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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1964
Page
2
Eastern congressmen stayed to vote Friday as 20 Republicans joined the administration forces with over half of southern Democrats in support. The substitute bill added more than 15 million dollars and states rights concessions allowing governors to block job corps camps and anti-poverty projects in their states.
The Vigo County Fair features judging of 4-H gardening at 9 30 a m Sunday, 4 H steers weighed at 6 p m, and registered halter classes of the Western Horse Show at noon Sunday in the arena south of the horse barns. Performance classes follow at 8 p m before the grandstand. James Bud Austin serves as superintendent with ring stewards Rayl Lenderman Bennie Camp Darrel Howard and Jay Dennis. Jean Davis of Champaign Illinois will judge, Mel Hunt announces, and clerks include Betty Austin Mildred Hunt Mildred Finkbiner and Joan Weir. Prominent sponsors listed include Anaconda Aluminum Co Allen Steen Co Coca Cola Bottling Co Indiana State Bank and Montgomery Ward among many others supporting box seat purchases.
The article recalls Josephine Mary Hannon Fitzgerald mother of Rose Kennedy and grandmother of John F Kennedy. Born Acton Mass she married in 1889 and had six children. She lived between Boston and Hyannis and was hospitalized in 1960 for a mild heart condition while following the Democratic convention on radio. President Kennedy, her grandson, visited her in 1962 and later surprised her by voting in Massachusetts. Her husband was known as Honey Fitz and the family yacht bore the same name.
Arthur Diehl 16 was found dead from a shotgun wound in his Indianapolis home. Investigators say he may have killed himself after being refused permission to join the military or to visit his father in Kentucky.
George Bagnell, a former Marine corporal, fired at what he thought was a burglar in Manchester England. He struck his wife Mary in the left thigh and she is reported in satisfactory condition. He apologized to his wife.
Billy D. Anfinson 46, a Dubuque Iowa truck driver, was killed when his semi struck a concrete bridge bannister and burst into flames one mile south of Heathsville Illinois on State Road 33. Garland Piper 26 of Border Springs Alabama suffered shock after jumping from the vehicle.
Ida, a powerful typhoon, heads for Tonkin Gulf and northern Vietnam as it weakens while crossing the Philippines. The storm has killed at least 10 people in the Philippines, with 20 fishermen listed as missing after rough seas and destruction along northern Luzon. Forecasters place Ida 250 miles west of Hainan with winds near 140 mph.
Paul Myers 41 of Greensburg Indiana died in a car truck collision at the U S 24 and Illinois 78 intersection four miles east of Lewistown Illinois State police said Myers car struck a side broadside by a truck driven by Ray Burbank Robinson Illinois causing the wreck Burbank sustained minor injuries in the crash
Congress backs Johnson position in Southeast Asia while Lodge tours allied capitals to explain U.S. aims. Lodge leaves ambassadorship to back Scranton. Goldwater signals Viet Nam may become a central campaign issue if Johnson diverges from current course.
Welsh discussed Democratic campaign issues and Johnson's Southeast Asia crisis handling. He noted Johnson has cabinet and staff backing and said the President invited Welsh and his wife to a White House reception and state dinner honoring U Thant.
Turkey requests a U N Security Council meeting to address a new crisis stemming from negotiations that would veto government decisions in finance defense and foreign affairs by Turkish Cypriot authorities. Cyprus signaled readiness but did not formally request a meeting, asking the council president to standby for a possible session on Turkish flights.
William James Kaye Jones 53 a Terre Haute city fireman died after smoke inhalation and a heart attack from the March 20 1963 downtown Terre Haute fire at 6th Street and Wabash Avenue He had served since May 5 1938 and worked with Engine Company No 7 and Truck No 1 He died Saturday at Union Hospital survivors include his widow Josephine his father John Jackie Jones and sister Vivian Petry He was a member of Barbour Avenue EUB Church and Terre Haute Elks Lodge No 86.
A long list of memorial notices from Terre Haute to Indianapolis reports deaths of John S Huffman at 74, Grace Pence 91, Millard C Cortham 69, Cora Perrill 80, John Kenneth Bayles 37 killed in Turkey, Marilyn Heien 6 months, Adina Blair 84, Ora Pine 78, Tona Williams 73, Stephen Fisk 72, Anni Sutherland 79, Grace Baumgartner 79, Charlotte Kurdys 56, Mary Pearl Norman 85, and Emma Goodman 87 with service details, burial places, and surviving relatives in various Indiana towns.
The Santa Monica city attorney's office did not file a complaint Friday against 23 year old dancer Lucki Winn for wearing a topless bathing suit in a fashion show. A deputy attorney cited insufficient evidence to support the indecent exposure charge.
Merom Ind special services set for Mrs Tressie M Hopper 73 who died Thursday burial in Merom Cemetery. Another obituary notes a sister Mrs Winnie Rumple of Bloomington and funeral arrangements at Myers Funeral Home with services Sunday at 2 pm led by Rev Robert Chafee. Burial in Worthington cemetery follows.
New York reports that Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy will likely be the Democratic nominee for the U S Senate seat held by Republican Kenneth B Keating. President Johnson backs the bid and a late move by Mayor Robert F Wagner to run could halt the draft Kennedy momentum. Kennedy is said to be unlikely to commit, preferring only to signal availability to a draft movement.
The attorney general privately told supporters he seeks the nomination. He met Friday with Wagner to win the mayor's approval for his candidacy, but no word has emerged on the meeting's outcome.
Bernard Earl MacArthur, a Navy veteran and nephew of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, died Thursday at age 61. Funeral services are set for Tuesday in San Diego.
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