Senator Potter Seeks Defense Funds for FY Budget
Senator Potter pushes for 34.534 billion dollars in new defense money for the upcoming fiscal year, with Air Force and Army increases and a Navy boost. Eisenhower budget revisions cut public works and shift priorities, while Chavez vows to bring the defense bill to debate next week and seek a Senate House conference to reach a compromise.
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Armed Services
House
Air Force
Army
Navy
Eisenhweer
Senate
Sen
Knowland
R.-Calif
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Coast Guard
Sen. Chavez
Senate House Conference Committee
Officials Study Boundaries Set By Annexation
The city town line cuts Highland Lawn Cemetery while Deming Park lies inside city bounds. Dobbs Memorial Park Paul Cox Municipal Airport and Rea Park golf course stay city property but are outside the boundary. School district attorneys seek a mandamus to force Joseph A. Conrad Jr trustee of Harrison Township to surrender all records properties and funds. awaiting high court ruling.
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Highland Lawn Cemetery
Deming Park
Dobbs
Mayor Schrunk Acquitted by Mixed Jury in Portland
Portland mayor Terry Schrunk was found innocent of perjury by a jury of nine women and three men after about two hours deliberations. He was accused of lying to the Multnomah County grand jury about accepting a bribe from an after hours club operator when he was sheriff in 1955.
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Portland
Ore
Terry D. Schrunk
Schrunk
Multnomah
Deaths of Six Attributed To Raging Waters
Floods across 11 Indiana counties kill six and force evacuations as rains total 5 to 10 inches in 24 hours. Rescue efforts include amphibious vehicles and helicopters. towns like Zionsville and Indianapolis report collapses, water contamination, and power losses.
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Vigo
Clay
Parke
Putnam
Montgomery
Boone
Marion
Tipton
Vermillion
Hamilton
Clinton
Crawfordsville
Sugar Creek
Greencastle
Big Walnut Creek
Terre Haute
Toad Hop
U. S
Deaths of Maria Ranesberger at 83 in Indiana
Maria Ranesberger 83 died at 6016 Wabash Ave after 2 45 AM Saturday. Survived by daughters Mrs. Pfeiffer Terre Haute and Mrs. Drexler Munich Germany, sister Mrs. Zettler Augsburg Germany, four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral from Callahan Funeral Home with Rosary Sunday 7 30 PM Requiem Mass Monday 9 AM at St Benedict Church Calvary Cemetery burial.
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Maria Ranesberger
Wabash Avenue
Sarvi
Mary Pfeiffer
Terre Haute
Anna Drexler
Munich
Germany
Lene Zettler
Augsburg
Lost Creek Home
Callahan Funeral Home
St. Benedict Church
Calvary Cemetery
Callahan Chapel
Russell Lee Harvey dies in Vincennes at 55
Russell Lee Harvey 55 of 1929 Plum Street Vincennes died at 8 30 Friday morning. Survived by wife Ruby daughter Virginia Crowther of Vincennes son Charles Terre Haute mother Olivia Stockwell West Terre Haute stepfather Bruce Stockwell West Terre Haute stepbrother Russell Stockwell Bloomington and seven grandchildren. Body at Bedine Chapel Valley after 6 Saturday. Funeral 1 30 Monday at Bedine Chapel Rev George Schafer officiating burial Dunlap Cemetery.
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Russell Lee Harvey
Plum Street
Vincennes
Ruby
Virginia Crowther
Charles
Terre Haute
Olivia Stockwell
West Terre Haute
Bruce Stwell
Russell Stockwell
Bloomington
Bedine Chapel
George Schafer
Dunlap Cemetery
Infant Robert Eugene Dunkley Dies at Home
Infant Robert Eugene Dunkley son of Mr and Mrs Robert Edward Dunkley died at 9 45 Friday morning at the family residence R A 2 Clinton Surviving are six brothers Charles Larry Gary Mark Ralph and Danny all at home one sister Darla Jean at home one half sister Mrs Margaret Webster of Oak Grove Ky three half brothers Robert George and Max Anderson all at home the grandparents Mr and Mrs Oliver Sellars of R R 2 Clinton and Mrs Martha Dunkley of St Mary of the Woods The body was taken to Bedine Chapel of the Valley where friends may call after 6 o clock Saturday evening Funeral services and burial will be Sunday
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Robert Eugene Dunkley
Robert Edward Dunkley
Clina
Charles
Larry
Gary
Mark
Ralph
Danny
Darla Jean
Margaret Webster
Oak Grove
Robert
George
Max Anderson
Oliver Sellars
R. R
Clinton
Martha Dunkley
St. Mary-of the-Woods
Bedine Chapel
Funeral services for Victoria Mitchell at Lost Creek Church
Victoria Mitchell aged 90 died Thursday. Funeral at 2 pm Sunday at Lost Creek Church with burial in Stewart Cemetery. Body returns to son John Mitchell at R. 6 Terre Haute after calling at Russell Funeral Home from 4:30 pm Saturday to noon Sunday before service at Lost Creek Baptist Church.
