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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1968
Page
2
An Omaha clothing firm received a $246.40 payment from a Texas man who wrote that he found a $70 bill dated October 1926 from Nebraska Clothing and wished to settle the debt plus 6 percent interest. He calculated the total as $246.40.
Obituaries list multiple deaths from Terre Haute and neighboring communities. Arthur Harbrueger aged 76 dies at St Anthony Hospital. Emma Zettler 86, John D. Scott 54, Wayne Nattkemper 71, Maie Foster Welker 74, Eva Haseman 74, George C Kelly Williams 64, Opal Rogers 52, Charles Killebrew 68, and others. Services set across J N Hickman and Son, Patrick J Ryan, Bedino Chapel, Ball Porter, Bell Bracken, and local funeral homes with various burial sites. Families noted include Fenoglio, Von Zettler, Hodgers, Lynch, and Stultz among many relatives.
Police say a massive response kept the Watts area calm after protests by Peace and Freedom and Black Panther supporters. Watts Summer Festival leaders condemned police raids while police report 22 buildings damaged by looting and arson, with $2,000 in estimated losses and 150 guns stolen from a pawnshop.
Ralph William Moore a cat dealer and an accomplice were charged in London Monday with stealing 22 bats. Police say the animals can fly though many are awkward on the ground. The case cites UPI reports on animal theft.
Hayward California AP police charged Billy Ray Carmack 26 with trying to murder his 20 year old bride of a month after insuring her life for 20000 Carmack and companion Thomas Santos 24 were arraigned on assault with intent to murder and arson Barbara Carmack told police her husband beat her into semi consciousness with a hill club then a man named Tom doused the car with gasoline and pushed it over a 50 foot cliff as it burned She crawled out and was treated at a hospital insurance would pay 20000 in either event Carmack and Santos released on 5500 bail each at arraignment
Gov. Roger D. Branigin names Pete McCreery of Sullivan and Joe Stevenson of Danville to the State Fire Prevention Commission. Each will serve a four year term on the policy making board for the state fire marshals department.
Political maneuvering intensifies as United Citizens for Nixon promotes a five million worker enlistment plan and Mary land Gov Spiro Agnew urges civility in civil rights. McCarthy McGovern Humphrey and Pell stake positions while Arkansas runoff pits Johnson against Crank and Moyers reports Shriver not seeking VP.
Raul Cardinal Silva suspended eight priests who led demonstrators occupying Santiago cathedral to protest church neglect of the poor. About 200 young laymen, mostly university students, held a 14 hour vigil with a rebel Mass while barring the congregation from worship.
Indiana senators Bayh and Hatcher outlined a strong platform urging South Vietnam to root out corruption, launch land reform, and boost education and welfare. They called for elections under international supervision after independence is secured, a reappraisal of postwar policy, and an end to the U S role as world policeman.
Clarence Cassell was freed when city jail officials told him his sentence was up, only to discover he had a month left to serve on an intoxication sentence. The mix up left Cassell speechless upon release.
During a hearing transcript discussed by Indiana politicians Bayh faulted slogans and inflexibility in foreign policy. He urged a role for the U S as a partner in a world community to pursue peace rather than rely on war. The hearing will go to the party platform committee. Hatcher addressed urban crisis with Grover Hartman Stephen McTigue and Don Bundles representing local CIVIC groups.
The South Korea defense ministry reported six North Koreans killed in two clashes with South Korean troops along the central DMZ. No South Korean casualties occurred. Some North Koreans fled north, leaving behind five submachine guns three antitank grenades and other gear.
Through the Eisenhower Exchange Fellow program the Olapados will stay six to eight months in this country. Mrs Oladapo selects bright street-length dresses similar to wrap-around styles seen here as cade trousers become part of men’s outfits in Nigeria.
Mrs Spiro T Agnew wife of the Republican vice presidential nominee and her three daughters have returned home to Maryland from Los Angeles Agnew remained in San Diego to plan campaign strategy with Nixon The article notes the move as part of the 1968 campaign coverage with Agnew accompanying Nixon on strategy planning sessions in California
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