Whitaker Case Hears Mental Instability Defense
Defense for Thomas L. Whitaker argues he has been psychoneurotic for 18 years as part of a murder case over the death of his nine year old daughter Reginia Whitaker. Prosecutors expect to call Dr. Weinbaum and Dr. Miklozek to testify on autopsy and medical care.
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Thomas L. Whitaker
Whitaker
Warren R. Everett
Everett
John R. Jett
Vigo
Jack G. Weinbaum
Reginia Whitaker
John Miklozek
Suspect Held Over Slaying In Dresser Man Case
A 25 year old R F D 1 Marshall Illinois resident Roscoe Bays is held without bond in Vigo County jail awaiting arraignment for the murder of Joseph Paul Ellingsworth 25 of Dresser. Authorities say Bays shot Ellingsworth with a .22 automatic pistol after an all night drinking party at the Alice Lowe residence. The coroner ruled homicide by head and chest wounds and a grand jury is expected to be sought. Bays was arrested in Marshall after witnesses linked him to the shooting. The weapon was found at Bays home and he reportedly confessed. The case involves multiple witnesses and potential further charges while the Whitaker murder trial proceeds in Vigo Circuit Court.
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R. R
Marshall
Ill
Joseph Paul Ellingsworth
Dresser
John R. Jett
Roscoe Bays
Pennsylvania Railroad
Vigo County
Jett
Whitaker
Vigo
Bays
Ellingsworth
St. Anthony Hospital
Denzil M. Ferguson, Jr
John Trierweiler
Alice Lowe
Bedino
Jim McKinney
Harold Smith
Indiana
George Kearn
Lewis Rauschenberg
Chicago
Lowe
Weather Map Summary From U S Weather Bureau
The Weather Map notes a morning and afternoon reading with sunrise at 5 37 and sunset at 6 13. River stage reported at 5 8 feet and falling as of the observation time.
Terre Haute Area Weather Forecast Update
Local conditions show yesterday's high and last night's low at 34 with no precipitation. Forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Tuesday in Terre Haute and vicinity with lows in the upper 30s and highs in the 60s. Illinois areas expect fair tonight and sunny Tuesday with temperatures from the 50s to 60s.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Eisenhower Vetoes Farm Price Freeze Bill
President Eisenhower vetoed the farm price support freeze, arguing a thaw is needed. He outlined a five point program and said the measure would push storage, limit markets, delay release from controls, hurt small operators, and undermine parity. Congress lacks a two thirds margin to override.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
Indiana warm spell expected with above normal highs
The weatherman forecasts a 10 day spring period with normal to above normal temperatures in the 50s and 60s across the state. Indianapolis reached 53 and South Bend 60 as a preview of the week.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
South Bend
Soviet Union proposes unilateral halt to nuclear tests
Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko announced that the Soviet Union would unilaterally stop tests of all nuclear weapons as a first step, pending approval by the Supreme Soviet. He called the move a classical step toward easing tensions and urged a summit with the United States, Britain, and France after April diplomatic exchanges start in Moscow.
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London
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Washington
Moscow
U.P
Russia
Supreme Soviet
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Britain
Council of Ministers
Gromyko
Siberian
Arctic
Eniwetok
Pacific
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
State Bank
F. A_ Kostov
NATO
Ashington
State Department
Free World
Eisenhower
United Nations
World Organization
U.N
Department
U. S
Perfect Circle President Heard In Senate Quiz
W B Prosser president of Perfect Circle Corp. Hagerstown Ind testified before the Senate Rackets Committee on the 1955 strike at the piston ring maker and UAW. He urged clear definitions of violence and penalties to curb union and employer responsibility amid ongoing clashes at New Castle foundry.
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Washington
Prosser
Perfect Circle
United Automobile Workers
Congress
William Caldwell
U.A.W. International
Rhee government sets May 2 for National Assembly elections
Seoul March 31 1950 President Syngman Rhee announces elections will be held May 2 for a new National Assembly. The announcement sets the schedule for the South Korean legislative vote amid ongoing political reforms.
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Seoul
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Detectives Find Car Lock Jammed In Castle Rock
Denver detectives Leon Dishlacoff and Bob Cardillo left their police car locked here on business. On return the lock wouldn’t turn. A highway patrolman approached and accused them of suspicious activity after observing them for a time.
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Castle Rock
Colo
Leon Dishlacoff
Bob Cardillo
Denver
Mayor Tucker to Seek New City Services Expansion
Mayor Ralph Tucker announced plans for a special Common Council meeting Wednesday to introduce ordinances expanding police and fire protection, trash collection, and sanitary service to Harrison Township. Funds of 350000 are available, with proposed firehouse at Twenty Fifth and Hulman streets and new equipment, street work, and bridge repairs. Park pool projects at Deming and Booker T. are also being prepared.
