Allis Chalmers Terre Haute Wins National Safety Council Award
The Terre Haute Works of Allis Chalmers received the National Safety Council Public Interest Award for safety advertising and public information campaigns in 1956. B F Coleman accepted the honor. over 100,000 reprints supported safety efforts in schools and communities. The event included Terre Haute civic leaders and company executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Allis Chalmers
National Safety Council
Terre Haute Works
Hallie L. Myers
Indiana Traffic Safety Foundation, Inc
B. F. Coleman
Allis-Chalmers
J. M. Anderson
North Thirteenth Street
Myers
National Safety Director
Milton Fox
Terre Haute Brewing Company
John Lamb
Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce
Harry Brentlinger
O. T. Neuenfeldt
Dean Shepard
Works
B. A. Storassii
Earl Fenrich
Hoffa Case Eyed Racial Angle Delayed by Witness
In Washington on June 29 the Hoffa bribery trial paused as defense counsel pressed race issues before a jury of eight Negroes and four whites. Government star witness John Dye Cheasty, Brooklyn lawyer, testified about ending segregated bus seating in Tallahassee and hiring Black drivers, challenging the defense’s race line.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Edward Bennett Williams
John Dye Cheasty
Cheadtyw Sheallanewa
Veryeoly Cugmuuetu Vinulgins
Tallahassee
Fla
Cheasty
Brooklyn
Hoffa
Senate
FBI
Hyman I. Fischbach
Miami
Williams
Investigator Cheasty Quits Over Racial Probe Conflicts
Cheasty and two other investigators accused a legislative committee of failing to act and padding expense accounts. He quit, saying staff investigators blocked solutions to racial problems and he would not work with those he called skunks, jeopardizing the committee’s work.
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Legislative Committee
Cheasty
Automatic cooking ranges showcased at ISU demonstration
Miss Shirley Pemberton of Robertshaw Fulton will demo new automatic controls that nearly prevent burning or overcooking on top-of-range units. The open event runs July 2 from 9 30 to 11 30 a m in ISU Foods Laboratory, arranged by Miss Celeste Burgeson. Demonstration targets appliance dealers teachers 4 H and homemakers and highlights automatic temperature controls now on over 40 major ranges.
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Shirley Pemberton
Robertshaw Fulton
Indiana State Teachers College
Celeste Burgeson
Home Management House
Indiana State
Miss Pemberton
Sheriff and Deputy Seized in Wild Bank Robbery Chase
In Madera California deputy Harry Haring was kidnapped when James F Goldman, an ex convict, abducted him after questioning Goldman at a local jail. Goldman later escaped in a car while the deputy warned via radio to pull back. A statewide search followed with sheriffs pursuing a gray 1955 Chevrolet across central California.
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Madera
Calif
California
Harry Haring
James F. Goldman
Marlin Young
Haring
Newman
Stanislaus County
Goldman
Stanislaus
Young
Melvin Willmirth
Fresno County
Goodman
Fresno
California Highway Patrol
Merced
Sacramento
William North
C. D. Fuller
Harry Thomas
North
Clyde Aguirre
Here
Seven Die In Truck Crash Near Farmington New Mexico
Seven people died in a collision east of Farmington on U S 550 when a pickup collided with an automobile after a front tire blew out. Two children were among the victims. investigators cited tire failure as the probable cause.
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Farmington
N. M
New Mexico
U. S. 550
Floyd Miles
Indiana State Hosts Two Week Long Workshops This Summer
Indiana State Teachers College announces two intensive two week workshops starting July 1 on Citizenship Education and Elementary Brass Technic directed by Dr. Will Engelland and George M. Graesch. A second set of five workshops begins July 8 covering Elementary Education Music and related topics with James W. Barnes directing orchestral materials. Pre registration for the second session is underway.
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Indiana State Teachers College
Will Engelland
George M. Graesch
Carlos M. Watson
Gertrude Meyer
Marcella O’leary
Racine
Wis
Mary Alice Banks
James W. Barnes
Terre Haute
James H. Ringer
Police clash with demonstrators at Tachikawa air base
Police scuffled with leftist demonstrators who erected three 60-foot poles to harass U S pilots at Tachikawa Air Base. About 170 officers faced 50 villagers opposing base expansion. No injuries reported.
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Tachikawa
Japan
Tachikawa Air Base
U. S
Nigeria’s Hoor Leader Faces Diamond Ring Theft Trial
Benson, floor leader of Nigeria’s Parliament, is tried at Old Bailey for allegedly stealing a diamond ring and a wrist watch from his former fiancée Folake Solanke. Police allege he bought her hand for 140 dollars, a claim he denies citing native law allowing multiple wives. The trial resumes Monday.
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Nigeria
Benson
Old Bailey Criminal Court
Jacob Odulate
Odulate
Folake
England
Tomalo Solanke
London
Pigeons Released at Paul Cox Airport for Pittsburgh Race
About 6 500 racing pigeons were released at Paul Cox Airport at daybreak for the flight to Pittsburgh. The birds owned by Greater Pittsburgh Racing Association were moved from Vandalia Illinois due to truck access. Louis Stein assisted as assistant racing secretary and conveyer. A prior June release had poor results blamed on weather.
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Paul Cox
Pittsburgh
Greater Pittsburgh Racing Association
Vandalia
Ill
Louis Stein
Asistant Racing
Stein
Indianapolis
Xenia
Veteran actor Jack Shutta dies at 58 in Houston
Jack Shutta 58 a veteran actor and vaudeville performer died Friday in Houston He was born in New York City and built a stage career in New York before moving to Hollywood and later Texas obituaries note his long stage life.
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Houston
Tex
Jack Shutta
New York
Hollywood
New York City
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Texas
Manaure
Columbia
International
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
N.A.A.C.P
Edward P. Troxell
Burnita S. Matthews
Florida
the Tribune-Star
Ad Department
William F. Knowland
Helen
Robert van Sickle McKeen
Oakland
University of California
International Soundphoto
National Casualty Co
Tribune-Star
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Fepeennt
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