Miners Rescued After Deep Bore Reaches Crew Alive
In Sheppton Schuylkill County rescuers drill a 28 inch bore to contact three miners trapped 331 feet underground. After 134 hours 25 minutes, a voice confirms they are alive and the rescue confirms the workers are safe.
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Fellin
Sheppton
Schuylkill County
Hazleton
Philadelphia
Charmbury
Gordon Smith
State Secretary of Mines
John Biros
Military Chiefs Face Quiz on Nuclear Ban
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield says ratification of the nuclear ban treaty could come with extra votes, needing two thirds of 99 seats. A vacancy exists after Estes Kefauver's death, with debate expected to begin after hearings and a Labor Day vote anticipated. George Kennan publicly endorsed the treaty on Meet the Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
George F. Kennan
U. S
Moscow
Kennan
Yugoslavia
NBC
Funeral Rites for Gilbert Gambill Tuesday
Services will be led by Rev. R. Powell Mead at Martin Tearman Funeral Home Tuesday at 1 30 p m for Gilbert W Gambill who died Saturday after a brief illness at Union Hospital Burial will be in Center Ridge cemetery Sullivan He was 81 and long active as a trial lawyer here and in Terre Haute with ties to Gambill Cox Zwerner Gambill Sul livan and Cooper Royse Bogart Gambill Survivors include his wife Conra E two sons Gilbert W Gambill Jr and William D Gambill a sister Mrs Florence Ritchey three grandchildren and a nephew He was a Central Christian Church member president of Central Federal Savings and Loan and former Club 826 president He also served on the Chamber of Commerce a bank director and belonged to Modern Woodmen of the World and Sullivan County Democratic leadership He was affiliated with Terre Haute and American Bar Associations and the Seventh Circuit Federal Bar Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Powell Mead
Martin Tearman
Gilbert W. Gambill
Union Hospital
Center Ridge Cemetery
Sullivan
South Sixth Street
Gambill, Cox, Zwerner, Gambill and Sullivan
Terre Haute
Cooper, Royse, Bogart and Gambill
Central Normal College
Danville
Ind
Gambill
Conra E
Gilbert W. Gambill Jr
William D. Gambill
Indianapolis
Florence Ritchey
Bloomfield
Central Christian Church
Central Federal Savings and Loan Association
Club 826
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants National Bank
Modern Woodmen of the World
Sullivan County
Turkish government rounds up 40 leftists under martial law
Under martial law since the failed May 21 coup attempt, Turkish security forces conducted secret weekend raids and detained 40 leftist critics. Police said the operation targeted suspected critics of the government amid ongoing political crackdowns.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Birmingham School Plan Meeting Sparks Civil Rights Debate
Rep William L Dawson failed to meet with his group to discuss civil rights as racial tensions flare in Birmingham after weekend demonstrations over mobile school buildings in Negro neighborhoods. NAACP leader Roy Wilkins says efforts continue against miscegenation laws. White House committee announces plan to desegregate 113 southern and border schools this fall.
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William L. Dawson
D-Ni1
Chicago
New York
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Robbery gang details emerge as police trace money trail
Reports say Scotland Yard linked a West London house to the raid planning with nightly meetings since last March. Investigators identify a couple linked to the Surrey wood dump of 282,520 dollars in two zippered grips, of which 678,179 has been recovered.