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Victoria Mitchell
Lost Creek
Stewart Cemetery
John
Terre Haute
Russell
Lost Creek Baptist Church
Mrs Gertrude Kibble Dies. Indianapolis Resident 78
Mrs Gertrude Kibble 78 a former Terre Haute resident died Saturday morning at her Indianapolis home She was a member of the Indianapolis O E S Surviving sisters are Mrs Emma Herber Terre Haute and Mrs Caroline Willis Indianapolis The body will be taken to Gillis Memory Chapel for funeral services at 10 30 Monday burial in Highland Lawn cemetery
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Gertrude Kibble
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Indianapolis O.E.S
Emma Herber
Caroline Willis
Gillis Memory Chapel
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Services for Mrs Lillian Milward Held in Illinois
Mrs Lillian A Milward 67 formerly of Terre Haute died Friday in Evanston Illinois. Services are set for 1 o clock Monday at Callahan Funeral Home with Ted Cliff as reader. Burial will be in Rose lawn Memorial Park. Visitation after 4 o clock Saturday at the funeral home.
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Lillian A. Milward
Terre Haute
Evanston, Ill
Callahan Funeral Home
Ted Cliff
Roselawn Memorial Park
Services for Mrs Elizabeth L Myles
Mrs Elizabeth L Myles 71 of Prairieton died Friday. Services at DeBaun Funeral Home Terre Haute 2:30 Sunday. Officiating ministers Rev Loren Maxwell and Rev Kenneth Ryan. Burial in New Harmony Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Elizabeth L Myles
Prairieton
DeBaun
Terre Haute
Loren Maxwell
Kenneth Ryan
New Harmony
Funeral Services for Bertha Burgan
Bertha Burgan a 68 year old former Otter Creek School teacher of North Terre Haute died Friday. Services are set for 10:30 Monday at Thomas Funeral Home with Rev. Sam Boyll officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery. Friends may call after 6 pm Saturday at the funeral home.
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Bertha Burgan
Willow Street
Otter Creek
North
Terre Haute
Thomas Funeral Home
Sam Boyll
Woodlawn
Funeral services for Frank Schober in Clinton Indiana
Frank Schober 77 was found dead at his home in Clinton. Funeral services set for 8:45 AM Monday at Karanovich Funeral Home with a requiem mass at Sacred Heart Church. Burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Survived by four stepdaughters and two step-sons.
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Clinton
Ind
Frank Schober
North Eighth Street
Karanovich
Sacred Heart Church
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Austria
Helen Trimble
Julia Simpson
Mt. Ements
Mich
Agnes Forkins
Josephine Armstrong
Detroit
John Savage
Steve Savage
Daytona Beach
Fla
Karanovich Funeral Home
Thomas Switzer 86 Dies at Union Hospital Terre Haute
Marshall Illinois June 29 Thomas Switzer 86 of South Fifth Street died at Union Hospital Terre Haute at 6 o clock Saturday morning Surviving are the widow Wessie and one daughter Mrs Leie Cork of Marshall The body was taken to Marrs Funeral Home
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Marshall
Ill
Thomas Switzer
South Fifth Street
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Wessie
Leie Cork
Marrs
Funeral services for Joseph J. Lisch in Brazil Indiana
Joseph J. Lisch 68 formerly of Brazil died Wednesday. Services set for 2 PM Sunday at Miller & Sons Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Mc Sween officiating. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Survived by brothers John Canada and William Brazil a stepdaughter Mrs Con stance Longanecker of Brazil and three stepgrandchildren.
