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Newspaper

Terre Haute Tribune

Location

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1963

Page

2

Eisenhower Urges Caution On Test Pact

Former President Eisenhower cautions Republicans on the limited nuclear test ban treaty. He says the pact has advantages and disadvantages and declines a firm stance until military and scientific review. Senate leaders urge a minute examination as Kennedy and Democratic leaders seek GOP endorsement.

Washington Dwight D. Eisenhower Senate Eisenhower New York United States Soviet Union Britain Everett M. Dirksen Illinois Kennedy Moscow Leverett Saltonstall R-Mass George D. Aiken R-Vt Mike Mansfield Montana Dirksen Rourke B. Hickenlooper Browa Senate Republican Policy Committee Mansfield

Court orders walk pace for taxiing plane in Trier

In Germany's Trier, a court fined a pilot 25 dollars after a two seater plane taxiing at 15 miles per hour struck a woman, finding the speed too fast for ground movement and ruling the action negligent. The judge said the pilot should have traveled at walking pace.

Trier Germany

Senate treaty debate stirs Republican concern over Kennedy gains

Republicans seek full military and scientific views to balance Kennedy diplomacy as they weigh the treaty. They fear political benefit for Kennedy if ratified and consider military, scientific assessments before voting, aiming for a margin over the two thirds needed for approval.

Senate Kennedy Aiken

Sylvan Davis 72, Terre Haute Star foreman, dies

Services Friday at 3 p.m. at DeBaun Funeral Home for Sylvan Davis of 1718 South Twenty-seventh street. Davis, former stereotype foreman for The Terre Haute Star, died Tuesday. Burial at Roselawn Memorial Park with Masonic graveside rites by Social Lodge No. 86. Davis joined The Tribune in 1907 and became Star foreman in 1948. Friends may call.

DeBaun Sylvan Davis South Twenty-seventh Street The Terre Haute Star Roselawn Memorial Park Davis Tribune the Star

Auto trouble calls show many start-up failures in 1962

The American Automobile Association estimates 68.7 million motorist trouble calls in 1962 with 31 million or 46 percent due to cars that would not start.

Boston Wpi American Automobile Association

Meany Plan Sparks Railroads Dispute at Senate Hearing

Rail leaders and union negotiators spar over Kennedy plan and a possible new independent panel. J E Wolfe dismissed Meany’s suggestion as unlikely while urging Congress to back the president’s program. Labor officials met with Wirtz as talks stall and executive session plans proceed.

J. E. Wolfe Senate Commerce Committee Wolfe Congress President Kennedy Senate Committee Lester P. Schoene Washington John O. Pastore D-R. I Kennedy W. Willard Wirtz Senate Norris Cotton R-N. H Daniel Loomis Association of American Railroads

Johnston Proposes Juvenile Home Plan in County

Johnston outlines new plans for a county juvenile home to relieve state institutions, noting no staff increase but a matron and patron for 24 hour watch. The center would supplement private and church facilities and coordinate with the Indiana State College social work program using graduate students.

Johnston Indiana State College

Deaths of William T Walters and Evelyn Needham

William Thomas Walters 87 of 2018 Liberty Avenue died late Tuesday at Union Hospital. Survived by widow Nancy, five daughters, two sons, two brothers, one sister, 11 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren. Retired 1950 from Commercial Solvents Corp. Services Friday 1:30 PM at Bedino Peace Chapel, burial Roselawn Memorial Park. Evelyn Needham 48 of 708 North Fourteenth Street died Wednesday at Union Hospital. Surviving husband Berlin B. and five sisters and brothers. Services Friday 1:30 PM at Gillis Memory Chapel, burial Montrose Cemetery.

William Thomas Walters Liberty Avenue Union Hospital Nancy Beulah Adams Norma Thomson Terre Haute Floreine Rhyan West Terre Haute Vera Morris Ruskin, Fla Lenora Stevens Denver Colo Orville Russell Chicago, Ill Homer Curt Leona Smith Rosedale Commercial Solvents Corporation Bedino Peace Chapel Roselawn Memorial Park Marcus E. Myers Evelyn Needham North Fourteenth Street Berlin B Everett Rufus Brown Graham, Ky Lucien Brown Chicago, Jr Milton Brown Newport Ethel Roark Julia Rose Betty Lyson Greenville Mabel Davis Mary Rose Central City Gillis Memory Chapel Rev B. L. House Montrose Ceme Montrose, Ill

Death Notice for Lewis E Degier of Terre Haute

Lewis Emil Degier 79 of 328 North Thirteenth street died Wednesday at his home. Survived by three sons Harold George and Gerald. two daughters Pauline Morris and Betty Tucker. sisters Lena Isbell and Marie Ellis. 15 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. He was a carpenter and member of Carpenter Local No. 133. Services 1:30 Friday at Callahan Funeral Home with Rev. R. C. Mowery officiating. Burial in Woodlawn cemetery. Friends may call.