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Ralph Tucker
Common Council
Harrison Township
Tucker
Twenty-fifth
Hulman Streets
North Thirteenth Street
Frank Crawford
Herbert Gerdink
Copter Rescues Marooned Stanford Hikers in Sierras
Four Stanford University hikers marooned in the High Sierra by snow were rescued by helicopter. They were in good condition but two girls and two boys were exposed and exhausted after a six day 60 mile hike. William Pope 22 serious respiratory infection. others Michael Roberts 21 Lenore Lamb 21 and Margaret Meyer 21 aided at hospital. Bob Symonds located the party and guided the rescue.
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Yosimite National Park
Stanford University
High Sierra
Oscar Sedergren
William Pope
Pope
Michael M. Roberts
Neenah
Wis
Stanford Alpine Club
Lenore Lamb
Orinda
Calif
Margaret Meyer
Seattle
Bob Symonds
Six Die in Head on Collision in Salmon Idaho
A Sunday head on crash in Salmon Idaho killed six people and left several others injured. Nursing home proprietor William H. Silbaugh died in the collision with three other elderly occupants. Cecelia Walchli 31 and Raymond Walchli 12 were killed in the other car. Flora Cassell 65 and Lynn Walchli 6 were critically or seriously hurt.
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Salmon
Idaho
Flora Cassell
Kirk Walchli
Lynn Walchli
Walchli
Cecelia
Raymond
Local Scouts Find River Victim Body Near Merom Ferry
Four Vigo County Boy Scouts on a Wabash River canoe trip found the decomposed body of Covington man Robert Ray Hickman 41 missing since December. A coroner's jury ruled accidental drowning with time of death about December 6. The body lay about one mile north of the Merom ferry, 20 to 25 feet offshore, on the Illinois side. Deputies notified. investigation continues.
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Illinois
Merom Ferry
Crawford County
Cy West
Randal York
Estes Skaggs
Federal civilian payroll peaks at 1.007 billion
Sen. Byrd reports January federal civilian payroll at an all time high of 1 007 000 000 dollars including 982 559 000 for regular workers and 24 122 000 for foreign nationals employed by U S agencies overseas.
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Washington
Byrd
D.-Va
U.S
Israel Accused of New Aggression Near Huleh
The United Arab Republic accused Israel of new aggression after a 75 minute tank mortar battle on the Israeli Syrian frontier near the Lake Huleh reclamation project. Arabs claim two Syrians killed and two wounded. one Israeli tank reportedly knocked out. cease fire arranged by the U N Armistice Commission.
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Jerusalem
United Arab Republic Today
Israel
Lake Huleh
Syria
U.N. Armistice Commission
Where to Register for Primary Election May 6
Be registered to vote in the May 6 Primary. Voters may register with traveling boards from 1 to p.m. on listed dates or at the Vigo County Registration Office at the Courthouse, Room 3, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. TODAY and TUESDAY. Locations include Fashion Cleaners, Starkey's Garage, Oren Myrtle residence, Milner Hotel, Earl Taylor residence, Lange School, Maple Avenue School, Maryland School, Pimento High School, Ferguson Hill. Six days left to register.
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Vigo County
Fashion Cleaners
South Seventh Street
Starkey’s
South Twenty-third Street
Oren Myrtle
Fenwood Avenue
Milner
North Ninth Street
Earl Taylor
North Third Street
Lange
Fourteenth Street
Lafayette Avenue
Maple Avenue
Maryland
Pimento High
Pimento
Concannon High School
Ferguson Hill
Frenchmen Kiss After Comic Duel Ends Feud
Paris March 31 The Marquis de Cuevas and ballet master Serge Lifar dueled briefly over an unauthorized version of Lifar's Black and White ballet. Lifar was wounded on the arm and the two men kissed, settling their ten day feud under code of honor. The Marquis's wife is Rockefeller kin.
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Paris
Marquis de Cuevas
Serge Lifar
de Cuevas
Lifar
Marquis
John D. Rockefeller
U.S. Doubtful on Russia Ban Sincerity
The United States discount ed Russia's temporary halt to nuclear tests saying it offers no real assurance against cheating. A State Department statement urged negotiation through the United Nations and warned against relinquishing collective defense for a Soviet pledge.
City Court Receipts Include Parking Meter Penalties
City Clerk reports March receipts total 3411 dollars with 533 from parking meter penalties. Deputy Clerk notes largest item 1224 dollars from state fines and other sums include 270 dollars state prosecutor 460 docket fees 115 city fines 455 county prosecutor and 354 state fees.
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Joseph Pipp
Joan Dillon
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Wade
Bran
Henry Brewster
Ed Keely
Lloyd Heck
Fred Bailey
Jean Boyll
Nora Bose
Gil Bedino
Funeral Home
Charles Walden
Jack Mankin
Alma Martin
D. M. Ferguson
Harold Baker
Ernestine Baker
Veterans Administration
Alma Whitaker
Stewart Martin
Dorothy Martin
Dorothy Whitaker
Martin
U. S&s
Weather Bureau
Ike
United Press
Bulletin
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