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Ind
Joseph J. Lisch
Miller & Sons
Charles McSween
Catholic
John
Canada
William
Constance Longanecker
Mrs. Cora Woodard dies in Sullivan hospital
Mrs. Cora Woodard of Shelburn Indiana aged 69 died at 11 oclock Friday morning at Mary Sherman Hospital Sullivan Survived by brothers Carl Dougherty Shelburn and B L Dougherty Terre Haute Body to McHugh Funeral Home for visitation Funeral services set for 2 oclock Sunday easterly officiating Burial planned at West Lawn Cemetery Farmersburg
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Shelburn
Ind
Cora Woodard
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Carl Dougherty
B. L. Dougherty
Terre Haute
McHugh
West Lawn
Farmersburg
William Hawk dies at 61 in Paris hospital
William Hawk aged 61 died at 8 am Friday in Paris hospital. Survived by wife Mattie and four daughters Violet Fiscatr, Sylvia Houser, June Decker, Genell Dmarois and one son Sidney of Har IH. Body to Greenwell Funeral Home in Martinsville Illinois.
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Martinsville
Ill
William Hawk
Paris Hospital
Mattie
Sidney
Har * Ih
Violet Fiscatr
Sylvia Houser
Lakeland
Fla
June Decker
Findlay
Ohio
Genell Dmarois
Robinson
Greenwell Funeral Home
Charles Jack Wood Obituary Notices Oblong Illinois
Charles Jack Wood 62 died at home near Oblong Illinois Friday at 5 15 pm Survived by wife Bertha three sons King and Dean Wood of Muncie Indiana Mae Wood of Indianapolis and three sisters Mrs Marjorie Wilson of Oblong Illinois Funeral held at Marshall Funeral Chapel Oblong Illinois The shortest distance between two points is through the Want Acts.
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Oblong
Charles Jack Wood
Bertha
King and Dean Wood
Muncie
Ind
Mae Wood
Indianapolis
Marjorie Wilson
Marshall Funeral
Audrey's Death Toll Rises After Gulf Storm Damage
The Lake Charles area reports mounting deaths from the gulf storm that leveled Cameron and Pecan Island and Holly Beach. Reporter Bill Mertana describes the shattered coast as indistinguishable from land. President Eisenhower dispatches Val Peterson to mobilize federal aid. Pestilence threatens the waterlogged region.
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Cameron
Pecan Island
Holly Beach
Bill Mertana
Lake Charles
American Press
Eisenhower
Val Peterson
Civil Defense
Peterson
Doctor Delivers Five Babies in Cameron After Hurricane
Red Cross officials report an unidentified doctor named Clark delivered five babies including twins in Cameron Louisiana after Hurricane Audrey. About a thousand people gathered at the Cameron Courthouse as disaster and death struck the village. Refugees, including expectant mothers, were moved by barge to southern Louisiana cities.
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Lake Charles
P — Red Cross
Cameron
Red Cross
Jerry Caron
Defense For the
Clark
Coron
Louisiana
Waters Recede After Louisiana Hurricane Toll
The hurricane moving inland across Louisiana into Mississippi and Tennessee left vast destruction. Tens of thousands of dead cattle and wild animals litter the heat touched landscape as areas like Cameron Parish and Holly Beach were devastated. Survivors recount a wall of water and widespread ruin as roads and rail lines face closures and detours.
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Pecan Island
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Ohio Valley
Jethro Broussard
Stephen Broussard
J. B. Gibbs
Cameron
Pastor King Urges End to Segregation in Detroit
Rev. Martin Luther King urged a 3000 plus crowd in Detroit to end segregation across the United States even if it means jail. Speaking at the NAACP convention awards ceremony, he praised non violent methods and warned that civil rights require sacrifice and potential imprisonment.
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Detroit
Martin Luther King
United States
Henry and Edsel Ford
Montgomery
Ala
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
N.A.A.C.P
King
Hungarian aid program ends in Vienna
The International Red Cross will wind up its $13 million Hungarian refugee relief program Sunday, handing care to the Austrian Red Cross. About 13,000 refugees remain in camps, with over 100,000 passing through in seven months. The operation, led by Raymond T. Schaeffer, distributed nearly $9 million in aid, including $3.6 million in cash and services worth $615,000. Fifteen nations contributed Red Cross staff to the camps.
