Kidnaper Loses His Daring Before Judge
Edwards breaks down in court after a life sentence is handed down for the kidnapping. He names two teenage accomplices, David Branson and John McCarthy, who helped his escape. Branson faces auto theft and aiding a jail escape while McCarthy will be tried in Juvenile Court. Continued on page 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Glenn Edwards
U. S. Navy
Samuel Beecher Jr
Art Lowdermilk
Jim McKinney
Vigo County
Edwards
Chuck Strausburg
Johnston
David Allen Branson
Oakland Ave
John Raymond McCarthy
Branson
Berry
Robert Hagmann
McCarthy
Morrell Sinks After Lake Huron Sighting Disaster
The Daniel J. Morrell sank twenty miles northeast of Harbor Beach Michigan after a gale tore the 603-foot freighter in two. Eleven bodies were recovered and one survivor, Dennis Hale, said lifeboats launched as crewmen faced the gale amid snow squalls and subfreezing cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor Beach
Mich
Lake Huron
Daniel J. Morrell
Great Lakes
Coast Guard
Morrell
Michigan
Thumb District
John Hanninen
Bethlehem Steel Co
Dennis Hale
Hale
Cleveland
Ashtabula
Ohio
Reducing Shoplifting Through Local Cooperation Protocols
City merchants, police and prosecutors launch a joint program to cut shoplifting losses, citing nationwide annual theft of seven billion dollars. Captain Alvin Basting notes shoplifters outpace bank and armed robberies combined, urging deterrence through consistent prosecution and public awareness. The effort, highlighted at a Terre Haute House seminar, has drawn national attention in retail and law enforcement circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alvin Basting
Wauwatosa
Wis
Terre Haute House
Downtown Business Association
Richard Cronin
Indiana
Basting
Jack Cormack
Milwaukee
Cormack
Ronnie Sue Last Quint Says She Is Dying
In Pittsburg AP report Ronnie Sue the sole surviving Aronson quintuplet has a terminal condition. Her doctor fears she will not live. The brief cites the family and medical assessment without additional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Sue
Pittsburg
Roni Sue
Aronson
Weather and grave prognosis in infant case
The report notes a cold front with snow chances in Terre Haute and Indiana while detailing river levels and temperatures. In a separate medical update, pediatricians report infant Roni Sue is gravely ill after convulsions and breathing difficulties suggesting brain damage, with about 75 percent blood exchange performed to treat jaundice.
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Roni Sue
Lee Bass
Bass
Moon name traced to Sanskrit roots
United Press International notes the derivation of the word moon traces to Sanskrit mas meaning moon. The short etymology highlights linguistic roots and cultural connections across languages.
Meeting Decides Future of Rockville TB Sanatorium
Decisive meeting set for December 15 on the fate of Indiana State Hospital for Chest Diseases in Rockville as hospital leadership shifts with Dr William D May transfer. A successor is sought while local groups push to keep the facility open for Western Indiana, with Dr Gerald Kempf among front runners.
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Rockville, Ind
Indiana State Hospital For
A. C. Offutt
Indiana Health Commissioner
William D. May
Southern Indiana Tuberculosis Hospital
New Albany
Indiana
Rockville
Offutt
Rockville Hospital
May
Gerald Kempf
William D. Murchie
Bureau of Special Institutions
Kiesinger Becomes West Germany Chancellor in Grand Coalition
Ex Nazi Kurt Georg Kiesinger was elected West Germany's chancellor heading a Christian Democratic Socialist coalition to end 34-day cabinet crisis. He succeeds Ludwig Erhard as partner with Willy Brandt named vice chancellor and foreign minister. coalition seen as temporary until 1969 elections.
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Bonn
Germany
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
West Germany
Kiesinger
Bundestag
Ludwig Erhard
Free Democrats
Erhard
Christian Democrats
Social Democrats
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Christian Democratic Party
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By Howard Stevens
By Gene Schroeder
Dave
Hristmas
Thumb
Bertha
Billy
Debbie
Cathy
Cindy
U. S. Weather Bureau
Terre Haute
Endiana
United Press International
the Tribune-Star
Wabash Ave
Tribunestar Fund
City
Mary Smith
Christmas Clearing House
S. 8Th Street
Amanda Graper
Mabel Graper
Clarence Russell
Lee Marx
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