Handley wins Indiana governor nomination in GOP revolt
The anti-Craig wing of Indiana Republicans swept the state convention with Lt. Gov. Harold W. Handley securing the governor nomination on the second ballot. Secretary of State Crawford Parker and Sen. Homer Capehart won first-ballot nominations for lieutenant governor and a split with Gov. Craig’s allies emerged. The convention ends Craig’s control and sets a fall race against Democrat Claude Wickard, Ralph Ticker and Bartel Zondstra.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Republican Party
Harold W. Handley
Handley
Frank T. Millis
Craig
Crawford F. Parker
U. S
Wiliam E. Jenner
Homer E. Capehart
Jenner
Claude Wickard
Camden
Ralph Ticker
Terre Haute
Bartel Zondstra
Highland
State Fairgounds
Alvin C. Cast
Weather Map and Forecast for Terre Haute Area
Partly cloudy and warmer today and tonight with a high around 88. Sunday mostly cloudy and humid with scattered thunder showers. Local river stage at 4.9 feet and falling. sunrise 5:26, sunset 8:21. Indiana outlook mirrors warmer conditions with a chance of scattered thundershowers. Temperatures recorded include 66 this morning and 83 by mid afternoon.
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Terre Haute
Yvicinity
Indiana
Medford man guilty of DUI and suspended license driving
Medford resident Hulett was found guilty of driving while intoxicated and driving with a suspended license. He was fined 129.50 by Special Judge Morton J. Swango. arrested February 3, 1956, with license suspended June 3, 1955 after a prior DWI conviction.
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Medford Hulett
South Seventeenth Street
Morton J. Swango
Hulett
Buses suspend service in Tallahassee over segregation
Tallahassee buses halt operations at midnight after a five week boycott protesting segregated seating. City commissioners rejected integrated seating demands from the Negro Inter-Civic Council as transit revenue plummeted and 14,000 Black riders stopped using the service.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Negro Inter-Civic Council
C. L. Carter
Carter
Sneak Thief Grabs Cash at Sap’s Bakery
Chief Willard Gantz said detectives investigate an $86.25 theft at Sap's Bakery 318 Chestnut Street. Office manager Clyde Anderson said he left a back room momentarily and returned to find the money gone. one man was later identified as a 25 year old suspect.
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Willard Gantz
Sap’s
Chestnut Street
Clyde Anderson
Anderson
Gantz
Polish Revolt Leaders Hunted By Red Police
Berlin reports a relentless hunt for leaders of Poznan uprising as fighting continues and Russia readies divisions to intervene if needed. The Polish government says 89 dead or wounded, with up to 300 casualties claimed by Western observers. Premier Cyrankiewicz vows full investigations and urges Poznan citizens to back the regime.
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Berlin
Poland
Poznan
Warsaw
Vienna
Josef Cyranciewicz
Peoples Republic
Bus Firm Denies Going Out of Business
H Ralph Johnston president of the Terre Haute Transit Co. says rumors that the firm will go out of business next month are untrue. He states there is no truth to the reports and felt compelled to publicly stop the false stories.
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H. Ralph Johnston
Terre Haute Transit Co
Administration Wins Victory On Foreign Aid
Senate approved a 4.562 billion dollar foreign aid authorization by 54 to 25, a victory for the Eisenhower administration though actual appropriation awaits House-Senate conference. The measure totals about 400 million less than the president’s request, with further cuts possible when money is appropriated. Also, Senate investigators began examining legal case files subpoenaed from Murray M. Chotiner, Nixon’s 1952 campaign manager, who lamented being targeted.
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Washington
Senate
Beater
Eisenhower
House-Senate
House
Foreign Relations Committee
Chotiner
Murray M. Chotiner
Richard M. Nixon
Fall Lineup in Indianapolis for Indiana party tickets
The Indiana Republican and Democratic state tickets are set with primary matchups. Governors include Ralph Tucker and Harold W Handley. U S senator contenders Claude Wickard and Homer E Capehart. other listed races feature Bartel Zandstra Crawford Parker and Thomas Lemmon Frank A Lenning. numerous judicial contests and a courts reporter race complete the lineup.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Marilyn Monroe Weds Arthur Miller in Quiet Connecticut Ceremony
Marilyn Monroe and playwright Arthur Miller began their married life after a secret Friday night civil ceremony in White Plains New York. They celebrated a low key day in Roxbury Connecticut with Miller noting a quiet time after a hectic day. A tragic car crash near New Milford claimed the life of Princess Mara Scherbatoff, a Paris Match correspondent, casting a somber note over the wedding.