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Vienna
International Red Cross
Red Cross
IRC
Raymond T. Schaeffer
Military Court To Ponder Fate Of Missile Man
The report covers a case where Colonel Nickerson faces possible dismissal and up to thirty years in prison. Medaris expected to testify about Nickerson's capabilities as an officer and as his former superior. Testimony centers on Air Force aims to seize control of the Army long range ballistic missile program and perceived industry interests.
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Medaris
Nickerson
Air Force
Army
Street Department Employee Harold Hiatt Dies at 56
Harold S. Hiatt, a mechanic for the Terre Haute City Street Department, died at his home at 2124 Chestnut Street at 9 45 AM. He was 56. The death followed an attack at the residence. Ball Ambulance and Resuscitator Squad No 1 responded and he was pronounced dead. Surviving are his wife Frances four daughters Mabel Ebler Terre Haute Margaret Asher and Frances Owens both of Sacramento Calif Rose Mary Leprodi Sunnyvale Calif and five sons William Myron Byron Harold Hiatt Jr all of Terre Haute and John Hiatt Sacramento Calif and several cousins. The body was taken to Gillis Memory Chapel.
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Harold S. Hiatt
Terre Haute
Chestnut Street
Frances
Mabel Ebler
Margaret Asher
Frances Owens
Philippines demand sailor's return over 1956 crash
Manila demands the immediate return of American sailor George E. Roe, discharged after a Cavite court case began over a highway accident in January 1956. Acting Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus sent a strongly worded note to U S Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen demanding Roe be brought back to face the Philippines court.
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Manila
United States
Raul Manglapus
U. S
Charles E. Bohlen
George E. Roe
Philippines
Cavite
Roe
U. S. Navy
Roman Ortiz
Training end for American troops aiding West German army
Officials disclosed that the hand picked American soldiers helping train the new West German Army will end their work early next year. After that the Germans will be on their own.
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Bonn
Fisherman Hurt After Fall From Canal Wall
Robert H. Mills, 63, of Miami, was fishing from a canal wall when he was pulled or toppled into coral rock below. He suffered a broken arm and multiple cuts and bruises.
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Miami
Fla
Robert H. Mills
Disarming Bomb Routine at Sandia Tower
At Sandia Laboratory Albuquerque a nuclear device failed to fire at 4 45 am prompting a five man team to scale the tower and disconnect power cables. Dr Burton and two technicians then remained at the base while 1900 Marines and 150 observers waited as technicians replaced the elevator. The AEC said the dud cannot be fired until July 10.
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Nevada
Burton
Ground Zero
AEC
Release Martin From Hospital and Funeral Delay
The girl remains alive after hospital arrival as two services for a slain woman and her son are set at Bedino Chapel of the Valley this afternoon. Burial follows at Roselawn Memorial Park with Rev. Paul Shelton presiding. crowds face flood-related delays. Martin, limping from a leg wound, attends and is expected to testify before the grand jury as prosecutors seek indictments on two counts of first degree murder against Whitaker. the 16 gauge murder weapon remains missing despite Boy Scout searches.
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Bedino Chapel
Roselawn Memorial Park
Paul Shelton
Martin
John R. Jett
Whitaker
Boy Scouts
Wabash Valley Council
Lois F Payton Dies at Clinton Indiana
Lois F Payton 59 longtime Otter Creek High School teacher died at 1 20 am Saturday at her Clinton residence She taught 33 years at Otter Creek and earlier at English and Hell township schools She led Otter Creek 4 H Club for 25 years supervised lunch program Survived by sister Merina Roeschlein Funeral at Tennessee Valley church with burial Bono cemetery services Monday at 2 30 pm Reverend John E Morris officiating
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Clinton
Ind
Lois F. Payton
Center Church
Bono High School
Indiana State Teachers College
Terre Haute
Otter Creek
Miss Payton
Hell Township
Otter Creek Township
Tennessee Valley Church
Minerva Roeschlein
John E. Morris
Bono
Enlists in Army Bedwell Joins Three Year Regular Service
Robert Ray Bedwell 17 son of Mrs. Vivian Rickard of 416 South Third Street West Terre Haute is accepted for a three year enlistment in the regular army unassigned by M/Sgt Cyrus M Arnold local U S Army recruiter.
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Robert Ray Bedwell
Vivian Rickard
South Third Street
West
Terre Haute
Cyrus M. Arnold
U. S. Army
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