Lewis Emil Degier North Thirteenth Street Harold George Terre Haute Gerald Madison Pauline Morris Betty Tucker Lena Isbell Marie Ellis Carpenter's Callahan Funeral Home Rev. R. C. Mowery Woodlawn Cemetery

Mrs Mary King Gear Dies at 73 in Terre Haute

Mrs Mary King Gear 73 of 316 West Johnson Street West Terre Haute died Wednesday morning at Union Hospital Survivors include two daughters Mrs Virgie Merritt of West Terre Haute and Mrs Alpha Ross of El Monte California one son Charles of Baldwin Park California eight grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Services held at Ball Porter Funeral Home Saturday at 1 30 PM Rev Kenneth Burns officiating with burial in Bethesda Cemetery Friends

Norawn Indianapolis Terre Haute Morris W Mary Wright el Sobrante Calif Eluey King Ethel Roberts Vincennes Gillis Memory Chapel John Rawlings Roselawn Memorial Ark Mary King Gear West Johnson Street West Terre Haute Union Hospital Virgie Merritt Alpha Ross el Monte Charles Baldwin Park Ball- Porter Funeral Kenneth Burns Bethesda Cemetery

Obituaries of Wilbur Miller and Minnie Robbins

Wilbur Miller 55 of Shelbyville died late Monday night at home. Survived by widow Dorothy son William at home and brothers Virgil Terre Haute and William Port Huron Mich. Services at 2 PM Friday at Gill Funeral Home Washington Ind. Minnie Florence Robbins 83 of 2505 North Fifteenth St died at home Wednesday. Husband William Sr and two sons William Jr Terre Haute and Charles Harrisburg Pa with six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services 1 PM Saturday at Thomas Funeral Home. Burial Roselawn Memorial Park. Friends may call Friday afternoon.

Wilbur Miller Shelbyville Shelburn Dorothy William Virgil Terre Haute Port Huron Mich Gill Washington Ind Minnie Florence Robbins North Fifteenth Street William Sr William Jr Charles Harrisburg Thomas Funeral Home Roselawn Memorial Park

Services for William E. Taylor to be held Friday

William E. Taylor aged 70 of 1134 South Sixteenth street died Tuesday. Services will be at Gillis Memory Chapel at 10 30 Friday morning with the Rev Forest Adams officiating. Burial will follow in Grandview cemetery.

William E. Taylor South Sixteenth Street Gillis Memory Chapel Forest Adams Grandview Cemetery

Charley Persinger Services Held in Youngstown

Charley Persinger aged 86 of Youngstown dies and services are set at DeBaun Funeral Home at 10 AM Friday with burial in New Harmony Cemetery.

Charley Persinger Youngstown DeBaun Funeral Home New Harmony Cemetery

Don Spagnardi Services Set For Miami Death

Don Spagnardi aged 81 died Sunday in Miami Florida. Services will be held at Flanner and Buchanan Mortuary in Indianapolis at 2 pm Friday afternoon.

Don Spagnardi Miami Fla Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary Indianapolis

Mrs. Georgia Mahan Clark Dies in Michigan

Mrs. Georgia Mahan Clark of Farmersburg Indiana dies in Michigan at an unknown age. She is survived by son Gerald Mahan daughter Dorothy Allien and sister Lena Hammerstein. Body to be brought to Fidler and Wood Funeral Home for calling hours after 10 Friday. Graveside burial at Westlawn Cemetery at 2.

Farmersburg Ind Georgia Mahan Clark Fenton Mich Gerald Mahan Dorothy Allien Michigan Lena Hammerstein Flint Fidler and Wood Funeral Home Westlawn

Bayh Celebrated with Beltin' Birch Pills Victory Party

Indiana Senator Birch Bayh enjoyed a 11 0 Democratic win in the Congressional Roll Call baseball game. His staff hosted a late night party with a gag gift Beltin' Birch's Vigah Pills, a photo tribute, and a spoof note from Abner Doubleday.

Washington Pi -Sen Birch Bayh Indiana Bayh Beltin’ Birch Abner Doubleday

Tests to Tame Hurricanes To Be Held

U S scientists will repeat 1961 Storm fury experiments from now to November to see if seeding clouds with silver iodide can reduce hurricane winds. Eleven airplanes will participate, seven from the Navy and four from the Weather Bureau, aiming to replicate results amid Esther’s fury.

Navy Weather Bureau U. S

Three Burglary Suspects Held In Fast Mopup

Assistant Chief Butts named suspects Leo Leclercq 25 of 625 North Seventh James Larson 31 of 515 South Fourth and Charles A Williams 23 of 1739 North Sixth held after police techs Si Lark and Gene Galloway found evidence from a break in. Leclercq allegedly smashed a six by seven foot plate glass window with his fist and all three would be charged later in Justice of the Peace Lee Easton court.

Butts Leo Leclercq North Seventh Street James Larson South Fourth Street Charles A. Williams North Sixth Street Court of Justice of the Peace Lee Easton

Hurricane Control Experiments Target Tiny Eye Seed

Early 1960s tests showed a small chimney near the eye can power a hurricane. Visual and radar data in 1961 mapped this energy source, suggesting seedings as small as 200 square miles could alter storm balance by turning water to ice. Experiments produced dramatic wind changes briefly in the Caribbean and Atlantic tropics.

