Local Obituaries Share Life Events Across Community
A string of obituaries notes the deaths of Donald Elmore 39 of Lafayette Catherine Crouse 88 Rose Fisher 90 Jules Rigaux 71 and Mrs Rena Miller 65. Elmore formerly worked for the city water department and died at St Elizabeth Hospital. Miller died at Community Hospital after a brief illness. Fisher died at Americana Nursing Home. Rigaux a former Hunter Chevrolet employee died in Indianapolis. Funeral details list churches gravesites and family survivors.
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Donald Elmore
Lafaylette
City Water Works
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Lawrence and
LaVaughn Elmore
Linda
Penny
Diane
Donald L
Douglas E
Anderson
Tom Stanlick
Espienola
N.M
Pentecostal Church of Gods
Catherine Crouse
Rose Hill
St. John’s, Hospital
Walter Ingle
Noble St
Congress Urged to Ban Cigarette Ads on TV and Radio
Washington AP reports the FTC urged a ban on cigarette advertising on television and radio and a stronger warning on ads. The PHS notes life expectancy drops for heavy smokers by up to eight years, about four years for light smokers. Surgeon General Stewart says harm from smoking has continued to mount.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
U.S. Public Aith Service
FTC
PHS
National Clearinghouse
William H. Stewart
The
Health Service
Surgeon General
Farm Tour Draws 100 Plus Business Leaders
More than 100 businessmen and industrial leaders joined the annual Farm Tour last week. The group departed Edgewood Plaza between 8 and 8:30 a.m. in rain, visiting M and S Ranch near Noblesville to view Charolais cattle including Sam 21st, a 2400 pound top bull valued at $30,000, and the ranch veterinary facilities. They then toured Pioneer Corn Company in Tipton to see seed corn production and a chick hatchery with 275,000 Hy-Line layers.
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Edgewood Plaza
Noblesville
Ralph Jones
Sam 21St
McKinney
Secoy
Floyd Collins
Pioneer
Tipton
Robert J. Wood
Pioneer Company
Mistake Precedes Fall Jockey Learns He Has 3004 Wins
Jockey Walter Blum, racing at Arlington Park, discovered after race one that a miscalculation marked his 3000th win on June 22 aboard Grecian Count. The corrected total stands at 3004 victories. Blum, 34, vows to press toward 4000 and will be honored at Arlington on Saturday.
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Chicago
Walter Blum
Arlington Park
Blum
Arlington
Sugar beet factories in the United States
About 17 sugar beet factories operate in the United States producing upwards of 1.8 million tons of sugar annually across 16 state centers in the industry.
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Denver
U.S
Miriam Circle Visits Pioneer Settlement
Miriam Circle of Bethany Christian Church toured the Connor Prairie Pioneer Settlement and Museum in Noblesville. Members and guests joined Esther Circle for a June meeting in Fellowship Hall with devotionals, slides, prizes, and hostesses arranging refreshments. A July 16 gathering was planned, and other activities included a wiener roast at Mounds Park and updates on members and military transfers.
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Bethany
Miriam Circle of Bethany Christian Church
Noblesville
Connor Prairie Pioneer Settlement
Mesdames
Dennis Tittle
Monroe Ashby
Kenneth Walters
Hoy Flowers
Jack Pearce
Leonard Walters
Jim Lindsey
Jack Harless
Carl Krepshaw
Pearl Owens
Jeff Lindsey
Kelly Harless
Elmer Hodson
Virgil Hull
Robert Fish
Esther Circle of Bethany Christian Church
Fellowship Hall
Wesley Scott
Vern Porter
Roscoe Keepers
Leslie Smith
Len Houston
R. R. Forrest
Claude Dean
James Kreegar
Virgil Lawler
Chester Lewis
Howard May
Virgil Needler
Fred Patterson
Walter Reed
Ray Toppin
Mary Bronnenberg
Madge Scott
Mildred Hull
Jeffrey Pickett
Bethany Bible School
Phil Hallenbeck
Fred Fuller
Mounds Park
Laura Harless
Leanna Hodson
Connie Russell
Debbie Kelley
Terriann Foust
iMark McMahan
Bruce Land
David Kinemian
Robert Gwinn
Max Smith
Jeffy Wollam
Loretta Collier
Pvt
Robert Collier
Fort Camp Bell
Fort Dix
N. J
Jerry Wollam
Mike Lawler
Elwood
Beard Birdies For Win Over Opponent
Beard, veteran PGA player, birdied two of the last four holes to beat Manila’s Ben Arda by two strokes in final medal play for an International TV golf series. He clinched with a 25 foot par on the 18th at Medinah No. 3 course, earning $20,000 and reaching $37,000 total from three wins in the oil-sponsored series.
