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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1973
Page
2
Registration is open for ages three to five for Head Start classes starting Sept 10 at six locations. Parents register at Room 217 City Hall weekdays 2 to 4:30 pm. The program shifts to the Office of Economic Opportunity this fall, with Vigo County School Corporation providing space at six centers.
AAA reports eighth straight week of improved gasoline availability with 58 percent of stations operating normally. Labor Day shutdown fears fade after Phase 4 controls suspend, though 40 percent limit hours and small percentages curb purchases or run dry on some grades.
The dollar slipped across European markets as the week swung. In London it opened at 2.4618 per pound, down from 2.4585. against the mark it fell to 2.4575. Paris saw 4.375 and 4.325 francs. Zurich opened at 3.028 francs. Amsterdam at 2.6888 guilders. Milan at 565.75 lire. Gold steadied at 104.50 in London, then rose to 106 in Zurich.
Chester R Williams of Iola Kansas was injured when his car ran off Indiana 162 two miles south of Jasper, hit a culvert, crossed lawns and crashed into a house. The crash damaged the home by removing two corner pieces of a wing and sending a lawn fountain through a wall. Williams was hospitalized in satisfactory condition with internal injuries.
Governor Otis Bowen signs a $3 million Army Corps project to curb erosion along Lake Michigan in Beverly Shores. He warns the federal government must act to remove adverse effects and restore beaches after lake levels fall. Indiana DNR negotiates land use, opposing outright transfer of state land.
Indiana faces showers or thunderstorms Friday and Saturday with a fair Sunday and a cooling trend. Highs hit the 80s and 90s Friday, then fall to 70s to 80s Saturday and Sunday. Lows drop from 60s 70s to 50s 60s. Illinois shows showers Friday, cooler north and central areas Friday and south Saturday, with Saturday night lows in the 50s north and 60s south and Sunday highs in the 70s north to 80s south. Scientists seek energy answers by examining sun wind tides and even waste burning.
In Logansport Indiana two youths escaped Cass County Jail after a 15 year old used a spoon to chisel mortar and crawl through a brick wall opening. He obtained keys from an office to free Gary Hayes 17 and both fled to a nearby trailer before being recaptured.
A third man, Ronald Jones, 22, was arrested in South Bend on first degree murder charges for the Aug. 19 shooting death of 42 year old Donald Bruce, manager of United Insurance Co. of America, during a robbery at the office. Two others, Jim Jennings and Dwight Ivory, both 22 and from South Bend, were already detained on accessory charges.
In St Joseph Superior Court Judge Norman Kopec granted a one week continuance in the arraignment of two South Bend men Jim Jennings 23 and Dwight Ivory 22 charged with the August 10 robbery slaying of insurance office manager Donald Bruce. A third man Ronald Jones 22 is at large. Bruce was shot during a holdup on the sixth floor of a downtown office building.
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