More Charges In Yablonski Slayings Eyed
A federal grand jury in Western Pennsylvania will be asked to consider further indictments in the 1969 murders of Joseph A. Yablonski and his wife and daughter. Investigators may target two Tennessee Kentucky area associates as high level intermediaries in the death. The probe, centered previously in Cleveland, promises possible civil rights indictments and potential expansion as new evidence emerges.
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Pittsburgh Pa
United Mine Workers
Joseph A
Jock”’ Yablonski
Athorities
UMW
Tennessee-Kentucky
Richard L. Thornburg
U.S
Pennsylvania
Yablonski
Cleveland
Public Safety Board Discusses Resignations and Traffic Bills
Thursday’s meeting covered personnel changes including retirement requests from Officer Robert Baker and Detective William Maryanski with promotions for radio sergeants Billy Clore and Jack R. Brown. The board also approved bills totaling 15,876.97 and traffic safety changes such as new parking rules, sign updates, and the purchase of a station wagon for the traffic engineer's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Safety
Robert Baker
Paddy Jamerson
Baker
St. John’s Hospital
William Maryanski
Maryanski
Force
Billy Clore
Jack R. Brown
Donald Jordan
Police
Heckaman Buick
Lloyd Line
Delaware Street
First Street
East Ninth Street
Park Avenue
Irving Way
West 11Th Street
Heckaman
Senate panel to expand Kleindienst probe vote
The Senate Judiciary Committee agreed to vote on expanding hearings into Richard G. Kleindienst s nomination. The move would widen the probe to include Life magazine claims the Justice Department squelched a San Diego investigation and extend hearings to April 20 with witness calls by Democrats. The session also touches ITT ties and a controversial interview transcript involving Rep. Bob Wilson and ITT lobbyist Dita Beard.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richard G. Kleindienst
California
Dita Beard
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Life Magazine
San Diego
Justice Department
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Troversy
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Bob Wilson
Rcalif
Robert E. Cox
San Diego Union
Wilson
ITT
Jack Anderson
Beard
Anderson
Tunney
Senate
Kleindienst
James O. Eastland
DsMiss
Angela Davis Gun Purchases Linked to Marin Court Shootout
Two gun salesmen testified that Angela Davis bought a Plainfield carbine on April 7, 1969 and other weapons for her own protection. The state ties the firearms to Jonathan Jackson who carried them into a Marin County court in a kidnapping and murder incident that left a judge and three others dead.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Marin
Miss Davis
UCLA
Jonathan Jackson
Soledad Brothers
Jackson
George
Soledad
Swisher
Atty
Howard Moore Jr
New Arrivals Born at St. John's Hospital
Mr and Mrs Joseph Bovn Pendleton welcome a boy. Mr and Mrs Ricky Senseney Chesterfield welcome a boy. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Webster 1512 Euclid welcome a boy. Mr and Mrs Fary Conn Muncie welcome a boy. Born a Community Hospital. Mr and Mrs John Closser 1523 Jefferey Dr welcome a boy.
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Joseph Bovn
Pendleton
Ricky Senseney
Chesterfield
Lloyd Webster
Euclid
Fary Conn
Muncie
John Closser
Jefferey Dr
Police Board Approves Two New Officers and Resignations
The Madison County sheriff's merit board approved two new policemen and accepted two resignations. Ralph Shelburn was named jail administrator, replacing Melvin Britt who resigned March 15. George Caldwell, a Indiana University police academy graduate, has served since October under the emergency employment program. Jerry Speidel resigns April 15 as a veteran officer, with board president Charles Epperson noting his faithful service and regret over the departure.