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Chicago
Frank Beard
PGA
Manila
Ben Arda
Beard
Medinah Country Club
Arda
101st Airborne saves outpost in Viet Nam clash
101st Airborne Division repelled a Viet Cong assault 29 miles northwest of Saigon with 38 enemy killed and 20 Americans wounded. Pfc Lester D. L Heureux and Spec 5 Ubaldo Maestras earned Silver Stars for valor, with Maj Gen Mearns decorating autres. four Silver Stars and 12 Bronze Stars awarded.
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Saigon
America
101St Airborne Division
506Th Airborne Infantry Regiment
U.S
Lester D. L'Heureux
Omaha
Neb
L'Heureux
Ubaldo Maestras
Santa Monica
Calif
Maestras
K. Mearns
25Th Infantry Division
L'Heureux, Maestras
Kidnapped Man Arrests Cuban In Cuba Hijack Case
A 14 year old girl recounted how the hijacker Carter arrived at the Miami Southeast Airlines counter at the same time as her. In Havana Cuban authorities disarmed the hijacker and removed him from the plane. Prellezo, naturalized Sept 15 1967, was promised full citizen protections. A State Department spokesman in Miami voiced frustration over the case and asked what more could be done.
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Portland
Southeast Airlines
Miami
Carter
Havana
Newmann
Prellezo
State Department
Department
U S S R And Britain Back Treaty Talks As Orbit Of Missile Debate Grows
The article notes ongoing U S Soviet missile cutback talks with Kosygin proposing limits on delivery means and a Geneva disarmament conference in July. It mentions President Johnson’s push for bilateral negotiations, debates in Congress over funding, and Soviet criticism of U S actions in Vietnam. A short Chicago birds note closes the piece.
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Soviet Union
Britain
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Johnson
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Washington
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kremlin
Kosygin
Moscow
White House
Geneva
United States
U.S.A
Vietnam
Soviets Refuse Immediate Release of Stranded Plane at Yokota
The United States pressed for the release of a Soviet aircraft and crew held after a midflight incident at Yokota. Ambassador Thompson and Dobrynin were involved as Kosygin offered no assurances. The jet carried 174 Army, 31 Navy, 9 Air Force personnel, plus 17 crew members. Moscow faces risk of Chinese and wider Communist condemnation if the crew is kept.
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Yokota
Washington
U.S
Moscow
Llewellyn Thompson
Anatoly Dobrynin
State Department
Alexei Kosygin
Thompson
Robert J. McCloskey
McCloskey
Kremlin
Vietnam
Red China
McChord Air Force Base
Seattle
Navy
Air Force
Joseph Tosolini
Japan
Tokyo International
Pentagon
Tosolini
Unity Urged to Stay the Course in Global Trade Talks
Delegations from the United States and a dozen other nations backed unity in the Kennedy Round negotiations. U.S. exports worth over 8 billion dollars could gain hundreds of millions in new trade, aiding the balance of payments and reducing gold drain. France imposed emergency trade limits while subsidizing exporters, prompting fears of retaliations and new barriers. De Gaulle’s election win was viewed as a setback for European unity by Sicco Mansholt.
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United States
U.S
de Gaulle
Geneva
European Unity
Sicco L
Four Hurt In Sunday City Auto Crash On Cottage And 3rd Street
A Sunday evening accident at 3rd Street and Cottage Avenue left four people injured none seriously. Nancy Cole 27 and Joan Sefcik 22 were among the injured in a collision with Lee Zink 22. All treated and released from St. John's Hospital. Damage estimated: Cole car 300 Zink car 275.
