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Terre Haute Tribune

Location

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1963

Page

2

Plan for Desegregation and Virginia School Boycott

United Press International reports Hawkins County Tennessee desegregation begins with 150 Negro pupils entering opening day classes in previously all white schools. In Surry County Virginia 431 pupils sign to join private segregated schools following a local pattern. Former President Truman calls the Washington march silly on TV.

United Press International Hawkins County Tenn Surry County Tennessee Rogersville Virginia Prince Edward County New York Harry S. Truman Washington Congress

Little Old Grandma Is Check Artist

Pheba V. Brewington a 57 year old of 58 Cherry avenue was arrested on a fraudulent check warrant from Marion county. A Marion county judge fined her 25 dollars and sentenced her to 30 days in jail but suspended both. She issued fraudulent checks to William H. Block Company of Indianapolis and later was jailed again after Terre Haute detectives recovered 658 dollars in bad checks. Bond was set at 2000 dollars and the case continued to September 3.

Pheba V. Brewington Cherry Avenue Marion County William H. Block Company Indianapolis Terre Haute C .D. Thompson Brewington Justice of the Peace Lee Easton Garland Cooper Smiths Hardware Company Wabash Avenue

Fontanet Man Hurt In Crash On Rosedale Road

Oakley Fred Lowe aged 52 of Fontanet was injured when his northbound car was struck by Kenneth Hutchins driving east on Stop 13 road. Lowe received arm head and back injuries and was treated at Union Hospital before release. Hutchins drove Lowe to the hospital after the 1 50 a m crash, which pushed Lowe’s car into a telephone pole.

Oakley Fred Lowe Fontanet Rosedale Road Sheriff's Deputies Lowe Union Hospital Kenneth Hutchins North Twenty-third Street Hutchins Fred Carpenter Jim Cullen Stop 13

Cab Driver Hart In 3 Car Pileup

Ernest L Thornburg a 57 year old cab driver from Terre Haute driven for Terre Haute Cab Co was hospitalized in fair condition after a three car collision on Chestnut Street near the 900 block. He rode to Union Hospital by Hickman ambulance with stomach and chest injuries. Police said his car struck a parked vehicle which then hit another. He said brake grabbing caused the crash.

Ernest L. Thornburg North Center Street Terre Haute Cab Co Union Hospital Thornburg Hickman Chestnut Street

Youth Injured As Car Crashes In City Park Area

Robert Neville aged 19 of 3208 South Seventh street was treated and released at St Anthony Hospital after a one car crash at 2 30 a m Saturday. Police said he lost control and hit a post at the entrance to Rea Park on South Seventh street. Neville suffered a puncture under the right eye with about 350 dollars damage to the automobile.

Robert Neville South Seventh Street St. Anthony Hospital Neville Rea Park

Paves the Way Philadelphia with Asphalt Carpet

Helen Dougherty 21 is getting married today and the city presents a paved route to the church. A block previously gouged with trenches for a water main now has a smooth asphalt path laid by city crews for her wedding day.

Philadelphia Helen Dougherty Miss Dougherty

Protest Over Buddhist Policy Sparks Saigon Demonstration

A Buddhist monk led a protest against government policy toward Buddhists as students urged the release of more than 1,000 monks nuns and students arrested since martial law. Troops watched but did not intervene. new foreign secretary Truong Cong Cuu was appointed amid ongoing political tensions.

Ngo Dinh Diem May Law Faculty Mau Diem Viet Nam Truong Cong Cuu Cuu Nguyen Huu Dong Binh Thuan Binh Quang Buddhist Association Phan Thiet State Department Washington Henry Cabot Lodge U. S Saigon Ngo Dinh Nhu Richard S. Phillips

Mrs. Walter Bedell Smith Dies Sister of Col. Cline

Mrs. Walter Bedell Smith dies at Walter Reed Army General Hospital in Washington. Funeral services will be held at Ft. Myer Va with burial in Arlington Cemetery. She is survived by her husband Gen Walter Bedell Smith former Eisenhower chief of staff and diplomat. A sister from Oakland and a Indianapolis native.

Walter Bedell Smith Arthur R. Cline Gardendale Road Walter Reed Army General Hospital Washington, D. C Ft. Myer Arlington Cemetery Dwight D. Eisenhower Russia Harry S. Truman Oakland Calif

Ada Crowder Dies in Sullivan Indiana

Ada Wilkey Crowder 87 widow of Dr. J H Crowder died Friday at home in Sullivan She leaves son Robert H Crowder Sullivan daughter Josephine Engberry Sullivan two sisters Mrs Paul Poynter Sullivan and Mrs Matt Wilson Los Angeles one grandson and two great grandchildren Funeral services are pending at Carrithers Funeral Home She was active in First Presbyterian Church and the local Library Board.