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Madison County Police Department
Sheriff's Merit Board
Ralph Shelburn
Melvin Britt
George Caldwell
Police Academy
Indiana University
Jerry Speidel
Charles Epperson
Speidel
Anderson Area Deaths Chronicle of local obituaries
Emma L Dixon 45 of Anderson died at home after an extended illness born in Montgomery County Montgomery Ala survived by Thames and Lois Goins parents two daughters Pauline and Beverly Dixon three sons William James Thomas Brady and Roland John Dixon one sister Elsie Goins five aunts two uncles 12 grandchildren one great granddaughter services Monday Bethesda Baptist Church officiating burial East Maplewood Cemetery calling hours Sunday after 5 pm at L C May Funeral Home two hours before services at church Monday ELWOOD Charles P Baugher 74 died at Community Hospital Elwood retired from Delco Remy a member of First Baptist Church surviving brother Russell Bauginer several nieces and nephews funeral Saturday 2 pm Jackley Landrum Funeral Home Aroma Cemetery viewing after 2 pm Friday Nor dica A Terrell 59 Noblesville died 10:30 pm Wednesday Riverview Hospital raised Kempton resident 26 years employed with Firestone 23 years daughter Nora Coverdale Noblesville son Edgar Terrell Shelbyville four grandchildren funeral Saturday 2 pm Coaltrin Funeral Home Crownland Cemetery viewing anytime His sister Ethel Mae Thompson Fortville and other relatives funeral Saturday 10 am Fisher Funeral Home Gravel Lawn Cemetery calling hours after 2 pm today Fortville Ethel Marie Caudell 69 died 11 pm Wednesday Park Riley Nursing Home Greenfield born in Indianapolis mother Almeda Whelchel of Fortville two sons Billy Caudell Fortville and David Caudell California two daughters Virginia Grimm and June Maroska Fortville three sisters Mary Carter Marjorie Bodkin Ester Hood one brother Arthur Whelchel Pennsyl vania eight grandchildren eleven great grandchildren funeral Saturday 2 pm Fisher Funeral Home Rev Robert Green officiating Simmons Cemetery calling after 1 pm today
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Emma L. Dixon
Locust St
Montgomery County
Montgomery
Ala
Thames
Lois Goins
Anderson
Pauline Dixon
Beverly Dixon
William James Dixon
Thomas Brady Dixon
Roland John Dixon
Elsie Goins
Bethesda Baptist Church
Henry Johnson, Jr
East Maplewood
L. C. May Funeral Home
Elwood
Charles P. Baugher
Rt. 2
Community Hospital
Delco-Remy Division
First Baptist Church
Russell Bauginer
Jackley- Landrum
Ed Finley
Aroma Cemetery
Funeral
Noblesville
Nordica A. Terrell
Division St
Riverview Hospital
Kempton
Firestone Industrial Rubber Products
Nora Coverdale
Edgar Terrell
Shelbyville
Coaltrin Funeral Home
Harry Richardson
Crownland
Ethel Mae Thompson
Fortville
Fisher Funeral Home
Phillip Shomo
Gravel Lawn
Indianapolis
Almeda Whelchel
Billy Caudell
David Caudell
California
Virginia Grimm
June Maroska
Mary Carter
Marjorie Bodkin
Ester Hood
Markleville
Arthur Whelchel
Pennsylvania
Henry V Reynolds obituary a former Anderson resident dies in Florida
Henry Vern Reynolds 82 formerly of Anderson died Wednesday evening at 8 30 at General Hospital in St Petersburg Florida He had moved from Anderson to 4025 46th St St Petersburg He was a supervisor at Alcoa in Lafayette before retirement He belonged to the Elks Lodge in Lafayette and the American Society of Tool and Die Engineers Surviving are two daughters Barbara Steel of West Lafayette and Frances Marian Reynolds of Lafayette one brother Lyst Reynolds of St Petersburg two grandchildren one great grandchild and several nieces and nephews Funeral services at Baker Brothers Funeral Home at 1 pm Monday with Rev Hillery Rice of Park Place Church of God officiating Burial in East Maplewood Cemetery Friends may call after 7 pm Saturday and after 3 pm Sunday at the funeral home
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Henry Vern Reynolds
Anderson
General Hospital
St. Petersburg
Fla
Elwood
46Th St
Alcoa
Lafayette
Elks Lodge
American Society of Tool and Die Engineers
John
Barbara) Steel
West Lafayette
Frances Marian Reynolds
Lyst Reynolds
Baker Brothers Funeral Home
Hillery Rice
Park Place
Anderson man Lee Hoppes 68 dies after week in hospital
Lee Hoppes 68 of Rt 7 an Anderson lifelong resident died after 9 a.m. Thursday at Community Hospital where he had been a patient for a week. He was a lifelong farmer, worked at Madi son County Highway Garage and as a janitor for Valley Grove and Chesterfield schools. He was a member of Bible Holiness Church and the Whetstone Sisterhood and Brotherhood. Surviving: wife Amil Wettstone Hoppes, one son Rex Hoppes of St Petersburg Fla, one daughter Rosalie Hilbert of Indianapolis, two brothers Donald of Frankton and Ward of Anderson, three sisters Olive Bronnenberg of Chesterfield Hazel Norris and Fay Hoppes of Anderson, five grandchildren and several nieces. Funeral Saturday at 1:30 p.m. with Rev Richard Ewing officiating. Burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may pay respects at the funeral home after 1 p.m. today.
