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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1968
Page
8
Vigo County School Corp begins advance registration Monday for pupils new to schools or changing schools from kindergarten through grade 6. Elementary principals will use 8:30 a.m. sessions to tally expected attendance for the Sept. 4 opening. Kindergarten conferences to follow with 1,600 pupils slated for Sept 4 5 and 6. birth certificates required for first time enrollees.
George E. Meeker, grand councilor of the Rosicrucian Order AMORC, will speak to the local chapter Sunday at 11 a.m. in the Odd Fellows Temple lodge quarters. His talk covers War and Peace, followed by a pitch-in dinner with informal member discussion. Meeker oversees AMORC chapters in multiple cities and is an engineering editor for a major firm.
The American Association of Retired Persons plans a 7 p.m. Aug 21 meeting at the Wabash Senior Citizens Center in Terre Haute to form a local chapter. State Director Winfield S. Shrode of Evansville will attend along with Regional Director Molenauer of Toledo.
Terre Haute IESD staff Joe H. Petty Thomas J. Owens and Darwin D. Shea travel to Culver Military Academy for a multi day session with management from local and Indianapolis offices. Albert Kelley and W. O. Osborne headline talks on welfare civil rights and job programs as sessions cover training developments human resources and unemployment compensation.
Vigo County fourth grade teacher Linda Young was among 25 elementary teachers chosen for the NDEA Institute for Advanced Study in Industrial Arts at Eastern Illinois University. The eight week program ran June 24 to August 16 with 13 states represented and included field trips to McDonnell Douglas and General Motors in St. Louis.
Terre Haute advances toward direct inward dialing with a $2.1 million project from General Telephone. Dan E. Worley, district manager, says the system will be among Indiana’s largest and ready for service this November with completion slated for early 1970 after about 30 months of installation and testing.
Two construction workers fell from scaffolding at AT T 665 Ohio Street around 8 15 a m Tuesday. Fred Lydick 24 of West Terre Haute was admitted in satisfactory condition at St Anthony Hospital. Amos Johnson 38 of 2411 N 36th Street was expected to be released after treatment. They were transported by Bedino ambulance.
The Area Plan Commission formed a budget personnel study committee with Kermit Nees Frank Walker Ken Lemrick Arthur Walls and Charles Campbell. Walls and Campbell hold industry positions. The panel will draft procedures job descriptions and salary ranges and review the commission budget.
Police report multiple thefts of car stereo equipment in Terre Haute. Victims include Bruce Strange at 1430 Spang Ave and Stuart Tilton at 520 S 4th St with losses around 75 to 125 dollars. A truck owned by David Handcock at 2929 Schoal Ave lost twelve tapes valued at 100 dollars. Harold Huser at 3025 Schoal Ave linked a theft of a stereo and two tapes for 125 dollars.
William E. Pinkston of Shelburn is named in a $19,977.67 suit filed Monday in the Terre Haute Division of Federal Court by Aetna Insurance Company. The action seeks to recover workmen's compensation paid to Robert Moilanen, who was injured while employed by Murphy Painting & Decorating, insured by Aetna, when Pinkston’s eastbound vehicle allegedly crossed the center line and struck the van on Lower Paris Road on August 22, 1966.
In Indianapolis police arrested 20 year old Robert L. Hardy on a preliminary murder charge after his girlfriend Peggy Webb 19 was found drowned in a bathtub at his northwest side home. Authorities say Hardy attempted suicide by hanging over gas stove burners as his sister Geraldine 24 alerted officers.
A Seventh District Democratic campaign committee workshop will be held Tuesday at the Terre Haute House. U S Senator Birch E Bayh and Lt Gov Robert Rock will participate with a dinner at 5 30 p m in the Bleu Room and a 7 30 p m gathering in the Mayflower Room. Charles Shuee GreenCastle hosts the event expected to draw district committeemen and vice chairmen.
Congressman John T. Myers will speak at 6 30 p m Tuesday in an old fashioned cracker barrel session on current politics. U S Sen Birch Bayh Jr and his rival William D Ruckelshaus have been invited to future meetings as part of the club’s political program.
The Leisenhower Expressway will be fully resurfaced and ready for normal operations Saturday barring heavy rain. Spokesman says the project could finish five days ahead of schedule if on track. The east west expressway is being paved in a summer long repair program.
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