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Richard James
Scotland Yard
London
Father Bordenet's Funeral Tuesday in New York and Nairobi
Very Rev John J Donovan presided at a requiem for Father Jean Paul Bordenet MM who died Friday in Nairobi Kenya The service at Maryknoll Chapel New York will be followed by rites in Nairobi and burial in Musoma Tanganyika He was born in Linton and lived in Terre Haute He entered Maryknoll in 1934 and was ordained in 1936 at St Patrick's Cathedral New York
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John J. Donovan
Maryknoll Order
Jean Paul Bordenet
Nairobi
Kenya
Africa
Maryknoll Chapel
New York City
Musoma
Tanganyika
Linton
Terre Haute
Paul
Margaret Bordenet
Clinton Road
Edward van Uijzen
South Center Street
Jerome
Little Rock
Ark
Gustave
Seattle
Wash
Terre Hauteribune-Star
Armand
Spokane
Ray
Paris
St. Meinard’s Academy
James McBarron
Sacred Heart Church
Cardinal Hayes
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Three Children Wounded by Shotgun Accident in Indiana Yard
In Washington Indiana three children Ricky Joe Parsons 10 Nadine Howard 8 and Ronnie Howard 13 were wounded by pellets from an unloaded shotgun fired while they played in a yard near railroad tracks in Odon. Sheriff Ralph Morgan said a 13-year-old boy admitted aiming and firing after a remark by Ronnie Howard with two children released from Daviess County Hospital.
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Washington
Ind
WPI
Ricky Joe Parsons
Nadine Howard
Ronnie Howard
Odon
Daviess County Hospital
Ralph Morgan
Meredith Receives Degree At Ole Miss Amid Tension
James Howard Meredith earned a bachelor of arts in political science at the University of Mississippi as 2,500 whites and 40 family and friends watched. Gov. Ross Barnett faced contempt for defying a federal court order, while Meredith’s father Moses and mother expressed pride in his education.
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Meredith
John Davis Williams
Moses Meredith
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Barnett
Ole Miss
James Howard Meredith
University of Mississippi
Meredith Speaks at IU Tuesday
James Meredith, the first Black graduate of the University of Mississippi, will speak Tuesday at Indiana University during a civil rights seminar at the National Student Association's 16th annual congress. The event runs through Aug. 29 with about 1,000 student leaders attending. topics include civil rights and the rising cost of higher education with Governor Welsh and Sargent Shriver among speakers. The NSA lost Indiana’s campus as a member last April after a student referendum.
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Bloomington
Ind
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
National Student Association
Indiana
Welsh
Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
Host III
NSA
Three Car Crash Kills Robinson Woman in Illinois
A three car crash on Farmers Market between Trimble and Route 1 A in Robinson Illinois killed Ida L Murphy 54 and seriously injured her husband Henry L Murphy 62 and son Donald E 26 who were treated at Crawford Memorial Hospital. The crash involved a vehicle from Hutsonville driven by Novita Mur phy 24 and Reena Norton 24 and two elderly women in a third car from Oblong Illinois.
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Novita Murphy
Reena Norton
Here
Hutsonville
Murphys
Nora Ruddell
Ida Immel
Oblong, Ill
Deaths of Homer Travelstead Sr and Herbert Covey
Homer Travelstead Sr aged 70 of 2112 Beech Street died at 12 15 Monday at Union Hospital. Survived by widow Bess four daughters three sons ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Memorial services by Retired Railroadmen's Association with burial at Roselawn Memorial Park. Herbert Covey 59 of RR 2 West Terre Haute died Sunday at home. Survived by widow Edna two brothers three sisters and a daughter. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery after services at Gillis Memory Chapel Wednesday afternoon.
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Homer Travelstead Sr
Beech Street
Union Hospital
Bess
Ruby Cartwright
Elizabeth Reynolds
Sue McClara
Dorothy Keidel
Terre Haute
Charles
Chicago
Homer Jr
Jerry
Frank
Bowling Green
Hobart
Woodburn
Railroadmen’s Association
Republican
Thomas Funeral Home
Roselawn Memorial Ark
Herbert “John Covey
RR 2
West Terre Haute
Edna
Delbert
Andrews, Ind
Fred
Huntington
Mary Jane Salters
Violet Satterthwaite
Joyce Karst
Marion
Gillis Memory Chapel
Philip Stone
Woodlawn
Mrs Florence Latta Rites Set After Death at 70
Mrs Florence Latta 70 of 1531 Eighth Ave died Sunday at Union Hospital. Survived by two brothers Joe Dierdorf Terre Haute and Ernest Dierdorf Sodus Mich and two granddaughters. She belonged to Evangelical United Brethren Church. Services at Thomas Funeral Home Tuesday at 1 pm with Rev George Ingerson officiating. Burial in Center Point Cemetery. Friends may call.
