Freighter Monrovia Sinks After Lake Huron Collision
In foggy Lake Huron off Thunder Bay Island the 417 foot Monrovia sank after colliding with the Royalton. The Monrovia crew of 60 was rescued after abandonment, while the Royalton sustained minor damage. The collision occurred while the Monrovia carried steel from Antwerp to Chicago and Duluth.
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Alpena
Mich
Monrovia
Lake Huron
Coast Guard
Norman W. Foy
Royalton
Thunder Bay Island
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Antwerp
Liberia
Chicago
Duluth
F. Scott Long Ltd
Port Colborne
Linen Theft Report From North Center Home
Mrs. Fern Coston reports a burglary at her unoccupied North Center street home. Police say between 60 and 80 bed sheets, 60 and 80 bath towels, and 60 and 80 wash cloths were stolen. She has been staying with her mother at 2056 North Center street for weeks and notified authorities after discovering the loss on Thursday. Evidence suggests someone used the house, leaving standing water in the bath and a used bed on two occasions.
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Fern Coston
North Center Street
Coston
All Bran Promises Regularity Without Meds
An article promotes Kellogg's All Bran as a safe remedy for constipation caused by low bulk in the diet. It urges consuming a half-cup daily, claiming it provides necessary bulk and helps maintain regularity, with a ten day trial.
Teen Chauffeur Crashes Car. Officer Feels Embarrassed
In Clearwater Florida on June 26 Terry Clark a 17 year old allegedly struck a lamp pole while watching a pretty girl. Officer Bernard Menghelli arrested him for damaging city property admitting he had not seen the crash as he too was watching the same girl.
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Clearwater
Fla
UPI
Terry Clark
Bernard Menghelli
County plans traffic safety clinic in Terre Haute
Officials of the Indiana Traffic Safety Foundation will present findings from a county highway survey at a July 20 meeting in the Vigo County Courthouse. The open session aims to advise highway officials on smoothing traffic and prioritizing through travel on busy roads. city and county officials and interested groups are invited.
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Indiana Traffic Safety Foundation, Inc
Terre Haute
Vigo
Harry P. Brentlinger, Jr
Commissioners’ Board
Brentlinger
Joseph Silcock
Michael Sweeney
Foundation
Evans appointed regional engineer for PRR Southwestern Region
John T. Evans was named regional engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad Southwestern Region by H. H. Vaughn. Evans succeeds David E. Pergin who becomes regional engineer for the Philadelphia Region. Evans, Lehigh University graduate, started as an engineering apprentice in 1940 and held multiple posts including assistant regional engineer New York and district engineer Canton Ohio before his latest promotion.
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John T. Evans
Pennsylvania Railroad
H. H. Vaughn
Evans
David E. Pergrin
Philadelphia
Lehigh University
Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Cape Charles
Canton
Ohio
New York Region
Seek to Cite State's Attorney For Contempt
A petition filed in Criminal Court seeks an order holding State's Attorney Benjamin S. Adamow ski in contempt for public statements made at a news conference. Lawyers want a special prosecutor assigned to eight defendants, including Chief Justice Raymond A. Drymalski, in the bail bond case. They claim Adamowski's remarks aimed to deny a fair trial and hinder justice.
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Chicago
Criminal Court
Benjamin S. Adamowski
George N. Leighton
William R. Ming Jr
Raymond A. Drymalski
Adamowski
Leighton
Ming
George A. Booker
Adamoski
Abraham L. Marovitz
Thor Accuracy Test Shot Fired at Cape Canaveral
The Air Force launched a 1500 mile range Thor intermediate missile in a reliability flight at Cape Canaveral showing a clear path and a near perfect launch. Earlier a Thor first stage powered a Discoverer rocket from Van Nuys Base California but the satellite did not orbit. The test aims to improve the missile accuracy as a war weapon.
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Cape Canaveral
Fia
Air Force
Thor
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force Missile Training Center
Rivers Recede in Canton Area As Dikes Hold
Flood swollen rivers receded slowly in Canton as Peiping radio credited millions of Kwantung residents for raising ice dikes 1 to 3 feet. The city of 1.5 million was saved, though some districts remained flooded and the Pearl River delta remained tense.
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Tokyo
Canton
Peiping
Kwantung Province
Postmasters Meet at Riley to Convene District Session
The National League of Postmasters will hold its district meeting Sunday June 28 at the Riley American Legion Home. Postmaster Ed Fagin urges all members to attend with state and departmental officials present. A luncheon is planned for 12 noon CDT per vice president Lee Johnson.
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National League of Postmasters
Riley American Legion
Ed Fagin
Lee Johnson
Former Indiana Baptist Leader Dies in Miami
Dr. Thomas Judson Parsons, 89, former Indiana Baptist executive and editor, died Thursday in Miami after moving there 11 years ago from Indianapolis where he served 25 years as minister and executive secretary of the Indiana Baptist Conventions. He leaves his widow and a son, Dwight H. Parsons.