Mrs Goodwin Dies in Indianapolis

Mrs Margaret Goodwin 83 of Brookville died in a doctor's office Friday. She was the wife of John P Goodwin a retired Brookville banker and past president of the Indiana Historical Society.

Indianapolis Margaret Goodwin Brookville John P. Goodwin Indiana Historical Society

Breakthrough in Mine Rescue After Narrow Drill Feat

Rescue workers push an enlarging shaft to reach Fellin and Throne entombed in a coal shaft. A 12 inch escape hole finally broke through and a TV camera offered unclear views as Gov Scranton and family visited the scene.

Fellin Throne Bova General Precision Corp Pleasanville N. Y New York City Gordon Smith Smith Charmbury Anna William W. Scranton Pennsylvania New York Fellows David Hank

Kennedy condemns House cuts in foreign aid act

President Kennedy denounces the House action that slashed foreign aid from a $4.9 billion request to $4.1 billion after a Clay committee review. He cites GOP leadership pressure and notes the roll call split with 66 Democrats and 156 Republicans backing the cut.

Lon Kennedy Wayne Morse D-dre Kennedy House Dwight D. Eisenhower Charles A. Halleck Indiana Lucius D. Clay House Foreign Affairs Committee

Thefts Reported at Norge Cleaning Village and Burr Niswonger Shop

City police said a burglar entered the Norge Cleaning Village on South Third Street Friday night and stole about 15 dollars from a soap machine plus other vending machines. Another theft at Burr Niswonger Sheet Metal Shop on South Thirteenth Street saw about 15 dollars in cash and a check taken.

Norge Cleaning Village South Third Street Burr Niswonger Sheet Metal South Thirteenth Street

New Marian Martin Pattern 9404 Girls Styles

Public notice details a printed sewing pattern 9404 for girls sizes 6 8 10 12 14 with high waist and decorative buttons. Includes mailing and handling charges 35c plus 15c per pattern. Request to send name address zone size and style number to Marian Martin pattern dept Terre Haute Tribune New York address. Coupon offers 50c free pattern and 354 pattern ideas catalog for 50c.

Marian Martin Terre Haute Tribune Pattern Dept West 18Th St New York N. Y

Deaths of John Hamil and Paul Balder in Terre Haute area

John Hamil 69 of 1225 Chestnut street died 11 55 p m Friday at Union Hospital He worked in area coal mines most of life retired eight years He was a member of New Goshen Masonic Lodge United Brethren Church of Universal and United Mine Workers Surviving: one stepdaughter three nephews three nieces two stepgrandchildren five step great grandchildren and several great nieces and nephews Services 1 30 p m Tuesday at Callahan Funeral Home with Rev Edward aught officiating Masonic services burial Roselawn Memorial Park Friends may call after 2 p m Sunday Paul Herman Balder 43 formerly of Terre Haute killed in a motor scooter accident in Puerto Rico will have services 1 30 p m Monday at Gillis Memory Chapel Burial St Peter s Reformed Cemetery Clay City Surviving: widow Fay three sons Paul A Bradley Eric parents Mr and Mrs Philip Balder Sr two brothers Philip Jr of Ma Ohio and Robert H of Knightsville

John Hamil Chestnut Street Union Hospital New Goshen Larry Moeller Terre Haute Jeanne Mahan Anna Neff Eva Jane Bennet Long Beach Calif Callahan Funeral Home Edward Aught Goshen Paul Herman Balder Puerto Rico Gillis Memory Chapel St. Peter's Reformed Cemetery Clay City Gillis Chapel Fay Paul A Bradley Eric Philip Balder Sr Philip Jr Ohio Robert H Knightsville Brazil Ind Grace D. Sanders Carbon Wilson Nursing Home Rock Run Richard L. Sanders Ray Sanders Gardena Calif Charles Campbell el Campo Fla Dora Everhart Bridgeton John Emsing Homewood Fred Cottrell East Detroit Mich Homer Sherman Clifford Bradford Benton Harbor Lawson Funeral Home Clear Run Linton Herman G. Scott Vicksburg Mae Herman Jr Pauline Slake Lou Ellipon Vincennes Flossie Tincher Hattie Keller Elizabeth Duncan Midland Luther Masonic Lodge of Sullivan Welch and Cornett Edwin Deckard Fairview Cemetery Friends Vermilion Collett Dean Paris Hospital Vermilion Methodist Church Farm Bureau Nettie Foltz Dean Russell Meredith Dean Guy Hoff Decatur Ward and Sutton Paris Funeral Robert McDonald Vermilion Cemetery

Death notices from Terre Haute and area people

Obituaries from Terre Haute and nearby towns list John Charles Thomas 80 of Terre Haute died in Danville Illinois. Survived by widow Elizabeth son John Charles Jr two daughters Reva Clanin Wanda Collins and 19 grandchildren. Funeral 1 30 PM Monday at Pates Funeral Home Danville.