Caribbean Atlantic

Discrimination Charge Denied By Unionist

A unionist cites a study of 65 firms in many industries in the Plans for Progress program finding only 2.6 percent of 2.5 million employees were non white. A Labor Department survey of federal construction jobs in 47 cities showed 5.3 percent Negro journeymen and apprentices. The committee notes large auto and electrical firms advertise nondiscrimination yet building trades offer higher opportunities for Negro crafts.

U. S Haggerty Committee On Equal Employment Opportunity Labor Department

Ward Remains Unconscious in Prosecution Review

Ward stays unconscious as two further charges of counseling and procuring an abortion are not pressed. The court holds these counts over to September after the summer recess for prosecutor Mervyn Griffith-Jones to decide. Christine testified Wednesday at a secret inquiry into security risks tied to her affair with Profumo concurrent with her relation to Capt. Eugene Ivanov, a Soviet naval attache.

Ward Mervyn Griffith- Jones Christine Profumo Eugene Ivanov

Clinton widow Archilene Vincenti dies. service Friday

Died Wednesday morning. Surviving are the widow Archilene, the mother Mrs. Catherine Vincenti of Clinton, one daughter Mrs. Carolyn Sue Revesz of Universal, one son Richard Leo of Clinton, one sister Mrs. Emma Mansinne of Clinton, and three grandchildren. Friends may call at the First Funeral Home. Services will be at the funeral home at 10 o'clock Friday morning.

Archilene Catherine Vincenti Clinton Carolyn Sue Revesz Universal Richard Leo Emma Mansinne

Watson R L 38 of near Blanford dies in Paris nursing home

Robert L. Watson age 38 of near Blanford died Wednesday at Kirby Nursing Home Paris Illinois after a lengthy illness. Survived by mother Mrs Glenna Watson two brothers Ward and Walter Watson and two sisters Mrs Rachel Dowdell and Miss Evelyn Watson. Private services at First Funeral Home Friday at 2 pm conducted by Rev Leverett Hamrick. Burial Edgar Cemetery Paris.

Clinton Ind Robert L. Watson Blanford Kirby Paris Ill Glenna Watson Ward Walter Watson RR 3 Rachel Dowdell Louisville Evelyn Watson Washington, D. C Leverett Hamrick Edgar Cemetery

Sullivan Woman Dies at 69 in Indiana Home

Mrs Ona M Conway 69 of Sullivan died Wednesday morning at her home. A member of First Methodist Church Farmersburg she was survived by husband Newt a daughter Beatrice Tuft Spokane Wash a son Lawrence Sullivan three hands children and one great grandchild Services pending at Alexander Funeral Home

Sullivan, Ind Ona M. Conway Sullivan First Methodist Church Farmersburg Newt Beatrice Tuft Spokane, Wash Lawrence Alexander

Services for Mrs Leatha Ellen Stepp

Mrs Leatha Ellen Stepp 67 died Tuesday. Services at Ward Sutton Funeral Home at 2 pm Friday. Burial in Vermilion cemetery. Friends may call after 1 pm Thursday.

Paris Ill Leatha Ellen Stepp Ward-Sutton Ermilion Cemetery

Wright services announced for 70 year old Frank E Wright

Ir special services for Frank E Wright aged 70 who died Tuesday will be at 1 30 at Markwell Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hazel Dell cemetery. Friends may call.

Casey Frank E. Wright Markwell Funeral Home Hazel Dell Cemetery

Oliver Leo Riva of Clinton Passes at 54

Oliver Leo Riva of Clinton aged 54 died at home in RR 3. He was a longtime resident and formerly worked in the area. His death leaves a family seeking mourners and notices. Burial arrangements are pending with local funeral services.

Clinton Ind Oliver Leo Riva RR 3

Services set for Mrs Julie Mehay at Dugger Catholic Church

Special service for 71 year old Julie Mehay will be at the Catholic Church in Dugger at 10 Henry Bilz will officiate and burial will follow in Dugger cemetery.

Dugger Ind Julie Mehay Henry Bilz Dugger Cemetery

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Jack Bell Associated Press Entay Robert S. McNamara Konrad Adenauer Bonn McNamara West Germany Kai-Uwe von Hassel North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO Meany Mrs. Evelyn Needham Lewis Emil Degler Miss Rose Goodman Rose Goodman South Sixth Street St. Anthony Hospital Temle Israel Iss Lillie Goodman Evansville Herbert Goodman Max Goodman Sol I. Smith Martin-Tearman Funeral Bernard M. Cohen Highland Lawn Cemetery Mrs Nora Brown Beltin Birch By Fred S. Hoffman Si Lark Gene Galloway Woolworths Happy Woo'worth Mrs. Leatha Ellen Stepp Ved Ceman Ilworth
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