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Miami, Fla
Thomas Judson Parsons
Indiana Baptist
Parsons
Miami
Indianapolis
Indiana Baptist Conventions
Dwight H
Alabama to officialize camellia as state flower
Governor John Patterson said he will sign the bill making the camellia Alabama’s official flower after his wife urged him to sign it. The announcement came in Montgomery on June 26 as reported by UPI.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
John Patterson
Alabama
English Teacher From Wiley to Oxford University
Miss Edith Jones, English instructor at Wiley High School for 15 years, is among 110 educators chosen for a summer study program at Oxford University. Wiley principal Vane Rutherford praises her as an outstanding teacher. She travels from 1213 South Seventh Street, leaving for Montreal and then England. The Institute of International Education program runs July 6 to August 21. She is a Indiana State Teachers College graduate who applied last December for admission after a prior visit to Oxford.
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Edith Jones
Wiley High School
Oxford University
England
Vane Rutherford
Wiley
Jones
South Seventh Street
Montreal
Institute of International Education
Indiana State Teachers College
Oxford
Hershel Cress Tops Vigo Toastmasters Contest
Hershel Cress led his second Vigo Toastmasters Club oratorical contest topping Phil Cantrell and Babe Wolfe. Cress stressed gesture use in his prize speech with Walter Kindrick as toastmaster and Paul Jones and Roy Drake as evaluator and topic master. James Legg won the short unprepared speech, with Jerry Denham grammarian and Don Hogg timer.
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Herschel Cress
Vigo Toastmasters Club
Phil Cantrell
Babe Wolfe
Cress
Walter Kindrick
Paul Jones
Roy Drake
James Legg
Jerry Denham
Don Hogg
Pattern advertisement for Marian Martin Misses' Teen Outfit
A fashion pattern notice promotes Printed Pattern 9260 for Misses' sizes 10 to 20 with a teen outfit. It offers easy sewing, no waist seams, printed directions, and costs 35 cents plus 10 cents postage.
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Marian Martin
Terre Haute Tribune
Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
N. Y
Paralyzed Tennessee man gets 10 year murder sentence
Nashville report says Leroy H. Jones, paralyzed and in a wheelchair from wounds by his stepson, was sentenced to ten years for the slaying of his wife Annie. Jones pleaded guilty after being shot in the back by Eugene Watkins, 25, about half a day after the alleged murder.
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Nashville
Tenn
Leroy H. Jones
Jones
Eugene Watkins
Annie
Wheat veto fuels Democratic bid on 1960 race
Washington June 26 UPI Democrats say Eisenhower’s veto of the wheat bill gives them a farm issue to aid a 1960 presidential bid. They claim the move hurts the GOP in the Great Plains while supporting continued wheat surpluses.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Great Plains
Dakotas
Montana
Kansas
Democratic Congress
Senate
House
Ute Tribe Plans District Meeting for June Twenty seventh
Ute Tribe No. 152 located at Twelfth and Mulberry streets will hold a special district meeting Saturday June 27 at 8 p.m. All Red Men and area tribes are invited. The tribe plans a large class of new members to be adopted in the All American Degree. Refreshments will be served after the meeting.
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Twelfth
Mulberry Streets
R. W. Blair
Advertising buyers turn to newspapers in April rise
New York June 26 UPi Newspaper advertising revenues April spurted 23 percent ahead of the month last year and was 12 percent above the previous month’s volume. Printers Ink magazine reported the figures Thursday. Ad volume for January through April this year was 10 percent higher than the same period a year ago, with total national advertising income up 11 percent from last year.
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New York
Upi
Printers’ Ink Magazine
Tom Packs Circus Brightens Terre Haute With New Acts
The Shrine Circus presents a fresh program for Terre Haute featuring 22 acts including The Ballet of the Sky and Flying Zacchinis. Tom Packs' Circus travels by road with Tom Packs as headline, led by Dr. Joseph Minnis of Zarah Temple and C. L. Bartley Jr as general chairman.
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Terre Haute
Tom Packs
Joseph Minnis
Zarah Temple
Packs
India
Sikorskas
Gretha Frisk
Baptist Schrieber
Zacchinis
England
Lacy
Wilfred Alcide
C. L. Bartley, Jr
Harry Briggs
Wheat Marketing Cards Issued For Vigo County Growers
Ed Hoffman announces marketing cards issued to area wheat growers within acreage allotments or at most 15 acres per farm. Growers should sign for the cards in his Vigo County Federal Building office. Ohio ranks second to Wisconsin in kitchenware production.
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Ed Hoffman
Vigo County
Possible arson case investigated on southside
Police investigated a possible arson Thursday after Willis Caton reported a rolled newspaper torch burned on one end by his garage. The paper dated Thursday had about three inches burned. Caton said his prior garage burned down years ago with no known cause.
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Southside
Willis Caton
South Eleventh
Caton
Icy Cool Summer Desserts From Better Homes and Gardens
The July issue features heat beating desserts perfect for supper or afternoon refreshment. Rainbow sundae buffet, coconut ribbon loaf, ice cream cookies lead a quick easy lineup with jiffy sundae sauces and chilled drinks in the Real Cool Cook Book.
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Better Homes & Gardens
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