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Florence Latta
Eighth Avenue
Union Hospital
Joe Dierdorf
Terre Haute
Ernest Dierdorf
Sodus
Mich
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Thomas Funeral Home
George Ingerson
Centerpoint Cemetery
Funeral services for Frank McGlone 85 at Bedino Chapel
Frank McGlone aged 85 of 2137 Cleveland avenue died Saturday. Services will be at Bedino Peace Chapel at 1 PM Tuesday with burial at Roselawn Memorial Park. He was a member of the Retired Railroadmen's Association and memorial services will be held by that group.
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Frank McGlone
Cleveland Avenue
Bedino Peace Chapel
Retired Railroadmen’s Association
Ralph Jones
Roselawn Memorial Park
Retired Railroadmen's Association
Mrs Gertrude Harris Rites Held for Terre Haute Native
Funeral services for Gertrude Victoria Harris 86 formerly of Terre Haute are set for 10 am Tuesday at J N Hickman & Son Funeral Home Kalama Zoo Michigan Rev John Chironna will officiate burial in Highland Lawn Cemetery Friends may call after 6 pm Monday night
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Victoria Harris
Terre Haute
Kalama Zoo
Mich
J. N. Hickman & Son
John Chironna
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Mrs Hannah B Bosworth Dies at 91 in Terre Haute
Services for Mrs Hannah B Bosworth 91 formerly of Terre Haute will be at Gillis Memory Chapel at 1 30 Tuesday afternoon. Burial in Mt Pleasant cemetery expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah B. Bosworth
Terre Haute
Gillis Memory Chapel
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Paul E. Welsh services announced
Paul E. Welsh 62 of RR 1 died Saturday. Services at DeBaun Funeral Home 1:30 PM Tuesday. Burial in Pogue Cemetery. Survived by one brother Cecil of Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Welsh
RR 1
DeBaun Funeral
Pogue Cemetery
Cecil
Terre Haute
Obituary notices for Williams and Lawler services
George Williams 86 of 1806 Woodlawn avenue will have services at Thomas Funeral Home at 3 PM Tuesday officiated by Rev. Murray Boothe with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. Roscoe C Lawler 80 of 73 Rose Avenue died Saturday and services are set for 2 30 PM Wednesday at Callahan Funeral Home with Rev. John Cironna Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Park. Friends may call after 7 PM Monday.
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George Williams
Woodlawn Avenue
Thomas Funeral Home
Murray Boothe
Rose Hill Cemetery
Roscoe C. Lawler
Rose Avenue
Callahan Funeral Home
John Cironna Jr
Roselawn Memorial Park
Mrs Julia H Seibert Dies at 87 in Brookhaven Mass
Mrs Julia H Seibert 87 died Sunday at Brookhaven Massachusetts. Surviving are one daughter Mrs John Garrigan of Brookhaven and one sister Miss Agnes K Hanrahan of
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Julia H. Seibert
Brookhaven
Mass
John Garrigan
Agnes K. Hanrahan
Chinese rioters gunned down in Chao Yang incident
Press reports say over 400 Chinese rioted in Chao Yang Kwangtung Province and were machinegunned by Communist troops. About 1000 laborers fled to the hills following the attack.