Ward Mary Pugh John Charles Thomas Terre Haute Danville Ill Elizabeth Reva Clanin Pismo Beach Calif Wanda Collins Indianapolis John Charles Jr Portsmouth R. L Pates

Obituaries for Fontanet and Casey residents final rites set

Fontanet Indiana Joel Thomas Johnson 54 died Friday at the Veterans Hospital Indianapolis survived by wife Ruth mother Edna Johnson West Terre Haute one daughter Joan Frye Terre Haute three sons Joel Jr West Terre Haute Meade Johnson Ft. Riley Kansas James Terre Haute one sister Paul Frances of Illinois five brothers John Emerole West Terre Haute Samuel Paris Ill Jason Lyona Tecumseh seven grandchildren services 1 p.m. Monday Mattox Funeral Home burial Bethesda Cemetery West Terre Haute friends may call Sunday. James Alkire 49 Casey Illinois died Thursday at home in Chicago survivors widow Celia two daughters Joyce and Cynthia at home one sister Jane Partlow Casey father Jim Casey services 2 p.m. Sunday Evangelical United Brethren Church burial Partlow Cemetery friends may call after 10 a.m. Saturday Lindsey Funeral Home MISS VIRGINIA ELIZABETH SANDERS WEST UNION US Special Miss 15

Fontanet Ind Joel Thomas Johnson Veterans’ Hospital Indianapolis Ruth Edna Johnson West Terre Haute Joan Frye Terre Haute Joel Jr Meade Johnson Ft. Riley Kansas James Paul Frances Illinois John Emerole Samuel Paris Ill Jason Lyona Tecumseh Mattox Funeral Home Bethesda_cemetery Friends m Casey James Alkire Chicago Celia Joyce Cynthia Jane Partlow Jim Evangelical United Brethren Church Darrell Williams Partlow Cemetery Lindsey Funeral

Senate Bill Sets Arbitration Timetable for Firemen Disputes

The bill outlines a 30 day window for reaching agreements on subsidiary issues with 60 days for a board ruling and up to two years of effectives, pending mutual extension. Main issues await resolution before any ruling becomes final, with a latest due date of March 1, 1964, and rejection of Kennedy’s Interstate Commerce Commission recommendation.

Diate Commerce Committee Kennedy Interstate Commerce Commission

Burglar Dooley Captured After Wild Jasper Chase

Dooley fled a pursuit in Jasper driving a wrecked vehicle into a ditch after skidding off the road. Police recovered $220 in cash plus ciga rettes pipes and tobacco as they charged him with second degree burglary for stealing $1,000 in cash and $2,000 in checks from Parket Market in Dubois County. He had just been released from the State Penal Farm after a 90 day sentence.

C. D. Thompson Justice of the Peace Lee Easton Dooley Jasper Terre Haute Parket Dubois County State

Tragic Brownsburg Baby Dies After Window Sash Suffocation

In Brownsburg Indiana a 22 month old boy named David Broderick suffocated when a window sash fell and caught his neck in a bedroom at the family home. State police said the child may have dislodged a prop while crawling to the window sill.

Brownsburg Ind David Broderick

Obituary: Noblesville girl dies after long illness

A girl aged years old from Noblesville Ind died early Friday at home after a lengthy illness. Surviving are the parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Sanders, two sisters Sandra Nidey and Mabel Louise, one brother Michael Everett. Funeral services at Prust Hosch Funeral Home Monday at 12 noon. Friends may call starting Saturday 3 PM.

Noblesville Ind Ralph Sanders Sandra Nidey Robinson, NL Mabel Louise Michael Everett Everett Sanders Rural West Union Milford Smiley Paulding Ohio Prust-Hosch

Mrs Ertice Wolfe 64 Dies At Home In Jasonville

Mrs Ertice M Wolfe 64 of AR 1 Jasonville died at 9 30 Friday night at her home. She was a member of Howesville Presbyterian Church. Survived by husband Sam four daughters Mildred Wolfe Jasonville Louise Ball Switz City Rosetta Strickler Switz City Maxine Nally Mishawaka three sisters Clay Miller Ridge Farm Til Reuben Miller Jasonville Raymond Duncan Jasonville two brothers Chester Landis Breeman Millard Landis South Bend five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending at McClanahan Funeral Home.

