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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1963
Page
1
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, one day old son of the President, remained in serious condition but showed some encouragement after his first night. The President visited the child at Boston Children’s Medical Center as doctors said the condition was not worsening. The result offered cautious optimism to medical staff.
President Kennedy appeals to the Senate for ratification of the East West limited test ban, as 56 nations sign in Washington London and Moscow. The White House expects a two thirds vote in about a month with reservations on atmospheric outer space and underwater blasts. Senator Jackson seeks three key questions on Soviet missile advances before backing the agreement. France and Communist China are notable holdouts.
Hilmer E. Jacobson 59 and Indiana State College music faculty member since 1954 died Thursday at St. Anthony Hospital after a possible heart attack. He directed the Madrigal Singers and multiple campus choirs. He lived at 100 Berkeley Drive and held degrees from the University of Tennessee Vandercook College of Music and Northwestern work.
The forecast notes times and temperatures with a 6am to 2pm progression. It lists sunrise at 5 55, sunset at 7 55, river stage 2 6 feet and falling.
Yesterday saw a high of 89 degrees and a low of 61 with no precipitation.
Fair and mild tonight with lows around 58 to 66. Friday brings partial clouds and warm: highs near 84 to 92. Illinois outlook is generally fair with little temperature change, light clouds, and similar overnight lows around 65.
Attorneys for 352 defendants charged with violating an anti demonstration injunction in Danville Virginia said they would seek federal court jurisdiction today. They plan to present to Judge Sobeloff in Baltimore if he grants transfer. If denied they will request a stay pending his ruling on constitutionality.
Washington on August 8 156 local officials of the locomotive firemen and Enginemen union were summoned to Washington to join talks if a settlement is possible. Labor Secretary Wirtz stressed the group must be present for any agreement and warned a nationwide strike could loom if talks fail by August 29. Firemen on diesel freight locomotives fear job losses. unions seek safety related staffing. ious, a cause of some concern, but doctors are still hopeful. The White House will release medical updates on the Boston Children’s Hospital baby case with the same overall diagnosis.
A gang of 20 to 30 masked men seized the Glasgow London mail train near a rural crossing 40 miles from London. They uncoupled cars, looted about 120 registered mail bags including cash and diamonds, and released a large quantity of used currency. Engineer Jack Mills and a mail sorter were restrained during the heist.
President Kennedy cut short a Cape Cod trip to be with his infant son at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston. The hospital confirmed the plan, saying the President would arrive at the hospital at 2 25 p m EDT after discussing the matter with his doctors.
United Press International reports that the American public held life insurance worth 730 billion dollars at the end of 1962 per the Institute of Life Insurance.
The number of Hoosiers holding federal gambling stamps rose to 1 340 as Indiana bans all gambling by state law. The IRS in Indianapolis announced 73 new gaming device stamp buyers and 31 wagering stamp buyers. Vigo County led the state with seven new gaming device stamp holders, including John J Cunningham and Samuel P Cunningham of Terre Haute businesses, plus Herman Fry and V Nichols.
Sugar Creek township voters approve a 1964 property tax levy cut of 62 percent to 14.8 cents per $100, removing a 26.3 cent poor fund levy. Total township assessed value stands at $18,450,430 and Riley residents face nearly triple-tax in 1964. The Sugar Creek town council sets a separate levy rising 59.7 cents to 94.5 cents from 34.8 cents based on $218,590 assessed value.
The Vigo County Fair opens Sunday south of Terre Haute and runs to Aug 16. More than 200 cattle ponies and riders will compete in halter classes with purses around 1150 dollars. 4-H participants and leaders prepare entries as judging begins Friday across the 150 acre fairground with tent city under construction.
A freight train struck a beer truck at a crossing near Michigan City killing the truck driver William Warren and train head brakeman Lout Mosey. Four crewmen were injured and treated at Michigan City Memorial Hospital. the incident halted the long Chesapeake and Ohio train as investigators assessed the wreckage.
President Ho Chi Minh declared that peace in South Vietnam could return if the United States withdrew arms and troops, saying progress hinges on U.S. pullback and negotiations.
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