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Lee Hoppes
Rt. 7
Anderson
Community Hospital
Madison County Highway Garage
Valley Grove
Chesterfield
Bible Holiness Church
Whetstone Sisterhood and Brotherhood
Amil (Wettstone) Hoppes
Rex Hoppes
Memorial Park Cemetery
Clarence I. Smith dies after long illness at 79
Clarence Smith 79 of 2217 Fairview died Thursday at 10 30 am in St John s Hospital after a long illness He was a retired May Supply Company employee born in North Vernon and lived in Anderson 62 years Surviving are his wife Lucille, one aunt Bertha Tyrrell of Detroit, and several cousins Services set for 2 pm Saturday at Brown and Butz Funeral Home with Rev Monroe Schuster officiating Burial will be in Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery
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Clarence I. Smith
Fairview
St. John’s Hospital
May Supply Company
North Vernon
Anderson
Lucille Smith
Bertha Tyrrell
Detroit
Brown and Butz
Monroe Schuster
Anderson Memorial Park
Ceme
Fortville Veteran Calvin H. Hollenback Dies at 64
Calvin Hollenback, 64, a World War II veteran and Penn Central Railroad retiree, died early Thursday morning after a long illness at Park Riley Nursing Home in Greenfield. He was born in Hancock County.
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Fortville
Calvin H. Hollenback
Park Riley
Greenfield
Hancock County
Penn Central Railroad
Swackhamer 84 Elwood Resident Dies At Mercy Hospital
Elwood resident Clifton W. Swackhamer 84 died Thursday at 7 p.m. in Mercy Hospital after a brief illness. A retired farmer born in Clinton County, he was a Harmony Christian Church member and belonged to Leisure and Modern Woodmen. Survived by two sons, Frank and William, three grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren. funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at Copher and Fesler Funeral Home with Rev. Stephen Salsberry officiating. Interment Elwood City Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m.
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Elwood
Clifton W. Swackhamer
Main St
Mercy Hospital
Clinton County
Harmony Christian Church Leisure and
Modern Wood Men
Faye
Templeton) Swackhamer
Frank Swackhamer
Anderson
William Swackhamer
Copher and Fesler
Stephen Salsberry
Elwood City Cemetery
Governor Hopeful At Chamber Session
The Anderson Chamber of Commerce will launch public affairs programs at the Anderson Country Club on April 13 featuring candidates for Indiana governor in 1972 from both parties. Fort Wayne Sen Phillip E. Gutman will speak at the initial meeting, with invitations extended to statewide contenders from June conventions. Gutman, a Fort Wayne native and IU graduate, has long held political roles and is active in religious and professional circles.
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Anderson Chamber of Commerce
Anderson Country Club
Indiana
Chamber
Frank Woschitz
Phillip E. Gutman
Fort Wayne
Indiana State Senate
Woschitz
Sen. Gutman
Indiana University Business and Law
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