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Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Miller
Roxbury
Conn
White Plains
N. Y
White Plains City Hall
Connecticut
United Press
Marilyn
Mara Scherbatoff
New York
Paris
France
Match
New Milford
Navy Aerobee-HI rocket sets single stage record at White Sands
The Navy fired an Aerobee-HI rocket 163 miles into the air at White Sands proving grounds, breaking the prior 158 mile single stage altitude record. The flight used redesigned thrust chamber and carried instruments for the Defense Department’s 1957 58 international geophysical year research. A two stage rocket holds the all rocket height record of 250 miles.
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White Sands Proving Grounds
N. M
Pthe Navy
Navy
Gasoline Truck Upsets Blasts Houses in Cincinnati
A Sunoco gasoline truck overturned and exploded on a Cincinnati street, setting fire to ten houses and destroying five cars. One resident, 42 year old May Barnett, died of a heart attack during evacuation. Driver Larry Whitaker escaped with no injury as crews battled the blaze through the night.
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Cincinnati
Ppa
Sunoco
May Barnett
Larry Whitaker
Whitaker
Barney Houston
President Eisenhower Leaves Hospital for Gettysburg Farm
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower left Walter Reed Army Hospital for the Gettysburg farm after major abdominal surgery. The couple traveled 85 miles by car, accompanied by Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder and Maj. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton. They plan a two week convalescence and celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Howard M. Snyder
Leonard D. Heaton
Walter Reed
B Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
11th Hour Talks Struggle to Avert Steel Strike
In New York on June 30 1960 United Steelworkers and the Big Three resumed talks in a last minute bid to avert a midnight steelworkers strike. Officers noted no new proposal as unions brace for possible walkout while plant shutdowns and production losses mount.
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New York
U.P
United Steelworkers of America
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Arthur J. Goldadperg
Cer
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Indiana Warm Up After Short Cool Spell
The weather bureau forecasts a return to warm and humid conditions with scattered showers Sunday and Monday, ending three days of relief. Friday temperatures fell to 51 in spots, with highs 78 to 86 across the state and lows around 60 to 67. A new rise to 86 90 is expected this afternoon, dipping to the 60s tonight and reaching 93 near Lake Michigan to the Ohio River by Sunday.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Indianapolis
Evansville
Lake Michigan
Ohio River
Suspect Held in Hit Run Death of 9 Year Old
Indianapolis police held Ernest L. Robinson after a brief chase in a pawn shop and charged him with reckless homicide in the February 1954 hit and run death of Elijah Bryant Jr. The 26 year old was nabbed following a patrol pursuit and faced a $10 000 bond.
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Indianapolis
Ernest L. Robinson
Robinson
Elijah Bryant, Jr
Gen Twining Ends Russ Visit With Monino Inspection
Gen Nathan F. Twining, U S Air Force chief of staff, finished the last day of his Russia trip with a tour of the Soviet air force academy at Monino, 25 miles from Moscow. He planned a reception for Western airmen that night before departing Sunday for Wiesbaden after arriving last Saturday.
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Moscow
Nathan F. Twining
Russia
Monino
U. S. Air Force
Twining
Wiesbaden
Lenin Will Calls Stalin Unfit For Leading Party
Moscow reports the Soviet government published V. I. Lenin's will condemning Stalin as unfit for the post of party secretary. The document, suppressed 33 years, portrays Stalin as rude and capricious and marks an official step to degrade him before Russians.
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Moscow
V. I. Lenin
Stalin
Communist Party
Kommunist
Lenin
Soviet Union
London
Murdered 14 year old found on Springfield patio
Carol Elaine Drennon 14, adopted daughter of Lawrence Drennon, was found stabbed about 1 p m on the patio of her home in Springfield Missouri. Her 13 year old brother David Drennon was questioned after telling reporters they were pinning the crime on him. Police found a fishermen’s pocket knife in a garage drawer matching the wounds.
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Springfield
Carol Elaine Drennon
Lawrence Drennon
Grants Avenue Baptist Church
Carol
Gorelick
David
Driver killed as convertible crashes near Evansville
June 30 Evansville report says Otto Saltzman 24 was killed when his convertible left Indiana 68 and overturned. Betty Phelps 23, also from Evansville, was seriously injured and taken to Deaconess Hospital.
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Evansville
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Crawford Parker
Thomas Lemnon
Frank A. Lenning
Joe L. Brogdon
Roy T. Combs
Albert Steinwedel
Adolph L. Fossler
Liam H. Wolf
Edwin K. Steers
Earl Atterback
Wilbur Young
Supreme Court
Wayne Combs
James Cooper
Severin H. Schurger
Dewey Kelley
Alvin Johnson
Virginia Caylor
Maruyn
Salashe
Seymour Rabinowitz
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Gen. Twining
Komsomol Pravda
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