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3Rd St
Cottage Ave
Nancy Cole
17Th St
Lee Zink
Meridian St
Cole
Cottage
Zink Auto
Joan Sefcik
Sue Zink
Angela Laird
N. Mustin
St. John’s Hospital
Charles Czarniecki
Oakdale Dr
Timothy Pershing
Lincoln St
William Wilson
Southern Ave
W. 8Th St
Wilson
Czarniecki
Gary Jarrett
New Castle
Daleville Man Ed Costerison 55 Dies at Cleary Hospital
Daleville native Ed ward Costerison 55 died unexpectedly Saturday afternoon shortly before arrival at Cleary Hospital in Ander. He worked at Warner Gear in Muncie and was a longtime resident of Daleville. He belonged to United Methodist Church Daleville Mason ic Lodge 730 and the Warner Gear Sympathy Club. He is survived by his widow Virginia son Steven four sisters and two brothers. Funeral services 2 p.m. today at Ballard and Shirley Funeral Home with burial in Saunders Cemetery near Daleville following Masonic rites.
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Daleville
Ae Edward Costerison
Rt. 1
Cleary Hospital
Ander
Warner Gear
Muncie
Alee
Eddessie Costerison
United Methodist Church
Ruth Westerman
Lorena Costerison
Lillian Wilson
Josephine Morrical
Robert
Warren
Wp Am
Bal‘lard and Shirley Funeral Home
Harold Clark
Chesterfield Christian Church
Saunders Cemetery
Obituaries From Fortville and Nearby Areas Chronicle Deaths
Oscar J. Quick 86 of Fortville died Sunday after long illness at Dickey Nursing Home Elwood born October 17 1881 in Columbus Indiana retired from Hege Lumber Co Columbus survived by son Elgin brother Frank Columbus and two grandchildren funeral 10:30 a m Wednesday Fisher Funeral Home Fortville burial Gravelawn Cemetery Fortville David O Bryant 63 of Fairmount died Sunday after short illness native of Madison County resided in Fairmount 33 years formerly at Parasite Wire and Cable Co Marion survived by brother Harold and widow Lorene funeral 10 a m today Hunt Funeral Home Fairmount burial Parkview Cemetery Alexandria Nettie Vettor 70 Rt 2 Summitville funeral 2 p m today Summitville United Methodist Church burial Park Cemetery Mrs Gertrude Johnson wife of Alva Johnson former Grant County Auditor died Monday Reid Memorial Hospital Richmond resided on Liberty Township farm over 60 years member of Fairmount Friends Church survivors husband two daughters Mrs Fred Wood Fairmount two sons James N Cincinnati OH Dr William G Johnson Easton PA eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren funeral 2 p m Wednesday Nolder Memorial Funeral Chapel Fairmount burial Park Cemetery Fairmount callers welcome after 2 p m today at the funeral home.
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Rose Fisher
Rose Alice Fisher
4Th St
Americana
Lapel
Asbury
Janetta Durant Fisher
Lapel-Anderson
Gilbert L. Wilson
Howard Summers
Anderson
William Farmer
Nashville
Tenn
Stella Fisher
Harold E. Rozelle
Phillip D. Edwards
Otterbein United Methodist Church
Brookside
Jules Henry Rigaux
E. 23Rd St
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Jamet
Belgium
Jean Baptiste and
Alphonsine Rigaux
United States
West Virginia
Hunter Chevrolet
Gladys
Freddy Rigaux
George Smith
Marietta
Ohio
Irene Legrande
Fairmount
Armand Rigaux
South Bend
Sells and Rowe
Charles Taylor
Fifth Street Methodist Church
East Maplewood Cemetery
Fortville
Oscar J. Quick
Sunset Lane
Dickey
Elwood
Doc
Melissa Quick
Columbus
Ind
Hege Lumber Co
Fortville Christian Church
Lena
Elgin
Frank
Fisher Funeral Home
Gilbert Schreiber
Gravelawn Cemetery
David O’bryant
Harold O’bryant
Madison County
O’bryant
Parasite Wire and Cable Co
Marion
Harold
Lorene
Hunt Fneral
Parkview
Alexandria
Nettiie Vettor
Summitville United Methodist Church
Lloyd Hall
Park Cemetery
Vetor
Gertrude Johnson
Alva Johnson
Graiit
Reid Memorial Hospital
Richmond
Johnson
Liberty Township
Friends Fellowship Community
Fairmount Friends Church
Fred Wood
James N
Cincinnati
William G. Johnson
Easton
Penn
Nolder
Woman reports handgun during theft. purse taken and suspect fled
A woman described a gunman hiding from someone who left through a rear door with a coin purse after the robbery. An amplifier and microphone stolen from Free Will Baptist Church on Hendricks Street after 8 30 p.m. Thursday. Virginia Minton reports a metal box with $5 10 missing after an unlocked door entry. All thefts under police investigation.
