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Terre Haute Tribune

Location

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1963

Page

5

Tax plan pressure to move Congress in Kennedy era

The Democratic National Committee urged officials nationwide to push Congress on President Kennedy's tax reduction plan. Senator Smathers questioned expected passage this year as tensions rise over foreign aid cuts and Russia trawler activity prompts congressional inquiries. Army turns down back-pay bids from Korean War defectors as studies pin best birth age at 20 to 24.

Associated Press Washington Democratic National Committee Congress Kennedy John M. Bailey Bailey George A. Smathers D-Fla Russia House American Florida Edward M Ted) Kennedy D-Mass Coast Guard Cape Cod Armed Services Investigations North Atlantic Mass Senate United States Army Lowell Skinner Albert C. Belhomme Korea

Black couple faces backlash in Philadelphia suburb housing dispute

In Delaware Valley suburb a Black couple and 2 year old daughter faced a hostile crowd after moving into a house. State troopers escorted the Bakers amid vandalism and a fire device as eight people were arrested including UPenn professor James Van Dyk.

Baker Camden N. J Sara Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania James van Dyk van Dyk

101-year-old St Louis man visits Madrid on European tour

STARTED LATE MADRID Spain 101-year-old St Louis Mo resident visited Madrid today on his European tour. He said I never drank I never smoked and I never went with women until I was 14 years old to a Spanish reporter who asked for the key to a long life. Meriwether is a widower who outlived his three children.

Madrid Spain Les Meriwether St. Louis Meriwether

Group Works To Reinstate Cuts in Aid

Kennedy met Clay and David Bell at the summer White House on Squaw Island and urged backing for aid. The plan started at 4.5 billion, trimmed to 4.1 by Congress, then cut to 3.5 billion on the floor. Clay warned such cuts risked the entire program, especially Latin America aid and nearby military assistance facing communism.

House Kennedy Clay Committee House Foreign Affairs Committee Clay Latin America

Plane Crashes Near Airport

A light aircraft crashed about 300 feet south of Indiana Highway 42 near Hulman Field as it planned to stop en route to Fort Scott. The landing gear wing and propeller were damaged. no fire occurred. Three people were hospitalized. authorities including state troopers and deputies investigated the scene with an Indiana Air National Guard firefighting unit on standby.

St. Louis Fort Scott Kan Stephan Denver Colo High Colonel Swalls Indiana Highway 42 Hulman Field Indiana Air National Guard Hickman Ronnie Lee Robert Wyatt Laverne Tincher Harold Smith George Albright

Mrs Keith to retire after 40 years as grocer

Mrs Sarah Keith of 2400 Garfield avenue closes her northside independent grocery after 40 years in business with the end of Saturday. She and her late husband Burl Keith opened the store February 12, 1923. Since his death ten years ago she has been assisted by Mrs Olive Butts. She plans to visit three children in Indianapolis Joliet and Reno after retirement.

Sarah Keith Garfield Avenue Keith Burl Keith Olive Butts William Indianapolis Mary Elizabeth Ohl Reno, Nev Margaret Balu Joliet, Ill

Mild Weekend Forecast For Indiana

Forecasters predict scattered showers across northern Indiana tonight and Sunday, then spreading statewide Monday. Mild temperatures stay through the holiday weekend with Sunday highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and overnight lows in the 50s and 60s.

Associated Press Indiana

Mrs. Fisher to be 91 years young

Mrs. Jennie Fisher of 308 Second Avenue celebrates her 91st birthday Sunday. A Terre Haute lifelong resident, she lives alone, keeps active with laundry and housekeeping, still cans and quilts, and is a member of Locust EUB Church.

Jennie Fisher Second Avenue Terre Haute Fisher

Three Killed In Holiday Weekend Traffic

A report lists multiple fatal and serious injuries over the holiday weekend. Daniel Baskins, 21, of Maceo Kentucky, died from crash injuries. Audrey Johnking, 26, of Lynn, died in a car train collision in Cincinnati. Donald Johnking, 34, and children Karen 5 and Nancy 2, were seriously injured. Amos Lee James, 22, of Richmond, was killed when his car spun out on Ohio 121, hitting a culvert and tree. Myron Lunsford, 17, of Richmond, was critically injured in a separate crash four miles north of New Paris.

Daniel S. Baskins Maceo Audrey Johnking Lynn Cincinnati Donald Karen Nancy Richmond Ohio Amos Lee James Ohio 121 New Paris Myron Lunsford

Cool Front Relieves Heat Wave in Dixie

A cool front eased the South’s heat with storms along the Gulf Coast and a Texas City tornado. Mobile and Abilene recorded heavy rain. Pine Bluff and Ardmore saw significant totals. Hereford had funnel clouds. Albuquerque reported a near by tornado. Williamsport faced a night storm. The Weather Bureau projected cooler eastern conditions and warmer western areas in September with above normal rain in the east.

Southland Texas Gulf Coast Mobile Ala Pine Bluff Ark Ardmore Okla Texas City Tex Hereford U. S. Weather Bureau Albuquerque N. M Brownfield Abilene Williamsport Washington Weather Bureau

Volunteer Fails To Find Trace Of Third Miner

The surface scene notes a rope around a plug and Drebitko inspecting the area near Fellin and Throne. He says tunneling from that spot to where Bova might be entombed seems impossible. Drilling rigs resume as crews lower Drebitko into a shaft and push a 22 inch hole toward the bottom.

Fellin Throne Drebiko Bova Drebitko Electright Charmbury

Amazing Stories First to devote entirely to science fiction

The Amazing Stories magazine, founded in 1926 and still in publication, marked the first periodical dedicated wholly to science fiction, pioneering a new genre and publishing ongoing science fiction stories.

Amazing Stories

Carrier profile of West Terre Haute youth Bob Adelsberger

The West Terre Haute TRIBUNE notes Bob Adelsberger is a carrier for nearly two years in the local group. He is the son of Charles R. and Mrs. Adelsberger of 326 Riggy Avenue. He will enter West Vigo High School as a freshman and enjoys sports, coin collecting, and church activities.

West Terre Haute

Rail union and railroad board nominees emerge from stalled talks

The panel lists include tired federal judges E Barrett Prettyman and Harold Medina and former Supreme Court Justice Harold Burton as potential board members. Also named are James Healy and James J Reynolds for possible appointments. Railroads named J E Wolfe and Guy W Knight to the board, while union reps H E Gilbert and Ray McDonald are expected to represent the unions.

E. Barrett Prettyman Harold Medina Supreme Court Harold Burton James Healy Harvard Business School James J. Reynolds Railroads J. E. Wolfe Guy W. Knight Pennsylvania Railroad H. E. Gilbert Firemen’s Union Ray McDonald Trainmen’s Brotherhood

Rail Dispute Arbiters to Be Named By JFK

Deadlocked over the issue, JFK to appoint seven arbiters with one middleman acting as chair. Union and management teams announced Friday they could not reach agreement. Possible chairmen mentioned include Milton S. Eisenhower of Johns Hopkins and Harvard’s Nathan S. Pusey.

Milton S. Eisenhower Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Harvard Nathan S. Pusey

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