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Hong Kong
Chao Yang
Kwangtung
Widow Mary Leever Dies. Rites Set in Brookhaven
Mrs. Mary Leever 75 of 51 South Twenty-third street died at her daughter’s home in New Orleans at 1 a.m. Monday. Survived by nieces, nephews, and three grandchildren. Services at St. Francis Church Brookhaven 4 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Calvary cemetery. continued services at Frank M. Patrick J. Ryan Funeral Home 3 p.m. Wednesday. Rev Benedict Rubeck presiding. Calling after 10 a.m. Wednesday. Body to Calahan Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Leever
South Twenty-third Street
Lawrence McAlpine
New Orleans
Callahan Funeral Home
Obituaries From Indiana Towns Honor Local Residents
Wilbur Tug Ingram 91 of Rockville dies at Vermillion County Hospital in Clinton. George W Flynn 59 of Hymera dies. services at Hymera Methodist Church. William G Sullivan 74 of Paris dies. services at Blume Funeral Home. Mildred Todd Fritts 61 of AR 2 dies. services pending. Charles F Haugh 79 of Marshall dies. services at Marrs Funeral Home. Lee H Hayes 59 of Dugger dies. services at Vicksburg Baptist Church.
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Rockville
Ind
Mildred Todd Fritts
Vermillion County Hospital
Clinton
Indiana State
Woodrow
Kathleen Rowe
Edwardsburg
Mich
Butler Funeral Home
Marathon hiker launches 1000 mile Land’s End to John O Groats trek
Dr Barbara Moore 59 began a planned 1000 mile walk from Land’s End to John O Groats in Scotland. She previously completed the route in 21 days three years ago and in 1960 walked from San Francisco to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zennor
England
Barbara Moore
Land’s End
John O’groat
Scotland
Governors Hear Faubus Plea for Reason at Conference
Governors met for talks on education nuclear energy and space deference and on land use planning with Orval Faubus urging restraint. The group will review anti integration resolutions proposed by Wallace and members in a session led by West Virginia Governor W W Barron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faubus
Orval Faubus
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Committee On
Wallace
Washington
Kennedy
Balder Dies in Puerto Rico Mishap
Paul H Balder dies after scooter bike mishap on an island in Puerto Rico. The Terre Haute native served with the U S Army in Europe during World War II and worked as a civilian at Bunker Hill after returning home. Relatives plan burial after his body is brought back from the island.
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Terre Haute
Balder
Brazil
Europe
U. S. Army
Bunker Hill
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Birmingham
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JH. Meredith
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Herbert ‘John’ Covey
Mrs
Wilbur
Tug’ Ingram
Wil Bur
Tug” Ingram
Vermillion County
Odd Fellows Lodge
Albert
Mildred Davis
Blanche Ingram
Chrisman
John
Olivet
Dan
Barnes Mortuary
Wesley Chapel
Fellows Lodge
George W. Flynn
Hymera
Thelma
James
Becky Perryman
Judith Drake
Sacramento
Calif
Fay Flynn
Mima Kerns
Ivan
Nelson
Farmersburg
William G. Sullivan
Blume
Vigo County
Paris Hospital
Thelma Higgins
Vermilion, Ill
Charlotte Krable
Wayne
Bill
Bud
Harry
California
Ella Harmon
Fairbanks
Charles F. Haugh
Marshall
Marrs
Harold Mohler
Marshall Cemetery
Lee H. Hayes
Bedino
6Th & Poplar
Chapel of the Valley
National Ave
W. Terre Haute
WBOW
Paul H. Balder
Puerto Rico
A. Goledstandt
Feerer Optometrist
FE. W. Walsh
Progressive Constr. & Engr. Co., Inc
Johnson
Kor-X
Jerry Vartelas
C.S.A
C.L.U. and Associates
Eugene Barnett
Larry K. Campbell
William D. Felman
H. Ray Grove
Glen Hudson
Donald Hudson
Ralph Hill
Mathieu Johnston
William A. Maxwell
Dave Garrison
Dale D. Davis
Robert J. Peterson
Donald E. Williams
John Serban
James Cihlar
Helen Williams
Marie Cale
Omaha
Mutual OF Omaha Insurance Company
Home Office
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