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Free Will Baptist Church
Hendricks St
Virginia Minton
Arrow Ave
1969 U.S. Open Planned for Houston June
The 1969 U.S. Open golf championship will be held at the Champions Golf Club in Houston from June 12 to 15, as announced in AP dispatches. Two thirds of American families own cars, with two-car households rising quickly.
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Detroit
America
Houston
Open Houston
Champions Golf Club
Indiana Trotting Pacers Enter Purse Schedule
Local attendance notes a purse of 150 dollars for the winning horse in an Indiana Trotting Pacers Association event. The second race features two year old fillies for a 1000 dollar purse. The third race offers a 1000 dollar purse for trotters that have never won more than 1000. The Mars close approach is reported with a 25 million mile distance in 1956. Chicago vegetable intake rises from 115 pounds in 1900 to 192 pounds today.
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Indiana Trotting Pacers Association
Berkeley
Mars
Earth
Chicago
Fines Seived Vote Slackers in Costa Rica
A notice states that individuals who miss voting in Costa Rica face fines. The text outlines penalties for failing to participate in the electoral process under the law.
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Costa Rica
Donnelly Services Held for Local Pony Trotting Leader
Funeral services for Richard Donnelly 52 of 1615 Broadway will be at 2 p.m. at Fisher Brothers Funeral Home Lapel with Rev. Monroe Schuster presiding. Burial in Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery. Donnelly died after a heart attack while driving his pony Seths Ringleader in a race at Athletic Park. He co owned Donnelly Glass Co with his brother Perry and was active in the Anderson Horsemanship Club Madison County Pony Trotters Association and 4 H Club.
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Richard Donnelly
Broadway
Fisher Brothers
Lapel
Monroe Schuster
Central Christian Church
Anderson Memorial Park
Donnelly
Seth
Indiana
Athletic Park
Donnelly Glass Company
Perry
Anderson
Fellowship Masonic Lodge
The
Christian Church
Anderson Horsemanship Club
Madison County Pony Trotters Association
Courthouse Suit Delays County Construction Plans
Court action on the courthouse keeps the present county commissioners and county council from advancing steps toward building a new courthouse. The suit has been pending for over a year with no recent news.
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Cieals
Library district funds allocated in June settlement
Auditor Pendleton and the four county libraries receive payments. Alexandria $8,078.42 Anderson $91,106.99 Elwood $24,471.09 Pendleton $9,384.02. Christine McCormick and Roy Boicourt indicated the June settlement checks will be mailed today.
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Pendleton
Summitville
Alexandria
Anderson
Elwood
Christine McCormick
Roy Boicourt
Nixon Narrowly Leads Rockefeller in GOP Delegate Count
Tower reports Nixon 476 to 192 over Rockefeller for the party’s No. 1 spot with 317 committed to favorites and 308 uncommitted. Tower expects at least 40 of Texas’ delegates to back Nixon on the first ballot, potentially widening Nixon’s edge to 516 to 192. Senator Hatfield endorsed Nixon, while Senator Cooper backs Rockefeller, urging an open convention and party unity.
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Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Texas
Tower
Rockefeller
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
GOP
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Cooper
Gov
Princes and Maharajas Hold News Conferences on Privy Purses
In New Delhi the former rulers staged three press gatherings after the government said it would abolish their privy purses. The first featured drinks at a hotel, the second tea and snacks, and the third a soft drink gathering on a poorly kept lawn.
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New Delhi
India
God and Freedom under July Fourth Prayerful Reflections
The writer questions believers who deny Franklin’s words shaping modern life and argues that on the Fourth of July, amid fireworks and patriotism, one must thank God for freedom and expect divine protection without prayer.
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Franklin
God
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