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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1955
Page
8
New York report notes 7 Americans at the level of investment in major corporations. A week long How to Invest show in New York attracted 56 000 visitors with more than 9 000 attending. Most arrived by subway not Cadillacs. Wall Street experts say it is not
Omaha rail worker Edward Zamanek says he does not mind being teased for wearing Bermuda shorts while on duty. He recalls how he gradually started wearing them to beat the heat, starting by rolling his overall legs.
The New York Stock Exchange reports 34 000 new investors joined Monthly Investment Plan in 1954. By year end there are about 7 500 000 owners, many first time buyers investing on nickels and dimes. Investors favor General Electric and RCA, with eight in ten using dividends to buy more stock.
A 13 year old southside rider Ronald Irwin of 1611 Harding Avenue suffered minor injuries when his bicycle collided with a car on river road near Prairieton. The vehicle was driven by Harry Dowell of 1526 South Sixteenth Street. Irwin was treated and released from St Anthony Hospital after leg injuries.
Court entries list multiple divorces including Clara G. Robinson William J. Robinson Loren Pound Pierson Township and Nancy Fields Gilbert Fields Jo Ann Deakins Paul E. Deakins Bertha Fears Charlie Fears Opal Clark Vernon Clark James Limer Cleo Limer from the Superior Court No percent. Marriage licenses shown for Mullen Robinson and Fitzsimmons Price. Real estate transfers note numerous lots sold for $1 in Town of New Goshen and surrounding townships.
Indiana members of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs will run a four call chain Wednesday and Thursday to promote sensible and courteous motoring during the Fourth of July weekend. The Indiana Office of Traffic Safety says the effort aims to reach thousands of Indiana homes with four calls per recipient.
The AFL Teamsters strike in southern New England spreads to New York state and beyond, involving about 15 000 drivers in Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island and more than 5 000 elsewhere. Terminals in upstate New York including Albany Binghamton Utica Rochester Endicott and Syracuse close. Management and labor meet as talks resume with no violence reported.
George R. Drummond, 42, of Fort Wayne, was charged after allegedly stealing a $9 briefcase in downtown Indianapolis. Policewomen pursued from J C Penney to Monument Circle, then through an alley, Illinois street, a restaurant, and a bar before he surrendered in an alley when Officer Ella Coleman fired two shots in the air. He carried more than $2,600. He was scheduled to appear in court.
Police say Drummond picked up a briefcase from a Penney counter and were found with 25 hundred dollar bills, five twenty dollar bills, two one dollar bills and 1.63 in coins. Officers Coleman and Graves reported the incident to Municipal Court.
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