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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1963
Page
1
Eight bodies were found after a potash mine explosion as rescuers paused work for 24 hours to establish a fresh air pocket at the base of a 2700 foot shaft. Two rescuers were taken to the top and five others were reported alive. state mine commissioner Casper Nelson said no entry into tunnels would occur during the air base work.
Interior Secretary Udall says Hazleton Pennsylvania and Moab Utah mine accidents reveal lax safety practices in parts of the industry. He warns that most serious U S mine accidents this year could have been prevented by elementary safety precautions.
Rescue teams pressed on after a Tuesday afternoon explosion at Texas Gulf Sulphur Co potash mine trapping 25 workers in a $35 million facility. One body recovered today, two others rescued in good condition earlier, with five miners reportedly alive behind debris about 2,100 feet into the mine.
Hazleton Pa rescue teams pressed four shafts to reach Louis Bova entombed in the Sheppton mine since Aug. 13. A hoped for voice from Bova was heard briefly as sand fell. the sound proved nonhuman. Enlarge the escape shaft began, with completion expected in two days as crews probe the chamber where he lies.
6 am 68 Noon 77 9 am 71 2 pm 79. Sunrise 6 16. Sunset 7 24. River stage 1.4 ft rising. Local conditions note yesterday high 85, low last night 66, precipitation .61.
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with a low near 60. Friday remains partly cloudy and mild with a chance of scattered showers Friday night and a high near 80. Indiana to Friday cooler with lows 55 to 64 and Friday highs in the 70s. Illinois today cool with showers in the morning then partly cloudy tonight and Friday with highs around the low 80s. Street thermometer readings show 69 at 6 am and 80 at 2 pm.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 16 to 1 to approve the limited nuclear test ban treaty without reservations. Sen Russell B. Long was the sole opponent. The panel rejected motions to delay action and to access Washington Moscow correspondence. Fulbright said the treaty would reach the Senate floor Monday with a report of understandings to avoid renegotiation.
All Terre Haute Federal Building offices and the main downtown post office will close Monday for Labor Day. Only deliveries of special delivery mail and perishable parcel post will occur. The lobby of the main post office will remain open for box service and letter posting. City Hall and Courthouse offices also close, with police and sheriff departments as the only services open.
London police said serial numbers from much of Britain’s seven million pound haul were widely circulated today. They believe most of the money is now useless to the thieves.
Washington observers march in large civil rights protest before the Lincoln Memorial to urge congressional approval of Kennedy's civil rights bill. Leaders insist the rally is a beginning and press for action, while Kennedy says the cause has been advanced but faces a long road ahead.
The National Safety Council estimates 430 to 520 Americans may die in traffic accidents over the long Labor Day weekend with 17,000 to 21,000 injuries disabling beyond the accident day. The three day holiday runs from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, and last year’s weekend recorded 501 fatalities.
Rescuers report eight miners dead after an explosion trapped 25 workers, with seven known survivors. Efforts continue to reach trapped miner Louis Bova as rescuers assess sending a search down into the mine.
Washington action averted a rail shutdown as Congress quickly enacted strike blocking legislation and Kennedy signed it. Law aims to bind arbitration on the main issues, though critics warn it only delays a future dispute. House approved the Senate measure 286 to 66 after four hours of debate.
United Press International notes that Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in ten southern states on January 1, 1863, as cited by World Almanac.
Janice Wylie, 21, Newsweek employee, and Emily Hoffert, 23, daughter of a Minneapolis surgeon, were found mutilated and tied together in their third floor Manhattan apartment. Police ruled out burglary and have no leads or suspects. Autopsies to follow at Bellevue Hospital. Continued on page 3.
One of Vigo County area s largest political rallies will occur in Terre Haute on Tuesday. A 630 p.m. Democrat dinner at the Terre House features Sen Birch Bayh and Sen Vance Hartke with Gov Mat Welsh possibly attending. Mayor Ralph Tucker seeks a fifth term and will speak, with Judge Harold Bitzego as master of ceremonies. Over 700 guests expected.
A four engine rescue craft from Bermuda found an oil slick and debris that resembled airplane parts 560 miles east of Daytona Beach as crews search for two KC135 strato tankers with 11 aboard missing since Wednesday. The Air Rescue Service in Orlando said this is the first solid lead. a Bermuda search plane reported debris and an oil slick yesterday southwest of Bermuda. Paramedics were being sent to the scene after radio contact was lost noon Wednesday as the tankers, 800 miles northeast of Miami at that time, returned toward Homestead Air Force Base. Continued on page 2.
Thomas Trantino a 27 year old man nicknamed Rabbi Tom surrendered with his lawyer Enid Gerling after a call from the office. AP reporter Anthony Alborelli and photographer Ray Howard met them in a Manhattan tavern before walking to a nearby police station. The event involved plans to turn himself in for the slayings of two New Jersey police officers.
The column notes that when a new preacher arrives at a church, former members who left over the previous pastor may return for a period before deciding their ongoing involvement.
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