Lawn cemetery. Call after 3 30 pm Friday. He was a Clay worker and member of Clay Workers Local No 599 and Evangelical United Brethren Church of Brazil. Surviving are widow Lois and three sons John Jr and others.
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Brazil
Ind
John Kiefer Jr
Clay County Hospital
Miller & Sons
Orville Moore
Summit Lawn Cemetery
Clay Workers
Evangelical United Brethren Church of Brazil
Lois
John Jr
One Arm Wolfe Dies in Murder Blast Mystery
One Arm Wolfe was found dying after an explosion that killed another man. Both men, believed to be fruit ranch employees near Dundee, had been in a vacated house once occupied by a Negro family that moved North. Wolfe died in Winter Haven Florida without giving an account. A related 1925 case recalls the Hance slayings with a man named Chapman executed after a police officer was slain.
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Dundee
Wolfe
Winter Haven
Fla
Chapman
Sleepwalking Claim Marred by Fatal Shot in Tampa
Mrs Lucille Barnett 32 says she shot her husband while sleepwalking as police report. The incident left William Barnett 29 dead from a chest wound in their bed, with psychiatrists to examine her before charges.
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Tampa
Fla
UPI
Lucille Barnett
Obituary details for Kiefer family connections listed
The obituary lists relatives: daughters in Maryland, Paris, and Pennsylvania. sons Elmer C., David, Frank in Brazil. Robert W. in Riviera Beach, Edward Kiefer in New York City. sister Barbara Lewis of Brazil. plus seven grandchildren. Also mentions parents or original home in Indianapolis and Franklin E. of Brazil and Tommy of Miami Beach, Fla.
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Indianapolis
Franklin E
Brazil
Tommy
Miami Beach
Fla
Sarah Hadaway
Tellchman, Md
Mary Jo Richey
Paris
Dorothy Thull
New Brighton
Elmer C
David
Frank
Robert W
Riviera Beach
Edward Kiefer
New York City
N. Y
Barbara Lewis
Death of Mrs. Glynn Sumner at 73 in Dugger
Mrs. Glynn Sumner 73 formerly of Dugger died Thursday afternoon at General Hospital Indianapolis. Survived by husband Rollie three sons Harry Cincinnati Ohio Richard Sumner Floyd Sumner Indianapolis two daughters Violet Howard South America Vera Dickerson Gosport two brothers Floyd Roy Carlisle. Body to be returned to Newkirk Funeral Home Dugger.
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Dugger
Ind
Glynn Sumner
General Hospital
Indianapolis
Rollie
Harry
Cincinnati
Ohio
Richard
Floyd Sumner
Violet Howard
South America
Vera Dickerson
Gosport
Floyd
Roy
Carlisle
Newkirk
Funeral services set for Nancy Ellen Neal in Clinton
Nancy Ellen Neal 92 died Wednesday. Funeral services at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at First Funeral Home with Rev Justus Saalwachter officiating. Burial in Riverside Cemetery. Body from 10 a.m. Friday to residence 1011 South Fourth Street for visiting, then back to the funeral home at 10 a.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Ind
Nancy Ellen Neal
Justus Saalwaechter
Riverside Cemetery
South Fourth Street
South Pole birth news reaches doumani family
George A. Doumani in the South Pole learned of his first son's birth within minutes via radio telephone. Julie Doumani, 30, announced “Victor is here!” as Amateur Radio Operator W. Loyd Townsley arranged the link. The couple also has a 15 month old daughter, Sandra.
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Berkeley
Calif
George A. Doumani
South Pole
Julie
Victor
W. Loyd Townsley
Doumanis
Sandra
Vermillion Boy Crowned in Pit Rescue Attempt Near Cayuga
A Vermillion boy told authorities he was sitting on a bank when he heard Cheesman struggling. Black and Perkins said they tried to rescue him but Cheesman's struggle thwarted their efforts. His body was later recovered. he is survived by five brothers and four sisters. The body was taken to Watson Funeral Home.
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Cheesman
Black
Perkins
Jerry Jennings
Eugene
Calvin Swimsett
Cayuga
Watson Funeral Home
County hospital loses accreditation in New Castle
Henry County Hospital in New Castle Ind lost its accreditation by the Joint Commission after a May 6 inspection found failures in patient care quality. The commission urged enlarging and modernizing the plant and dietary department, but hospital officials said the needed improvements could not be funded after a $400,000 bond issue was approved then killed by the county council. The hospital, first accredited in 1933, had prior probationary accreditations in 1956 and 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Ind
Henry County Hospital
Joint Commission On Accreditation of
Herbert A. Schacht
Explosion in Tennessee claims two workers at Foote Mineral Co
An explosion at the Foote Mineral Co plant in Knoxville hurled two chemical workers, Albert Hurst and Mae Cox, to their deaths into a 13 000 gallon vat of acid. Firemen recovered the bodies early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Albert Hurst
Mae Cox
Foote Mineral Co
Merchant fleets built by nations after World War Two
Switzerland joins Liberia Ireland Costa Rica and Ecuador in expanding merchant fleets since World War II as several countries broaden their commercial shipping capacity.
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Switzerland
Liberia
Ireland
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Long sued for legal separation after release and escape
John Sealy Hospital in Galveston freed Executive Long after two weeks on promise to enter Ochsner Foundation Clinic. He left for Baton Rouge within 24 hours, wife racing ahead to secure commitment papers and guard against another custody action. Long sought separation to prevent renewed commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sealy
Ochsner Foundation
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Long
Mandeville State Hospital
Brazzell Faces Possible Plea in Theater Burglary
Gary Brazzell 18 of Terre Haute was charged with second degree burglary in Vigo Circuit Court but a Friday hearing was postponed. Prosecutor Berry said an amended affidavit would allege petit larceny. Brazzell reportedly plans to plead guilty to the misdemeanor, with the East Side Drive-In break-in dated April 16 and about 25 dollars stolen plus cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Maurice Brazzell
Terre Haute
Vigo
Ralph Berry
Brazzell
Robert Howard Brown
East Side Drive- In
Paris hospital cares for fair condition accident victims
Mrs Mayme Stover 62 of Miami and her twin grandchildren Donald and Diana Marshall 6 of Dayton are improving after a U S 40 crash that killed Orville Stover 67 and Barbara Ann Marshall 8. The truck driver Charles Strassburger 44 of Berkeley Mo. faced investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ill
Mayme Stover
Miami
Fla
Donald
Diana Marshall
Dayton
Ohio
Stover
Phoenix
Ariz
Pauline Marshall
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Sullivan, Ind
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Model Agency
Essert
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Ann Hill
Mrs. Nettie Taggart
Garfield
Maple Ave
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Tribune-Star
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Galveston, Tex
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