Jasonville Ind Ertice M. Wolfe AR 1 Howesville Til Reuben Miller Raymond Duncan RR 1 Chester Landis Breeman Millard Landis South Bend McClanahan Funeral Home

Dana Pioneer Mrs Annis M Scott Dies At 95

Dana Indiana Mrs Annis M Scott longtime resident and widow of Samuel E Scott died at home Saturday aged 95 Surviving son Herbert and three grandchildren Services set for Monday 2 p m at Ker sey Funeral Home burial Prairie Township cemetery Visitation after 4 p m Sunday Linton Indiana Glenn L Keller 60 dies at home Fr iday Surviving brother Truman of Linton He was Eagles Lodge member Service Monday 10 a m Welch and Cornett Funeral Home Rev William G Murphy officiating burial Fairview cemetery Visitation after 5 p m Saturday night

Dana Annis M. Scott Samuel E. Scott Herbert Kersey Funeral Prairie Township Linton Ind Glenn L. Keller Truman Eagles Lodge Welch and Cornett William G. Murphy Fairview Cemetery

David A. Mace Rites Planned in Brazil Funeral

Services for David A. Mace age 64 who died Thursday will be held at 2 p m Sunday at Moore Funeral Home. The Rev William Schuster will officiate and burial will be in Cloverdale cemetery. Friends may call Saturday afternoon.

Eta William Ray McKnight Ashington D. C Universal Funeral Home Brazil Ind David A. Mace Moore Funeral Home William Schuster Cloverdale Cemetery

Services for Mrs. Bessie Gardner in Brazil funeral home

Mrs. Bessie Gardner 79 dies Thursday and services set for Sunday at 2 PM at Miller and Sons Funeral Home Brazil with Rev. John Russell officiating. Burial in Cottage Hill cemetery. Friends may call after 4 PM Saturday.

Harmony Ind Bessie Gardner Miller and Sons Brazil John Russell Cottge Hill

Indians stage war dance protest in Omaha

Omaha residents witnessed a racial demonstration as members of the Omaah tribe performed a war dance on the downtown courthouse lawn. Two Indians danced in feathers and paint while two others beat war drums, with about 100 supporters present.

Omaha, Neb Omaha

Urges safeguards and reservations on test treaty

Senator Fulbright warns that four moves are needed to prevent Soviet gains under the pact and cautions against adding reservations. Treaty supporters want clear language in Senate debate and the Foreign Relations Committee report. Edwin P. Neilan endorses the treaty. Maine is noted as the largest New England state.

Congress Russia Sen. J. William Fulbright D-Ark Foreign Relations Senate Foreign Relations Committee Edwin P. Neilan U. S. Chamber of Commerce

Beloved Small Town Musician Held in Holdups

Partridge a bandmaster and music program head for 800 youth confessed to two bank robberies after $7,000 in loot was found hidden. Sheriff Crites said the town is upset as he faces charges for the Bank of Chaffee and Bank of Advance holdups. Authorities noted his vehicle change linked him to the crimes.

O. Hawkins Partridge Crites Bank of Chaffee Bank of Advance Chaffee

City Hall hosts meeting on school guards and safety

Capt. Fenton Pine of the Terre Haute traffic safety department met Saturday morning with members of the adult school guard at City Hall. The gathering aimed to re assign the guards and inspect equipment before the new school year. Pine noted a city wide repainting program for school cross walks is nearly finished.

Fenton Pine Terre Haute

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Hart Col A. R. Cline Ada Crowder JFK Margaret Schmidt Cooley Lancaster Robert Carl Miller North Twelfth Street D. H. Fox Henrietta Graham Paul and Frederick Pearl Blankley South Eighth Street Grace Roy E. Thompson East St. Louis Fred Leon Orville Lila Sanders Florence Blanc Lilly Osworth Nevada Aeee Bedine Chapel James A. Cahill Chase Street Callahan Funeral St. Ann’s Church Calvary Cemetery Elva M. Pearson Bedino Chapel of the Valley Kenneth Burns Dunlap Cemetery Amy Elkins Vermillion RR 3 Bedino Chapel the Valley Bethesda Nora B. Liggett Locust Street Bedino Peace Chapel Alvin Rickless Livingston, Ill Virginia Elizabeth Sanders West Union Mrs. Annis M. Scott Maine New England States Westerfield 3Rd St Margaret Ave
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