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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1971
Page
2
A batch of death notices and funeral details across Indiana and Illinois, listing Harold T Potts and others with ages, residences, affiliations to lodges and churches, survivors including children and siblings, and funeral arrangements. Occasional weather and memorial notes accompany obituaries for St. Anthony Hospital and regional churches.
Indiana sees warm sunny days with mild nights through Wednesday. Highs reach the 80s to low 90s and lows in the 60s. Illinois forecasts fair Monday, possible showers mainly north on Tuesday and Wednesday. Warm temps persist with little daily variation. highs mid 80s to lower 90s and lows in the 60s.
Senator George McGovern forecast that Edmund Muskie would win the New Hampshire Democratic primary and said he aimed for 15 to 20 percent of the vote in the March 7, 1972 contest. He kicks off his third NH tour with Sens. Birch Bayh and Henry Jackson at a Hollis event, greeted by about 30 supporters including John Kenneth Galbraith, who planned a reception for Vermont Democrats in Newfane.
Scott and Irwin during the second rim excursion on Spur Crater spot a rock they deem possibly ancient lunar soil dating 4.6 billion years. Scott calls it a potentially pivotal find, while Worden recalls spacewalks and the surreal view during deep-space duty aboard Endeavour.
Frances Hamby a longtime Tribune employee from 1921 until 1970 died at Wallace Nursing Center after a 49 year career. She began as a switchboard operator when dial phones were rare and spent her life at THE TRIBUNE alongside her late husband Harry Hamby. Services were planned at Patrick J Ryan Funeral Home with a Rosary Monday night and a Requiem Mass Tuesday at St Patrick Church. Burial followed at Highland Lawn Cemetery.
Four persons arrested in a Thursday night vice raid at 838 North Fourth Street appeared in City Court Friday morning and received continuances from Judge N George Nasser. The defendants Paul Lemont Dora Jones Vaneta Hayden and Katherine Clemons were released on bond with formal arraignment set for August 13.
Fulbright sought direct access to the executive branch's military assistance planning data after Laird offered materials and factors. The committee pressed for the latest five year plan covering 1970 to 1974, while discussion noted asphalt imported from Trinidad in the West Indies.
William Ede reports a Post Office explanation after snails in the building’s letter box chewed through an envelope. The Post Office apologized for the incident, noting snails in the box caused the damage in Matchett England.
A 17 year old Fowler youth died at Union Hospital from injuries suffered in a car-tanker crash three miles north of Clinton Indiana. John S Fender died of a severe head injury. Four others were injured including one in critical condition. The driver of the car Lester E Stevens 19 Ambia Indiana suffered internal and facial injuries. Kenneth Walker 25 Terre Haute was hurt when his car struck a utility pole. Edwin Shepherd 23 Paris Illinois had severe head injuries after leaving the highway. Larry Griffin 22 Marshall escaped injury.
Indiana's 1971 traffic deaths surpassed 900, reaching at least 901 as two fatal weekend crashes added to the toll. A one car crash northwest of Connersville claimed one life while a pedestrian died after being struck along U S 27 near Fountain City. Thomas Rutledge, 68, of Winamac, died Friday afternoon when his pickup collided with a large truck on U S 35 north of Winamac in Pulaski County.
A one car crash on U S 63 about 10 30 p m Friday left Worthley Burbank 61 Owensville Ind and his passenger Elizabeth Burbank 46 treated and released at Union Hospital after the car passed a semi and rolled into a ditch.
A car struck a bridge on Stop 10 Rd just north of US 40 Saturday morning. Billie R. Tryon 25 and Diana Hamilton 20 received minor injuries and were treated at St Anthony Hospital. Tryon was the driver, Vigo County Sheriff's Department reported.
News of President Nixon's upcoming visit to Communist China had little impact on trading. Investors mostly held steady as markets absorbed the geopolitical development with muted reactions on Wall Street.
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